Black Orpheus, Diatonic Harmonica Jazz

[pacojunior88]

hello again and thanks for your answer , i bought a harmonica and this song is great but i only reached the part at 0:48 , what the +6* ( the circle on top of the 6) means???? thanks

[JersiMuse]

@pacojunior88 : Hello. That's the note I was refering to in my previous message. It is a 6 overblow. Either you learn the overblow technique (I guess you'll find articles and vids on the Net), or you can play this lick on the lower octave : +2 -3' -3'' -2 -2 -2'' +2 -3''

[pacojunior88]

@JersiMuse Merce' for your kindness and sorry for asking so many questions! , but i looked for the overblow technique over the net and lots of people say ; you have to adjust your harmonica reeds for doing that , did you adjust yours?? or it's not true and you did the 6 overblow without adusting the reeds ?? Merce' again for your Patience I JUST LOVE THIS SONG PLEASE HELP !

[JersiMuse]

@pacojunior88 : All my reeds are manually settled, but it is not that important at first step. To get your first overblow, I would advise to take off the reedplates. Then you put your finger on the blow 6 reed, to block it. Then you blow 6 and put your tongue in the exact same position as if you were playing a 6' (bent draw 6 note). If needed, put more pressure. The blow reed can not move as it is blocked by your finger. So the draw reed will begin to react.

[JersiMuse]

@Paco : at the beginning, it will not give you a note, but if you get a strange sound you are on the right tracks. Practice and practice. Once you get the note, you can put off your finger and try to get it directly.

Good luck !

[pacojunior88]

@JersiMuse thanks for sharing the knowledge !! i wish you all the good in the world !!

[rgsizoul]

Absolutely awesome!!!



[pacojunior88]

great song great playing i already play this piece on guitar i wish to buy and learn harmonica and play both of them at the same time what harmonica do you recommend?? and is this piece hard for a beginner ???(the chorus) great playing !

[JersiMuse]

@pacojunior88 : Thanks a lot, and sorry for my late answer. This piece is not the easiest to begin, but it is feasible. I don't know on which harp it would be the most convinient as I only play on a C. But C is ok anyway, not too difficult appart from one note which should more probably played in the low octave to begin.

Enjoy !

[Babsjoseph]

Hi JersiMuse, after months of trying, I can finally get some overblows and was wondering how to start using them and this tune with just one overblow to play the melody is perfect to get started. You're an amazing player and very generous to share your knowledge. Thank you very much.

[JersiMuse]

@Babsjoseph : Thank you so much ! It is very encouraging knowing that you are going to work that out ! Enjoy !

[thedistortedguitar1]

Je n'aurais jamais cru qu'il était possible d'improviser sur de telles progressions d'accords avec ce type d'harmonica. Excellent travail ! J'ai une chromatique, ça ne permet pas les mêmes accentuations.

[JersiMuse]

@thedistortedguitar1 : Merci beaucoup !

[mcbreit]

Good stuff that mate! Very nicely articulated and a pleasure to listen to.. well done!

[sinnombre00]

¡Muy bien! Great sweet sound.

[pattigeeful]

Sweet

[JersiMuse]

@pattigeeful : Thanks

[BGOINARD]

Bravo pour ce morceau,malgré sa simplicité,il n'est pas évident à jouer,peux tu me dire ce que tu utilises pour le son sur tes vidéos car pour moi c'est la cata,il y a des parasites et je n'arrives pas à résoudre ce problème,si tu vas sur youtube,tu auras un aperçu de ce problème,tu tapes HARMONANARD,merci de bien vouloir me répondre,encore bravo

Harmonicalement

Bernard

[JersiMuse]

@BGOINARD : Bonjour. Le micro de ma webcam n'est pas du tout adapté pour ce type d'enregistrement. Donc j'utilise d'un côté la webcam pour enregistrer l'image, et de l'autre un logiciel audio (en l'occurence Reaper) pour enregistrer le son. J'utilise enfin un troisième logiciel, Windows Movie Maker, afin d'intégrer la bande sonore enregistrée aux images vidéo prises par la webcam.

