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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
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