Big Walter's 'Walter's Boogie'
Trying to learn Walter's Boogie (very slowly). Couple of questions -
I've tabbed the 5th and 6th bars from the second chorus, not including the tongue flutter intro, as follows - I think it's more or less right.
My question is this: should you articulate all these notes with a 'g' or 'k' or whatever, or is the passage too fast for that? I guess at least notes carrying stress should be articulated. I have to play it very slowly to get the bends at the correct pitch but I have a hard time articulating everything when I try to speed up.
end of bar 4
[bent 2 draw, 2 draw]
bar 5
[bent 3d (1/4 step), 2d, bent 3d (1/4 step), bent 3d (1/2 step), 2d, bent 3d, 3b, 2b, 3b, 2b, 3b, 2b]
bar 6
[bent 3d (1/4 step), 2d, bent 3d (1/4 step), bent 3d (1/2 step), 2d, bent 3d, 2d ...]
Sorry to return to this because I know it's not a study song, but I've got another question. The main riff (3' 3 5 ... and so on) is causing me grief at the moment!
However I play it, tongue slapped or not (and I guess he's tongue slapping the 5 draw), I end up adding the 4 draw as a passing note after leaving the 3 draw. This is always the case unless I go ultra slow.
I assume most people learning this song have the same problem since it's easy to accidentally sound the 4 draw. Is there some trick I'm missing that makes this easier or could it be that Big Walter is tongue switching here and avoiding the 4 altogether - ie. playing the 3' 3 out of the left of his mouth and the 5 from the right?
No tongue switching... just stop your breath after your 3. Keep practicing, you'll get it!
this song is for beginner,intermediate or advanced?
thanks
Somewhere between intermediate and advanced. Some passages are very doable to the intermediate player and some that will make cry for your mama... like that IV Chord ;-)
Hi, David!
I read in this post you have the transcription of that song, :)
and share it,
can i email to you for the transcription?
thanks
best regards
Marko
Hello,
sorry to revive an old post but I just wanted to say I sent an email to info@bluesharmonica.com asking for the transcription ;P
Thanks
Hello R3Dz. That's a dead email, sorry. Please email from here https://www.bluesharmonica.com/contact_us and I'll get it to you.
Done,
thank you !
That's one of my favorite harmonica song
Great, I just sent it to you.
Yes, speed makes a difference on what you articulate. For that IV Chord lick I don't recommend any articulation. If you want to, just do it on the downbeat notes... this is most common on faster triplets like these.
The notes are 3' 2 3', 3" 2 3", 3+ 2+ 3+, 3+ 2+ 3+.
I have transcribed this... I'll be happy to share it with you. Email me at info@bluesharmonica.com and I'll send it to you.