Articulation

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A great lesson from Ronnie Shellist on using articulation.

Articulation

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Right on @Dai. You may know this already, but I’m a HUGE Ronnie Shellist fan! I’ve never seen a lesson of his that I didn’t love and from which I get some awesome nugget.

Thanks for sharing this, and here’s my notes from this one:

Chords: Duh and Yuh. This is such a sexy groove. at 3:15. He’s lip blocking but it’s got a cool feel as if he was tongue blocking.

I love how he always gives shots out to my predecessor and teaching mentor JP Allen, like he does here before he goes into the “Tucka Toodle” articulations that I teach in Beginner to Boss.

I’d never heard of Yucka Tucka Tee before.

I like how he advises to breaks up articulation concepts into single note stuff versus chordal stuff as you go to practice it.

I like this dudda dudda duh exercise.

I never heard of the gentle “Luddle luh” before. Very cool. He mentions that Joe Filisko talked about it, maybe within the context of Sonny boy Williamson. Joe’s Sonny boy Williamson teaching product is on my wish list to buy and go through at some point.

Love his use of the staccato single notes in his rendition of Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon” (which he mis-attributes as the Meter’s “Cissy Strut.”)

THIS CHORD GROOVE IS SUPER-SICK!!!
Hee ducka dee (on inhale)
Hudda (on exhale)

Single note to double stop! GREAT ONE!
Doy -4’ -4
Dadda -45 -45

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Big fan of Ronnie myself

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Been doing a lot of research whilst down with a cold, so now I’ve got Vamping and SuperVamping soon as I’m better I’m going to start fitting in tongue articulations, also try any weird sound I can make inside my mouth. I’ve also discovered by accident I have a tuner with a metronome so I can practice getting my train faster. But at the moment can’t stop coughing

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This all looks like a lot of good information. Excited to start exploring it.

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In a blues solo what percentage of notes are articulated or even staccato?

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27.53%

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and staccato?

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:rofl: Welcome to the forum @adam.grabusk! Glad to have you here. I think our friend @Carlos1 was being facetious, lol. That was his way of saying, “you are asking an impossible question.” Try making your question more specific. Ask about a specific song, or better yet, a specific part of a song! Hope that helps. Rock on! :sunglasses:

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I confess !! I could not resist pulling a little joke. :wink:

But to give @adam.grabusk a serious answer: You need to realize that no matter how you blow or draw on a harmonica, you are doing one of the many articulations that are possible. So the real answer would have to be that 100% of the notes in a blues solo are articulated (in one way or another).