Speed Playing - Buddy Greene Interview for BluesHarmonica.com Sample

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  • Join me for a portion of my interview with harmonica player Buddy Greene for BluesHarmonica.com. In this interview portion Buddy talks about his approach to speed playing and how he uses the jaw for faster movement on the face of the harmonica. To watch more of this interview visit BluesHarmonica.com and become a subscribed member.

Komentáře • 126

  • @jimchumley6568
    @jimchumley6568 Před 7 lety +19

    Also Buddy Greene is a prolific writer, awesome singer and guitarist. I have been listening to Buddy Greene for years.

  • @tjharlow5498
    @tjharlow5498 Před rokem +4

    THANK YOU MR. BUDDY GREENE FANTASTIC WORK I TRUELY INJOYED HEARING YOU PLAY ITS AN HONOR SR. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AN YOURS!!!!!!!❤❤❤

  • @garysellars8914
    @garysellars8914 Před 8 lety +20

    Too cool for words. Wonderful and inspiring.

  • @susanlangford1372
    @susanlangford1372 Před 5 lety +2

    Awesome Buddy Greene! I addition to exceptional talent, You have the kind of sweet face that every mom could be proud of! Love your videos!!

  • @Learntheharmonica
    @Learntheharmonica Před 8 lety +34

    Thanks guys for sharing with the world. Love how intuitive it is for Buddy - "I never knew what I was doing".

    • @jamespickett5933
      @jamespickett5933 Před 6 lety

      LearnTheHarmonica.com what are the taps..?

    • @d-ro3266
      @d-ro3266 Před 4 lety

      Could you please do a tutorial??🥺😄🤗

    • @harrymills2770
      @harrymills2770 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah. Talking about the harp is a little like asking your sister for advice on French kissing before your first date. David Barrettt actually breaks it down pretty scientifically in his lessons, which is cool, but also kind of weird, because I taught myself all the bends and such, just trying to get a particular sound, and when something worked, I kept doing it.
      Greene's advice for just practicing that lick, over and over, faster and faster, until it's muscle memory, pretty much describes how you get better at any instrument. You figure out the notes, however you can, as slow as ya gotta, a few notes at a time, if necessary. Then it's just repetition, with a conscious effort to make it faster and smoother.

  • @KelticDead
    @KelticDead Před 12 lety +3

    That was a great interview with Buddy Greene, and his last few comments on how long it takes to "get ready for a show," is important when I talk with folk about playing the diatonic reed harps for Celtic music. Like any instrument, takes a lot slow, methodical preparation that soon becomes second nature. Thanks - KelticDead

  • @2696ize
    @2696ize Před 10 lety +4

    Great interview Dave ! Thanks for the insight !

  • @robertgabuna355
    @robertgabuna355 Před 6 lety +2

    annointed harmonica player.
    thank you, Lord!

  • @g.michaelisaminger9586
    @g.michaelisaminger9586 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you for sharing your techniques. God bless you.

  • @srinivassc6281
    @srinivassc6281 Před 2 lety

    Simply great he is. No words to appreciate.

  • @pbpradhan
    @pbpradhan Před 6 lety +1

    Thanks from Nepal and it's very inspiring.

  • @bobsullivan5714
    @bobsullivan5714 Před 10 lety +5

    This is a man who has learned how to express joy. An amazing talent for any artist or for anyone for that matter.

  • @claudetroester5337
    @claudetroester5337 Před 8 lety +1

    Bravo Buddy : grand artiste de l' harmonica .

  • @BluesHarpJammin
    @BluesHarpJammin Před 11 lety +3

    This is a great piece on speed playing! It reinforces something I saw on one of Lee Sankey's videos, namely, start slow, break a riff down into smaller "chunks," memorize it, then speed it up. Great stuff!

  • @rogers531
    @rogers531 Před 8 lety +3

    Buddy you have opened up a whole new world.. Slow down till I got it...woo hoo..

  • @nicholassiminson1825
    @nicholassiminson1825 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm so glad that I "discovered " Buddy Greene in "Orange Blossom Special " and will be scanning the Media for his Music

    • @renee6550
      @renee6550 Před rokem

      I discovered him the same way my mind was blown

  • @randomfriend9361
    @randomfriend9361 Před 5 lety +1

    It is nearly impossible, you are a great artist!

  • @dejairalvesdasilva5187
    @dejairalvesdasilva5187 Před 11 měsíci

    Awesome , fantastic , esse cabra tem uma habilidade de tocar rápido , são poucos harmonicistas que consegue articular tão rápido assim , esse Buddy e muito bom !