En espérant avoir répondu à la question, bonne continuation,

Jérôme

[BGOINARD]

@JersiMuse: Merci Jérôme pour ces conseils,je vais essayer de les mettre en pratique en espèrant que ça va marcher car question informatique,je suis assé limité.Je joue Black Orpheus mais avec un chromatique car je n'arrive pas à faire les demis-tons avec un diatonique,les altérations,ce n'est pas mon fort et ce n'ai pas manque d'essayer et pour ça,si tu as un autre conseil à me donner,je suis preneur,encore merci

Harmonicalement

Bernard

[JersiMuse]

@BGOINARD : tu peux aller voir les conseils sur les forums de diatonique, par exemple celui de Paul Lassey. Difficile de donner des conseils par écrit pour quelque chose qui est purement physique, mais pour sentir la bonne position, tu peux utiliser une paille. Tu souffles dans une paille sans discontinuer et pendant ce temps, tu pointes le bout de la paille vers le ciel. La position de la langue à ce moment est celui à utiliser pour les altérations. C'est juste un début de piste ...

[daUntitled]

very impressive ;D keep it up dude :D

[TRIXER1958]

excellent Jerome!

Greetings

Roman

[AraguaJam]

hey u r really good! congratulations! thanks for the scales written, the sound great. Playing jazz on a diatonic is not easy, and u do it good and clear.

Greets from Venezuela.

[jasonricci]

Very Nice.

[JersiMuse]

Thanks Jason !

BTW, congrats for your work.

Best regards,

Jerome

[davbaia]

Superbe!! Voila de quoi m'encourager á bosser le jazz...Félicitations pr l'excellent choix des thèmes et surtout pr la merveilleuse maitrise technique sans laquelle l'impro serait très compliquée..

[JersiMuse]

Merci ! très sympa !

L'impro n'est pas si compliquée en fait. Il est possible de faire beaucoup plus simple avec moins de notes en restant tout à fait dans l'esprit du morceau ... je t'y encourage donc vivement :-)

A bientôt j'espère.

[jimmyharp]

I like it a lot a lot!!!

[JersiMuse]

Thank you very much very much :-)

Go and see dandyharp version too, it's really interesting.

'hoping that you'll try to play this tune also.

Thanks again jimmyharp,

Jerome

[JersiMuse]

Thanks for the favorite link SupYannis, I'm very honored by your interest and nice words !

Best regards,

Jérôme

[SupYannis]

: ))) wonderfull music : )))

[SupYannis]

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[SupYannis]

it was wonderfull listening

[harmonicajazzcm]

Bravo Jérome !

CM.

[stephccr]

bravo , vraiment magnifique vidéo,

un plaisir a ecouté.

[ziharmo]

ça donne des pistes et ce n'est pas rien ! Merci Jérôme !!!!

[JPR59460]

Bravo, agréable à écouter Merci

[Vachet]

Excellent! Great inspiration! Thanks!

Btw. i like you play the harp as an C-instrument.

Knud

[dandydharp]

Hello Jerome, It took some tries, but I have posted a video response to Black Orpheus, I hope you like it. Thanks for encouraging me to post. I think it is great to see so many worldwide diatonic players playing in chromatic style! I am very pleased to see your further work. Your style is very refined. Did you play another instrument in a jazz style before the diatonic harmonica?

[JersiMuse]

Great job dandyharp !

A tender and sensitive interpretation, with very interesting ideas.

To answer your question, I play guitar a little bit, but it is just for fun. I learn jazz with my C harp.

Congrats again, I'm so pleased you tried and succeeded so well on that beautiful song !

[caius800]

Merveilleux Opheus et merveilleuse improvisation. Je vais essayer d'aprendre de vous!

[Tsutsomu]

Bravo Jerome,

Belle expressivité, le chorus est très chouette.

Félicitations.

Steph.

[chrismayka]

Bonjour Jerome,

We wish you a lot of succes at making your beautiful music in the future.

Have a happy weekend,

Our best wishes to you and your family,

Nos sinceres salutations de Pays Bas - Chris et Mayka - YouTube chrismayka.

[chrismayka]

Bonjour Jerome,

So good to hear from you, thank you so much for your invitation for friendship which we gladly accepted ofcourse.

I immediately took a subscription to your channel,, because your diatonic harmonica playing is just great (wonderful).

Une tres belle composition Jerome, the sound of your diatonic is very beautiful, thank you so much for your wonderful jazzy music, mescompliments, 10 golden stars for all your efforts **********

Best wishes from Chris - Pays Bas.

[wheelharp]

Hello, JersiMuse. Very good playing and good impro! Thanks for adding to friends!

[gusharpmalaga]

Hi, Jerome! Nice tune and good playing. Thanks

Gus

[JersiMuse]

Thanks all for these nice and encouraging comments !

[NeoLestatTube]

Excellent!

[phoenixgab]

yes super ,soft et précis.

gabriel cedra.

[BBHRalle]

Hi,

like it....nice playing ;.)

5`*

[fd861]

Très belle composition, Jersimuse ! Bravo

Country Joe