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David's Tip of the Day: Finding Patterns to Help with Speed Licks

Posted Thu, 04/30/2015 - 08:25 by David Barrett Admin
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It's not guaranteed that a fast lick will have a movement pattern, breath pattern or both, but it's worth looking for... the discover of them can help make a fast lick much easier to play.

Your Tongue Block Study 3 song ("Gary's Blues") contains a great example in Bar 6 of Chorus 5. Note that each beat has you moving up one hole and coming back, all with the same breath. For the next beat you move down the scale and blow, then using the same movement. Rinse and repeat and you have the entire lick. This discovery will help you to play this lick much more easily. continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Speed Lick Standard

Posted Tue, 02/11/2014 - 09:04 by David Barrett Admin
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A great speed lick should still sound musical when slowed down.

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David's Tip of the Day: Slow Tempos go Faster and Faster Tempos go Slower

Posted Tue, 12/10/2013 - 09:12 by David Barrett Admin
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Take a listen at 25 minutes where they speak of our tendency to speed up for slower tempos and slow down for faster tempos.

The Power of Music
http://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/332637

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