  • @JG-zu5wc
    @JG-zu5wc Před 11 měsíci +1

    He’s such a talent.

  • @graceharris9492
    @graceharris9492 Před 2 lety

    HE'S FANTASTIC ON THE HARMONICA

  • @simonandrews3466
    @simonandrews3466 Před 5 lety

    Great interviews

  • @Max140165
    @Max140165 Před 10 lety +2

    i would love to hear him performancing "Whiskey in the jar"

  • @Gorgoras50
    @Gorgoras50 Před 11 lety +3

    Thank you! I'll try to contact him then :)

  • @babyzenon
    @babyzenon Před 8 lety +2

    At 5.25 , we call that one The Musical Priest here in Ireland. Love this guys playing.

    • @6hellonavin
      @6hellonavin Před 6 lety

      dude thank you man. i was looking for this song for so long

  • @mcfrdmn
    @mcfrdmn Před 10 lety +3

    Fantastic musical performance !

    • @mcfrdmn
      @mcfrdmn Před 10 lety +1

      Fantastic musical performance !

  • @phelanmcdonald1635
    @phelanmcdonald1635 Před 2 lety +1

    I have been playing Hohnner chromatic harmonicas for the past 57 years. I can only play so fast. I can play a lot of tunes, rock pop, jazz, traditional, blues, bluegrass and folk

  • @JimPlattes
    @JimPlattes Před 7 lety +2

    The first tune is Whiskey Before Breakfast.

  • @gameraph2220
    @gameraph2220 Před 4 lety

    Chapeau chef ! I m french ^^ is so good!!!

  • @DJMUZIKMAN1
    @DJMUZIKMAN1 Před 13 lety +2

    great video

  • @franklyterrence4860
    @franklyterrence4860 Před 6 lety +1

    Yes this is the process

  • @ukulelelovesharmonica740

    Nice Interview!

  • @patrickosburn8601
    @patrickosburn8601 Před 11 lety +1

    You cannot breathe in and our as fast as he changes notes, the secret in the fluttering of the tongue on the ports.

  • @timboybaker
    @timboybaker Před 4 lety

    Some great tips there buddy.. maybe one day.!!

  • @carolecarr5210
    @carolecarr5210 Před rokem

    Jaw movement explains my mystery concern from Carnige Hall performance - his head not hands didn't much. I wondered. Thanks.

  • @timrogers768
    @timrogers768 Před 5 lety

    Very helpful

  • @LinkLover1994
    @LinkLover1994 Před 11 lety +4

    Awesome :)

  • @kazimierzwisniewski391
    @kazimierzwisniewski391 Před 3 lety +1

    greetings from Poland

  • @bluesharmonicateacher
    @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 11 lety +3

    Yes, he said "The Merry Priest, it's an Irish Tune." Contact him on his website, maybe he can help you find it...

  • @crazy4131
    @crazy4131 Před 7 lety +1

    awesome

  • @skurumba
    @skurumba Před 3 lety

    Thanks, Buddy Greene for Mary did you know.... :)

  • @michaelryder7127
    @michaelryder7127 Před 6 lety +1

    Buddy Greene you play good music on your harmonica I wish I could learn how to play like that

    • @crixus8571
      @crixus8571 Před 6 lety

      just play and try to learn something new, if you put some hours there is no way you won't learn. The problem is that we want to learn quickly but honestly it takes time to get where Buddy is. After 3 days I can play as well the tune he plays at 5.20. Good luck

  • @CREGGYAS
    @CREGGYAS Před 12 lety +1

    um would you mind telling me what song that was he was playing at the begining?

  • @stevenp.miller8152
    @stevenp.miller8152 Před 5 lety

    Masters come with many blessings even for Kings

  • @shirishwarke8610
    @shirishwarke8610 Před 5 lety

    He is the god for all harmonica players

  • @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt
    @OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt Před 2 lety

    I love Buddy. Taught him everything he knows...

  • @chrissmith5706
    @chrissmith5706 Před 4 lety +1

    Actually that Irish fiddle tune is "The Musical Priest" and it's easier to play in 4th position (as I have for decades) than 3rd

  • @raulefrainbarrientos7353

    Extraordinario un instrumento sutil de tocar pero? Les cuento? Yo lo aprendí a los 8 años, en mi pobreza me madre me regaló en ese tiempo unas alemana muy lindas hablamos de 60 años atrás,y he dejado de tocar por mucho tiempo y derepente,la tomo y ahí empiezo y no se olvida, desde Chile un abrazo y gracias, por subir esas entrevistas asi uno conoce estos artistas gracias, por eso.

