[Harp-L] re: was master class--now the joy of stealing riffs
Winslow wrote... he (Fillisko)opened the concert with an unaccompanied
train piece that combined many of the most notable parts of train
pieces by George Bullet Williams, De Ford Bailey, Lonnie Glosson,
Palmer McAbee, William McCoy, and several others...
One of the reasons it's so much fun to steal riffs. And if you insist
on creativity then add those Musselwhite high end octaves, or throw in
quotes from Jimi Hendrix's VooDoo Chile, some Butterfield modal
noodling,or play the whole thing on a Dorian tuned harp and pretend
you're the Doors. Try throwing in some real fast high end Popper riffs
and try to get back to the train chugging without screwing up the beat.
Start with stealing harp riffs because they're easier to figure out,
then branch out to all the other cool solo instruments. Check out how
Santana accompanies these pop teeney boppers. Man there's some amazing
stuff there--riffing in unison, kicking the bridge in with a wall of
notes. A lot to be learned.
Where would rock be if we didn't steal Chuck Berry riffs?
Rainbow Jimmy
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