Accompaniment 4.13
Sat, 06/21/2014 - 08:56
Really like this rhythm pattern in your book. The root octave being played on the and of each beat gives a great John Lee Hooker boogie feel when used with the b7/root split on the first beat of the pattern. As a guitar player I initially had to watch my breathing in this simple pattern mostly because on guitar I'd play the and as an upstroke and for some reason this impacted my harp breathing but a bit of practice quickly cured that. One question. Can you think of any songs where the harp uses this rhythm? Thanks!
I'm glad you like the lick. I'm not familiar with an example from another harp player, but I use that line slightly modified when playing "Boogie Thing," a Matt "Guitar" Murphy song that Cotton recorded.