SONNY TERRY 2 BLUES RIFFS - HarmonicaWorld.net · 60 SONNY TERRY BLUES RIFFS FOR INTERMEDIATE HARP PLAYERS ... fourteen and still has a passion for jazz and blues. ... Sonny Terry

60 SONNY TERRY BLUES RIFFS FOR INTERMEDIATE HARP PLAYERS

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THE BEN HEWLETT HARMONICA COURSE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 4 CD Tracklisting

Page 5 Book Contents

Page 6 Introduction

Page 7 Articulations, Whooping, Hand Popping, Pulsing

Pages 8 & 9 About Sonny Terry

Pages 10 & 11 Plaudits

Page 12 Riffs 1-4

Page 13 Riffs 5-8

Page 14 Riffs 9-12

Page 15 Riffs 13-16

Page 16 Riffs 17-19

Page 17 Riffs 20-23

Page 18 Riffs 24-28

Page 19 Riffs 29-31

Page 20 Riffs 32-35

Page 21 Riffs 36-38

Page 22 Riffs 39-41

Page 23 Riffs 42-46

Page 24 Riffs 47-51

Page 25 Riffs 52-55

Page 26 Riffs 56-60

Page 27 Chromatic Tablature (TAB) Chart

Page 28 Outro

Page 29 Biogs - Ben Hewlett

Page 30 Biogs - Paul Lennon

Page 31 Other Volumes Available

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our second book of Sonny Terry style Riffs.

This book is a further attempt to delve into the style of Sonny Terry. We’ve selected riffs welike, slowed them down, tried to catch the essence of his playing, notated them, and then weplay each riff at three different speeds so you can learn it more easily.

I was captivated by Sonny’s playing when I first came across him in the 90s, and I’ve beentrying to get close to his style ever since. He’s been a major influence on so many otherplayers - Brendan Power (the guy that started me off teaching) says ‘Hearing Sonny Terry playblues harp was my inspiration to play harmonica, and I still love to play straight ahead, no-nonsense Blues’ and so do I!

The harps you will need for this book are G, A, Bb, and C.

As before I should remind you to listen to the man himself and you will hopefully recognise allthe riffs you will learn from this book.

We’ve tried to get the feel of Sonny’s playing but haven’t tried to get every detail down. If youwant to zoom in further get in touch with Joe Filisko and he’ll help you out.

These riffs are similar to those found in Sonny’s playing in general and some are inspired inparticular by his versions of ‘Pick a bale of cotton’ – can you spot them? The exercises at thefront of the book are mine and are designed to get you warmed up for the real thing and havealso been simplified to give you the skills to play like Sonny.

Paul is playing guitar on this album to accompany the riffs (and drums) and by altering yourbalance control you’ll see how to make the harmonica more or less prominent depending onyour preferred mix.

If you enjoy this CD/Book there are two other Sonny style books in our series that you mightlike. Once we started the research it was hard to stop! The more I look into Sonny’s style themore I see so we just kept going and ended up with enough riffs to start a fourth book -however we’ll stop at three. Probably.

Enjoy working through this and please give us feedback - tell us what you think of it!

Ben and Paul July 2010.

A big thank you to Grammy Award winner Peter Madcat Ruth for giving us permission to usehis track Georgie Buck and also to Wayne T. Helfrich for his photos of Sonny Terry.

Ben uses Hohner Marine Band harmonicas customised by Richard Sleigh of the Joe Filiskoguild: www.rsleigh.com, and Hohner Marine Band Deluxe customised by Jon Vaughan atcustomharps.co.uk. Many thanks to these experts for keeping us in tune and with the correct‘just’ intonation. Paul uses Hofner & Fender guitars, AER amplification and Line6 effects.We would like to thank Joe Filisko for his guidance as always! www.filisko.com

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Arranged and composed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.

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HOW TO PLAY CLASSIC XMAS TUNES ON A ‘C’ HARMONICA WITH FUNKY BACKINGS

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Ben Hewlett became a musician at the age of ten in 1969 learning thetrumpet. He went through the school system of exams and performances,finally escaping the mandatory classical repertoire with the discovery ofLouis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. He was a minor third addict at fourteen and still has a passion for jazz and blues. Godfather DennisCorble gave Ben a harmonica at the age of 7 thus unknowingly sowing the seeds of a lifelong love of this instrument!

Paul is a composer/arranger, multi-instrumentalist and teacher. He is aformer pupil of Bishop Wordsworth School, Salisbury and former memberand leader of the Wiltshire Youth and Salisbury Junior Orchestras on violin.He also played in rock and folk bands in the Salisbury areas from the ageof 15 onwards and later graduated from Trinity College of Music, London inviolin, piano and composition (1976-80).

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