  • @TzzX78
    @TzzX78 Před 10 lety +1

    Hey buddy saw you laity lodge 2009 January

  • @mundodasofia773
    @mundodasofia773 Před 5 lety

    Excelent gaitista, gold and blues

  • @TzzX78
    @TzzX78 Před 10 lety +2

    Ooh yes Buddy and a bit of Steve jobs

  • @markwymer9870
    @markwymer9870 Před 11 lety +1

    That's God working through that man...no other way to explain that.

  • @bluesharmonicateacher
    @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 12 lety +3

    Whiskey Before Breakfast

  • @christinaharper7292
    @christinaharper7292 Před 5 lety +2

    Have been playing for awhile and still can’t play as fast practice makes Better God Bless Buddy

    • @MrFunkyjojo
      @MrFunkyjojo Před 4 lety

      Christina Harper with that name you were born for it

  • @Gorgoras50
    @Gorgoras50 Před 11 lety +2

    Whats the name of the song he plays in the end? Mary Priest or something like that? I cant find the song anywhere

    • @torbenlaurberg1257
      @torbenlaurberg1257 Před 4 lety

      By others it's called The Musical Priest or The Merry Priest.

  • @paulcarr4276
    @paulcarr4276 Před 11 lety +1

    Buddy do ya play a Golden Melody?

  • @torbenlaurberg1257
    @torbenlaurberg1257 Před 4 lety

    Which harmonica tuning is used for 'Whiskey before Breakfast'? G harmonica tuned to Major Cross or Melody Maker?

    • @bluesharmonicateacher
      @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 4 lety +1

      I believe it's a G Harmonica, country tuned (where the 5 draw is raised a half step)

  • @janstubemusikz
    @janstubemusikz Před 10 lety +1

    is that a low D harp ? paddy richter tuning ? I can start to get in on a G harp, but he goes lower and that means a really fast bend on the 2 draw....

    • @bluesharmonicateacher
      @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 10 lety

      Hello janstubemusikz. In his interview on BluesHarmonica.com he speaks of the harmonicas he's using. I assume you're speaking of the opening, he's using a G Harmonica, country tuned.

    • @janstubemusikz
      @janstubemusikz Před 10 lety

      thanks David ! yes, I was. I'm just getting that tune on a regular D harp for now... I need to watch the whole thing ! I wonder if country tuning is same as paddy richter... or almost so.

    • @Klaas_H
      @Klaas_H Před 2 lety

      The Irish tune, Musical Priest in Bm, can be played on a Low D harp. Paddy Richer (the third blow reed one tone higher) is great for most Irish tunes, however is not needed with this tune as you start at a higher position, bypassing the third blow note.

  • @harrymills2770
    @harrymills2770 Před 3 lety

    Yeah. It's easier to land - or at least appear to land - on the 3-bend that gives you the 5th (when you're playing in 3rd position). You've got a nice natural 5th with the 6-draw, but to get the 5th down below the root on the 4-draw, you gotta bend that 3-draw. It's easier to play that 3-bend in 3rd position as a passing note in minor blues or a pick-up note than it is to land on it, clean, with good tone and hold the note, for instance "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," where the "way" in "way up high" requires a 3-bend, if you're playing it in 1st position. And ya gotta sustain it, and it's gotta sound clean and melodic. It's worth working on, because the "up" part of the phrase "way up high" is so evocative.
    The audience's ear will forgive that 3-bend a lot easier if you're playing fast as opposed to slow.

  • @rodgerson8
    @rodgerson8 Před 10 lety +3

    Talented

  • @JimPlattes
    @JimPlattes Před 10 lety +3

    Actually, the song is titled "Musical Priest".

  • @Aminharp1
    @Aminharp1 Před 11 lety +3

    No, it's God given Talent !

  • @aidemahoukou2801
    @aidemahoukou2801 Před 3 lety

    How to play harmonica liké Buddy Greene ?

  • @cristianjosearrieta423

    QUÉ MARCA ES ESA ARMÓNICA Y QUÉ AFINACIÓN TIENE?

  • @albavary2309
    @albavary2309 Před 6 lety +1

    What type of harmonica
    Any key?
    minute 5:21

  • @jeffsimslmt
    @jeffsimslmt Před 5 lety

    Nice lesson with two masters. Technically, it’s the mandible that is moving in the jaw joints.

