TwoNotesSolo
Student Of The Blues
I registered for Friday's BGU Live seminar but work got in the way. I finally got around to watching the recording, right before going to a local jam.
I was fascinated by the fact that your hand gestures don't match what I'm used to. I watched the band hosting the jam tonight (they play for an hour before the jam starts) . Sure enough they used the gestures I'm used to, even though I had never played at that venue:
Fist = stop. E.g. "Kansas city", or maybe "Sweet Home Chicago", the singer would bring his fit up on the bar before, then "pump it down" on the 1 for the break on those verses that call for one.
Finger swirling in a circle = wrap it up, the singer does the sign around bar 9, and people stop on the 12 (or 1 depending how they end it)
Are those gestures "regional"?
I was fascinated by the fact that your hand gestures don't match what I'm used to. I watched the band hosting the jam tonight (they play for an hour before the jam starts) . Sure enough they used the gestures I'm used to, even though I had never played at that venue:
Fist = stop. E.g. "Kansas city", or maybe "Sweet Home Chicago", the singer would bring his fit up on the bar before, then "pump it down" on the 1 for the break on those verses that call for one.
Finger swirling in a circle = wrap it up, the singer does the sign around bar 9, and people stop on the 12 (or 1 depending how they end it)
Are those gestures "regional"?
