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Oodle laddle laddle- Minor Mambo, Chorus 4

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Thu, 11/08/2018 - 21:11
marcgraci
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I'm working on Minor Mambo, Chorus 4. I'm getting the "oodle laddle laddle" up to speed. (Probably at 70% or so, right now...)

On the IV, there's an oodle laddle 4' 3 2 (pull) 2. 

What is your embouchure over the IV chord? Are you puckering the entire thing? I'm trying to switch to tongue block for the 4' 3 2 (pull) 2 part, and it's a tough switch at speed.

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Fri, 11/09/2018 - 09:09
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Hello Marc. I pucker. I

Hello Marc. I pucker. I believe Gary puckered as well.

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Mon, 11/12/2018 - 10:00
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Okay, cool. So I should

Okay, cool. So I should pucker probably through that whole chorus. I'll work on that.

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Mon, 11/12/2018 - 10:56
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Yea, that makes sense to me.

Yea, that makes sense to me.

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