Teacher: There is some good guitar work on their first CD. Grab the Les Paul and let the Marshalls and Mesas crank for tonights licks. A wah is useful too.

Lick 1


Teacher: Tonights riffs are in 6/8 time signature. Best counted 1-2-3,4-5-6. The main key center is B minor.

Teacher: The 'x' notes represent 'muted' notes. Slightly lift the pressure off the string to get more of a 'click' than a note. Common in funk styles.

Teacher: Here are a couple of nice Bm7 voicings that work well as a 'pad' to these licks

Bm7 Voicings


Bm7 Chords


Teacher: Here is a variation on the original lick.

Lick 2


Teacher: 6/8 time is best handled with downstrokes on the count. You can hear the drums outlining this count with the high hat. Upstrokes for the off beat notes

bart: trying... do you have an example?

Teacher: The first lick for example. Pick down up up for the first half and all down for the notes in the 2nd half. Along the 2nd string

Teacher: Try variations with this scale, the Dorian Mode. A nice fit for a groovy minor 7 chord

B Dorian Mode


Teacher: Here is an like idea further up the neck.

Lick 3


Teacher: Notice the mix of lead and rhythm. Being the only guitar player, Klett fills in the classic Hendrix tradition. The thumb for the bass note keeps the left hand in a familiar 'lead' position

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Teacher: This pentatonic pattern fits nicely around the chord

B Minor Pentatonic


Teacher: Here is another similar lick

Lick 4


Teacher: For the next section we add two new chords, G5 and A, and simplify the Bm7 to a B5 chord for a heavier sound.

Lick 5


Looping Track 2

Teacher: The added G chord now implies the darker sounding Aeolian Mode. Also called the Natural Minor scale

B Aeolian Mode


Teacher: Here is a popular alternative to thick rhythm parts without more chords. Use octaves.

Lick 6


Teacher: This lick traces the chords by keeping the octave notes on a note contained within the chord. Experiment with this pattern.

B minor scale in octaves


Teacher: One or two more licks. Real simple.

Lick 7


Teacher: An nice repeating whole step bend off the root note up to the '2nd'. Then a melodic bend at the end where we bend up 1 1/2 steps to the minor 3rd.

Teacher: With wah and vibrato.

Teacher: A similar idea here.

Lick 8


Teacher: I hope you enjoyed this Seattle Grunge series. Please feel free to contact me with with your questions, suggestions and private lesson requests. Rock on!