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Would anyone tab a few licks starting in D cord and moving to c cord. Is there a rule of thumb for this change? Thanks too all----rick

Here are three licks. All start on a D chord, and the last note of each lick resolves on a C chord. All licks are in even count eighth notes. The beat count and chords are on the 10th line.


<font face="monospace" size="3"><pre>1_________________________________________________________________________________
2_________________________________________________________________________________
3_________________________________________________________________________________
4_________________________________________________________________________________
5___________5a_______5_______________3a__~_3________________________3_____________
6____5b_________5b______5b_~_3b________________3b_~_3______3_~_3b______3b_________
7________________________________3______________________3_________________________
8________5________________________________________________________________________
9_beat/chords_____________________________________________________________________
10_D__1______________2________________3_________________4______________5_C________</pre></font>

<font face="monospace" size="3"><pre>1_________________________________________________________________________________
2_________________________________________________________________________________
3_________________________________________________________________________________
4_________________________________________________________________________________
5_______________10___________________________10_________________8_________________
6____12b_~_10b______10b_~_10_______10_~_10b______10b_~_9b_~_8b_____8b_~_8_________
7______________________________10__________________________________________8______
8_____________________________________________________________________________8___
9_beat/chords_____________________________________________________________________
10_D__1____________________2__________________3_________________4____________5_C__</pre></font>


<font face="monospace" size="3"><pre>1______________________10____________10___________________8_______________________
2______________10_________________________________________________________________
3__________________________10b_~_10______________8b_~_8___________________________
4__________________10____________________10_~_8_______________8___________________
5____10_~_10a_____________________________________________________8_______________
6_____________________________________________________________________8b_~_8______
7_________________________________________________________________________________
8_________________________________________________________________________________
9_beat/chords_____________________________________________________________________
10_D__1_________________2_________________3________________4_______________5__C___</pre></font>

The basic rule in going from one chord to another is to hit the V chord of the new chord. e.g. if you are going from D to C, generally it would be D, G (or G7) and then C, since G is the V chord of C.

One good example to listen to is the change from A to B in Randy Travis' 1982 (or is it 1984 CRS )

What to play on a D - C change depends upon what comes after the C and if it is slow/fast/Country/rock or what sets the mood of the song.
Here is one example D - C followed by G back to D


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D / / /
1____________________________________________________________________
2____________________________________________________________8_______
3____________________________________________________________________
4____10______________________________________________10--8___________
5____________________________________10__________10______________8___
6____________________10__________________10--10B_____________________
7____________________________________________________________________
8____________________________________________________________________
9____________________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .



C / / /
1____________________________________________________________________
2____________________________________________________________________
3____________________________________________________________________
4____8_______________________________________________________________
5____________________________________8_______________11A-10A-10______
6____________________8_______________________10--11______________10B_
7________________________________________10__________________________
8____________________________________________________________________
9____________________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .



G / / / D
1____________________________________________________________________________
2____________________________________________________________________________
3____________________________________________________________________________
4____10--10A_________________________10A_________________________10C-10______
5________________________________________________________10--10C-----10______
6____________________10B_________________________10--10B-------------10______
7____________________________________________10______________________________
8____________10______________10__________10__________________________________
9____________________________________________________________________________
10____________________________________________________________________________
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1
</pre></font>

Thanks to all of you. very nice----Rick