This week, first I explain a little bit about the piece and then we get right into feeling that groove - We'll be using an A harp in croossed or 2nd position. We're only working with drawing on the 2nd and 3rd holes in this lesson so it's really all about tone and groove - and remember, the spaces in between the notes are every bit as important as the notes themselves - in this week's lesson, they may be even more important!
Rick Estrin
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Blues
key of E
A Harp
Rick Estrin
James Cotton
Cotton Blend
Print Chords & Tab
A Harp in the Key of E.
Loop 0:00 Introduction to Cotton Blend and James Cotton
Loop 2:23 Keeping the Groove
Loop 3:38 First Verse Run-Through
Loop 4:52 Breakdown of 2nd and 3rd Hole Draw Riff
Loop 6:08 Slow Practice Loop
Loop 6:45 Playing it Dirty with Double Stops
Loop 8:12 What to Practice and Closing Thoughts
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It's great to have you back
Rick, The rounded silver mic you are holding does not look like a JT-30. Is it customized? Thanks. Joe
It's a customized JT-30. Dennis Gruenling chromed it and added a volume pot.
This is really some good stuff thanks
Thanks Boyd - Good to see you back on SJ!
Thanks Boyd - Hope you're having fun with it!
Thanks Rick, I've caught you in Sioux City a couple times in the last 15 years. You blew me away! This is great fun, what an opportunity to learn from a master!
Thanks Garf! Have fun with it!
Rick, Thanks for another terrific and fun lesson. Your not only a great harp player but a very good teacher. Can you tell us what mic and amp/speaker you are using in this lesson?
Thanks. Joe in White Plains, NY
Hi Joe - The mic is an Astatic JT-30 with a crystal element. The amp is a Fender Bassman. It was a little too big for the situation, but the smaller, more suitable amps I have were both being repaired.
Intentional slop - great descriptive term.
It helped me to think in %. For instance, when playing both holes 3 and 4 inhale together, the formula I use is 75% hole 3 and
25% hole 4.
It is not the sound of both holes played together equally.
Good point, Iceman.
Would be so nice to have a tab to go by!!
Actually Dino, You're better off without tab. There's a lot of important nuance that would be impossible to communicate in tab. Listening closely and taking advantage of Sonic Junction's "slow down" feature will help train your ear and in the end turn out to be far more beneficial. I guarantee it!