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Hello From Lausanne Sept 3, 2021 9:25:26 GMT Rex likes this

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Hello,

First, excuse me for my english, cause I'm french. My real name is Patrick but people call me more often Pat or Paddy.
Here, I'm in Switzerland, in my daughter home for the birth of my grandson Sandro

But, usually, I'm living in France not far away from Paris but in the country.
I'm 62 and only play harmonica since 5 years.
I'm registering on your Forum cause I love american music: Blues, Bluegrass, country, folk ...
I mainly learn the harmonica thanks of the excellent methods of a great French harmonica player JJ Milteau.

Here, I'm trying to give you a link of a tune of him that I put on Youtube. It's a tune without bend.
I recorded it in two times. First the audio and after, the video. But I'm not good to use software to put everything back together.

Amicalement,

Paddy

youtu.be/L2APqz4xM44

Keith Global Moderator Posts: 617	Hello From Lausanne Sept 3, 2021 14:40:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Keith on Sept 3, 2021 14:40:25 GMT Welcome aboard. Your English is good, way better than my non existent French. Nice playing.
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Hello From Lausanne Sept 4, 2021 6:41:46 GMT

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Post by drifter on Sept 4, 2021 6:41:46 GMT

Hi Paddy,
In my youth I went for a walking holiday in Switzerland and arrived in Lausanne one morning and had to wait for a train. We went and sat on a park bench where my girlfriend dropped her contact lens! We spent hours looking for that lens but failed to find it.
Liked the tune and found the music quite easily. You play it very fast. I am struggling with fast music at the present time.

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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2021 8:52:32 GMT

Hello,

Thank you so much for all your messages.
Yes the tune is playing nearly fast but it's only at 80% of the real speed that is playing in the original by JJ Milteau.

Actually, I'm trying to learn a tune of Miss Elin Oberg calling : "Bluegrass Harmonica Solo"

That it :

youtu.be/H6wO6kA2LSE

I hope you like it ?

Harmonicalement,

Paddy

Sarge Administrator Posts: 1,707	Hello From Lausanne Sept 4, 2021 13:09:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sarge on Sept 4, 2021 13:09:14 GMT Welcome Paddy!!! Great to have you here. You did a great job on that song. Every month we have two songs to learn; give them a try.
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Sept 4, 2021 8:52:32 GMT @grandpasandro said:

Hello,

Thank you so much for all your messages.
Yes the tune is playing nearly fast but it's only at 80% of the real speed that is playing in the original by JJ Milteau.

Actually, I'm trying to learn a tune of Miss Elin Oberg calling : "Bluegrass Harmonica Solo"

That it :

youtu.be/H6wO6kA2LSE

I hope you like it ?

Harmonicalement,

Paddy

She is very good and I enjoy that type of music. It's not really bluegrass music. Bluegrass tunes always have a recognizable melody. Someone who knows the music can put a title to the tune. Like Irish music has melodies with names. What she is playing could be called country music riffs or licks. Charlie McCoy invented this style of music. It works well as improvising after the melody has been established by either playing the tune on an instrument or by a singer singing a song. Her riffs would fit well in an instrumental solo in a fast country or bluegrass song. For that reason they are worth studying and learning. I learned a couple Charlie McCoy riffs from a professional player named Mike Caldwell. Country riffs often use the pentatonic scale in second position.

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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2021 19:09:56 GMT

Hello,

Thank you for the clarification.
I think that in Europe and mainly in France we don't really differentiate between these different styles of music.
I made a little video to try to give some ideas to play this tune.
I think it is not very good and my english is really bad when I speak.
However, maybe the link to the Tab can help who want to play this song even if I'm sure to have make errors.

Amicalement,

youtu.be/RL7VGGKlgWg

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