Newsgroups: alt.guitar,alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: Looking for a Blues riff
From: Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 04:33:07 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand.


In article <26AUG199215123010@zeus.tamu.edu>, spb0457@zeus.tamu.edu (SubGenius) writes:
|> Felter <CWF102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes...
|> >Any help would certainly be appreciated on the following matter... I need a
|> >simple blues riff to write a song to.  It's not in any way a serious song.  It
|> >is entitled "The Low Down and Dirty, Evrybody Hates Me Blues".  It's an attempt
|> >at humor on my part.  I've got some lyrics written down, but I need a tune.  If
|> >anyone could jot down a tab of a "I've got those (blah, blah, blah) Blues" kind
|> >of song I would be forever grateful.
|> >-stymie
|> 
|> +------------------------------------------SubG--------------------------------+
|> Depends.  Here's a couple of my favourite blues tricks.
|> 
|> The stereotypical intro:
|> 
|> |---9------8------7----5-
|> |------------------------ ...or a similar riff elsewhere on the fretboard.
|> |-9---9--8---8--7---7--5-    This bit can be played once or twice, then
|> |------------------------    another blues cliche:
|> |------------------------
|> |------------------------
|> 
|> 
      Stuff Deleted...

 This one is reeeaaalll cheesy - I prefer this version (But its in E - Move it 
 up 5 frets)
                                           
  +-----3--------2------1----------------2-
  +-2/4---4--2/3---3--2---2--1-----------2- 
  +--------------------------------------2- <-- B9 Chord to finish.
  +--------------------------------------1-
  +-------------------------------0h1h2--2-
  +----------------------------------------

 Or for your standard comping

|> 
|> |------------------------------|------------------------------|
|> |------------------------------|------------------------------|  ...ditto.
|> |------------------------------|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-|
|> |-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|> |-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|------------------------------|
|> |------------------------------|------------------------------|


  Try...

   +--------------------------------
   +--------------------------------
   +--------------------------------
   +--------------------------------
   +-2--2-4--4-2--------4-----------
   +-0--0-0--0-0--0-3b4------------- <- This is a bend up to a major 3rd, sounds
                                        good. Make up the rest as you go along.

   or...


  +--------------------
  +--------------------
  +--------------------
  +---------0---------- ... Hmm, I think that right. Then move up 5 frets for the
  +-----2-4---4-2------     A part, then up two more for the B part, etc.
  +-0-4-----------4----

  +--------------------
  +-222222-------------
  +-333333-(4)b2-0----- ... Good Filler.
  +----------------2---
  +--------------------
  +--------------------

  +-------5---5---8-5---5-------
  +-----5---8---5-----8---8-----
  +-7b9---------------------7-6- <- Look mummy, its the major third again...
  +-----------------------------    (Oh God, its getting to me - I'd better stop)
  +-----------------------------
  +-----------------------------


  As for a tune - Just play any one of the rythm licks that've been posted, then
  play it again, but 5 frets up, then play the original again. THEN, play it
  again, but 7 frets up, then move it down two frets and... play it again, then
  throw in some awesomely tricky lick, then start again. (My kind of
  progression...)

  And if you want to end it, Lightening Hopkins (my hero) always did it this way..

  +-----0--
  +-0-2-3--
  +-----1--  <-- Thats an E7 chord to finish it on...
  +-----0--
  +-----2--
  +-----0--



   Have a nice life... Mike