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Chromatic fills and licks
Posted: 16 Nov 1999 12:22 pm
by Dave Frye
Hey guys,could you give me one or two real nice licks or fill to use on country stuff? I am workin with a singer who really liks them,and I want really impress him!
Dave Frye ShoBud S12 Ext E9th
Posted: 16 Nov 1999 3:14 pm
by Rick Tyson
Dave
Heres a chromatic lick I learned a few years ago from Jeff Newman. Jeff calls it THE KILLER
of which it is. Play this lick slow & they will throw you out of the band
but play it up tempo & they will bragg about you all night
You must hear this lick in your head before you try it. Do it very slow at first & then speed it up when you have it down. Keep the A&B pedals down all through the lick.
Example: Key of F
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1
2 7 6~~~5 5 4
3
4 8~~~7 7~~~6 5 5~~~4
1
2
3
4
5 4
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Rick
Posted: 16 Nov 1999 5:56 pm
by John Steele
I love that lick of Buddy's from "Honkytonkitus". I wouldn't reproduce it here though, as he has it tabbed out in his "Intros and Turnarounds" (the first one).
Great chromaticism for raising eyebrows. Now, if I could just get to play it smoothly..
-John
Posted: 16 Nov 1999 7:21 pm
by Larry Bell
Buddy Cage has gotten a lot of mileage out of several variations of that lick, both ascending and descending. Listen to the New Riders arrangement of "Hello Mary Lou" (on the "Panama Red" album as I recall) -- 'course he played it like a bat out of hell and clean as a whistle.
It's one of those fun licks that makes you feel like you're on the edge of a cliff and then you resolve it at the last minute.
LTB
Posted: 21 Nov 1999 5:18 pm
by Dayton Osland
Thanks for the info on Buddy Cage. "Hello Mary Lou" is one of my goals in life and I have never even been able to come close to figuring out what he is doing.
I got a peddle steel because of Buddy Cage, Bobbie Black and Ralph Moonie. Buddy used to "steel" the show with the NRPs.