Thanks for making it a great Wednesday night Gussow! I haven't been this excited about playing something I've heard in a long time. You make it sound so amazing in the intro. That's what I'm shooting for!
Thanks Adam. I practice this kind of thing all the time and I love your version of Pride and Joy where you use this pattern in more of a slow bluesy kind of context.
I think your playing before the tutorials help me more than the tutorials themselves, seeing how you used the flat third to imply the four chord without changing too much in the soloing gave me ideas of how to include more nuance in my playing, so yeah, i like that 👍🏻
Exactly! That flat third is key. Also the major sixth--which is the major third of the IV chord. When you juxtapose and/or highlight those two notes, you strongly imply the IV chord. The interval between those two notes happens to be--aha!--a diminished fifth: the devil's interval. Precisely the same interval that occurs between the major third and flat seventh, which are the key constituents of the I dom 7 chord.
Merci infiniment à vous Adam Gussow pour vos magnifiques vidéos , non seulement vous êtes un excellent harmoniciste musicien , mais aussi un sympathique pédagogue, historien musicologue du blues, amoureux et passionné de son art … 🌈❤️🎼👍
Amazing and insightful video, full of good vibes, and inspiring for any harmonica player. I really loved it and I'm a big fan of your music and lessons. I think it would be nice if, on the next video of this series, you could explain the kind of attacks or articulations that could be used when you play a boogie with a tongue blocking approach.
@@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni2726 Thanks for your kindness. I think boogie woogies are among the most beautiful (and uplifting) pieces that can be played on a harmonica, and your lessons and videos are always excellent and motivating.
Hi Mississippi, kudo from France here. so here's the things. I don't know how to over blow the 6 yet so for the IV chord I'm doing (123) 1 (123) 2 (123) 3 (slide to 1) -3' (123) then back to the I chord -> -2 -(123) -3 -(123) -4 -(123) 5 -(123) -5 . also I sometime play the I like this : -(123) -2 -3 -1 -2". any thoughts ?
Hey Adam Thanks for the big tip: Boogie Woogie is not in shuffle time; it's straight, 8-to the bar. This is clear with single notes always hitting the downbeats: 1-2-3-4 | 5-6-7-8. (I was trying to play in shuffle rhythm and getting very frustrated). But when the notes are doubled, each *pair of notes* seems to be shuffle time: Dum-da Dum-da Dum-da Dum-da, not Dum-Dum Dum-Dum Dum-Dum Dum-Dum. So there's an inherent tension between the overall beat (straight) and the note pairs (shuffle). Or am I getting carried away with the proverbially dangerous "little bit of knowledge"? Thanks. Jim Coplan
Are you familiar with Tommy Dorsey's famous recording, "Boogie Woogie"? I'm working a slightly faster version of that groove. The break point at which actual triplets are doable, and feel right--i.e, the "fast shuffle" break point--is somewhere between Dorsey's groove and my groove. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7mVfHrTaYmY.html
Never heard the lip balm thing before! People do that? Does it not make a mess of your instrument? Always had a problem with sliding and dry lips. But just kept licking my lips a lot till they got really sore. (Feeling all inspired now and want to listen to the Crossroad video again!)
lip health is important! also try using the inside of your lip, it will lubricate it;s self, you can also, for lack of a better phrase prime the harmonica and wet the surface, a lot of chromatic players run the insides of their lips along the harp before they play
I've never found lip balm to be a problem. I prefer Burt's Bees to Chapstick, but any of them are okay. If your lips seem dry, you may well be dehydrated. (That's something I learned as a runner in Mississippi, training through the summer. Cues that hydration is needed.)
@@theuntapstep7789 Fully agree. With perfect embouchure, sliding will never be a problem, since it's mostly the inside of your lips that's on the coverplates. Took me a few years to realize that. I personally wouldn't recommend using any sort of lubricant nor wetting the outer skin of your lips. Otherwise, great video as usual! Keep up the great work, Adam.
