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The Iceman Dozen
The Iceman Dozen
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SmokeJS
255 posts
Jun 06, 2014
3:23 PM
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On another forum our friend the Iceman indicated that with about a dozen basic licks their petmutations can be used to sound creative all night long. Sounds like a good plan and one that could be shared. As it doesn't appear the Iceman is actively marketing this idea I'm wondering if there are practical suggestions out there demonstrating how to use this idea?
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The Iceman
1714 posts
Jun 06, 2014
4:40 PM
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RE: marketing this idea - It's one of the basic concepts I developed 14 years ago and still teach.
I'll try to give a small example.
There is a line I call "The Mutha of All Blues Licks" that has two parts - an ascension and what I call The Dismount.
The Dismount can be HNA'd (hole/number/arrow) as 4 hole inhale, 4 hole inhale bend, 3 hole inhale, landing on 2 hole inhale...all played in one short phrase.
I'm sure most of you are very familiar with it.
As a stand alone phrase, it is usually placed on beat 4 and resolves on beat 1 of the next measure.
Now, each measure can be subdivided as follows -
1 and a, 2 and a, 3 and a, 4 and a.
The foot taps on the 1,2,3 and 4. The "and a" subdivides the beat.
So, starting on 4 with the first note of "The Dismount", the following notes are "attached" to the "and a" with the resolution falling on 1 of the next measure.
The placement of this phrase can be shifted to start at any other point, including on the "and"s and the "a"s.
You will end up with a different "feeling" short phrase at each new starting point. Some will fall out easily and naturally while others will take a bit of work and create a more interesting phrase.
This is an example of one short idea that can be used in 12 different ways, so one phrase becomes 12, in a sense.
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The Iceman
Last Edited by The Iceman on Jun 06, 2014 7:11 PM
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eharp
2175 posts
Jun 09, 2014
6:47 AM
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But what do you consider to be the ascension and where does it go?
I would guess it covers the first 3 beats of the bar?
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The Iceman
1727 posts
Jun 09, 2014
7:09 AM
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We are dealing with explanation of placement of idea on different beats of the bar.
Ascension is a whole different concept and is not part of this particular explanation.
You may think of the ascension as how you move from "rest" to "tension".
The basic outline of the ascension (in Schenkerian Analysis) is the I Chord to the V. (The "Dismount" is V to I).
How you get from I to V (Hole 2 inhale to Hole 4 inhale) is up to you..there are many paths up this little mountain.
For instance - 2 inhale, 3 inhale, 4 exhale, 3 inhale, 4 inhale bend....to 4 inhale.
wikipedia - the practice of Schenkerian analysis more often is reductive, starting from the score and showing how it can be reduced to its fundamental structure.
Don't dwell too long on this explanation unless you are interested in getting inside what is going on from a chordal theory type standpoint - not necessary to play good harmonica.
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The Iceman
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