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ACOUSTIC GUITAR HISTORY MARTIN Newnhl'icss,

all Slart ,'(/ With t h" , mall -b" d l"d , gu t-suu ng , flat , wl'pffi ,nsr r\lmentS of a

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OPt'OSmE MCif In the beginning: a fiv,.· (OU~ guitar of ..boon 1590, probabl y

Gt' rman .mm'sram, Christia n Fr,..:I u <-h Marton , who was bui ld ong g Ull ars almosr from Ihe l ime he

am~ed

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New Yurk In 11'1 33. A"""d 37, ask, IIt:
apprt'lluccslup a t 0" " of I! ump"" mo:st rc:spo::ctt:
to

Ihe n"w ",,, ri d

to

Portuguese. lOI' A Stauffer-styte gust.... by C-f. Martin, from 1830. .ROW The early Martin family home and worfl sf'l<:>p in ChetTy Hill, near Naunt\h.. Pennsylvania.

lo n~

C. p.

'-""Clip" th" res trict ,ve [111.1(' laws of h,s hometow n of

Ma rkneul.archcn , Saxony (,,"'" C;"rma ny, t hough formerly East (i t rma ny). He was hell-knt on ma ki ng hiS ma rk on th" yuung ( ounr ry·s st tlngtd InSlrllmen r rnule. H e d ,d thaI, a nd more. By the

IH~{I!;

Ma non was stl lmg gu irars (l('slgnN along new h nes that would

tl'VOl ut lOnlSt' Ih" p"rfor manc(' of Ihe ,nSl rument , and whic h ,ICC sull ("("hoed In t he c.."'trun,unal d"ralls of rhe ,·au majorit y of fl at-tops :)Vallabl!.' t(xb y. In t ht lat" 18305 , Maru n h ~d moved his family and his busillt"~ In n,,,rry 1I, 1l , Ptnnsy lva nHl , an,\ C' ·enlUall y to ne
Nazar~t h ,

which has \",,,n /l.larton ·,

fam o u~

addr",s

n ·"r 51O(e (despit(' the rl'ioca ti nn, how"v" " gUlIa" we[" stilliahtllt"d as ht-ong mad" In Ntw Yor k unlil th(' end o[th" I HOO.'i), From tim tim" onwa ,d~ , t h" maktr·s gUItars ,·a me to look more hkC' (he Stea( Oat -t ops th.·y wmdd "v"lltually spaw n, and ltss I,kt ,hr o ld -world minstre ls· instruments (hut t arl y IHth C"!lt Ll[Y Eurof"'a n

gu' tar~

may appear to us today ro

rest·mhk. Marti n simplHkd IllS stylIng c'>Il"d,,[ably, d ropping tht Sll r>("rtlU OliS or namt" n1 ~ 1 wood wo rk ~nJ l'inborat~ inlJYs o n all Ou t ti, ,, ,,,,ca'''>Ilal di ~p Jay o r Clls!.Om-o rd t" r mOtI"I , while lflSld~ he Instrument .

evoJ~ed

cnn 'ifuul
T he move from rud , mennry 'add." hraclllg fO the funn ... d bl1Jrong of Spanish ·c!aSSKllJ" gUitars of , he r, m" (about the o nl y Span ish g uita rs. !(";lily) mad ... hiS sm
~xis t c n ((' .

we ralk abo ut tb e ·Iarg('r gui !
t ht perl O.:!, th(' s(' are still sllllll · bodied acoustics by 1000lay ·s s tundHds. M an , ,,"s larges ( g l.lJ rar of th e 1850s WJS the 12Y,' · wld., S'7.t" 1, a Widt h that mOSt players today ",.. uld expt"ct to sce

ill

a llt rl e PJrJour g Uita r l}"for.,

the (' nd of the J<'Cade, howev" r, body ~IU"$ and d("("ota l;ve slyies suH ," us.. ",day "'""" being I'Stablisht"d T h" lurJ!e r SIn" 0 - one of rh...

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small..,.r standard Mnrr lllS avai la ble toJ,,), _ wa,

I ntrOt"ill(~d

and

wou ld

r(' ma ln the

cllm pany·s larges t ·collce,, · gUita r unti l the arrival of the 00 some 20 yea rs huer. Most modd s wr re avaolablc In a mnge of St yles from 17 to 42, n um be rs t h"t ind ic:lttd t helf

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR HISTORY whol.,sale pric.,s al Ih., li mO;" (h.,

~ yS(~m

WI1_' O;"S[ahl" h.,d . Th.,y rangt"
s lmpl O;" binding and f.,w or no InlaY$ , 10 .';llIrars WIth fa ncIer abalonc purn ing, pos'tion mat kns and rosetto;"S, and Inclu
manufactur~d

r~lauvt'ly

s low

to

lake up the trend _ Before 19 16

th., !)(ca,,,,nal u Iswm -ordet gUIta r 10 la ke sted str ings. but irs first

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR HISTORY such co ns.s tr n( prodll(fio n mod .. l ~ <-a m.. III {he form of (h~ ' K' koa ",nod constructio n) d('s.!-:ne
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gU itars ( name<,1 for ell .. ,r

the lap-s ttt l I)()\O"""' . as used for (h('

lfi

popula r ilawai Jan m USK of , h(' (1m ... In rh,s way, the forma l that wuul
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(["'dd .. grt'w from Ih(' fr,nbcs of lht' mark ..( -

and on fan

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(ho u~h

a popular ' fron}! .. '

off... mg s u, .. 1 _< [TOnss nil , he- \ow l.("$( of Irs standard 'Spamsh'

hod,w 2- 17,

ill

Ihe day

would n s(' upwa rd from tht' hmlUm , (OO, B)' the ea rly 1920., Martm was ~I yk

gumlrs, t h"

m ~hogany.

and by Ih(' ('oJ of ,h.. d«ad .. st .... 1 st nngs had spread rhrou}(hnut , he IlOc PS

[hI: standard dress. f or Marti n , II W;,O.S proba b ly an l'fIS ICt ( OflVttSlun , ha n for ot h ers. , he sTUrd y X-hracing of

tht' la rJ.:t" mo.-l .. ls bt'l!lg al re-')dy pri med st rings would pur vn

r h~

of adapmll o n WIlS 51 11 1 r"':lulr...! guit~r~

to

fak .. th" g reater Stram , hal tht' r~nSlCm of,t (-d

g UtT JU ' tOpS >lnd bmlg("s - alt houg h ,'ettaml), a (o ns"lrrahl~ II>

make the new dcs i,l; ns

S"I: ur~ ,

yo u (an s('(' th(' stram of Ih" ;oppl ,eu ILon of steel strin;;s

d~Wt't:'

E,'en so, on I'k nr y of "Id

to a

deSIgn th;ll soli had

It~

(>I'l'OSlrE P.. GI! l£Ff TO " ...1fT Thr" early

Martins ; a 1-28 from c1820; 0-42 from (1898; and a mahQga ny 2-17 from (1930, the first Martin to bll offered w ith steel strings. un The Mound City Blues Blowers. f eatu ring Eddie lang on a Martin /I

guitar. roou m the gemkr 1'\11 1 of IIllf, ,n th" fo rm of a subtle archi n;; , or ' beJl ying ', Hound the of t he top illst be hmd th(" hndll" Many newe r g tl itars will

~"hlb , t

the same

ar~J

symp l om~.

I"SptcialJy those wll h PM(lClllarly th In tops a nd light braCln).! - but J( 's not n("(:es\.udy a CauSl' for co ncern. As N or man Blak" put It , "N('"e[ tr USt a g u itar WIthout a belly, " An.1 whl lt' thoSl' sl<'l;'l Stri ngs mlly apl)('af to '''St a gUI {;or's struCl ural ,n(t"g rlty, d'l'r .. Iso get II wllllmg wit h a f... t hroatier "o)(e (hao anything gu t (ould ever maoagt', and call ra nl (ulllrJy ht-Ip [hoS{' (hill_ topped , lig hdy-b roc("<. llht -rops sIIIg s wet' dy inJITd. HavlIlS and m faet

w t".. th..-.rcJ

bot h the man. lol m and uk ulell;' booms of th t" ("arly pa ri of , he (ent ufY,

~" n ~U l'll bur~l~

MaTfln was t'm .. nng

Its

of buS Iness III C'3Ch craz" that all ow('d th(' compa n y

ht'yd.l)'

In

low~ r-~ nd

accrpttlnc(' of

.[ ~ pr~SSlon

mO
.-" pa l\d.

t he I '}JOs WI( h tht" gUHa( fil m ly al fh" c.. n[ r~ of liS

bUSlnO'Ss. W h d.. , h" financial pllle h of the Ihe

(OJ

II pU" muslCians UnsuTj"", ng ly

hUS IIl ~SS ,

the

er~

me~n t

S-"lW tl (O ntlnlla lly WIde r

an m.H rllment, wh tlr Martlll ltsdf honed borh nrw anel .. ,," I lUg

m cxlels m fO ~\III~rs ,hal would bnome respected for all

tlm~ .

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~iattjn g UItars w~!'(' nnw M"[( I'fl/o: In (o (t n ,,,n const ructional and de<;;orat,vc standard_

lhat haw' rt'mamoo fumOllS am ong afk lonados. W h,J(> , h., most aiforda bl .. mo.:i('ls remai ne
Jo(ll'tars.

tl1O' n..1(1

rUlll:

u p now had a mahoga n y ha.- k and

sId"", mahogllny " ,,< I.:, fost'wood fi ngt' rlxlllrd ond brl(Jgr, and a spru«' top. Sprun' was tilt' standard throughout rhe range fur th., tonall y c ruCIa l pan of the UlSt rume n r , bu t

m Id-ran,!;!, "nu uppt", modl'ls gcn .. rJ lly

m ade w, t h fUS('w OO
W('ft'

pannt'rffi wn h an t'ixmy hruJgc and fingrrhoard. In addi tion

to .. ,[ahl'5h'"g

(CHam $tandards. Murtln also bega n

to

p ush thl"

boundaries III (fuClal waY$ For a tim .. rht" 000 _ )U" a m,d-sLlcJ g UItar hy today 's standa rds - had Mil t h~ comp nny ',\ lur;;:r sr 'conc('r\ " mudd . In llmll y at t h.. rt
and ba nI" pla}'('r Perry B~l h td , Ihls

W:1S

;Id aptt."d

al

t he enJ

of th ~

I 920s to carry

a n~ c k that ioill~d th ~ hoJy at t h~ 14 1h fl~ t t:lthl' r tlmn at rhe 12th, as was prrviousl y tilt' standard , which resul ted in th~ 'O rcht'st ra M(.d~l· N OM deSIgn . Ov~ r t h ~ next few y~ar,', thIS longer "t'"k woul d bceomt' , randard on mll,1 Ma rrIn model.. Th is t'volutlon had also ],rou,l:hr ro life the Jarllt'SI y(' t of Ihe Marti ns , alt hollgh a ' lIon _ Martin Martin' of si gnifica ml y W~~ I ~ r Ji m ells lolIS had exisud (" r a f('w years already_ In 191G j\fanin han made a lHl~ of unUSll:1IJy la r/j~, rhl c k- w'listtd , ",m('what p.:ar-shaf>t'n )i:uitars at th ~ 't'
wt'rc st('ad y rm,>u;i; h

(0

prove

th~

Inc-a had some

m~lit .

In

the lal., 1920s the DitMln company chan/!.,n ha nds and nast."d to oroer g UItars from Ma tti n, so Marlin tnok up Ihe flag Itsr lf, and by 193 1 was offering 0-1 and 0- 2 D readno ugh ts und e r

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o wn na m~. At arou nd Ihe samc li me, country m us ic was

~um,"g bIg Sl uff hul h on rJd ,o and ,n I(l rg e dan crhal ls across tht'

COUn try, and fI'I:"'" larxe InStruments wrr(' O('(l r-mSlant successes wJlII many pro.~ ,,~b n~ the volumr rrq U1 rcJ

to

bt'll ou t thIS new m usIC.

Dreadnough t, qUIckl y Sl't t h.. ,tan
of St y It' s 18

to

4 2. III 19j8 rhey wt're JOlll('d by the 0-45 as a

prcxll\('tlo n modd, a

/!\ltlH

nc,"1y ""

tlaborate as Ihe ahalon e-

en(rusrt·d 12-frt·( verSI on of th e Sa rn~ mad c for singin,!; cowboy st ar Gt' ne Autry five rrars befo re, !Il1 llU, th t fancy en,!;r.."ed fingcrro1fd . Whli{' th~ sr pearl wonder.~ wo uln bc<:ome maflr a collector's g r{'at('st amlml o n. It was t il., homble D - I R t hat always achined the g fealrs, saJcs, an d

JIl

fan Ih(' mo re wor kmanhke styles

th(nughulI! tht' ronge hav., usually pro.'ed Ihe most pop ular AI tilt' height o(th., hl,ll-band eru. oflhe 1930s andeatly I 940s, Marli n flm..d with archt ops, whI ch

W ('rt'

proving So

,ucct'ssful for G ,bson , Eplphont', Grrt Kh and ol hers. It St't'ms the Mart Jll
WAS

alI't'ad y domg

so well wn h. W h~n Amen ca .,rnerrn Worl d War II in 1942, rhr archtop$ wt' rr drop ped, hand 10 han(1 w,th plt'my of olhcr ,han;.:cs , Th,s marks tht' .. nd of rhe real glory days . Mamn would nOI only

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Ihr low . . { bo ut , writ' d ubbed ' D r~an nough g ' (or the"

wh ich appma{'ht'(] lGo aLI"" were no laging success,

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.. SurVIV(' , ht- urll v.,rsal cla mpdo wns t haI t ht' wa r mt-ant [or Amt'ft (an gUlt ... -m a k~ n , but would Ih ro\l(' a nd r., ma," , ht- mos t r<'spo::u'(1 aco" 5t ic bra nd the world ovt-r T ht- n >lnJXl ny would bUI ld somt' ;:r.,a t l! u l['.. r~ asal u afte r ,h., war, 11K), but no model would agam q ult(' r...ach tht' " p" omc of Irs fi)fm ~oug h l 10

a rg uabi ~'

until t h., h,storical fl"lssues of , h., mud t' rll ... ra

re- pro..luc(' V,"'3g r m"d.,h on preCIse- ,l<'ta IL

Wa r\l me- r('SI (ICftons In

lIa ft"u~

forms hll M a Tl on , and nt hr r m dke-I'$, hat.', s•.,..1 , o>uld 110

longer be uS<'<.1 for ntck rt'on fi m:t'mem, so , he

l on~--aba nd "nrd

ebon y

«" on forct' m~ n t ~tr lPS

wetc r<'lIlstated ; for . ht sa mt' r., ..sons, onl y on f(, fl o' nm.,rs could be sou rn·d , a nd ulhl lnne n )uld nn longer be

4 2 and

4~

ob(~ on('(t

In , h., q ua nt ities llt'cJ('d for t h., ti alH1rate trim r<'q uort"d hy St y)"

g UIt a rs, A lso. Ma nl n had ubtaJlled

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dcl iu tt h., rring bone trim fro m G erma n y

sin,., '" l ~aH t he m idd k of tht' pr.,v IOus cr mu ry, bur On(t' s[()(-h had d ri ed up

If

(o uld nn

lontln uht"" , furt he r su pphcs fro m tht' f"ll~1I Eu ropean natl OIl aft.,. t he war. And ,n a co nSlru ({ lo nal l h "n/l~ , a trcnd fo r uson tl ht 3vy gaugr sted s(rintls ilk t' t h "., ~ flu <'d to big

OPI'<:ISITE PAG~ A

arch(ops fo r(~d Mar tlll to Stop scall opln tl I t~ top' support bnlCrs In 1944 , l ~avjn g Ih('m

1924, built for the rowiler Ditson. allUw Elvis Pres ley was a promine nt

th icker an, l ht- r't'r abl~ ti l support (h e su aln of a whopping .0I Jj " or . O l ~ " sO't , W ith 111('

Martin

heavy

s (rl n~s .nO'~~ w ~r~

(, Il ough 10 J.(t-I thO'

t'n tl r~ s h ~bm\g

ducker hmces d Id at top

H ill lou tl g uirars - wh.,n hi t ha rtl

l ~a "

d' ~{on' o n und~ . { ~"' lII n . ~H ln,;s ,

to m ctlJU m

1ll0Vj n,l(, th at i, - and the

P" 'V(" Llt ClICt'SS IV" ht- ll yln g and W b('o man y play.,rs rH Urtlctl

hHw.. v~r (wlu cil have o..'( om<: tht mote

popula r gn oge for la rh .. r flat -tOps o"cr (mw ), , h.. y fi )untl t he post _war Mom ns d ,d n't q Ultt' h3"(' the h ft', sparkl<: and ''''O!lanCe of tll(, H fo rdx'9.fS Alth" ugh ItS roster w{U SI,!; n lfirllmly rem txl 10 from dt'''g n Ix>om of (hI." 1928-4 2 (>rll od, M:m lO

w~ a t

rha.

con tln ll~d to

(a t<' wdl wot h mUSICI anS oncr II - antl Iht'

count ry - had rt'<.,,"r rI'J [rom (h(' mort Imm..dlalt' t'ffens of tht war

y~a" .

{on"nu!'d

A /l rl'\lt num br r of (ountry

to ,~t th~

&

w ..stern a rt IStS

pace 00 Mar li n D.ud nulIg hts , and t he

moJr l's [>oSllIo n as rhyt h m g Ullar ma Ins tay c" . riecl ove r 1010 roc k'n'ro ll (hrnugllOut t he 19, Os. than ks in no small p:on to El\'l s Prtslt'Y 's .,arl y !.l_S(· of a 0 - 18 a nd D-2 H. The fol k boo m of rhl' boo,lt d d'l'

s~lcs

ma k n , a nd t he

[,1.1~

1950s and earl y 1960s f,mh.,r

of l\m e n ca's pr.,-.,m in .. m ,"eousti, tlui tarincrc ~s('d

nlls on r,s htlpcd Martin w

t''Il<'f lmO'nt o nct' ag ain wit h inrro.luf in g nr w models. Pa rt of

t h~

e m hraClng of

("Jk ethos of Iht' 196(h

~ Jlnplt'r

gUll ars, what halle

things -

r Oy

-

t'a rl l ~r

tha t

a ge neral

and w holt Ma rt lll waS (ht'

fort'mosr h ra nd of the mOIl('m(' n r, II was 50 years or mort'

w a_~

tlmrs, mltsieai ., yleS,

W ('t'('

It,

modds of i O or

reall y thr tatge t of lhe

fol kocs' 10n';IIl/ol. 0 .. (h ... bae k of thIS CI'llZl:, t ht' com pan y successfull y Inrroc! uc.,d , ht' aus tC"r<' 0- 16 N Y and tht'1J 002 1NY (NY for ' Nt'''' Ym k', md lcallns g Ullars stylrd aft er t h.. SIm ple IIls twm cnt s I'roo ucr d und er Ma rl in's New Ym k la lx-I III . hO' .t'lIl tm;;! uced a n um br r of Olh.,r 12-frl't mood s , nOl pr...:i"r reIssues as tf)d ay, bu t g ult ars , ha. (a ptu r.,d ""me of the Ima,!;,; of mnd tls of t he M od~l., m (Jr~

,uch

~s

w,;

Hm()~),

a nd

k now th" tc rm

1 92 0~

and 19 30s

t n(' 0 -1 8S and D-2HS, and ot he r 00, 000 and OM Iypcs found favour wnh

thall a fcw Iratl(' rs of tht' f"lk scr ne _ oncJ ud m,!; t h., llk.,s of Pe(e Yarrow und TOIll

Pax ton _ und th(' dcm\ln d for thr s., r~ trH des ig ns was st(urecl . T he mid -1960s ai'l) sa w t hc

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Martin deadnought

enth\.lsia~t.

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I !lIGHT A Martin D-35 from 1968, CIHt1UI Tom whh h is D...adnought. e pitomised the ....1d-1960.

'.xton.

folk boom. OHOSITI! M(III David O'o,b,. .IWI Gra ham Nalh. shown In the Crosby Stili, & NaJh et".. bvowwd a pIIlr of D-45 • •

,m md unio n of the D -55, """h a r(', u rn 10 light", b ra( '"X and a (h rc('- p H'C'" rO'.... """od hack nmn::ived as a wa y of c"m ba'lng a slio rt llg(' of Ur-.. zol ,an fOSl"Wood plan ks w,d" ,," oug h for t hl" ma king of trad lu o nal (""0-1" ("(:(' bac k~ . Ma rr on ', gran, lest J rC"adnoux h t t H' n rNUrllcd

to

t il ... 'Kenc In 19h1l w ,,1i , h", ' <.'la unc h of fh .. 1)· 4') . H av ing sold

m Ol"("

, h:m 2.2,()()() gum,n:

In

1971. Mall in mo".,d onl y a round 8,0 00 units

III 1978- A workers' SI n k... of mort' Iha n ('Igh t rnnm h,

In

1977 Wa5 no d ou bt fXJ rtly

rt'spons,bk for "liS big d .. nr .n rh ... company's prod uction I... vds . bU I t he aCt"'.'llr mar kn was «('tta lllJy slOWing. Mo re pc ru n.. m fur IO
IS

tI.t' f~(t rh:"

H

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uOlve r5.tlly aS r~ ......-I tha t the company 's b." ld

q ua lHY was ,\!JppmS r h rou~hollt t hese yt-d r., h n~ of t he brand nOle this as " n ~ of the JOWt'SI t'bh, In Mar uo's ovem ll I m pr~"~l v~ ac h ievement . At tht' the decad e, Ma rlin had Bddcd a

roS"Wl~>C! pl a t~

" tart

of

heneath new g uita rs" bnd,!; ts,

anu ,,]so mHt ast'd th r thi cku C'.\s of til .. ~ n cl s of t he top bmces, all in an apparent bid

to

ad d furth rr stability to tht' Insrrum ents" top,~ . Th ~ Lh a n,!;ts made 1970s

Mart ins tVt n more r(", i"tall!

to

t ht' problems of bri d g ~" pulli n,!; up ward and

tops dlS (oning lI nd .. t th t' r ~ n S l on of h('~v j ~r "!ring ,!; aU,I;es , but they also d ampe d their VDICt"

wns lcl~mhly,

a nd p k lllf " f playns notiecJ a C('!talfl

coflS!ipa tcd sou nd and f.. ~ 1 lfl n(' w ('xaillpi t'. of tht' d ay. Anot her fa, lur, o nt' rh nt Man lll co uld do not hing about , drew a h ilt'

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und er Ihe (tl llt'( tah, l, ry of g uit ars (mm 19 70 onward

000000

Jll

m any fX"Opit"s

e yes . An em ba r,!;o Im l>OlcJ upon expurtll uf whol(' logs of Braz,l ,an toSl'W ( .. >C! In

1969 found moot ma kt' rs, Marron ,ncl uued, t umons 10

Ind ia n tOSt' woo<1 fot t he, r g UIt'. r bal' ks, Sides and fillgo>rbuards. I't'w pia}".-" would h;w(' noted II at t h.- limo:' _ and in fact rela ll vt'ly kw a[ an y li me could n:". llsli ca lly 1,Il'oofy any g T.-a. sunic t'll' - but Hmzlli an

I'OSC w ood h a.~

womr anOlheT

Ind'carlon of coUC1.'tabdu y In a v lnmgt g u it ar. Aml
12

U

,0

y~ a rs, pla yers could o nct' aga in lay rheir hanJs

Mor,l;wlls hr rr mgbo nf_ trJmm~d Marri n In th(' form o f th~ HD-28. h s insmm

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13

GUITAR HISTORY

~u(c{'ss when

showed that many plnyers were more

It Cdm"

tecov .. r}" -

f ht'

to

aCOIlStl("

IIl1 .. r.. ,rtil

,n lookong back" 'ard t han forward

,ks'gn and tr im, a nd - "frt'. a lew yru('S of re"dd jlL\l m ern and

'(',ssues programme woul d I,.. o n.. of t ht· com pany's more sun:..ssful

bU5lnt"ss

srnltt'g.es.

Not to say Ma run got chert' 311 at oon' , and

[ !it'

I'('(ov('ry

WdS

IIId....,d prt'uy toug h goong

fi,[ a n,w yrars . In 1982 th .. cnmf'llOY sh'Pl'>I"<1 only around 3,OOtl guita rs, It'Ss t han 15 pe r celli uf

I t,

ach l(C\"rml'"1l1 of JUS t I I }... ~n; prrvlOus. ThiS was prcuy much ( ht" honom ; rht"rt'

was nowh",.. w W' hut up, and fortuoatdy dlls

IS

gradua lly h.. ad~ T he resl of Ilir dc.::aJe offered bu t (he rr

w~r~

also

1~5so n s

IC'1l rfled

t h~t

whe ..: Martin was m Uft"

hard limes,

eVl'ntually saw a stronge r

Mart on t'nlt'ron).; Ihe 1990s, T ht' com pany had cxpc rmll'nu-d Wllh nl'W s!ylrs in 1981

In

th"

for m o f a s<'rtes of c utaw~y flat -tops, wh"h a numocr of com peti to rs had o ffe red [or yea rs, and a ldwu!{h Ih t'sr d.dn't catch on tertlbl y wr ll , Ih ey op<'lled

th~

dlKJr f" r mo rt- conremporary Manin d""gfl.,

w com('. Also, :1 eU<;WIll Shop prog ra mm(', stan('d in 197'}, fu nh"r r",nfo rc('d lhe th inking that ml,t", plaYI'rs w('rc interested 111 old (l n ~',

wtlh ord ers commg fast and tllld., for

).;l1l[H~ m a~k WIth (t'Jturl"

Ihal had ix-fo abandoned for many

Mar (Jos dum in new

d('(ade~ . T hest' wa~ Just a Inek lc compared to t h" ,' tandard

prod uction

mod t'l~,

Along Wit h IU lm IOJo(

a~:1I1n

bm oner 10

they lOdJCat oo a way forward.

on IWO s'ro nds Of l hlllk,ng - a pn n ,,;' of the r~(}rgani satIOIl

new, [,nund",d tty a rr(rlrval of the old - a t'xecu" ",," mnks h('l p<'d pOSl llon Maru n

to

of th('

comp("'(' wll h the

,yn rh t'S Is("r r"volu(Jon . fronk lI"rb"rt Ma rt m dt"partN as prcsldl'llt but h " furher, C.F ~b r tl n III , r"mamed lU cha ir man of th(' boord , and h,S son, C.F ~brtln IV (k now n "'. ChriS)" WlU MlOIl vou..! 111 a.~ In th(' hJnd s "f a fift h ,L:",nr ratlon Marun, the

V"'t' prrSld(,1l!

c"mpaoy was puillng Its(']f tog~ ( h~ r

to

mo,'r on.

1>-hmn 's fonun('$ hJ U lmprnved by Ihr ('arty 199Os, th~nks

to

both rh(' combu\eu ,' Ul-l-~'S~S of su m", n('w stanuard ~nd Iomllt"d t'd lfl on CuStOIll Shop modds, and ./I.kxi ca n_ mad~

fO

the surprismg uptak" of tht

MUrfin Bnc kpac kcr 1[3"('] glutarS int mduc"d at rhr

stan of th", d~("lId",. litH (h('r(' was more co lnp"tition in Ih", wings, HlO, W hll", aCO USI1C glllln rS w('re enjn ylll g a

r~n",weil

populanty,

larg t' bt{"'s of rh ar ch('rry were !x,ing tak"n by morr affordabk but _.u ll h',L:h -'1 lmhIY guuars (rom till' I lk ~s of Taylor, Takamine, and (){h~ rs . Thr plam 16 S('[I(,S gUl r ~r "ffer"d a Mart in at the lower ('nu

AKlvtl Chris Martin of Coldplay with" cutaway acoustk..lePI'ffi1l ,,o,
of t h(' upsea k malker , but thar sldl m('ant n hJgh -l'ud pnc" la,lS as far a.s many pLa~'ers '

StylI> 0 from 1%S,

a sl m p k but d l'gam -Iuol.:. n,L: Drrad nooght. It savoo 'fl.'t' b y "mploYlng Jammat('u sid('s _

bu< lh'C(S ,,"'('f(' conctm t"d. Martln 's rt'ply to (h(' )lfl C(' war a mi", ln 1993 though wit h a solid sprue",

10 1'

ami

m~ho~"1lny

In

the- furm of the- D·I,

oock - and I""" Iabuur-lllfrnslv(' G\ta lyseu

finish and mort l'" and [",nOn n('(k jom!, In COIlfr.tM

W

Ih" tradlnona l MartlllS ' nltrocellul.--

lac
In

burh construct ion and marenals

k nockt"d a Ol,!! chunk off ('v('n til(' D- 16\ pm I' rs,L:, and playns took up rhe n~w, mort' afford abl" Martin m th(' ,.

dtove.~.

A y"ar lalr r Mar un honwd III on a

n~w

rWIsr o n th ... n:-ISSUCS

g~ml',

by marktrm,l;

vllllagt-sryi eil or cuswm -u('slgnoo modt'Js und("r fa mous artIsts ' names and caHill,!! rhtm 'Slg narure F.d JlJOn· gu it ars.

Th~

nt'w anlS le prov1
~ x u~m",)y prec is(' anu so metlrn~., al,,, " CllSfOm- moddcd \Ipmarket Mart", rl'''"U~S , and us(',!

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•

I

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

,. Ihe slar pla yer a.~S(";J ~ I"m< w nud gr p n n n)S " I' a no rrh o r two furt hl'T th an ('~'('n a ~rnml nr<1 re ISSue ""g h , comm and . Th., I,ne rn-!(!." (j("nt" AUlry D-<15, and progl'('SSN to

,"dud .. an Enc Claplon 000 ·4 2 EC. a Many StURn H D·40MS, j ml m lC Rodge rs 000-

4S) II. , j O'ln lI a('7. 0-45)B . Marti n D rth y OOO- 18 MC . ( wo Paul Simo n m odels (t he OM -42 PS and mort' affordable PS2), anu mn n y. man y morc - wnh nl'w S ,gnal,,", arll
y.-a rly

10

du s day.

T he l'ot' rp(" f uaJ , nICft'S I III 01<.1 Ma rtins was further consohdlted III 1996, ", h".11 t he spo radIC ·vonraJ.;t' re lSSu(" l )' pC model s o ffcrttll h roug h the yC-dfS were S ' '''''O a n offi ci~J llllt' as

rht" VlOfa!<(' Se n es. O ver t hc next {('w yea rs prc-wa r features such uS v ' n l a~::t' My lr tun .... , V_

sharo("d nf.'( ks, aged -loo k h'((lu(' r. and - wh ere appropr mt .. - ht'rringi>oll t t ro m ap[)t'ar ..d on modds s\ldl as t be lID-28 V, OM-2IW , (){JI)-2HVS and HO- 2HVS (bm h wIt h D - 18V, OM- l il V, OO- l !'!V, a nd Om)-2H Ec. (a production Vlntug ..

s..,, ~ ,

KUlta r

ra t h~r

1.,,_, fan q

1 2 - fr~1

n..ck$),

Er i,- (Ia pto n m()
!l m ~

a

than a limitccd Sit: nature Ed i"on). Others would

follow throug h th .. y~ a rs, and t h.. SUI~~ would n..come huge ly popul ar WIth i'layer~, nnd an .."ormou, A"

_
th~ ~nd

broud~r r a n g ~

gui tars wIt h

of

t h~

( .. mury ap p roachccd , Marrin expanded at b(}(h low and hi g h e nd s, A

of1'l
S", roe~

,l;uitars was offt'red , joined by the sp art an R oa d Sene's

J a mln a r~d

s Id t's an d bae ks, (he all -m ahogany 15 Series, and eve ntuall y the ('ve n

s.. rl~ ~

m()(I",ls h ud. "".h tops o f ("Qmpos ite wood fi bre. Men nwh ile, funh er

less .. xpt"nSlv" X V ln ta,,~

fo r Marrin .

s.."t'$ nn d SI,I; nature Edi tio n gui tars were ad d cJ , jo ined

Era Vln la,o.:" -I'rt'c lsec mod(' ls, wh l( b mcl ud c<.l

001

only

lOps

b ~ the acclaI med G old('u

mad e of loug _scare(' Ad Irond ack

spruCt', hur BmZllm n rose wood bac ks and SIdes ou models III Sl yl .. 21'i a"d 45 _ (II" such ("QuId be fou nd o n a Ma rtm liavlng filled o nl y around

In

fir~t

u m..

any num bers ro r SOm .. 2 7 y..... rs_

3,(){){)

o rd .. rs on 19!'!2, and not many mort' I>t'r y..ar thro ugh

, he m Id dle pa rt o f t hat dt'Cad .. , Martin hUl lt mort' than 280,0 00 gU ltal"$ t hrou~h t ht COUI"$(' of the (1)905. I" the n.. w m, ll.. nn ,u m , Ih., com pany's success ap pears ' 0 ~ con" nu ,n,o.: AI>aCt', and - wh, le th.. co m pt" lIl1un In hOl h

h lJ.: h -~ nd

and

w~lI- m a
stude m levd ,L:U II AI"$ IS fief(c r

thall ever - t h,$ 1 6H- y~a r-"l d cu mpa ny fina lly s«ms com forrahl~ and confidr m AI nCA rl y (' ~ ('ry le"d

of t h.. m ... h, Play .. " In th ", r thousa nd s sti li d r('am of on(' d ay st rummIng a

Man ,,} g Ulw r - and mor., of t h~m ar .. abl t

10

ac hiev(' [hal (Irea m {()day t han ... vc r before.

CIBSON Whtr~

Manon has con(Inu a lly fai led

10

el ectrify, Gibson has become even bet a'r kno wn for

m claSSIC elect riC g uitars ,h"ll for its acousti cs. Bur th is fellow _> u.vivo. from th .. l )lth ri~ a ll ed

ecmury lws occu,lion aJiy acou'l ic "rchtop

m~rk~t

M.alm] in

dU lon g th .,

y .,ar~

th ~

flat- top husin ..ss, and tntirtly
of that instrument 's heyda y. N o

t h~

~url'fl S~, r~All y,

when you consid,' r that fi )und~r Olvdl .. Gibson actually inv~nttd tht archtop Wllt ar, a nd th ~ com pa" y that ,'a r" ..d nn h.s nam .. h rou,lih! th .. formal to I[S u·O! th on (I('s lg ns oflhc 1920 $ a nd 193(l$, ~PJte

lIS

_l ub
Mart I" . Orvlll"" C. ,b~ 1O waS alread.'

)~lt ong

wa~

legacy, G ,h""n is a coupit' o f ,l; t'n ""m tl ons you n).:t'r . han h,)rn In Chal c-auga y, Nt'w Yo rk , in 18"56 w h('n c. F. Ma ll In

Ih.. pa<: .. for th.. X- htan·d fl al- IOps o f fh"" fUfUrt' 10 hiS N e w York

City and t h.. n P.. nnsyl van.a works hops. Aft ... r movlOg to Kalamnoo , MIChIgan, 10 th .. ) RHOs , how.. vt' r, GI bson pursued a n eO!l ..... ly dlfferem course of aCOUStIC InSl rum ent d('sI!>n , one rar more ,n n ur nced by the g reat ' -lOlinmakr rs Ihan by , he new d ,r('(" tl Ons 10 la(gc frett oo Instruments Ihal wcrc al ready

pro~JIlg

successful wll h

.ht' mak ers that wo uld becoOlr hIS ri vals. G Ibson hand ·carved hIS ma ndolon and gun nr top. and backs ontl) an ard , ..d

,~ h a pt"

from IWO ccn tre- ;oiOcd pl"n ks of sohd wood - spruc~ for t h.. lOP', usuall y wa ln u t fOf t h.. bacb an d sldcs , Th e ca rved arch form ..d an onhH.. n rly strun g 'trun" r~ fu r th ..s..

15

• "nundho.uds, so , h ~ t bnlcmg could I,.. kept to a m in imum and no t OV(·rl y Impede

acou.~' 1C


oy~1

I

vlhrattons. In anochcr crucial

h"I .." " I (rom Ih(' front we ren', Iild iu lty

d iffere nt look InK "t< lTum ~ntS, but on close examilla n on rh.. "

I

• •

dcs*n and IU" StT Unlon d,(fe red from pop ular fla c- IOlps '" al mns t ~\" .. ry dt'm, 1.

TI,.. a'l'h,tl p /
Ih" lowe" oo UI .

Il ~a rly

4" hroad .. r than nl mos[ anything

from Marrin , W as hburn , or oth .. , SI,!;nlflCan[ makers _ they ht'(:am (' Impr('sslvdy loud m 'Ullm.. nts for their day. T he S t~'" ~ trlnt;S.

hody duncmion, and , .. ,,,Imnt volume of 'The G ibson '

;(IWars s.<'t th(' ,ta nda rd< Illt nc('<.k d

to

lx' h..ard am,d

II

prof[~sJOnal

lllStrume nt." t hat

(rowdl.'<.l bandst and in th .. day'

I

• • I

IxforC' alllp ldka w .n, and Ihls carn cd through Ifl to t h.. pn .. ra, whcn G lh,un 1Ir<-hrol'" [·n[('rl.'<.l

ti, ......

f~c

tOrs ;;ave Gibson

II

tilC IT

golden ag ... To;;.. tht"r,

prom on .. nl l.-ad

In

a cor ner of rhe

I

}(u.mr mark('r (ha( was barcly th r.... t.. ne
I

a ..:,wwi four or fiv(' d('ndcs,

Nor long aft(' r uII3HlIn g hiS fi r51 sl,ltOlficam SlI(CC"SS as a mak .. r, O ....·, lIc GIbson pn n ..d way' with Ih(' comp:>ny thaI Dig Bill Br_~ with a latl;l\" Style 0 , now featurong a cut.w.~, effecti"el~ the fjut of ib kind. OPPOSITE ""G~ '()II> Eddie Lang lind his AR~

would carry h,s nallle o n Inl" r h ~ fUTure.

10

1902, WLlh G,h,,,n h, msclf unahlc

10

meet Ihe

de ma nd for hiS lllStrum~ IH '. a COT>$OTll(lm of m usIc SlO re Own~ r, and lawy(' rs boughl up t h~ fI ~h(s

Gibson LS, with Seger Ellis a nd his Embauy Orchestra. OPf'OSlll 'AGl IIIGHT A Gibson L Artist model from 1906,

[0

hiS nam .. and f",m",,1 , h(' G,bson M"nd(,IItl-Gu,ta, Man ufacturing Compa ny Ltd,

' t' ralmng

O rvIll~ m~ r~ ly

"" a co nsul(Ant. T hts rdatlOIl,h,p W:i5 sho rr-h veJ, and he soon

paned ways wi t h tit .. ntw ol'el1luon. I I!' rel:llflt·d

~ 'hHr~holdln;(

In the compan y um,) hi,

deat h in 191H , hu t had no [unher hJlld" -I '" ,ntlllt'n(".. o n Ih ~ g Uitars th at bot~ his nam". Th ~ nt w ('ompany r.lmlX'd up pr"du( tllm . off(' Tlng (wo Jines of guitar., in thr..., sizts and

a ra ng~ of dl"co!1luve styk~, (h~ ,o(lnd -hol ... 1 ::"yl(' 0 ~ nd o val-holed Styl~ L Tops connnUl"
I)t' .-a n.'I"<1 from solid spru, .. - th .. m o~ r pOl'ut~r wOO<.! [or boc h Ij"aljtr arc hrol' and flat -

top ,l;uitars

!O

Ih,s day - a nd t h.. b'K k$ and sid('s were suI! (,/ wah"'t (titoll,l;h, o
wa~

pu bli(ised as Ix lllg mu pk l. G ,b" ,n n ncrcd wn h th .. ImprcsslH'

~ol um ..

of Ih(' brl-:er G ibsons _ pTOv..d ,U
m USicians w.. r~
to

pt'rf..cnng it. His own dcs'gns U\corpnr~r..d an ,me,lo:.m l It.,dgc WI[h Strlllgs andlll r..d ho;h",d the

saddl~

pi t c(' m rhe S:lm (' woodell plat.. , as on rmd,"onai fial-tops, and a falfly shallow

n.."" pic(h to alt ow an acce ptably Inw ,m nl-: h('lgh ( o ~ cr the ]englh of th~ fin;; .. ,hoard l lavin,!; tab n,l; hlS ca rved_ar<; h d~~igns from rh ~ wo rld of vlol m -ma bng, II js surpnS1ll,lo:.

