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David's Tip of the Day: Value of Repetition, Part 14 (Rhythm Sequence)

Posted Wed, 03/11/2015 - 13:38 by David Barrett Admin
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Listening to Chorus 2 of George Harmonica Smith's "Juicy Harmonica" notice that the first and second line use the same rhythm. Though the notes are different, the rhythm remains the same. This is a rhythm sequence. He changes on the last line (last four bars). Focusing on pitches only, you would call this an A B C Chorus Form. Taking into account the rhythm, it's clearly an A A1 B Chorus Form (A, A variation 1, B Chorus Form).

Here's what he plays using TAB. I placed the pickup to each line in parenthesis so that you can see the main meat of the line he's playing. continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Value of Repetition, Part 13 (Rhythm with George Harmonica Smith)

Posted Fri, 03/06/2015 - 09:27 by David Barrett Admin
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Taking a listen to George Harmonica Smith's famous cut "Juicy Harmonica" (West Coast Down Home Harmonica CD on Elsegundo Records) you can easily hear that he's using the AAA Chorus Form in the first chorus. What is the second chorus? If you focus on pitches only you won't get it.

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