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Winslow Yerxa
United States
Приєднався 31 жов 2014
Jour de l'an
A new year's greeting for 2025. Played with a Suzuki Manji in Low F converted to country tuning, on a Blue Moon brass comb from Tom Halchak.
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Відео
Douce Ambiance - Sweet (and smoky) Atmosphere
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Django Reinhardt's misterioso uptempo Douce Ambiance, interpreted here by Winslow Yerxa, Joe Filisko, and Chris Michalek at the 1997 SPAH convention
Duke - and Django 1997
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Winslow's Bunch O'Guys played a concert at the August, 1997 convention of the Society for the Preservation of the Harmonica, and this is one of the tunes I arranged for harmonica quintet backed by rhythm section
C-Jam Blues - Winslow's Bunch O'Guys 1997 SPAH convention
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In 1997, I arranged several Duke Ellington and Django Reinhardt tunes for five harmonicas and rhythm section. Here's Ellington's C-Jam Blues, with solos from each performers, sometimes emulating the original recorded solos.
Ultrafox - 1935 meets 1997
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The opening number from my August 23, 1997 concert at the SPAH convention, before bringing on the other members of the Bunch O'Guys
Troublant Bolero 1997
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Winslow Yerxa and Dennis Gruenling perform this Django Reinhardt classic as a chromatic harmonica duet at the 1997 convention of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH), using an arrangement based on the one featured in the 1941 Radio Luxembourg broadcast from Paris under the direction of Wal-Berg.
The Mooche, a villainous piece of music
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Duke Ellington's The Mooche, as arranged by Winslow Yerxa and performed at the 1997 SPAH Convention with Joe Filisko, Larry Eisenberg, Winslow Yerxa, Dennis Gruenling, and Chris Michalek (left to right in the video). Video clip courtesy of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica, via archive.org
Crawfish Crawl Live 2023
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An original one-chord blus, performed live at the SPAH Tuesday Night Blues Jam in August 2023, with Eric Noden on guitar and Kyle Rowland on bass. Thanks to Risa Mendelson for video capture
Oceania
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Feeling blue? Seeing Red? Come visit Oceania. (Played in F on a Trochilus/Gamechanger blue in Bb)
Is 11th position a bad choice (or maybe a good one)?
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Diatonic harmonica players rarely explore harmonica key positions beyond first, second and third? Are they worth it, or does a position like 11th just seem not worth it and a bad choice for flowing, tuneful ideas? Here I actually try it, and I like it. You may not want to, but for some folks it makes sense.
Trochilus Pop: Exploring Chords, Part 2: The Red Queen
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The Red Queen is an instrumental that showcases the Trochilus Pop harmonica tuning played in fourth position. First I discuss both the harmonica and the structure of the song, then play the tune. 0:00 Introduction 1:38 Home chords in first, second, and third positions 3:05 The home chord in fourth position 5:17 The purpose of the Trochilus Pop tuning 8:17 Two important chord relationships 8:34 ...
Trochilus Pop: Exploring Chords, Part 1 (Helen's Rose)
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In this video I explore using the Trochilus Pop tuning (red comb) to play chords used in some popular songs, via the song Helen's Rose
Red Line Express No 8
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Trochilus Red echoes through a parking garage as the Red Line Express highballs through. Played in A minor on a C harmonica (fourth position).
Glimmers of Elsewhere
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A freewheeling psychedelic mashup of in-jokes and outtakes, with hints of music to come. Backing track borrowed from my forthcoming "D'ailleurs (Somewhere Else)." The harmonica heard is a Hohner PentaHarp in Low F.
Bow Valley August
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The lazy, majestic feeling of a musical late summer tour through the Bow Valley in Banff National Park. Played on chromatic harmonicas in D and C.
Can the Trochilus Gamechanger harmonica be cupped with a microphone?
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Can the Trochilus Gamechanger harmonica be cupped with a microphone?
Single notes and the slide on the Trochilus Red (Pop) tuning
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Single notes and the slide on the Trochilus Red (Pop) tuning
Introducing the Trochilus Pop tuning
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Introducing the Trochilus Pop tuning
Does the Trochilus harmonica have good tone?