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"

ACOUSTIC GUITAR HISTORY ,~""''''~~

upon cons ulcmrlon (hat h(, .1 "ln'( foll ow rh ,s fo rmat furth!;"f, .. m ploYIn,lo; th .. .'t"1"" .... r.. bTlJS< and la,J,>J('("(' arm0j.:Crncn( of (hose Inst rumenrs. (oul'ie<1 [Q a mort' to

3ch ..... ,(' Ihe nco: ssaty

b r~k an~:l ...

lUSt lhal , ;\mll h~ n ks 10 th e I h us th(' lOp mod('l~

In(r("aS('<.1

a pressu re t OXIU' TCd

"He bccommS

(' ~ ('n

of s mogs Qv(' r

to

bndg~ .

~harpl y

hal k-an!( l..cl nrt k

Soon , hIS SUITt""" "

downward p ressu re 0 (£1,.. "ring' nn

rh~

"'",T ..


b rodgt' , and

n-a lly Sc( a Murd y arched ro p movln).: - (;,]'" m ,

loud('t and mOTC w oeful S llHars. ("ve n thou,!;h mus. of rht' la,,I!t's[

Sl.'l tkd In lit around 16' ['"..thrI than the massIve 18" o f SOrn(' of O rv,llt- (j ,h'0n's

carly crea tIon s. \Vh d .. thO' mundolln 't'al,~~d

w ~~

,uil G, b,O(,', most popular proo uct, the company
many adv :!!l( t's on Il""r:.r

d~.,, !; n

years lart-f. Par r nt- ron /< wr.ar ml Xht I)t{"irnl("nI , a

carv(~d

that wou ldn' t be (ully apprccia tcd unlll mnny ~"t-n

as an dabora tdy supedl uou.\ dccot:llivc

sc roll - Ilk (' 'ho rn' at Ihl' up per hass hout of some fancy Styl" 0 /,:U lwrs

o f I<)()S nnd afrer, was an l'xf f(' m(,l y pra([I("aI, .. ven inge ni ous r&:,.." ""!]

"f th~

t,,: blt

bo ut ar t he other s!tk of , he nec k {"n ei . T h IS was tht" fi rst common ly ",.. n 'rutaway ' dt'"S lgn

nllowmg plaYl." rs an un precedl'm('(1 rt"aCh up to the 15th frt't .

Prod ucuon CUIAwny , teSlgns woul dn 'l r{"Ol. I' I'("Ilr um ll lat'" In th,. 19l4k OUt In 1') 11 , JUSt a f{"w y(':lrs nfter I h,s Sryle O . ano rher Gihson d ..sig n , th .. L-4 , IntroJ UCcJ a look that 15 e( hOC'<.! far mof(' III arch rops down t ht" y.-an; [han a nytlung

pre~lous l y

proJ uccJ by GIbson (a hhough

If

sliJi nIHu:'.1 rh .. ova l

hoi{" of the d ay ra dle r , han (-holt'"S - I hlS despI te u s L Serrcs tag alonj.(s id .. th .. round _holed ml.d .. I~) T h" 16" gU Jl ur hud a mof(' symmctrlC"di body shape' and a plain'" d ... ~~, and ap pt-.rled 10

pl~ y ......

who

w ... re

commg

to

app r('(la,{" th e

f"n("[lo",. 1 ,,~ .. r th .. fJ llt Iful Thr first

(~,I"',"-made

flat - w I" H" 't'" arroved ill t h ... late 19 10s, in the form of

th .. ehtap and h:'$ I(" ' Ar my N avy ' modd, whlrh waS

a. m~d pfHn~nl~

a\ serv.cemen

sta t,o nt"d on dmy a • • r.e ( I'>$t ofW" rld Wa r J. 13ut these a re a me re (oo t note

Jfl

til{" comp:rny's

17

=~

hlsw ry wd ay; a (ar mort' $Ignlfican( Jndoplll(, l1 ( o( around th .. sam t' t lmt' was (~ ibso n man agt' r; ' bor on).: of mamlo lon vJt(uoso

~ IIJ

fadin,l.l mandolIn cra ~C'. Loor went SOlll(, ""JY lo wMd dUIllJo( t ha i wIt h hI S refi nM creat ions (hiS ~ -~

mandolon IS widely co nsiJC'nx l l h.. f'int'M , ud , lII' t rumt'm

e~'e r

made), bm (hn lin k

el.lth(-slrlllgC'd HISt rumC'lI t 's (' ra wa.' .-tI ll o n t ht' wane More sI).:f1Ifiu m

to

a ny h,stor}' o( the

acOU StiC g un a r IS Loa r"s d t'vd npm .. nt 'If t h.. L-5 g u mlr of 1922. oTlgllla lly concc I"""d as br).:<:"st mt' m hl""r of own Tlg h(. A custom-buitt Gibfon 'Nidi: LIKM', wtth

Through

III

ns

By C'mploylll,f! a pa n of (-holt'S In pia,'" nf t ht' 1.-4'5 oval 5Ou n(lhok. the L-:'> too!': the ';0 Yl'ars before , and It H!l"tlf porat..d ,." h~ r rd'n .. ml'n rs hc's I
popu lar~-.nd

g u lUrlst of h

til('

arch lOp g un ar yet anot he r ' It'p towa rd, Ih.. Vltl' In that had Inspm:d O n',lk G ,bson nearly

'FIoNntIM' ct.a:wlrtion,. from 191L WCM W".

famous for

nC'w mando lin Imt'. but ",,~ )f1 put f"rward as a G ibson flagship

til l."

system . fcatutlll~ two par,, ' l ~ ' brans rlln nln l-: und .. r (h.. tOp from b
day,

'Tlp-~

to

offe rtd" l,v .. lier ' .. ~ ro n s .. : a floa rln ~. h ",~h t .t1d' ll Stabk bri dge "lIow"d play ...,

n.. TUlips'.

Hec k Joi nr ,

to

d.. te rmin ..

bmh 't "n.-; len.-:rh an d hl' lg hl , (or oplJ m um (wd l. n.. arl y) Intonation and ani on: and a ,ad i<: 21 n.. w TI,.. , .. In

I h~

n ~w

~d, u srahlc

rruss_ roo allo wed , !;)r th ... to r't t im .. ,

p lay~'

adJlIH m .. nr of nt ( k how.

(j ihso ns wr n' Ih" 1110$( finC-t LJll'lbk. pre ciS )()Il-udJu..,tabl .. gui tar> "Vtf madt' , and

n.. w ,I; .. nd y .-: rad ll ~l l'd 'Crr m onu browu ' sun bu r't f'lIlsh, th .. y

I'ros like F.dd ,t Lang and FfC'<.1 G uy were alrC'ady t(~ J k

u p th .. advanct"<1 nl''''

brand of choicC'

L-~ Jfl Jm~ c~.

the jau world, t h..

In

pla y l!l~

W hil e (;, b"')1\

~ u lta r

as an

l(~l ked

L-4\, and

wa.~

6 ,t

1Il~{fum .. nr

t ht husintss , roo.

th~St'

and manyu tht' rs

~'tahI 1s h lll '-:

I!Self a$ l ht'

sti ll dld n'( havl' C'llOugh

l'''l'ula"t}, ro k("("p the compa ny a ntl~t. '" ma nd"l lll' , H awa IIan gUit ars. an, ] ban/os (n{"\l'r a G ihson slrong su tt ) also hdpt'd (u ray (h.. As

li S

3rrh lOps se tt l.-d III

ma rkn and re l"aSt'd

It..

a.~

b, ll ~

th .. m ark.. r ].,acll'f, G lhSOIl bowoo 10 anot her burg('Onlllg

fi n; r ·prop.. r flar-rop ).:1.1I1ar III 1926 III the form of tlu' slmpl .. , nO","

uch -lt'!iis I.-I T h.. ('om pany srl l1 d o:-arJy d,Jn't a ", rulU.~

I n ~t ru men r

bC'l le~('

III t he vlTt ue o( t h.. Hat-wp

a.~

RS thl' L·I ·s rl,!:lc.I cross br.:oclng and lac k of a t rus.,-md ma k..

d "", r - h u. st"rvl c("mcn. coJ[l',!:l' 5\uJl'nt S, blu ..s belte r" and t'v"n a f..w (ou m ry and ("Owhoy Sl n,J.:("1"$ Wl'r(' plpy,ng (heS(' flat -tops. SO G ,b."", muSt han t houg ht it had ht-. rt r jum p on thl' ba ndw3,f!on. JUSt t wO y..-.", la r" r (; ,],"Ifl

acccpr~d

t hat

a q ual It }' flat-rop was a " iab l" proouet. and sign.-d up N ic k Lucas, tilt fi rsr ' ew ,(]"d ,l;lI Ha r Slar, \'S a Sl,f!IW tu rC Jrt ISI. Th" NKk I. u<:as model dch ur t"
slig htl y la rger and sti li solid

body, a 14-frt r nl'ck, and bac!.: and si,ks of

rO';~w"od

Alrhou!o; h

Ih ~

ro mpnn y was strugg ling, li kl' so many other g ult ar_

makt ts, m .. , .. ly ro

~ Urv I V('

rh (, Gr(,IlI l"K-p rr sslOll _ and achlcv ing tim

pa rd y hy m. klfl" I.lll m-(" he~ p K:,h"ll ......oo-br~ ndcd gu a ars a nd "v"n w""d t n w ys - rh(" ('1lrly to mH.I- 1910s proved a time of majm d"v.. l"pmt n r,

Ifl

,IC'Slg n ,('rillS Ilt l(';Jsl. III 19j1. no doubt partly

If!

r"' ru nst ro com p(' tI {lon from n('",comcr Eplpho ne , G ibson (,oldly 'ad~"anced'

from 16-

rhl' J-,o..l l<'S of Ih(' (our

{Q

la r~('st

of ItS sIx-'tmng ar<:hwp rang ..

17", T hiS mau.:- tho.' CU ltlll8 mapl .. -Ix od loo anhwps t'v~n

IOll(kr and OCHCr abk to com pet .. III t h....."lumt' W31"$ on

rh~

oo ndsta nd For a time' li S

t h~

tWII Ufm ra n,...,; < hll5..d u( h orht'r' Epl phonC' 'advancN'

body S'~l'S, Jnd G ,h!>lIn pu~h ..d rh" ~ nv~lol'c ~v~ n furrhl'r by ("('ru mlng (()

Ihe m ammoth I H- b.xly ""z.. ' ntrod uccd Ihe sU!>"tb, hlJ.: h-t nd thl' bid once and (or all wit h

18

,t,

•

Jcs lJ; n d Jb bll.'r Lloyd Luar on a hid ro rt'v lvt' rht'

"na""n~ lIy st~n

~u p<" r

way back 1Il rhl' 18<)Os, anJ

400. :'0 It Wl'nl.

!'r"m,~r mtld tls of

1939:

lI n n l G ibson u umJ>C'd

l -~ and Supc r 100 gUitars

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

•

•

natur~1 ( blond e) fi n Ish . In 1957 ( ; '[)sO Il

wll h rou nd C'
tillS bJ l tlC ha nd s d ow n b y pu re-hasln).: i:! p ip hnnt' , b ut for now t h" com pan y h ad

win

malll t" " ,,,,J Its pos it IOn as kaJ lng a r<:htop -ma kn hI' VIrt Ute of dt's lg n a nJ M...."",h,[.. , G ibson 's most S<.'n o us llnd lo ng - Iast in).!; foray ("Om ", ,n 19 H wid, rh,> HlI md uc tlon of the rou nd -shoul dt'T<;·J

q ll~ I I\ ~·.

th .. i1 ,lt -t flP ma rkC't h;\d

I nW

d n:ad n "u~h t ~ hJ po.'J

WI[h 3 16 " In ",<" [)I 'u t Tim on e model was [,(, placcd by two ,n 19 \6, th ..

J-n

Jumbo, and th ....

Adv3fl( ..d j u m bn. b l h cu rned t he sa m" body shapt· and 16" WIdt h , b ut I h.. IJ I[.' r ((';l. (U rcd n~''' W'K>d

s l dl'~ fi)r

[""I. and

t he fi rst li me on any G ihson, ma k j n~ " J.' " d . as II WIIS 10 u,1.

All rh .. wh, I.. , !I.t' ,"" m""ny "'.IS h,,"mg rC'Jsonab lc success "" rh

II.<

00 fh , -tups, hut It, mll't ,t flk,n g moo d of the brcrJ ca me In 19 .17 mad~

InS fru mr nr Ofl J.;l n:. lly

rh~ Gt' n ~

,\-h mn 's coup w lr h

.mAII ",. 1..- 1, L-O .Ill..! L10

th ~

II m ore curV:lceOI' S dl~ n [ht· rh, ( k-wast(".-l Dreadno ug ht look . and was a a~ t h ~

mnd y Sj -20 (1 , Made wi lh rose wood bac k and

'I,

sid ~s ~for~ th~ th~

w.:'s t ~r n .~ t llt

$t flk m~

Insrr um ... nt

I h~

a fl ~ r.

war, "lid m:lpk

[h,S

instrum ellt th"t lkdftt('d a co un rry

T hro ug h th(' yea.rs rhl' two f1val. would

III Ill " "d fall, y scri pt fin g(' rboard name Inlays as (.() Ull tr y &

!()

Sup<" r j Ulll bo, laler SUlX'r ) uml:>o 200 or

guit ar provt'd th e onl y f<' al rival to Marrm 's 1)-4 5 as had mad ..,

c ustom

J

Au try 1)-45). T his 17 · !lJt -IOP had fOundt·'! ho urs l h:lt mJcll'

on stag" . ProJ uct ion 1ll000kl s were In rro
" !l g ~ r

lur m III

fllf slIl glll g <-owOO)· R a), W hHlcy (no dOll hT a rt" p'Hl'It'

,e~k W

{"(I,WIll

outdo ('a ch Olh er ,n I'>('arl

" rd~ 1';

rol led

III

from on to

or anot her.

Wo rld Wur Jl sl' lw,>d G rbso n's prod uct io n. bu t dldn 't hair It .. ntm·ly ~ ..;

It

d id l1uII of

, o m.. ", h.. r mak .." . St...,l , hm tug ... s t(''-! u, red g Uit arS to ht- hU llt WIt ho ut (tu., ,-rtx!s. bUI G lh$o n ,nIrW uI ... d , .." .. r. 1 """, m"d d s Il onelhdess . notably rhc ) -4 5. ) -50, dnd Sc ,ul hc rn J umbo Wor h WlI rn r a m rl lfo( ~ t " l11 " " '" Ilf lll ly ent renched as t he ./-:1t:./-:mJ: J:1" r--. \",(, ' J" lour. t he er:l o{ Ihe g t('a, ", hoJ>J> I n~

we re

acOUSltC arch ro p,~ was "v~r ( n"

OI ta l o~ u d,

Sup(' r -100 In t h... com pany's

emer~ l n~ mor~

bUll t_'" or

fl();I \J ll~

and

mor~

of' cn as fiacwry -' pt:{" "1,,nrlL

jllCI.. UpS Th e:- COlll pany ha(1 "'gut'
pmd uCIlO!l , alld ItS jlOSlI lon as a G ,b.... n WJS lak... n

suc h OC:lSt would evcr $url'a" Ih"

and G ib-.o,, ·s o",n examples of th(' or<:"<:"
o~ e r

I..ad" r ra rd y "",rlll"d

by t h... h uge ( h1(a).to MII, inl

mod el~

u u ymg ont' or rwo

r~ b {J vd y ~ 11l{)()t hl y JlllO

fla, -, op

an y !!fCat da ngr r In 1944

JIJ

' n ' [ fII lll ~Il{S

cnrpor:lu on «( M I), hll '

th ... dlJ !tu l... to d,sruJl t Ihe flow. P".,t-WJ ' "' lro JuctW n S vt' ry

1ll1l 1 h ~ ,m ~ ll ~ t

100 Wlfh

pe rfo rm('f

p(l l n ' ~d os

reco rdmgs, A

~n

C~ [J\'"

o nl y III drih hks, a nd

ti,,, j - \ 1-I5 ,

i fld lJd ~d

\ ('i" version of the 5)- 20 0 (wh ic h was

" OW

"mply

t h~

III

nppcun nc('

) -201J), t he e)-

UHa WJy and ('pl i')ll<11 pic k up . and ) - 160 with smnd a rd p" k up 3CO\IS [I( , h llf

m ~ I ' l ('- ho.. l l t'd

S~ ks

B\"~rI~s

fa mou, (or its us c by T he

l ) r~adn(luH h t .-a l l~d

foll ow<.'d by Ih" lIum mlll g h.rd , co llt ours of a ) - 185 .

mad ~

J

brnc

on m,,,, y

~" rl)-'

the Dove arnved In ,hI'

~ n d ~ ll E v~ rly Urnth~rs

~.ul y

,ig llatllt e mod d wlf h Ih"

IY(i II" ")!I n c! ~d

of G lh wn's j Ulllhm and ,mail e r L Sc ri{'s !l"t -tOI'5 (n(Iw ' 1.( ; ' for

'lll tl e g UlI ar') ti c ked \l long nI Cc\ Y. h UI

1 \I ~ r

wh"" Ma rt In ",a, <.ap lt dh n ng

of Ih... b t ... 1<) 50s \l nd ('ady 1960s . G lhson "u em l"'" dK id"d """ ys Ihut w(.uld ulti m ately o nl y

m~ke

Tim wt'nll ng l)" pomd ...ss dedm ... III

rh"lll

l (".~ ~ d"~lTabl"

to

0 11 d l ('

fol k hvt ,m

m a n ~'

mo..l .. l, ,n

'u pgnde'

bmh

111

pla} c rs and co ll ('("I(\1';

des l~n 1II' t"J: ' tr r p<"ts " t"d thmug h m uch of ' ht' n,," 1

II""" d", ad,'s It IS wurt h " son archtops wet(' made

' 0 a ran~"

..f .,,·al..-le llg t hs, sollie

10

,," ha r " " ,m m
'1 ul r ~

a hit s hurr" r. 11m us fiat -tops. ho w,,'(". rh.. {"O, m p__ ny ",,,I<.'d

on a 24.X· sca k -lf;" n).: , h (no, '1111t" t h" 24 X· [h.lt .s usuall y ,-! uQ( e{I). whIC h off~ " "" , II}(hd)

eas ,,' r p b Y ln~ feel Ihan rh(" lon ..... r Sl lIn ...

l ~"g [h

of J,-bttln and man y ot hers, !>!If WIT h a I,tl l..

less pow er and vol um ~, all .-Isc h.;-.n... ~ '1 l1al , a nd ")Ill ~ li mes a \O uch less harmo n I, Sl'lI r kl ~ ,,",

well. A hClgh t-ad juswbic brld g ... fin ed 10 many fla[ - wps in \ \j5 7 se r"" d m aml )" lus t ' 0 dt'adt' ll

19

• • • • • • • • th."" Instrument, ' tHna l arou~ { "-

["So nan.,"

''''1''''''''.

w ill i.. od lt-,

t'ff"rt_, to

' lr<"l'g d w(l tops fun hn chokeJ o ff h{'a ~Jcr

In a s rrn n..,:t' parall .. 1 [4, Ma n ln \ ,11-..d",.,OO In trod uction of

bran ng an<1 a r{,lnfornn..: roSt'wO()(I hro d.t: .. plat(' ,n 1970, (I ,h,,,,,, - und e r nt'w ow nt"rs Ecu adoro an

1971

to

Co mi" Jn ~'

Lt<1 (ECI.), soon r(' Oa ml·.! Norl on - ht-xan d uu b llng IfS X-hraClng on (}u ~l, ty

crClII C sl o rJ u' r, b ut [anaHy d('ad soun.lbo:m ls

19605 anJ 1970 5, 'Ilong wHh I h('

com p~ n ys


In

'h.- lact"

I'C'pIH:n' on as an acoustIc mak" •. N ohl" hu t

ffi lSgUldc-J e(fo n s 10 rc;{k slgn t he GI bson Oa t-lOP

1977

In

In

s.-"..~

,he for m of , li t" Mar k

fo uled. Certa inly th(' <"I'.m l,, ), o f G ibson d ('( rtl cs su ffe f('< l too u nd" . Norlin

In

[h"

19 705 and carly 19805, b ut t he tC.'(l ffiC ot'\l r ly snu ff...·d our [ he co m pan y"s gr.-a, ,l(ouS tiC kg;'cy en tIrely N OtlH'

h~ d

opened offices III N :lslw ilk,

manu f~ctunn g f~ c J!Jt ,e~

T('nnc-~(' r, In

1<)70, foll owc-d by somt

III 1974 , I n 198'1 G ibson produ ctIon le ft th{" Kalam azoo

p lant ",m ordy. By th, ,< t, mt',

h ll w~ vt'r,

Norlo n

w ~s

ru nnHlg inw d ,ffic ul u{"s , and

G ihso n soo n w",nr lht w:' y uf u t ht'r mu ~ i (a l lm[r U m~1It d ,v ,~ io n s t he com p any Iud b''l'n se llll1 g off. Radw r th an change p robab ly H ~n:ard

S l'~ rt'
h ~ ral d ,n ll l h ~

(J,h son

Bus1O{"$S & hoo l ~ j>p lu;-d rh (" lr

t h ~ l ()O-y~a t-o ld

cI"ath of

~(0 l1 S11($,

"

r('~ m

s tl1d,,,~ to

of

fn~nds

brand , (he

In 19 8 7

and rr fim'li It , an d Wef{" soon st'('lng a pfofit

m~t

wh o had

th .. ailin g company, th~ y

at

tnmm ~d

hough t th",

Flauron m3ndolm (om pa ny 10 lk lg rad(', Montan a, and transpla nted many of ]( $

skol led m akers to a nt'w Glhso n a(O UStl<;

~ u lt ar

pla nt "p"ned III

nru r by IJo;«,ma n soon of( 'r (har, lIo7-'."ma ll , Mo ntana, wa. ev",n furl h",r from Kalam 3tOO (han

N ~s hv .J k ,

bu, th{" opl" n mg of [hi s fan l"y ma rked

th{" sah.-a(Jon or G Ibson a(OuSt ICS, and $oon th{" fint'Sf such ms[ rum .. n" HI 30 or 40 y{"a rs were (olili ng OUt of th e new W{"Sfl"Tn wor kshops I n th", ",a rly I 9 9'Os IIl no"~uvt' St ~ r ~nJ StMb u rst cu taway models and apply ,[s

~lt't

nam ~

rost'wood- hod , ~

trn-!l(oU'l1l

tt'(h ,,~ , IHg ~tally

[II

)-60

j)r~!ldnu u~ llt

a t hot h g rtattsr rtnt'wtd Inlnt st ,n 'ntw '

20

".1r1~ 1I0I ' ~

~ "d~

rully

acouSl lC gUitars, whIle a

and th" ... tTurcl"b]" Wor kmg Man scrocs

of t h" 'q ua lI ty' prK"

(~ , hsl1 n

In

showed that G Ibson coulJ mJCTJ

aJ v~ "u,J

at"",,,U"

waS

bral k~ 1

"tT~ r~cl

I

Mea n wh,le, thc

w precisely detailed

•

• • • • • • • • • •

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

rt''''U~S

al .. ng tht' I'nt's of , h.. ) -45 , j -200, Blu..s K IIlg (a

s'«('am of of h..n; T h, s r"",.sIon of

pa5 f

f (>V . Si"J

L-OO), NICk Lucas nnd

~

glo'''''' ....... n g tew ,",mfidt',,! .. nuug h to IIlduJ e til<'

rt"turn of .wo mo. l..!, of a typO' many play..n; prohab ly

thou~h[

,hey'd

IlCQlI$f,{" al"("h ro]>s. In 1 99~ . rh(' Nash,,; II.. Custom Shop hrough t On ' a

flt"Vt"

_' .... ag.lIn

''''''Ul' of (ht'

fully

19)4 L -

5, which was (0110",'(... 1,01003 hy an 1.-7 ("u taway from th .. lmzt'man f:uwry G, h$on ', rent w,.. 1 suc("('ss

In

rh('

IlCOIIS£I (

markt"l

IS

norh",,!;

l iLa-

Mart,n ,< ' t'/uvt'na IlHIl

:1[

,h.... od of ,h.. last (t'nlury. n u t has h rough t a n umht'< of XU:31 mudd, I>a( k fmm d, .. h rilik . and offen·'! som.. ~()()(1-50Undln,lo: n"",,, <1"Slgns ht-s i.-l",s. And of ("IJUf'
3'-<)U.'[I(

b rJurh I~

onl y a J,>O n .on of rh(" ('ffo rr s of a com pany . hM ha5 In crtas in,l:ly conn:n tra. "" on th .... I.., u lt mar kfl

s '"{~

I hf daw n

of am l' llfi{al lon. and (f rral ol y 51 0 ((, rh(' arroval of (h(' f'rsr I... ,

model m 19')2. EVfn so. If Ihf

o'u die

p~~1 j()

"l u~ll1y

(Onlm UfS to

rr~(h

yfOr5. G, bsOll acouslics sh ou ld Ix- hUf

Ihf siaodards ach,('vr.;1 on

to

swy.

I'~ u l

1 ~()1.~ma o

0ff'0m[ ""(if

model, built

un An SJ·200 Custom In 19]7 for country artist

Ray Whitl'!y. ~. PAGE TOP The

Everly Brothers In 1963, with a pair of J·200,;. IElOW Sheryl Crow WIth ~ prized 1962 Country Western

21

THE CHICACO MAKERS Eve n wIt h Ma n", loca((',J

In

N a,aret h, P('I1I1'yl vanlll., and Gl Own

Ka Lamal oo, M ld ".!!an,

lfl

t h .. C" n Cr., of the Aml"fl can gUItar Indu. l ry In t h.. ..arl)' 10 mld-1900s was Clu c-dgn, 1lI'Ilnls, H1 m "-~~ man ufan u rmg lnm s ut k~> { Ane! althou", h no
,t's a fa n bel to SoIy d'JI m nr.. X", rars W('I'(" maul'

In

C h,cago bt-cw.... n arou nd

If nO! till' n:S ( of t h .. world Som..

IN9() and 1% 0 than , n ,h..- .,'SI of {h.. ",um ry (om h , n('d

0/ ti ,.. ll affitcS w dl nor sound [... md,.,!! w pl ayt'rs of today who h aven "! yet dabbl...d

In

the

history of t ht' 'nSlmmC"m, hut glJll t' J,k .. H armony, Kay. W ;.sh hurn and paren t company l ynn & H('aly. [h(' Larson Brotht'r.~, and K.. gaJ romh,nt"J [0 ma ke the \V ind y City a ""fltahle cI" ar in/ot hOllse fo r , he bu rgc"1~-M Tl nx Dunn g thIS grea t m H,h. ·"s r"rn ~ it )'\ hoom y"a Ts m l~ h r

thn "

still h ave

~n

mnT" ("nJt'

Washb urn IS know n today

a~

<"' hl(a~o

In

t han

,f:u lt ~n ,

wa.~n't

b ut It

a (]\I:l lll y AS lafl-m.ak brand, hut from

for wa nt of rrym~,

[h~

18 80s

1920s g uit ars u.e ~ r"',1( [h" G t'Or~e Was h burn hl1><'1 a" d m h" , hrand s of rh e Lyo n

&

to

I he

lIealy

company t'>rm .. d Ma rtin 's h,t;gfS t n V'IJ In tb~ 'l u.d,t y flat- top m"r kct T hey also provld.,J man y

ITlOf"

affordabl ~

,ns rnlm e ll t5

to

bUy t'f., WJ t h ,hall owtf Ixx kcts , The compan y was

founded by t' )rm .. r l)"son reI's George \'V',I,h bu ril Lyo n and Patri ck H e"ly ill the lat t I S6(h , initIall y

to rH ~ iI

'nsr rum e m s bo ugb t in (ru m
offenn); gU Ita r,; and orh," It ems mti ll uf~ ((~H.-d at ItS own nt'w facl h ly, W a,h hu rrl, wt' rt' n" v(', as well m,lde ,I. "'bre ill'. th "y W"ft' ext remely ble wa h m,,, t modd" If' lTlo~"n)o( from (coss-hr:.lc lllg (~h" k ,,,, wn as ' la, lde r' b raCing) 10 t h" >trun g yt'l mus ical X-bra'- 'n)i; pa l(c rn , and m ~dc

• • • • • • • •

•

Vi rtu .. uf t h" " fac rory-h lll l' on gltls ... er'lL' Mart,n's

J

ha"d crafts manship, n Ut th('y WCfC J.x.l tt'T~UI [ ars {han many others of t he day, and I he y (-amt' III

a mnJ.(e of c urrcnt

sh~pes

and d .. w Ta",'" sl yies th:lI cou ld C'
",= n 'l aWa re of t he fin" p!llnh nf aCOUS{I( (onscructlOIl f'('~cmbl~llC"

O utward ly, " "hI ea rl y Washhurns bore a whICh ... ere de-,.. Iy

'r~n

w th" pop u[at MartinS, tOO ,

as dt'S I;l: n Ie... ders nell I lO y.. ~1'\ ag"_ Tht')' were mamly small.

bod ied ",_,u umt m < w" h rounded Jowe r hou t" narrow walsrs, and propo ru OIldlly n~rww

sh"uld .. rs of I h.. sryks rang ltlg fWIll wha t w" woul d today consider 'parlour

B' u lta r, w 00 OT $m:lllf[

'conCf rt ' - ~ l z.>d

B' u lta", and w .. rt' oft cn m ade from g()od

s{()c ks of ",I"j SI' TlKC and Bral , l' J n ro",wl~>d Sum.. collenors coday get exci too about hi ).: hly dt'Cora mf Cil rl y WJ,~h b u' n ' m( h a5 th .. G ra nd Conce n modd 309, with d al>orat.. fingerboa rd 1I1l.lyS

(,I' pt'~ , 1 a nd s olvrr, blll (he "',lS[ m ajor it y of the

mak .. r's insuu mcflt s werc s Lrn pl~, alf" ITS t har (0111.1 bc sold ~c ro,.s th~ u)(I ntry '" ,l;tnl'tal stores, musi c ,I h" t'" Itac h' ll,l; sl\ld,os and vi a ('m:llog ue hou , .. , for far Itss thall th e 309'5 lofty Mod d s

~15 S r~( a,j III

pro,t,

fami l,ar p laln " r S(yies and slll.lil

to ", ~dJU'"

S'Zt'S were W as h bu rn 's

st oc k in (fadt' th rOU,I; h rht hmn d 's fin e e ra, uml w" r.. al." th .. main offecltlp of ot h." Lyo n & Ht'aly hm nds su ch as College Lm", J upit er, u..keside and American Con,,, r ... a ru rr. a lt hou gh n fe w for ward -loo k l!!!; lar!;t'r IIlstrumems wl're ("'(:a, ion al ly offtrt... I, such

~s

t hc

I ~'

Wid .. Washhu rn Con{ra Bass of l889

(With a 27 '1/ scsk-kngt h ), or , h .. jum ho-s.z.,.-j La kemlc Bass GU lIar of 19 12 , wh.ch /xS t the Man ln D,t"'on Dr""d noug h (

to

( he ma rket by filUT

years, aod ... a$ a Ill tic I~rgt'r Ilo<'Sld .., T h..s.. were fCIIlgt' drons, hO"'t'~'''r, and " n a ca ugh t on HI any n umhr rs. Washhu m ', m, o;l,,1 off~ f("/o:s wc re t nmmed J own aft"r World War I. anJ wert' g"n" rally I..s) .. Isho ra t ~ ix's lJes, bUI the 'l uaJity of rh,,&<, glucar.; lIlcr(-'"~sed

.t anyt h ing, rhanks largely to

:I

Wider

~mploym"nt

of

rh~

x-

brJc lllg tha t had Ilrt'n ~ 1\bnm sta ndard for 1110[" t han 50 y""rs hy then, a 1I10' C wl" eh ",I.", madt'

r h ~m

t'as , ly \Idapt ab le 10 th e

n ~w l y

P la)'ers and colll'
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popular sted srnngs,

d" Ulv~ r

a top Washburn

•

• • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

mOod!."1 of rhf l<) lO~ r har "'ILSo ly fl V3. I ~ a Ma rtin 0 - 1 H or 00- 2H for ro und. (onSIrI.K!J o n q uu lO!y

and ma t(, fJ uis, b ut se lls fOor !l

fl'llC IOO Il

o ( the 1"'''''' _ ~ 'IJ

In (it" 10\(' 19205 Ihc Was hou rn hrand underwent a num bt- r of o Wlln slllp m~ nag" rlal (h~ ng c-s ,

a nd t hiS

~"('n('n).lIy

maJ(' gUl lars, JR , Ste wa rt boug h t Lyon

m arks [1'1...... nO of rhe wear fi rs t .. f a of till A mc-n cu ll &.

H t:lI ly's

m an u fac-r u f ,"~

L& I I (OI1I "'U(-d for a li llie 10 m arkc t , h(' gUit ars , It sold o ff irs

fu.-il, ty "' 19 211 Alt houg h

eO[ l f('

d,s rro butJU" bUS iness

10 Clucago's 'loo k Brot hers ,uSt a yffi r later. Tonk marknt:d J _It. Stewart _bUl h W .,ts h bulO S

unt , l Ih (' o nsc t of t hl." G rea t DcplX'ss lon st'llr t hat ma nufanu ru n ut of bu" n.. ~s , (h('11 fJrmoo out g ..ut.,t, p rod uction

t hc I'Jlh('( moT'(" dowo marht 1I. ... ,I(al. Rt'ga J ",,,-, /ounJ.' J

10

lnd ,,,n.lI',,I,s ' n 1!'19 6 anJ IIIO\ .... U 10 ChICago ill 1904 , aftt'r w hic h It was 1 1 ~~j y

.. xpan dmM Lyon & totally

stl'am r ~ f()

p urdl ~,, ~J

In

by an

OO?OSrn !'AGE A lyon & He'a ly Washburn Styl. 108 from 1892. . nOW A H¥mony MofTt1!.ny from 1948 IlOnOM Ha ...,any'~ cata kogue from ' 959.

l ",~

Th m ugh the yC:l CS th:\{ foll owt'J , howeve r, or m,unr aln ..d a

L& H 's Wa. hb urn g UII MS, a nd Regal wa s :lgam:l separare t'm lry from rh at

rapi dl y ,hssol vmg co mp., n y hI' Ih" t Jm" II wok nil t he bu ild lllg of Wash bllrn - bmn
w~r~

mn rk (·!(·" un d" r a Wi d" ran;;" of mlle r uamt'S Gnd ud lllg mnn y o tll('r

Tonk Bro til('t s bra nd s. l'neo n & Ih y, SI,ngt' ri an d , I{e",rd ing Kin g and ndwt s), and mos tl y wo rkm anli ke h ur w(' I1 -hu il r ,nHr um en " , Eve n prior Ihe <.j U,I!,ty ou l

bUI

oft h~ b~tt ~ r

to

1930 they tardy

Was hh urns - no r (t' rla,nly anyrh Lug I,ke whar Maro n

w ~t~ n~ven h(' k ss

sui " I, playahlt',

,I\{ ~ KI ~'a l ue

w~ r~

s lt~l( h ~d

to

lurn",!,

W
g Ulra" rn "dl' w,t h nl! 5011<.1 woods ,

anJ popula r wlIh n w ,d~ mng~ of stu den ts ami shallow-po<,k"too pruf", s[{)n"ls a llk~ Rq :;ll . bu llt Wns hburn s

W~ l'(' n ' (

h;u l j.(lll rars as

~ ",- h ,

bu t wert' g(nerally

kss~ r

lIlsrr urne nts than the y had oc...n lhroug hom mOSt of rhe makt"s prec"d mg I",tury lla >'lIlg swd l..d to

m a.~~l ve

proportions by lh(' la[e 193&, Regal s utTnM bad ly cl urm)o( [h.. WM y..atS

and em" r,lo;...d mainl y uff" rlng d" wnm .. rke[ /l ul -tnps and arrhtnps Wao; h bur n· hm nd ..d XUll a rs. hu t com tn ut'd tQ sl ip down Ihe q uaill y ,<-alt'< und vamsht'd

In

all bm nam(' (I I Ih(' ou rSe'1 of

\'«W II, w hol .. . h.. ,r ma n ufan ur" r 01 " ,mt' [en y..... r.. d,dn'l su r" ,"e m uc h pas. ,[ In 1974 B("( kman Mus,('II,1 Ind usm ,,' of l<", Angdes putchasoo Ihe r'g hlS 10 \'«as hburn nam .. nnd QPpl,t'
I/)

passed bn(k ' 0 Ch,eaXO, and ,n

a ranx"

I h~

(lal r r Washb urn Inierna(Ionaj) nc,ga n

of baSl~

hands of a small com pany (allrd Fr(,lIed Instrumenrs to 3 5c .. nd

th" q ualil)' sca les ollce ag:Hn, wll h Orncr nnd

Ort lcr Im ports com ,ng In from J a pan t hrOllgh th t' 19RO, and ,nto G UJ\ ars

In

the Festlvt,l Se u ('s,

Dread nough ts Itt"'e

eo n win~d

. h~

JUpaIlt'St' ,m pons. But t he bro nd wns soon

N at l'"('

tlt~ 199(),~

;,tld Oryo nd

/\nW flca n Sn'ts, a nd th.. w,d e. rang ing D

,~C lles

of

respected models, mcl ud lng rh.. li k..s of t h.. D-Ill ' Wildw ood'

w, t h a .
r(,, ~ w,'J.OJ

back and sides , and ('bony

h r" lg ~

and

fj n,l(~rl",a rd

Har mony was fOlll1 d .. d ,n Ch,(ago ,II 1l'l '} 2 by yet a nolh er G erm an lmm'grant , W ,lh .. lm J .E Sc hui!7. , and soo n aft ... {hat b..gan tI,t' a' ''Kiatlnll w][h t he growmg Scars cnrnl ogu" and

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d("lmrtmc m store company t hat t'n ~ hlt'd

It 10

W"w

fhl" wo rM 's larw.' s, m anu[act uff'! of

lOW

gUi tars. llll' bUI ld q ua lifY " f Harmony ,"~lrt1m('rus I'\lrd y matched t hose of Gibson Or Maru n , or "'veil " f W,,-,h hu rn \ mon- .. kvnred mo
for sled ,{[Jogs "-• .-arly as 1899, Gene Auny. Roy Smc.::k. Jlld BraJ ky K",kaid nu m bered ~mong ItS

t'"dof",mem anlsrs; and un ll l Ih(' 1.><1.S$ IOP; of th .... bund Ul I h... mid- 1970s m a

'rcoodgmg ' Im pon " , , ,," IIIn!; Korean-mn.le mSHumcnts. all ItS An)(,Tl cao-ffiad e afoU.\tll.' wcrt:" COnSlructN "f all solid "'oo.ls O n en.lbled It {() I:.md Jo: u orars

Th" Hawa iian mu sIC

In

fOp

of a ll thiS. i1 Jr lllony hJJ the ptlC lIIg thai

rh" ha nds o f ",Iayr rs t h al G ibson or MMtUl J U~I cou ld,, '( , ....,. h

c r:> ~e

of the 19 105 \,nJ 1').?Os provldnl on., of H ar mony'.. r,"1 big

,,,I.,s booms, and , he SU I'(' (l ont' b rand n.unr - JC'I ulr..d by H ar mony In 1916 - was a maon,ray of hudgel and mId _range mahog any H awJllan gU Hdrs

In~ trunl~m.

J Pp" J r~J

ull dt'. tht'

r:>nge of other II armon y ml" I..!, OVt'. tli .. includc the

V~g"b() tld

l' ~ t" (_ l an

alld

Y"""

,n

rh ~ r

,;., nr" (,,, y(ars. AII - koa and all -

~ur,., rr un r ()r hrr

hr:>nd, and .he name shifted

to

a

popu lar H armony rrademar ks wou ld

f1ar -wps an d Cn'mo na a r( hcop5 of thc early 193()s, th e

Voguc, Mo nt cre y and Mdr'lUI .w I. llt'., "ftht' Inrr

1 930~,

rhl· hudget Stclla5 oftll(' laIC 1930s

and carly 191\0s, 'lild t11~ ullu,u,,1 a IUm l!llllm- mmm tcl HolIday Coloram" senes of the 1 9~Os,

And III a n unu,udl lalt' ral ,h,fr . , ht' , .. rm .flXly uh"lUlf OllS Sovc['{'ign Dreadno ugh ts of

H armony's Imer year., h .. d a(.'IUlr..-d t hr " n:l mr fn!m a 1930s. illcreasHlgly

(.h~ar

~w "n

of ,csoll awr gUHa rs of lhe

and w.. lI-madt' Japanj'w Imports o f the carl y 1970s offe rc..J

competition t hd t li armon y ju,1 ("uldn'l fi l\ h r

~ales

('I I away, and III 1976 Ihe name was

sold off. It has (.hang"d hand, a f"w II mt's SJIlCe, o nl y 10 aplX'ar 011 vd flOuS ranges of A"an "llpo n .

n "~''''

Wllh any las tIng success ' n dIe market.

