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Real Rock  

uitarAlassc Roc Bl of t '60s ad '70s

by Kenn Chipkin

Eitor; Aaon SgC Dg Ja rrra

WARNER BROS PUBLCIONSWaer Music Grp

An OL Tim W Coy

A: 5800 NW 8 venue Mimi FL 3314

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CONTENTS

Page # CD Tack Page # CD Tacl

TODUCION .......4 PART RFS

Intro Music.................1ng Notes . 2

T YTH AS

e Booe Pate 5Example 1 5 3Exampe 2 6 4

The Power 5h Chor 8Example 3 , 8 5Example 4 9 6Exampe 5 0 7Example 6 1 8Example 7 1 9

Mjor s, Dinnt 7h n

on 9h ChsMajor Tras 2

Example 8 2 0Example 9 .3 1Example 10 4 2

Dmnant 7th Chords 6Exmple '1 16 3Example 12 17 4Example 13 19 5Example 14 20 6Example 15 2 7

Domant 7t (3)....2

Exampe 16 2 8Example 17;22 9

e omnat 9th Chor . 23Example 1823 20Example 19.: ...21Example 20 25 22

The omnan 7 (#9) Chor Exampe 21 26 23Example 22 .. 27 24Exampe 2..................28 25Exampe ..29 26Exampe 25 30 27

Example 26 3 28The Mnor rad 33

Exampe 27 33 29Example 28 34 30Example 29 35 31Example 30 36 32mple 31 3 33Exampe 32 38 34Example 33 39 35Example 34................. ....36Example 35 4 37

Petao Mino42Exmple 36 42 38Exmple 37 43 .39Exmple 38.................4 ......40

Exmpe 39 46 4Exmpe 40 ................. ...42

Blue Se Rf ......48Exmpe 4 48 43Exmpe 42 49 44Exmpe 43 49 45Exmpe 4 50 46Exmpe 45 5 .47

RiChord Comos 53Exmpe 46 53 48Exmpe 47 54 49Exmple 48 55 50

Exmpe 49 55 51xmple 50 57 52Exmpe 5 58 53xmpe 52 59 54Exmple 53 60 55Exmpe 54 6 .56Exmpe 55 6 57Exmpe 56 62 .58

ble Sp R Baed On  Texyd e ...................64

Exmpe 57 64 59Exmpe 58 64 60

Exmpe 59 65 6Exmp 60 .66 .62

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he Penton Mo Sce 67Exmple 6 67 63Exmple 62 68 64

e Pentoni Major Sae .70Exmple 63 70Exmpe 64 70Exmple 65 . 7 65

 Te xl de ............7

Exmpe 66 7 66

PART IV: GUITAR GREATS, US. T U.K.

 Te Alm rother... 72 67Jef Beck ...... 77 68Er Capton ..8 69Jmm Pg .............. 85 . 70Jony Wner .90 . 71Bly Gbons ZZ  Tp) ..............94 72Jm Henx . 98 73e Rol l Soes ..106 .. 74

Appedx I....................

12Appex 11 .......................13

Gtar Tb Gay .8

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4

 INRODUCION

Th blues/rock gita y i apa y it fin f w ad vy din gn: and . Th

pin g, B had a ay and namd and " Thi i a a and whi tamn'-itay

Te gan a mi payd y and f a ny (p nt th a '60 and R & B w md

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t want ni th 1950 that a m am ppa wih whi adin (fn id hgh wh

at haviy nfnd y a mi Evi Py Bi Hay and n ding th ta wa f

ppa (whi) and (a) mi gan t m R an i a ta aatn (h

gia hd f a awhit nn) and fm i inpn and mift and ahing wh

miia hav n wing haviy fm h p nintnna fgng a nw y

 A hd an ma it pant whav ngh h whi imany fndng wn pah n

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w h igna mpt f th nw mia fm Mddy Wat ad Jhnny Win h n and h w

fn payd and dd tgh in h a ya f Wa f BB Kg Kng Bddy Gy and

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mian hav fnd th m and vn h paying afftd y th nw f y /. Cmpa

