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There have been alot of people on the Forum asking about playing C6. How about everyone throwing a cool C6 lick or two out here! I'll start. This is in the key of G. All eighth notes, the faster you play it, the better it sounds. Use alternate fingering, T = thumb, F = finger, either index or middle, choose ONLY one or the other. The first lick is straight G scale. The second is similar, but has a couple of altered notes (b5,aug5,b9) so it sounds a little jazzier. Let's get some stuff out here.

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2___7_______________________________________________________________________
3_____7___7__9______________7_~_6___________________________________________
4_______________9_~_7____7____________9__8_~_7_____7_~_6____________________
5______________________7___________7____________7________7____7__6_~_5______
6__________________________________________________________7___________5_~_3
7___________________________________________________________________________
8___________________________________________________________________________
9___________________________________________________________________________
10__F_T_F_T_F__T_______T_F__ForT___T__F__T______T__F_____F_T__F__T_____T____
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2___7_______________________________________________________________________
3_____7___7__8______________7_~_6___________________________________________
4_______________8_~_7____7____________9__8_~_7_____7_~_6______5_____________
5______________________7___________7____________7________6_______5_~_4______
6__________________________________________________________6___________4_~_3
7___________________________________________________________________________
8___________________________________________________________________________
9___________________________________________________________________________
10__F_T_F_T_F__T_______T_F__ForT___T__F__T______T__F_____F_T__F__T_____T____</pre></font>

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jeff Lampert on 27 February 2001 at 12:54 PM.]</p></FONT>

This is so simple I'm almost too embarrassed to post it! It's a jazz/blues intro that Duke Ellington used on a song entitled "Hi Ya' Sue". I'm sure it's been used by countless others.

It's in 4/4 time and the first measure are all triplets. I'll post more of it if I get the nerve.

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G 1 ___________________________________________________________________________________
E 2 __14____14____14_______14____14____14_______14____14____14_______14____14____14____|
C 3 __14(6)_14(6)_14(6)____14(6)_14(6)_14(6)____14(6)_14(6)_14(6)____14(6)_14(6)_14(6)_|
A 4 __14____14____14_______14____14____14_______14____14____14_______14____14____14____|
G 5 ___________________________________________________________________________________|
E 6 ___________________________________________________________________________________|
C 7 ___________________________________________________________________________________|
A 8 ___________________________________________________________________________________|
F 9 ___________________________________________________________________________________|
C 10___________________________________________________________________________________|

1 ______________________________________
2 __14_________10___~_9_________________|
3 __14(6)______10(6)~_9(6)______________|
4 __14_________10___~_9_________________|
5 ______________________________________|
6 ______________________________________|
7 ______________________________________|
8 ______________________________________|
9 ______________________________________|
10______________________________________|
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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David Biagini on 27 February 2001 at 09:03 PM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks Jeff and David:

I like both licks, cool and smooth.

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B#

I'd like to add something to keep this thread going. The first one is just a D scale run going back to the D6th chord. I'm linking .wav files that should give a rough idea of the phrasing.

"D" run wav file

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1 _______________________________________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________________________________
3 ____________________________________________________________________________________2__
4 _________________________________________________________________________________2_____
5 ______________________________________________________________________________2________
6 _________________9___10___9________________________________________________2___________
7 ______________9_______________9_______9_~_8__________7___6_________4____2______________
8 __________9_______________________9___________8_~_7_________5_~_4______________________
9 __8_~_9________________________________________________________________________________
10_______________________________________________________________________________________



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The next one is a turnaround in E, with single notes and then chords.

E turnaround-single notes wav file

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F#m D9 E B7 E E7

1 _______________________________________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________________________________
3 _______________________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________~_9______~_9_____________________________________________________________7__
5 _9__8__9_______9________9_________________________________________________________7____
6 __________________9________9(6)_____9(6)_______________11_________9_____________7______
7 _________________________________9________9_________11__________9___________7(8)_______
8 _________________________________________________11___________9___________7____________
9 ____________________________________________~_11________~_9(5)_____~_7(8)______________
10_______________________________________________________________________________________


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E turnaround-chords wav file

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F#m D9 E B7 E E7
1 _______________________________________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________________________________
3 _______________________________________________________________________________________
4 _8__9_________9____________________________________________________________________7___
5 _8__9__9______9___9_~_9____________9__________________________________________7____7___
6 ____9__9__9___9___9_~_9(6)___9(6)__9(6)__9(6)______11_________9__________7____7____7___
7 ____9__9__9___9___9_~_9______9_____9_____9_____11__11____9____9_____7____7(8)_7(8)_7(8)
8 _______9__9_______9_~_9______9_____9_____9_____11__11____9____9_____7____7____7________
9 __________9__________________9___________9_____11__11____9(5)_9(5)__7(8)_7(8)__________
10_______________________________________________11________9(5)_______7(8)_______________


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This last lick can be used as an ending in D:

D ending wav file

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1 _______________________________________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________________________________
3 __2(7)___3(7)___2(7)_~__2______________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________2_____2___2(7)____3(7)___2(7)__~__2_________________________
5 ______________________________2_________________________________2__3___________________
6 ______________________________________________________________________3________________
7 _________________________________________________________________________3___2_________
8 _______________________________________________________________________________________
9 _______________________________________________________________________________________
10_______________________________________________________________________________________


Alternate:


1 __2___3___2____________________________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________________________________
3 _______________2__________________1__~__2___1__________________________________________
4 ___________________2________2___________________2______________________________________
5 _______________________2___________________________2____3______________________________
6 ___________________________________________________________3___________________________
7 _______________________________________________________________3_____2_________________
8 _______________________________________________________________________________________
9 _______________________________________________________________________________________
10_______________________________________________________________________________________


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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Mike Selecky on 04 March 2001 at 12:58 PM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Mike Selecky on 04 March 2001 at 01:00 PM.]</p></FONT>

"KULE,KULE,KULE"!!!!! Jeff,thanks for doing this,also David and Mike thanks for taking the time to share with all of us your neat licks and tabs.The Sound wavs. were great.
Ray

How do you post Wav files like this?? What equpiment do you need? What program? I have a mic input on my computer. I guess I need a mic. Which one would do?

Jeff,

I just use an old SM58 microphone about 1 ft.
away from my amp to a tape deck. The tape deck output goes to the aux input on my sound card, using the Sound Recorder that comes with Windows(Accessories/Multimedia) from the Start Menu. You'll need a cable with a RCA phono plug(s) to 1/8" stereo plug. Looking forward to your wav's!
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Mike Selecky on 05 March 2001 at 05:54 PM.]</p></FONT>

Looks like I need the right special stuff. I'll see what I can do. I'm slow at getting these types of things. Thanks for the info.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jeff Lampert on 05 March 2001 at 06:04 PM.]</p></FONT>

Hey Mike, what a great idea with the .wav files! Everybody should be able to do this with gear they've got lying around. The fidelity is not nearly as important as hearing the timing and the groove. Let's see more folks posting this way! That's one of the great things about Ricky and Graham's site--you can HEAR what you're looking at.
Way to go!