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Topic: A Few Odd C6th Exercises |
David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2006 6:37 am |
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I’m not sure if other people know about this kind of lick or not?
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2------------12-10---------8—7---------------------------
3--7-5-----11-----11-----9-----7-------------------------
4------5-10---------12-10--------8-----------------------
5-------------------------------------9------------------
6---------------------------------------10------------8--
7------------------------------------------12-10-9-7-----
It sounds to me like Doug Jernigan uses this type of thinking on “Jazz by Jerniganâ€
sometimes. Of course these are all over, and the higher you go the closer they are:
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2------------------24-------
3---------------23----24----
4------------22-------------
5---------21----------------
6------20-------------------
7---19----------------------
Dave Easley milks that cow for all it’s worth on “3now4â€, way up high with unearthly speed. He does something he calls “penciling†where he picks up the butt of the bar and holds it like a pencil – the tip moving off of the strings helps mute them, but you still have to pick the little buggers in the first place. You can play the example above as a slant, of course – mash a pedal or two and see what happens.
This is a kind of lick that’s straight from “Rock “n†Roll Guitar 101â€:
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2------------------------
3------------------------
4------------------------
5--------12------12------
6-----10--10--10--10-----
7—-7--------7--------7---
Of course it’s more logical in the short term to play it this way on a steel:
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2----------------------------
3--------7-----------7-------
4----------------------------
5-----7-----7-----7-----7----
6----------------------------
7--7-----------7-----------7—
But it wouldn’t sound as zoomy, and more importantly the other notes available to you at the 10th and 12th frets wouldn’t come to mind, nor would the obvious extension of the lick:
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2----------------------------------------
3-------------------------19-------------
4---------------------14----14-----------
5--------12--------12----------12--------
6-----10---10---10----------------10-----
7—-7----------7-----------------------7--
A fairly average rock or jazz guitarist could play variants of these all over the place, all day long in 16th notes at 120 BPM; I’m lucky to get half that on steel, but I still find it easier to play certain types of licks this way than by skipping strings with all the blocking problems that ensue.
1--------------------------------19-24-
2-----------------------------19-------
3-----------------------14-19----------
4-----------------10-14----------------
5--------------------------------------
6-----------7-10-----------------------
7-------2-7----------------------------
8-----2--------------------------------
9---2----------------------------------
10-------------------------------------
And back down again, natch. If you don’t have a G on top, you can go to the 27th fret of your second string.[This message was edited by David Mason on 21 February 2006 at 06:52 AM.] |
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Mark Vinbury
From:
N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2006 7:10 am
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| Good exercises but that apostrophe needs work. |
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Pat Kelly
From:
Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 21 Feb 2006 7:27 am
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| I'm sure there's somethng to learn here, but what the hell is a "a circumlex Euro" |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 21 Feb 2006 7:42 am
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Maybe the circumflex tells you which beat to put the accent on?  |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2006 9:49 am
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Warning: Under no circumlexes should anyone attempt to play these licks or use any word or phrase indicated with a trade mark without the express written consent of the writer.
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night.[This message was edited by Dick Wood on 21 February 2006 at 09:50 AM.] [This message was edited by Dick Wood on 21 February 2006 at 02:41 PM.] |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2006 10:56 am
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| Mysterious apostrophe repair - divine intervention? Thnx. [This message was edited by David Mason on 21 February 2006 at 03:21 PM.] |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 3:45 am
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The circumflex is back! I had to give up editing the post, it's become possessed by demons. I guess nobody like the exercises either, they're not Buddyesque enough or something...  |
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