RE: [Harp-L] BB King - Rock me baybe - Clarification

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I once tried to tab a song - and it turns out I was trying to hit something either on an A harp or D - that ended up being in C. Thanks bend-o-meter!
 
Try other harps before you commit to the belief that those notes are all there is - I am sorry to even say this, as I do not have a copy of the song you are trying - I am just sharing an experience I once had... once.

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	Subject: Re: [Harp-L] BB King - Rock me baybe - Clarification
	
	


	Just to clarify, I tabbed what I heard and saw (using Bendometer). The
	3d***, not 3d**** is what I heard and saw, I guess its a guitar bend from G
	to Ab. I know you can't do that on a harmonica, but I used harp tab to
	notate what I heard. I figured it out after I wrote it.
	
	So:
	 4b 3d (3*** 3****)
	
	Means:
	
	 C  B  (  G  to Ab vibrato)
	
	Pierre.
	
	
	
	
	----- Original Message -----
	From: "Jonathan Hill" <jonathan.f.hill@xxxxxxxxx>
	To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
	Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 4:24 PM
	Subject: [Harp-L] BB King - Rock me baybe
	
	
	> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
	> From: Jonathan Hill <jonathan.f.hill@xxxxxxxxx>
	> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:24:24 -0600
	> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] BB King - Rock me baybe
	> To: Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
	>
	>
	> I'm guessing in your notation that * means bent one semitone. If
	> that's the case, 3d would only go down to 3d***, not 3d****.
	>
	> So the opening riff on a C harp is:
	>
	> G F G
	>
	> not unusual given that F is the dominant 7 of G. Pretty common in
	> blues, jazz and most popular music.
	>
	> Not sure what that second lick is, but maybe you meant:
	>
	> 4b 3d (3** 3***) which would be C B A Ab. Wish I knew what chord
	> that's over. The A and Ab are 9th and b9th, with respect to G. I'll
	> let Winslow tackle that one.
	>
	> The third lick is just that little three note chromatic walkup/down
	> thing that I associate with Hendrix. In the blues scale, its usually
	> here:
	>
	> G Bb ->C Db D<- F G, but I've heard Hendrix use it all over the place
	> and in the context the B could just be a passing tone between the C
	> and Bb.
	>
	> Rereading your post, I see that I've probably just reiterated a bunch
	> of stuff you already know, but I'm in the process of analyzing Charlie
	> Parker's "Blues for Alice" and am excited about all that I'm learning.
	> I'll give a disclaimer here...some of this stuff I'm just learning and
	> I have no formal training, so I'll let the big dogs tackle the theory
	> that I'm probably only half right on. Sic 'em boys! :-)
	>
	> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:40:58 -0500, Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
	>>
	>> I am tabbing parts of  "Rock Me Baby" by BB King (Key of G).
	>>
	>> I have done the first couple of minutes of the tune. I am a bit surprised
	>> at his note selection. Many key notes are neither from the blues scale
	>> nor from the chord arpeggios.
	>>
	>> For example the opening rythm riff is:
	>>
	>> 2d 2d** 2d
	>>
	>> A bit later he plays this:
	>>
	>> 4b 3d (3*** 3****)   (Vibrato between 3***  and 3****)
	>>
	>> He also plays:
	>>
	>> 4d  3d* 3d**
	>>
	>> and at 1:08 he plays
	>>
	>> 3d* 3d** 3d** 3d*** 3d*** 3d*** 3d**
	>>
	>> I've never tabbed guitar playing, is this normal?
	>>
	>> Writing this, I am realizing what may be happening is that he is bending
	>> up the 2d rather than down from 3d*** (pretty hard to bend down on
	>> guitar :-)). Still why emphasize the note of resolution then? Is this
	>> common?
	>>
	>> Any comments on the use of 2** and 3**  ?
	>>
	>> I'm intrigued by BBs use of volume on this tune, volume goes way down,
	>> you have to strain to hear him, then later it goes way up. I thought
	>> dynamics were more on a note by note basis, never figured it would be on
	>> a passage basis. Seems to create a lot of tension as you want it to come
	>> up.
	>>
	>> One last question, when playing 2d** on a C harp, is there any way to get
	>> a clean sound? Can this be mastered or is this the nature of the beast. I
	>> expect to play this with a piano, so I would like a clean sound if its
	>> possible.
	>>
	>> Thanks,
	>>
	>> Pierre.
	>>
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