  • @missquprison
    @missquprison Před 8 lety +2

    what is the name of one around 5:30?

    • @bluesharmonicateacher
      @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 8 lety

      +missquprison Merry Priest

    • @missquprison
      @missquprison Před 8 lety

      +David Barrett what a fast response. Thank you so much! This piece sounds beautiful

    • @JimPlattes
      @JimPlattes Před 7 lety

      The Musical Priest. It's an Irish fiddle tune.

  • @iamleo
    @iamleo Před 11 lety +12

    hi, steve jobs

  • @TheHarmonicaBarge
    @TheHarmonicaBarge Před 5 lety

    Wow, that’s incredible, better get practicing!,

  • @albavary2309
    @albavary2309 Před 6 lety +1

    What is the name of Harmonica at minute 5:21

    • @albavary2309
      @albavary2309 Před 6 lety

      What type of harmonica
      Any key

    • @bluesharmonicateacher
      @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 6 lety

      Standard A Major Diatonic Harmonica, played in B, 3rd Position

    • @albavary2309
      @albavary2309 Před 6 lety

      David Barrett Thank you for being a wonderful man🌹🌹🌹👈

    • @sgriggstn
      @sgriggstn Před 5 lety

      Ralph. That's right....Ralph H. Armonica.

  • @ailsonferreira9696
    @ailsonferreira9696 Před 3 lety

    Com legenda traduzir para o portigues

  • @sandibellrodriguez3229

    Buddy🇦🇷🎶💪🥰

  • @Ben-kg2ku
    @Ben-kg2ku Před 3 lety

    Why is the interview in a motel 6?

  • @Areothredamino.999
    @Areothredamino.999 Před 4 lety

    Please tell me the model of his harmonica?

  • @freetoiletpaperumakeit4u508

    THANK YOU JESUS!! for Buddy Greene and we love Bill and Gloria Gaither...When Buddy gets to HEAVEN The LORD is going to have him teach music to other people! Our talents in this life will multiply up in Gloryland! I want to see Buddy also play simultaneously--the Trumpet, Piano, Guitar all at the same time! One-Man-Band!

  • @nkcchuan6839
    @nkcchuan6839 Před 3 lety

    👍👍👍🙏

  • @can9972
    @can9972 Před 3 lety

    !!?!!!super

  • @sonnydaneils4885
    @sonnydaneils4885 Před 13 lety +1

    isbuddy greene faster that john popper and jason ricci

  • @user-os5rb8qw5b
    @user-os5rb8qw5b Před 10 lety +1

    !!!

  • @samilacerte4183
    @samilacerte4183 Před 4 lety

    found the song at the end it's the musical priest : czcams.com/video/xO_A5MlDJqM/video.html

  • @abofa2s
    @abofa2s Před 11 lety +1

    He looks like Steve Jobs

  • @rogerking8959
    @rogerking8959 Před 4 lety

    Is he tongue blocking there?

    • @bluesharmonicateacher
      @bluesharmonicateacher  Před 4 lety +1

      He switches between embouchures, but I believe he's primarily puckering here

  • @stonehand49
    @stonehand49 Před 3 lety

    I am burning all my 50 harmonicas

  • @BBHRalle
    @BBHRalle Před 12 lety +1

    jeeep thats ist....

  • @vedanshubansal116
    @vedanshubansal116 Před 4 lety

    In the thumbnail you look like Steve Jobs

  • @Necromancer_46
    @Necromancer_46 Před 4 lety

    musician steve jobs

  • @keglebent
    @keglebent Před 10 lety +1

    ftw

  • @patrickosburn8601
    @patrickosburn8601 Před 11 lety +1

    The Tongue and lips does most of the work, and you can't show that., breath control is the second element., with breath control, in and out, and the tongue selecting the port and the lips limiting how many ports., HEY man it takes a lot of practice.,

  • @aedwardsss
    @aedwardsss Před 11 lety +1

    Or maybe it's hard work and exorcise of ability. Try hard. Maybe you'll do something too. Chalk it up to some man in the sky and you'll end up doing nothing, and praying a whole lot. Hey, if that works, more power to someone who's not you. However, I think the hard work will probably be a better way to go.

  • @peterwillemsen2895
    @peterwillemsen2895 Před 4 lety

    I haven’t seen him playing a song, we all know there is no melody in his music.

  • @user-ku4fb1uh9v
    @user-ku4fb1uh9v Před 3 lety +1

    краще нiхто не граE!!!!!

  • @ralfgrottian1385
    @ralfgrottian1385 Před rokem

    Great player.