Chords for Professor Longhair Internal Rhythm Right Hand Riff (VERY COOL)

The Professor Longhair internal rhythm right hand riff.
Can you repeat that back to me, camera person?
The Professor Longhair internal rhythm right hand riff.
That's a bit of a mouthful, but you said it, camera person.
Well done.
Thank you.
It's also a bit of a tongue twister.
Come over here to the right hand, camera person.
[C] And to the right hand.
And what I'm going to do is this Professor Longhair rumba riff
will be [G] great for several reasons.
First of all, where are you [C] going, camera person?
It's easier to go this way.
All right, no vitamin B today?
_ [Gm] Does that mean no?
It means get on with it.
OK, so here we go.
The [Cm] right hand [Eb] rhythm.
Now this is going to be really, really good for [Ab] many reasons.
For your technique, for your coordination skills,
for your boogie woogie skills.
So I want you to play this even if you don't particularly
like Professor Longhair.
[C] _
_ [G] So it [C] goes like this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So that's [Eb] really the riff.
So I'm going to just play it again.
[Em] _ So go like that first.
And then there's a bit of a twiddle.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] That's it essentially slowed down.
I mean, I'm going to [Em] vary it a bit. _
So got that.
And [C] then, da, da, da.
Holding onto the G [Cm] all the time.
Note that with a little finger.
Don't let the G [Em] go.
[C] Hold onto the G [Em] while you're doing the internal rhythm.
That's the internal rhythm there.
So I'm holding it on the G there,
[Am] doing the internal rhythm there, if you see [C] what I mean.
_ Hold it.
And then with the thumb, [G] _ see how [Em] I play that again.
_ And then the [C] twiddle here.
_ _ _ [G] _
And then in the [Gb] left hand, I'm [Eb] going
to do a rumba kind of rhythm.
I'm just going to play octaves [C] like this.
_ [E] _ _ [C] It's going to be, [E] this is a rumba [G] rhythm.
Famous New Orleans [E] _
[G] rumba rhythm.
[F] Up to [A] the full.
So that's going to be [C] the left hand, which is [G] fairly simple.
So it's [C] just octaves in that [E] rhythm. _
[C] You might want to [E] practice that.
If [G] you're a beginner [C] and you're not [E] very technically adept,
[E] practice that for [C] 20 minutes.
[E] That [F] rhythm, _ _ [A] _ see how [A] it jumps, [C] syncopating.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
And [G] then up to the five chord.
_ _ [D] _
_ The rhythm is important, it jumps.
_ [E] _ _
[G] _ [C] Now the challenge is to put it all together.
[D] So if you just come on, what I would like you to do,
camera person, is focus on the [Ebm] right hand,
because the left hand is fairly self-explanatory,
that [Eb] rumba rhythm.
And what I'm going to do is put it [Ab] together
and see if you can get it.
So again, I'll [C] just do it one more time.
_ [Am] _
[G] Now I'm going to vary it as I play [Em] it,
but that's the essential rhythm.
And the internal rhythm [C] is here.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] OK, so [N] when I put it together, it sounds like [C] this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
It's just like the E flat there when I go up to the four chord.
[C] _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
So it goes on and on and [Gb] on.
Now I've played a few variations as I played it there,
because again, the nature of the New Orleans boogie-woogie style is improvisatory.
So I've kind of added a few notes there.
But I want you to see if you can just do that simple rhythm.
I don't know if you can do hands together, camera person,
wherever you want to stand.
[Gm] But just see if you can do this.
I mean, I've played a few complicated improvisations there.
But just see if you can do this [C] one.
_ Just play it straight. _
See if you can just do that 10 minutes a day. _ _
[G] _ _ You just do it on the C.
I mean, [B] even just doing that
will really [N] help your hands together,
because if you've got problems playing hands together,
if you can actually just do that, it's going to really help.
So I'm just going to do it once [Bb] more for complete beginners.
Come over here, camera person.
So just do it on the one chord.
Don't even go up to the four chord.
If [Ab] you're a total beginner and you've
got real problems playing hands together, [C] just do this.
_ _ _ _ _ And because the timing is a bit tricky,
_ _ _ just stay on the one chord.
Now it'll get a bit more helped around it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ And then if you're advised, [F] you go up to the four chord
and the five [G] chord and so forth.
But this is a great kind of technical exercise,
a great hands together exercise, and above all,
a great rhythmic exercise, because one
of the defining [N] characteristics of the Professor Longhair
boogie woogie style is that [Gb] kind of there's
several rhythms going on in the piano at the same time.
And he mixes [Bb] calypso rhythms, boogie woogie rhythms,
[A] the kind [D] of Afro [Eb]-Caribbean rhythms
all together on the piano.
And if you [Gb] don't know Professor Longhair,
and I realize some of you might not know Professor Longhair,
his real name was Roy Byrd, B-Y-R-D.
He was a kind of mentor of Dr.
John.
[N] _ And he did the famous Tipitina song along with others.
And he's a classic New Orleans [B] piano professor.
So type in Professor Longhair [A]
and have
a listen to some of his stuff on YouTube.
He's an essential, I think, [G] listening,
_ _ [Gb] what's the word I'm looking for, camera person?
Guru?
Guru.
_ He's a kind of piano guru.
He should be part of your listening repertoire,
I [A] suppose is the word I'm looking [N] for.
As always, get your boogie woogie sheet.
I've got a little frog in my throat here.
What happened, camera person?
Ribbit.
_ _ Excuse me.
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at our website.
_ Pitten and B.
_ You got me back there. Touche.
Click on, I don't think it's visiting me.
I think I need some Manuka honey.
You like Manuka [Gb] honey?
That's supposed to be a super food, isn't it?
Manuka honey.
We got any Manuka honey fans here? _
Perhaps we can get a Manuka honey fan to respond to us.
I'm going to start coughing now.
Yes, Manuka honey, particularly the New Zealand variety.
_ _ _ [Ab] Pretty good stuff.
So send me some Manuka honey if you've got some.
No, I'm only joking.
Don't do that.
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