Slim Harpo
Hello Dave, I like Slim Harpo's style of playing and I feel its within my reach to learn... do you think its good for me to try to learn a few of his songs at this stage of my skill level? do you recommend that?
Regards,
Preston
Thanks!! i'll try that :)
Check out the current Newsletter. There is a Transcription of Slim Harpo's Baby Scratch My Back. It's not too complex at the early intermediate stage, as long as you get your 3 draw quarter step down. I've been hacking away at it a little each day.
-Taylor
Yeah I was looking at it earlier today... I like that number a lot... but it would be nice if I had a transcription of these too...
D-Blues Hangover
D-Instrumental (Moody Blues)
D-Snoopin' Around
D-That Ain't Your Business
E-One More Day
E-Tip On In, Part 1
E-You'll Be Sorry One Day
F-Baby, Scratch My Back
F-Harmonica Instrumental
F-I Don't Want No One
F-I've Got Love If You Want It
F-One More Day
F-One Of These Days
F-Sugar-Coated Love
F-We're Two Of A Kind
F-Wonderin' Blues
G-Rainin' In My Heart
A-Shake Your Hips
:)
I added "Shake Your Hips" to the list and added a few more favorites of mine then Keyed all of them.....
Don't forget Shake You Hips! Good list though. I'm going to wait till I get Baby, Scratch My Back down, then just use the Amazing Slow Downer to learn the other ones by ear. Transcriptions are great but from watching interviews on here it seems like most of the greats learned by ear anyways. I don't want to paint myself into a room where I can only play songs that are transcribed.
From what I can tell, Harpo's stuff isn't insanely complex. Just do your best and ask David if you have questions about the key or techniques. That's what I would suggest.
-Taylor
Yeah trying to work it out by ear is great for learning... any day better than transcribed music.... but I need to find the time :(.... Finding the Key is easy but sometimes I wonder which harp Position he uses or if he uses some other tuning!!.... I'll definitely be asking David for help as I go along I can see that....
Don't forget about this helpful page put together by Lance Hetzler for song keys:
http://www.harmonicamasterclass.com/artist_listing.htm
Thanks David... I didn't know about that list its nice to have that kind of information around. Thanks to Lance for taking the trouble!!
It's always good to sit down, slow down and try to work out playing of the masters... take your time and enjoy the process.