Kid Charlemagne lead break by Larry Carlton

Always wanted to force myself to learn this. Larry plays in a mode I've never tackled.

So I found a concert video of Larry playing it so I could try to figure where on the neck he plays the whole thing. I slowed it down by about 20% keeping the pitch as best I could so have fun playing along.

The tab for the song is on Carlton's web site, (a few errors, I thought). I've added a video in the comments showing how I play it in slo mo. Feel free to add your own.

Thanks to steff for posting the concert video.

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[mchar69]

So - did Larry Carlton ac tually do this? or is this someone slo - moing the vid and playing at the same time? I like it either way, i could watch for hours.

[jpmist]

@mchar69 No, I found a Calton concert video on YouTube and figured how to slow it down. It offered a lot of hints on exactly how he played the solo. It's one thing to get the notes but the fingering is just as important. Thx for comment!

[rigidarm1]

Thanks for the slo mo vid really helps to study. Wish I could do that with a lot of vids.

[jpmist]

@rigidarm1 A slightly older version of Quicktime Pro could slow down videos, I'm sure there are others. . .

[dogofman]

Why the f..k would someone want to play a nice guitar solo in slow motion?

You have just killed it dude!

[jpmist]

@dogofman Didn't mean to offend, dude. Hadn't played it in a while and it actually came in handy to brush up. . .

[mchar69]

Like at 1:02, YOU'D never get it in real time, there's a litle hammer off/on twirl going on.. So for the haters - go somewhere else. As a musician, you learn riffs, etc, in slo-mo, then speed it up -when you are able..That is how its done.

[geetarnut]

One reason Larry sounds so unique is that he listened to pedal steel players deliberately,, if you really watch his fingers and take note, you see that he is almost constantly sliding to a target note, either up or down the neck, and the pre-bending that he does is a pedal steel technique, only it's done with the knee pedals to sharpen or flatten the notes on that instrument. I've been fortunate to meet him at least 6 times and ask questions, which he always politely answered. He's the BEST!!!

[feloniuschunk]

Years ago, I had a Pod and through Line 6's website, tried to learn this solo. I never hit it. Not one time. Out of about 300 tries.

[bossou5555]

theres alot going on there prebends thnx for video

[Michael6by6]

@dogofman It's for learning purposes dumb ass

[analyzingfunny]

this is sort of cool