T ht: $t<;- Ib nam,o had. along with the SoV(n 'Sn b""' lId, I,...,n a ,ra ndby of tht' OS("lI.r s<'hmidt compa n y of Jcrscy Cny, N ew jrr"y, ",llIdl "'J.' ... h ..... Sr... r. '''pplin frum tht' !'ady 19()('k unr,1 rht' sale o f liS gUI tar fanory III 19:1), "'hllh r"sultN In th"

nam"~ ~on,l(

a("qulrt'd

hy Harmony III 1938 O SCll r SdmllJI "'d.' a rr'P""'rrd mak.,r, rn ll("h on rhe Was hburnmJn u fJltun"~

Har mony range. I hal had k t'n (om pany 's jXLdOUf

~ U llJ rs

of t lo ..

"~ rI )'

"nl1gN Instr um" nt, 5In(.. 1879 , Some of rhe

20,h ('rf1lUry wt' rt' ,-tt'"rnr enOIl).;: h Iflstruments, but

nevcr attamed Ihc famc of th t g<;" lI t '
pby~d

H lldd,~

Stella

Tt'adlx-Ily' I.("d bcucr, and

by Blin d W,II ,,," Mi Ttl l, C hari I,· Patwn , Bllllcl Blake and

many othcrs. N OIlt: of tht: ()" a, So: hmll-If - madl· ).;: ul fars havt'

~ch lcvcd

A-list (or cwo B-lis! ,

p"rlo~p.,) s[:H us wIth playt"fs o. co llj'cro rs, b ut Ihese Stdlus h"v e ri sco abtwt tll" c rowd - C_ Ii", at I.. a-,t - thanks w rh r" claSS IC 3COUS(!( bl" es

"ssocimi()!l.~.

I'o r rlt("a
a n}'l hJll~ ,

lho ugho tlw

br~n d pmb~b l y

aLh,,, vt'rl a sliJ,;htly

ht-trt"f

rrpu tatlon for qu a!.! )' du nng mu ch of II , l'lO -plu'-y('ar run as an i\m('.iran Iflstrumenl ma kr r, al' houg h from as ea rl y as tht' 1')20s Cjlfl.tluumn "f Som" of th" com pan y's ,l; III rars uf't'n Ifl cll1
company from Ihl' S! rom ix-tg I hal madc h Ig h-end

A rang" of jumho fla' - tops app'tOIH('<.1 I"~ rl y

1930" th"

'11<'(r~s of rh ~

~ ro" nd

th~ d ~pr<;-ss'on ,

gUItars.)

1926 unUt'f !hc KJ y Kraf! nam{' , and by rhO"

hran, 1 ha,1 ,nsp,,('(1 a company nJmt' changt' 10

lustr um" nt Co m pa ny. By t ht' la (e 1930s Ka y was "cli o.,"p't"

~rchlOp

rs t ~bhshed

K~y

M usiral

as a b rand Oam" in ,{,,<:it

rhe 1930s we rr a bIg lIme fOf Kay In a numkr of ways: thO" wmpany

" ff" rrd ~nrythln,l; from h',I;h -e nd arc h rops with carved sp ruet' topS to budget-hut' I lawai Ian

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR HISTORY

and Spamsh

gUH~rs ((,T (h" O a hu coml'~ ny.

arcbtops we,,,

Ofte!1

Ikrw<"t"n Iht'" "''aT

yc~rs and (he rurly 1960s, Kny

lh ... n,..XI c hOl(t" down from wp -r:mgc makes 11kI.' Gibson. E p,ph()Il~ ,

Strombe rg of Gr("[s( h. whol" II ranJ.;C o f I1nr -wJ!s co ntinued to fill StuJ(:llt an d nnViLl' 1I~ ~d" In 1<)67 Ka y wa' so ld to Vako. the larg e ('[cnne g ... itar, Jmpllfi~t and r~.''''laW ' IllJll ufauur,,' and rO~"fh'" fh<."M" g rC'a1 Chl cugo Illanufan ur<." rs /"ldt:d

In

1961'1.

THE NEW YORKERS Through th .. m, d dl .. 60 years of the lOth c(, ntury,

n"LllUfa<.tur"r~ mana,l;t·d occasionally 'fuJI,[y and

re p utaTI on

to

anO\h~r pJl r

of Am<"ncan I'tu, (a r

knock on GiG,oll 's and Martor]\ doors in {~ rm~ (,f

nnd steal more tlMn a few CuStomers from Il<.(h of tIleS" !',..at milkers

Tht"st man ufaCl UTc rs succ('cJcJ ("deh ot her ,II th" .• ame f:o.nury. !'rom . he 19.305 [0 t he m,d 19~Os.

Eplphonc pro~C<.1 a {l u i rnamiy m G ,b'ol rn, ",,,..,11m,!;

on 1 9~.3, a fi<."dS llllg g Ul tJf com pany namt'
of nco lls lics:

to

OVI"

qua lif y archrops

In

particular;

El'll'hon<."'s form<."r Nc-w York

surpfl 'HlJ.; ,uc{',, '~ with ",'\('h of the three v<."ry ~h ffcr{'m populnr ty pes

cI"s.l l c~l, ~ t (

h lOp Jnd fl at -(01'_

T he Epiphol1(' (ompany', roms

~rr{'!\'h

h.1Ck to

An~s(aslOs

Stathopoulo's fiddle and luU'

The FI"I Spirits of Rhythm, fi'llturing Teddy 8 ..lI>n on the Ep;phone DDluM€! MasterbUt guitar.

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works hop.n IH70s Turke r H r b rough t the bUS ltw •.,

«)

N e w Yurk ,n 190 3, and h is !;On

Epam inon
[ har ma rke t fo ll o wmg Worl d Wa r l. hue SU II J r~

('''(' nl uaUy dC("I rtc a r(h lop mst rum("", ... as king of Ill(" F. p iphofl(." SN.'mro

II

"' ~ In

,1;""'" to bt- a

tOp

t il t"

back of ,I S success

mak e'r of Uou SlI ( and yC';) r~

- a •• d re ma med so th rough ,h('

wh(,11 tillS

~I X-M r "'g'

Ix' al mo,~t

10

19 1~ _ In 19 28 rhe Hous{' Of

In

nallIe to t ht Efl' p ho tl(' lJ~ n J " Co m pa n y o n

li S

O:II:rn~ lI y

(' ,I1{)... oo,l( (t ,hson, and 1(5 desig ns we re usuall y

not far off those of the m ,,' Il1t1( alld :tdw t)wl ...:l,,:N p reml('r rnak ('r of such Instrument s. But

t ht Nt"W Yo rk com pan y's g rowms ] " t " f ~ tar pJayus soon md lc:lI n l , h31 many were wilh ng o~ cr

to ,hoost'" an Ep . In

a G, b." ",

()~ ('r

[hen electr ic forrn , by AI C:a,,,la,

and m any Wlt ~n

Iht' yt af) . I' ,,' p holll." arc hrops " ould Ix- pb yN, mostl y

JOt'

Pass , (;('0'1'(' Van f ps, 'lim)' Motlob, H arty Volf*

othe r~ .

Ep iph ont' rn ovt'd from banJ OS

to g lllt ~ rs, til t ~_~ sdulc

in a bi g way_ Th~ I\hsrnhil r Im(' of 193 1 ca no ed a nd bac k, and rht bi gl!~ r

la rg r~ [

o n G ib,on's dornin~nrt' ra mt

~l'V~1l m< td~ h,

lhr Del",,,' , Tr,urnph and

Spa n ~n

I ",,~r

than G ibson's larg r St mod el of tilt' OJY, wit lt

all WJth ca rwd ardlt'd w I' _ w" rt' ntarl y ha lf an mch

m,tdd s 'IK h

a~

rht lI \ackswn r

ofl;, ri,,!> rni cl pr ict d opl lom flmher do wn Ill<' nw r k~t . A, d~,ulh"d Ln t h ~ G inso n st'Hio n all< w~ , th ~

d ", ad~ .

(-om j,an ies sl ugged It o ut th mut: lwu t l il t

t h~ Irnp rt"~s L vt' 18 11 " w"k Em pero r, whie h soon

b..... J m~

11

In 19)6 Epl phone inrro.i lK"d

p< ,p ul a r top-oo r(-h pros' c hoin',

and hy rht' nt"" r y(";lr ha
f.. rno us Frt'<] ut' nsawr lal lplece anl v({J 1Il 1Y'19, ~nd m an y mod d , 1>t'(-3rnt' 3V3llab k In blonde m L940-4 L. All of th" uppt' r· rdns, rn\ld" l ~ of tllI~ pt" fl od we rt" ma
\UC

wt" 1L as art" Ihr a rchlOps , but thl"

compa ny nlJdl" som ... fi n.. mod t" , T h.. IT l)(o lu:<'r o f 1939-12 and F f 2iO Dl"lux.. CUlaway of ell<' ...... r.ly 19S0s art' n ct-Ilt-nr Jp rge fl,1( ' lops made III roug hl y 'J um bo' and 'su prr~ sty l.-~

Juml,.,

r..spt"cII"r ly, a ir hough Ihe Fron lle r und T.. xan ofth .. 1940" 30d

~a r ly

19S05

by

pl~ yt r5

""h, le pcTfccdy d r ee lll

g UJ t~ r,

-

~r .. " 't

n..arly as ...nuJ.:h t-af,t'r

or ro llrn ors. Eplphonr 's 'gold en r ru' r.... ll y rnltmrN that of t h..

arch rol' ,(sel f, and when Ihcse

,!:' UJ t~rs '

pop ul.. nt y

w3n~d,

-01 dId

Ep lpho nrs ' fo nu nes T he co mpan y h\ld s uec,'s.~ WIt h ,,,)In,, ~1"LtnL V"L"on. of its acoustic arc hr ops , b u! la bour (or others)

(U

d l , pu l e ~ ~ nd

III 19 S" and

(wh .. n [ht

•

on!-r a ny furth~r , uml't't1ti on ro G ibson and thr l ran~f~rr('d

~rar h O l'o\)l os

p rodu c tion

loo k o vr r again)

(0

Phi ladelphia unt il 195 5

\0

get away frorn

e M l p ure has<'<1 Ep' p ho nr and m oved proJ uclJon

to K:t. 1~rn azo" ,

Wh l' t(' Ih(' b mnd ap pcared m a lll l~' on mo re afford abl.. Va rl3t""'s of I"X,s'Iflg GIbson acOuSt,C J nd cic-n n c d ..slg tJ s, whilh d id n'malfl US- bU Ilt u nll J 1969, 'J< tda y, rh.. " am .. , .."d .., som('wha( fUfl h('rdo wnm Mket , gr-..lltJg

' bud8~t '

ASIan- mad ..

~ c rS lons of G Il>$o n l1l.td~h, " . I", h hav .. St'tVN [0 J.:'V" play("ts

who mIght n('v('r JITurd 111(" tJrl )! ltJaJs a for m of a(c("ss ro a f("w (; ,I", ,,n fl at -lOp modt'ls, as wel l as ro som(' n(''''rr

d ,,"g ll~ M ~Jo wh, I(" ,

•

tr(J ub j~.,

w or h rh.. N .. w Yor k wo rkforce. In 195 7, G ibson paff'nt co rn pa ny

das.~ "

•

t h" Il,abol ,t)' of a nt'w ow n.. r (0

fifl~ ll)' did in (h~ Iwm .. a~ ..tn ,ndt')w n
Eplph(J fI ~

• • • • • • • • • • • •

• • •

how"ver, F. p'phon('·s abandonrd New York

fdt ltlry hud J.:'V~ 1l hlt t h '" anOl hn ,i.: rt:a t Amr rican gU ll ar nam(' PIlI'sh Immlwanr Al D ro flS(' was Ih(' m an be hmd G UI ld, dnd hI" gU ld ~d t h~


pl dtl f cru, h Ln 1972, afte r wh >r h for mt r .,.,(' I' rcs,,!<-"m L('on 1'rll
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ACOUSTIC GUITAR HISTORY

N~w York City

In 19')6. (judd d'Ju,o.:..d I,,(. uuons from

[0

Ho[,,,k..,, , N(w ) ersC'y. ami th .. n

III 1969 It movffi a,.;a m w W..,t .. rly, Rhode Island. Mronwhdt' , in 1966, ow,wrsillp pass('<.1 (0

A""('I. I nc (w,th D ronxt' sraylfi,!! on a, ~s prcslden t), (hen

then to the FAAS <":orporn"on

19H9, und fitl.llly

In

(0

a group of "",<,SttltS III 1986,

Fender "'\USKal In<[r um .. n[~ III 199)

to

_ whIch s't:nalJ('<1 Ihe ("Iosu, .. uf th .. W ..,{t·rly plant and a shIft of I'rod UI " n" I" Fender"s factory III Corona, Cal Iforn Ia UUI d""p,tt' all the uphC:lvaJs, GU I ld n.. vn ... " d"' ''' I:1)1 Ih" apprcnabl(' d,p,"

that

qUa l lf)'

l~rg(' r comp<'Utors

tw o

I t'

,u r w .. ll do< umt'nt..d as hJVIIlg

"(,alht' r('<.l. GUild 's vcry first Off('flflJ.;S compro, .. d a rungl' of fi JI-tops. from I h.. lar;.;.. 17" N .. vauc f -

50 IhM ab ly rt va.JkJ GI bson s ) -200 for many y...-.m,

()UO-~ llCJ

the jumbo-sIzed F_40, ,h ..

to

OWOSffl PAGE A 1949 Eplphone Emperor. HlOW A Guild F-SOR ·NT flat-top from 1975.

11_.3tl 1llld th,· srn'IU -bo<.hnl F_20. T ht'tr SpfllC., lOp_' a nd mapk Sides wur of w l"i WJ, but til.,,, ba,ks we re rn"d,' from [:lmlnat("d maple had

~nOlIJo! h

'tru,turJI rlgld,t y

cons,d~r rh~ II~~

was dtfin"t'ly m art'roa l~

to

of lamlnJt~d wuods

succt'ss. Tht's .. w.. r..

~d"Jnll'd

II fo,

\1 ,« " .'(

o r labollr In

t .. rlllS

"I'

SI~lIl )OH lro

prt's~nl

make bac k bract's to

illlO all 1lrclwu sha1><', wh,(h rht'r .. f" r~ unn~("~,_,ary_

be" 'Jo wn ma rh'(

WIllI e somr !.>C0i'lt· may

( o n~tm
,.!csign purposes and not for any

~(JUlld ,

app r~(.",bk

IX'rformance. and scab.!it}'. the

b}' the Swart

A -~~ O

tcdulI<.J" r, Gudd

~nJ

proved n

ar(htop with a (.a rwd spwce tOp (soon

jo,nt·,j h r a s'm
sa"ings III

t~dHl'qU C

j"U

player's

ot hen too k hold w,r.h play.... imnwJ ' ''ldy, and Gudd 's

f<'pmar,on SI',.,ad q mddy !\tully pl .. ~'e rs (ound Gml d offe r.,,-l a 'h.." tlf both wod,ls ' altern at ,V(· , s r,addllll)! d." " abl., G ,b-.oll

~ Ild

Ma rtin f(";l(llrt"s: rht"y carro..d Mol.tI ll 's 10nE:'er

br-"~lIlg,

1)':-'; " sc-ak lenJ,:th an e! mO'., musKal

G lbson's aJj ustahk t..,,, _rud a nd slimme r

nl'"(:k, and the more fr('(J ut·nr opflon of "",","'Jd., w~r",

add..d to t he lIne In 1963. IIldudlllg rht' n-4o and D-50 D f<'adllou,!:hIS an,llh., 1'- 2 11

and F- ~12 12-strlllg IlJt-Wps. whIC h W("rt' Jom e<'l a few y..... r~ late r by Ihe- bl,!: 17 " I I - _mns m,Jod~I,

rh al would lxt(>!ne t he mosl popu lar of t h., ir type " " t he- mark(',

I )r~adn"ug ht" ur fl~ OO In mar k~ 1

fur thU I

the 19 70s. whlk

h r~O'd. LlfI t~

eX]XLnJeJ "",I [hen

~1.·"u,tl' m~ k c cs

"Ionl-: w'l h ma ny

,h ~

1980s, and w:_sn' t ulcird by

tI,,,,

aCOlJst){'

ar~hwps d l ~p1><'arcd

contran~,:l ""~r

III Ihe eknronic mU5 i(-

,n

G ~

tilt' }"t-JCS, and G udd suff.. ,t"o.i

b<~) m

of the late 19 70s and t:a rl y

SWift ownershi p changO's chat i,,)! ow,·d. Und('r

pw,jun,on an,i q uality _",t' m {() 11,,"(, siabilised agam, and tht G"dd brand nnw In~rrl1m .. flt'

lha l hl$[on ( t' I('nnc

acous tl(S, som et h,ng It (o uld

F (' n d~ "

prov,d~s

COtnpdny with its own rival [() Cil"oll ,Ind ,\-brlln

n~ver

manage with its own efforts. ,\ cous t'( ar(hlurs

,·VO" n back :11 Ill<' tOp of Ihe mark(,( - albt">c tnoscly with llo3 ting form "f a IIurnbu of

::.c-n~'

.l ..d ,nlng

Gujkl - b r~n(kd

modds

d~"gn~d

magn~.. t'c

:1,(,

I' l{·kl lp., - '" thl'

by the g re at contcmporary

(If'

htll p-

makn Rullt' rt B.' nc-i.ku o, ,lnL! o th (" r aCfual llt: n....-letto mood s hand -b uilt ,n th t' (;u,ld l.UHorn Shop tAud.'r el.¥..<' A th, rd w"h

~It"<:

N~w Y~) rk

super~l!uo n

from th .. " nam ..sa k...

m Jker, which would cvt'ntually make 'cs hlggest Impn'S)lon

Cfl, ho llow-uodies Ul the rock'n "olt yt'ars , srcm....-l for a umc co be ahlt' ro

run W,th (ht' ".," l....d mg Amenean arehtop mak.. rs . drllm~

and

hU IlJ~)l;

III

N~w

G r.,ts~h

had bee-n ma klOJ.:

York C, t y SIOCC 188.3. and in t he early 1930s Ihe

company hrJ.:an ma nUfll(( U"ng ardn op and Oal-top g uita rs wh"n t h""e (0 bc

t~klOg rh~

hm., I'Khl fmm Ihe ba nJO. Models I,k.. t h., big

SynduomalK of che early I 940s, w ,t h

'c~

~ppcarcd IH ~ - w,de

c.. c's---{'),c soundhoks, sca,rs,.. p bridge

Jnd dd ux(' b, nd ,ng and \,o$ ,,,on ma,k.,,, , had chI" powcr "nJ g r~ct of any "f t he bl,!: G ,bsons or

Ep'pho n ~s ,

an d hr< am., th ..

Green for one, But thc Gr(' lsch{"5 "'n.. [WO' , nor t hose ofSlrombeq.;.

~hOl CI'

fl"~'"

I )'An,l.:~ l i (", nt

of COUIlf ilas,{" ,o.: u.(ar" l I'r..dd,e

as well made as thc arch w l's of ( h~ ' b.g a ha ndful of mher big

hu.ld~rs

,n Iht' ge nr,'.

They nee "np"'5s',"e gu 'tMS. cerralnly, and p,,_,Se,S all chI.' right lllg,td,t" n" , hut reIJ ti"riy

27

28

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

.. ftw have ~ur~lv.x1111 grta r pl~Y l og (Onu HJOll . GrN seh flat-lOps d ,d n' , far(' much bt-Ut'T ( h !."


q ual it y .~ta krs, rhou)< h som(' hu ~(' beco me c"II ~' {lh l(" fnr 1It'S!h!.'lI ( n r hi~t"n( rt'aS{1ns,

such 35 t h", G -br.tnrl.. d Ha ncher of th(> I
GYPSY JAZZ GUITARS Th .. (OI1 (1n u lng. t v"n boomllig popuJ ~ roty of ,l!:11lt3f1S f Django Rc",hardt and rht" spr,,,hdy, melodI C 'G Yr"Y tan ' 51yl(' of whIch ht' surp"sm8

((lUll,'!."

Inn,!!:

for m('d rh(' «('m!c, has

spawn .. d

Ind ust ry b lll ld mg a Iyf><' of ": \lira, , h", has nn ly n -ally

a p<:rhaps

t'>tltil.·.;!

In rh,s

smgle styl .. 'Jf plaYIng. It ub Aylwil rJ , J oh n 1..0;- VOl, MauTlcc Dupont and Sht]ly Par ks ni l offe r ,n~trumt'nf$

on rh e 31'proXl mJ le S.. lm <:r- Marc afer n d('slgn. as p lontt rt'd mort" t han

7~ YUts

"g", an d rakt'n up by Rc m lM rdl a lmoll t Imml."diatd y after J{ S arr Iv al on tht sec nc. Marcafl' .r, W
H enri Sd mer, h ~"d ofthr ~ normous French sa xophonr mabc., as a so un d ba$is for u g "'tM

of ,he samc bnuld , Thr Srl nwr fan or y in Franc ~ began lim'trd prod uction of thc ""t.umtntS In

late 193 1. :lnd th~ firSI mod els arrived for s"l~

In

Lonnon in 19.3.2 . They w(:t~ takr n up

mos tl y by jaa pl ay~rs. alrhou,.h Ma(cafr rri himself fav()u rtn rht gut-s iting- vanallts,

J.' d,d

a few ot h er cla.,~a al rl"yt fS o f rhr d~ y, But th e ,t"d-,mn ,; mod els were unilkc ally th in,; rh " m~ to rH y of i a ~~" rs Wr rr srru mm 'ng a ( the tun" . T hr y wer .. - an d rem alll _

a d,f[" rrll t hr~r<1

o f gu lt~ r ('n(lrrly Scl ml-r-Malu frrro ,nSlrllme ntS "IT larsr-bodi ,"" , flat-wp gu it ars, nftt,,, With a l) -)h~ l J('d or round " 'u ndho l ~ plac<'<.1 under l h"

S troll);'

a nd a de<'I" 'fla tt ened ' look",); n " away Many

mooels Wrrr o rog ,naH y b Ui lt w,th ~, n "l ar wood('n 'rt'50nawrs ' mou ntr d undr r tht' " [Op5. ,m"nd .. d ' 0 au] " rOjCHIOn and y"lumr , If an ything. thcsc usu~ l! y damal-lt'd .hc tonc of thc !o:u"~rs'o wh,ch t hcy wer'" Iit trd . and I'lllye n s,mply ['('m ov"d t hrm , or cliSfom-orJc ret.i ncw

Sd m ...s ",,, hOll' rCSO'IJtt)f~ T hr ~ trrl -Sfr on.t( O rchcstf{' t hr s..l m("f- Maccafcrr' .~ . but othr rs (''' '5(''<1. suc h

JS

,$

th .. r"al da.'~'c of th(" C:lrly yca rs of

( h... cuta way-Ir~s Ha wa,("n . and g ut -St tlng

mod ... l. such as th e COIlCe rt ( wit h t hr ("Ufawa y). Espagllol, and c.t as.< iq ut . AI! g ut modr ls

\'ocrc rll Jdl' w,th lam lnar('<.l rn.ck and Sides, nm as a

("()S '

be. h s(("cI :,nd

Cu((on~ (",.e rCIS(', bu t

for wl'l l-d ("finN tonal con"drraroo ns ro:s.carchN by M"ccaf" .n. In 1933. only .• h"rdy h.. foft the InSt [ UIllC Il1 'S mo, t famo us t ndorser took up th.' b rJnd , Maccarern p'lft ~d way' with ::.elmer after ~ CO ntract d,spur t'. He ret urned btodly p lay m g For

(t

" trt(" ,

to

h,,,

wh " h I[Stlf was CU t sh ort uft" r h ~ fmnurtc1 h iS wns, in a sWlmmin,; a( udt nr ,

timr h(' loo k up th~ m~nuhuurr of r('t'ds for music al in.\1tuIl1~nt" a nd dabhlt-d on

other typt'~ of I-llll mr d('s ign.

befn." br JIl'; hoo h ,d by the possibilitie, of iIlJ~nlon - m O\lldcd

p la'[1( Jns trum (' nts. !lxpt'r nnr m, with plas(;cs 1<'<.1

to

his [" undm); of Mastro Industrl ('s.

whi(.h l!l (rud un,, 1 a plastic ukulrlr In 1949, and the famous M accaf~frl rlas ri c gUit ar s on

(11 ('

u rl y 19~Os l'x'sPI( e (hei r apJlt'a ' an,r an d t he , r genual pe rcr ptJO
'" [h.. " day Tht pla5('C ,mu!:e cou ld ""vr t q u 'tr (U( ur 31'1'1YIll!: tll(' proct' ....,

II>

'f

c['('dibtl ll Y w ,~ .. , how .. v.-r, and Macca f(' tfl 1:;1"('

'srfOOllS' ,nstrulllentS JUSt a ft.w yrars inf O I he ('ITon. t.l Jst m

contln u("<1 to oITcr ~ " umbr r of downscaleJ pl~sl lC g u lta.s throu,i: h the I 960s. bu t Ih('se w.. rt' no longe r , n( e" dt"d as profr s5,onal -grode pldyers' HMru mt nf S. In I hc 19705 and l')XO" Ma.1O Mac(a fcH' flH ""'onaity r(·turnet.i 10 lut hI'''''. and n'"n produced h,s Sc l mt' r-My l ~ w"odt n G ~ psy jan gu ' tars axa,n, first as Ihe

CSt G yp' y

(Ill

parrn ersh,p Wll h Eng l,sh mJ n Mallror ..

Sllm m('tfi l' ld. and man uf3(fut('d ,n J apa n at t h~ H oshillo faClory, whert' Iha nrl );tu[<, r) ...·.. r.. m aJ e), and Id, .. r In coll~berll tl o n wit h hlgh -t nn New York ma ker J oh
oPPoStTl ""Gf Fredd,e Green. gurtarist WIth Count B;l5ie, pictured in 1968

with his GretKh Synchromatic: 400. "80111E A p l asti~ Maccaferri Romancer' from 1960 a nd II 1955 advertiM!ment for the revolutionary instrument.

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..

Meanwhi le , S"lmt'f h a
w"ta"

to tht ~{yl .. inma ted

hy Ma'Tah;,r r i, hut In fun mak .. . ml"t'S) IW· prox «'" 1M pt' rfr({In}ol tn t hrttd T h" n' mpan{s

fn..

fl:'mainon!l: lu. h' r rs d id away worh shapt"\1

(0

Inf t' rnal rt'sonarof, chan;.:,d

f t.t'

' Oll ndhul.. from D_

rou nd and fin:tlly to oval, And SWA p p<:<1 (he- ll·fl't' ( nl"C k for 14. T ht' moot'l was

n('w l)' J ubtx-d thc M oJHc )au, and With t h iS shape' and nam c t hc Selmcr )au g uit ar ac h lc"oo ItS ul u m:ltc form _ a dllng act ua ll y
C'C'r

gra
Ihc d rawmg ixKIrd o( liS ·onglllalOr' , wh os( na mc was o( cOurS(' by now removcd from any way. So>lmer d os(-.:i

JlS

gUIta r works

HI

11

1';.»)2, by which lillie only .. round ';.)00 gult:lrs h:ld

hcrn proJuccd, a gooJ half of t hcm th .... MoJ~k ) J '~

ABOVt.

A BOWL·BACKED WONDER

A 19]2 example ot thfl Selmer-

Macufer'; Modele Drchcstre. "!lOVE "lGln The Rosenberg trio epitomise the Gypsy lUI style on their original

O vation 's owner

Selmer instrumclMb.

r"v(}lutiOl,~ry b()w l- I);l~k"d ., hupt" W J '

C.h~rl~,

H.

K ~m~n r~turn"d

W h" flrq

Gmll

I()v ~, th~

d",i),:n for a fihr"gla" ,omp;)"tt' hody S tr u(lur~

Of'P{)~'r~ PA«! 101'

Julian Cope with a 12-stri ng Ol/lItol'm Ad"mas.

III

1';.)6) wh~n hehcopl ~r comp:lIly

MUltar, and


upon a

f,,~out~Gle

For
trad ,tio na l dt"s;gll. tilt' p ror0rypt's rt"Ct' ,vt'(1 a surpr's'nf(ly ", ntllus,,,-
OPPO~IT~

pAG, RIG"" K,u~uo Vrlirl prodoCR5 fine guitars like this AR300

playtrs Kam an who saw tht"" nl , an,I, lw I'ro< IU("I'0n mod,· ls that roll("d out from 1966 also

fron. his wo.hhop . OWOSfTt , .... I

ga ined a sw ift and w,de acceptance. Charl'e Byrd . brry Coryell. Jerry R C(~!, AI [), M("oia

BorrOM AI\/ar.~ V,1,ri, endorsed by A", DIFranco, is a factory line produc:ed

and Adrian ut:g have all plnyt""d OvA (Ions through mu ch of th(' ;r (3r(>('rS. hut Glt n

in association with hu....

Campbdl 's eari~' endor'>("me llt of n sh all o w·bowir
Ha llaJ('('[ £"ari~'

smn' ,Iuhfx... t (h",

anJ hiS uS(' of tht"" Iflstru mt"" 111 on hlS popular TV show. gavt"" tht"" brand irs b'ggt'"St

boos!.

T he LI' r1~' sou nd and smOOl h performa nce of modds such as the CLaSS Ic. Legt""ll
Gibson III the ea rly 10 nud - 1910 s, w!wlll hC"
JlMII )'

pl ~~eTs w~r.-

d .... r1)' wlli i ng to Ify M">lllC"l h mg n{""w T hey wer{" proba bly hdpcJ along

III d o ;n,s.: so by [II.,~ O vat,on .• m ,d ·lt'v.,! pm ", I~' , ""'. In [91~ O v-.. wm ,ntrod uced the m",., affo,d ab l.,

App[au ,~

plag u lIl,s.: mh", b ,,s.: w",1 1. T ht (om pany

brand~,

11Il ~ ,

In un

and was

as(~ndt"d

TO

rh~

",ffi)rf

"~ 'n

r..at h ,n/>\ til., ., m ,y and IlIw.,r-m ,d

or h.,r ., nd of ,lit sui., III 1916 w ,[h

30

)!.\lIt"r~

•

m pr",-., mpi Ih., A< ,u n cnpy ists whn we,e I ~v"]

p ld yt rS as

th~ Adama.~ I",~.

[) 'sp ro,·;,,)!. th" )!.t"t"ral ru lt' fllat :myrh, n;! It
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

ca rr'td wP' mad., frum a th,n ClT blln-,s.:tap hn,,"--b,rch

•

• •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

lammau:, wll h 22 ~maJl "Hundh"I ,,~ of ' .... 'IOU5 Sl~{,S

locall'u

~rouncl [h .. u ppr' ba~s hoI!!

Thl"S(" ;llso foun d , h.. or mu rk. and soon Ix-camc bot h the ch oin.. 01 many pm.... and a mollel for e nr h uslastl c amJt{'ur" to "'p,rt' en Whi le so.....

pl~y .. rs

followed '" 19H2

f"und

lM " .. d

u.spb yeJ Ih" Adama."

rh~

sound of t hese gmiMs u Iin l.. ·'ynth.. ,,(', rht' F. hfl'S lli;1(

.~"hd spru(t· tops for a warmer, mort" trad ",onal

[ (jilt' .

nIH

soli

mul ., -soundholcJ look. AI around th" ,am .. [lmt', rhe Co ll ('(\ot's

Scf1C~ gJV" th .. uomrany ~om(· thm ~ to promote to ~uJtur Ullin-furs who had lmdlllOnaJly pur,u~d

th ..

was h.. ,,,

fI.)

vlnf~I< .. - ass()( i ~(ed brm)J_~.

and hdp"d furth .. , .. 'tahl'sh OVa([OI1 as a m ,lkcr ,hJI

stay.

In additIon \0 their ~p", .. -a!;"d ,hap.. and cons(rUClion. Q".Ili()n ,('valu! lonls(X1 the n (1U'>" " f

mass [.>,,;:..,hl(lIon rlKKkb

to

an d ix"<:ame m~ny p !~ y .. r"

.,l~,

rrlfinrlon of an ,I(oustic IllStrUIll l.'III.

«,m., fr"m fi r,r road

rh ~

tilc- rofY

fO

In

1'UIIJ"

Th~y W~'t'

fht'

a i,,, ft r~ r

Ani DiFranco

a numlx>r ()f d~~tt,,_:a"H"tI ( "pr( tlOS ,

pl uggeJ -Ill ~coustic gUItar r1ay,n)o(

wNlr!i("f('<.! lh e gt'rlt'u l a( " .,<11( , lum p of rh ., Nl rly 1980s, O";l tJon

~"r:afldt"
Hav,"f.:

h", h 'n S,1!(" an d

THE FAR·EASTERN COMPETITION \'(7 111 1 ~ th~ an ,uSfI ( ,I;:(lIr~ r m arke t w.lS J~d ll"ng III th .. latt' 19 705 an<1 ca rl y I ')HCls , rnu n y

,mrruvln,o.:

J al'a n~s(" Im pOrtS ",<,r<, "t}~flng

("m p('[ ltlon

fO

10fll!-sranJmg Anl<' r",ln hr,lnJ<

Ihana IS I)('$r kno wn for liS b r(..ud r.. "jo:" "f "Ir<;trl( ,o.:u il ars, whl{h fi rst (a m,' In rrum 'n~nI~ as q ua l"y 'wp ,es' of m an y Am~rm." d~ ,,}o: ns III rho: carl)' 19705, bu t Ih .. w m r" " }' ha' 0...." mak ing 3(OUSllCS slneo: the 19;0, I han~7 flar-tops first OCC:llllC k nown in [h~ 1'$ m:unly ~

dnent 'coplrs' o f (', ib~"n :.nd M,lffl" d~S ',I;: ns [hat shaJ o ... cJ tho: compa ny\ de" Ir l( ' of fha! tIm e, BU l more nrig l!l JI r.,nIH l,nt'S , suc h as fhe all SOhJ-wOfXh

N ~ l ur:. lw(~ "-!"

'I((IU$tI (-

31

.. inno.'atl~e

dt:nric AE. Ragtime, and solId-topped Arowoo<] S('rtt'S of tht' 19HOs. ot th .... M ASA or Talman modds .If I
d ,ff<'rt·()f . Mos t

lhan e~

J ap~ n

prod u.!! .. n s h,fl.xl from

to

I'lart'rs loo kin,!; fot >;om .... dung

to

Ko ['('~

In 1991 . and ha.' rt:m:unt:
t herl." slOel." AI.. a['('~ an d t hl." ullm ark('t Alva rez Ya ln

hJ ~·"

Inng iustoTics 10 Japan. and havl." produn:d

a rangl." of q ual ,, )' eorry an<1 mld-I .... " .. I a'OIl 'lm_ f" r

m~ ny

f<,ars - toppN by some

h'~h-l'od,

all solld -woo
lIa,,," Amu lcdn

away frum

• • • • •

br,mds Rcgardkss of sail's

nu m n."rs, or any arl'umt"m'l about copIes " on gmals, Yam Aha h"s pro hahly for,;:t:d a mort' solid and phi cC' for .t sclf ,n w(·s ttrn

mark~["

long-lasuo~

ti'31l ally of {he other

J upIlIlese makers.

Y:II11 Jlw und w:.s o wn

Ix~an m~k,ng

m :'lluf~ c turln t:

~UII:lrS b~

1>(>,lal or,;ans inJapan.n lHH 7,

pianos hy 1900. It was makillg twi"()m~

191(;. hUf d,
th .. lJSA until dle m IJ- 19GOs whtn ,rs dol'.IICJh and , .nr
lUlU

~

.{S

wdl know ll in !o:(K>d-,'alu~

little btl'[. s((...·I-srr ;n,l; tlat-to!"

mad t'

tht st udent , amateur folki l." an ..' eampf.rt'

'I"Im .. Uy tht' 1970s Ih('se sled-strmg FGs and dasst(al G., m.d-le~d ·

",'I'rl' am"n,;: t h.. bt:IIt:f ' Iower and w.. r.. findlllt> a streogth of

ort~ lIIal

rIJ~t:

g uu ars avadahk,

for themselves largely on t h..

(It:s.).:" ral h.. r t hall lx·mg the cop.es

that most japMlcSt' makt'rs wt:tt: ,r. 11 u(f.. nng . 1I.111d-made

L Serl{'S and lu xurIously ornat .. N

~ "t"~

models followoo,

Jnd t he bt:1.o,1 'I U, ckl y ('arnt"il rh .. ft:'pt:et among m.llly rrof~s, ionJls

mol"(' aceoml'l ,shc.1 amar t' ur' and sumt: 1\

dlJI

h,ld eOJoyed w,th sru d .. nr and novi"t: pla}"~ ts for lell

}(a r~ .

