I live in Madrid, Spain and have been locked inside my apartment for five weeks so far. These videos have made life a little more bearable. Thanks a million for doing them.
Thanks for the note Gabriel. OF COURSE you can use ANY notes you want to! Music is an art, not a science! (Although there is a science of music, in the final analysis, it is most definitely an art.) Aloha from Hawaii to Chile!
Laura - there are lots of variations on the idea, so you can play how it sounds and feels best to you! My favorite way to do it is: slide up to 4-(h) release it to 4- then repeat 4- bend it again to 4-(h) and slide down 3- 2- Have fun!
You are correct. The blues scale is the minor pentatonic scale with the addition of the tritone (#4/b5) interval. Sorry if that was unclear in the video. Also it could be argued that the third scale degree is not minor or major, but a quarter tone halfway in between the two, if you're talking roots. :-)
Hey Luke! Great stuff! Would you mind mapping out that outro again. Sorry to say I got lost in that. Starting at the root note (2d or 3b?) then working up to each other note in the blues scale with the root note in between each one, correct? Didn't quite sound that way when you did it though (right around minute 8:10). Me probly way off. Thx!
If you have another instrument like a piano or a guitar, or a friend who plays, you can check your intonation that way. On a "C" harp the 3 draw is B, bent down a half-step Bb, and a whole step is A. Hope that helps!
Do "less" of what you're doing to get it down 1. Perhaps try "eh" for a 1/2step, "ah" for 1 and "aww" for 1.5 steps. Also, think about a more forward (toward your teeth) movement for 1/2, versus more back of the mouth (toward your throat) for the larger intervals. For example, try just lowering the front of your tongue toward the bottom of the back of your bottom teeth for 1/2. Most beginners bend it too far, or not at all. Not at all is better than too far! (Your English is great, by the way!)
Thanks luke, i will upload a video as a respone to yours with my own version of the riff! But i do have a question, if i want to play blues can i use more notes? or do i have to use ONLY the ones from the one octave blues scale? oh and I would really apreciatte if u guys watch my videos and help me out with a few tips. Greetings from Chile!
help me Luke I am looking for your video in which you give an improvisation based on three simple rifs (?) in which you tell a simple story and go home again...you mention Victor Wooten as an great example of story telling...thank you Christian Bernard, Vancouver Canada... er
I can only bend the third hole once so dont know if i have bent it half way or all the way.. maybe i just dont know how to stop it at a half or maybe i need to go further.. any tips on that one
having dificulty with when you drop from the bent -4 to the two draw.. do you finnish the -4 bent note then repeat -4-3-2 seperately or just -4 bent then -3-2?
False! Blues scale is not minor pentatonic scale although it is derived from minor pentatonic. Actually there are two blues scales, heksatonic and septatonic one. So there is already difference in amount of notes between pentatonic and blues scale. You make blues scale by adding certain notes to minor pentatonic. Hope you understand, im not English native so my music vocabulary may be a little bit short ;)
I live in Madrid, Spain and have been locked inside my apartment for five weeks so far. These videos have made life a little more bearable. Thanks a million for doing them.
Great to hear!
These are easily the best videos on the internet for learning to play the harmonica. Thank you very much brother.
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Great lick, great lesson once again. I had to watch it twice, but now i got it. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the note Gabriel. OF COURSE you can use ANY notes you want to! Music is an art, not a science! (Although there is a science of music, in the final analysis, it is most definitely an art.) Aloha from Hawaii to Chile!
WOW! That's amazing! We are going to play some blues here! Thank you Luke! ... May the force be with you :)
Wonderful lesson Luke. This "finally" turned on the light for me. I have something "solid" to practice. You are a great teacher. Thank you.
Thank you!!!! This is awesome and great practice to getting faster.
Great lesson, you make it look easy. Thanks for sharing.
seriously bro, amazing vids!! Really helping me out. so glade i found your links
Laura - there are lots of variations on the idea, so you can play how it sounds and feels best to you! My favorite way to do it is:
slide up to 4-(h) release it to 4-
then repeat 4- bend it again to 4-(h) and slide down 3- 2-
Have fun!
I do a similar thing playing scales on my guitar, never even thought to bring it over to harp, thanks man nice lesson
You are correct. The blues scale is the minor pentatonic scale with the addition of the tritone (#4/b5) interval. Sorry if that was unclear in the video. Also it could be argued that the third scale degree is not minor or major, but a quarter tone halfway in between the two, if you're talking roots. :-)
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Hey Luke! Great stuff! Would you mind mapping out that outro again. Sorry to say I got lost in that. Starting at the root note (2d or 3b?) then working up to each other note in the blues scale with the root note in between each one, correct? Didn't quite sound that way when you did it though (right around minute 8:10). Me probly way off. Thx!
If you have another instrument like a piano or a guitar, or a friend who plays, you can check your intonation that way. On a "C" harp the 3 draw is B, bent down a half-step Bb, and a whole step is A. Hope that helps!
WAIT! Got it! Thx!
Do "less" of what you're doing to get it down 1. Perhaps try "eh" for a 1/2step, "ah" for 1 and "aww" for 1.5 steps. Also, think about a more forward (toward your teeth) movement for 1/2, versus more back of the mouth (toward your throat) for the larger intervals. For example, try just lowering the front of your tongue toward the bottom of the back of your bottom teeth for 1/2. Most beginners bend it too far, or not at all. Not at all is better than too far! (Your English is great, by the way!)
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Thanks bro !!!!
Thanks luke, i will upload a video as a respone to yours with my own version of the riff! But i do have a question, if i want to play blues can i use more notes? or do i have to use ONLY the ones from the one octave blues scale?
oh and I would really apreciatte if u guys watch my videos and help me out with a few tips.
Greetings from Chile!
help me Luke I am looking for your video in which you give an improvisation based on three simple rifs (?) in which you tell a simple story and go home again...you mention Victor Wooten as an great example of story telling...thank you Christian Bernard, Vancouver Canada...
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Hey Christian - is it this one? ua-cam.com/video/JNSfYblG1oY/v-deo.html
pentatonic comes from the Greek "pente" which means five :) Thanks for the lessons !
Penta :)
I can only bend the third hole once so dont know if i have bent it half way or all the way.. maybe i just dont know how to stop it at a half or maybe i need to go further..
any tips on that one
having dificulty with when you drop from the bent -4 to the two draw.. do you finnish the -4 bent note then repeat -4-3-2 seperately or just -4 bent then -3-2?
False! Blues scale is not minor pentatonic scale although it is derived from minor pentatonic. Actually there are two blues scales, heksatonic and septatonic one. So there is already difference in amount of notes between pentatonic and blues scale. You make blues scale by adding certain notes to minor pentatonic.
Hope you understand, im not English native so my music vocabulary may be a little bit short ;)
Can't bend, and it's discouraging. Can't hit the notes, and so can't play along.
Here's a playlist of all my vids on bending:
ua-cam.com/play/PLyv42f0OGtPrbJBsATgLM883MjB4w64lJ.html
Never give up!