Posted Tue, 02/07/2012 - 09:53 by David Barrett Admin
We often hear a cool lick and learn just that lick, leaving the solo or instrumental behind (sometimes that lick is the only cool idea played... or at least cool to us at that moment in time). Many players just learn the lick and move on. If you move on you're guaranteed to not have it show up in your improvising. Unless the lick contains some super-sticky elements that makes it unusually easy to remember (doesn't usually happen) you'll need to play it a minimum of 50 times before it sticks into your long-term memory. continue reading...
Posted Fri, 01/27/2012 - 17:41 by David Barrett Admin
Joe Tartaglia has reached the skill level he was interested in achieving and is now passing the torch on to a new student for the intermediate study material at BluesHarmonica.com. In one month I'll introduce this new student to you and we'll continue working through the material on the site. Best wishes to you Joe!
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 09:19 by David Barrett Admin
Play that jam track again and improvise over the first ten bars without playing the 2 draw or 6+. At the end of your V-IV-I Transition lick allow it to resolve to the 2 draw or 6+.
What you're doing is building musical tension... tension that gets released on the downbeat of bar 10. Think of it as musical foreplay. continue reading...