Tip of the week: Sneaking the slide into third position, Part 3

If you play Draw 6 on a C chromatic, you get the note F.

If you play Blow 6 with the slide in, you still get F.

Big deal.

But wait, Paul deLay did something very cool with this.

First he played a split, with Hole 3 in the left corner of his mouth and Hole 6 in the right corner, blocking 4 and 5 with his tongue.

Now, maintaining that split, play the following sequence (I'l give you only the note in the right corner):

(B = Blow, D = Draw, < = Slide in)

6D 6B < 6B 5D

Note how on the first two notes, the right-corner note stays the same while the left-corner note changes. This gives the line a mysterious quality that Paul really liked to use. Try this move out, then listen for it in his recordings.