Turnarounds

[ChordGuy]

Hi all
Was listening to Brians great lesson on turnarounds. This eg. he used is one of the most commonly used licks in blues and rock. It and it’s many variations are used as intros, endings, in the body of the song, as stand alone licks, even bass lines.
With a few ideas you can come up with hundreds of possibilities and lots of your own.

First we need to simplify this to whats happening. I’ll do this in the key of A but move it around to other keys.

This lick has 1 important moving line. We’ll use a common tone to hold it together. How you play it and the timing or feel is up to you.

Play an A note, seventh fret forth string. (forth from the top or the D string) XX7XXX. Now add the note E, 9th fret third string. XX79XX. Now lower the E one fret at a time till you get to the 6th fret. XX79XX, XX78XX, XX77XX, XX76XX. This is the bottom note in Brians eg. Now play it assending or going back up as well. You can pick them together with the A or alternate notes any way you like.

Try lowering it an octave to the sixth or heavy E string and play the notes in sequence. A, 5th fret E string then C#, 4th fret second string up a fret to D, fifth fret second sring, then D# and then E. now desend back down. This is a common walking base line I’m sure you have heard in blues. 5XXXXX, X4XXXX, X5XXXX, X6XXXX, X7XXXX, X6XXXX, X5XXXX. X4XXXX.

The top note in Brians eg. harmonizes that moving line. In my next post we’ll look at otherways to harmonize this line.

Gordo

[6stringer Pete]

@ChordGuy wrote:

Hi all
Was listening to Brians great lesson on turnarounds. This eg. he used is one of the most commonly used licks in blues and rock. It and it’s many variations are used as intros, endings, in the body of the song, as stand alone licks, even bass lines.
With a few ideas you can come up with hundreds of possibilities and lots of your own.

First we need to simplify this to whats happening. I’ll do this in the key of A but move it around to other keys.

This lick has 1 important moving line. We’ll use a common tone to hold it together. How you play it and the timing or feel is up to you.

Play an A note, seventh fret forth string. (forth from the top or the D string) XX7XXX. Now add the note E, 9th fret third string. XX79XX. Now lower the E one fret at a time till you get to the 6th fret. XX79XX, XX78XX, XX77XX, XX76XX. This is the bottom note in Brians eg. Now play it assending or going back up as well. You can pick them together with the A or alternate notes any way you like.

Try lowering it an octave to the sixth or heavy E string and play the notes in sequence. A, 5th fret E string then C#, 4th fret second string up a fret to D, fifth fret second sring, then D# and then E. now desend back down. This is a common walking base line I’m sure you have heard in blues. 5XXXXX, X4XXXX, X5XXXX, X6XXXX, X7XXXX, X6XXXX, X5XXXX. X4XXXX.

The top note in Brians eg. harmonizes that moving line. In my next post we’ll look at otherways to harmonize this line.

Gordo

Thanks Gordo

If you have an Mp3 on this, can you post it.

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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[luch-handt]

@6stringer wrote:

@ChordGuy wrote:

Hi all
Was listening to Brians great lesson on turnarounds. This eg. he used is one of the most commonly used licks in blues and rock. It and it’s many variations are used as intros, endings, in the body of the song, as stand alone licks, even bass lines.
With a few ideas you can come up with hundreds of possibilities and lots of your own.

First we need to simplify this to whats happening. I’ll do this in the key of A but move it around to other keys.

This lick has 1 important moving line. We’ll use a common tone to hold it together. How you play it and the timing or feel is up to you.

Play an A note, seventh fret forth string. (forth from the top or the D string) XX7XXX. Now add the note E, 9th fret third string. XX79XX. Now lower the E one fret at a time till you get to the 6th fret. XX79XX, XX78XX, XX77XX, XX76XX. This is the bottom note in Brians eg. Now play it assending or going back up as well. You can pick them together with the A or alternate notes any way you like.

Try lowering it an octave to the sixth or heavy E string and play the notes in sequence. A, 5th fret E string then C#, 4th fret second string up a fret to D, fifth fret second sring, then D# and then E. now desend back down. This is a common walking base line I’m sure you have heard in blues. 5XXXXX, X4XXXX, X5XXXX, X6XXXX, X7XXXX, X6XXXX, X5XXXX. X4XXXX.

The top note in Brians eg. harmonizes that moving line. In my next post we’ll look at otherways to harmonize this line.

Gordo

Thanks Gordo

If you have an Mp3 on this, can you post it.

Thanks Gordo, that’s a great post with some (I think) easy to follow notes for just being written in a paragraph. Although, like Pete mentioned, an mp3 would really be nice.
Terry

[ChordGuy]

I need to learn to spell too, fourth not forth, sorry about that.

I’ll make some MP3’s soon but I just moved and most of my gear is in storage for a month or so.

Gives a chance to learn somthing without mimicking the original. 🙂 Gordo

[6stringer Pete]

@ChordGuy wrote:

I need to learn to spell too, fourth not forth, sorry about that.

I’ll make some MP3’s soon but I just moved and most of my gear is in storage for a month or so.

Gives a chance to learn somthing without mimicking the original. 🙂 Gordo

Hey Gordo, that sounds great! Oh, and about your spelllling.

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

Pete
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