Chromatic 3rd and 6th string technique

Jon Light (deceased) · From: Saugerties, NY

I've been working with a technique I stumbled upon recently, the chromatic move on the 6th string. The tab is just for some context----uptempo, 16th notes. With a lot of work it is started to get smooth. I'm curious whether other people (or everybody----am I just the last to know) use this 6th (and 3rd) string move. I also practice moving the bar chromatically (--5b~4b~3b~3--) but this works nicely for me.



    1               2           3            4     


 


    {--3--}


 1--5~5R~5------------------------------------------------|


 2-------------5L-----------------------------------------|


 3--------------------------------------------------------|


 4----------5---------------------------------------------|


 5------------------5a~5----------------------------------|


 6-------------------------5b~5~3b~3----------------------|


 7--------------------------------------3-----------------|


 8------------------------------------------3~3L----------|


 9--------------------------------------------------------|


10-------------------------------------------------3a~3---|


    1               2           3             4

I might add that this is tabbed for standard E9. I tune my 2nd string to D so I don't need to lower it for this, and the 10th string is my 9th (U-12).

[This message was edited by Jon Light on 19 January 2003 at 09:24 AM.]

Drew Howard · From: 48854

Cool lick! Is the 1st string raise a whole or half tone? If it's a half I'd just move the bar instead of a lever.

Keep'em coming!

Drew Howard

Jon Light (deceased) · From: Saugerties, NY

Thanks Drew. Yes, it's a half step and you are right, it could easily be done with a bar flick or, for that matter, with a finger pull. In my mind, this is sort of a throw-away descent the way John Coltane would trail off on a melodic phrase before taking a breath and picking up again. But my biggest interest is in the efficiency of the four chromatic notes with just the one whole-step bar movement instead of two half-steps.

P Gleespen · From: Toledo, OH USA

Hey, neat lick Jon.

I've worked so much (...but of course, not enough!) on chromatic lines using strings 4 and 2 that I never even thought about that particular approach.

Thanks for sharing!

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Patrick Gleespen

Bengt Erlandsen · From: Brekstad, NORWAY

I do something similar to get chromatic/melodies using one smooth motion of the bar together with pedals. It gives the line a completely different feel compared to just moving the bar to get the desired notes.



Example 1


    A


F#--------------------------------------------------


Eb--------------------------------------------------


G#--------------------------------------------------


E --------------------------------------------------


B --8~~7~~6A~5A~5-----5-----------------------------


G#-----------------5-----5~~4~~4B~3B~3--------------


F#--------------------------------------3~~~~~~-----


E --------------------------------------------------


D --------------------------------------------------


B --------------------------------------------------


    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .  1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .  


 


Example 2 


    A


F#--------------------------------------------------


Eb--------------------------------------------------


G#--------------------------------------------------


E --------------------------------------------------


B --------------------------------------------------


G#--5~~4~~4B~3B~3-----------------------------------


F#-----------------3--------3--------1~~~~~~~~------


E --------------------3~~3L----3L~1L----------------


D --------------------------------------------------


B --------------------------------------------------


    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .  1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .  


 


 


From that position I might continue like this for the D chord


    D


F#--------------------------------------------------


Eb--------------------------------------------------


G#--------------------------------------------------


E ------------------------------(see note)----------


B --------------------------3A----3*----------------


G#--------3-----3B-------3B----3B----3B-------------


F#-----3-----3--------3-----------------3~~~~~~-----


E -/3L-------------3L-------------------------------


D --------------------------------------------------


B --------------------------------------------------


    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .  1  .  2  .  3  .  4  . 





* Hold A ped down when you pick the note and release


the pedal very quick right after picking note.

Bengt

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