Golden Age of Guitar Instrumentals 23

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Blues/Rock Guitar Instrumentals - Our final lick for the month is a 'take-off' or intro phrase in E. It is intended to be played unaccompanied, either as a solo break or to begin a tune. Position-shifting is a crucial component of this lick. The position changing occurs during the slides on the first string from the 7th to the 10th position in the second and third bars-a particularly slippery section. Note the use of bluesy mixed modes in the phrase. In the third measure the E Major Pentatonic Scale (E-F#-G#-B-C#) is augmented by the G note, the minor third step and a defining tone of blues melody. The concluding section is by contrast in the E Minor Pentatonic Scale (E-G-A-B-D). The final note of the phrase restores the major sound with a G to G# melody, a typical leading-tone figure used frequently in blues melody.

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