Update: I found the answer, video linked below.
What exactly makes a Louisiana Blues style octave happen?
It seems like harmonica players there play an octave, and then some other octave right after it that I can’t find on my harp.
Thanks!
Update: I found the answer, video linked below.
What exactly makes a Louisiana Blues style octave happen?
It seems like harmonica players there play an octave, and then some other octave right after it that I can’t find on my harp.
Thanks!
Great video thanks. Loved it. My son used to love zydeco music. Also this is another reason adding a little tongue to your tool box of talent just gives you more to play with. @davidkachalon
The split three using the Tb is the way to get that Cajun sound!
In the splits section of Beginner to Boss I talk a lot about 36 split, and specifically I talk about the kind of horn call riffs that Jason mentions in this vid: -14 25 36. Those are used in Cajun music as well as more traditional Blues music.
But HERE’S the real SECRET to the Cajun blues splits
For the I chord: -36 -47
Those are the magic money Cajun splits that you don’t come across in traditional Blue music.
And for the V chord -46
You’ll notice that’s a Split-3. Split-3’s are much less commonly played than split-4’s. But there’s a Lot of gorgeous harmonies to be discovered playing them.
The -46 in particular is helpful in Cajun music, from:
I Chord -47 to
V Chord -46 to
IV Chord 46 (or 47, or the more traditional 36. You can blow anywhere and be in the IV chord, so plenty to explore here!)
Some of the Blues players use these devices too in there blues, Lazy Lester being of one example. Its pretty much ingrained in the Louisiana sound. I spent 3 years there in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the beauty being at the time all sorts of musicians blew through there you could learn from. Still miss the place terribly.