T h.' wml:>;'Il}'S gu. tar lines have hurh txpandt:d and

Jd"JIKt',j ABOUt Bru'. Sprlng, 1.,.,,, pictured in 1993 with his Yamaha in an .. nu~u,,1 bl~tk finiSh . OPPOSITE "A.a A Taylor 115CE trom 2002.

fl"~r

the years. Without tht.r popula roty I,"~_

hd,·ing waned. O "e r {he l>aS I dt" ("ad t' :.nd " hJlf,

~'·H

such "s the Ihlllhne ekuTO-ae unsru

APXs, , ol .d-lOpp<,d G D c1ass.cals and l)W J)r .. :td,Hlu!rdu\'e aod "ersallk CPX Compa" s.,,,t"s, and CSF parlour t:ul(ars havt· won lots of ta", Mt:anwhile, Korcan mak er Sam .(" k has pu t !o:u.tar., frt'fjl1t:ntl y

lJnd~r mh~t

1Il

almo.' t as m ,my pl;ly"cs· hand s as any of Its Japant"w n"als , {hough

n.lInts, such
\Xlh il .. tht: 'lual.ty t'a,tnn '!lljX!rtS that hav" hCI:n

I't· n.'.~so v ..


de5 rmt"d to wopt: out US_mold .. t·n tr~ Ie..d acoust ICS, l' it' nfr of hom"-t>T<>w n

al (t"t ,, ~ t,,{'S ha~(

I'.feht: mpt"t.t u", 1m any upmark('t mod('1 Iha! (; .h"'>II, (, OIld or Martm can prod ucl.", '" rl'r ms " f "mnd and bUl iJ lj uJI,ty, If not 10 numht-oc

WESTERN PROMISE E~eo

for prod uc tion volum .. , how .." .. r, " "" US make r hJS put up ao

upp.:t m iJ-r:lnge br:lc )..el s. nce fhe m ..]-I9l'U k Until (lut of all tht: ..... rly 1970s, ccO{['('d around a G u. tar; has grown ,ntO an mMtumt:I1tS pt"t

d~y

COOI't" r~{[" .. ~>Ulh~rn

ama~ l0l'ly

C.al.f"TlllJ lut heTl(, ",orkshop, Taylor

("~nrury,

wh .. h r.vals

bbou r-~v>ll!{

pmdm.u o"

n>mputt: r fl Umt"tt l control (CNC ) CUtl lOt: and routlnt> rna,

32

fi/>(hr >II rh..

