Sorry to take so long getting back to y'all
It's hard to know where to start describing this, but I'll try.
Lets take a simple starting point: a true Emmons cliche lick
It sounds like this
(all examples are E9 tuning and all soundbytes are mp3)
Buddy has more variations on this lick than you can shake a stick at. I'm not gonna give you his --
he has some of that in his courses. I'll give you some of mine as an example of how to take a really
cool idea from someone else and make it your own.
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1---------------------|---------------------------------|----
2---------------------|----------11-------7~~8----------|----
3------------9---10---|-11~~~~~--11-------7~~8---8------|----
4-10#~~~11#--9#--10#--|-11#~~11------------------8------|----
5-10##~~11##----------|-------------11##-------------8--|----
6---------------------|---------------------------------|----
count----2----3---4------1--------2--------3-----4--------
First thing I look for are ways to use it over chord progressions. This lick is built on a CMajor scale with a
'blue note' (minor 3rd) giving it color (2nd note in the 2nd measure). It is VERY chromatic, with not only the
minor/major 3rd but also dom/Maj7 (the 7~~~8 part). This makes it a cool 'chameleon lick' that can be used over
many different chords. As is, it works fine over most any usage of a CMajor.
MOD 1: One Measure Longer
Use the little major / minor idea again using the F lever. Stays on the C chord.
1---------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----
2---------------------|----------11--------------------------|--11---------7~~8----------------|----
3------------9---10---|-11~~~~~--11--------11~~~~~---11~~~~~-|--11---------7~~8---8------------|----
4-10#~~~11#--9#--10#--|-11#~~11------------11#~~11---11#~~11-|--------------------8------------|----
5-10##~~11##----------|-------------11##---------------------|-------11##-------------8--------|----
6---------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----
count----2----3---4------1--------2--------3----------4---------1----------2------3---------4
Click here to hear the mp3
MOD 2: Bridge to another pocket (Descending -- C at 8th fret / NP to C at 3rd fret / A+B)
1---------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------
2---------------------|----------11-------7~~8-------------|-----------------------------------|----------
3------------9---10---|-11~~~~~--11-------7~~8---8---------|-----------------------------------|----------
4-10#~~~11#--9#--10#--|-11#~~11------------------8----8~~~~|~~8---6~~~~--3~~~~-----------------|----------
5-10##~~11##----------|-------------11##--------------8##~~|~~8---6##~6--3#~~3-----------------|----------
6---------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------3#------------|----3#~~~~
7---------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------3-------|----------
8---------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------3---|----------
9---------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------
10--------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----3~~~~3##
count----2----3---4------1--------2--------3-----4------------1-------2------3---------4------------1-----
Click here to hear the mp3
Whatever you add, try to make it consistent with the feel of the lick. MOD 2 uses the minor third and navigates to
the A+B position from the NP position while staying on the I chord.
MOD3: Same idea, but descend differently with more chromatic feel
1---------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------
2---------------------|----------11-------7~~8----------|-----6~~~4-------------------------|----------
3------------9---10---|-11~~~~~--11-------7~~8---8----7~|~~6--6~~~4-------------------------|----------
4-10#~~~11#--9#--10#--|-11#~~11------------------8----7~|~~6----------3~~~~-----------------|----------
5-10##~~11##----------|-------------11##----------------|-------------3#~~3-----------------|----------
6---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------3#------------|----3#~~~~
7---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------3-------|----------
8---------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------3---|----------
9---------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------
10--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----3~~~~3##
count----2----3---4------1--------2--------3-----4--------1-------2-------3---------4------------1-----
Click here to hear the mp3
MOD3a: Same idea, but GO TO THE V CHORD. (C C G)
1---------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------
2---------------------|----------11-------7~~8----------|-----6~~~4-------------------------|----------
3------------9---10---|-11~~~~~--11-------7~~8---8----7~|~~6--6~~~4-------------------------|----------
4-10#~~~11#--9#--10#--|-11#~~11------------------8----7~|~~6----------3~~~~-----------------|----------
5-10##~~11##----------|-------------11##----------------|-------------3#~~3-----------------|----------
6---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------3#~~~~3-------|------~~~~
7---------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------3---|----------
8---------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----3-----
count----2----3---4------1--------2--------3-----4--------1-------2-------3---------4------------1-----
Click here to hear the mp3
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These are just a few examples. Think of ones that
* go to the IV chord
* bridge up to the A+F and/or A+B position on the 15th fret
* fit in with other patterns or licks you know
The key is to make it YOURS
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