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Re: Licks and tricks request

Just a few words on your request:
John Orr plays a "crooked" (i.e. irregular) version. There are more counts in both parts because he throws in some extra notes here and there. Nothing wrong with that, because this is Cajun music, but you may end up on the wrong beat when you try to learn this version. And that might of course drive you nuts.
Joe Hall plays an excellent version on the RVDC, which seems to me a better basis to learn this song. It's more straightforward indeed. It's harder to look on his fingers, but I'm convinced the best way to learn is to play what you hear and not what you see.

I don't know how long this option exists, but now you can slow down Youtube clips to half the speed (even a quarter, it says, but that doesn't work on my PC). Go to the little wheel on the lower left corner and adjust it from Normal to 0,5. Now you can break down any song yourself!
Good luck!

Re: Licks and tricks request

... it's the lower right corner.
And I realize it's not always easy to learn a song by ear without seeing what really happens. But then the slowing down on Youtube comes in very handy. The synchronzation is OK, so you can see by the flappers what's going on.



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