Blue notes (E9) or should it be C6?

[Bengt Erlandsen]

I just discovered this position 2&3 frets below open position w/2nd string lowered to D.
A whole bunch of licks just came out of nowhere.
Examples are in key of C, 12/8-time.
The bar-count below is just a guideline to how the licks came out in the first place.
Examples can be timeshifted back/forth and still sound appropriate.


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LICK NO1
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb------------------------------------------------5L----------------------------------
G#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---8--------------------------------------------------5-----------------------------
B ---------8A----------8A----6A~6--------------5-----------4------3-------------------
G#------------7------8----------------6--6B-------------------------3B-------3B-------
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . .


LICK NO2
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------5L----------5L----------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------6--------------------5--------------------------------------------
5---------------------5--------------5--------4~~3--------------------------
6------------6-----6B----------------------------------3B~~~~~~~~~~---------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .


LICK NO3
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------5L----------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------------------5-----------------------------------------------------
5---6--------------5-----------4-----3--------------------4-----3~~~~~~~~~~-
6---------6--6B-------------------------3B-------------3B-------------------
7------------------------------------------------3--------------------------
8---------------------------------------------3-----------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .


LICK NO4
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------5L----------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---6--------------5--------------------------------------------------------
5---------6--5A-------------4~~3--------4--------------3--2--------------1--
6------------------------------------3B-------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------4~~3--------------2~~1--------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .


LICK NO5
G7 / / / F7 / / /
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------12L---------------------10L------10L------10L---------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---13----------------------12-------------------10-------11~10----10-------
5------------------12-------------------10-------------------------------10-
6---------13-13B---------------11----11B------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .


C7 / / / / / / /
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---10L~~~~~~~-----4~~4LL-----4LL-------4-----4L~4LL------------------------
3------------------4----------4---------4-----4~~~~~------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------4--------4-----------------4--------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------4~~~~~~~~~~-------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
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Could somebody who plays both E9 and C6 tell me if I am making things way to difficult on E9.
I am just wondering if similar things like this would be easier to play if I had a C6.

Bengt

[rick w]

How low is the 2nd string. Thanks Rick

[Bengt Erlandsen]

I have Eb to C# w/halfstop on 2nd string.
If the tab says 4L on the 2nd string = halftone down (Eb-D on open strings)
If the tab says 4LL on the 2nd string = wholetone down (Eb-C# on open strings)