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phnmnn By h '60 a mi had ay d v n th Amian manam Many hit

man w nt ny nnd y a m w havy nvd n h and R&B B

h ay '60 Amian m n hw a dvding n twn pp and R&B I anw gan f yng wht ngh mian wh had gwn p nng Amian a t

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PART 1: RHYTHM PARTS

hs section deals w he foundaton of the blues/ock style: hh g yg The foowig exampes ae

eved om the musc of many wel-nown goups and playes, and are n many cases ideniiabe as the main ust

behind mportant songs. These examples rate e common theads tha weae tough e bues/ock stye

The Boogie Patter

The boogie patte may be the singe most dentfiabe feature of the bues dating back to he Deltabue stye of

gutas/singer Robert Johnson Ts patten is commo to irtualy a syes of mus ic, and s especiay

coneced o he guitaris man adocate

Chuck Bery s wdey nown to hae expoited he booge paern a geat deal n he eay stages of ock ad

roll Berry's aggessve approach to guiar payng has had a pofound effect on all hose who hae foowed He

basialy too the booge paen a blues stape changed t from a shufe to a straghteghth fee and pu a fe

under Once huc got it cooking hee was no way to urn bac down The ame contnued o gow hotte

as e fee connuously grew moe aggressve and loud

Amost al of he exampes n ths secon make use of the booge figu

E h wopar example demonsrates a basc booge fgure a a huc ery played first n a shue fee, ten

(wthou change of tempo) n a sragt fee hs s payed n he ey of E and uses ony wo chods o doube

stops) ES (power 5 and E6 (power 6h Practce swtchng from feel o fee at w

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Example 2Tis example makes use of a few different wer 5h an wer 6h oube-so o iere srig grops i e

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The Power 5th Chord

gitists cght o o Chck Berry's sod d tttde, he door oeed wider d wider, so h by e

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Dmnant 7th Chors

Th dominan 7h (o 7) chod is a mao tiad hat ncudes the 7h (a no th fom he oot).

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Th dominant 7th chod s one of ock's songest ies o lues

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ock conxts on tnds o call lues immdiaey. The eampes that foow stabish vaid uss of h hod,

anging fom full lown vocings o he occunc of th 7h dgee without he mao 3d

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Th boogie pa s the backbone of hs Beales hythm pat n A Whil tiads (G/A, D/A) and sing nes

pay a mpotant oe, the domnant chods (A and D, dnoed by h asteisk *) ae the musica hook, not to

menion h mos fun o pay

The openng ids (G/A and D/A) ae common nveson typs found on th 432 sing goup Th ass gia

pdas A eow h to chods he snge ine f fond in he 1s and nd endings is asd n he mos

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PART II: RIFFS

A riff is ommoy udersood o e a repeiive sigle-ie idea I beig te mai ths beid lues/ok he

guitas ole outside of ai bakgoud ytm playg is o ead te ad wt sigle-le rifs a er oe

iude ods as well.

I fomative yeas, bues/ok groups were ofte oegitar ads ad te sige guita payer woe both ead ad

ytm ats o fil te musi out Ifluee a be raed to semia lues guiaist/sige oert Joso

bakig is oa wit asi ooge paes wile hrowig i sigle lie iffs tat detied te sogs. Where

blues may ted to pay dow riffs puttg tem a eve keel wit othe musial elemes, lues/ok eds o

gloify ad explot riffs as meodi ooks Tis seto deas wt guitar pars makig use of eveytig from

smpe epetitive sige ies, o diffil lies iterspersed wih sm ad lage hod voiigs I ay ase he

is d oiigs foud i te examples tat follow are fudameta to is guitarorieed style ad should be

asored ad sed as oos for uidig your ow impovised guitar pts.

