After a long time my wife and I found the courage to record another song. This time a gospel/folk/roots song by Gillian Welch:
Blues harp solo from 2:50-3:50 on a Seydel Silver+ F-harp in 5th position (song in A-min.). I would love to hear constructive criticism from the real players here.. :-)
Last Edited by on Nov 14, 2010 1:56 PM
I can't offer any constructive criticism SwampBluesTed but I must say that you and your wife make a very good sound together and the harp was very good too. I thoroughly enjoyed your playing and singing. Thankyou very much. Made my evening. ----------
You have both great matching voices. Concerning your harp playing, the word that comes to mind is : tasteful. It's well done, with a good tone, and fits perfectly. The only thing is that it ends a little abruptly. But that's only the last fraction of second, and that maybe me wanting to hear more. The a capella final is fantastic.
Perhaps (if I may) you could have come back in with harp at the end for a couple of bars just to finish it off, because we wanted more.. Maybe switch to an a minor tuning for the second solo for contrast.
OK in general. Guitar sometimes lost groove, try to practice with metronome. Harmonica sounds cool, but need more articulation instead of pre-bending. ---------- Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
the harmonies are solid -- I agree with Boris that the guitar's tempo wavers sometimes, and as a result, the singing sometimes gets a little bit misaligned with the general pulse of the music. The singing is very precise, whereas the guitar is more freeform. I don't think the melody is intricate enough to allow for that kind of contrast...if the chords had been fingerpicked, it would'veworked better. I really liked the vocals and the harp...I can't say much about intonations, but I really liked the soulful bends, I could hear you getting into them, which, to me, is half the battle.
Thank you ALL for your comments! It is really appreciated.
@harmonicanick: I thought about playing harp a few bars at end, but in that case we would lose the a capella ending. Besides that the song was already over 5 min. so we thought it may be too long.
@boris_plotnikov: I play everthing tongue-blocked (always) and you're right that my articulation is sporadic. Thanks for this advise, I should work on that!
And about the guitar playing groove, I shall punish my wife for that! ;)
Good job Teade !! sounds great, Maybe next time use your Farmer footdrum eggs ! Greetings from "twee straten verder op" haha... ---------- http://www.myspace.com/arnoudbluesharp
