12- Johnnie Johnson run in G, going to C

Extended riff in G which is moving to the C7 chord.

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[cindyshealed]

God bless ol' Johnnie Johnson!

[starboy288]

@cindyshealed Right on and Amen, Cindy. Had some great times with Johnnie. Worked with him in a steel foundry in a bitter St. Louis winter in '74 to learn some piano in the off hours, & we maintained a friendship for 30 years until 2005. Anyone who really wants to study his playing note that there are youtube videos of him & a teaching video is available from homespuntapesdotcom, wJimmy Vivino, guitarist from Conan's TV show band, as leader on the session. A printed music booklet comes with it.

[skipsassy1]

I wish on this teaching video, you would slow down on the c turn around riff, where the "theme G run riff" goes into two C riffs, it's hard to catch what your doing, otherwise great lesson. Musicguru12 is the best teacher out there because he does that slowing down part - and I've played for 30 years, but I'll keep at it...it just would go a lot easier. I'll keep starboy288 as a new teacher. Thanks so much - Georgetown, Wash.D.C. retired lawyer/with time to finally get decent.

[starboy288]

@skipsassy1 Didn't have the technology to slow it down. Did it at a student's house on his piano. There is a video available of Johnnie Johnson's playing on homespuntapesdotcom. (use a dot, not the word, dot, as am not sure if youtube allows websites to be posted within posts.) It comes with a printed music booklet.

[Snackay]

Thanks! You play it well.

[starboy288]

@Snackay

Thanks...Sooner or later when we settle down at playing, we just become ourselves.

We have to play every day to keep nimble...

[skipsassy1]

@starboy288 

[starboy288]

Exactly. The transcription used a complete triad (3 note chord), as the descending part of the riff. I eliminated the top note of the triad & it sounded right to me. & obviously it's much easier to play w/the two notes, especially for those just learning, but who really want this riff as part of their keyboard knowledge.

Can't say it too much: The more you play, the better you'll get; because the fingers become more limber & certain sounds/riffs/fills become easier to hear and play. Go for it.

[musicnewalbum]

Thanks man. This particular right hand riff was featured in JJ videos. When I tried to follow the first section in transcriptions of manualscript from HomeSpuntapes, the top note G was played!

But I heard JJ play, it was not the same. Supposed to sound to be F note...lol. Well looks like our ears are still the best teachers. :)

[ypvstone]

Sorry starboy288 The riff i meant was the one directly after the one you explained in the email at about 33 seconds where you play the riff explained and your hand moves up an octave and does a twiddly bit if you know what i mean.Many thanks Tony