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speeding up bends

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Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:39
adiaco
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hi david,

 

I've been working on 'half-stepping' for a few weeks now.  It sounds very good at 80-90 bpm or so, but when I try to speed it up to tempo I'm just having trouble nailing the bends without the notes sliding together into a sloppy innaccurate mush.

Do you have any tips besides continued slow practice of the song and the chromatic scale?

thanks so much,

anthony

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Fri, 06/01/2018 - 12:28
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David Barrett
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Hello Anthony. I recommend

Hello Anthony. I recommend you cross-train. Work on other material that requires a lot of bending.

The best one to work on is the Movement Exercises, starting here https://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/movement_exercises_study_1_patterns

As you work on this, you'll find the bending to improve on Half Steppin'

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