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Mon, 07/22/2013 - 09:23
eliam
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hi

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I've been listening Carey Bell Mellow Down Easy 10 - Big Walter Strut
at 2:30 play rhythmic like pulls
what technique uses

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Mon, 07/22/2013 - 09:56
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David Barrett
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Hello Eli. I don't have a recording titled "Carey Bell Mellow Down Easy 10 - Big Walter Strut," send it to me and I'll take a listen for you.

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Mon, 07/22/2013 - 10:53
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He's playing a 2 draw in a triplet rhythm there. You can use any articulation that's comfortable to you to create this rhythm. Ideas would be...

1) Ka Ka Ka
2) Ta Ta Ta (pucker embouchure)
3) Ta Ka Ta (pucker embouchure)
4) TA-DL-A (pucker embouchure)
5) Using the throat (like in a tremolo)
6) Side-pulls (where the tongue is completely on the harmonica and lifts the right hole only in a triplet rhythm)

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Mon, 07/22/2013 - 11:20
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thanks

How he plays it's catch you

listened a few times

Thanks Thanks!
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