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Paul Butterfield

Improvising - Tremolo/Vibrato, Part 2 (Wolf, Butter, Smith and Kash)

Posted Tue, 09/23/2014 - 07:41 by David Barrett Admin
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Tremolo (change in amplitude) is what most of our classic blues harmonica players used (pre-1960). Vibrato (change in pitch) became popular in the lat 1960's. If a classic player used a vibrato they tended to have a strong vocal vibrato as well (Howlin' Wolf is a great example). Players that are heavily influenced by Paul Butterfield (many are) they'll tend to use a strong vibrato. continue reading...

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