Re: [Harp-L] Seminar

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sonny favored a Bb for a lot of his stuff. 

Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
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--- On Mon, 10/4/10, Cahebay@xxxxxxx <Cahebay@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Cahebay@xxxxxxx <Cahebay@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Seminar
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 7:01 PM


No question I would be interested, what model of harp would
 you suggest.
 I have 18 different ones, would not the A key harp work the  best
 for terry material?
Regards
Mark
 
 
In a message dated 10/4/2010 7:50:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx writes:

Val will  be posting the list within the next few days. I can say for sure  
on  Saturday I will be from 10:00 - 11:30, with Dennis G. from 11:30 - 
12:30,  
then Rob Paparozzi and much more. I will be staying the day so please feel  
free  approach me about any subject. As I am preparing certain songs,  
signature licks  and basics, I would appreciate your input now on  what You 
want 
to get from this  seminar. Anyone who wishes to attend,  perhaps bring an A 
and a C harp. I have  transcribed ( the hard way )  and taken licks from 
the 
Whoopin CD with Johnny  Winter, with much of  the basic licks being heard 
in 
many of his works..

Basics: How he  formed notes, all diaphragm, no throat. 
Sonny's Trill. No  warble
Flutters: Rapidly pulling your tongue on and off the harp
Hand  effects. Wah Way, fanning the harp, hand smacks ( pucky pucky, 
popping 
the  harp )
Throat pops. ga ga ga  while using hands.
Whoops and  Hollers.
More...

These are the songs I chose, one is from the CD,  Whoopin the Doop ( Hooray 
 
Hooray ) complete with ride section  transcribed and main phrasing. 
Learning 
to  sing and play..  
Sonny's opening song to his shows: Worried Man Long Way from Home  with  
whoops.
The song Sonny and I did as a duet, Mean Woman  Blues.

So email away. I want you to take nuggets of phrases he used  commonly, one 
 
being of course the opening line he did to 50% of his  songs. 

Then a little fun with the Cruncher or Avenger, please email me  and let me 
 
know which one to bring. I will be driving from New Haven  at 7:00, hope my 
mouth  works by 10:)

I really would  appreciate your input. This is how I continue to grow with  
putting  these on, and it is for free, I am hoping to see many of my Sonny 
Jr  
owners to thank them and see them in person. I am going to have a SONNY JR  
shirt  on, just say hey....


Hooray Hooray this woman is  killing me. Transcribed
Worried Man Long Way from Home - Exactly as Sonny  did it, with the  whoops.
Mean Woman Blues, which I will take  extremely slow.