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Bryan 'Choppy' Lafleur - I kinda like it.

Re: Surely

That's great stuff to learn the song.
Thanks for posting and taking time to explain.

Re: Surely

Sounds good .. and what about Chris "Smoothie" Miller?

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Thanks, Nick...you are giving a lot on here too!

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Happy to do it while I have a bit of time...hopefully there may be something there that helps someone.

I didn't post it because I thought Bryan was "choppy" and I was "smoothie" but because he expressed dissatisfaction with his efforts on a song and I have been toying with posting some vids on technique rather than just songs. (the choppy and smoothie comments were fun!--just was trying to clarify my purpose)

If y'all are interested in technique type things let me know and even better if there are specific areas where there are questions...

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Good thing about being called "choppy", is I'll be expected to play that way. Whew, that's a load off.

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

The part on octaves was good. When I'm learning a song by ear from a recording it's not always easy to know when and when not to use them. Also chords are some times hard to make out.

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

For me, "smoothness" is more than anything else the result of good timing, and this is, I think, essential in Cajun music.
Playing in time becomes much harder when you constantly play octaves, because you have to change hand position all the time.
Every time you play a single button on a CA you are actually playing a double octave : every one has four reeds!
Playing octaves is nice, because you get a fuller sound, but playing in a flow is IMHO even nicer. And the expressive effect of an octave vanishes if you use it all the time.
Is this bullsh*t or makes it sense?

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Makes perfect sense. Thanks. I think part of the fun is trying to figure out where to put them.

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Bryan, will you change the name of this thread? It sounds gay.

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Have you ever really listened to your voice mail greeting?

Re: Another lesson my our dear Chris Miller

Ooooh! Touche! I should know better than try to red-ass a fireman . . .



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