From tweriorw@yahoo.com Tue Aug 03 20:52:36 2004
Subject:Re: fingering

Another thought about riffing in different keys. Varying rhythmic approaches are just as important as completing scalar runs. It's all about the groove baby......... n'est pas?
Sometimes less is best. This little reminder comes from someone who tends to be rather note-y himself....... Roger Twerion

bkuris wrote:
I think that the technique doesn't really apply well to blues. The
C/F technique is really for the b Major keys that most keyboardists
try to avoid and therefore have no muscle memory on (like Ab and Gb
major)...

I know the original question was about Eb blues, so I guess I strayed
a bit.

Also (again paraphrasing Ken) things get much better w/a very loose
wrist and lots of piston-like motion in parallel w/the key surface.
It is really effective on a hammond console but may be hard to pull
off w/some synths, thrones, and 2 tier stands but I think that is how
I pull off fast runs in Bb Blues-- I just have enough "wrist throw"
to do the awkward crossovers and the exact fingering is probably more
a function of the riff/phrase...

>
> Assuming that is right, the Bb Blues scale doesn't seem as
intuitive,
> at least to me. Leaving out the C, and Jumping from the I (Bb with
> 4th finger) to the III (Db wih the 2 is a little awkward in of
itself.
> But getting to the E from the Eb (with the 3rd finger) seems like a
> wreck (consistent with my playing!). Do you just slide the third
> finger down to the E as wel then use the 1 on the F? Thumbs on the
C
> and F in a Bb blues scale sounds dificult to me.
>
> Doug
>

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