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Old 06-11-2009, 02:33 PM   #32 (permalink)
Martian
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru View Post
Thanks for the info so far. I have some things I'd like to try. I've been listening to the Hip more lately, and have been noodling a bit on some riffs. I'd like to expand on a few songs though. Could you enlighten me a bit on Blow at High Dough, Courage (for Hugh MacLennan), and Little Bones as well?
I had a look/listen/jam to Little Bones and decided that it's a good one.

It's fairly up-tempo, key is F# minor. I like the descending riff that repeats through it, which is built mostly around an F#5 -- I'm not going to tab it out here, Google serves the purpose.

I also like that there's a couple of good wide open spaces, or you can riff behind the verses if you want to. Use an F# blues scale and you'll find it very difficult to fuck it up.

I'll tackle Blow At High Dough either tonight or tomorrow, as time permits.
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