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101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 1 101 BLUESBLUES RIFFS RIFFS VOLUME 101 BLUES RIFFS FOR DIATONIC HARMONICA IN C IN THE STYLE OF THE WALTERS, SONNYBOY II I , SONNY TERRY, LEVY, CLARKE, MILTEAU, PIAZZA, MUSSELWHITE, MCCOY, POWER AND MORE... 6 AA PLAYALONGPLAYALONG COURSECOURSE FORFOR BLUESBLUES HARPHARP "A real nice approach. For everyone from beginners to intermediates" LEE OSKAR PLAYERSPLAYERS CD THE BEN HEWLETT INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H106 Arranged and transcribed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L. 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 2 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 3 101 BLUES RIFFS 101 blues riffs for diatonic harmonica in C, in the style of The Walters, Sonnyboy II, Sonny Terry, Levy, Clarke, Milteau, Piazza, Musselwhite, McCoy, Power and more.. A play-along course for blues harp players Ben Hewlett Arranged and composed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L © 2009 Ben Hewlett. All text and illustrations. © 2009 Paul Lennon. Musical score. Published by L & H Publishing. e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.harmonicaworld.net A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-907058-09-7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding other than that in which it is published and without similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Audio CD © & P 2009 Ben Hewlett & Paul Lennon. All rights of the producer and the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised copying, public performance, broadcasting, hiring or rental of this recording prohibited. 3 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 4 CD TRACKLISTING TRACK 1 Welcome back 2 (Riffs 1-5) CHUGGING RIFFS 3 (Riffs 6-10) DEFORD BAILEY 4 (11-15) SONNY TERRY 5 (16-20) LITTLE WALTER JACOBS 6 (21-25) SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II 7 (26-30) ‘MANNISH BOY' STYLE RIFFS 8 (31-35) ENDINGS 9 (36-40) WILLIAM CLARKE 10 (41-45) JJ MILTEAU 11 (46-50) BRENDAN POWER 12 (51-55) SHAKES, RATTLES AND ROLLS 13 (56-60) TONGUE BLOCKED RIFFS 14 (61-65) BIG WALTER (Shakey) HORTON 15 (66-70) CHARLIE McCOY 16 (71-75) HOWARD LEVY 17 (76-80) ROD PIAZZA 18 (81-85) THIRD POSITION RIFFS 19 (86-90) FIRST POSITION RIFFS 20 (91-95) FAST AND FLASHY 21 (96-100) JAZZY RIFFS 22 (101) SONNY TERRY 'WHOOPING' 23 TWELVE BAR BLUES IN G 4 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 4 CD Tracklisting Page 5 Book Contents Page 6 Welcome Back Page 7 Introduction (Track 1) Pages 8 & 9 Simple Chugging riffs (Track 2) Pages 10 & 11 Deford Bailey (Track 3) Pages 12 & 13 Sonny Terry (Track 4) Pages 14 & 15 Little Walter Jacobs (Track 5) Pages 16 & 17 Sonny Boy Williamson II (Track 6) Pages 18 & 19 'Mannish Boy'-style riffs (Track 7) Pages 20 & 21 Endings (Track 8) Pages 22 & 23 William Clarke (Track 9) Pages 24 & 25 J.J.Milteau (Track 10) Pages 26 & 27 Brendan Power (Track 11) Pages 28 & 29 Shakes, rattles and rolls! (Track 12) Pages 30 & 31 Tongue-blocked riffs (Track 13) Pages 32 & 33 Big Walter (Shakey) Horton (Track 14) Pages 34 & 35 Charlie McCoy (Track 15) Pages 36 & 37 Howard Levy (Track 16) Pages 38 & 39 Rod Piazza (Track 17) Pages 40 & 41 Third Position riffs (Track 18) Pages 42 & 43 First Position riffs (Track 19) Pages 44 & 45 Fast and Flashy riffs (Track 20) Pages 46 & 47 Jazzy riffs (Track 21) Pages 48 & 49 Sonny Terry 'Whooping' (Track 22) Page 50-51 12-bar blues in G Page 53 Thanks Page 54 Chromatic harmonica tablature Page 56 Ben Hewlett biography Page 57 Paul Lennon biography Page 58 The Series & Forthcoming Titles 5 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 6 THE BEN HEWLETT HARMONICA COURSE VOLUME 6 101 BLUES RIFFS Hello and welcome to the 6th in our series in which we offer you 101 blues riffs to learn, use, modify, and take over their ownership. Each riff will be played for you at a fast speed, then a slower speed and then in most cases, at an intermediate speed. Each track contains five riffs in the style of some of my favourite players, starting with simpler riffs to get you started and gradually getting harder. Whilst studying with Joe Filisko I've learnt that most of the earlier players tongue- blocked most of the time. However, to make it easier, I've decided to ignore this generally, but you should try the tongue-block