Easter Holiday Over

Nearly finished the Easter holiday and have had plenty of time to practice the harp. I've got my groove back and found it huge fun. I've tried to get some triplet runs going (in the style of Paul Butterfield) with some success. What else have I done? Ah yes I've slowed music down to help me figure it out. Adam Gussow plays some fast runs which I've sort of got but the speed is still massively beyond me. Now, as the new term looms, I have my traditional mouth ulcer-a-thon which makes playing painful. Oh well, at least I've had a few weeks off from them! Still completely neglecting the chromatic I just can't get my head round it so I'm using it for just 1 song in the set at the moment -And She was.

And that's it!

Two many drivers

So, I have had the song for a while and am working it up to play with the band. I haven't really developed an effective vibrato but I am cheating with a jaw wobbling effect! I am really enjoying playing the riffs and an secretly quite pleased with how I am sounding. A bit more practice and it will be ready to unleash on an unsuspecting public!

Too Many Drivers

Finally tracked down Paul Butterfield's Too Many Drivers and absolutely love it! Plenty of things to really get my teeth into with triplets and quicker runs. Need to work on the vibrato I think too.