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Bues/ok would surely be os witout the petaoi mio sae. A vast majoiy of the most lassi

reogizale riffs are ued diretly fom it Everyoe fom e Yardbids o Stevie Ray Vauga is ideed o,

ad i an epter o te famous ive ievals 1 J3--�7 Ti i ieva fomula o e cae ad a

you ve see fom Part I, tese ievals ae te roo of outless ord progressios art III will over te

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bgs i a patial se o G taoic io G C D F), showig at bles/oc ote akes use o tee

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sitio (ar 2) and o siion (ar 4) a wihin the first or ars

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are very seul

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very orgnal excepon s heard n bar , where the Bq) s folowed y a 3 A) retung to he eoreay resovng on the �4 ) on bea Bar 2 agan stresses he le note, hs tme as a typcal pasng one

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funtons tey sevefishin a une wth an inventve u hook whle aso funonin as a rhyhm ar

he hords fond in this seton ane om ae ave vons to wonote doblesos sed fo unuaion

he msia envionmens hese rifhod ombos are lled fom rane in sye fom E Caon and the

eales to Lynyd Skynyd andZZ To To whaeve exten the ia as jon e rhyhm seton o say "ofront i the end it's a ood ms.

e al fntion is sonified fely in Exame 23 a la Claton I's not nlie a yial Moown iuation

whee wo o even three uitar laye lay otay diffeent arts whe he sum total sounds ike one imossibe

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whih is also nssed to e IV 7) in bas 5 and 6 is based on no ala sale athe, it has eah hord

one oahed by a half-ste below: D F and A ae oeeded by non-hod tones a R and In ba 6

eres a nove doble-so li that invoves a seimosed F tiad (F A C) side to a G tiad (G B )the

e essene of ok meein blues The taround tha beins in bar 9 s more fttin of bues usin ommon

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Exampe This one is a ock ake on the standard of bues sandards va Eric Caton by his heo Robet Johnson. The

signae ri A is caed out o A penaonic mino (A C D E G) in bars 1 and 2. Bars and hamonize e

ri wit doube-sop 3ds borowed om A penaonic mao A B E F. Te cange to D7 IV i bar 5

bings to mind he Detastye origins o e song by picing te notes of a basi on D7 chord ahoug it

woud ave taken hundreds of Deta acousic guitars to match he voume Ec used o pay at).

Stdy the ic payed ove te tuarond bas 10-12 this s cassic gh-poeed lapon bues Noe e

sength of the 0 bar 10 he �7 o he D7/ cord) resoing to 0 beng te major 3r o he A7 cho in he

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he ieene in he wol. The noe is he 7h egee. ao saes ae see: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. The mxoyian

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ad tasposed to D (D E F G A B C ad E mixodia (E f A B D) on the chages to IV and V

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PART III: BLUES/ROCK LE GUITAR

Can blues ope pay rock? Can oc people play bues Te answers lie only with you and your feelings about

mus. On one hand, e two syles nnue to infuene eah oher and gutar players lie Sevie Ray Vaughan

Johnny Winter Robert Cay and eve Buddy Guy a arry a torch or eah n the othe hand some payes

wll always be umd n one camp or he oter being as it is so hard o do both equay well And o ourseer's nohing wrong wi being "lumd-te styles wil aways oexist See Apndix I or an examination

o ter dstincons om musical orms to nuber of amps

You could say blues/rock guitar soos are like bues soos only payed aster louder and with a rock and roller's

phrasing ariulaions and attitude but hee is more to i than just that The deepseated easons for heir

divergene enompasses ators like isory ehnoogy and hangng tends and astes This part of he boo

am o exse the bare bones hat use the wo ogeher-he vertebrae ha make up e spine of blues/rock i

you will The songes oce is o curse the ntaoni mino scale (nd added notes) which will be deal wh

in exploed view' fashion Also of mrtance is the use o the naoni major and mixolydian sclesputfot in a contextual way

Te enaonic Minor Scale

Tis scale is �ihou uesion he oundaion beneat singeine playing in bluesoc The inteaic formua of

he fvenote sale is 1 �3 4 5 b7 (ie pentatoni A C D G) and has been around hundreds of yeas before

Chu Berry and he electri guita were bon The sae has is orgins in ancient Chinese and Indian fo

musi cear on the oter side o the word

is mran o undersand that no mae how muh you see a guiarst's e hand moe up and down the ne

when playing this sale only five noes ae being payed n oher wods ive eter names (ie A C D E G) ae

epeated by playing the same exact ptch on up o six diferen stings in six dieent paes on the nek or by

payng up o fou dieen ocaves o he five noes The en al o dierent sting goupings positions and

ingerings are ininite although ceain possibiities have emained most ommon amog an ene wod

pulation of guitar players

dscussed eaer the ntoni minor scale an be superimposed over a major key siaue and e mino

