Fredrider51
20 posts
Nov 19, 2008
3:18 PM
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Can I start it with the first riff.I ever learned from Jon Gindick.
Good morning riff.
122 12232
dbd dbddd
Last Edited by on Nov 19, 2008 3:24 PM
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eharp
145 posts
Nov 19, 2008
6:45 PM
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wow! i cant wait till tomorrow!!
lol
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Fredrider51
21 posts
Nov 20, 2008
3:28 AM
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ok E your turn
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eharp
146 posts
Nov 20, 2008
2:49 PM
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daaaang! i was just going to thieve every body else's riffs!
6 545 6
b ddd b
hold the 1st 6 a tad. quick with the 545.
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Miles Dewar
72 posts
Nov 20, 2008
6:05 PM
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2dBend---3dBend---unbend 3d----2d
day--------ooh---------waa------------doo,
da-- da-- da-- da-- waa doo,
day-- ooh-- waa-- doo--, waa-- hoo-- ha-- waa-- doo
---Be Positive---
Last Edited by on Nov 20, 2008 6:11 PM
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eharp
147 posts
Nov 20, 2008
6:39 PM
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sorry, miles.
please wait till tomorrow.
the thread is "riff of the day".
lol
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birdman
54 posts
Nov 21, 2008
3:28 AM
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i use this one a lot great fill after a vocal line
4 4 3 2 or higher octive same riff 8 7 7 6
d b d d
Last Edited by on Nov 21, 2008 3:29 AM
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Oliver
21 posts
Nov 21, 2008
6:17 AM
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Ok, bit cheeky but here is a request for tomorrows riff! Can anyone play the little harp bit in the theme tune to the first series of The Wire?!
"If you walk through the garden," DUH-DUH-DURRRRRR-DUH "... you better watch your back."
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Fredrider51
24 posts
Nov 21, 2008
2:56 PM
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Adam we need a riff from you please
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oldwailer
333 posts
Nov 22, 2008
11:13 AM
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This is a kind of a riff, I guess:
1) Get Adam's lesson on train songs and get the rhythm pattern he teaches down.
2) When you are going along, doing the 'tuka tukas'--start a pattern with 'BUCKa tuka'
bucka tuka tuka tuka bucka tuka tuka tuka
bucka tuka tuka tuka bucka tuka tuka tuka
bucka tuka bucka tuka bucka tuka tuka tuka
Then repeat until you drop. Do train whistle just before you keel over.
This is big fun--the 'bucks' add another rhythm dimension--not unlike Sonny Terry's hand slaps.
I got the Bucka from Ron Shellist--and the tucka from Adam. . .
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Preston
Guest
Nov 24, 2008
5:34 AM
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Sometimes I do this short riff before I start a solo.
4overblow, 5overblow, 6 draw sustained
duh duh wooooooooooow
First two notes are just quick hits setting you up for the wail. Scoop into the 6 draw from the 6 draw bend, and then let a little bit of 7 draw in, much like you do with the 4 and 5 draw, and man that note will scream.
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tookatooka
31 posts
Nov 24, 2008
1:38 PM
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A little riff that takes you from 6 blow down to 2 draw with some fiddly bits on the way. The 4 blows are only sounded momentarily.
6 -5 -4 4 -3 -4 4 -3 -4 4 -3 -2 2 -1 -1 2 -2
Last Edited by on Nov 24, 2008 1:40 PM
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jbgood
1 post
Nov 26, 2008
6:53 AM
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Little Walter's Juke - first 8 bars
You'll have to listen to Adam's lesson to get it right.
2 3 4 5 6 6
d d d b b b
I can't do it at Full Speed...
Not Yet!!
Practice - Practice - Practice
Last Edited by on Nov 26, 2008 6:58 AM
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TylerLannan
17 posts
Nov 27, 2008
3:05 PM
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here's a fun lil riff that I use:
3 draw bent to 3 draw w/ a lil 4 draw, to 4 blow, to 4 draw bent then unbent, to 4 - 5 draw warble, to 4 draw bent, than gliss to 2 draw, then 2 draw w/ vibrato. Sorry if that's not thorough. I'm not the best at explaining riffs.
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HarpMan Freeman
31 posts
Nov 28, 2008
5:06 AM
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Lee Oskar does a riff in his song BLT where he rapidly repeats with a [F] harmonica in a glissando that is amazing.
9b,8d,9d (I think).
The speed and duration of Lee's performance has been very difficult for me to match.
I found it just after the 2 minute mark on this youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgDDEG6CxDw
In his more recent recordings, he does this with greater intensity then found on this youtube.
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HarpMan Freeman
32 posts
Nov 28, 2008
5:24 AM
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Lee also does this in
Lee's Blues soon after the 2min50sec mark.
Best of Lee Oskar Vol 2 Album.
This is the one I had in mind originally.
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Tuckster
46 posts
Nov 28, 2008
7:32 AM
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I listened to that,and I THINK it's 9b 8d 7d. Try it-sounds right to me. Hard to do on an "F"!