a ni saos· SCl'n.. of

(,(fon t'or and pmh t'l· m .. k ~r. tUfIlmg OU I around 170

by th(' ('a rl y 2151

man ufadurt" r. Tolylnr's success wllh

asfOun
C'aSy-gO IO~

~ lIy

l urrtnt Amerimo gUlfar

t~dll!iq u~s

h.n~s

such as fhe use of

and bolt-on oeck 100nfS has

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

•

~~~~

,

A·

~

"%

ACOUSTIC GUITAR HI5...GRvI~ also dragged other Iu rgt.

J0I1g""M~bl "h..J

mak"", ,nt!> modern manui'd
nc('(/ 10 a u"",,!t'

Bub Tdylu, .mel Kurt L" u ,}:.

uf eh .. Orl}(rnal ,h rt'(" Taylor founrl .. rs, h~vt' (0(/-( .... 1 rh" . r

fWO

, unt"" larjo: .. ly rh"uu/oth a ( umhonanon of Tay lors
bm rhe pair (t'rra,nly rrnro·d a SIH'n UOIlS I('arn m ,l( cun.'(' ro gel from Ihe (ompRny·, I"" rl b on 1974

In

wh ..n · rh .. y a r<' [('.lay Through Iht" w urS(' of ,h ... l"arly 19805 ,he com pany {''''ol v(''<1

from hu,ld",}( r.l[ h.. r Manda td Jum ho and D 't'adnOIlJ.(ht stylt- ,l; lI orars '0 l'f()d unn;r.: a ran ~t' of ~ll"~

nrl,!o:' na l nt' w sll apt" d"",,,,,d mamly hy Boh Taylor h, ms("lf T h" fi rst of .Il('st'

In

appt'",..d

In

rh .. rurm of it

~rnnd

conce rt -sh" pt-,L s mall-hodll:"<1 SI7.t" 1 mOliel, tWO of wh ich

wn .. d"play ..d at th .. 19 84 N/\MM show mst"w<)()o.t - hoct",(t 812. By th IS

(lm~

In

rh ... for m of a

maho~any- bod u~d ~ 1 2

Taylor's nume rtcal nammg SYSH.' m was wdl

d~no " n;; wood typcs, bo< ty SIte :,nd shape, and styhng,

but vanauons and

yrars ma kc H d Iffi cult 10 oJT~r a "luick, L'Sy gUIde

of tht"se ,

to all

By t he early 1'.I'.10s Tay lM lmd a grow ,ng Il't of ""dor., ~e,, whos~

on~

es.~bl>s heoJ,

(hange.~ over the

of whom WJ' L.." Kot!kt" ,

Slg uaUl rt' 1>1\)(1.-1 12-,u,ng - w, th 'flanen ed' , Sel me r-j ,k" cu taway and

!mended to maxinlJs('d J ropp.:d

lun or' g~

and

I'

dt"s'l' o

- rap ,dl y ea rned a lot ot r",f't" t In that ).:t"nrt" . A

few )'eau L,t<,t tn 1')'.16 Taylo r mad., fu r, her w .. ,'", by Hl t wd uung th .. 4011 ,!,,,t",, the m" 't ,o l ,d - w(~)(h

affordabk A me ricull- tIlJd. all

XUll ar

at

tha t tl m,,_ By n"w, yOI,·cll .... " t" r

I,.,j, t" ,,~

tha I Mat(!Il and pkn ty of (Jth.r m" k~r~ w~ re ",k,,,,I; nOl ",e_ In tllt' la tt' 1990, an d !',uly In the (oil() w",).: dt"(~d .. TJylo r "ff~r...:! a numlw r of'lweial "Slit" I,nt's rhar .... ,'r.. funn .. r fh a n ~ I mos t

a nyd"n,.: tht" mah'r had prod",...:! p rev iu u.ly_ Tht' 15th Ann,,,.. rsary XXV-D R

D rt"'dd nou).: ht

X".ra,.,.

~nd

XXV-( ;A j.(rand aml,roroum of 1999, an.1 ,hI." Comml."mora"ve S.mes

, hat foliow..(1 "" .. r(' madt, w,th ddux{' wood choices (mclu d mg Ta ylo r s usc of some

Bra?,j.;]n roSI.""'oo
11 01('

s mcl." 197 7) and {"xOIIC . nla ~s" Followm!: (hese, t hc

.11" ml Jy Ih"m{"s to J

mn gl." of ""d{"rw,u (t

dl's, g n_~

At , he olher end of til" m Jrk~t, T~ y lor's dfi'lfdOlbl.. th,e"-'-I u~ tt"r "~,, Ud by Ixt'n a major hit w!th e~C r )'onf from yOUI!!( plJl"fS sfy l,sts, and ,s one of t h~ IIIJ lll models

to

to

leadc rs

gUlIar~ J

Y"Jr,

m~ k"'g

hJ'

tta,"elli"g gU'[d ...'" "nJ ,tat k- k.. y

h"ve helpt-d ~patk a f;!t- ,e~ d" "g

H '.. 2 ~

boJ,,~d and ( r:l Yel- s,,~d denU"~Il< ' AI , h" I,m .. 01 Wtl t Hlg, Taylut \ , taiT nl ""a rl )'

OUI dosl." 10 50,onO

XIUI Jr

Ihe ""mrany o n.. nf

lur ~mJ II ­

400 CUr!!

th~ d,k"uwl~J~~cl

the <.juJlny ,'<"uMIt fnMke,

HI

After TaylM and Ma n ITO , !ll .. Tan)m,l u>mpany, fnundtd ,n :-~~rtlt", \Xla~ h,n gron, III I '-)'-)7 ran

Jj r~ady

J.1Y da ,m

l)(',ni( tht t h, rd

to

lar~ .. sr ~ui taf

manu facrurt'r 00 'ht,

lJS A Th .. ( oml'any's foorS sft' m IllS f a I' ttll' b,r fu rt hl."r hac k [han tim, as thl." Tn co ma fa, oJot y wa. o tah l,sht,.! as a wood processor and occasional ma l er awusr,cs for ot her hra nds, pnm llrily \'qashburn, Two of "l\ocDlm,\ (jrst ,,{f{'tongs , tI ,t' m ~d'um - hod 1('"

C \ (. Ch,d and

( nlVd -s ,~eJ PI Papoosc, gamcd ,mnwdl"" "ttcntion

for ,hl.",r o(fs("l, (('a r. trop-sh"ped S() unJhoks posluoucd at til{' ba_,_,__"d ... hom , , hl.", r pln. n M(II'e, and ,he, r ItIll'f{"ss,V/;, sound and bu, ld '-jual,ty "t tht, P"C..

T;(.("omn nlso o tTers ma ny tIl0f{" trJd .. ion al deSIgns, and h~s

S"Kt'

nn n ', k d an .mp rC-SS1\'dy wi d" rJ ng(-, IIldudong t h.. ilorem "' ..-Lu ta wa r F M 16 and EMI O, (he Lauren a J ulx r-dI."M!(ned E s.,,,,-"", , the EUZ 24 wHh Fl ra~llmn

ros(wooJ back Jnd "d.." Jnd many mm-.. , totaHin}!: mort" than 70

IIlS l rum ell (S ,n Ihe rJng" SOUt .. I99X Tacoma 1.,,-, a l" , .,/k..,d ,h" fort",xn mJd ... OJ)"m p' d hy Tawma 100" of mure mJke r's

O ,h~r

J.:u.taTS 1.", 11 10 rhl." US

,n(I"Jwnd.. rH q ual"y Nort h Am('f ' can ma kl."rs bloomed ma, nl y m

work- hop._ uff~.,n~

I\-la rroo -s 'y l ~ ~Ulfa rs

Mandard. (hn! man}' plaY"fS th", ..

affordahl ~

d~",W"

hnv~

m\l\,.. d

Oil

f~ lr

,n wood oprions, ap pomrml."ms, and bu .ld

Martin ' [sdf {'Quldn'{ del,vet at ,he time Man y of

to pf,,,l un' morl." ont:, na l dcsif:ns, blll most atl." still paymg homagl."

to

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fhal ).; randdadd y of th" A m~ r!(J n fhl-top. J illi oftrn topping If, as (tWlr reviews ,,"d star

( odors<."menr i.srs continually pm"..

CornpJn,("s 1,1.:(' Mossman . Guri an. T raugort ,

Bou rgco.s. Frog.!:)' HOHom , COIII")o;$, ( ,a llaxh .. r Jlthough.

to

Ix- fa Ir, ma n y haH' fi on -d

u u g lllal dcslgns . And t he las. of

~ nd

Cr u ~

&.m..

wcrt' 0111 born of t hIS {'thos -

t'~·t'n ~t;l tleJ

Out mcluJmg) mor('

'''til'(' can {.. rm m ly no I""g.. r I"" h it'
und!'r 's mall ma ker '

,ndud .. (ur

rH

(m

R IChard IlooVCf. Brucf Ross, an,1 \'(I ,lIm m l)avls fi.rm..d rh .. Sa nta Cruz G UJtJI Company S~ m:l

III - }CP

Cnu, C'II,forn,a,

lrom the local ;l{ous(]c sc('nl'" who w('rt'

(I u ,~kly

197(. , and

In

w~ rt'

budt up a 51!".,,] y roste r of d ,cm s

look on!,: fur a ion I., mor.. llla ll I he u adH ional brands

olTermg . Earl ) koa-bo..J ,('<1 S.,nra

SrI' I.. Dr.. adnnug\lIs l>eC"oIme pop ular with

( .1\11 I)

p~n

jll'Mt'rp'l kers on th..- !>Cen..- ,n p,uII (ular, rhan ks ,n

(() I h" ,r

w ,d~ r

t han stanclJrcl I X. "

finJ.;e dHl
that made t he m ju,1 Ih al

bu more al'peahng

based on a "!anon DrO;"acin(lll,l:ht

(0

s~ "ou~

nu ~ed

I")(),d ,td 13-f,("[ H , t he FTC. w'lh 11,' Ihl tOp but

playO;",s: t he

u ch..-d

b~ck,

~mall

but d""p'

th..- Tony lI. ict mc.Hid

"",h " "I a 'g~d soulII.lho l(>, dl{' f S moJelaim..-d ar fing..-,sryk "'t' r~

pia)'ers, and many orh,·,s, Nor a ll

,I: ,t',tt

'UL""'.'''' ,n ,.d(>s lerms -

and in [Je t the claSSIC

MartllllG lbson -sryl O;" m(H'I"I, ,hat f"I I"",,,d "'"ul d prov e Sam" Cru,,'s re al bread 'n 'bun{' r but rbey showed ",har th .. makn '01,1.1 d .. , name pb)'crs, And by off!'"n>: models, wllh siO(

h ~ad~r(.K k s

~!ld

~ a Ullfllll y-mad"

,a ugh l the attemion of more than a

f{'",

I'ulla rs lik e Ihe 00, 000 and D readnought

and 12 fr" r, , I"", ul d,,, bod y, or the lx'l uufully appom ted,

p rewar-st yled Vmtage D , Sanra Crtl? (nvw sol"ly "wnt'(] hy RKha rd lIocwer) is oncc agam pmvid , ug" b reed of "imlg(' acouSlic I har can ', t',"I Iy he "Inaon"d rlsewhe,e, NOlle of theS(' HldqX'nd('nt mo l ers ,s a 'ou, I).:(" opn on , tot n''''''', and ",m" - t he smaller wnt k~o"p' in p"rtl
company f"und", . - w<'ar p'lte 1"1" tI'''1 ed,(,on Mart inS, Il ur mort' and mure

"fl'

till'

higher t ha n all but (he mosr elahora! t" of liml!",d

plJ~t"1'l> h",,~

cnmt

to

J pprcciare Ihar rhere's "Ienry of

wonh TO he ha,1 ,n a well -madt', hJnd-
eX ' t'nd~ u>

mor" , ha ll , uS t vlll t,'g(' MJrlms and GI bsons, If

noth ing rlS(". rhe I,s! of "ar playt",' whH h"" .. ,.old nil thCIt M' or G ' brandC'<1 a{Ollso n 10 phly Sllmnhlng from

r h~

an."" I,q uf

mJ kt r~

J U<"U

W

Ih,' success of rheS(" sma ller IUlh'e rs

CANADIANS &. EUROPEANS h :t~t'

O ur space here IS IInIlred, ami we

) tlll k mam ly With th" major hI stor ical Ameflmn

rnakas , the modern upst arts , an d Ih"" As,an f1v:o.k IltJ{ xrca l g Ulrars have be€n cOflung Out of Ca nada fo r

d,,~ad~ s,

and of cou rse many of (ht, foun d,· r) of rh~ American art of stnnged

,nsrrumf;'nt-mak i".o: bmught tlWlt ,,:,ft (rnm EurolX' In the 'nsrrum e nr~ ar~

lkrwt~n

tht makt, 01 Rohert C,>dlfl\ l.IS,Do eom pa ll y, whICh

I1ln,L':e i'" n' h ' ackf;' rs (w h ,,-h Ind"d", La Pat "'· S,mon

&.

dJ ~'J",1

I'lacO;", and many fine

(Omi'an~..

(Ov~r~

rhe 10wO;"r to mld -

g uitars, and &"gull, Norman , and

PJf ric k t ur h, t r flat_wI"), and th .. rnld - '" IlIgh -(>nd

self-named

fir~t

sr,1I bO;"in.o: b,,,1t rhe',,_

Jllstru nJ('n t~

of j''an l..arrovt't-'s

rhO;" m.'I'" ( nn,ldlMl hu dde r' h a", got Ihe ma rkn "'Til covt'rt'
fou ndoog h,s H armony L'lo cu srom j.:ulfar work-hop III Montrcalon 196 8, Godon hM Mn responsible for la unchmg an th" a, m of pro",don~ good anyone who doo:-s n 'l ta~_

Th .. r<,sult.,

ou rs{and ",~

l.arT"'""

h,,~e

,ml'rt'S}I~"

souml m~

an, ll'la y.nj.: ;;1I 'tar$

W

br~lIds ~ nd

d('S'gns. maonly w){h

Ilt'XlOn"rs and student s - o r J" SI

"Iol 10 SIX'nd , our set·ks an on$trumt'nt t hat o"tperfor ms liS pfl ce

ha~'e p~ld

of( Jnd ('"Jell o{ 111(> makes und ... r rht" 1.a:"Do n mhrella pmv id ..s

val" .. fi n the mon"y ,~an

ftJ ually

onde~ "d .. nt· rtlll\d('tI

In 1968 - in Torooro rh" [1m .. de ma nd for quallt),

34

num h.. r "f differen t

~[ .... I-, [ "n.o:

W

g Ul(;l(- mak(> r. who a lso fou nded his rllmpany

rnJ ll ut,nure onl y ciaSoStCal g UHars ar rhO;" start, u)(.al

J!UO £JTS It'd lum In tO Ih,\( realm m 1971, hu[ h, s nylon

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

•

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

•

.. al'lJNrs to hot-

~'e ry

m ud ., a class,cal ","tar ad apted for st"d -slr lng pla ying. W lu,h

, ~not

to

say Llwy are hal f· ba ked con versi o n lobs: t he ('\u ly v('rs 'o ns of Ih('s(' w(,r(, upmark rr , (u, r,' mh a~'t'

m:lde Insu umenn Ihul pc'rformed stu n ningly, and th(' produc llon mod('ls . hat

foli owKl

are s(l li Irnpl\'S$IVe J*rfo rmers, wit h a snappy {'('spollse and full VO,e(' T ht' coml':lny also off" rs Dr....... d n.)ug hts, lum bos, UO modds wit h 12 frels mod d thar ha,' w"n solId _wood

~

\0

Ihe bod y, and a I'erlr(' par lour

1m of ad m irers , T he 03 Senes of 1997 became Ihe mOSI afford ahle all

n.. t- to p m ade In N orth America ~I the li me of IfS ' m rod u(flon , an.1 fu n h~ r ).:00.-1

v:l lue models

ha ~ e

fo ll owed, all al ig ned wll h Ihe Larr ivee des.g n et hos and , he /
mid pt". forman ce t hat gOf:S wll h II. T h ~ ~ vt r-d t't

of rou rst'

m~ans

t h~

rt'aslng COSt of good ent ry-level gu itars man ufact ured III N o rth Am erica a nd

U\Il
ev ~ r

In creasJIlg
rh:.! Im porfln " /l u lta r< (rom (j ump" co th" US a nd Canada has r"rely Ix'e n :In

ap pealing I' rO],05Irl o n, 1I ,,!

pl ~n !y

of /
r~ , I""

t

COllline nm l milk e rs S\J( h as Hutn" r, 1.(,, '''' , (-,oya, Eko, Fra m", :lnd Hag"tri ,m p",vJdt'(j Europ<'an and Brit is h play ers w;d1 1I1C full ran ge of awus{\c fyl" :S fo r

dt rad~ "

(h Oll l' h

rh ~y

arc bi d e seen out side EU fOp(', Gc rnl:ln y's Lah 'wood , Fi nl a nd's L mdola a nd lh(' C/,('( h Repu blic's Fur( h arc large r bu il ders wo rrh y of" 101 of resp('(t

tod ~ y,

but among lhe mid -

hi g h-end makes ,

to

N o rt he rn lrd "nd 's Lo wden probabl y has the bes t rep ut a t ion , O ~" r the (ourS<' of lIS 30 -y('ar history, Lo,,'d en has g ro" ' n b r~ nd

sleadl l)' In ltl a rt'('''g:,ust'd a num bt' r of pr"

~1l(1" r~~ m"nts

II I t he amuse'c world , a nd ga t henxl

al" ng Ihe wa y, 11Icl ud lllg

pl~ye rs

lIke

RIC hard T hu mps/III, I',,,rr,, B" n' u'a n . J an Akk" rman, Jacques Swm:m, Michal.'! Ht'
I h~

n isr lnn lve bral ln,ll, and sra rfed al{ aln w il h a G«lrge l.() wd tn , mt'an wh,le ,

\0

Avalon GU I(atS,

Lo wd(' n de signs, incl udi ng IllS ,~onn:,

n ~w

ra ng",

aga,n prodlJ( :i ng nlS " wn

deS Igns In a s mall , sl" , ]>('.son at(,I"' r under hi s own d" tU supe rVISIo n, H (' also han d- ho del s CUSfom Instrumt nts h,m se lf George 's role III

jl roJu(ln~ ( h ~ ~u lt (l.rs

(ha ( bear h is name has vari e
0"('[ th e years , bUI m ost Lo w
d('$l~n$.

al o n~

rhO' lines of

N ever one to fo llow rmd ,rlo n,

Lowde n has stcC'nxl :lwa y from til(' ClaSSIC Mar li n X - bfl\Cl ng slIIn' 1976 , uSing Iush' ad hl$ own modi fi ed A -b ruCi ng sysl em Ihal , for one Ih, ng, hdps 10 pr('v"or IXluml ne", In 'O .. g lllal

Dread n, .ug h l~

S~ fle~

and m he r large-bodIed gU ll afS , Il,s orIgInal 0 SerIes (also

J um lxl'), a flIu nd"d , m....d lum-large- bod led shape, con(lIlues to be t he

com pany's mO$f popular mng" T h,,!' also po pular, wh , lt' tht' MaTfin

Ed Robo.>rbon of The Barenalied Ladies wi t h h is Canadian-buitt larr;yff,

J)rt'a(! no u~ h l

J)

S~ ""s

'M id i J um bu' and S s" .. ", 'Small Bod,,' d' arc

$c:r,C'S (om t'S as dOst' as any l hln];

t h~

nlm p:.o ny

d"e~

tel Ihe
shape'.

T h,' hig h q ua lif Y of a num ber of g rea t Bfl tl sh l\lt h, tTS workin g w d ay War"''''' I,' gre"t"r cove ra~ e

t han space nC r(' allows,

Th ~

craft hils re:lil y

b l osso m ~d

In Iht U K '"

r~nn t y~a " ,

and WI!h g Ul( a rs from t ne l,kC's of Ma nso n, Broo k, !'ylde , Ihvt Kin/< , Tom Mart" ,

M ,~".

Ul1d

35

SJlJPPHl~ ~("t,

mil"" availabl .. on a hom<,;;rown has,s. wIthout t ll t'1r

nM, mOfl;"

~n'

and mort' Hrlilsh players

ad
or 'mport d u tl ..,

fO

fin d llljo: t il .. ), don 't haw' to furn 10 Nonh

RESONATORS

BELOW A Niltjollal Style 0 'qua""'fl9
Befo ... l-lu lfaflsIs "cn' bro:l,.kasun~ tlKlt plJymg t hwu,I(h a 1""1"'0('1 SI'(,"" k("T ("on(' (oupl cJ 10

an dc-uron ,c ampl lfi{'r. ,hey were' p umpIng

nut t hruuXh [h" 'pun-alumInIum spraker

It

(on<,s of Nat, on!'] ,l: UH ars umq ue bUllt - m JU'u'U~ amph finlt"m 'yst('m T h ... p rinCIple- IS

II"r t ht sam{". 10 acOUS tiC ,,' rms, transf... rr{,d ,nro

II.

J

m'W III "; ,-"n., lila[ rnlar;;ts rht· "'''rauonal ene rgy

am] there-by ~ mpl lli,·'

'ound " SI mpl e thm;;. hut 10 rhe Jays of

J

drowned OUI flat-tops .IIU..! atd a "p' on IllI r.."",,;;I), luudn handHands, th IS sdf-projecung dcs lgn was a rn dalioll. Born oul 01 an Id""

rI"v,,~c!

by

H ~ w,, " n n - s(ylc

r('" llly by Lo, AII..,;d", 11I""n",r ) ol1n rel~", ~d

txforc

in 1927 hy n "I'Pem's own

l
I)O I 'yc r~,

N~t, on
ph,)'cr Gl'orge B<'a uchamp, and m"d" a

(h e lIrs( proouCllllll r<,,,,naW. guotar wa.'

eO ll)pany, whilh h"d bte"n

to und~rI

jll., t a pear

build hanjo" In fnct rl1 (' S\l((('SS o ( N auo nal"s (ri -COlle r<'Sonato r !;Ulta', and th"

slugk-u",,, d"s,!,n, tl1", wn"leI soon (ollow (roO) l)()pyer,,'s bre"kdway company l)"h"" would

,,,",~ W

put more rl1an n (('W ha nJos Imo swrag<"

thauks

to

th" ,nc r~rI,bl e

Impmw"wnb in "o[u mt' thar ,ht,y o fft'l'('d O,",'f (rndJll ollJl gUlta l'> , Of u m'_.... hy only tl1t' I", ddl" of tht' nr>:! dt'("ad(' Ih(' tnere~slOg l,rn •• jeu«- ,)( d~"
would "'I uall y p ll l plt'"n l y of I'('sonator g uJl ,trS ,1\(0 tt'~,.,rI.,.,rant

.. mplificatlon

for "'; Il'tars

hut I hat hau nt lnJ.:, mt' tall,c,

soun.1 wou l
T ht'" firs t ('('SOS had bo•.hes o( G l TlllJIl

~,I~,r ·.

wl1l
would soon also be m~dl 01 lxll b rJ"), and (ar" .. d rhrt'(' rh m spu n -aluminIum cones I hat 0lX'"00 towa rd tit .... "'SId .. ha d , "I ,h.. hildy, WIth I h,-,If ""11('":< ....5 Y,hr~IHln~ 1\;~I,onal's

plcre for I ransl" r.... u(<' ul SlrI"J.:

f{'S{III~

On a thrcr-polIIt bmlg('

OflJ.: , na l S, lv .... r llaw;um n ('ame III four

slyles o ( JIIcr.. asiu~ d .. mrat,,,n. n\lm ht-, .. d from :>ryle \'s I'la lll body to Slyle 1's d .. i>oral~ nor.t1

engravlll~~,

other han d, had

ava , l:thl~

dnd ..a( h wa,

III Ihe days wh t ll mOM

w~ r ..

w,~..J"n

I'lay ..d

III m\lnd or S'1,,3'e n('{k, the lall er (ar mon pop ubr

l:tl'-~ Iyl ..

"'"h

~

sl('('"1 slide, The oflgmal Do bros, Oil lit.

h..d 'n anll a Sln;L:k. largl' r spun-aluminIUm con c th;n opened

o utward. Borh w.. r~ al m .. d a, fIlughly rh r 1,))Os, uut down tht' Y""" tl->e

s~ m t'

~ t ~(' I -hoc l, ('d

H"gC t mnrke{

Jll

the ble I ')20" and .... rl)"

Nnllonals h"ve nolved

Ddr ~

lx'com .... rh ..

to

hlu .., pl"yns' favo"rllt , whd ,' Ihe Dob ro h:ls gcn .... r"lIy been the ulu ..,!; r",,,

,Iid~

pla)".. ,\

,l( uir" r of ,- hoin', In rill" face of (IllS woo:x.! -boJ i('J "v~lry, N~tlOll~1 '1ui,kly ,ttppt'd ,n to make its own more affordable .liIIg1c-(Olll "",..,kl, .,, l)()th w(w,d "nd mrrai- as well as many mort'" dccor"ll"C "ersiOUS of ti l(' I YP': - ~IId """r th" y.. ar" Ih .. r.. h," ht-(' n no ('nd of confUSIOn hetw('e n the 1"0 males am ong

pl"),~ ,,

I.. ", thall t()tall)" Imm .. ",.J ,n rht' dNaiis of rhe"

parallel h'SlOflCS NJ(.onal offcroo !"('sonmor gUltJfS Ut, t, 1 1941, bUI durmx Ih .. war yt"a' S tht'" company evohed U1IO the

wide r_ r<'~dll",1(

th e electric g u'tdr the-

m ~r ktt ,

I me~{,filng >r~ rs,

VJk" ,,/ (lm al'''. wh"h c"ncentra l",d morl' h(";lv,ly on

Th .. D"hr" IMm ..

but tlo"" ..

T".'O'

h.l~

ha~'"

rr"pp.,.d u p lIndt'r a

I'1Jn~{'

of owners III

I...... n mad", hy rh .. O "KlIlaJ Musical

Illst rurnE-nt compa n )" "'ll", 1,)1(), M.. ~n"'hl k , norh wood - and met" l·b,xhcJ Ifl-conr and slIlg l..-H"'" r.."" In ma n y (IIOJ.:lnaJ I ,,~h

Na"()n~1

ty pes arc

a~a lll

being made to a

,randard hy rh .. NatIonal Re,o- Phon J(" COm pJl'l y. (oundoo on S.JIl Lurs Ob,spo,

C.al ifm noa , III 1989 A mnl'e of smaller mak .... rs arc Jlso curru nly producing Slm,lar d .... ign •. wh,l .. hudJ.: .. r \"'rSl ons of bot h m .... ta l and ",nod Cl'SOIlJwr ~uJta rs ar., dVd ilubl .. fmm A" an ,ml"ort hran.1s 10k.... O~ark and Vint,,~e, Al l CMI t.oke ~ lll tl .. p r-.ot lle ..

In

t h., h"nJ.: uf, hU I t h", ",,"ncr of them wtll sou nd E;orFl'tlUS wllh ti, .. fight mu{-h t ~
36

- and «d l "ffer rhe loudest acouslIc pcdormJlllC o f th", ull plugg .. d world

~~I

"".I

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

•

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

37

• •M • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

OS! Il lny .. ~ ",,011 always want

anoth('r,

how~v('r ('( 1(-, " ,

[0

spr<:iah", to SOnW (,""'Ill on 00(' tylX' of mUSK or

rh(-,r under5tandlng of th" bigs ... p",lU r(' , But the

J('E:"t('(' of cross· fen II ' SMlOn h<' rwt'O:' n ,ltt'nr...s wday ",mm.-n"," A_, .. gU IIJrIS\ you

stand 10 ocn('fi, ('norm ously from d lt mSJ>U"lU 1on Offi.·f.-.:I hy pr"~'i"lJs ly unfami l Ia r t"ro IlS. ) J.u

('.Ill mAu,' llec blu .... s, cooOl ry Clln mOu('ncc rock. JA~ tln Can m Auenn; p"p. Afm .." Ian IIIAu,-n« Jda .. . and on LI !:O('$, In II o(';' r" nfin 'f C van Ny of com honar ions. rollowll"~ ( h~plcl'S

The

offer n groun.hnS

today, wll h Ihe 111m of helll'OS }OO

(0

In

11 of rh.. most n una! fi,rm., ,,/ gU ild' pl.. yl1lS

hoo(" your sk d ls

In

you r (-ho,~ n "yl .. wl,,11'" bn,..d1 nl1lS

you r :lb,hty 10 I' n c o m p;)s$ a w hole r,' of,'C of m usICal mOO<.ls. N t w comt' rs

have

~

(hance

~ hap l n

t hat

w m .. k.' a SIMI Wllil some of tile moT'(' hasie lrssons

Upt'II~ t h~

1)I . ,k ,

It "

t h~

,," ly un ...lImed

~t

In

[f)

,1;""'"

1'1.1 ) 1J1~ wi l l

rh~ ' (;~H In"

St-..n..J ·

tile a bsolul{' beg m n('r. Orhrrwl~,

(" ha pl n rar .. ~s a I"lI n,,~ of I ~,s"n' ,,,,,..d en pl.ty.. rs rallgJllg from novice

!O "dvanet~ l .

~;,(

h

FYI,," r h ~

mos t skd ltd pro should 1"1(' flhl~ h) r~k~ away a ft"w nt"w tm.h and u,dull'lks from ( hcs(' p,lg('S Gl yen Ihe sp~n' " lI ow<-<.1. none

of rh('-~t"

ehap r n~ prt"t~",h to

I", ' th~ iinJI worJ '

(!Il J

Style- .

ei lh er, a ll houg h ('ae h otTers rh(' skil ls n("{'
or (I

of t he new slyl('s r('~ ll y !"i\OS yo u . you "'illl">t' wdl ~<]"irp"d to bt"gi"
num ber

Or yOIl (an IllS' rak(' a

f(· ",

II('W k l(·, mn HHI C.. lru- ii(' h to your ll~Xt blu~, gIg. "nd blow yOl,r

ow n bolmdan('s.

GUIDE TO NOTAnON SYMBOLS If you 'f(' not f~ m.llar with til<' symbols 1I>C<.t

SC'( lIon p
to

In

standard m usie nora flun and rahbru,~ (uh ). d ..,\

most of wh" ,

~·ou

WIll eneOUnfer. As rht' ranJ.(t' col mll",,,1

vast , t hr. prom~r ",,,n'r ht· t"xhau.'>t l v~, but It w.1l gIve )'OU enough 10 ~"("I you rhrou;: h

rll.- fullowl ng ehapf~'" You 'lI find fu rth.-r g Ulda'K" On any new symbols or mstrun rons }'ou

t"ncounr("r - pa [llcu larly In mOil;" ... 1VW1(ffi nOlatlon - wlthm Ih .. <,xpbn~tm) " .", JCcoml:t;' oy.nj.: rht" "Xt"rclSt"$ rht" mse lvt'S All (')[crc 'Sl'S, or he r rha n I h05t" of pu re rhylh m nOlat i" o , willi", r<'prtcS<"nto:J '" bbth s(,lnd;,r<-l

OOt~ flOII

an, l fAh ; wh l lt" s.om~ symhols aft" (Om mon to bOlh sf-t.. m_., "'hns ~ H' uSt-J bnly

or rhf- o rlwr. W h, lt, many t')[crn$l;'S w ,lI mclude SIIJ.;;:e«I..d ('hord, fi"

~,.,-ump:"" rnOIl

0 11

00('

below Ih('

bonom tab 110(", chord box("s wI ll 001 always !-X. g,Y.. n, unless t h.. ,-hord" t hl'mS<' lv("~ J rr til("

pom l 0( (he st ud y, or t h(' au t hor f~ls It WOIll,t he part 'Olla riy h .. ll'fill w I""v,dl' "' m ~ g Ul d",\ec

aboll t unfllmiliar chords. NOl e (,Iso dl~t iodlCalio ns of rhyth m w.l1 bt 1(Ivtn unl y III Ii ,t' 'tandJN

" orat io" . I hrolltl"h (h(" liSt

of tm
READING TABLATURE A eo ml' lr t.. courS/.' In rt"acil n;: mU SI( ,n 8fandard llmation would t"k.. mor .. !'p;l«(" tlwn .s n~ ail nbk

hut', BIH tah lntl1f(' - mb. for shon - IS ('a~ .l y "xl'laiflt'(L Tab IS t'Ssen l lally a me l hod of shOW Ing fing('r plac.. mt"fl t5 rhat corr.";p,, nd to (hI' nN('S shown

on Ihe Siaye of mUSIc dll'('("lly aooV(' rl. I, enables guirarlsts ",.(h flO (rad, ( ,,,nal mu~i' - reading

sk Ills 10 play C)[CrclS('S r"<'j.:a>"
Imes mstClld of fiv(" and t haI 'I Glrr+es no ekf or k.. y "~ natur.. t:ad, of ,h. sa

hOrJ~on tal l lll("s

represents a s( rr ~ on (he g urtar

begmnmg w "h rhe lowes t l Int" ,

r~prt"ot'n ll ng

th(' low E-su lIlg . To hdp you rem em ber wlu(h ""'Y IS up . Ihe nmes of rh .. op.. n srrrn~'

wTl Ut" n along,,,dt"

,h~

,ab 1111.., ("" .. fi,!!:ufl' I. lOp). For

('xern~

10 'ailernar(" ru nml-:S ,

Jrt'

H~~~

I h~

ah nt'd SI Tln!,- n()[t' valu.,.; WIlli", ,!!:'''~ " ""[t"ad , as '" (he exerc ise '" DADGA D (unlnj.: (fi,l: urt' I, \)I)UIlm ). N uml,.. ,", " n I h.. 1111... ",dlL"-l .. ti,t"

~t ro

fr~t

at wi lleh 10 hold dowlI (hal SI n n/-: ,

wh, l ~

a

(0) In d,ca' es Ih:u an Ol"1('n smng 'S to t,.. pl ayt"d _

Figure 1

39

Th(' majori ty 0[ notauon s} m ools atc us..'d to mSt ruCt you III the llu;HlITS of Gngcr mo,'cmcm OC<..JUlIl_'U to playa P'i'Ce wIth tile wm:t. t '{,-d '

l he nmatlon -or sI ti ng trt'l n umber ."mb,nJtltl' " III d~ lau - rd h you whi<-h ' K>t", to sound, !Jut wnhou< .I.., ,ymbol, It ""ould be' n.,..Jrly Impo"-,, b l.. m d.,[t'rm",.. [rn, subdN I"-' of pla}'l ng partKu l~r 't}

t t·duL1
I.. <>1 riff rt'(.ugn ' .... bl ..

Bends Sumg bt-u.h .Ire ind" Jro:d by a 't.l rtmg

small 'arch" symbol

IinkJl ~ I t

to

IM,tO'

m be pl~) rd btfort' {t.., bt:nd ()(:cur.<, and

Sfi"nd nun' (..... 'In..llln.."

J

pa r.. mh=), which

III

aclue...:",.l al doe peak oi th .. l~nd In t.lb, d ,.. ~nh 1'11k.- th .. , [am "l' nm ..

{tJ

,~

J

tilt' not ..

(h .. irH [mrn l"" ",Iurh

t."
.:~:

' ~ n
( fi ~u!"('

P'" to 'hend down'

up'

(fi~ (l rt'

- - _................................. _ - - ,,.-..,. r ' , ;1 [

.

I~ : ~

...-

. 8~

~

" Oil

~

I

oj

"

~

II

•

Figure 3

rt'lra...-saJ1:' ",I(n,fi<:
±- r :r

g~

~

B~nd

1).

th~

n··.. ~r"', 'BI)' 1-!' lIin,c;

2).

W

, •

(141m) 14

Figure 4

~

If "(

...

, " ••••

Figure 6

..............._ , - - - - -- - - - - - _ . _ . _... W/he n che prt"-bend n(lte " not tu

I,.. "" und«l

i

., .., " "

~

Figure 5

l

r

_ _ _--....... ...

bue m",,... ly pmvld", a Manin,!;

m,t ",,..,,ion m

(hdow-rl~hr). 'U )" m t"3.ns 'IN down

b","d ffUm , ic willi .... In part'nrh.., .... , wi t h ' PIl tOrl',-.,-n..n,r

(fillu n: 4). Yo" w ill also Stt an ul""",I" .. lown al"("h !-otlo,"" norc-s whl""1"(" t h(" symhol ...."Ou ld orn..rw.<,(" dash WI(h an Il n-bcm nOf(" on a h,pll('r StrlnP (fif!un:' ~ ). ' '''11('\"1:" an IIp-OCnJ IS iml""nu{".J as mO\"1:" of an Infl<'("fIOfl. wirhOll f a condudlng norr

A

f\1I1 ronr hl,l;hrr. you will

'>('("

,h(" ",.r.als B..."5' for

·ht"nd 5("mItOflC sharp (figurr 6).

Fingerings Som (" (""X("I"(" ;SC"$ offrr flnJ.,'<',m.t: g\I"l.ln((' In nOH'S In rh(" s(a' ·(". (("Iling you whIch fin.!:('r If a " if is rt'1X"a({"(I.

(hC"S<"

(0 liS('

(II('

form

or small nllm('rals alongsl
for fn:'({In,i; that no(r. whrrr

1 =ind(""X

(figuT("" "' ).

fingrnngs w,1I ge nrro ll ) only be F I" ('o for the first = '1mpk

(0

aVOl<1

d u( (rri ng (he s(a\"{".

• • • • • • • • • •

•

•

•

Gliss G liss IS shon for ·ghs.s..l lldo·, (he term u ~1 ill cI,' ~S,c~1 Ill105ic to muicmc ~ slcady shdr OCl" C'C1l nOlCS, In more COIl\cm por.lry lim ns till' lC'l. hll,'-luC " oJi('ll r('[crrw to as a 'slide ' or 'Gnger sli,k', but ,till indicaced

a.\

'gl", ' in

(h~ l\otat lO ll . A o li" "'Ill

go up or down

(Ilgur~, S and

!old),

\X' ith a gli" fforn OI'~ [lme CLl Jl,"(her. ~ 11 ... n Ii ,y m b, ,1 _ " mlbr to thdr Ils.ed to i[]dic~ce ~ belld - appear> in

rh~ ,c~ve .

pl.l yi nt;" the jjr>c "'ite.

wa h an art h or ad J" " IIn,l!

th~n

,lid ",,!! al" ,,!,

!h~

l ln~ In

the tab,

Th~ t!"ChnJq u~ i n \'(] Iv~"

rt-qll lr...:! nu ml:...r o((,-.,t, to ,."..,. h

ch~

",,:nnd

so m ply "O[~

A /,:1;" ' rm uol p lac«l bef
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs

N '~r.... h .. ner~t...:! b¥ h~mm",n n.'l nn nr pu llin,!; off a ,crin,!; a. a

""n Klllar fret art" ",di(:at...d wI t h" I,nkln!, 'I,d .. and rh .. ahs.-n<~

._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _L

- -,

.0

-

n If r

u" . t ., • •• • __ - _ _ _ _

g~ne r~ tt-d

WIth a

p l~k..d

nnr" to ." .... r. WIth thost" ti)llowln"': ham mered or pull..d

-

• . 7U

,, " •• .,0 ~

I

Figure 7

art"

•

Figure S

Figure Sa

/f

,

Figure 9

'--"'-"" r~-40 '

I

of" pick ",/; "ym bni O rh .. r run,

=, '" , Fig ure 9a

•

• • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • •• •

I nr('rpr~r'n.l! wh ll h "I"l'<.jum"ll I~ o..'i£Xl on tiK' J Jl'cn ion of tnt- mu<.""dms nOl l'S are ham mem l, and !l~nclll1.1! IIOtt-. are pulled olf . Th,s app li <"S wh(', h("r a ph "'<4-.t' " {(>w U)

ham m(', pu ll

g('nt'r:u~

(fi/lu,., 10) or " 1.lUnd lt."l.! "'nh a p ick st roke' (figu rt' 1 I).

Harmonics '\Iaru mJ ha rmon lr~ - In."" fift h or ~"('m h frt'l for C"lffim plt' -

;m.-

",- h l(,~·..d by damp mg a 5trlllg

JilT-cd }' (l"t'r rh.. 12d"

ind IG. tt-d by ~ d mm onJ -sha!X"1 "01t' III Iht' " ......

:l(com pro n,cd hy a Na r harm ' d o....n'" '' alld ~ bruk.,,, lilli' cXlcM mg tOC kn;:r h of , .... n.a rmu" 'l...· d urar 'on Th(' sam ("$ ,nd '(lIrN ,n ,h.. ta b by d .... let lefS -Nh ' follo"'...,j by a hm !.:!'11 I, nt' (fig u re J 2). Arnfin al harmof"" c< - I~ "" ("l<'m,rm..:J il) {relllllg .. .Klle and da mpll1J.: ,h(' sam .. sm njo; 12 f rt't~ higher - a rt' ,nd ,(art'd on In., Slav" w It h [h.. t .... ttt'd notc in paocmh('S('S and (hr dampt"d (hJrmofl K) note lfl the sha)X'

of a ,hamond, an on ",,-., h'lI t..,r, and aLm m p.lIlJ(.J by (he l(,((M" 'r follow ed b)' (t..,

fn 't no.unOC'f (fi.!!urc 13). In (hr ran, rn,s 'S ",.;I ,ut.,.) by u"n);, a num ber (or th(' focne-I rl()rr fo il ()\\"",",

-

..,

., 'i ., 'i I •

~ "


- -----.---.

Picking Symbols P,ck " mk~ art" md ,e.. tt.-d ",th t,,·o t} pN of s)'m hols T h" ,), art" not u1Uve~U y g " r n 10 arl ~roc 'SC"S, nnr arr K"orr",Uy induJ.,.) wlK-OC p,ckl"!; d Jl't '(flon ,s eflr ,...1 m

r··---·

thc (,·d of tile' p leW (figu oc 11).

j

Figure 13

- = downstroke "

Figure 14

=upstroke

Rake A r" l..r .s indl("ared hy a wavy

" ~ rtJ(al

lIod,(,I flng th" w~) tIle' p ick shou ld !low (usnally from Inw nm" ., rr lllg

11",

" gt',,~w ll ) ~ccomp'l\l teJ

by the- word 'rake' her",,,",n th"

slaV.,

1m" end ,,!!:

In

lugh

In

lfl

an arrow

thC'SC chapfr rs).

and t~lo hne (figuoc ]'j)

Rhythm Patterns Lmrs ocp rrscfl fl ng pu rr rhYTh m patt.,rns, w ,tI",ut note ,alurs for plTch. un ur III a ~oupJ ~ ~ )f difl"'rm t forlllS (partln ol a,l y in

(ht

'\'\Iorld Musi c' ( h~p ter) wht oc non -mr!od ,c

rhyt hm f"'tt~m, pJ Jy~d by drum s andlor )X'TCm Slon arr cn Kia l m the ge lt ' ". TlwS<' O);I Y br rrpr~"«"ntffi a,

on" - Io ",, 'Hav e, with o..-:ut v'11ues g iven f"r insrnlm r nt (fjJo( u r~ 16). or as ll(Jrlll ,d fi ve-

1",(, ~f~Vt'S w uh ht>"1 va lll~.' ,;,Vt"11 hut 110 pitch iuJ ica tion or ordinary nores fall onJo( .t Il Oil th .. .'Jm~

S!-"lCC 10 Indl Cal r a lack of p" "h " .. Iu" (f, tl ","" 17), T he corrco imerprr latl on of I"a( h will Ixexplain",1 ",uh on rhe re leVll.Ilf md ,,',d ua l

L hapt~n; .

Triplets Wh;lf('\'rr rh!:' rhy!hmi <' valu" of th,,'r nJllst iw em notc'S (WhKh . of ( onrst". " a lway., th!:' !.l!lle for ("ach no re on a rhl"«' -norr ,l;fOu pin ,;), trl p l~1'i are inJic-J tctl b y the ntl m br, T and lon k'''t;

brncke(5 abovc or brio\\' rh!:' appropr,art" not"" III t he .'[,J'-" (figuoc 18). SIm Ilarly. "" h('f('

~x{llplt'C$ (K'CU r -

t hough a ram )' - ther

Im l..mj: brockers abo~"(' or hc-Iow rhe:- approp riaao " ot<:>l

III

a~ mJKJ[('<1 by , h(' nu m heor ' ('i ' :mJ

I !

. L_

the stave (fij:uoc 19).

As for S<'pwplefs and ·fj \·!:'cupl.,r' (qu ,ntuplet s) - ~'rs, t he)' ex'~t

_

""

I~ J,*II--~~

]~ : :: : "._

Figure 1 S

Figure 16

"--- - -

~I

I

Son_2;3

Figure 17

,

••

___ r --

J •

:c: rI .

,=

~ .

r"\ .

~ • •• I I I I

Figure 18

------------~--TI~ 41

- --

Figure 19

MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS Ie

m~ J...,'S sell.'"

mlllO! ch" rd s.

Cu sta rt wah N,'rO(~

som~

chords , SO hl' rc M(, dw Sh3p'" (',r

Iha l III m m pa n."Iln to rh ...

COnt •...,.t " f 'hr;x h r malor wn h

m.l ,OI"S ,

fh ~

mO$. -llSrti IlM)O' and

t ht' m inors !>Ound solA 1bc l'mul l"naJ

minor is crunal w tilt' vasl h ul k of W~l('m m usIc

'~ad'

A, you tack I" ,h(' shap<-s l h"" k fha r t
thl'

f, ,,~n' ar~

III ril ... rit:1ll

pbc~,

play

~~(" h

IS

S0l1lJd,"!; W h.. n

siring indlvidua lly_ If !lOfCS do nOI so u"d , th .. u,ual

co us..'~ af~: a flfl~('r on 11K metal if.,t , a flngt-' WO ["t

'""''"f from

til .. mt'ral (11'[, nOt p r"",,,.'! hard

('!lough, ot a f ....fl m}( fing<'T lOud" u,.; and rhel"(·for(' mu ong an ad jact'm $rro ng.

A spet-ial word muSI Ix- 'kud ahm't rh" sha~ for B, 8m , F and K m Tht'S(' 111"01,,.. play'",>: " Ixo rr"" hut rou (~ Il I.lSC th~ vt'rS",,, wl fholll dw rL.dl [,.. rrt' fi>r now. ull ul Y('l.lf fi llgt'r:.

I(.. r

u~1

to rh .. ft'C) uirt·d pos ilio" _ , , Wit h II ~Ild Hill lhe Ix"s IInf .. on rh t· fi f{h s l rin~ is thn~for .. op r' tlnaL

MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS

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,

,

,

c

8

,

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1,

WJ

•

-

5 1 3 5

5 1 3

1 351 3

,,

,, I,

r1J

0

,

8m

.

r

,,,

135 1 ] 1

1 5 1

~3

5

Master the chords on this page and you will have the most common major and minor variations at your disposal. a long with some barre shilpes you can move up and down the neck to create diffenmt chords. The numbers beneath each of the chords show the role each note is playing. A basic: 'triad' has a root note (1) which gives It its name. The other two notes. the third (3) and the fifth (51, occupy the third and fifth steps in a scale built on the root. More complex chords add extra note$ fTom the SUole.

1 5 1 I] 5

,,

,

,

0

[1-+++-1 1~

1 5 1 i3

=

1 13 5 1

,

I'

"m

Elm

Em

l-

F-

~

1 3 5 1

5 1 3 5 1

• 151 151

,

I

~

1 5 1 3 5

, ,

,

51

~ 351

1 5 1

~3

5 1

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• •

• • •

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

jIl SEVENTHS Tht ntH most com mon g roup o( chords i, l h~ """tllt h.\ , ! I"r~ are two typ'" fotrneJ hy adding it

single llOle

to

t he major cho rd . Don 't wor ry if you <:an 't play

initially. The B7 barrt

v~t, i()] ]

the fingers t wO frel s towa rd

will

t h~

gi\'~

YOll a

nu t. Tlw

Ij t tl~ fin;.;~r

( h~

In

an d 1'7

A7 if you tah off

difter~nt

h~ rr~

r h ~ harr~

chord s.

and

m()v~

WJth 1'7 is optional.

The maj or .,,,,,,,m h chord has a , idle, ,,,,, nd than tlw fir8t typt'. Again. b",t tlw Bmaj 7 and Ema j7 if yOll fi nd l he", d i!Ti~u lt. Th~ F#maj7 has t h~ advantag~ "fl"'int; a m ()v"hl~ ,ho rd t hat docsn't h ave a barre. M"k~ ,,,te chac all {h ~ st rin;; , that , ho u ld he ""u odi ng art. ot h ~rw i""

YOll

may miss the sevent h!

SEVENTHS ,

0

A'

,

,

o

I-

0'

,

o

,

,

,

0

o

o

•

i 4

-

15 1 3 17

1 3 1715

1 5

15 1735

~7

3

1513 f 71

0

0

,

MAJOR SEVENTHS

0'

o

0

,

0

1+ '

0

0

,

Dma/

,

0

,

0

~

-I

4 -

I

4 -

1 5 '73 ;71

13513 \7

,,

,,

o

I

-

~

1 5 7 3 5

,,

1 5 7 3 5

I

0

0

4

-

J

II

1 573

I

j

I,

1 357

1 357

1 57 3

These seventh and major seventh chords wil l expand your vocabu la ry considerably. and add richness to your playing. They are simp le variations on their major counterparts and re lative ly e asy for the beg inner to form .

Gmaj1

o

, -+

1 3 5 7 3

1 3 5 1 5 7

45

USING A CAPO In ord er to make playlO).! In f[,!lOcul! k"Y$ ...AlS' .. r, /olU ,fur"rs u_"" a cl ..",c.. l nown as a 'capo', TillS may look I,ke a mN ,('v:d IOs rru nl('nr of lon ur.. hur , all a KUl ta n 't,

It 's

u" .. of

~·tlur lx'S! {ricllJ ~.

It ans as a (In.! fi n!,"!.'! substi tu te wll(' n hold ,o,l: a hMrt', or a l rt'matl~..,ly It COUl bt' rhnugln of as a rn"v~ble nU l. If a key would norm.1 l1 y m ('9.11 lo(s o{ ha rn: chords (and an w-h m); hand) th.. (:> po

w,ll allow you

ttl

t urn most of lh... bart'(' chords ,m o 01"-'0 SH,"): shap",.

I Je re's an c"L1mplc: you nN'J to piny a song tha t was f("(uMn! C m,

£:\ . Ej,

pl~y(-d

and Fill - ;,11 barf(" c hords. If you

wit h the sha pe of the (hor..t a

Auual p m -h:

A,

8,m

Cm

G

Am

8m

th .. capo at

I'll l

~m u on('

oclow

10

I h.,

C"po IV

s h ap,~ :

O r. for a n cx[(cmc

o

C

Cm

0,

E,

Fm

E

F#m

G#m A

8

C.m

Ix>

E,

Fm

G

Am

W~

u >uIJ d o it

0011("'$1 .

8,m

Cm

Capo VI II Sh3pt"S:

C

Om

Em

th~

You will nutlO: t har as h..n~ r

'lilT

p lay ),: o i[;>r w lf h a frir ml ,

'" F

n Ip" g"'" u p rh..

11 ... 1.:

th" IllIlb re of thc F Ul tar

d d l l)t' r-~[ .. Ir Th~y

t hat
':-.111

Em

",m

A,

'om ~ t h il1,1(

fr.. t "",,-h churd

Fm

Ac

Auual p ll d l:

o r d own a kty

r. I1)'

II .

Much eas ier, and ir rou nd s N: rrt·f "x.! And Ih:\! \ nut til .. "" Iy "'''Y Ac n wl ])If( h :

A.> m aJUf and u,;o,s Aj., B!.m,

t h~1r "" I(~ .

11 • 111,0.:

whlth

JI", use a capo

'~""";

a OIl''' h l,o.: h on "n...

\0

W Ill

chanFc. Th,s IS

sh Ift a chord = Itlcncr til'

I"u rm llg" nlW SCI of chords . L~SI I )', ifyotl "j

the SUl t"rs

c ~n

crem r a rrsonanr sound

w" h rh" two ,l( u itars p lnyln,o.: rh.. sam.. ( hurd, 10 1,0.:11 und I"", :

G

Am 8m C

D

Em

F

Op"" <.hord,

G

Am Bm C

D

Em

F

Capo VI I shal";".5

C

Dm Em

G

Am B)

1\ct u ~.J

pi lC h:

G uita f I

F

MINOR 7, SUSPENDED 4 , SUSPENDED 2 CHORDS By mc(l'i y mo" ,nF be)'ond

I h('

hnsl C m ajo r choo:ls - ",h.,r., " pp "'p ro a{., - co m llet shapo's th::o t

" n n'l m uch more dIfficult to play, Slmp l(' sonp ca n mk., on :..:Id"'" [t ns.on and afm'''pht're I lt r" art' thTft' mhef types of chorJ that h uildt n;_ TI lt ml1luf T h" Bm7 will

Sl'v~ lII hs

•

ofl('n found on songs, an<1 can I,., useful m, ...i

ar<' tile" mmor ' "('('Sion of , he 1\7, B7 an.1 so on prtv iou sly shown

yitld ~" altern~(lve Am7

d uwn toward th" nul. 1'1", 1,1\ 1,'

46

;)1'('

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

fi l\S~t

If yo u ("k(' off the bo rn' and mov., tht" iin,l!"rs t"'I> frt"f' wllh F#m7 IS ol' llon,,1.

•

• •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

hna\lS~

uf

nut('

a simple major chord

fO

t h~i r

tensiun . In t he case of Asusl\ . J)susll and ESlls-i a ll [har is rt quired is to add a sh~JX' .

T hc Asus 2 and Ds us2 >ll'(' pop ular oc.::a usc thc rcvcrsc

tx lr<::llro

haptX'ns: )ou juSt lift a flngcr 0[1 a suing that would usually

[or A or D. Thc susl is

not as tcnsc and has an open, 'hollow' sou ud .

A MISCELLANY OF EFFECTIVE ACOUSTIC CHORDS II el'(' arc 16 chords lha t sound grcat on au acouslic guitar. Som t arC created by eith~r Iifiing a

finger oIT a notc with a com mou

b" rr~

chord simp<' up (D6I'). Am aj7), or reSOUa nCe AI",

withi!] it

lx...:aus~

i nclud ~d at~

lher~

t wo firs t

shap" (BmaJd 4, I'ffm 7add I I , FIllaj7add I I) or [[Hw ing a

a r~ uni 'l u~

'voic ings ' - lih

aile two (;, alld two cs at the

i nv~ t';i on

" hur(h -

(~ IB

th~

sam~

C whic h ),a" a Il-"u ing

pi tch.

and 1) /1'11- t hat

oft~n f~alur~

in a(ouM i,

,,, ngs. Fir' l i nv~ rs i" n ,im ply m~an~ t ha t t h .. roo t note i~ not the luwes t in the c hord , rhe "third' i ns r ~ad

abovt ir is p layed

_ rhe nNe that is two tont's h ig her t han the rOOt in a majo r chord. Try

these out and karn tht' ones you l.i ke rOt your own p laying.

MINOR 7 AN D SUSPENDED CHORDS

,,

Am'

I

, , ,Dm'

,

I

4

I

4

J

I

..

~

II

. Ftm7

II

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,,

~

I4 I

---

.

I4

4

I

.1

G,u~4

,,,

,

, , , • e,

f- -

-+

,

I

-

,

• -

-

I

47

'.'

w EFFECTIVE ACOUSTIC CHORDS Ffm 7add 11

,,

•- - - -

09 add 11

•- - -

,

,~

----

•

8m add 4

,

,, ,

•

II I -

~

• • • • I

I 'm',

,

0

' ,

·,

"

,'m'

,

Am add 9

~

'Jj

I

I-

I4 r~

f-,

All (no I .d)

I

,

.,

-

A add 9

Fmaj1add 11

,,

,,

II

I

;I

I

Om' •,

I I

IJ

I

I4

•

-

,OJ,, •

OIFf

0 _"- _

•

C add 9

,

,

.,

