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This is a classic C major blues lick that was played by Eric
Clapton is his rendition of "Stormy Monday".
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Left
hand fingers
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1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3_____
E:------------8--------8--10b(12)---
B:-------8-10------10---------------
G:---8-9----------------------------
D:----------------------------------
A:----------------------------------
E:----------------------------------
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The red number is the note
that you should use as your guide when playing the lick in other
keys. In this case the note is a C. If you wanted to play this
lick in D, you would just move everything up 2 frets so that the
number in red would be at the 10th fret on the first string (D).
For more information on how to read this, check out the lesson
on reading Internet
tablature.
Other than the very first note, everything is
out of a C major pentatonic scale. The first note can be thought
of a as a half step approach to the 2nd note which is in the
scale.
C major pentatonic
suggested fingering indicated
|---|-1-|---|-3-|
-1st string
|---|-1-|---|-3-|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
|---|-2-|---|-4-|
-6th string
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8th fret |
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