3rd the sae mixes with the oen head major 3d ound in he hords of a song n noating musi where is

ous the majo ey sgnaure is mananed despie how mino he musi may sound and adeas e us

where he blue notes like the 3 bS nd �7 are payed For example e ey o A is based on he A maor saewhich spells: A B D E R O A When he A penaoni minor scale is used (A C D E G) we mus ale o

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Cnneing Te Five Pentni Min

For pracical purses, thee is a fgeig for hat coves all sx stigs based o ad sg om each oe of

the five otes (hec "ta) of te scale. t is essetia hat all guiaists ae itimately famlia wit tese

form-piy mpvi T m divid t nt guit k ito iv "aas tat ah in i

ow ig ca ispie tousads o gita solos Each form arages the otes diffeetly ad teefoe eels

uiqe. Some licks payale i oe fo ca be vialy payable i ote. Alhough i is commo pacticeor bues/ockers to se all ive fors i agmes (2 o 3 sigs a time, it is impota to ow a ve

igengs iimately

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Form II = �3, Fom I = 4, Form IV = 5 ad Form V = b7. We wil beg o the owes oo o orm I i G ad

asced hrog a five oms uti eachig he highes oe of Fom I agai, oe octave highe, the reverse he

woe pocess, edig o the oigial ow oot Pay cose aetio o he idicaed posiio shifs tha oec

he oms, as this is your key to asposig he execise o ay ad al oher eys Fgeigs will iey vay i

acua payig situaios he suggesd figerigs eable you to conect the oms smoohly Alteae pickigbeg o a dowsoke shold be appied trogot

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I mood, this scle conasts the seiousness o its countepat wih a ligh-heated counry-like eeling hence it

is commonly known as he "couny-blues scale ts intervaic fomula s 2 3 (aso a fivenoe scale.) The

chie conas lies in its possession o the majo 3rd vesus he mino 3d o the pentaonic mino he d an

t deees lso bring i closer n kinship he majo scale. Actually it can be hough of as a mao scale (1 3

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are shwn here in sequence allowing you to compare the previous ve minor orms o these five major ormsNoice ha he major and minor orms lay out idenically difeing ony by their saring noe (o exmple:

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PAR IV: GUITAR GREAS, US O UK

Ths son s desed as a colecon o chaacter sdes Each pece brngs together a partclar playe's most

denabe ademak a ey woud pay them, n he conex o a vamp assocaed wt each muscan Tsolos are based on extensve eseach o each payer's style hrogh vaed sources, pesenng msca deas ha

are ansplanted rom the eels and empos they wee ond n o work n hs abcated suatonUndesndaby hs pocess (whch I ca "makng monses) nds o guta greas n a somewha unaal

ght where pasng decsons and the ke ae no enrely her own I menon hs so you wl onsder ha

musal ascts such as ress and motc deveopment nherent to a player's style were sometmes compromsed

or the sake o prodcng a condensed yet nensve chaacter stdy I tred my best to reprodce each stye wh

pansakngly epetve pacce and aenon o deal-notably where acatons toch and hythm are

coned. Exrmenton wh gas and amps commonly used by a gven paye aowed me o come whn

reasonabe ange o he known sond Use te transcrpons and yo eas equally, dges ck by lck, seon

by secton, and yo wll have years o e mos eveed muscans' wok n your own hands

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he Allman Brothes Band s an mercan nsttton wth a long hsory datng back to ther 1969 debut They

ae aountbe or bg olde blue and R&B sounds to he attento o mansream rock audences. A ea

pt o teir so�nd s due o Dane lman's sde gutar playng n on E Athogh he oftn adeply played

sndd tuned gutar wthout the slde hs warm, humbcke pckup slde guta sound was hs trademark Hs

selpoessed nuences wee obet Johnson Blnd Wle ohnson and Muddy Wates Duane s largey

resnsble or brngng sde gtr om the bes to he oegound o rock we rasng ts voce wth e help

oexeme amp wattage he grop's othe garman, Dcky Betts, wa a rec ol to Duane, wh h sond

ing bgt and agessve comng mosly rom te brdge and mddle son of a Gbson Les Pal. Dcky'splayg has a strong country nluence rnnng though marked by log lowng legato phrases and extensve

use o penaonc major.

