Walter's boogie difficult passage
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 22:43
I am into Walter's boogie just now, and I am having problems just at the beginning (1st chorus).
I find very difficult to articulate properly the sequence:
3' 2 3' 3'' 2 3'' 3+ 2+ 3+ 3+ 2+ 3+ 3' 2 3' 3'' 2 3'' 3+ 2+ 3+ 3' 2 3'
The draw part is not bad but the blow one is very different from Horton's (of course!!!).
Did he play this passage puckering?
Thu, 10/20/2011 - 15:14
#2
The thing is improving a lot,
The thing is improving a lot, that was about effort and time.
Great lick! He was no doubt tongue blocking every note there... no doubt. He also did not articulate any of the notes in that passage (Ta, Ka, etc.). The 3+ 2+ 3+ lick is actually... 3+, then 2+ and 1+ at the same time (his tongue comes off the harmonica as he moves left one hole) and then comes back to 3+. There is a slight slap on both the 3+, but at this speed it's more of an artifact than an actual "slap," so I don't recommend you try for the slap, just play the passage and it will roll in there. Good luck, it is no doubt a challenging lick.