style as well. Use your tongue to cover a couple of holes to the left of the notes I've given you and it should work out! The players on which we have based these riffs are chosen haphazardly from my personal music collection so should not be taken as exclusively the best players - although they are all exceptional in my opinion. We also ran out of space on the CD so couldn't use riffs in the style of Paul Lamb, Kim Wilson, Sugar Blue, John Popper, Paul Jones, Lee Sankey, Johnny Mars, Steve Baker and a bunch of other inspirational players. Maybe on the next riffs album! My playing - (although brilliant!) - is no match for the source players whose styles I've attempted, so my best advice is to encourage you, after enjoying this CD, to go back to the original players and to study them directly. It is much harder of course - what we have we have tried to do here is to present the same information for you in a half digested form - almost regurgitated, and fed from beak to open screeching beak. Imagine us like a Mummy or Daddy bird feeding you, our fat and starving little chicks! 6 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 7 INTRODUCTION Most riffs here are in second position or 'crossharp'. For those who don't know, this refers to the 'flavour' or mood given to your music through your deliberate choice of notes. Second position gives a great bluesy feel and is based around the low draw chord i.e.- a G chord when you are using a C harp. That’s holes 1 - 4 draw. When you include hole 5 it becomes a G7 chord which is PERFECT for blues. Chords like G7 - or any other '7th' chord - will instantly give you a bluesy flavour on any instrument. You will also need to bend lots of notes to get the blues notes (blues scales) which add to the characteristic sound. In 3rd, 5th or 6th positions by contrast, most of the blues notes you need are available unbent and the chords are unavailable. Bent notes have a different sound texture, so choosing different positions alters the flavour, and the technical approach. If you're not clear on bending notes we may be able to help you out - check out the chromatic tablature page. Note bending will be dealt with in future editions. We've mostly stuck to 2nd position also because it is considered 'normal' or familiar, and most recorded blues that you hear will be in 2nd especially between 1930 and 1990. For the exact same reason I like to escape from 2nd and experiment with some of the other 11 positions available - I think it's our duty to explore the harmonica! So plug in the CD and let's get to work! Try to train your ears (those are the big flappy things attached to the side of your head) by at first NOT looking at this book. Just listen, stop the CD, and copy. You need to work at the ears - music belongs to the EARS. Written music is a handy code, has great historical significance, and is a great aide-memoir, but it's just paper - music is generally an audible experience rather that a visual one. 7 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 8 SIMPLE CHUGGING RIFFS RIFFS 1 - 5 I THOUGHT WE JUST AGREED YOU WERE NOT GOING TO READ THIS YET !? TRAIN YOUR EARS!! Chugging is a system I use for beginners and intermediates alike. It is ‘rhythm’ harmonica, and uses the two basic chords in various rhythmic patterns. Chugging gets you to whisper crazy words into the harmonica to create amazing sound textures. It leads you to encounter breathing problems and helps you to overcome them. Rhythm is the bottom line in music, as breathing is in harmonica playing. So chugging is the foundation in my view. As with all the chugging chords in Get Chugging, Mastermix, and Nasty Chugs, this technique only works effectively if you whisper these words loudly into the harmonica. Riff 1 do da (in) do da (out) do (in) Riff 2 da (in) hoo (out) hah (in) hoo (out) da (in) Riff 3 tocketa (in) tocketa (out) tocketa (in) tocketa (out) tock (in) Riff 4 da (in) hoo (out) daaaaaaa (in) da (in) hoo (out) da (in) Riff 5 do da (in) da do da (in) do da (out) do (in) 8 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 9 SIMPLE CHUGGING RIFFS Track 2 Riffs 1 - 5 Hewlett & Lennon g2001 Swing = 104/70 Twice each 9 101 Blues riffs vol 6 download 10/9/09 09:32 Page 10 DEFORD BAILEY 1899-1982 Riffs 6 - 10 He was the first African-American star at the Grand Old Opry he became known for his ability to mimic animal sounds on the harmonica.