I just discovered a good tune to test yourself with. Try playing How Much is That Doggy in the Window in 3rd position in the bottom octave, starting on the 3-draw two-step bend, and be honest about the result you get!
Play through all of: -
How much is that doggy in the window the one with the waggly tail How much is that doggy in the window I do hope that doggy's for sale.
Play it really slowly, and get every note perfect. It ends on a descending major scale, demonstrating why it is useful to practise scales. ---------- Kinda hot in these rhinos!
Last Edited by on May 20, 2010 6:15 AM
Good excercise, Andrew. It's important to not just be able to bend those draw reeds, but to bend them precisely to actual half and whole steps at a time. Yours is a good test, as well as playing along with a guitar or piano thru all the bends and training the ear and mouth to be in synch. ---------- Todd L Greene. V.P.
I learned the three hole bend while playing the love theme of 'the godfather'.
Played in 3rd position the theme [0:15] starts on the three hole bend a whole step and goes -3'', -4, -5, +5,...
In the course of the song you'll make extensive use of the three hole bend a half and a whole step and there's even one point where you have to use all three bends.
---------- YT
Last Edited by on May 20, 2010 6:58 AM
