Hello Everyone! Welcome back to my 3rd Position piece “Third Is The Word”, where this week we cover Chorus 5 and utilize almost two full octaves of the harmonica. The beginning of this chorus has us doing a little bit of call & response with ourselves, only to move further up the harp and move into the high end of the middle octave. Also, we will be playing a long wailing note in there, so be sure you have good control of your breath, or you may turn a little blue…Word!
- Dennis Gruenling
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
3rd Position
Print Chords & Tab
A Harp in the Key of D.
Loop 0:18 5th Chorus Acoustically
Loop 0:50 Learning 3rd Position
Loop 2:50 Breakdown of First 4 Bars and 2nd Verse
Loop 5:05 IV Chord Breakdown (Bars 5 - 10)
Loop 7:42 Breakdown of Turnaround
Loop 8:10 Slow Practice Loop Of Last 8 Bars
Loop 8:32 Slow Practice Loop of 5th Chorus
Loop 9:02 Practice Loop of 5th Chorus
Loop 9:27 Closing Thoughts
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Nice work with this!! Right on
thanks I tongue block without even thinging about it, great lesson learning some great stuff here. I still have hard time with timing
thanks I tongue block without even thinging about it, great lesson learning some great stuff here. I still have hard time with timing
If timing is an issue, spend some of your practice time playing with just a metronome. It is boring and annoying, but is the BEST way to help. And I would work on some rhythm playing with a metronome....thanks!
I find it really helpful to go back and watch Dennis's intro, where he is accompanied by guitar. Hearing the chord changes helps me dial in where the down beat is and where I have to place certain notes.
You're tongue blocking right
Yes indeed...unless I state otherwise, everyhting I play is tongue-blocked.
Keep in mind, if you don't tongue-block you can still work on the notes, patterns, etc....and then work on tongue-blocking clean single notes in separate practice time until you get it down.