Re: [Harp-L] Ain't No Sunshine good tune for blues bands

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you're thinking about this entirely too much. Listen the rhythm of the words and play like that. Don't think about scales. BTW- I play this tune on a low F harp

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>From: Emile D'Amico [mailto:EDAmico@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:24 AM
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>Subject: [Harp-L] Ain't No Sunshine good tune for blues bands
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>In my last band we had to play a lot of places that were not stickily blues only 
>venues. In order to survive we had to include other types of tunes.
>Ain't No Sunshine is one the tunes we put in our set.
>I've heard other blues acts include this in their sets also.
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>Part of how we did it goes like this:
>I put the harmonica solo at the end of the song.
>I got the idea from a Quincy Jones record where he 
>had toots do his solo at the end.
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>I just had the band vamp, and played away..
>To end I would just signal the band.
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>My improv processes goes like this:
>The tune is in a minor so that gives us 
>a lot of choices.
>I liked to use the natural, and the harmonic minor.
>The melodic minor ascending is not a choice for me.
>The color is pushing it way too close to major for my personal taste.
>Other choices: The A blues scale works great.
>A dorian works great. Though when I use the a dorian I like to start on f#.
>I just like the color it gives the music.This would technically be f# locrian .
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>My signature ending: aminL7 9 a lot of people have different names for this chord
>the L7 means major seventh. So there is no confusion these are the notes:
>a c e g# b lots of color. I like to ride up the chord in a toots eighth note fashion.
>Sometimes I hang on the major seventh just to wake up the band.
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>One side note:
>We had some background vocals that we used harmonica and voice working together.
>This is a great illusion. 
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>On this tune I used a chromatic (cbh 2016)
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>My thoughts on diatonic harmonica positions.
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>Three off the top of my head are: 
>a minor on a C major diatonic 
>a dorian on a G major diatonic
>a blues on a D major diatonic
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