I Amajl

I I4

I

• I

I

- H -

I I I

48

• •

• • • • • • • • • • • • ~4d • • • • • • •

STRUMMINC PATTERNS N o w rou lJ;lvt' plrllly ofrho rds

(Q

p lay with . So !ct "s lurn our auem;on

to

du, hand thaI h, t" th ..

str; nb"S_ Alc hllugh 01 .s poss,h l(' ro st ru m wit h yo ur t hwnh or t he uppe(Sid .. " f your fi ng .. n: . thobo;st

m ot'

f(,.

5tra'ghf-on rhyrhm playing is prod uertl b y usi " g a p ick , or plectru m . ThO's .. small

pie(:~ " f p lasm" are- h.. ld oct ween t hu m b and {oreli"g er (doll 't lJ."" you r.second fi oJol .. r ht-<-auS<'

you migh t wam to p luck

~

Sl rmg wi t h

the S:J rnt' t ime as ho ldi ng th .. p ick). The' rhu mh

1\ aI

cwsSt:S , h.. fi ng'" af app rox imact'ly II n g lll angk. Most of t he pick should bo' I;npp"'-! _ rh .. , ..

d oesn't " t:"Cd

hr m uch show iog

((>

to h it dX' strings. P icks

in var ious sha f't's ancl

COm ..

th ick n.. '~s . I'm a(ousr ic si ru mming a th in olle is {,olSit'S! 10 ',.,g in wil h and mlxh. XIVt' Tht' bIoST wn~ for janx.ly hUT nor-roo a~ rcssivt rhyth m p laying. Th ick pi("ks pu r u p more rn lSla nc('

againS I Ihr ST rongs and (ake

~

link

mor~ ~ffi}ft, w h i l~

a1", ind ,,("inx. a lifTk mo rt' volume. Th(o

sr ru mmin;\o: an ion is mos(ly (rom th~ f" rearm as il han).;s off the rop of Thc g u iTar bu r (he harK! wmClimcs conr ributts a lietle for emp haS I'.

of g, ~.od strum mi nt( ran he su m ma rised as follows : ntn ncss of tont , :Ivnidi ug

T he cssc nc('

bass strings rhut (tre not mea n!

cont roll ing t he vnl ume, and

to

he hir, rhc ab ility

k ~t pi n;i;

to

strum up and dow n with t
sready t im e. h also means knowing whtn urtd how to Ie-ave-

OU I strums,

Exe rci se 1 Me-IS us srarrr:'<"! , Hold down an E m ajor chord. Tap your foot, count

or set a

metr()nom ~ !!"trl/j

to

ytHme- lf,

ar a mtdiu m tt'mpo (arou lld 80 to 90 bpm). ntis t'l
trl

4/4,

wh ich m"'J n." f" u r burs to t:a<"h bat, St rum clownwa rd s every other btc-.tt , I ht' n (tn ~3('h he-al , rhe-n

twice On .,lKh l>t'lll (e lgh, h-nortl or q ua vers), then fou r l imes o n "'.teh btat ( 16th-note:s or $/;'m l-

quavt'I"S). l)ept'M ing on how fast or slow you 're going you may fi nd . ha. s trum m ing rwO("t' and /l.ur t Imes 10 a btal IS roo Jifficu lt JUSt g oing d ownwards. Th .. answt"T IS to sfru m {Iown and up ,

al' t"mat ing .

Exercise 2 g ives fli ne ~! rum ml ng palll'rns. T hl' fi rs! is a sl ru m

how wlrh r:ach cxampl., somt' serums are I3 k"n away; Ihc ("hord

I~

til

str-ug h t e'gh t hs. Not tee

allowru to rillg. Th e w i.' is :

, he fas, er the te mpo the- longe, a gap you Oln it"avc. W il li IV , here is the JO lroU unlO,(I of p 'tt t'·.

Th is IS the line join ing dlot' fift h q uave'

10

thl' fou rt h. A ric means you slIike the fi rs t of t ht'

JOtlled pai r bUI not the ~"nd . Inst"""" tho: fi rs! laSIS for . he le ngr h of time of bot h 1101 ($ , In

any wllS you cou ld use uny

•

on ~

or a mixru rt" of slrufll lll ing panerns. Your choice will d t:-pt nd

on mood, t em po) and 'o,,~)V~ '.

I

•t

•I

,

, •

,

J

Ij

j

j

J l J

VII 1

J

•

, , , , ,

,

,

,

1, 1 , 1 ,1,• I ,nu n ;>! ! ! !! ! ;11 j j j j J J J j J J J I fffi fffi fffi fffi

•t

•

I

•t

•

j

•t

1

t

V

I

LJ J J J t

j

"

1

LJ J J J

!

j

n

J I

t

rl

VIII J

t

l' J

t

j

t

j

J l l l

•

~-~ -----

.L

J l l l J l l l

IV

--_.. _-•!

, , ,

'" J,

----j

n

VI I

j

J

~

J J J J

t

I t

l' J

l'fl

~

j

J IX I

n

49

t

j

n

J t

j

l' J

J

~

1

j

t I

.Ffl

I

n

1

,

I 1 I

ffi

J

O nt" way to mak .. you r srrum m ml<

mUTt' IIa" n:<'tlllg

IS to p ick some of the bass noct:s of t ht'

chords ;ndivid uJ li y and rkt-n h .. rht- (-hord ,

~L' ...

p ic k'o ·stru m . The bass not{'

om.. "f the, dlOrd . I lell'

IS

u sua ll y th ..

f"I)1ir

exerci se 3 . l b is IS

is known as

il)'k

a ,,·cLl-lmown chord

5C
I n ex erc:ise 4

I

h(" bass nOH'S all;' nor a ll roo t n,,(.-.I, though t h.. tech mq ul'

Inuoo un ions!O songs a nd hn b !x-. W('t'f1

(hl'no
in smgle 00(0.'5. with chords on iwrw t't.'n , as on

-

.' , " ,

,

by Pmk Floyd or d R'

Inrro

this pop ub r approach

10

to

l he sam!.'.

and V.,rk, ,,,m t'll mes f"'-dl llf(' a p hrase p layed

exe rcise 5

1 .t'<1 7.t'PIlt' I ," ·~

IS

A ""lIg like 'WlSh You W Cn' H <."f"("

'0 " ... T ht' H il ls And l;df Away' arc cXlJ rn p lo:s of

p ,d;:'n 'SU\lm .

I

,

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CD1 TRACK 1

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~

• •

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I

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,

,

Om

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•

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BASIC FINCERPICKINC PATTERNS Exe rcise 6 bass nOles. In ~im llltn nNl U ~

s how~ ~tK h

14 d,ffer"" t r, "g n -pick ll ig pm tcrns. N oticc how caSt rht' no tt' of

effect of strtl m m ,n",

th~

d l. " d

F ,nl;~rs t y l ~

:,,~

rhu mh looks

aft~r th~

., (, wl(.ling b ut in a di fferent man nt'r to

p lay ,n"

{'as ily",bpt the patt crns fo r (, /8 !o }/1 . Moo! of ! h~

I h~

g~!I ~ r~t~s

~lCampl ~s u~

a C chord , a

wit h its COOt on thc fi fth suo ng. You can f, nd Vlm aro ons of t h~", palttm.1 for mot notes on t he (o unh or SIx th stron).;!. OhY'o" , ly

t h~ m"r~

rh~

its o wll rh),t hm , too. You Can

striu6'S

In

fi ~(;-st ri ll"

c h()fd~

~

chorcl

wi dl lil(""

cho rd the mol'("

patterns you could d..-.' ISC to play them . Let 's COll tIn ue by try,n,!; some sl,,,hfly XIV t a k l'

II.

rhyt h m . Remem ocr Ex~ mple

XI V is

to

f h~m

b lu('$ pa Ul'rn

In

exercises. E:mmpks XI -

unn) n'l.-.uusly ilff""u.'\(> of thel! syucop:uoo

work OUt the th ll m h p3f H"rn firsr and

~ l wo·bar

thrtt ral her tha n (wo.

50

mor~ n'mpl~ K ti nl!~ r pKk ",g

h it more work berore you can do

rh~n

ti r tilt" o l hl'r

swunJ.; rhyrhm - t:ach ht:a t

nOle~ to Lt .

d ; ~,des Into

rill" f('{"1 of

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1 COl TRACK 2

II

,

,

'"

IV

,

,

v

VI

VII

VIII

•

i~~==~~:=, ~~~~ ,

•• IX

X

XI

12)

f-------c,- • ' , •

I

)

1> '

•

,

emajl

XII

XIII

•

r

i

i

i

i~~=:::::l :=:-~'•:::='=:;:::::= ,.• XIV

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,

1 Exercise 7 i, a

"m pl ~ asc~"di ng fing~rpi (k app llC'<.1 (0 ~ po pul ar c hord ptns,-.,.;s;n" with a

J esc{'miinS baIs -l int". Tht" 611'1 t im .. signaturt' mtan s tWO bc-atS

In

a bar. f'a("h dl vidlns inlO thrtt:

12.3, 1 ';6 . Tah ' It slowly a r firsr , t h.. n b Uild s~ and pb ~' ad InCi llitu m um;1 }'OU ,I,'t"r rht" hans of it. It will fed

nTot"t i ro~'(" ,

{'.. rl a.n ly. b UI

Ih,~

IS 11,.. son of e:ll."OC,S(' t hat really h uillis you r

fi ngecp ie klllg sk ills.

Exercise 8 also srarrs on A m",or hur '" eh.. lae"r bars moves up the ncr k. NOI' e.... rh .. way the open B-sn ins ,s ust"<1. In .. .ally t h.. patt ern is brok.... n up and [ ht" p.[ch

ord~,

",>t.., ar.. " I......,

on asceudlllg order. but from bar rhrtt [har

pr..d l{l ubl~.

CD1 TRACK3

J,... 9(1

'm

Am

'm

G

~

Am

, .

-r1

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3

Am acld9

E/O#

Am

-..

-..

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52

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• • c.

Bm

r- iJe

r-iJ

rT1 ,..

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0 -•

F s us2

'-'-J

l.J.-'

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-.L...J

• , ~,

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1 In exercise 9 a sLrnpk a$Ct'ndln/o; fing.. r-pick is applleti to numbt-r of m ~·"r.;itlns are ust"
D/F_ and ClIO

(Q

jOin

invers ions; ttl<-

T he Hm7 fFil and ArnIE "rt' seco nd

3

chnrd S«.ju('n("

In

wh Ich a

up rW I pclS'!'On chonis. 11115 .s rom mon

In

nOI ~ afr~r

l(,w~1 In

InV('fSU.m

th.. forward slas h

(lmld." in wh ich

s ,~ n (f) ,~

Ihl'

Ih..

r. (, h of th..

fo lk p lay ing_

~ hord

p in ho

is at th e

bouom. Exercise 1 0 also uses sam(' (ommon In versions hu t til(' , j, rt'n" m of picking is r('vcrscd , N Or Kt a l ~() that two no tes arc sound .,..'! tog .. th .. r for each g rO\I!' of 'l ll a"t'fs ;11 bars l -.3.

L,k(' 3/4, 618 tLm .. lends itself to up-and-down pa tte rn s like Ihis one. Exercise 11 is anorht"f common prog res, ,,,,, with" descending h.1SS Imt:, Exercise 12 (ovrr Ih.. pall") pl C("C With

IS

a sy ncopated

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ALTERED T UNIN(iS 5cnndard tllning _ EADGIIE - is a won derfill (-o mprom i><: that allow" a guirari,t

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •L • •

many keys, despite its bias (Oward E mi nor. Many acousri ,- guirari\Cts,

work in

to

how~ver, hav~ ,~atcheJ

new tones by altering this luning. Somc pbyers srumble on alttrt'
showed thcm how to tune lhe g"itar 'properly' so rhey simply u><:d their strings to an op<"n chord (Richie I [aven> ,md Jon;

and

( ) th~",

Silti ng to mind)

r" }-( )jj~

tun~d

the n~w

chase.::!

tunings consciously

!O

cm"bte tlw droning effens of non- Wes t"rn instrum"nts such as th" si tar,

or

to

kcep a bass goi ng

make ir easie r

to

t h~

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improvi><: a mdody-

An altered luning can creare beautiful nt'w chords and

IlHlsical territories come

•

~f irch(' ll

~ar

fo r

at

s timu l at~

your

n~ativity. Th~" e Il~W

a price, however. First , riwr(" is the funing in and out of

t h~ m ,

with

aneudallt risk of broken string s and iffy illlonation. Sccond . if you find so me htautiful

d10rds you had I",uer wri te d ,em down . Rcmcmbt'ring cho rd shnlX's in (c n c!i fftrtnt tunings is

okay if you play

t h~

pi",,.,,

r~gula rl y,

ioh rryinJ.; co rtrall whac thty

but

' )]]L~ t h~y

,lip from the mind il ca n be a {rusuar ing

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SIN(iLE STRIN(i ALTERATION

T he simplesr way co h<:"gin playin)o! arOllnd with new nmings is ,imply [his boo k I've invenred a funing in which the

\IS

E A ell G B E. To do rhi s, fret

ell on

th~

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string

j, detuIl~d

changt one string. For

s~!!litone

to C!", givi ng

f,fth ,trill/<: at the fou rth fret and lower the olX'n D

um il [he two art in n ill e (ro g t't hack ro stanclard reverse rio"

p n )C~" ) _

dominam nim h chord. l'vt supplied tiJ.;ht (-hord \Chapt, and two sho rr lh is wning . Exercise 13 is a ri ff wirh a hl uesy sw ing rhythm hu t

•

to

by a

T hi, implies all A

~xen:i,~,

'()m~

you Can play in

unus ual chord" Try

to kct p tht bass nott st cad y and fit lhe higher pans around it. Exercise 14 i~ ~.mpl ~ upwa rd pickin/<:_ ton~s

n,~

idea is

to

pby it s lowl ~ and let tht strings ring so you can hcar (hc unorr hodox rhord

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1 DROPPED D Th~

mo"t famous smg k -striu!; altnallun IS known , somt:w ha! n mfusmgly, as 'Jropf"'d It , Mol'('

(Ic( ura tely, rht, bo n om E i., 'drop ped ' -

(h ~ (

is. tLi " .,J d own a tont' to D . Th is lunin;;

with rock players b..'c('ust< th., ho rrom (h rC'C suing., rnak" a pe wn-chorJ und the l"w

fi ,. bu nchmg oca\ly nffs , Folk playcn like it bo:cau"l' t~

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provi drs an o.:la\·"

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stri ng D w ith

Upi' ll

fou rrh su mg fOI un ulrl' rna( ,ng th u mb It"dmiqu,,_ Th" frt' tung hand " th us fnx to move

whe,,,,,,,,

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wants on (ht' net-k. This tu n mg prfl\l un .':S m u,-h dt"q'(" sou nJmg s ix-string D and

Om (Chonl> .

In exercise

15

th~

f" urt h and sixth opo.' n stri n.-;s ar" played by the thumb. Abov\' th(',e,

a se rieS of thirds awl f"urths move up anJ d ow11. Th is is on", way of erc"t in,!; an acwmp;lnim cnt

fur a "oice.

T he th umb o nly ah r rnau:s on the hrat ,n tilt- 1118 PlC"t:l' II I e x ercise 16. Abovl', tht' fingl'rs [ rt't a

s ln~lt'- notl'

mdod y ,,11th so mt'

d('("ornu~·l'

your thumh wu ri:. ng n gin firs! , {ht'n fi r rhl' mdody

to

ham mt'r....,ns an.1 puLl -ofIS. Ag-.lln , h ..1 tilt' S{"ady puisI' of t h l' bass "" {"S, nO!

tilt' mhn way around .

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i OPEN G MAJOR After the ~ "'gl,,-sH"'g alr"r'JClun "'.. havt' Orl<'n fll o mg P!U1 )(, f, wtwrt' rh" srn ngs art' (un(, 1 fO

• • • • • • • • •, • • • • • • • • • •

m ak.. a sImp l.. mal' " ~ ur m ,nOf (·hord . Each of the- SIX srri nh'S is t uned

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one of fh l"C(' chord wn('s . r;,,('-s w ~

'nIt' mOSf pnpub r " 1"..0 m n",); .s ( 1)('0

(i

banJo). Th .. nnr"" of a (i ("hord an '

n D . Sl an
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(also one of t he mos! popular ( unmgs for

SU IIISS fi'Uf. thl't't' and tw\>, so [he:- Hm ,ng IS creafc<1 by lowering strinh'S SU:, {j~(' an;.! one
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T h., .m mhi.~ rt" p l11("!lcal d ft'< 1 of Ih is Hln in!; i ~ th at ,1 barre p laccJ acn)!;s Ihe lOp r.~e st n n~:'s ,I t

any f.t l w,1 1 cr('a[t"" a rool position m ajor chorJ . The Ihr."" chords nttdt-d for a 12-1...... pru~rt"~ " o!l and many olher 501\f:'s will be fo und on th e "p"'n .-r rin!{." at the fiftrt and st'v~nth f.t"I" w"h th" 1.2[h fret giving 'Ill oetaw h 'g her. Sm >llM harmoni cs are alw availahk ar frtts fivt", !;<"v!.'n and 1 2

by b yi ng" fi n~er ~I C roSS th t" sm nMs rI !{ ht O~'~ r th~ mttal frt l hut nor pllsh, n!,: rh(' m against tht·

{rei board . Strike II I ~ ~trings and Me nd y pull the fin w" away an d you will ht'ar Ih t !,:hosrl y. 1x'1l -

Try holdll1g duw n eh., second free on [ht" fil"5 t and fOurt h srrinh'"S (an ocean") 1U1d m ove t h" up

Most accomplished players can qukkly pick up some refreshing new melody lines by changing to an altered or open tuning, but finding and remembering new chord shapes can take a lot more

and down as yuu st ru m al l tht" scron,l:s.

work . These chord boxes make

likr to nes of h"mum ks. O pe n G "'Jkt'S a vt"ly f"l1 S0l1lld If st rum med. If a h.'lrrt is htl d down variotl s nOft'S 01.11

Ix-

adJcJ by the other I' "g,·n;. Th., first t h~ I hord nuxes ht low ind,catt" how ,hiS 's don!.'. Th(' t"nmg is JI.", u,,,,d

tu

r nw,d., drone nmes,

a.~

ocraves or s, xths or rh",ls al"(' m(lv(,,1 up t h(' n("("k.

;II

sl iJe p lay,ng. Ke It h R,dl:lrds us£'d o]X""n G (,n Roll ing

handy compendium of fingerings to get you started in open G . Some

Sl ont'S clasSICS such as 'Brown Sugar' and 'Sran Me Up'. U"" a capo wit h all "I""'n tu ''' n,l: " Y"u

even make u seful ' movable chords'

<">pt-n r tt n, n~s also kn
w ,sh

10 (" h3~"<, ,ts

kc.-y. O]X""n G w" h ~ (""~P" at [ht- third fret hecom .... opt"n lib ma/vr

OPEN G CHORDS •

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most popula r ('xampks of a more (um ple-x l u nln,L: . II has

tunmg. In fan,

It 'S

th.. ea rl)' 1960s b y [)a vey Gr~ h~m, a key (]gul'('" m any

pl~y('rs

m ls lt:adIn~ l y

a Dsus4 chow . DAIXi AD was ,rllro.l u((·d In

,he

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folk

' m, od~1'

btcl"n .-ailed a

t he worl d of fulk g uitar 5("('0(' .

smcc-, IIlcluJ .ng P' Ctr<, Bcnsusa n, {or whom II '5 now 'Sland ar
a roc k COntCxt by J Immy

Pa~"(" ,

In

If has bt-.. n used hy In

who uS<'<.! " for 'he m 'J.;h ry 1.("<.1 7KP CPI( ' Kash mir

lIere af{" som e DA DGAD chord 00X:('$ for you 10 strum or fin gt' r-p.rk. To condmk , exercise 17

IS

a ( o m posUl on co mlt... 1 ' Posrn ml To I}(· oys',

3

fun p i....:"

WIt], lots of be nds and J"COr.l(Jv(' h~mm('r-on lpu l1-off figuTl's typlCal of rht" sty le known a.

'("Ik hamqu .. ' It ,hould bt, p layt"d Wit h 0 ~ l lgh tl y sloppy louch. I n kcrpmg with HS hum orous ~ P"'{

t he ,ru m

allud~.,

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THE EXEROSES A tempo indICation Hl "oc:u s pe r mln utc' (hpm ) IS ,!.ll Ve- il fur .w:h ""<:I<-j.",,_ W it h a mNn>nOm ..

or d rum machine you d,,,

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d, .. chords fur you , or

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the-m on Ulpc unJ tocn p lay alon/-:.

RHYTHM ut \ ["'g ill wit h an easy-tO-pJ d)' roc k ligu rc thl t Ius

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exercise

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dnwnlup P" k",1'i ti, t :,

rh yth m, at fi rsl w ilh dow nst rokes of

somewh~ 1

difT('rctlt rhythmic (rd . (The

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'shuffle' variation of this (Jg ure Ca n '--'" fiJ LUOJ ill powered great rock playi ng from Chmk

Exercise 2 is a va riat io"

wh~ r" t h~

Notice also the chan ge from E

to

th~ 'Blue, ' sh t io " .) T h is popu lar

Ilott

un tht fr~rr<:,d st ring goes ~ furthtr semiront up .

A com<:" on the last off_hear of bar

wit h it, dis t ina ive 'pu ll' across d",

rhyt hm has

B~ rry to ()asi~_

har- l in ~,

OlW .

Th is syncopiHion _

is typ ical of rock . Rtnwmocr (0 fry

[0

gCI eac h pair

of not", l h" same v()j um~ _

Exercise 3 sho"" arc illtmd uced t hat

~ ,ub d ~ yet di,tinnive third vuiar ion on rh is the nll', wlwre cwo nores

t~ m pora rily

"dip'" [h", roo r

n or~

in ta(-h har, Syncopation is

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again

present on lh" la't ()fI~b.,at. It is ab o 1"'" ,;1>1" to lJ S~ thi s rhyr hm fi g ll rt in a new way by ru m ing it imo " set of singk Il()t~s in-'t~ad

of >rri ki ng rwo notes at a time, as in

in bar fo m from h itri ng rhe sixth sui ng

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exercise 4 , Wa lch om for lhe u;msilion

h itting tile lourth suing.

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i f yo u fi nd th is a bi t o f a SUI'(ch at fi rs!. Drop your t hum b well Ix-hinu the nITk. 1ba. will help ~'ou r frl"Hi nt: ha nd open OUI.

prog=

,on (chords I, IV

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Exe rciH 5 sho ws the boosu:' ngun' fo Llo "";ng a common chON V

In

B majo r).

Exercise 6 d isp lays t he sa me .J ro "' E majo r St,ln uIg 011 rht, fi rth or ' h<." Si xt h slrIngs ('nables you to p b y

It

til(' fi ft h sm ng. Starrmg on l'itiK't

In any ma jor key. and

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pItch II high e r or

low... r. Song s lik(' Sral us Quo's 'Paper Plane : Q u('('n's 'N o w I'm I lef{" and Super Furry All1 mals '

'R inp Around Th(' World' fail ure thiS. To help f Oll mcmonS<.' the p:lttern th il t governs t he- I-IV-V c h~ngcs, Exercise 7 is.ot ll rs rhe

root nOies. Bars 1-2 gi ve the pa tt ern for

~tarti .. g

fi fth . Exercise 8 , how.• h()w " flJ;"'al

~f/t-( tS (;1.11 I", had w" h t h IS rh yt hm fjt;U r" by m()vi nt;

on Ih.. si xt h Slr illg ; IXI "" 5-4 for start ing on

b"tw""n I"" rdated rout outrs. Chord VI on to majO r shou ld he n" All in th" T R ~,(s t h~

k~y

of E. wh ,c h '5 who1[ rh('

' Mambo Sun ' from tht,

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of the rhythm ligu n' ...'~ h~,,~ h.,.,n playln,l;

ba>C<.l on a major triad held by tI...

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on rhe lusher

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Exercise 10 IS a variaC"," relatt'd t o F.x('r("OS(' 2 ""h("I'(' ,he fi nt.:e[,!,"OCS u p o lle aJ di u o nal (" 'I . I bc note you addoo w .,..u;-h chorcl, n F.Xt'rnSI' 9 IS k no"m as I h(' sunh of til(' cho rd . I f we add t h.. foun h as w,,11 as t h.. ~;xr h lack a

rt K,t

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exercise 11. (Ja N

1-2

nott'_ Thl~ I~ ~uAA ..su,,1 on hars 3--1. I. IS l.105s.blc b Ul awkwa rd : th" I,ttl.. finger m lJ.~1

bold down lh .. ilK'! a nd d am p I h.. fi fTh smn,l( In exercise 12 a ['('J.ll ed £lgu rc ad ds th.. f..urth

and t he mnt h to t h .. ha, ;,- ",....-1 Nor,,;",. . ht 1\ ' ho .... 1 10 b.lr

Ihe

root

t WO

has a powerful sound llt'<.a lJ.>;<'

lIot.. is mnel y Ih.. "pro fi fTh SHlng. ThiS fi g u['(' on A IS

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bar twO

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ar.. dom ,"af(~l hy Iffi'

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~ m"u m

of dI stort ion. You may aln":luy know II u nd. r Iht' !lamt'

commonly uSt..J by T"de Hu" ar'SIS. , h.. ·pow... r {horJ', and

It

IS ('S.w ll (l al to m..su.' , fo, l

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1". ..IVy. d"<,,,,\...:1 $Ou nds fro m overwhelmi ng th(' mix _ as
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- II1('y M(, al so surprisi ngly eHut;,-.. 0" amu,W-

Strum ! h lS S('(lllcncc in exercise 15 wi th "['* n-suin).; chords . Th ("n play H liS r. f~ hs , ~ s Wrl nt'n 0\1{

N o(i ce t he 1.lJn"· t~IIC"~ . I1v~1I oil an a("(Jus ri c' ).; \li rar , he f1f~hs ro ugh en up t he

I'tOpCSSlon If" s('C(!l1U g Ul t:,. play, full "h
PlaYI"(] at var ious sp('cds, with or wi thout

,bm p mg (to give more ·t li ud") . rh ythm fIfths an;' a surpr is ingly djv~rsc 1001 whICh occ un: in roc k, lll ~t 31. l1\ml-.: , new W :IV ~ UIIU il run/i ~ - h ~ard in tht" music of cvrr)'one fmm SounJg,on.icn m Dc"o. If yOll pby all y (',rrn "f to .. k, yo,, ' 11 find a uS(' for ,hem weiner o r tI ler. In exercise 16 d~ m p a ll !h~ Strltl/i S on brats two and four. If you use you r IIHk fl ngc r \\) (OCt , hc lug-hcr of lilt" t"'< , II( 't.._, on ..ach I ~~or

It

w ill lie flat enou gh \\) SlOp mOSt tlf t ht" '{ ri llS'

sound Ing wl"" " t"t"d..d . Tu d.,m p r h~ 10....1.·. no!c· Jm ! le, ,he SlfJng co me nCf d'e t' ''gl.' rb"ard bot kee p r,)ur

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all .~tring p.,r, .,x~..,Pt [hm, "nd [wu. Exercise

shows how U2's !;UU3(JS( Th ... Edge ""gin u .... a tU /l h fift h wnil an

opc'fl

17

G--5H1ng , wh 'ch ;s

ch.1.r.JC( c[isu(' of his gUltar piarmg and a sll!n ,finl lU F...: mr
Exen::ise 18 glVt'."; t.L~a fifth w.th an opt'" (~ -stfl nl! ,nsl(l.. If. As fOU move' r h... fi fth thl."OJX"fl G forllls J,lTcrem rdauulldllp" ",,, h th .. mhc-r nut.... , w,th a ffiOOl lr df('("t.

FIfths on (ou r and rio""" can be m"".,d with ,he top a re

t WO

twO ofX'1l

strmgs. N "tKt'

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on , h.. k.. y of E or F. m inor ro mmbinc

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har on.. of exercise 19 when- the re

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r.f[h~

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I"t tilt- Upt'" stri ngs rmg for as 100)1;

as possIble. Fl[th~ also mmbin~ IAId l

wl l h sIxr h, 1\ $Ix rh IS p rod uced when you m ow r ithcf rhe first

fing n down 3 frH or rht" lInk fi nlwr up a frl'!, as In

exercise 20. T h,s is ,m id ea (rC<.ju(mly

""plorfil by Paul Kossoff, rh("" lal("" P " !(l(ISt of Fr('("".

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exercise 21 !()unh.,

bass strings add extra inwrc"t;

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31"(' asson arl..J wi th Andy

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Th e chOf'd b lock diagrams below

lUSt one CX lfa !lOll'

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whi c h rtlllaillS

( hor,b ur m .. I( ~·l y I,nr, .. h "n;t.~ a"'lInd ,[).

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2 Thcrc at'(' (hI'('(' major (rmd shapes un {he:-

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t hrtt strings. Exercise 24 shows dwm Ovt'f a

f Op

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C. and G '" full choNs. You ('li n Iwaf

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In exercise 25, no«(;-(" how (he

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Slrm~ moJif'ks t h(' lr sou lld at t..,rta;n p,,;nt.', turn ing tht"

I'll mi nor t riad ofl:mr one IniO a Dmaj7 chord III oor two.

Exercise 26 uses omlor and minor (rlad shapt" a.. d~y ",x u r o n stri ngs two , rhrtt :I n.1 fou r. ThiS r ,m(' t h... pedal note IS A. p it k in,!; t{'("hn iq u('

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as

10 exercise 27. II "'as easy fot III '" w('/1<"_ m ud. lk<:a u.... h .. was pluckmg rhe suings wit h

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n~M to sa m ~

rhan);t a

throughout

oars 1-3 in exercise 29, yet tlw d""d" Wmt.,u bd"w dlan,,<'. To h ~ar tht "fft", r t ither get S0 mt~n ('

to p lay the root notes ofG, E m; " " t, A nH um ari d C , or play rhos", (-hords on );wtar or

ktyho.1.rd while you play th e

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notts (- han!<(' tht harmonic valuc

of ,h{' wtinell G-G.ud change W It sou nds d, ffe rt'nr in each har.

RIFFS A n IT IS a mCllorab l(· p h,...."" "f tlt't,,·.... "
full r

001"$. In rQ(k It often focuSC'S much of (he

cnergy of the song, and ;, gtn~1"'41 l y ' ''I'"'ar.. d as n ("('mraJ "hook ' oil he gU Ilar almost all guitar m LL"," fmm 19')0s rock 'n'roll lO con wmporory I,k., ""gg:u: , soul, hlu .., and /Olk ; Ilwy 'l'(' Ihe paru. It ,['& an- 'lulck

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p;lrt .

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and III ot her g""""s

blocks of cou ntless pop and It"-k gUI tar

an,1~ r""at ru n lO

pl ~y

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ar., you know a ft-w

g(M>d on"" al r..ady.

Ma ny riffs 3rt" ,k nv{'<.1 (rom t h" of exercise 30 asce nd E

r; A U J). Bars

r h r("~

s~m,'

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sca ll'S u ..... d Ii" It .... k and hi m" I.,ad. Uars on., an.-[

m lllor, ' PCIIt;l Wnl< ' m.,.~"s fj~..,

and four provIde Ihe IllY II sdJ. uSl1lg

b)' addin;,:: ont nOlo.'

fO

Ihe prev.ous

jX nWtOiIi C sc-~ k

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sou nds

ffi(';ln.

lb,s nOle

aJl()w~

a riff with

< rt""r!!l~

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n o t t's _

in

t hIS

t wo

c •.,~ , E

[" we I .",..", "f t hl' scale.

we ~ .. t t h.. E h lu t>S S('al~. 35 u\.(O
I, Im portant for irs ,]i~nan{{" :

mov",m("nr .

EIE m inor arc popula r k.,y' (,,, t ht" li Ultar h.,, :lIIs<:, . h", srnn).;> art' natu rall), biased toward E. II owe-'cr. a pentatonic

",-a l~

A, A pelltatoniL minor ( A c: o ul

t,,, th., pow.. rfi.i

uars rhr"", and

(ai,

J)

ht" play .. d from any nOI(' , S",Cl' (hc s('cond lowesl open suing IS

E (~) is nlso j>Ol'\linr. Exercise 32 is a riff on thm scale. Wmch

AS c hord in hitrs ( wo ,md four, ~!\d th .... fhu.,llt"
fiJUf.

Fifth, a rr IXlp u lar for "f($ . In exe rcise 33 dl" !l{t hs ~re str~nild''' II..d by tlt~ op"" A and E , m "gs. You can It"ar th,s in rock h,nds I,k" 11-"0 Liuy ,lnd Iron Ma.dcn.

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35 """ t'mnhs .

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in exercise 36, fourrhs Ix,comt' It's> heavy rock and

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IS

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lillie

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.. t~ vl'rr tffeniv.: a( Inst("' ' t mpos, '"

in Motorh{"ad's 'A ce O[ Spadn'. No I( M,k m rifts woulJ Ix compic l(' wlth o\l t rh" .cal~

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rhy t h m s and ri ffs . Stocon.]s and scv("nths HC not h,,'mOnl"u.~ "nnu)!h hI[ (onst"(Ur"T p laym~ ,

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exercise 49

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THIRDS AND SIXTHS

Th£.' oniy use ful onl(,'tvnls

WI: h~"('n ',

(Qu r h(..J un yet are ,!l"x-is and sI xth". Until havt' maju' alld

m mor forms. A m:J ,or thlrJ IS four S<'mIWIlCS (C -E); a m ' oor thu'd ;s . hrt't" (C-I:'). A ma l'" ." xl io

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mlllor SIxth IS {"g Ill (C-Aj, ).

Exe rcise 50 shows a

on Ih (' t OP Stflo!: shou ld be

or (he t h,rd. The fi rs!

~"('I\C'(' £l n~"('rcJ

fi n~('r

of t hirds ;n D major on , he rol' . vm

srron).;s.

All , h.. n"t..,

Wllh Irn- firs. fi oh't"r; ,hoM, ondem«l. h art' {" •• hoot rh.. ..... ~,Ild

3( IS as a g UI de when you sh Ift l'lOSIr'on. T h.. k.. y ""u· In' d ...

SCtj uC'oc(' ,s on t he S«"on;J sl nnt: at Ihe SIar{ lng p05' l lo n . If YOll wa nt

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Exercise 51 IS t il . . C\j Ul wiC'1'II S<'1.;Juc[l{ r

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slmuimn("Qu. ly or Onl' afn·r rhl' u rh"r, a~ e xe rc:ise 52 ~hows. R ~ m(' mlx' r:

dw h~r m o n, ( vnlu(' uf n o t~~ d<:"ptnds o n th" u nd~rlyi nJ.: harm ony. ChJng~ til<'

harmon y and YOll (,ff('Cll vely ( h" n,l;(' th(' not(·~ tv(" n if t h"y stay sti ll. Exercise 53 ha. a IW1lbar ph raiK' III {hlrds. F.a("h {,me rh(' chon ! chan,l(<:"S It wi lt ~Jnd d,ff",.. nr. Try 1..,nl"'U'lIg tlu.

n ff lhrou~h anOl he r four b.us

I wo h.'u·s each (If:a in.f th .. und .. rIYln,l; chords F and C - IU h .. ~ r

lh,<; eiT('(:1 even further.

Exercise 54 ,s

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sNjuence of SIXl h<;

n(,11'S on the dUN sl rlllg should

1fI

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G major on ( he firs( an,1 rh ml s rn n,l;S "'II rh .. w,th the s('(:ond fint;e r; rho5(" a nov ..

~I"l;' l'lr hl'r rhl'

fir.. . o r th .. t hird T il .. k"y nm" fur th~ ~~'1Ul ,,(e .s on the first sI ring at I he Slanmg pos," on .

Ti ) l ",n~I')(_

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to anmhl'r mUJ"r k.,y .~ lfnpl y find the new key note on the first stt ,n~ ~nd

pl3y I h., sam ...... q u ..,,(., frum t h"rl'

Exercise 55 I ~ thl' rq u,,,,, I.. nt ,,",q...,n~ .. on D maj" r " n Ill.. ,....,ond Jnd fourth SIrUlgS. Th~

,I;
.. " h.. r fi n;t o r th Ird fi nJ.:~ r If t h,s ",·.,r., plaYN from I h~ "'g hth f,..,t you would h~~e I h.... sam e

nuttS as ,n t'Xt' r("ISt' 54 . Slxl hs af~ al .." usa! fnr f,ll .. and I.,...d ""I,.. , I houg h tho:y d on 't sound "s

swt"t" t ~s rh ,', ls. Sou l "u l mn~t ~ r"\'r <:roppr,,, ,,,nownN fi'f Ill' r'ot: o rd onl'~

u.",

" f . . xth. nn rnJ ll y 1Y6\)s

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mcl(x.llc f""l wIt h a Im l ....",I'll hl uesy ).:roovc to It t OO _ a nd II usuall y YIelds p'~,,{ iv .. .....s ul ts

wi...." em p loytxl rastr-fi,lI y. Somt-tlmes in " riff SI n h. mak(' n «' fl'('shmg t he 0 G I' " D

l)

chang .. (Uu ld

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been dont' With cldk' r _ but h" .... " "

In

slxrfL•• u,mh lnrt! worh

m m o. sjn.lol l.. - nor~ p hmse.

Exercise 58 /;lv<"_, US" look Il ' som(' rh,rds com bnltd WIth a n opt''' G-su ing. CI.. vt-r rill"':" "fh y ma kt'S m

II po~s, blc

exercise 59. Tak mJ: 11 as the key

major. Anoy Sum m('fS used die wh",.t ~;xths

In

to p ut til<:' ()IX!} B Strl llg nOh' , It

l('(hlllqu~

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THE 'JANCLE' STYLE Thc !:oSI tw O t:xerc;,e,

~ .e .t"mm, ,,·~n,

of ~ pOI'\oIu r sl yle whi ch Iu s OCcom t: ku{)wll a, 'jang l., ' It

is a5'>OC iawJ with tht" 12·.m n.L( ",und of The Bytd s' ROt,'N McGuin n , Pt:tt:, Buck 's play; ,,!> w,th

R .E.M. in t ht: 191">0 .• , Johnn y Marr s work wHh Th(' Smiths. and

m an ~'

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Jang l", J.:ulrar n"<] t" l"('~ open st r ings

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In t h., .,arly p laym}ol of Pt tt r Buc k ,h('f(' IS of,,' n a m<>{ ,o n

W

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to

,;ivt' dnv{" and

ol h.. rw lst" fui rlr ~ l mJ>k progf('ssiol\ ~, ~ "d d lJ I \ I h.. way 10 "-j'pruru;-h exerc:ise 61 .

Makt ,;00<1 ust" of up and d own j>Kk st rok,-s:.L~ Y" U WtJ Vt amlJn}ol tnt- srr;o.l;s. N m K{" In oo r dl l"ff' t h., 'harp · ..ri :er of h~ v lng t hr.'{" nm,." "'6(11 a I'm., llP" rt al l ~)tln. l m.l; a' oncc. 11(';)[ Buck 's p ngl., m sn" )o;s such as 'RadIo Free [ U[(IPC' frum til., al bum ,\Im'mlT an.1 'u ood Ad "- IIT5 ' from F.,hlti 01

T he

/?'1!';QHJrrnal0 R

Exercise 62 demonst ra tc'S anotll<"r (II ti ll"", '"".,av"'l1· P" k mll pa ttt'rns. Wll h 3 h~rp elTen Ifl ha r «)I't. Not ice , he 1m rcwclun loll .)f th .. "p"u L Itlm th., I), h,*' In 00r-s one and IWO, 311d the ho llow r m~ of the ASU52

In

b~r St" Ol T" k ~ (" r~ I hal :111 r h~ norn In oor SI X ling as long as they

("a n for tht' full elTen .

In exercise 63 chord ,h"pt'., a r~ d.. VI .... d a""ay from firs t poS tllOn so th,,, open sttmg., ,-a n com bine with h ig h.,,- l r.,n .,d no(~' . ThIS offt' rs a p l t".ISI "'~ cont r~S t

to

till' l"w.,t- p""Jl II )Il jan~ l ..

p hr:I S(·s so " 1'1.,,, h .. ard _

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A'I'I',I;Io\IOS art: filUnd dst'wheri' III roc k a.nd pop gUl m r. T h~y art' nuu~J III .\OIl~~ such as Crt"am 's

'HBdf.:(·', T ht

n""rlc., ·· Hnt' C:""ws T he Suo' 1l.rl<1 "

and Th" J am '~ ' W hen You' ,,,

Want You', Ikbop r"' luxt 's ',Maldln H''';1vrn'

y(ju ,,~ ·.

Th(, fil! ur,,~ on exercise 64 ,,"ploil th e sli gh .l y murky t()n~ of luw d"rd s on Ill<: gui 'a,. I \ry~n "d.,m~ '" ' j{W I

To You' and Nirv~tna 's 'CoOl(" As You Ar,, ' d" like w lsl', In exercise 65

moS! vf lh .. a'l"'li/:;lO" art' oosed on ~ trill d, bur ward, f' lr tht' C: il rn 7 '" l>~r stv('n .

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In exercise 66 a ( om m Ofl S('
to

Co " l ran,for m{>l b)' lIll u ....· 01

arpq:g" " , T hIS m,~h \ m,Ike d ,ultabl~ nmd oS lon 10 a d ,mu, of a

A'I"'J.(;I; '''' (an

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be indud ",1 in a )( lll mr solo. Mall y " flh., trail

I" A n", f>t')l:in wl(h " 'I " jng Ml"')i:)(io_ Thl' (r l ~J i" ha r f;>llr o t

"'h"I" SOil>:. wl ()~

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exercise 67 "

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play~d w 'lh ~

"rJ h '- th .. nores ar. nm 'I nltk "Iwx t thcr hut rr;'ll")Jl.l ll y Olle afrr r r h~ Olhcr, ell hu by pu, h," ;; Ih .. PI( k r hrou)(h d ie Mrlllg_', '" 'm l hn,l( " Ih.-

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kru.1 ~Ulrn r

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •~ • • •

("om l'el ~n r ly

.s a matt", "f l",.. ruing a small num ber of SOlI("S nod :>("al ..

p:1l h"(tl$; mas l ('r l~ , he al l of ht-n.I, n,l: and [,,(I-han d tKlmi'-ju...s like ~, bm(o, h.1m m cr lfl,l:-on ,

pull.ng-off HI" I slides: ;\nd gmd uaJiy fi nd In); om which not"" work .Wet any

,!:I~('n

chord

SftjU('n(\" .

BENDS Exercise 68 {('1l w rcs fou r of rh(' common",,! }",nd" " n .. pt'r bar, arr~ lIg.'J on or.it-r of ,he,r In

fiSt'

brcako.g~

pitch. (P layers d o OCCl\S lonally Ix-ncl furrh",. than th rtt se m][(",,,,, _ bu t sl rm,!:

IS

always a risk!) In ~~c h bot you flrst p lay Ihl." rar,l:('1 notr hy f,H t; nx il ; til"" you IxnJ t he p rev Ious nu, .. up . Th" 'rmmt," y,)u r ca r C'ach lIme

~)"- .. p t " '"

" ,h ..

fll,allju~rt .. r-m ll e

j,()

YOli Can I'SI",fl fu r wht' .. y" u', .. '" tunc . T he

ocnJ wlu ch is ,l(t lln!! y a fran ion lown t han th ..

on the fi rSI hr,\( In Ex.6H rh" [,.,nd s a ~ all done with the thirJ fi ng er, WIth on the sam(' st "n!.; ht
t h~

execu(e on aCOOSI '( ),( Olla, them, and

Ih ~y

nft' nn

Ih ~ n

on

Exercise 69 d lSl'lnys n

!;flp .

B~IIJs

art umjo ll bted ly mo r(' ,hffinli . ' 0

but many skilled

pb~'ers

st Ili

m~k(' !.;oo
of

in man y styk •.

~m)o( I Ie hle",l WIth two lIot~S above

d('I'l'ndltl~

yo u play

"nd ' Kond

you cm push with all three: . Try "I!;(I havln,l( Y""' m " r~

~ btr,,·,

~tTK' '' v" r~,hn"I"~

ma ior o r a mltlor chord with

m ~all S

ra p (, 1),((, of rhl' nK'k ro ;I(" t

(~

t h~ rotH

Jl

that w,lI g("n('mlt' ('I r h~r a

() n how fM you p",h the bend, IIold the top

( WO

nort'1' d ow n

litt le fi of,'<'r barre , n.nd N: nd ""th th.. thIrd fi n,!: .. r WIth fi rst and S('('ond SlIp po , ,,n/!

u

belulld It, You ('~n also ('19y Ihls p rQ).:f't'ss ion hI tti ng all th., nu["" a[ OnCe (o r a shgln ly ~[, fTercnr

{ttl. T he note on th(" tOp Strlllg IS you r root 00'(', Selen th., mm nm., (Uf tI .... chord you wam on

[ h.. top

~t n n8 ,

t hen bend a S('nll tone or a (One

(0

p rudlK.. th .. m In", '" maJ'" ~horJ

t h.a t 00(1'

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2 It IS poss,bk 10 push n Ix-n
exercise 70. Th(" B

III

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up finr

{O

C , r h",n 01 , , h",n D , aft",r willeh t h(" E ,s

su ppl",d by tilt' I !Ih (n·t On til<" tOp sUlIlg . In bolr (hrct"" rhe "bL 'S ust"
fil"lit

"'xu", again

In

a ,~m mlll'" (I"(,m Fit to F and t hen down

ll~~

'w,...o.. t-.. ,·... A p"ntOlIOIiK mmor scale p"Hl'm

trl plC1s - a grou p

scrt"u 'h ong t u r""l h th/.' tOp ,( you h "J.:t"[

E. You 'lI

Stt

rt"v~ rst'

T I... bt-nt I:

Ihal a s'mila r , ..d u" q u",

bar fi,'"

Exercise 71 "a T h,s .. ~t'r"'*

{O

starr ing on th .. fifth ~[fI ng

of t hrcr q uavl'fs p layt<1 on rht ht-a, - and WIll ... k~ St1ffiC

ha~C1l't

got a eu taWll Y g ui ta r. (W,th a I lr h_fr~t ,,<"(·k ,om .

't~)

THE 'CASCADE'

wh~n pl..yi tlt; y uiekl y, g uiwn sts som(" flm"$ \lS~ a

•

In ord ,', to mak .. a S{"alt pa t'trn last l" n.-;<" r

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

tec hnillll e wh,eh w,' (an d uh th t 'cllSf"ad t ' Th .. id ..a "

to

play d" w" a few noh'S and then go Mek

up onc or t wO less. Exercis e 72 is a fri l,lt'f (a~'ad ~ down [h .. A p" lItat
three is tlw

~m e

eMead e ,d e:\. S f~rrm ,L!: O[](' str ing low~ r than ha t m 't". III lxo r (ou r Ihe s~ m e

Ilm ll'nrd fift h occ urs b UI t h, s flnw

If

is Iw n! ra[ h ~ r than frt"{ too. No t;,-.. t he J ,(kr('ll«' m tone.

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Exercise 74 "

il

f h rt't'-()
hu r w, t h , h., ad d,r H)n of a flnff("ne
