9. Louie Louie – Eupho
Louie Louie is in old rock song with an awesome riff. (Why don’t you have a listen to the Youtube clip below of the original version so that you get the groove.) This riff only uses three notes – Bflat, Eflat and F – but it takes some real attention to make sure that you’re getting the pitch of all the notes correct. Basically, as you move to the higher pitch notes (Eflat & F) you need to use faster air and a nice firm embouchure. Returning back down to the low Bflat you can really relax and let the pitch settle way down low. The valves shouldn’t cause you too many problems as they stay in the pattern of – 0 0 0 rest 1 1 rest 0 0 0 rest 1 1 rest etc etc. So, this tune is ALL about the pitching – low to high to low to high to low etc etc etc etc etc!
