BareFootMusicNews - Latest Comments on Harmonica Made Easy... Yeah, Right... https://barefootmusicnews.com/blog1.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 dang in response to: Harmonica Made Easy... Yeah, Right... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:36:15 +0000 c1569@https://barefootmusicnews.com/ <p>I would just like to add that guitar players and piano players and everyone else should try and absorb this info as well. Modes and scales can be very confusing. How do we know which one to play when? The trick, as with any instrument, is to apply the proper set of notes over the chord that is being played. If the band is playing a chord you can &#8220;flavor&#8221; it by playing this scale or that one, changing the &#8220;feel&#8221; of the chord. </p> <p>Even dissonant or out of key notes can fit in when blended with the right notes. The &#8220;in the moment&#8221; tones that are added by string brush and sticky fingers and mistakes as well, all of it adds to the landscape. Uniting all that into a solo or a song is easier when you know that all together there are only 12 notes. At any one given time, you can justify about 10 of them and bend through the other 2. There are no bad notes, only misplaced notes, and some times that&#8217;s just what you want.<br /></p> I would just like to add that guitar players and piano players and everyone else should try and absorb this info as well. Modes and scales can be very confusing. How do we know which one to play when? The trick, as with any instrument, is to apply the proper set of notes over the chord that is being played. If the band is playing a chord you can “flavor” it by playing this scale or that one, changing the “feel” of the chord.

Even dissonant or out of key notes can fit in when blended with the right notes. The “in the moment” tones that are added by string brush and sticky fingers and mistakes as well, all of it adds to the landscape. Uniting all that into a solo or a song is easier when you know that all together there are only 12 notes. At any one given time, you can justify about 10 of them and bend through the other 2. There are no bad notes, only misplaced notes, and some times that’s just what you want.

]]> https://barefootmusicnews.com/blog1.php/harmonica-made-easy-yeah-right#c1569 paul.bourgeois in response to: Harmonica Made Easy... Yeah, Right... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:19:34 +0000 c1568@https://barefootmusicnews.com/ <p>The way I play I don&#8217;t follow sheet music or a set piece usually. I play around and try to find what would be best for the song. It is a bit chaotic and random sometimes, but there is this feeling of creation, you know. It is not just the key you are in. It is the mode or the progression of notes. Pay attention to the band. If you have a different progression, regardless of the key, the notes you play will be the wrong ones because you and the band are going to be playing different notes. Different progressions allow for different melodic and different rhythmic possibilities. </p> <p>The deal between straight and cross is: From the beginning I have always felt straight was for melody and cross was for the trills and fills. Now as for Third Position, or Slant Harp, or Dorian Mode, that is a bit more difficult. It all depends on the song and the notes in the rhythm, if those notes match or complement the melody that you are playing. Simply put, you can&#8217;t play certain melodies with certain modes or progressions (those are the notes that come out in the rhythm) because you will have too many clashing or dissonant notes. There are some songs where Eric is in C and I find a D harmonica works. This is Dorian Mode. </p> <p>I hope I have clarified a few points here.</p> The way I play I don’t follow sheet music or a set piece usually. I play around and try to find what would be best for the song. It is a bit chaotic and random sometimes, but there is this feeling of creation, you know. It is not just the key you are in. It is the mode or the progression of notes. Pay attention to the band. If you have a different progression, regardless of the key, the notes you play will be the wrong ones because you and the band are going to be playing different notes. Different progressions allow for different melodic and different rhythmic possibilities.

The deal between straight and cross is: From the beginning I have always felt straight was for melody and cross was for the trills and fills. Now as for Third Position, or Slant Harp, or Dorian Mode, that is a bit more difficult. It all depends on the song and the notes in the rhythm, if those notes match or complement the melody that you are playing. Simply put, you can’t play certain melodies with certain modes or progressions (those are the notes that come out in the rhythm) because you will have too many clashing or dissonant notes. There are some songs where Eric is in C and I find a D harmonica works. This is Dorian Mode.

I hope I have clarified a few points here.

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