Last Edited by on Nov 28, 2008 7:33 AM
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Oliver
24 posts
Nov 28, 2008
10:58 AM
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The 'Wire' fill that I mentioned earlier is just -2bend, -2, -3, -2 I think, but I can't make it sound anything like how it should do.
Here is a little riff I like to play. Scoop the 4 draws to make it sound better, and hold the 5 draw:
-4, -5, -4, 4, -2, -3, 4, -2.
Last Edited by on Nov 28, 2008 11:00 AM
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Fredrider51
26 posts
Dec 06, 2008
2:06 PM
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does anyone have anymore
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eharp
162 posts
Dec 06, 2008
2:14 PM
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we dont even have 2 weeks worth of riffs!!
why am i so hesitant about practice then?
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Anonymous
Guest
Dec 06, 2008
4:16 PM
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why dont you suggest one eharp?
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Preston
Guest
Dec 07, 2008
6:37 AM
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I have several more, however, like Adam said in another post, it is difficult to post a riff without notation or an audio example. Sometimes a certain riff only sounds good when you phrase it a certain way, and that phrasing is lost in typing. I think that maybe why most people hesitate to post.
Anyway, here's another one. This should only take up 4 beats (one bar), so Ya Gotta play pretty fast to get all this in. A little Jason Ricci style.
-1 -2' -2
-2' -2 -3' -2
-2' -1
-2' -2 -2' -2 -3'
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preston
Guest
Dec 07, 2008
6:48 AM
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Here's another one. Adam did a YT video awhile back and I believe it was copying a sax player. Not sure the name or number anymore, but the riff went something like this:
+5 -4 -3' +2 -2
Anyway, I took that riff and transposed it to the high end of the harp and slowed it way down. Gives a very bluesy, melancholy feel.
+8 -8 +^6(overblow) +5 +6
I actually start on the 8 blow bend, and slowly scoop into the unbent note. I can also slightly bend the pitch up and down on my overblows, so I scoop a little bit on the 6 overblow too.
Maybe we should do like the other thread says and start posting the riff of the day.
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Preston
Guest
Dec 09, 2008
5:11 AM
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Walk this way by Aerosmith:
Key of E second position on A harp
+4 -4' -4 +6
+4 -4' -4 +6 -2
+4 -4' -4 +6
+4 -4' -4 +6 -2 -2 +6
The problem with this is the 6 blow is very stable, and Joe Perry plays that top E note with a little bluesy scoop. I am trying to learn this in third position on a D harp, so I will be hitting the very bendable 4 draw as the E note. However, it requires the 3draw step and half followed by 3 draw full step bend, and it is really hard to get the intonation right.
Key of E 3rd position D harp
-2 -3"' -3" -4
-2 -3"' -3" -4 -1
etc.
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Preston
Guest
Dec 12, 2008
5:25 AM
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Is there no one else with riffs they want to share out there?
Butterfield riff in first position:
+4 ^4(overblow)-5 ^5 -5 ^4 +4 +4
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KC69
3 posts
Dec 12, 2008
5:57 AM
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Here goes: I'll probably wake up the Plaintiff ( Remarried my X-Wife I fondly call the Plaintiff)LOL.
4' 4 4' 3' 2'2
ooh/ee/ooh/ba/dwa
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Preston
Guest
Dec 12, 2008
9:47 AM
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KC, good riff. Is that KC your initials, or Kansas City?
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KC69
4 posts
Dec 12, 2008
1:15 PM
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Thanks Preston: I'm new to the forum: Wish I could claim this riff. I was givin that from Jimi Lee.. K.C. is initials/nickname. The Sunshine Band did'nt sober up with me. Its now a solo gig. Only been playing the harmonica for a year and a half, but been working my butt off, with the help of some great instructors. The Plaintiff told me I needed a hobby, did'nt know it would turn into an Obsession!!
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Miles Dewar
128 posts
Dec 12, 2008
1:52 PM
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LOL, The Plaintiff! How is she? lol
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---Be Positive---
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KC69
5 posts
Dec 12, 2008
9:18 PM
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Thanks for asking: I love that Woman, even though now she won't let me date ( out side the family ). But thats OK,I'm not complaining, shes got 5 sisters!! I Love that Woman!
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KC69
11 posts
Dec 14, 2008
7:51 AM
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6+ 4 5 5+ 4 5+ 3+ ~3' 3 4 5+ 3+
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Preston
272 posts
Apr 13, 2009
3:14 PM
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Was working on two things:
1. Buddah's deal about not ever playing the root note
2. Listening to alot of guitar players riffs.
One thing I notice is that the guitar guys tend to do alot of octave jumps in their playing. Keeping these two things in mind, I stumbled across a riff I thought I'd share. Maybe do a YT vid of it someday on the harpfriends channel.
2nd position:
-3' +4 -2" -5~~~~ wail on the 5 a bit to make it interesting.
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roadharp
8 posts
Jan 04, 2010
10:16 AM
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hi guys something i put together using the blues scale 2d 2d 3dhalf step bend 4b 4b and then back down.i am trying to figure out a 12 bar with this any help would be nice . it sounds pretty cool.or if u know this lick in any song. love life live life.
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