Re: Horns shredd pollock roadmap

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Upon a recommendation of a friend, I started internally "mouthing" my  
notes when playing and I find it really helps with the musicality of  
your phrasing whether your playing guitar or any other instrument.

M

On May 22, 2007, at 6:40 PM, samba - wrote:

>
>  I think the reason horns play more vocal like lines isn't to do  
> with roadmaps.it's because you have to  breathe.So you learn how to  
> pause in places where it makes musical sense,and phrase in relation  
> to when you have plenty of air ,and when you have not much. What  
> better way to add a sense of urgency than needing to take a breath?  
> Clapton and Robbie Robertson have said they hold their breath to  
> play certain things. Roy Buchanan used to say to himself  ' help me  
> help me help me" ,while he sustained a bend.
> A useful BB trick both for expression and showmanship is to make a  
> face like something really hurts  while executing a bend. But  
> singers and horn players can't fingerpick.
>
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