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hese posons o othe keys n ode o dgest the deas Ths solo s in the key o C and leans heavy on C

mxoydan C D E F G AH wth nod o C naonc mnor C F G

A ave move o Danes was to emhasze the majo 3rd (E) by suspendng o the 4h (F and esovng

back. Many deren rhyhmc phasngs o hs can be ond houghou Noe tha when hs aleraton occus

on sepat sngs, here s a slgh beed whch combned wh he downwad slde to the F note gves a

ta ease. Ceck ou how e chnges to the IV chod n the 2nd chors are srongy suped by the

g not, boowed om te C penao mno scale, as t goes back o fo he e to I C7) nother

lass Allman trademark s the sot o cky nson ck head n bars 10 and 1 o he nd chous Agan, h

ease s made by he sldes bleed and the general mpeec ntonato that occurs n he quck movement he

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F G B) and pnaoni majo C C D E GA). H is a smoo opato wh onnions btwn wo

a ondhk o opning th bas fo xamp Bs ofn is on slids, plls and hamms

whn makg hs ontions saly withn th ontx o hytmiy piiv not goupngs. Anoth

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in ba 9 bginnng wit F, C and bo moving on to vaiations involving ot 3-not goupings. This is a

sapl of his impovisaional styl and points towads oy and buass inun in its ontinos owing

nat as dos ommon oun of pntatoni majo liks nvoving th 2nd (D) bnt to th 3d (E Ths

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ad approach to dly suit most a situatio-thr s a udiabl harlt flig of th blus ruig

trough his varied efots. Jef's ineet n lue dat bac to hs musca roots as a tag blus bu i

Eglad. c's mrgc bga wh his mmbrship i h Yardbirds whr his assocatios with ric

Clapto ad immy Pag wr prdictd o a mutual lov ad rsct for Amrica blus Jf c Gro(whch icudd Rod Stwart ad Ro Wood) was formd i 1967 ad th albums "Trth ad "cOa

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c is a trifically uprdictabl soloist wth gat tchica command of his istrumt it a Stratocastr

lcastr or a Ls Paul H is most rowd for his amazig cotol ad toatio of bds umistaabl

vibrato, ad mastrul trmlo bar worot to mtio his wholyorigia touch surpassd oly by his

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rst chorus of this hrchous solo i G is ddicatd to his "ruth days whr h umistab (ad

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Like e Bek, he was fonate ome o prominene at an eary age wih The Yadbirds while also in awe of

mean blues Moe han a blues b Eri was a selfpofessed blus snob" and was quoed as saying If i

wasnt blak I wasn ineesed. This attitude of his fomative yeas had kept he bues close o his heat despite

he many sages his musial life has seen s feaed guitaist with John Mayas Bluesbreakers and shotyaeads he guitaplaying third of blues/ok supergroup Ceam Ei Capton is unquestionably a undng

fathe of the blues/ok sound

Ei style is at one sonal and unvesal Not withou a heathy suppy of hops Capon is well knwn for

his eseedness and endeny towads simpliity as a solois. His soos ae disingished by a foundation o

balae, auhoiy and staeiness Generally, Capton favoed Les Paus during his Bluesbeake period

Fiebids, 335s and SOs wi Ceam and Staoases pstCeam

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mao. Look fo he phases tha use E penatoni majo (E F G B i.e bars 10, 14 9 and 20) along with E

natoni mino is abiiy o play phases tha swing om major to minor in a natural and lyrial way is one

of his stonge�t ademaks Anohe Eri Clapton rai is the seamlessness o position hanges hat urthe

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days, Ei affetionaely named the sound hat ous when al he one is roled o of the hyhm pikup

woman oneand has sine become a pat of the guita payes veauar This sound is head in bas 19

though 2 he solo ends with a smokng penaoni mino ik with pus and hammes tha ae haateisi o

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Page was regarded as a top-notch Londo sessio player te md60s bacg such acs as he Rong Stones, e

