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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 16111 Registered: May-04 | . Not an advertisement for nor an endorsement of the product. Just a link to a few things we've discussed elsewhere that might be interesting to a few folks. http://guitarzoom.com/delta-chicago/ Click on "Download Presentation" in the above webpage. Also; http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/robert-johnson-0426-2011/ "One thing to notice about Johnson's music is his genius as an arranger. Like most delta players, he alternates between playing a bass or rhythm line and a treble, lead line. The extraordinary thing about him, for me, is his ability to establish a line so solidly that we continue to hear it, in our minds, as he stacks other parts on in succeeding choruses. The effect is orchestral, though he plays only one line at a time. Think I'm nuts? (Well, yeah, but that's beside the point.) Go listen to Walkin' Blues, then listen to it again. When you hear the polyrhythmic quality of playing different syncopations against each other, something amazing happens." Mr. Johnson's version of "Walkin' Blues; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sml8W5SAwo . |