Re: Sangre de Cristo solo video - Greg Howard Songbook
Thank you all for the kind comments. Glenn, I don't think you ever told me that story. Where can I hear a recording of this tune of yours?
Dan, much appreciated, intensity...heat...serenity, these mountains got their name for a reason.
As an aside, I just got a new display and worked hard to match the color on the shots. How'd I do? (please be brutally candid).
Chris and Ray.. what can I say?.. sharing the music is the best compliment there is...
and Claire... true disclosure with a point: this video is two different takes spliced right before the solo begins, they were recorded some time apart during the session, but the tempo didn't change (luckily). Once you find a "pocket" that the tune can really lay in, then it's much easier to focus on the expression and ornamentation. For this tune making sure to give full consideration to the rhythm and intensity of all the hammer-on/pull-off notes is the thing I need to pay attention to the most when performing it.
The 16th notes below are what I'm talking about. Making sure they aren't just "grace notes" for what follows.