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"Reed Style" Bridge to
"Caravan" (in key of Dminor)
- by Palmer Moore
I don't play guitar well enough to teach a lot of
guitar, but this is one lick that I play that I get asked to explain a
lot. I "borrowed" the lick from a great album by one of
our "stars", but I'm not supposed to mention his name on my web
site. It's a Reed like syncopated backward three fanger roll (his claw
thing) working the downward melody out of these two basic forms (these were a bear for me to stretch when I first started playing them):
(left hand shape - (3)(2)(1)(4)
D = x-x-10-9-7-10, and, the C = x-x-7-6-4-7 (Example #1)
The chords to the bridge, of course, are D, G, C, F, E....
Wav File of
me playing it.... sloooow...
For the D chord he worked the melody note down like this: (for now just try
including the D chord above with them)
--10--7-----------------------
----------10---8----7----------
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Now, let's see if I can show you the actual D "roll"
--10-------10-----------7-(little choppy delay)-7---------7-------------
------7--------7--------------------------------------------7--------7----------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-10-----10-------10----------------------------------------10-------10-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-----10--------10---------8-(lcd)-8--- ----7-----------------------
---------9---------9-------------- -----9-------9-----------------
--10-------10-------10---------------- 10------10---------------------
--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------
--------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
It's those "little choppy delays" (lcd) that give it the Reed feel... (It's slow enough that I grab them with the same index
finger..)
The G lick is just a two note harmony coming down the neck:
--------------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------(hammer)-------
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--10--10--10------8---6---5---3---(hold)-- -(then real
quick)---0---1---0------------
--10--10--10------9---7---5---4---(hold)- ----------------------------0---2-
-0---2--------------
-9----9---9--------------- --------------------------
--------------------------------------3-- -----------------
--------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
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It ain't as pedantic as the tab above, but you'll figure out the actual rhythm...
Then run the D lick again, but this time down in the C position (shown above in
Example #1)....
It finishes up with the F, E sequence (really neat): (I use 4 fingers on this one - I know guys that only use 3)
-------------0-------------- ------------0--------------- ---------0-----
7--------------
------6----------------6--(lcd)--6- ------------------------6---
---6--6--------------------
--------5------------------- -------5-------------------- -----7----------7------------
--7-------7----------7------------- --7------------------6-
----6-------6----------------
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Dat's it.... I'm sure I'll hear you guys will all be playing it tonight.... It's a classic....
Go for it..
Palmer
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