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In this course, you will learn :
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Play blues harp like Sonny Terry
Syllabus :
1. Excersises to help you get into Sonny Terry's style without fear or pain.
- Easy start, say 'choo choo choo' and you're up and running. Riffs 1 and 2
- Work on tone and introducing the onomatopoeic 'Chaka'
- The only way I can describe this is 'chack-chackachack'
- Intriducing Triplets
- Learning how to expel air fast
- Introducing the 'Hand Pop'
- Exploring the hand pop in syncopated rhythms
- More experimenting with the hand pop in different rhythms
2. Simple Riffs in the Sonny Terry style
- Default basic 'Mean old Frisco' Sonny Terry
- Alternative ways to play the last one
- 'Do chicha di chucka'
- Adding 'Chickachacka'
- Adding off beat syncopation
3. Intro Riffs for Sonny Terry songs
- Very basic intro riff
- Alternative to 29 adding a small easy bend
- Adding decorations to the triplet
- Introducing the 'scoop'
- Putting a bend into a group of 4 fast notes
4. Use your 'A' harmonica here
- Introducing the idea of 'chickowa-ha' - expelling air on the 'ha'
- More work on how to expel air fast in your playing
- How to play a sequence of bent note, straight note, chord
5. Pick a bale of cotton
- Jump down turnaround
- Chorus 'Oh Lordy'
- Pushed notes
- Off-beat hand popping
- Syncopated rhythms
6. 'A' harp needed for this section
- Basic groove
- Alternate way to play using 2 blow
- Starting to prepare for the rigours that are coming up next
- 5blow to 4draw transition
- 6 blow to 234 draw
- Final riff in this section utilising what we've just learnt
7. Ending Riffs. 'G' harmonica needed here - nice and low!
- Fast ending with syncopation
- As 48 but with additions of singing and a top D
- Adding a long slow bend
- Single note classic Sonny Terry ending
- The most famous outro phrase
- Triplets and scooping
- Time to sing some more
- Fast challenging rhythm with off beat accents
- Call and response phrasing
- Upbeat and off beat
- 'Doodle-oodle' and 'Calling my Mama'
- Outro
8. Backing tracks for you to practice what you've learn
- 4 Backing tracks for you to play along with
- Special Bonus from the world famous Peter Madcat Ruth (with his permission)
- Chromatic note layout
