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Stephane Lucarelli

BB King Lick #3

Saturday's Blues Lick

     |---3---|   |---3--|                                                       
     E   E   E   Q      E   S  S  S  S  Q         S  S  E    E.   S  H          
E||-------------15b----15---------------------|--------------------------------|
B||---------13-------------16-13-15----13~----|-----13-16b---L---16-13~--------|
G||-----14--------------------------14--------|--14----------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Heya!

A classic blues lick from BB King, one of the greatest bluesmen of all time!

Sound

I use the Fulltone OCD pedal and the clean channel of the Mesa Boogie V-Twin preamp with some reverb added in pro tools.

Theory

Here we mix C major and minor pentatonic scales to get BB's typical phrasing. Also notice the fast signature vibrato.
You could play the lick on the C7 or F7 chord.

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