In

rh "

("a5(:

G . This seal" h,,-, an UpllO::'M (t'd alld IS

found 'n 1=1 io:1mar solos rh,1{ ,k-f'V" from 1950s rock 'n "roll. AI''''' from $frl n/-: -n.:.nd lng , anor h("r dt'COrafion USCtI hr lead pl ayers is

off, sct'n h('1"(' OIl exercise 75, wher'(' nOf('S arc

( 1"(....

l ilt"

hammeN.n/ p uli .

,""1 hy t ht" f«""lnJ.; hand . Thl< IS baw.:! .. n

a Sl x-oo r hlues pmr('rn . Tht' seak ,s E M,xolydla n ( E Fa

(;ii 1\

1\ (; I)) bu. wi t h . h.. fla n .. nt'd

t h ord G alS() ap,,",:r.n n j.;"

REPEAT LICKS I.ike ,h(' (I\S("nd(' , r h(' rt'1)('(t! hck '5 a way I S 10

make

that

:lIT

B

shon ph msc and I'('I)('\u

It

of s("ui ng m ore from a

for !.("vcm l bars. Th(' one

s m a l l ).; I"OUI' of " ('ft" . Tht' " I.,... In

e xe rcise 76

liSt'S

st"vt' rnl

based on a t r i:I,1 M"rk K nopJlrr uSN.! (his id ea V{'fY d [cn ivrl Y:If rhe clost, of 'S\il rans

OCSwing', In l he r it:'hl plac~ , :ls in his m crgcl;c s.ol o, these n Oll sou nd m orc dynamic and dnvlflt: Ih""

rn ~rd y r~pt't l tLv~ .

Exerci se 77 IS" fiv~_ l\ot~ r~1'<''' t IKk

tila!

i, [',",ed on A doria" (A BCD E F ~ G). Nmicc

the shi ft up" mill<>r t h ird _ ~ f:,"o ur ite tri ck of J immy Pagc.

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mas tt'n ..:l

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77, try

S(]Ut't'llnt:

ont' m"r.. n•• , .. un to

cn"

\...,a(

to )0;10£ >I " _

vOila, exercise 78t

THE MODES T he pcmalOOJc pattcrns


the most used by rock ~lu ta nsIS. A bnd look at ,hc grou p of scales

known as t hc modes, ho w('Vcr. wIll

su~t:" St

some

solo will pardy c.lqX'ml on Ihc chords you 'l'('

('"~ t l'll

plaYln~

'colour ", \VtK-dK'T you

Cllll

uS(' , hC'Sl' '" a

over.

The Arolmn moJc, exercise 79, .s also known as the "a(Ural m inor \.Calr. I" A "would

tx- AB C D E F G . L,slen [or the saun<"SS of t he s.c
""", iwllt' .

W ~et

an

Rn.. k

' U ~' t ~ rro '

!:UjW fl ~t~ SU mCl l m('S

_."uud . Tht' r.Am.OII

80. whCIT ,h...

("" plm t the las t four

m"J~ ,

0 01 ("5

of

IhlS

exercise B1 , Can bo.' tholJ,!: ln

of as the natural m ,no, w " h " .,h"q",n~d sc xt h· II lJ C. !) E F# G . It c., fa vCf" rt"d h)" ("..a rl"s

Sama]] ~

cn much dhi s I.. ad p lay'n;.:. Exercise 82 shuws rh.. PhrYI<,,, n mcKl". wh i, h ,·a n I,.. thou); ht of as a na tu ral minor wah a flat"·n,,..! Spanish sou nd .

Th ~

~rcon d :

1\ 1"11, C J) E F (; . Ma ny pl ay .. r,

mn<;,d~t

j{

to ha\"~

Atuli an. 1)."" 1Il ;Inc! I'h r)"I< ';ln ar" a ll m,nn r mod es.

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vanw.,

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GAB C D E F G . 11lis is vcry cm n rTlon

ptlSlt H)IlS

fit t h.. chord

[U

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The LydI an mooe , exercise 84. ,s lilt' IUJ)1lr ",::.1" w,[h a r:mt'd foun h; GA il e N D"

FIJ G . T tk'

1':l1!>C
fourth g'v<,s

till S

",(.d",1n •.Jgy, u" ",nlm l>
To fi n ish. try exercise 85, chock-fu ll fir "'t'IJ-USl"d b.-nd ... It and k nd 5 midf (0 p lay,ng

In

" ',,,-,...d am und th.. ["nth (n-t

D a '1J A. ust" n for lh., bI....sy suund " f t h.. halfbt,nds. W h"n rou

all' work ing om " solo "Iways chC'C'k the chords yuu 'll.' p layml> ovt't If ( ht: pmg n.-s' '' lO IS '" " smglc key,

W ll h

no oJd dlOrd.'.

un usual chords Illay

~

slllgl .. "",I .. w, lI m LLol ll y ",ork all t h" way th mu,o:h. An)·

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3 RHYTHM We' ll begin wIlh a sIIlg k .not(' blll<"!l ,d (·~. Exercise 1 h~, ,h., J'~III K t i"" '~ w"'g"'g ' rh yt hm SO of( ' I } hea rd III blu("S . III 4/4 " "'~ "al ii bt-at l .. 11 bt- d ,v,d...:! ,nto two "'gh eh- no{..,. (qua"" ",),

or four 16t h ' IIott'S (St''''K.l lW''''''' ), und "" " n Th .. 4/4 ba r "I' " 'g h th-[\m...,; - cou ntoo a. ',," ,,-and (w(KInd th ree-a" d

ftlur _~ "d '

_ •.• , " mm" "

111

r... k In bl u..~

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u.,uaJ co cl ivid .. t ht: I",at

JllI O ( h~ ("ginh·.".£<'s . Twu "'Shl h' ''''It''< .I Tt' d, u., p l.. yt'd ..., ,I til .. fif'O{ wa., a quartu -nm" and

IOC second an c'gh th -llOu', gO ""'g ti,t" u h '~

r h~ ( h m 'HI1t' -u ud -u h

the mId dle note of ca(h lht\.'I>n,ltl" ,,:t I.' ,1I. m _

~lgnJl ure -

It '~

[wu ..;.uod· u h th r=-and- u h fllu r--a"d.

, h"'t" fur rhythm'l f..d. T h..,,, "a (,mt"

lll H - whl t h ""r''','>t'' t h" Bm /" 1' ...." .. ,,' "",.u, ,,,, ",ad",); wt: wi ll u'
of these exampi..,. and add , h .. d' ..... t "'fl tt> t rt'at th" rhyt hm ,.., 3 ,hum,,', disp l3yrd 3"

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,n A Ill J]or. whOK scale IS A H C# [) F. F4I ( ;#. In ha r " " ", YIOU "" II SIX a C

Th is t1:ur('n!;'<1 rh.r..1 nut.,

• • • • •I • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

IS

a 'b l..., '

major S01lc. In har fiv<:, , h ... C'

,~

liN",

311 F

It clashes w,t h

w l ,,~ h

(/l("

un. lerlyin,l!

ha r m""~' 11OlSro

on the

IS the Ib u cooo Ihir,l of , he [) mal'" ( hurd and

bar IIl1le thr re IS G , ",IlO("h IS rh .. /la[u:n~ d" ro of an E m ajor coord. L,s't''' fi,. , ht'

In

',,,ugh'

Th,s ryp.. ('If ~m.K It'·n ..t .. p m g n "SSJOn w, lI sound h'O().l If " IS dt;ubl..d by


bass gUItar J us. Ob it! a .lm m hta t and away yu ... go: JI\Sum bl ucs POW("f rroo~

Exercise 2 's :lnol hu

al:1'OS$

bars 1-1 an. 13-4,

~-6 ,

smgl .... note 12·00{, Ihls lime m E. \'
7-1'1, and IU-I I. LIke exerCIse I , hissoun.ls,I<....d wht' n d"ub lo:J wlIh

a IxISS gUl mr. If you wanr [0.:;010 over .,11),.." ["t the bass com in u(' Chord sy mbols Arc g ,ven on rh"

..x~Tr i.",

m"rdy as g uid{"5

to

play i n~

t h..

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wha t you wou ld

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r)f<'Jo; n:'~S I<)1I

p l~yor,,,

OVl'T

'Ih get J Il COldy wste of chord al hlut's rhythm yn ll t' nnt w, th d ,t _'t migh t chord fo rms !xlow, h u t us in,.;

[h~

dnm ,nam ., tw nt hs as d,sc\lsSol.~· 1 ,n rht'

inrr(l.-hKtlt'" - l>as,,' ~xal1l pk s of whJ ch arc on n('n l''',.;t-

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THE SHUFFLE H.,r., 's ,h(' (':Isy rhythm figure tha t yOu will fiud at th" sra rt of tht" ' Rock & Pop' M'Cr,on roo . , $ t il" ~ h uff1" rhyt hm _ Watch om for Iht" var.aI' on on har fivt." a thmlul oo r 12 . NU{[(l: t hat in hru- t.,n Iht" musIC d()('$ nor rer urn ro I)

Tht" .I,ff('ren((' on Qxercise 3 anOlh('r on bar

as II d,d on

s,~, ~ nd

('~('t'('IS("

1. Stay m S ,," Ii fur twu ba ni is a val " I altt"rnar,~·t" al , h,s 11O'n! on a 12-bar.

W(' 11C('<.i to IX" Jbl<' ru pluy

rllJ~ ~h umt" fig urt"

in 3ny k.,y, SO exercise 4 (on V('rlS lh,s SIX.

bar blu('$ ,n{O;1 fr('urd figure w,t h n" 'op.-n sumIY' , If you fi no th,s a bit of a sl n' rd, d rop your

Ihumh wdl bo:-h'nd 11)('

,)('Ca.. TillS w, 1I hdp yo... fr-.:tt; ng hand opt n om . F.Yff"(" ,St' 4 show$ ' h('

' Ixx>~ 'f' figu r(, S(;Irtl1lg wi th Ih.. n~JI nm" un th.- f, fth strt n,t.t.

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Id.,~

'" Co m at"' , ,)lit" "Is lie Gars, sta ru ug on til{' s;" l h SlrIng .

$m rflnJ.( o n e it her {he fof, h or I he $I1(,h pi l ch It hl,!; nt:r or low,·r. N O'I(t:
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fo j.(\1 1l' In

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the- Sfarl . Onct"" yoo ·VI.· gtlf
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an 'I(-(''-''t: abov .. tht: Co fogurt: a t rranSl'l>St: t h;_~ .,,;st:nt;al b lu..,

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3 THE IV-bill-I CHANGE In h lu<" .

m " ,'t'ITIt' '' t

(x.\wtcn til" fi rst no\(' of Ih/.- 5("al~ and th., fla{(""fil tlurd

IS

H:ry com mon .

If (l("' "U"" on "".. ,,[ 1 1I1t'~. III slll~k-not (' niTs. in kad so los and in {-hurd.-. M ud dy W alers , fot ("X~ m l'lt·.

f.."r ur..,. .e ht'JVlly '" SImp hk..- "Man n Ish Boy ', and H.- nar;"

""ng~

I,k., ' Voc,Joo ChII("

and "Hear My TrJ '" A·C.unlln- 1.1.:""'"15('. U~

Exerc:ise 6 IJ k..,

thO>Ufh a $('1 of Var1.1nons on I h., E- A-C cha ngt'o ""h" t( G IS til<-

flan t'nt'd du rJ bl ut', nou- or chord . In oor on(" It occu rs as sin,lotlt' nm !."S, m bar IwO as Ihu'ds,

har [h , .... {hord., with

troad~, "",I on

J

har ~'X as

Jlffe-...... m l('rmlOat lon (i n har fuu r),

m any way y,," I,k.. d u n n,'! a b lue'S numocr ~

W{' havr alr..ady d"nt,,,,,,1

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the

that

a.~

i,(IIIS, In bar fiv(' ~s

y " .. u n com blnc IheS(.'

1 _ I V~ lI r chan;.:~ . S<:"" ~", h

further wil h allOlh r r shorr

exercise 7 D7 ,s n Fl' A C. In ha r "n ~ , I'll an d C

dow n

ha r fi ..... r

..:uupl ... of 1LIJl('!; how the
bl ues. BefOft· movon" on , I~ r \ f~ on f" n:~ In

In

r. .... r-I1()\ c chorJ~. Each one has a di'Ttr~nI <;>ff.'n.

In

r hmd "

tJ
i:~ II( r:, J t()

v n ' t.< V" " .. th ' US.

ar~ playul IOgnher. By mv vlnl< rh ~ m

,!II" f'c t we get pMt of G 7 an d hy m
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TURNAROUNDS hlu(~

In many

(u nes a musKal ph msc.· s'J:na ls

s!':I n :I.);:uo . It 's a shon: p hra .... , off(·n 'rum .1fQ\ m,j' Tu marou n
m:u n l~

t.'Oln~

(ha l I h .,

do wn b y

12-ba,

IS Il;'a(hln~

liS eno

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~ nd IS

a b"u { (()

up. Th; .•

usoo in r hyt hm pa rts hut if yOu ar<' qU lck- w;ttffi

IS

,hi:-

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YO\l (an pIll Ihl'I!] illt" a I.,ad 80 10 at thi.' cno ,)1 ,,~~h 12-har. HI'I"{' a r(" c-if: ht ty po< J I {ll m ar() u nfh . ,,'\I,'n m E and I m a~ , nc ""rrr<~ nl S

nt>r" of p

( !Ill.'

in A .

lhal rO ll have a lr.,ady

1 ,l ay~d

(ell hiU'S of a 12-ha r \.("
t h ~,.,

exa m pits

ha rs 1 1-12. WI"" n playm,ll turnaround fig u,,,,,. " '" altnnar c pic kinO': strlk" {he lowr,

trl p ict w it h

a duwnS lroh and t hi.' up"". "" U' w it h an u pstroke. III exercise 8 rht"

nvrt' mO"1:$ down Ih" th ird slrm,g " IonC'. Exercise 9 .iisplays a Ih,rJ mOY lng d nwn Iiv- st"Cond an,1 dl lrJ s( r lllg'_

Exercise 1D IS an (.,(jually d Ye...·"', .. tu rnaron n, I, and IS much I,k.. "~"" ' '''' B hu r WI t h an ascCUJ IIl": m ,wt' m(·nt . Exen:ise 11 " ,,1:;... I,h ' ('xcrciS
"'''t'S af(' (oml~ do wn in

SIx th, 0" c h ~ firs, and third ~tr" 'S_' 1\ , , h l ~ 1'0 lO! , you shoul d I",X ' " U, S<.'\' , hr sub tle " J ri~t i{) "

wall wh l( h rh is

se('mi n,.~h

sim pl .. fiWm ' (n n he p hoyed .

Exercise 12 cont in ues our r"pl ll mw.m o f turnaro und" wit h a p,,, ,(' rn h l ~ h cr up the u..ck, wh,. h t akn ", I"an rage of thc Up"" w p I: srro n..:. I I.. r~

:,,~

two pall crns III d .. s<·.. ncl",!; SIxt hs,

exen:ise 13. Usc on,' or t h .. m h.. r and rht'n mO\'c

Oil<'

to

h ig h. unr )"w, ,t:tOupcd IOg<,the r in

t h(' eXptd t"d U r hor, 1 In • hI," 1.lst 00. , " l ,t'

exJlOpl~ ,n exercise 14, mnv,"x " J>'w.I n.l$ , IS III t hc kry

of A mator.

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109

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• Tu rn arou nd, Ca ll also be m,,,jc of a (ns !

SlnJ.: k-n~.[.. run

Exercise 15 I~ a l~'picnJ (,J«lm l, lt , w,{h

I'u li -offi;, g";n~ d",,'n t h", E pt'n t ~«}I" ( mmor senl e- 10 hn;t I""" ( ,, ,n . It IS similar lO tilOM' twa r<1 throllJ.\hoUf Srt-v ,.. Itar VaUS IJ;l " 'S ' Rud e Moo.!' , ~I'k l ' 5 ,l(t-U ' ",l( yo " In W " ,me fanner p layonj.; of [h iS h"('ncrnl1y s;ml'l.. ftlrm . O ..... k ou t mor(' o f Va u~han 's pl ~ymj.: flor furthe r to'Xampks of hof1'00Jdcd f urn3rou",k

BLUES LEAD GUITAR SCALES P layin,l( hh~ I.. ad g ui rar tompt'tl·"tly IS a ma( ~ ('r of l(":lrnln,lo: 3 smal l n umiJt'r of sc-.d~ all
on, p u ll in}(-off and sl ••1..s; and

g r-~d ua ll y find lt~

out w h le h

nor('~

j,l)u"d .-r"'''gt't on r uny g iven

12-b.u S<:
THE PENTATONIC MINOR This i.\ eh .. ",ost impowllll Kalc (or hllws (n nd ro, k). Th .. ( ~l mpa,~

-

F ~'

,ili, with E m"jor: E Ftl G# 11 1\ C# 1)11 , Th .....,

alld Cit - ha,'c Ix-.:n OJllHf(,
I'",ncatollic mi nor is piay{'d

o~e r

~n d

rellt:0 10Il JC

!lm ~s

llHllor Oil E is F.

- E A ,md B

nrt lilt"

(j

A II 1)_

s~mt' .

Two

two - (; arid D - arC:l semi -lO ne IOWl· ' . \\lh .. n ch ..

n ll -hnr ,n F. m ajor tilt .,... r pKks up the G and ]) 'hhl<:" not ..,

hut acc., pt, thi s dash as the bJu c-s sound . H<:'rt' a rt' tw " "f'i<'" 'tnJl~ patl crns (0' (h,S sca k . Tht' 'i.""" lld J",_, a small CI
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follows for t ht'

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at t ht' t" ur!h f,,,(. TI" s cstabl.shc-s I he ha n, l i"l'c "" X noC." of

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

E pent atonic minor

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.

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., , 2- 4

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THE E BLUES SCALE Tht" nex • •WU scale I'a "t'rns 1"t'1)t'th .... hlue' ",Ire - the tla t{e nm fi ft h . T his I"t'su lls in is known

lIS

wh~{

,nc blul's SGl Ic . In a solo , h Is flaflt'nHI fif' h ("lln I,., ~ I'p...ached t' ither by (relt ing

or by bcndlfll-: a not l' up .o i.; ,11(' df('(", IS slt;: hrl y (I, ifl:", .. nl wl r h each

Exercise 16

pUI S

0{

~ppmach.

5Oml:" of wh~ 1 wt" JUS' len rn",[ In w :1n u m , using thl:" sca.l e noft... III firsr

pos lrion . N orin ' r ha. t h(' 0l'~.. n SI " n~$~.,f , ht- ;:lIlmr - E II D Co pcfll afOn;c mi n.or. Thl5 IS o,w

I"(~son

why F.

'$

, hI:"

m~ "t

I}

Ii - hav ..

~I I

d ,.. n()(ts (Ot E

pup u la, key for bl Ut'S mUSK on gUild'.

Eac h har 5.ans wlI h a ha:;s nOf('. 1.(" r h,s rong r hrou.a.:hout r h.. har, M If will givt" a ·umlt"xl · (or thl' lead notfto. No(O(l' , hal bar s('v(·n h~s . h.: Il{l.It~ 1 fi B' no'" [!to, wh i,h )"ou will I""g,n fam il iar

W

anot her typ ICal blues clement

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• •

Tht'n- IS also a

•

scalc- urllwn umx:tly from [he ma jor SClIk. E pcm3tOIll( mJJor .s " Fit

OIllJ U N, bu t Ot h ,' fW, So.' t he SCl' k s uSC the

a Il-b:lr ,n [: ,)).l ,or dl<'n an' no

",,/11<'

d~sl" l1~

chor,ls. An 'Ill po n ulll P"rt .)f pl.. y m~

~o()d

D~ .

Two notCS _ A and O N h3V(' bc-cn

'lOU'S. W hen til(' po>utawn "... major IS " I
'blu,,' notes; tI ... lIotes fit harmolllously wllh the bl u('S [...-..d IS com riJSu lIg the

p"m~\On I C's

mUlor 1'0<.1

major forms lO lldJ !! r.:-~('r "u uest 10 you r s.olos. lI ere arc l wO open sl n ng pmu;-rll$ for t h,s scalc-, Th(" Sf'(:onJ has 11 sl '!!h~ eXlenSlon [0

It

instcm'! of piJ ymg Ih(' open B strlog. the

~'1m('

OIO!(, IS

fou nd al the' foo rt h {tet. Ttll~ ('~I Jbhsh('S Ihe h~nJ III Ih,rJ pos" lon.

•

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

(.I('m~«)nK

G. 11 CIt. Com p;]f..- t hiS w,th E major: E Fit GI! AB C!!

E pentatonic malor

•

E pentatonic maiO!' wil h e xtenliOl'1

, "j

;

,

,

THE E MAJOR BLUES SCALE Th~

rh ."j o ft h~5(' scalI' IlR tt ('rn s ~,I, l s ,m ('''f ro nor r: 0 . T h is is rht· tlat rt n l~1 th l,,1 no .« W('

h ~\"t ~ Irt ~d y ('O(01 1l1l('r(,,1,

Th iS r('SLl h s In wh;1.( is kno wn as l ht E (ll"l or hlurs $(~ k .

11 3

,

,

3

• To furth"r p rauI'" ,IIest' MJ I,·" exe rcise

17 ,'a 12-lxi r solo III E that u!i{"s , he p<.'ntalOnlC

ma l'" and mal" r hi " ..., "alt"., T h.. fl .lu ....t'd d ll rd

" ""'Y [,. "'" '"

'" ar u ral' ru:-cid .. n (.~1 atldffi ru ( ; So m .." ",.., rh •• C " fr"t tm ; tffi("h«l wi t h a nort"s of hars

~n(1.

T h,s hrt-:l k

lxC"~lLq'

t il .. music

" ' '''''t Im .,.., a.~ III

of the

ba t (cu.

It IS

"",,,'(I)" a ·rnll-!lnd-an~ ,,·.. r· [e< hn ,'l" t', wh.,rt"by th.. fi rst {j " ..

1-.3. 'j and 6 m3kt' a l,h r
RULES OF THUMB FOR USING THE PENTATONICS 1. In a m inn,-k.. y 11_00. you ,-"n play th .. l)t'nt-:l l" "K m ,II" f h ut nm Ih" "'diur.

t\", t'

Iha t th.'

p.:,n raron'(- m inor will nm «)unOIl$ 1>1.'<"$)' a' " d ... ·" on a rna/or k .. y h"'cm,,, t h.. n Ul..... at ... no

lonJ.;tr flartt" ,,",! ,·trs ions of no u's vn rm- h oy
( ~,m l"' r ..

E na mfa l m in'" - E

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CHORD BOXES I ler(' an' a numht-r of movaPl .. (hurd tyfl't'S d out art> usefu l

III

blU(-S p 13yonX . ""arn { h~ m

In

d,lTl r(' Ot

pos' tions J'(" b"vt" t o the

[(MIt

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(t he I) ~''' ... n and. wht"n you playa 12- b:.or. try occ-.,s lonally su hswu rong , h.., .. fur t h.. ,({aigh t Jl1ll ;ors yOll wou ld or rn-rw lsc p b y. When p b ying w " h a !>nnel 1)r a 1M" sUl t~ r II IS not al ways ONCSSMY to play fu ll ch() rd~_ Th,' d omi n ant seve nth ( 7) troads arc uS('ful for Ihl S p urposr and for purr on,.: ,n w

",I", for a rh yt hm .c e{fecl. Nor ln· fhat w mt" of them are mi ssing ~ roo l flo tt , wh ll-h w,lI

dW II Ix pl:iycJ by Ihe baSSist fmyw ... y. Th~

diminished seve nth ( 07) chord ;s an oddi ty - l"",uusi.' .Ill y d Jl S flOlrs on 1><.. trtared as rh.. rom! T he mino r71's , alSQ

kno wn a., the half-d imi lli sh(.J chorJ, is a colO ll rful vari ar iu n on ,h ~ u.u~1 111II",r sevemh . The fl a!f('nt,<1 fifth ,s t h~ ,am~ note you would

!.,.. p l:t)'m/\ " " the bl u~, -.;alc f(IT th~l kc)" Th~

7#9 (no,,' p" pubd ), k,l(own as t he- ' I-lend ri" chord' ) /ol,vt',

Ninth s and thirteenths btx-omew, 11

su~ro t ut~

Tt'al...J~~: the

7, 9

IS

mol'(' !o:loomy nnd ""';' /j: n...J

m U(';Jsmgly d,fficu lt '0 fl nllt' r ,," t ht' su't" r so t hey arc- oftcn fO\In.:1 ,n m n.,m pl"rt' fonus They

fin t h .. d " m malll seve-m h.

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OPEN D AND SLIDE TECHNIQUE "mmi-l~

"I1,t' g re",tt pr.tCt ' I'",,,;"n; havt' uSt'd a Wid., rans .. of

om OfTI'll

u nusual ,"[.. rvals of th ... , own ("hoos.",.:.

.-"m mo nly uSlCd aJ rt'rnaflV(:"5 [() s.an
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also good ro

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10

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SIm p ly tht' op"n chord s d .ar furm lilt" I) IS

one of rhe mosr popu lar of rhc Jaw:r,

Wll h slide " layong bemuS("

barn- chonl - a I) major w" h $frl ll/o:, Op<'f1 or d iff.. rt'nt Pos,[,ons on rh("

ovt'r tht' tTaIS. some {-on nu ni ng

o!TIT!> an mSlant full

1\

a slide p laced at t he 12th fIn . and othcrs

WI( h

pJ~m y

It also pfov"les

In

of open roO( flUfC'S 10 kct"p rhe hass

K" '"8 wh i]" you pid, ou r mdody lint', wlrh rhc sl ,de on h'glll'r smngs. 1b srr imooIX'" 0 you nttd

to

al fn fOllf of rht' SIl( slTlngs from Sla n.IMd, tu nI ng from low

to

hIgh ro DADF#AD.

In exercise 1 you wol l SImply Ix- k nrnmg how ro hold 11K- slidt', and whel'(" 10 place i, on

rht· 5[ [ 1I1g5 in onkr rogCl n good sound wuh proper im onation. P ut theshde nn your left pi nki e. As YOlI pl ace (he slide on the string _ in in this tu ning) - usc

JUSt

('nough

tillS

pr~.'~u t~

ca5.c the h igh E-string (wh ich is in fJCC ,. high D

(0

nmkl" ,h" SlTillj,(

Remem ber, Ihe slidt should b" plat'"d d , ...,·t!y ovt-,

I h~ f~t ,

you would lI on nally do if yo u wn" f ... w ng WI t h your fin!;" r In til

COv('t only the stri ng you ute phoY II.g _ t ht- E-q ,, !.g. Play

til

make il sound a.

d~ an

,~(mlld

abov" th" ,pecif.t-d f."t .

r.. th~. than t h~

n()n-slid~

I"'tw~~n t h~

f.N, l.h

p laying.

u.,~ th~ s l i d~

stev~nth

SoLal " and try

dom inant

as f'<",, ,hl ...

In Ih is exercise 2 you woll Ilt' sl.d,n/lllt' t"' .... n , h .. nur~s uf th e dum inanr S>t"ven rh .Kalt', during wh ich "''' will a lso pr.•nln· anl,tn .. r Im p<) rrant p.. rr uf slid .. p lay.n).(: SlnnI' d ampt'nmg . Thi .• can he

a" hi~vM

wlrh hc;.l h t h" lefr nnd rI g hT harl<1. In th IS (ast\ Iry !cHi ng your !cft mdex

fi ng'" !St nd y tou,·h , ht' sam\" S(rl ng thaI your s lod" IS p laYlo):. Th IS ' S a real sub tle manocuver h~n}.:

and takrs a linl .. rimt' CO ):t'. rhr

of. \'(f h('n .100(' propc'rly, .t shou ld d ampen a lot of the

st ring nOise assoc iate"! wJl h shdc p lnymg, P lay the scale asccndi ng and dcsc{"ndlllg. The sl ide should Ix- III conslant COntact WIth I hc strmg as

It

pressUf(' you usc shoul d bt' ennllg h III mak .. I h..

tlI'K"

sl Ides from Iltll t'

nOIt'. Th t' amOUnt of

to

51,und h UI not "" much I hat you h...... r

u llw~moo f"'l ""'~t. K""p"'g ""'S"'''O, prt'll.'ur" " al.... ' ~."ry Im po rtant; If )"U move t ht sl.d t

away from or IOwdcd s I he frubo(lrd


~"u sl.d ... ~uu WIll g"l '"m" awkwdrd inconSISlt'nnes

Jfl

Ihe lOne of th e lIote you Uf(' slidlllg from or 10, Slidi ng bac k and fon h OCI"",..,n 1l0h ' S CUll Ix- a

~ cry

cxeltlng and

t'v()(,~ lIve

wuy of uslllg

I h~

shde. In exercise 3 you w,lI piC k Ihc 1\011" one" . tlWII shJe baL k anJ forth. Makt' SUl~ dml notes you ure slid iug ftom .. "d I" ar~ pJtd .-pt'rft.
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m:Lk t- su re Yllu art- h lt tltl/j" the

not~

ri /j"ht - t hi , i" al.", a g(M.d

t"X~tciste .

BASIC RIFFS Now k r's sra rt g('{ti ng Il1 tO the thongs Ih al most of you arc I-' robab ly reading (his for. Exercise 4 d isplays a cool slit!t" riff fo r rlw first fou r bars of a 1 2_ n~ r bl ues. In open (linings. sllch as opcn J)

and G , YOIi w,ll hear a 101 of rifTs ccn( cm.l on th e 12(h frel. You m n actually break tlllS

(O"lornse up in ro rwo d,st onn two-ba r 5('("(lon5, The first (wo

b.~rs an'

cent t"red arou nd thc llth

frer, rhlo s('(ond two-bar sect IOn gO('S
t(o

Ihe 12th f",t . Th.s kmd of p layinS eyokes the nat ural

<"fi'h, WJl h h'Shet "'g l~t"N and low" r ~S 'SI "rs . W h"ntyr r Y"" p laya "" I.., slidt' or otherWIse, try to th in k of haYlUg a

con~t- rs~II()I1: u~.t1g d, fT"~1JI ~"adt'''L-.,s,

palJ.'leS, e"dama IIOns,

I"QI' ''' will tu nr YOll ou t H".t 's a n ict' sl i..l .. ph rast' for th .. IV chord on

:l

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

12-oor .srq ut' o(r. Exercise 5 IS (" .. ntrred

on Ihe fifl h frer, wh ic h , If you w<, r.. to play all SIX sr rm~s, wou ld g ivt' you the enti re IV chord

Exercise 6 rakes you form th .. V chord ro tht, IV chord . Th ... V chord IS foun.1 at rhe seventh frO'I nnd a.l(aio, rh .. IV chord a • • ht, fifrh. l\Qrh d .. ,s l"mm l'l c you

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Exercise 7 IS

~

Rolxn J oh nson-styli.' turnarou nd. Use YOll r !hu m b on ,ht" n..,:ht hJ UU

W

play tlot· J'~'<'nJUlg ba,;s lm e:- lmu ~ ny fi n~"('r to p la y t he accompanying nw lo.l y '''.lIt'S on rht' hl,l.;h

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bu t

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tuu r ..x ... r~l,* s you worked on .. bo..:' {ombme..! IO fO on!: 11- 0."

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sh uJTIc rhythm beh",d YOll will hrll' you ;r.:t" . h..

1.,.,l luf h()w , h...... ph,CI., .... wurk wg .. t hu. O therw,r.t' IT--coro youf5Cl ( p b YII'f! a shuffie:- rh)'l hm on J)

(wI[h .h.. "I' p rupnatt' , hmd (. h~ "g ..' . " f ~()ut ....). arK! then

pC.lctl!.C tll(~

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ALTERNATINCi BASS lI en.'

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n 16· bM fin~('rpi ( kin~

exercise

P'I'CC

(or rhoot· of you wh o (an I'Ll}' an a ttt'ma'"'t; h:I." .

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9 yo u wilJ !tnd thln li lt (he slid e no tes h~ ppe n on rh(· hi g h E-s mn ).(, whl( h h ~ lp'

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~·o u

more op tl o nS for rh(' IV
h~1'''1IC1

SIm p ly pbC lllg th e .11J(k (WCf " II SIX strmgs a( the fifth and seve-m h frns .

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Now . h'lI )'"'' h
im n( han,l( .n).: fU rna rou nd , and p h t ...,..,. ("'III mOM of l hes<' cxnno;cs 10 yom own compOSI t Io ns

w orki n,.: [<)wu rd

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by mally

rtI"",' j1\t() ()pt'll G, wh ic h is " Iso I'o\,ul a r w, t h hlu n

l)"lm , p l:, y,' r~ "s wdl. Open G ru ns D _G _D _G _B _D , T"

D, _ " .. nl' playt'r' rn L..:- ln fl ud it .:-asi.:-s t

fr~ [[ .n..: t h~ D -, UL Ili>

, m ng, f"" rt h fCl't )

lO

play~ r" ,L"d I" tl~'J J.:~ [ t h~r~ j l'<

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al t h.. 1,1th 1'1'<'. 1), tlll'n bringing (be R-suoll,Lt ha(- k " I' fmm A to B (G -

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tht' h ig h E "\ bil>h D, thell drop (be A -s t ron).; to an

pmh Y" u J.:I'! w ht''' Y"u p lutk d, .. or"'tl G -s tring , (N ote th ,l( for

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tu , .. fl'r tv rhl' st nn,.., oJ ,on); !ht'lr p, [<- h.". frw" ' t JuJarJ t uning ,) In e x erci se

11 y..u will lit' pbYIII/,:"

~lIlI p k [.if

on the G -SUIn!, Try

sl nn}(-damllt'nln); ' <'< hnlqll .. , ' ' ' Ill); t ht' I.. f( h.uod ",d(o" finb'H wh ile )'OU play I h.:- rtff You ('lI.n alsv p lay eh " .. if' rr-m3 11lS

G

III

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1I<>t.·.~

'lrO)OnJ thc I!t h rr€1 10

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'rail' III J

t "U-"nJ -r<'Spo11s('

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nt h..., ,"x t"ni ", 13, " [owe-•. Th .. "'ypual ,,(,h .. ,;"nr.. , a nd III til""" .." .. m p !'" ~'OU h(":l.f how ,he soon,1 of sl ll l,' p lay,n...: I'('SI.'mhln p il l'S

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to

, he ,wo licks fO,l:Cfhc, to show YOll how rh(·y flow as a SIn,l(I ... mUS Kal l int' - always mUff'

dI3 [ kn!-: tn~

Ihan p layong Ihe p hf:lS('S ond,vu.l U.1 Il y.

Exercise 15 IS rt.'1ll1ll1$("('11 1 of Son I louS(', , h('" g !O

UUI u.,g ll .

l1 um 3n ~'oio:'_ ['ulluw ln,l.( th .., .. , exercise 14

r(";l (

Ik l£<1

h lu ("sman .

I, 's a l so a ).;00<1,,1"0;-

Slart if >'OU have n("va p la >",[ a mdo.! )' a~-aJnsl a S(':I.t y OOss. The ("xa m p k Slarrs our Wl, h an

ciS hrh- notl' b:.SoS TIff, , h<.'" o b:'l( ks off (he hass fO 'lu arr.:r-ooll'S (r h.. I'u lst") and a Sim p l.. SIO,Io; I.. nm" s lid .... r iff. Many Dell a hlu("s m('n """,[ ,USI (he' . hum h an.1

rm' ,ndex fi n,l(t"'

fOf

fi nJ,:t"rp,ek ln,l( In

rh .s exampk you can p lay Ih(' mdo..l y norcs on die' hIg h E-strl ng wI , h you , Indn< fi n};n

Exercise 16 offers a fu n alu:rn~ tl n!: pl~ y ~ Ixl~S

rh),thm wllh Ih" th um b

the 0 (t, flh) on Ih" fouflh dnd

jn Ih" In

h~ r

you rhar

~xam rl ~

(C7 ) [""ks Ilh

13 rhnt 's a

b:.1SS

p l~)' ", ~

slid .... JUne In G I UI1In!: G IUI1! I1S allows

111,' rool o n Ih .... fi fth smng, then

"~Ih -'lr lll o", t!w; Ol~ (-> th . . ~

C ( hord lrum

d~sn:' ndlllg h~~s

sl~ nd .lrd

l,n,. plaY .... 1 on

r h~

altern~l r

a slu r mark ,l(Ol ng from

m~ans

o n~ n o r ~ ,

you pi ck rht· firsr n,''''

h~,

a moumtul St)llnJ

E- :lnd D-"" n!!" that

tht· ,trlng again,

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not~

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.. vol"", rh.. ,ou nd of t h.. I.'>t-Ita

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gllS!

ro

musIC" nicc 'bou ncc' 'Il1C IV chord

lutllnM ~ nd

Exercise 17 has so nw of rh~ fl'(-I of l)l lnd WII I, .. J ohn'un" . In M)' Tim~ Of Dyjng ' St" ..

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p laYing

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5 COUNTRY LEAD SCALES Th., A S(-"It" r,<" nrat onl( I'M lem Qudm('
(0

,Ii" fi ngc-rboo.rJ dIagram) Ix

B .. ("Ay. ,he TOOf fl()I<' for t he "mmor thmg ' wou ld

rh., ' ma jor rhi no!:: Pm anQl hfT

J

Me

NSCll u ally sImilar.

pc-nt~(Otuc

",hal rock and blu ... s gUltntlsts may know as ffimor

SC"d le pattCnlS

monor dmJ _ dm'(' frns _ below lI"'l of

"'"' y, ou r A m~ ,or 1X'IlWtOIl, c SCJk hcl'(" has the sa me nOlI'S d~ F~

mmor pt'nlaron i(". Coum ry !" n("s,

hoW{'~{'T,

of len work In Ih .... malO!

~IJ{'

of lh mb~' so emphasIS('

3nJ rroso h."t' on t ht roo. nOH.'" S an,! m ollor I h mls (d);ld('
Afrt'. karnmg ,hc r,vr

on
p;lw:rns

~ou

should Ui UIllJlciy Iry 10 Stt du ngs

rh," whok anOl of the Jio.!!crbo:mJ AccorJmg ly. p mCI,Sl'

th rough the (ompkl e patl~ tn _ whith

th"

ag~ill.,t

AII~rc

Jll

terms of

~ Il
Ltt works (many "f hi.' 1 1Il~' a,~

a ,I" W, , .. )'It'a(lnl{ A- I)- II - I) , hurd pr",; t\·ssioll, p mctlM' sh lfrlng licks r..,· rwI;'"("n

,("~ I " p~[{~rn hox.. , . H IIlt: I)

~ rl· oJ. foll rr h

and II

m:ljor, -'imply ,h,fr any of rill"

l)

how

!x.ck and fort h

,(~I~ pa tt ~ fI" ).

Ix,sed Oil m"jor pellUlI>lII t N.:xt ,

" ~!o.'~ IIII JII)'

w("~Yl1lg

moJ.r,·n~1

(fow SC I1l1l 0nl's) ap.-.r[ so in ord.:r to

11l~[ ch

S('<;' n h('rl' u p foV(' (cc' rs (or down S('VCn frcrs). Evcn

prof",, ,iollal, ,)ft~1l n~!o(orlar.~ cno r,i cha"I
p'-ltt~rn d"'wh~r~

on

t h~

fingrrlxmrd . H (·y

If If wo rks . lise or !

MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE LICKS AND RUNS Yo" mig hr WIsh ro I,-nm ( h(" md",,,lual llcks III e )(en:ise 1 ,I( you r le,SU!'(' befon' sU:l!Ig how t h.. various fra;;m.. nrs fir

(o~('( h('r. NOt ("

I hal on ly I h.: nOIC'S of the A

m~ IOf

Tl'~""d l .

us..o rhruuJ.thom . dt"Sl"r(' !hfl"(' fxolllg chord Ch;LllgC'S. AnalySIS wI ll

pelllalOlllc scale Jrf

fo r cu m p Ie, th", whJt

is (he Slx! h of A ,s al50 til..- I hlrd (.f D . R<' nLenLbo: r d,(,ugh , m u mry p l. y" '" "ft"" m~ll"h th" suI"

10 the- choN , .:g. A fiJ ,or P<'n lau" ,,( '" .1 .. t"r A. I) m. ,,,r P<'ll!a!",,,, ",..I.. fin I), and ma)'l .... L

MIXolydIan mod., ft"

c _ mur.. un

wh " h lar .. r T h .. , on,lue)onx hat will m3k .. fur som.. tro cky

(m aylx- Im~sj bld ft n~"r ,t .... td""S cU I ~war

u su,r.. r ",,, hllm a cu taway. bu t
" II

models th.·",," d .. y" (h.. t II I.' wi>rd, " " ,,,dIU);

",m.. h ,~h

I.....ill

fj~u r'"

h"ft".

Notes In t he A major pe ntatonic scale B 2

A 1

Cf 3

I' i<- ki"g -wi,,,, d,,""{"k Oll t - ir \

pr~r r r

th ~

pi{'k ,n,.

mll r h srr'n a l r(" rnar('

E 5

Ff 6

s o};g~s r lon~ ~hvw n

pl c kln~

In r..,·rw('<;·n rh t·

nor~r'on ,~nd

rnhlarurt

!hrougho ut . bu t notICe that 50mctimcs (hc up/offbeat

'S 3 down srrokf (i n acco rd ,)[lCc wJl h Si xtC<'l1 th- nOt l' pic king) whi le occasionally JI 's an upStroke , which fcds natura l for (·ight h_llOh' hamm,·r·ons and

puJl -o(f~ ,

~f(),w<'~ ,

wludl St' rvc'

to

Al iIl'J I)bs.:rw tlll' l,octal

k('('p

It

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of slides plus a few

.Ill now ll,g,

DIAGRA M 1 THE A PENTATONIC MAJOR SCALE

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5 THE A MAJOR SCALE diagram 2 1",low - and , here arc, bcrausc I t of[('r!i I ll,'

T hen' may Stt m to ht- a lor of dOl" 'jn

full A maior M"ak, from opt'n srr lOJ.(~

fi n~(t'rhonf"('

ExamIne I he an:'lI of f he which corIT!;ponJ dCJ;1TI'S (i.

[I,

rho- nm rl),:h r u p

al

W

ct.., 14th fret .

whtort' rh .. S("3 \., sroops art' sho wn"", arabic numocrs ( 1·7),

, hc $even , k~n:'(" of r h., major $C1I1 ... and m-nn', chords b uilt from d lOSt'

10

I II. IV, V, VI and VII). Th,s IS rhe- haS'3 of t ht: SlK" II..d ' N ao;hvill .. N um ocrs

System', So, ill r hl'" kl'")' of A m RJor you mIl'''' "xl""-"' m fi nd ""m .. or all of t he folloWJfig chords A (I). R mmor (1 1m ), ell m if1()r(ll l m) , I) ( IV), E (V), I'll mono' (VI), whil., d ... VIJ chord , wh ich

is rarely tward in {Ou or ry

m USIC,

IVvu M

I't' ,I, rnm,shrd . Som.. or ..11 ,,( t h~ clw)rds may appear

;,5 sevent h (")(I (,05IOn5: ImaJ7. lI m7 . lII m7 , IVm aJ7, V7, Vl m 7 (and

V ll m7~5,

also k nown:ls

'hal f d imin ish",n. St"t' If )'01.1 can p ick OUI so me shap"'s of chord s fro m wit h in t he overall scale patt ern - they' re all then;! Now ra ke a

h ~)k

at t he T.>
The Dominant Chord Tone s Plus Extension I 1

A B

CI

D

E

F.

1

3

4

5

6

2

I

I

2

3 G' 7

4 A 8

5

6

I b7

B 9

C,

D

10

11

• • • • • • • • I

porfl on of r he S("alt- hiJ.:h l lg hrs , he r.. lall on~hlp I,..t w...,n t tl.. '" " .. ' (t<.~)t), t h ord and fi ft h of the S("a le as [hc d om;oan ( chord tOOtS As ro... Will hav .. l.. arn.,.d "I""",h..n, d lere 's more wl l hUl {';Ich m ajor scale t hao slInply t haI SQlle Itsclf.

W h il e t he A majo, SC-dle run~ from A 10 A (and so-on from OClave (OOClan " righ' ti p t h.. n<'(-k) o n t h" nec k d iag ram and as o u{I" It"d Ullh(' <>Xp la n;o IOry ch;on. we {';In also cons' n KI ot her mn,it"'< by playmg I he lIoteS of A ma ior bU I sta r\l n~ from d, fT('rent d(',I; rt"C'-s of t hr SOII ~ _ On" mod .. [hal IS ocGlsionally uS('ful III (ou nl(y pl ayong IS E M lxoly. ll llo . fouo. 1 h)' p lay ing fm m U w E in thl' A major scd le (1lI g hligh t<'1..l by Ih(' roman n umcl'fIl s 10 . I,a,l; m rn 2). E M ixo lyd ian p rovides a usefu l all t rro at i,·" fot .wloing OWl t he V _ t hat IS, t he E chord - of so ngs in A major. Exercise 2 ()ff~ " some A ma jor lid,s arid p h r~,,,,,

{(I

furt h~ r

tCSt you r I\('W ski lls.

D IAGR A M 2 THE A MAJOR SCALE

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CHORD VOCABULARY

,

••

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I-+=IFH

' I+H++I

,

'm'

7

r= ~

~

Ell (DfE)

-

••

'm'

Dsus2

•

These chords wo uld most likely be heard in a song in the key

Ell (Dlf)

•

F

-

of A major: A edd9 equals the I chord ('one'). Dsus2 is the IV,

Bm7 is the 11m (' minor two'). E11 is th e V" . Try playing them in various orders: I, IV; II. V; IV, II. V. I; II, V; I. IV ... k . . p

7

rearranging them, sometimes omitting one or two chords,

-

-

until you di s.cover a progression that you lik • . He y, yo u' re a

F

composer I

F

143

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,

., 5 LICKS IN THIRDS AND SIXTHS In "dd,u" " p layi ng"

to

slII,!;lc-- llOH' $olom,f: and wm .. (-
t"X<,<- utL.J

on Jou bk _SIOp5, 1",0 001("$ p larK! wf("th ..r . TIlls IS Jone pnman l~· III seal t"<

mad .. up of pair.; or d u rJs or pours or $1 >( l h5 nsCl'nd ,n;; anJ d .·sn,,,dmg die n nt" om" asc t"" dmK Im m toOl to 00:1:1' (', prt ' n.~1

IlIdJOT

dl~r

scaJ('

of II s......o.-l as< .." d",S ti, ... soomc seak. b m

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Statl ln.!:

from a t hird ." a ,"xl h ~wa).

T h.. "" und of tins ,s J,kdy to Ix- InSln ntl y f~ md ,ar h. "d.. r fb",nut

to

r m~

thelll. wh,k Slxl hs

Tn

yo u: tlmds huvc a sligh tl y sou rh -of.rhr·

\.Of ("b".,f ("':II'I!' Unth are csscnuallO you r mastny of

",,,,,, u y I..ad p l.. ymg_ T h.. n",-k di ag ram s bt,1,)w g Ive you (h('!.C sca les on rll ml, ",,,d SI xt hs tt.'S p<>cuvcl y. all

ma jor ,n. I... lid" , .. mll"''''g " n

\0

In

th .. A

e>lerClS<' 3 h;:-Iow, SI'.:' nd "u rn .. t Im .. w ,th Iht S(' Jlag l1lmS,

p lay"',!!: th ..", up and d"wII t h~ """'\-1. 011 JlI suggrs t rd Srrt n,l( ;; rVU I'In,l( s (ii"e g roups of adl'lCCm strmp ror rh irds , fo u r .l:rn IlP' " t " ~x l -but-(JIl" !X\1rs ror slxrh s). l r t~k .., ," m~ p tallicc to

THIRDS IN A MAJOR

SIXTHS IN A MAJOR

Homll tor V (£7)

Horne to< t tA)

Horne f or

Home ' or I (A)

V (E1)

Ho"", t or V (£7)

Horne

Home for

tor t (A)

Hom.. to< V(En

Home f or V (En

"AI

H o m ~ ' or I

Home tor V (El)

Home f o r I (A)

Hom .. for V (E1)

Home to< V (H )

Home f or V (El)

(A)

Horne fof V (0)

Home for I (Al

H""", for ' (A)

Hom .. for I (A)

Scale of thirds (from " home") in A major 0

P

~owe.

A

BOD

s tring: S<~I . of

Home for V (E7)

Home ' or I (AI

144

F<

Highe. s tring,

E

s lJrth$ (from

Hhome H )

GI

A

B

E

A

Go

in A major

Hlg " . r string:

A

B

O

D

E

F>

GI

~ow.r

CJ

D

E

fJ

G!

A

B

string:

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

5 h~s),

m.. m" n ..... tlK'm on all sr'In,!; r"" ro,,!o:.- (and, ocyo..<1 t har , in all

"' Of t. a """pi.. of J if{cffm Srotl l'ln,!{' nnw, " ml you" 1I soon [(":1 m You shou ld constmllly mon itor

w h~ t

Ih ~

chords

r/Xoglll l(' (Iw., sou nd .

snu nds 'rcwln ',J' ami what

on phY51 ( 31 and so" ic {('nus - whr r\' you for

til

ar~ ut ~ny gj "('Jl

but famIlia r."" yuurself

d"c~Sll 't :

tty 10 ' t'mrmhrr -

pom' r.. I~ [ ,,· .. to .. ,ther thc 'hom", base'

'"or nm .. 0' secondary 1'0"" $ '.If ,..,,, ,luuo,,, as wrll as tht "hom .., fi" the th ml and fifth

,cal... As for mem o"s"'!.;

OfyOllt

th ~

physical aspens of

rht,rt' ar .. , )I]ly [ hrc\.' 'shapes' for your fi ng t'rs tD m ake- as 'SI ml"h, ' (bmh strings lllg ht.) . a nd on ly {wo

fi nt.'('n:~1 ,\f

· ~t r .. t,-h· (lower

sh~I""'"

rh ..

~, m ..

yO Il

th~,~

n ()t~

stain. you 'll soon

mow" up :md down th .. nK k:

frd), 'Jw.go n.11' ( th.. IOWt'f . lnllS fi nJ.,,(·,,,,,j a f,.. t

string fin;:"r..d tWn fn-Is hlghcr. Simple-r ,t ill. So.' rnc (XIln nt;s rtqui,..,

In {ime, bot h sou n, l and f...,1

~houlu

womc jn tlllt.vt'

Exercise 3 lays oU{ an ext,' nuN run In {h,rd5, keepmg t he dou hlt'-~T"P" to the lug hl"S1 t wo pairs of SI {lngs, With single- not ... licks ],nkln}; I h"m . Follow 1h(" I'("commt'n(I...:I l>t>nds ~ nu g hsscs chord ~«om pan; m"nt to chec k how r h.. I"ad rullS Mlund

(" hd,' s)

to

ail~ llI st

the d l:lngN;. Ik awa rt" of I h.. IW(>-S ltl!lg p rc-hend to)wa ,d l h(" cnd of !-on r t wo, and nm ice

th ..

llrl~ f

sian wi l h. and IL,"

yl't dTcctive

Likt :,11 til("

llS ~

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til<'

of pu ll _HIli; to till' Opt n high E-string u] b'lt in th"

lhi~

( I' Jp tcr.

S<:"
mer~l y

sc ~ ~n.

rcpr('s<:'nrs

" n~

part ic ub r

I"lt' rmu t ution ,ond th c I>os, ihili t ,t", are almost c n dk~s_ It miilh t l>c a good "k... , thNd<)((: , to n, . ,J I~

arou nd furth er fur a whole , 'I rt'lCh OUi Iht" row mat<=tla l that th iS ("l« ·rc .sro ~nd tilt' Il(-ck

dlagrJ ms provld t". and fak ..

( h~

"PP"n u lli t y to , I(ovdop ynu r 'm prowlSing sl-tlll s

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("I I-I..nlo;, h ru n In s!lulls, exen:ise 4 oom prl '>t:.• t hords . ha!

