Am pentatonic across five boxes á la Konsum way. Options

[Steelkonsum]

On what seemed to be a semi-popular demand here it is again. I still don't think it's good enough to be considered a lesson but 'ere we go anyways.


Okey, so first off all I would just like to point out three things. First off, I do NOT actually aspire to become a true masterclass teacher I was just inspired by the topics in the general forum about pentatonic boxes. Second, audio and video quality sucks and I'm sorry but you'll have to live with it . Third thing is, this is just a solo or lick or whatever you want to call it to get familiar with where the boxes are located in a more fun way.

So, for introduction - most of you will know me as the guy who rants alot about how people behave and troll the forum more regurarly than most. And this is pretty much the truth . My real name is Mikael and I'm 18 and living in sweden. I just thought I should bring some more swedes to the lesson department so the croatians don't overrun us completely!

As I said in the beginning this is a lesson to give you a lick where you move between all five boxes and use all six strings! I've added some legato and tapping just for the hell of it. Actually, I came up with this thing at work today where I was playing on an acoustic and I wanted to see if I could get some sound out of the tapping - it sort of worked!

If you can't make out what I play on the video try to listen and follow the tabs! Again, sorry for the crappy resolution and stuff.

Now, for the acutal lesson!

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And the whole thing a bit slower:  main_slow.wmv ( 3.29MB ) Number of downloads: 236


Okey so here is the first lick of the lesson:

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E----------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D----------------5—7s14----
A---------5—7--------------
E---5—8--------------------

Not much to explain here, it's a basic run down from low E but at the D string we do a long slide down to the 14th fret.Shouldn't pose much trouble and we have already changed a box!


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E----------------------------
B-----------13--15—15b17-15s17--
G---12-14---------------------
D---------------------------
A-------------------------
E--------------------------

And here's the next part, I am not quite sure about how much I bend to be honest but just do it untill it sounds about right to you . I think that bending up a wholestep and then sliding to the note you just bent too makes a cool effect. Escpecially if you throw in some vibrato in it.

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E----------------------------------------------------
B—17p15----------------------------------------------
G----------17-14---------------------------------------
D------------------17—14s10--12-10----------------
A----------------------------------------12-10--------
E------------------------------------------------12-10~~

A quite similiar change from boxes as shown in Kris's changing lesson. If you want to get the same sort of sound that I had then hang on the 10th note becuase on the next lick you're gonna slide of it so its usefull to have some sound left on the note else you'll have to pick it again.


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E------------------------------------
B—----------------------------------
G----------------------------5h7s9---
D-----------------------5h7---------
A-----------------5h7-----------------
E—10s5—5h8-----------------------

I like this lick. It sounds a bit ba-dum-ba-dum-badweeem. Uh, by that I mean the 5h7s9 Where you get so many notes in just one pick. Be sure to just hit the 5 and then do the rest of the work in one motion. Cool stuff


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E---------------------------------------------------12~--12~--10-
B-----8--—10--—10b12—10p8h10p8h10s13---13~--13~-----
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

T T T
E—10--—10h12p10s8----12---10p8--12---10p8--12---10p8s5~--
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

So here you have the ending. I think the combination of some double stop, legato and some easy tapping ending with a nice slide makes a good ending to a otherwise quite ordinary "solo". Granted the tapping was added purely cause of my idea to do it on acoustic . Anyway this shouldnt be too hard though since Im noot pushing any speed limits.


Well that was it for me today! I hope you have enjoyed the lesson and maybe even got something out of it. I apologize for the crap quality but I hope the solo and the tabs make up for it

Anyway, ask if you dont understand anything and feel free to point out any mistake I made. Also criticism is welcome! I hope you have had as fun with this as I have.

Catch you all laters!

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This post has been edited by Steelkonsum: Feb 8 2007, 02:25 PM