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drifting blues key
drifting blues key
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groyster1
3449 posts
Oct 03, 2019
5:47 PM
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we are going to play drifting blues at next blues jam......slow blues...…..my favorite blues...….what key did butterfield band play......original was Charles brown,,,,,piano blues......Im thinking B flat......Ive got a custom Eflat harp built by deak harp......my best custom harp
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jbone
3021 posts
Oct 03, 2019
7:20 PM
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Jo and I do it in G. We have it live on the reverbnation link below.
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Last Edited by jbone on Oct 03, 2019 7:21 PM
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SuperBee
6193 posts
Oct 03, 2019
7:22 PM
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If you are thinking of driftin’ And driftin’ from pigboy cranshaw album, I believe it is in Bb, using Eb harp
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ROBERT TEMPLE II
85 posts
Oct 07, 2019
6:35 PM
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I have always played an Eb, and now a Low Eb, over the Live album and Woodstock version of the same tune. Eb rules on this one so have your band play in Bb, a favored horn key. Note the horns in the Woodstock clip, some real cool stuff goin' on there. THIS is the tune that grabbed me most, early on, heard it around 1973 or so for the first time. For me, this tune really lets one cry out their deepest pleas, and such. You picked the right slow blues tune to do, guys, it is ripe for some very emotional playing, it leads one into a passion unlike many other tunes. Looking at why I love this tune so much, I know it taught me a lot about breath control, warbles, throat vibrato, tongue blocking, tongue slapping and cocktail waitresses.
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jbone
3023 posts
Oct 07, 2019
6:54 PM
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If your amped, a low C with the root in G works too.
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groyster1
3453 posts
Oct 10, 2019
9:03 AM
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we played driftin` last night......we played in F that was guitarist choice.....love harp key of Bb so was happy to oblige
Last Edited by groyster1 on Oct 10, 2019 9:05 AM
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