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Does the Trochilus harmonica have good tone?
Game Changer/Trochilus harmonica - Using the Slide, Part 1
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Game Changer/Trochilus harmonica - Using the Slide, Part 1
Thanks Winslow, I bought one in key of A after I watched you, now I need to learn to play it. Do you have tutorials for beginners? Thank you again
Thanks. I have nothing that starts at the beginning. But there are a few videos where I discuss and demonstrate the tuning on my Trochilus playlist here on UA-cam.
don yerxa it is soothing to watch and listen
Save wind? But does it help you break wind?
Bonne année Winslow! ⚜️
Et à vous!
And a Happy New Year to you Winslow. I always look forward to your posts and your music.
Thanks. Happy New Year to you too.
Wow absolutely the very best info I've ever seen on this subject. Thank you!!
Can I get the backing track? Please ......Thanks
Well, in the hands of a master! I could only hope to sound that good myself, but you have convinced me that I will never be limited by the instrument. Great sound!
I got one recently. It sounds really nice to me and is very comfortable to play. The octaves are in tune but the chords are not as in tune to my ears as my Hohners, so it is better for melodies and soloing.
Pretty cool, Winslow!😎
Wonderful to hear! Winslow, you are a live treasure.
The solo melody part is just perfect and tasty. Cool slow backbeat and spacey chord hits. Great tone on the harmonicas! Nice.
I find myself having listened to this, like, 5 times. Apparently, I really like this tune.
I like the tone. Thanks for making this video. I’m going to get one. Wild sounds man. Great expression
Hi Winslow. Thank you for this very useful video. One question. Is the Iddle-iddle with both inhale and exhale?
Yes.
A 2025 sequel of your harmonica arrangements performed live would be so nice :-)
Wow!!
Wow, that is superb.
Brilliant...thanks Winslow.
lookin younger than ever, younger than ever❤❤❤❤
27 years in the wayback machine will do that....
It's great - old timey kinda viper drag with blues harmonicats
One of my favs! ❤
Do you think this harmonica would be a lot easier for beginners to play single notes?
The bigger holes might help, but ultimately every player needs to be able to play single notes on their desired instrument. If that's diatonic, then learning on this one will still leave them with difficulties getting single notes on diatonic, so on balance, I'd recommend just digging in on that instrument.
Cool looking harp seems like a great choice for isolating single notes also 🤔 I'm thinking about getting one I hope you decide to upload more videos on playing it 😇
Can I have your opinion on some comparisons about Trochilus vs normal diatonic harp? (1) Legato when moving between neighbouring holes - does it feel less legato-ey on Trochilus due to larger space between holes? (2) What do you think of the timbre in the high register (let's say from hole 7 and to the right on a Bb harp)? Oh, and, of course, do you play pucker or TB or both on Trochilus?
1) I play diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, and bass harmonica, all with different hole sizes and spacing, so the differences between standard diatonic and Trochilus holes sizes and spacing don't make much difference to me. It just took a little time to get used to them. 2) The high register on my Trochilus Bb versus my brass-combed tricked-out Bb marine Band sounds mellower. The notes respond easily. 3) I used pucker and tongue blocking interchangeably on all my harps, switching as it suits whatever it is I'm doing at the moment.
How does paddy richter tuning differ from Lee Oscar’s melody maker tuning? Or are they the same?
Paddy richter changes only one note from standard tuning: Blow 3 is raised to the next scale step (A instead of G on a C harp). Melody maker changes two additional notes: Draw 5 and 9 are raised one semitone (F to F# on a C harp) to facilitate playing major-scale melodies in second position, as in playing in G major on a C harp). )
I take it you can bend on both harps the “G” and “G#”
Yes, bends are the same oob both sides of the slide with the blue-combed tuning. The red-combed "pop" tuning is a whole other thing, though.
Makes me think of cruising the desert backroads and appreciating a mellow day
So nice! Thanks for sharing!
i like it, maan, this means i am getting very old
enjoyed this!
Nice. Music and harmonica both! I have an East Top Forerunner valveless chromatic but it doesn’t bend near as good. And thanks for finding that bird!
