Assignment 3: Bending Blues Lick |
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Jan 19 2012, 07:20 PM
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Hey GMC!
Today, I shall present you with a bluesy bending lick which I came up with! Check it out below: This lick was meant to be used as conclusion over a 6/8 bluesy riff and I used the E minor pentatonic scale colored with a lot of bends to make it more expressive. Let's take a look at the details: Scale: E minor pentatonic  Tab: (also check out the attached GP file) E E E E E E Q E Q. Chords used: I tuned the guitar in Drop D so I could play the riff by using simpler position shifts so, here are the chords: E5 G5 A5 and D5 The lick is accentuated by the rhythm guitar playing the D5 chord and concluding on the E5, before the riff repeats itself - check out the track where I played the lick  Benefits: - being able to use this lick as a conclusion over the given riff - gaining more control over your bending mechanics - analyzing the bending possibilities in the pentatonic context Assignments: 1) Record the lick over the provided backing track as many times in a row as the backing allows, after you have listened to the track which I recorded (attached below) 2) For a first improvising task - try and record the lick over the given backing track, by playing it at the beginning not at the end as I did it. So start the lick in the first bar on the first beat! It should provide different results  Deadline: 26th of January Any other ideas which you might come up with are always welcome, so go ahead and explore as much as you'd like! Looking forward for your takes Cosmin This post has been edited by Cosmin Lupu: Jan 23 2012, 12:09 PM
Attached File(s)
Lick_3___Backing_Track.wav ( 17.38MB )
Number of downloads: 195
Playing_example.wav ( 4.74MB )
Number of downloads: 124
Lick_3___Bending_The_Blues.gp5 ( 1.8K )
Number of downloads: 103 |
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Jan 19 2012, 10:32 PM
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Great mate ,coool lick !!!
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Jan 20 2012, 01:08 AM
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QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ Jan 19 2012, 09:32 PM)  Great mate ,coool lick !!! Thank you Sinisa!
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Jan 21 2012, 09:13 PM
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Nice lick Cosmin!
Looks like the german guy has to break the ice... Christian -------------------- |
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Jan 22 2012, 02:27 PM
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Hi Cosmin,
thanks for your feedback Hm, I haven't tried it as an introduction, it just felt like a conclusion  But it's a good hint, I'll try that! -------------------- |
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do not let yourself deceived, my German friend! 
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Jan 26 2012, 08:54 PM
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Hey thanks alot Cos man! I really apreciate the kind words buddy
And about the next lick, sure thing ,Ill definately check it out.
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