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Topic: 12 Bar Blues on the E9 Neck |
James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2015 6:52 pm |
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I am sure most people here already now this but a good way to play blues is to play 1 1/2 steps up from the key the song is in. (I didn't know before I tried it.)
In this position, a flatted 3rd is easy to put exactly where it belongs in the song.
This tune is in A, so it is played mostly around the 8th fret. Really this is just some electric guitar tab converted over to pedal steel.
I used G for the lever that moves the 1st string. I don't know if that is the right letter or not. Don't be surprised if there are some mistakes. This is my first attempt at tab writing.
Use the first string lever (G)for a half step and not the whole bend. Midi file below.
http://curbsidejimmy.com/x/a%20blues.mid
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Henry Brooks
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Los Gatos, California, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2015 10:53 am
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Actually, the 8th fret is A chord position, 8AF is a A major. 8F is a C#O,dim triad, and C#O/A = A7th. Adding the 2nd string to the C#O turns it into C#m7b5 and that over A = A9th. So, you have a flat 7 and 9th or 2 there too. A dominate 7 scale 1,2,3,5,b7. If can flat strings 5 & 10 you have a flat 5 for a Blues scale. (flat 3 and 5). E9th is just amazing, how efficient it is at putting what you need under your bar.
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James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2015 2:18 pm
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| Henry Brooks wrote: |
Actually, the 8th fret is A chord position, 8AF is a A major. 8F is a C#O,dim triad, and C#O/A = A7th. Adding the 2nd string to the C#O turns it into C#m7b5 and that over A = A9th. So, you have a flat 7 and 9th or 2 there too. A dominate 7 scale 1,2,3,5,b7. If can flat strings 5 & 10 you have a flat 5 for a Blues scale. (flat 3 and 5). E9th is just amazing, how efficient it is at putting what you need under your bar.
Henry |
Thanks for the correction. I should have just said 8 where there is an open c chord. For the most part all of that is way over my head.
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James Quillian
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Henry Brooks
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Los Gatos, California, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2015 2:30 pm
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Nothing wrong with what you wrote James. It is a C no pedals position. I'm kind-of a details guy, it's just the way I think.
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Markus Mayerhofer
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 7 Apr 2015 5:48 am
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Blues you can use!  |
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