I never tried this before. I try to keep some familiarity with 1-5 and 12th, but 11th is new. I pulled up a Bflat backing track and the C harmonica fit right in. It feels very close to 3rd and maybe 4th position, but it isn’t the relative of either of those is it? I’m trying to figure out why it works so well and so easily. I almost feel like I’m playing in 5th but with a half step less bend on the tonic note. Anyway, as you point out, B flat is a popular key, and this way it can be accessed without a suitcase full of harmonicas. Two weeks later: I’ve been trying to figure it out. It looks like 11th position and 5th position share a lot of the same notes. C & E have a relative relationship. Maybe that accounts for the familiar feeling I had when I tried 11th. I’ve fallen down are real rabbit hole here.
nice thanx
cool thanx
incredible ! brilliant composition and brilliantly played, violon and harmonica alike.
Hey i just wanted to say thanks for making the Harmonica For Dummies books. I've never been able to bend notes before and the way so many youtubers described it i never really grabbed the concept properly until i read your book. Thanks!
Glad I was able to help!
Any harp will sound good when you play it, Winslow! Thanks for the demo. It's an intriguing idea. Would it be hard for a diatonic harmonica player to learn to use the slide? Thanks!!
I don't think so - but them I've always played slide harps along with on-slide harps. One way to ease into it is to use the slide to add notes in a position you already know. For instance, in second position, start with slide-in Draw 6 to add that missing blue note, or on Draw 5 to make the scale into a true major scale.
getting closer to the perfect harmonica ,thanx
great thanx
Brilliant!
Nice hat too!
Yeah, but I forgot the glasses!
Playing in eleventh is very interesting, and not to be dismissed. But to my ears, this track sounds like it's in F. Every time it goes from F7 to Bb7, I hear it as I to IV, not as V to I. The F chord just feels much more like home than the Bb. It's not too strange really. Even if you feel it with Bb as the root, the pronounced E notes over the C chord turns it into Bb lydian. But lydian is not the vibe I get either, and I think the reason is that the chords are all dominant sevenths. There's just so much F blues flavor here!
I get how you could hear it that way. Even if you view the Bb-C-F progression as I - V/V -V, it still leans heavily toward the V (F). Myself, I hear it as Lydian. I used this progression partly because I like the Lydian (to my ears) feel, but also as a way of easing into a new position (it was originally created for a student). One way to start learning an unfamiliar position is to find notes that work in that position without having to alter any of the given pitches. That way you can start getting grounded in how the given notes feel agains the tonal center of a new position. Some of them, like root, fifth, and third, will have strong, fundamental relationships with that tonal center, while others, such as the raised fourth in this case, will sound more outside and exotic. I suppose playing against a backing track of only one chord might be a surer way to develop that sense, but I had this track already and it was fun to play over.
@@winslowyerxa8505 Yeah, it sounded fun, and it sure sounded good as well! I really like the sound of lydian as well, both in eleventh and twelfth position. But I feel like in this tune, the Ab in the Bb7 chord and the Eb in the F7 chord makes it sound less strictly lydian. It might be because I'm used to playing other instruments, but I tend to think in scales and melodies, rather than strict positions. I don't really think differently when playing a C harp in C major (1st pos.) or Dm dorian (3rd pos.). To me, a richter tuned harp is already simultanously in all 7 modes of major, if you just use the regular blow and draw notes. What I do feel is very useful though is to learn the pattern of bends that enable you to go beyond those modes. Eleventh position is one such example, but to me, so is playing 2nd position blues, 2nd position in regular minor (which happens to be very close to both of the previously mentioned ones) or playing in sixth position on a country tuned harp (which would be Bm on a C harp). I do appreciate how positions are very useful for putting words to the way a harmonica tuning fits into the music.
Good to know these things! Thanks!
Amazing stuff.
excellent! very interesting style thanks!
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so many notes out of tune
How many? Did you count them, or did you instead focus on the overall musicailty?
@@winslowyerxa8505 OK - 1.12 subs, 120 views so far , 10 likes.... My comment and one other guy calling it "interesting"... I drop the mic now or keep going?
Found this very interesting definitely food for Thought😎
I appreciate your teaching style. Very clear and orgnized.