K and Doova befoe joiing he Yadbrd a er bassis. After he swichg to gia Jimmy ad Je Bek

shared ead gui rsnsbies for a sho me before e oup disbaded 1968. Page's ove of Amecn p

ad bue muic served his guiar paying ad songwitg wel ad wh a good amo of ineres and exrien

reord prodco unde hs be, he formed d Zeppen late 968. Alog wt a hghly orgnal and weronddgiar sye inued by bues ounry ad inteaoa fol msc Jimmy Page has he gd disinco of beig

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bus/roc om he U o he US Page is now for hs use of viage Les Pauls ahoug e has used Telecastes

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he solo are basd o A peaoic mior A C D E G) bu A penaoic major (A Q E ) plays an impoat

roe rougho Page is happy o oc ou using sandard pentatoic mo lics ie e oe bars 3336 42 ad

3 o ues Scae (A C D � E G) st ie te ine n bars 23 ad 2 oweve Jimmy ends o how a goodde moe majorqaiycounrygirispired ideas tha feow Egismen ie ec Taylor acoe o

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gea o A eoic mino i bars 0 nd Lie lpton Page is vey we cqined with is so o e

phra ha occurs in bars 7 roug 1. A quic sudy of e noes will show a baa of sess o peaonc

mior oes 3) D () ad G 7) ad peaonic major noes Q (3) and F• (6) Displayig he peoc

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player who has truly "crossed over fom the blues roos of hs debu and secod albums to the area-izedock of his ext few abums up to the mid-70s where his wokig elaioship with bues grea Muddy Watesbrough hm ful circle to pure blues oe agai. Johy Witer is somehig like "the Chaie Paker of bluesad rock i esct o his vitosity a abiliy to wok a massive repeoire of great licks ad tus of phraseio ifite combiatios ha sui ay siuaio

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are foud i 5h ad 17th positio comprised of he orm I oes uaulteraed. Key eemes of Jonyssoloig style are ostat beds followed by a fas sigig vibrao uio beds bas 6 34 ad 35 doublestos (bars 9-11 18 ad 27 fast trills bas 3 ad ), use of he #45 DI-bas 2 1 17 ad 20 d apassio for blazig hrugh fast phrases that cram large umbers of oes together a ove he pace! Checkt he majo toaty ideas like i bar 8 A tatoic major over the 7 chord or bars 911 whee B7 ad 7 hords ar feshed out with doubsto fom B mixolydia (B Q D E GA C mixolyda C D E A& and A mixolydia A B Q D E escvely C

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Bily and "a lile ol' bad from Texas were payig wha was kow as psychedelic blues/roc i 1969 ad

their colloquial soud reached beyod the Texas bode y 972. Billy Gbos has bee hadlig all he guita

busiess i he bad sice is icepio wh his broad ad juicy oe that eeds o help i lig he guita s

Bilycose bues as he bedrock of his guiar syle fom his eeage yeas ad is we ow for his cch rock

sla o sadard bues fees. He is also epued as a auhoiy ad owr/orao o guitars ad amplifiers ofall tys ad maages o so heavey oe om his may combiaos Gibbos brgs he feelig of he

bues o Zs oe commercially oietd p-oc apal with his asy, eseed appoach to sooig ad pat

playig.

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stompig groud for Billy as he favos usg aoc mio i this case: G C D F) or the mos part

or he chage o he IV (Cm7) chod a sh o C peaoc mor (C B G is woked i o complime the

S foud i he Cm7 chord The G Blues Scale (G C F) is aso a favorie o his ad you wi id may

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sogly elt i ll rock d p msic tha olowed him, Jm's ow ences were the deep blues o rist

like Muddy Wtes d lter by rhyhm d bueswhch is where hs creer s proessio beg Betwee

196 d 966, "Jimmy James was i demd as a sidem or may top torig R&B ops icldg James