I h... kc)' of A " "'Jm Th ...... all:' rhn:... non-dmtomc chords - 1\ 7 (17),

art'

not all from

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_ along with [ h.. m" .... unusual Dm add9. A/e n and E7fG u (Ih.. diag rams for , he Ia uer Ihl'«' are g i \'~n

"" th.. Fdnn/< pa).:(· w hdp('flsc the way). s.,., if ro" (";1.0 f. ml ways of m alching thew eh.)'>:.1<

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you ml,1:hl fi nd of part ic ula r ;Ilt.. r.." th~ ~1("t ,h rtf nil , his A ,wIT so unds g .... at

lor E7 (V 7), WI) ; as yO\1 "by bHS n ine through 12 you ' ll b.. pl ay'n;: Mlxo l)'d ian si xth s. wh ~tll('r you bm",

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p lay such ~ chord on l)' If rou can alfo ••l

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or E m,oj or bu t sn,.t. ,m t h~

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cOllp l.. of passes.

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to

grab

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c:t"'t alwuys acknowl{"< lgt'cI

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filr cxampk.

l·kr("s how yo u play art ificial harmon 1<"S: fr~t a not"", then tollch rour Jnd .. x f'llgu ge mly omo

Ih(' pomr an Deta,'.. (12 frets) lx-yond ,r , and pluck it lIsing y()u r rh umbpj,k (nl
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p laym~

s,m pl(', m<'llsu rt'-long m" lud,.- p h r:lS('s ,

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M'<.ju....lCes.

Th ,s may take" whilt" '" und .. "'t-..nd d~ ~ruug hl y, b ut don 't Ie! (h ,s d,S('oum,l!1' r'ltJ fmm

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C6, CmJj7, CmJj9, C6/9.

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I ht' (jvt'essc ll u al rh yt hms t ha t Will not 00 11' help you w l, h fht' rh rt'O"

ha.s ... fi >rm <, h ut "" ,t h mJ uy o( II,,!' '" wd l. 'illeS(' will

~ lIo,,'

you

a ' 'lIt' CI)' of

to [u llcuon In

m USICal sryl..,.

EXIen:ise 4

IS

a rhyt h m ("all...:!

w tI .... bar'. T his pNf('n ly

' fi lU'

('xcmph!i~

(he Ii f1 11 me

"gna 'lln', and " a r hyt hm }~)u ' lI t..,;, r 111 pl,," tf of da>;s iL jan . Fou r 10 t h(' bar IS (f\IU," on.11Iy playt"CI "" , h all d ow ll,tmk .., "" I h.. ("I'.Uft.. Hltllt"S, som ('uilles wll h t he occasIonal upst roke on an .. ,).:h [h _n<)l .. fi,t t'mpha',_•.

In

'u&"-'(

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""Iod r hydnn . with chord

Ch;lIlg.'5

accord mg

{O

dl(' nm(' .

I, offen wor k) 1lt'~1 wh .. n ynu ~ r.. .,uppl yll1~ , I" , w n" (no bass pld)'c{ or d rum m"f) Of for p ko ymg

rhyth m

WU I ~ r

charfS on a

h ,~

hand - t hmk h nld,t' G ' tt'L Su m .. w nes chords change ;.s fllSt IlS

one pc: r lxal , whIch mh's som(' fancy fin)<(' r wurk , hut hn(' w~ ' 11 st fU m Iwn b.. " as~ m~ t !l\utOO Stnt1i's to get t he rhyth m down , th en "lay two n:u s w irh a r hord

( h" nJ.:~ ~vny

tWO

I)('ats . As

ItI

th e pr~~ ,o u, cX"rcisc, us.: b"sic chord forms or thas.: YOli haw alrt'ady Itarn t'{1 t' l st'wh ~ rt' Altr. y{)u ' ~e ~"t

,Ilt ft'tl uf II , try p].,yin o I,}ur

to

t he har against t he jaa bl urs m ~K{"rc,s,' I

Exercise 5 ,s u ' IJn w,du' As you might guess it 's in 311, bu t a jau ",,1 h z also wtl rh /o:'tat ", 61H, IU', d oubl ... it "p. Also , nOte the importance 01 t he rests lor rh e f(,(,1 of rh" rh yrhm , I\tf'\'a t lh ~ (wo ban; Ullt,] yo" S"t a fet:! [or it. After you 've got this dow n , tr~' it on rllt' srand ar.i runt'S 'AI ,('t' In Wuud erl alld ', ' Sl""...,ur ', 'So rnedJ)' .i.\i y Prince Will Come' and 'WlIldows' Th., 'boss" nuv,,' rhy t h m

If'

exercise 6 works g f('at [or sa mbas as well as bossns

a sn m ha

ilt" ,nJ.: fast('r W hdt' t hr ... arr ma'l y v~ " "tn"" ,,( Lot'" ""d Btan ha n rhythms usoo III jatt , t h ts 'S a ~ rt'a, OJot' ro stan OUI with , ~nd ,t , ~ m ult ,-(u nct i" nal. Lls t"n OUI {or , hC'S(' rh yt hms In , ilt' sra nd ard run('$ ' l\I ut' IlOS"ia ', 'O nr Notr Sam b,,', ' Wavr ' and 'Trist,,', all o( whICh you can karn )'otJr$Clf, (Gt'( ,k'('I'I('r lorO r ht'st· rh Yl hms

In

t hl" ' I..." n' rhart~ r.)

T he t'asy way to op proru:h 9 '0011 .• <1' tS to play I ht' rOOI OJO hea rs oot' and r hr.... O n I......"" tWo and (our pl ~y Ih,' 'IOtt'S

or lilt' chON that an- Idt 00 , ht' J), G and B st ronJ(S, as t"Kt'm pl tfin"l

In

exercise 7 , S,mplt', but dTt'cuvt'. Exercise 8 gIn'S an t'u m pk 111 'odd l1 illt" , {HilI'

Slsn,Il ute 'n p~~ , T h ,n l.: of

Many ..d d I .'

,11 11"

~'glll' tUr~~

(1!ll

as a pu W31t ~

In

t h l ~ eaSl'" ~ 11 , p rooohly rhe mosr - u~ 1 o. ld

3M pl us tWO eX(I11 q uarre r- nOf"S 3 - 1 - ~ Ix- pl.tycd uslllg t h is conerpt. P'3mSt B,ll Brubt:c l.: 's 'Tak(' FlVl" It

In

a d as.,, ~· ian tun" III ~f
""~."

ynu }! ~t ,h,s rh yt h m dow n AS~i",

11011'

the m Jjnr contributlo n the !'(StS mak(' ro rht,

rh yth m ,,' ft't"1 "f Ih, s .. xt"ru, .. ,

IMPROVISATION Finall y i t's time to m ove' on to whar many guitari sts think of as rh",

",ss"n("~

uf p u : , ,, Iolll)! " rod

implOvi S':l1i(JIl, Wt" U swrl by tal king about soloing 'over and 't hrough ' rht c hord chan,l(t's

uarn the C m;l jor

$(~ k

in aU positions and you've al so k arn("
m "d(.... Th(" y ;I t(' : D Dor wn, E Phrygil,n, F Lydi an, G M ixol y
'f

as a C ma ,OJ' '" air

Since a I1 -V-l ln C tll~jor is b uilt from the 1lO1<'S of (he scrond, fi ft h ami fU()t of t h.. .'i("A I.. , "m pl y p ia), 1l()(t~ o{ t he C Major $('J lc Ovt'[ ~Il t h occ changC'!;, The scale ge ne('1J("l (he harmony And I ht' ~h"rd., Im p l~'

I ht' ~ .. I", Chnrds at('

S<..... lcs

und sar i<'S a re chords - slmpk ,

Wh , lt' p luy'ng a C maJm ...... Ir ma)' nut make you sound lIke Joc PaM , and md ..d .(· way

to! '["".ITt

It

w, lI

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pJaymg 'thmugh '
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Another way that jazz play.",

,,,j,, [() c hord,

,cal.. rt'b.r ion,hip' i, a way to start not

bHt~r

than tht orh1:'r, jusr

Playin).( ow·, rht'

,hang~s

U'~ a diff~rerH s<,al~ for "aeh ,-hord.

is to

playjn~ ' ovt'r'

Churd-

rilt changt'> insteail of through th em , O ne' is

diff~renr_

r<:fI("C[s the sound of each chord in" 1I-V-1 progression. For the II

<:ho[(L D m7, play in the ]) ])or;"n scak" - simply" C "'
D- E-F-G-A- B-C-D, Over rhe' V (hord, G 7, pi,,}, G Mixol ydi an . which s(ans on the fifth

d~w~~

of th., C maj or S(-ak. Irs scale spell ing ;1: G -A- B-C-D -F.- F-G . Over [he J chord. CmaF,

)'()ll'r~

back

th~ory

of improvisarion \lsKl in jan guitar wloing. \X!c 'Jj <""1'10[(' some wnys to

a I;trle

betr~r

to th~ n()t~~

of rhe C major

sCll ~ _

That 's a oosi ( look at mc;.:l£'s as app lic·d to

th~

\IS~ ~ach mod~

in rht" n("''<[ >N:t ion,

Righ[ now, however, kt 's break down ,omc more ekmc-llls esselllial ill jan soloing. We han' already (alked abow guide tones - the third, and sntntb, that d .. fine - and chord

seal~s,

wh ich

r""~al th~

melod ic rdation,h;p' b"twttn

th~

",:a l~ ,

'-Jllillity of the chord chord and harmony_

MELODIC EMBELLISHMENT Arpegg;o, outl ;n" th" targ"r"d chord "mbdlishm~nt approach~,

th~

[h" chord

ton~' ( nMlt. ron~8

rhird, fi f[ h, ,,,,,,,nth and

chromatic-ally,

srale-wi~ ,

abov~)

and mel"dic-

from above and h.:olow. In

f()llowin g ~xe":i,,,-, ]'"e ,,,~d a D m7 arp.eg,l!io and hav~ ,hown ",v~ral ways to approac-h eac-h

chord

{()n~

to I""duee a more melod ic t"fff'{'t. By wmhinin g nores rhar are chromar;nlly "hove

and below rhe mrge[ed (-hord tones, our playing h<-<:-om es mort" melodi c and st ill

defin~s

rhe

harmon; , sound of the , hord , in this ,a>e O m! . Exercise 9 wkt"s a 'chrom,l(]( below ' approach to the chord wile (gu ide wncs arc i ndicwed br arrows in the exercise ), Exercise 10 uses a sole lOne abovc approach, whik exercise 11 combines the t "'0 in one appfOilch and exercise 12 combine, them in another. Exercise 13 u,~ , a doubl~ d,[()",a ti c boolow and

exercise 14 " doubk chwmauc above, Now do the ,mile j'lt G 7 and Cmaj 7 and you 'lll,eat what with other concepts (guide tones , dlOrds,

><:al~s

w ~ ' t~ g~ttiug

and arp.:ggio,) m..iodic

at. When cumGiueU

~mboollishm .. Ilt.\

will g el

uS closer to some of tht ways jaa li nes aft' creat{.J.

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DEVELOPING A JAZZ LINE You now have a handle on many of

t h~ ~,,~ntial

cXJ.llline a series of differelll waY' of combining in order

to

building bloc h of jOlZZ s"loin g, so let\

th~se

melodi c

approach~,

de" elop a variety of solo lines w ith different moods and

cxtrcmdy ,i mple and buildin g [() some

mor~

m mp lex

approach~s .

[() " hord, an d , ,,ale,

fe~ls,

starring wieh rh e

Sri II tn our fam i li ar key of

C ma jor, we'U use our four-bar II -V I prog ression of Dm tn 7, C; 7 and ema j7 over II weat ways of building your ,010 lines, Play lhcm individually to hear how

~a"h

t h~n

try ,uin)o(in)o( ",t.:.:ted examples

shift~ hetw~~n

tt'{-hni'lues. Wh en you gtt tht

approac h worh,

togel her - or tvetl all of rhem - f,)r a lon)o( ,010 thar

hallg of it , r",:ord the cho rd prog ctsston for as many hars as YOll like and fry playtng along, There isn't a wh ole lot w say abollt {"arh exercise; you JUSt need to play [htough riwm to hnr and feel how each approoch works , Exercise 15 st'lr lS uS olT simply hiu ing the gu ide wnes; exercise 16 takes it a step funher, linking third, and sewtllils, Exercise 17 uses 'ouave displacemelll ' to ru n dow n from t he 11 toward the V, then jump,; to the ()Ltave atld rutl, down to the I, wlllle exercise 18 uses an nample of 'alte red te n-,ion ' in the flatted ninth.

Exercise 19 picks up the

p~ce with ~ ight h-notes (squeezin g duee into a triplN I'lf

staners, to Ixx>I), while exercise 20 kttps it

b[~ez y to

outline minor

s~veflth

arpeggio, over

ri]{' changes , Exercise 21 t: ets you r Ilng~rs str~tching a little fu rther with 'i nterval leap., : and

exercise 22 outlines .lome short hops in lines made up of jumps between fifth_"

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"'Ill help

t!\.;l\

~ou

extend your p Lay lllH beyond (he

melod y lillI's. If till." c h~ pr"r t..., ",hetl..J your apfJt't it" "xpmd o n , h".'t'II tJ .. 1 ."''lII""

the

who!(~ t one

gre-.. d y

kllo"' lIlg how

J1J

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(,)r whol .. - I1<) , .. ) tfo

SC".. i...

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cllcllk and simple

expior" jaa g Ui tar furt h"r, >'00 (''I n

to

,;""k out mor" in-J"pd, instrucuon .

u (~ t h.. maju.

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md"di~ mlllor, dlJnH,,~hl"" WJ lc JW.J

Kllowlllg t h",r spellIng

~ lId

w ..il' for m ulal'

u.',,, tI, ...... W,,'U look at d, ..m in our old ftl"od C

lea m ..J tht'f , a n I", trJnsPlos..d

It>

~ ny

k.".

H i v~

til

H ere .. r~ rht> t lu)f(h h u,lt frum a C mal".

W i ll

m~J()r,

(lJ d you

but Oilel'

you a full ars..n..l uf 'mpmVl.~atJ()n ... 1 took

( l "n, a n)"~1IJ e

and its cor"'''
hrlefl y d'sn lS$t"l"I .. a rl .er on dlls 5I'( II On , YOIl find Ih.. 5<' modes in any key hy p tlpn}! th .. majl>T Kal .. In

r h~ r

h 'y h ur sm rro n" on t'a(h suhst:<]u('nr note rarhcr rh an on rhe rwr (I ). Thus

emaj7

C Ionian D Dorian E Phrygian F lydlan G Mixolydian A Aeolian B locrlan

Om7 Em7 Fmaj7

G7 Am7

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Bm7,5

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So , he fo llowln,l( .... Iar'onsh ,p ",ouM }!'H' you a modal app r()3("h to 5(,lo,n,l( ovn uur F.. m,l ,ar II _V_I chan,,~ on

<.

major

Om7

use:

G7 G Mixolydian

D Dorian

emaj7 e Major Scale

C mcloJK mU)or 's ;,n (".lSy Vana llOll of C mJjor, sim ply: C-D -E,-F-G -A-8 -C. Two moJ<'S th,L1 'II"(' extr~ m('[y \lM-fu l un' bUIlt fn)m the fou n h alld St'vent h do:gft>eS of the C m('[c)(.iIe mInOt K,lle, '1111'y

~rc :

F Lyd '~11

.,7

B7 #'),

f) Lmlll",la,d s(,de' T h~y ha~~

~ I,e r~-J

and B

alt~r..J dl)"' ''' a nl ll ~ ~ r

l"Il m ~

tht- slim .. 110rt's ,n

d iHmnam. Pby F Lydmn

~7

over F'),,4 chord

lypes~

pl" y 8

1.i7~<), B7~5, B 7~5 .

,n tw" typn: ' wh l)le-s t~p half- sto:p' and rh~

Silm .. o,el(',: o nly tht startin,:.: note

' haJf_" t~p ",h,> l~- ,t~ p'.

,~d lff~r~nr

A

wh"I ~_" t~p

half-srq> d,m on,slwo:! scal(, I, k(, C- O-&. -F-G-b-Ab- A-B-C g()('S w('11 owr a C dlm, nlshed chord A h~if-S l ep ",hok-s tep ,jiminisil"d smk ,\~ning on 8 works over lhesc chord (YiX'S: 117.9.

B7#9.

87."

BU .

Th" C whok -tonc scak is: C-D-E-FII' -GIIf-Bt,-C.

PI~y

it over C aug. C7It" C911' I I and chords

of that type. Ro:mo:m bt'r chords art- scak-s and .cak.,. a,o: ~ h{Jtd •. One 11111'1'('5 the <"lt ha. For exam ple, I()()k at D DorIan - th.. II()tes of tho: SC"J ie revea l (he chord
D E f R

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,3

GAB C D E F

5

,7

•

GAB C D 11

13

llonan sou nds ,atre", OVt'r a I )m 7, l)m9 , l>m 1 1 and

"""n I)m 13 ("hords (som.-r, m.,; , .... 131h w, 1I

al'pcar an (X"1a"( ' 1"""'l'r lIS rhe sl ~rh), N ow look al a G- a lren..l dom loonr Kale o\-"l'r a G 7 chonl

G A·, Root . 9

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Play Ihis scak o,er G 7,

C, M3 G7~9,

D,

G 711f9,

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G7~'i ,

F #5

.7

G 7Ji'i, or any combination of (hese.

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II-V-I-VI BOP LINES Exercise 26 off~rs eight bop li nes owr a new progre%ion, II -V-I-VI , in a new key, D major, (Th~

chords from (he fir sl fom bar> rqx'Jt throughou l tach lour-bar line, though you Can try

your own varimions,) 1Lwe .omCQne play the chords

()f

tape them

to

hear the ,mllld of rh" Jin"

and its vuiou s degras of tens ion, Not onl)' arc lhey eight us.efullines

to

swdy, lmt th"y Call "I,., bt,

play~d

in oIle comilluou,

etude, As alw"y" ,ran olf slowly al fIrsl then build speed as you get tI,t hang of it. SfX""J in itsel f isn't thc objITtive;

wc ' r~

looking

to

build melOOic and

h~rrnonic

awareneSS m,d compile a

h"nd y bag oilines (d erived from scales and mOOes) to US~ a, irnpruvi",ciollal buildit'g blt,,-b apply

to

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Lhall~n,l;~, r~f~r

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Ib.,.: P'l"(" dron~ at"(" also ",.. utra l, '" rh..... chords strongl)' Ifn pl)' , h.. ",und (If

the bagpip"'. Exercise 3 dcmomtratt" a numh.. r ot o('(lf ml chords. DADG AD al", a ll ows o lle to .:a,d),

iin,.:~r

'un, sonf on th,'

a"d tI",d 'Uln';s. A

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llllison i.1 lh" sam .... x~n pitc h pho)'cJ 0" two ,trinl" s,mul r:l.11("ollsl y. "fh., umb r...! and mronafl on diffUt·IK", l",lw..., n rhl' twO ~umg"' prod ll{,~~ a I'knsonf II15Uum ..m.' MKh

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u """" piu'h..s art· nOlalN WIth !f,.. " ,[toms " I'. rht· 01her d ron, .' U"'lo.'S art" "oraft"<1 wllh (heIr

,t"ms down. The rt"mo"'S(,(' n (

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of the ApJXlI", ho ,If'

"I r..... u" ,wns and til<. u runt'

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muSIc. A nd th .. m" IO( , nt l., ",,( nlU f.' " tht' m",( n)mm o" sea l" 1Il We stern m usle Try ad.lplln).:

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st nngs. Exercise 5 d.... olOmttlUcs a m"lor sclk ill rhirds . Try ~fbp t! nl' rh ", ~x~ r"", U' III,· PJl chcs of the minor, Dori" n. :.nd M lxolydian sca][,s.

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Instead, Celt ic gUl tat ,stJi h..... dcmons( r-~ {es

on nn clght h-nO(, p ulse. Exercise 6

d, .. ba..1(" rhyt h m fOr rt't'1$ , sr m ,~h( (·'g h rh.nO(C$ p b )'cJ With alternau ng d ow n and

up st rokes. TI ...... m i. .. chom .s only sl rlld. on dl(' first oou of llX' Ixor. The n.'JillJ.JIl ing btc-.ItS a..., p b )'oo on ,he dro" .. stri ng' ulll y ocmg t OO loud and

()blr u.~lvt'.

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an,-I St"("ond strlnp), k{'1'."p mg the accompan iment fmm

( :t-h .(- J.;u,mro srs 1'1'(' (...1 . h ,n pICks (arou nd .) m m ). Th .. rhyl hm K

'cllck ' they pm d uct' i_, part "f r h~ ~f hN" oi e t'l l ic m uSI C.

Exercise 7 d~mnnsr m U'$ anOl ht·, way 10 play "n c-iglll h- uote rhyt hm. Ins[.,...d of strum ming " n l)' tht' top

J oh n D"yl ~

ar~

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YOu st rum onl y the !xISS notl'S Oil nmsc o.,ats. Pau l l)radyand

part l( ula rly ad,,! >1 al

and '''Tas io nally hi , an enure chord

playi~ (1.\

long Sl'Ct ;Ons lokI.' till S. Th~ y

a ll Jcc~ m .

m ut~ th~ ot h~r

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smy'lI); Ou t of th~ way of tht' mt'le. ly.

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r~vo l~'~s

"rOlin, I A mi nor and G major

d lOrds (I and "VII). a common panem "' ( .. it It mu sI< . Tht' ).ten",d s.x rion (an also Ix p!ay(-<..I w,th rhe S>lJllC lwO chorJ .• . ll ow~ v<". Ul A J)" " an ["nt'~ C~l l>( musi e'ans will (rC
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p l~U(>. i~

Ins(rum~n r ; th in k d rum~ .

us<-d as a p.'n'"uSSJon

a nr rhmg. Th .. way tn ,olk.. (on [('ul 01 t il .. gruo,·... is

to

uS(' [<"IX-U tlH' pa((('ms, JUS' I,k ..

a l'.. rr\lssion i~t wou ld. In rh,-, ,-"nrt')([. rnU't uf tI ... g u ml[ p"ucms art' based on paHo:-m s from p,ano and

th~

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of double srrmgs ru"a -j ( ; ,

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IS on(' of a pair of shorr wood .. "

mu,,~. 'I1H:-~

usuall y play rhe clave rhyt h m, a

Rhythm pan"rn.' art' rt'mr..d atUlIllJ ti lt:" "l IJ\c', A stieks uS<"
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a

l"O("tOI"'OO

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InMrum .. ,,[ III WC IIl

(on~,d('rt"d

to ),.. rh .. ( .. mrt'pt>llll of Afru-CulxlIl

mu~c. SomCll Ol("l.

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,lIT rdcrrn! (0 as 3:2 or 1:3. T hi S m t'rt' ly r.. ft'!"l' w til .. num[:..,r "I til) , hUll C hlts ill (",l(h bar.

Exercise 1 shows ,he IWO baSIC tYlX"S of rI~vt' ,on dave and rumlm da>", Aw~ )' from liour j,(uiwr aml ill ally possib l" ,\ l\u,I\lOIl, tllp 11 dave rhythm w,(h your fI,I(h[ hand whd" kC'"pUlj,( rim" , in quarrC't-uot"S , with y,wr left lwnd , Then reverse hand s, (J'v~ wr irr",n th" ,nn d,, >e in

2:, as rhi, i, [h" mmr ,,{)Inm()n i,mll u,'lxi lor eh,l -dtl -c ha and mJmlx> , in ,:2 a, wdl- ju,t rev"r",

th~

b;Lr" ) In 1, j Chl\'C \11(' f;(II I>l[

Hllt(~

tho\l~h

you find rhe m

on J downbeat ;

th~

upb"at.,

at" in th" , ,ide of ,h" dav", Exercise 2 i, the 1"'t1:nn pl:.o.yed b} dl( tJllllY~l(' phI f er on tlw ~idc of (h~ r 'mhal~" h"r" u.m bin.,J with a 2: , _,u n dav", 1t

J'

l J lkd ·l-.lscaro', Usc Ih.s as" warm- up e"e"iS(', play'"g it

purdr as a rh ythm pau " m , and , h"n tr} you r own sOI11:'5 and a.-p.·).!}! '" .... II'"

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ill I ii .. S<.ak ill exe r c is e 3 and p lay ,t w,th

",:e' t he ideJ f.tm ly SC-~ IcxJ III }'ou r boJy,

Exercise 4 is a line ha_i on t h" l'llI f[C' tn pl.}'..::1 by [ h" 'In." cubano' . out lJllinE; a 5C('ond JIl\C[SJOU C major mad Somefl nl('S )'Oll can find " on

I)

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mOIlt Ullo', thc olJC:;1 form of whm we know roday as sal",. Tho. I",..

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play 'wn

p l.. yoo in the

~:j

,;,on

dave. All (he s,,/sa J nJ mam bo patterns al'(' oosed on $On moflt \l no pau<:rns. H unJreds of l u,= anJ st}ks al'(' base'll on rnc- I- IV- V chord p mg n"'s,ul> f""l"r. ,Jo",cr. on m~Jor

or IIunOr (lJ~ Ollf. 'Il1f(-C chonls, du"cc on"trs,ons and tw~lvr k<:}", rq UllI lOS ptl.'>,Jblt

Vd flell b of Gnger cnt cn ammenl for \\ Sllnday morn,ng, and you

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n Iranspt"'" th .. lim; m

exercise 5 o~er many "Jtia\1ons of the m . T hc-n add wm ~ of th .... ~ rhyt hms and yuu ~ r.. d one. \'Vh~t ~boUl J

>lartlllj,(

to

b ,t o( lapplllg a( the sam c u me? Perhaps a 1:3 son .-la\'<: ' Sunday alt"rr"MHl is

ltMJ k Dl.I.'Y

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It \ " asy 10 Lh." lf;e IntO ~ m, nor fetl. ,( you ignOf~ rh<: tri" k '''f finj,("flllg .

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Exercise 7 is anorh('r ' )"I' ;cl1l chord proJ,;rt'SS,on , SImilar Social CiI,b C D (ch("C k

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(host' found on (he (l ,i<'~" Viwr

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1(

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the I _V_V_I in the

k('y of J\ mmor in 2:.3 da .,e'. TroMpoM' it 10 diffc['("m ~('>s . l~

Exercise 8 J.auJl ja"". You

mont uno iine. 11us IS ou(."o( d,<. must ~OrLI"'Otl JXlttems (oulld III sak.. J.ud

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find }ou'Ll get

a Om7 type of ~'amp bu t

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Exercise 9 15 a typIcal son mOOl uno

11\ "(UI

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2:'1 dAve. Kou«' th .. t the J ownl>l'-.lt of tll('

mon (U no fall5 on ,h(' "t wO $.d(" o[\ he c1a~c (Ihe- OO{ "llh t wO note'S 11111 ). and the syncopaloo

bar of rh{" mOIll uno falls on Ih('( h l'C(' $H.k ' of Ihe cia"', I low )OU usoc the c1 J'c umxtlon dq:cmh on whether the mtlod )· of the

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(1: $ or j:2).

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, ~rslon

rhe 2 -' SOli (lave w i, h your fool.

\\fe "II know (his p,l([crn

of 'Orr Como Va' Tr,' to p Ia)' ,hiS Iinc while {applllg

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Exercise 12 IS gomg pl ay<:,<1 o n " piano; here

to

II

add som/!

~J
has l>toen ....:L.pr..d for ,cIHl ar, It IS Imporl an t to ha"""om" m-<>rdma.,on

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common montunu I", .., oft.." u.,.,.j !)Vrr a

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C7 m:lmbo III 2:5 davt' (rrm .. ml>t' r'J. Trnnsposc It. You would u.W d ... ,am" panl!fn uvn, for

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lIugh l God i n a Mon,l:o ~an r amJrI. tul1t' 1t'5 JUst ("0

Wl l h a nicd y ~yn(opa( t'd rhyth m If yuu·.... playing this on·r a con,l(a ",In, b., p""p"rru 10

pJd) d ll,~ groovc, and only rh,s

fi,r fi,,(" to

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play IIII') )'X ,ut' rn. and fills that w,l l throw you "ff on no time.

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play ing

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AFRICAN by Kar; Bannerman L, kt· a~

co" or h", series In ou r W orld M lI-'IC- c-hapf(' r, I\(' '':';\n m USK h~~ It, mm.' fa, from rhC' gu Jl a[

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know i( Fo r lll l~ re"",,,, , It \ ,m l'orranr 10 Ix- "''''ar(" t hJ e mud, of (h i~ . ryk of p la)·mg has

btt n ada pr~1 for chI.' g u" '" d""1n t ht' yroars, a nd would or 'gltl .. lI y h~ ,· " btt n 1'1"1('(1 on a mo rt' [ ,..dot lOn al srrmgru T h" kora

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l1l~tt u m"IL[ .

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US"'K a tar};.:' }(ou rd a~ a bod}. It dut', . h,,\\'t" '~ r, have' (ons,uc[Jb l> m",.. '[f lO,I;"'. whirh a~ pla) cJ In '"

ha rp- likr f.1s.hion . WJl holl • I r~. n nJ.; r he m at all. $om.:' of

tI", rxt' n-;'«"S

to fo llowmg w,lI

SIKYI RHYTHMS T he h .. a.tb" .. t ,,[ Sikp and m05t A[rK,Ul m U' lc ,s .o [eJ'O'''. We will us C' a drum lIladllllt'

to

~

fou nd In ,he drum ., ,,uio,,. For pran iea l

frl ',a re rhar fC'(' L

Exercise 1 IS a slInpk thr~~_ I'~rr rh ythm YOII c:l n ~('t "P \() a<:mmpany yourS('lf wi t h . O th~rwi ,~ .

if you don 'l havc· a (Jrum m~1 hlt1 ~ . yo u (ould play the bell rhythm with a ro in on an

empty honk as is done in w,',( Ai rJ( ~ On lt' yO\1 have- p rog nllllllwd ,t ill (a '","h""a ' is a shakn. i""dt'nrally) Iry

\0

fed tht' rh yth m <0 rha. YO\I hca r Ihe- p:

bt,at pu l", of (hc (JIllC sIg n.i w!"t". It ',

J

1"l<'Ht'rn rh,\ ( ,s simi!;" 10 th~ 'd,or ' rh ythm of ~AAar but

w" hou( t he fi ~1 ix-a t o ( tht' "I~ hr h - no rr . Rhrrh m ica l llldcp..: ndt'n<;t· " ( rlln al ' 0 all l\flll:~n m ..,,'l . )<.(,m~ furm s have no u mc .i,l.'. nafU re at all. b.:Hlg mad t' up of a roOlyrh ~l h m i l ~tr uHu"" w h~ .... hy. for ~am p k. signatun"s oj

2. I , ii i and 6 S "" ,11

("(X"'''$t

on ;). slagge-n,d lxo r ~y,{ .. m Th ,s makC"S t hcm com p lt',.. ly

u nlll td hgibl t' to {ht' u n," .r ' ~I<'<.L You h ~ H Ul d"~'~l"p a f..d fur (h ,s m usic to pld) it r'gh t

Traditiona l Tunes "I hl" InU,t dHn r trans lat IOn tha t I (~11 mdllag .. 01 {h.. fu lk l une M Ulll unde ' (pwnon nc...,j ,\ j om _

Illou-dt'y ') {hat ,..~ ' t(" ~o,"g to 1001.. at III'W ,, ' Hap py i\la,lp
til<' Illd"dy. t h~ , honlS r{"'jX'allng th te"" II rn~' l rom h~ r four onW;lNs . PIJ}, it w,th a hap py f.,..lmJ.: ,mJ r"" " rd " . alon,!; wirh thr d r um p~ tt ~ rfI you ha" ~ I' rogmm mcxl. fonr or IIvt' tim..-s_ \X'~ 'II uS(' dll.' as {he oo, k.n;( TO p r:lCt iS(' ou r m ht'r t')(~ n

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roo L'Stcn (0 a o_er ~ uJ ,wn aga m u n,,1 YOIl

r":Ill y fttl i,_

Exercise 3 is a simpl.. rh y thm " ~ rrum , F. vcn (houg h and invc[si on

It "

ha_,...,j on TWO chords. [hc nOl t

choi~e i, impor,,,nr to rcram (he 11,lvor of S,ky, Play (h~ A minor widl a cnsp anJ

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

•

ri,!; ht plectrum ~n"m , and th~ 0 7 a b u k l OI.)~ll. li )ou ' r~ u.,in.l( a 4- track. record Ihis onto your tape as \1;..11. Yon llld) iind t hat wh(" n YO\l p lay e xe rcise 4 , )'OU wil l start to [cd the

A(tJc~n

v; l,..

com m" [hwng h ; wh at O s ih,sa usexl (0 (ail ·U' ''-l fl )
\X{ h~r h("r

r ou af(" pla~' mg tillS ,.., t h a

plcrtrulll Or fJ nt: .. ,..,[y l~ . pran'$C ' T un III dl<"fI.'\" flow, ur dan(~ , ro ~'O\l r rJsh( -hand
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exercise 5 smooth ly and 10 (,m(' to (h(" bac k Ing tapt' and you "" II ht'

lllcrn l} adopllxJ b} evc r) GhJnian famil)' add a 'hl;"",1d ' with a sl ur

st~rt lllg

Jll

tow n . for you arc now p la)'mg SikY I mus,c If YQU

on the fou n h beat

or t he intra , and 3 pulkJ -(lff (>:ul on (he next

h,utth b.,.tt, yuu Wi ll boo p l.lymS I h., ,Crl., as an A~h~n u wou ld re~ lJ y pby it. We al'(' USI!ll: t he ,\IIxnlyd, .. " m od .. hert', a.. I h.. I' IS n.. tu r.,l, alld tins Coin be USt'd as a {Ool for solOIng .

Try p l.. Ylflg Lx .. r. ,,... S all

"<.ta~ ..

lUSh,,! [h an wrin t''' 10 gt't an .. dUllC Koru freL Usc }our

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open pos' tion on a Naslwi[lc·wne..1

wnh the lugh-oct3H> sl rmgs from a 11' Slr,nf:. or

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Exercise 6 IS" IYP' ('al Palm \'(110" gum" sol" m m >, which you could jon ' up to E ~crClS(' 'j (as ,h~
pos, roon an,l mo" ~S d ow n to rh ,rd

.ou r, i,~

(; im ply),

Th,s d ow nwa rd

pOS " 'OI'l ,

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Afncan mciod ,cs (sec CXWClSC I). Notc also how b reak ing away from

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bea t adds more Ch al'\lctCr to thc li nc yo u 'rc play ing. T he li ne a lso cchoc$

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q·(iin l.

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r('soiv ine: !I"HII C of Si kri. wh ich IS ty p iCa l of the vast m aj ority of Afno n n1\I $'C fo' m s. CI~v(' r use of yo u r Wh,1Jllmy l:w r to sli de i1\l 0 dw nOtC5 w ill give

} OU

a Sunn y I\ dc ') \IJ\I ' f("('1 A!; a. n.

a h app ) fcd is ~it :li before yo u c" n loin it up with Exercise 5.

HIGHLIFE RHYTHMS Our basi' rhyt h m for tim ~t yl,'" fou nd ill exercise 7 . It can not be o,clX'm phaS,a'<,i lUS t how ( ru~i~1

rhythm

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tillS kmd of muso.:, so

suI'(' rou gn

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•

at fiNl. g rad ually b uddmg up Ih" tcrn r>o unlll }OU (81l ('("(leh 110bpm comfortably. Es<;('nr,ally.

II l~ a fingerst)le Or "" o.fingcrs -;lIlJ-pk ('lrum groo'oc, ~USC" some of Ihc "oi("lll"~ arrunpb)".. bJ... wIt h" pJt"urum J lon .... In ....

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of

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lumf<.rt-..blt'

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dll~ pWg~SIOIl h J""

;'p"wned songs rt'I~ I.:d tu

B".I" E"" or M'lk H tttwood It h c",,,-ft"n il isauon ul

rm~, o..-<:J US,- of dll.' domJllJ lll mfiuencc of Ihe kol'll and

Jut ... -~t ylt' ilt'Humt'm ). Ill<' ['Sln.lund two-unger pic kmg

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cruci .. l pilrt III the ongomg

LUTl'P" dud I h.. C" n blx'dll.

Highlife Jazz Exercise 10 is a rhythm hc k third)

~lld

uson~ [h~ ~S\IS

(a dom ln.onr ,,,w'nrh ,-hord with a fourrh but no

dOllUllant se''Clllh ch ords. 1 kre we arc mov'"/I Inro ,he "r<:'' ofhi/Ihlif.. hi ,!; hand, and

lughlife jazz. Tr,. lhe more compkx chords "'f1!len LlIlde rncadl as " j
come ali>c. \'lhcn

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have maStCI"('<.! 'I , pI"lU(lSC I(

alt~rn,, ( e l y

mak~

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Amvo.,sah phr.1SC uscd h) loc,,1 ).,(u, r"rosrs - th.,. ,ound of th ..

dinuOlshed chord oS >cry r('Jllm, sc('nl o( Ihe lon,l]il) of sc\cnl! mdlF;enous harmon Ies and thaf 's wh)

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"',at l l)' tI ..... ""me a. If rhe J;u,rnr was n('vcr ['(", u,\<:"d . Y(.u dOW II th... fingerh..,ml to I'I~y

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SlIllIbrly. It,S havr a look a! ,h(' C· G - D'i (D') IS a D churd w,t h nu third ) p rogrl;".sSIon III

exercise 2 . On ce a~a on , the fan

\h~ \ ynu 'n.' III DADGA D dot·"n ', ("h~ nJ.:t whnt ,hot- n Otes for

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the", m ach com e o n . h(' Strongs III '-I U" ~U" ll, alluwmg f Ull Ul p lay rv<"ryrh"'J; you a.lrl'01<.ly know.

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to

kttp , mn); s rln).:ln).:

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th at ,{rwg' fin, r and 1,,,(, an: u llc h ~ nf,'<'<.l, M(!£<' lJlI pmt~lItly, how""" r, '!rI ngs o n.. , two, an,1 rhrt"C

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to

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p lay on rhc (01' , hfi'(' slflngs In >lJlld. rd Hill",); ca n 1'1.. appl ,...,I. as long as rou k('('p m

m o.... 1 rhar ir will 50u nd

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I"",.. , Exercise 5 shows a C ma,or sca le tha t follo ...·s J.n

id .. nr ica l ilnge[mg pallan ,0 a md ,or ",a t.. play...:! on rtw 101' , hl"l:-,(, stn ng~ m stJ.nJ J rd ,uJl m.!:

Exercise 6 ~hnw~ a

I)

C ]) A (hord I'TO,l.:I'('1S '0n. an,1 ~ou 'lI not lCC t lw t thl ~haJ>b aft' fdmil iar

fllf'llJ S {m ill ~t alldam rll nln,l(. Exercise 7 a..lds bass r~t('s

to

tI., p ms"".," UII

Exercise 8 •.• v~ry ." ml lar ro ou r ]>T('~ 'OUS DJ\ J)GAD ' Llmpl.. (I::"l' ttl~l' 2 ), but p layed

In

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to

dj ff.. r~ n t Ilmo;s, It ft-a tll rt'S I h~ 5:' II1C ,mcI,,~ ls ( Iounh.~), It,ultm.!; in r h~ sam~ rda"v~

chords. whi,.h a r~ now F, C, nnd G . Exercise 9 shows t hl' p r"Wt's"",,n WIth :hid...i O),.. n ,ui ng s. lkt,allSt" wt 'ro; srdl d cal mg wah Jill llil lM Ill tcrv"k a ', aI,,, ~asy tn play s£·aks on srrm;;s tWII.

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10nc. wlueh aliows you rn USO' , h.. $anl(' prl n("lple m("nuoncJ in re Lal lon co the first and Sffond smngs in DAOCAD. You 'll also nolO("(' rhat G m .nor and CGDGCD (O rk ney) only d./fer by IwO sl tinb'"S, crt""at lng I" h ,,(famIlIarity from 00(" 10 , h(" ot h("r. fu you Sff', II 'S wnn h th .. ..ffun of looklOl'= InfO s.m.laIllI CS oct,.,crn tun mgs. By all mC:l lls.

kcrp Ihe [[(-s lo ness of playmg In an ' ,onO(t nf '

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10 m.... lyse what \ at h",nd and so-.. Iww mtK h of what you al r..-ady k now .s applicabi(".

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On~

of tht tkmcms

t h~ t

arran,l«(' menls [rom Cllrlier.

separa tes 1lI:,,)y

l'HII1 ~r!1pmary

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fo n,l( .. rsty l~ n)mpoSillu ns or

IS t h.. U\.C" of a mO";ng bass line, Mort"

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hy classICal [))l1sic as well as jazz. folk-

bal"Oud, as )"1,,, R.. nbnurn b~;':~ Jl 115 1n,l( mon' flow ing bass lines , often adding rhythmic
van~. y

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Ill' of hall notes in DAfX-;A D [un on,L(

Exercise 12 add., a m.. l"dy and ~ Im plt, harmo ny. and . (""en th ough we h,,,"e n', 3 Iter
or m y com l""iwIn ' .. irs. Smll ..·. NOfl ("(' how even thouS:h 'First Snul ..· .s pla y"" in DADGAD, t he t Ulle i~ in t ht' kt'y of A minor, ..kmons (f\l(" lg how u 1t"rnut~ tu"' tllIS n m I,., ust:<:! in k~ys 0.1... , t han tht"if obvious, open-sHlllg ton.o lll y.

MOVING AROUND THE FINGERBOARD R r~'1lrJkss o[ t unl1lg~ m.d " ty l",~, tine " f rht" C"hatlt'n,a.:t'S 10 kcrl>I ng a {omposillon Inlel'CSll ng on t h~ W" Iar IS fi nJong J)rrl'r~ nt waY-' of pl",Y'0'&;: Ih.. $am .. tht' mt'. O ne goo.l way 10 ;\Ccompl.s,h Ih.s

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rht, dft'("l (ofharm on, c n
W ,l m

n("(" k ' Even I hoo.l~h Ih(·1'\.' nn'

I lOW S

you 've IISI('nN 10 M och)ci I IN~('S or Pn-swn

R ~I .

Ihm )UlI hllVl" hea r<1 sl ap p.,1 harmon.n ,

~s

IIws(- pJay('1'5 dd"in<"
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makm~ . hr ir ust'" a

mvou ' lfI.'" amon,!: nmff;' m l'o ra ry

fl ng .... rslyhsls As a l ('( h o'(IU{' thaI 's OOt p~ rl of.tIl- 'Sq,'Uvia-appro\'cJ' ~I of ru les. II helps gT('al ly 10 han' , he ,ltlv:lIl"'gC' of s.cclllt: somOOllr uS(' h:ormom c slaps bl-forc m u.' ml'l ing 10 ~pply t hem yourself.

lJ owever, a lltde

('xpcnm~nt:l ll n !l

shoulJ ullow you

Th~ ~W,,~r~ [ ,d o:"J of ,~[~pp.:J hMm(\1lIlS

"to

to

aclll (,V(' the da,r(.,j

rcs uk~ In

lilly

«(IS(',

W h~lk very
har m ClIll(' I"",'tll )ns of t h~ fin~~ rb'"lrd , 1I_'IIl~ th .. f1 ~,h)' fXlrt of the fLrst d'I' ,t 01 a If " l>~r I tel\d to II ,,. .. ,t h,.r

my

I nd ~x or ml dd l.. fin);l"r, oft"n alt .. rnar in.>: brrw .... " th .. t W(\. ()'K,. a.>:", n , Ih .. F.l( t

tll"'n g~ ~ " c h 'I< l)i\ I)(ji\[)

that

bot tom ,hr.... -" " n).:,s fUrn~ Im t In exercise

15, I

(whI ch w .. rNllrn t o now) off.. r a qu,ck I-..)w .. r (" hord ,.n t h..

h.. an adv"nf~);" in ,[app ill).:, harmo n i,..,

rt!

~ I al' Ih .. " I,* n bottom thr""" 8trings w it h m y ,,);h,_hand ",d .. x finll~r

I"xanly "I"",.. t h .. 12 t h fr.." [ Ih .. n

II ....

my I..ft hand to h,~mm .. r nn th .. (+".rd a, rh .. "<'t'" nd fr.. I,

f"lInw ..d by a I b h ftN slap ,.f {h.. " I.,..n ' ..Hmd an d th ird str",gs w ,t h m y " I'h t - h"nd m,d ell .. fin,>.; .. t

O.,n l lnu,"~

{O hold Iht, c hord , I now , lap , Iw tl()trom , h ",:(' smngs aj.(al n worh my roJ.( hr-

hand .n. I.,x fi n,>.; .. t , hUl I h ,s IIm(' nl~y

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f ht, 14 t h fr.. t, an ocm~'l' ab.-wt' , h .. fr..rr.... 1 n" ft"

WIln l 10 I,sten (0 , he 1'('(0«1,,-1 (')
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you 're new I(! tillS tcch nJ
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' 0 how if em be d fi:clln-Iy lIst"(!. you may fry to uSt' )1.""

pKk l n~ ha nd to sl np I hc Sl rll1~S dlrtCl ly abov(' , hc harmon ic pos;"on , h." you wIsh 10 ;\("«·SS. If

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In

my tunc T he G roomsmen ' (wh i, 1l

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u.""~

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1,.,1"'..... 11

"pt'"

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tr.. bl.. sUIIlgs abuve th.. 121h fr"I,

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pl.ly Ih.. sU lt~ r, you w .. r.. probably wid [hat """ h,,"d

"f,,, fr.-I"" .'!

and lh(' ot h('r ft,r s tru rn mmg m Pltk lllg . In moduli fi ll~ .. n.[ yl .. play"',i(, fh .s may h.. "nly parllaUy n u('. ·p.Ck lllg ·

as I t '~ IIut u nu ,u~ 1

u<."lsl ,,"all y

to

fn-[ III)H'S wIth wha t wl)uld or
h.. )"Ou r

h~"J .

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~rh('

G.uo.mrn .. n·. In elns <"
chow o> er stri ngs fi~l' unJ ~ .x . S,m,br hap )X"1I "'Jlh a IlId,- 1m "f lu,,·... p l~y ' "g

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to

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h:I~ , t h~n

5wlf chlflb to ham lllC r-ons aml p ull -offs {or til<' shon mdOo.hc

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th (' sprt·..... 1

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or nOles. it wou ld be diffi cult, if not illlpo,s iLJ ~ , to pb y u''''g " " tIllJJ pJ Jyl llg

.t(hn·(I"('S, A n:)ml,I(' ( ~ lmnsniption of 'The Groomsmen' l<,lJ"w-,

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Adv Fi ngerst yle, E>6 Adv Fingers!yle, Ex7 Adv Finge"t yle, ExB Adv f inge"t yle, Ex9 Adv Fin9crst yle. Ex 10 Adv Fin gerstyle, Ex 11 Adv Fmgerstyie , hl l 87 Adv Fingemyle , Ex13 Adv f in gerstyl"" Exl4 Adv f in'1erstyle Complete rune' 'Her Roo Ha ir,' Adv f jngerstyle. ExIS Adv fjngerstyle, Ex l6 92 Adv Fingerstyle. Ex17 Adv f",ye rrtyle Corr>plere tune: 'The Groomsmen.' Adv f "'gersty l... h18 Adv f ing .. rsty le. [~19 Adv f ingcmyle. ExlO Adv Finge rstyle, hll Adv Fingerstyle, E~ll Adv Finger~tyle, E".23

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