Bros Fmos By lte 966 edx moved rom the shadow to the stlight where he bega atact et del o ttetio New Yok City as a ot ma-siger-gitarist who was dog vey augty

tgs o stge wth his gitarot to mentio plyig the pts of o it With hs bes ad R&B gta roo

higly developed he ws usy pioeerg ew soic territores wth hgh volume cotoled eedback

aggessie whmmy bar atics combied with ersome techcal prowess d old showmaship. Jimis

repuatio gew quickly ad y the me the Jimi edrix Expeece bega to gai populariy Eglad where

te oup ws fomed, reowed Eglsh gtarists le Ec Clpto, Jef Beck ad Pete Towsed wee dg

hemselves blow way by Jimi's plyig style which ws so obviousy rooted i Americ bles. Ts s te

gy who siglehdedy roght the Feder Statocster to a heghteed leve of worldwde appeciato as

well poeerig odbrekig exploitto o eect lke the wah wh, octavia, rg modto d uvie

The eelig o the bles rs deep through is music d gitar approch, nd beside the prood impact of hs

sate licks ad rhythm plyig towers edrix gigtic cotributio to he odtio o the blues/rock

soud.

Ts k lues vap E s he peect setup or brry o gret edx licks tht mke use o tatoic

mior ( G A B D) ad major (E G B Q, e E blues scle (E G A N D), s well s bits o E mixoyda

(EF A B Q D) i varios positios of the eck. Jmi vored pettoic Fom I, d whie he ote veed

to fgmes o fve oms, overwhemig majority of hs greatest sttemets are made with the otes o

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comatos of hammers, ps d beds (rs 22-24, 43-50 etc. A edrix trdemark s oud rs 8 d

9 where a 4h (A) s bet p to the 5th (B s other iger holds dow the (D) d/or the 3 (G) At high

volmes tis c soud lke a Mack uck Jmi was fod of doule-stops, ad ars 4-6 show a series o triplets

that colletively use the otes E # G A B B ad D whch ca e thought of s a comatio of al he

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phse t volves bedig otes (D ad G) whie llowig other otes to slip uder the ige re od

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and ro) ak o a wider Amerian audien y he mid-sities no before ptting teir own skffe edge to it

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inception, Keih Rchards pmped its lifeblood with his solful and invenive rhythm paying which of corse

ed to classic rock songs His ack for paying solos hat drive a song by way of doubesops and simple

ntatonc lines n a worker-ee style (ofen reminiscent of egend Chuk Bery) conrasted with he more

indvidaistic soos of Mick ayor, who was busy filling Eric Claptons shoes in John Maya's Bluesbreakers

in 1969 when he was invited to be a Sone Micks paying is indeed in he tradition of he od and aggressive

English ead syle that proaly egan wih Clapon's nooriey in he es/rock vein His Ls Pau/Marsha

ominaion is big and warm sounding and his presence in the music is strongy fel hrough sofu soos and

part paying which eminate sophisciation in tase and och.

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hese two soos are payed over a esy ock vamp in C a la vintage Roing Stones. Mick Taylor is up s,

and is mmedately idenified y he hick Les aul neck pckp one he is own for aylor's giar syle is

bold and aggessive and his soull, worldclass vibrato is among the greatest ever recorded he opening icks

are demonstraive of Mick's penchan for interesting sring ends and ed notes wihin pentatonic mior

sitons. The lion's share of his harmoni approach ends to be sraigh C natonc minor (C F G wih

added notes like 7 (B ar) 9th (bent D note ar 14) and he 6h (A, ar 5) for spice Legao phrasing ased onbends, hammes plls and espciay sides are a sape of Micks improvisaions He is easily pegged by his

endency owards sliding many noes after a single pick attackthis prhaps inspired y Jimi Hendrx. See ars

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which n some cases epiomzes the Rolling Sones sond Altough what he plays in this oning ranges fomchord to singe noe lls, his extended solos are played on a sandard tned Teecster for he mos pa His

solos e marked y a righter harder-edged tone tan Mick Taylor's an his more modes echnique ends

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siton I (C S F G , 8h fre sition) wih mch sess on he roo/5 ar of the B and E sings, ars 45 and

6 for example)ends and slides o the 5th (G) bars 3335, 390, and 5-6) and varios 2-noe double-stops

ha empoy a sligh /4 step bend (ars 428) eith aso ses pentaonic maor C D E G A) for aanc and

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