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Kalle
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A tribute to BBKing collaboration Jam ?

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Hi Guys
As you have heard , I been playing rather much BBKing stuff.
And many of you have guitar types(ES 335) with sound similar to BB´s Lucille guitar.
How about a Blues collaboration in BBKing style on a free BB style backing track with "major" chords?
It will give possibility to use booth minor and major scales.
We could use a free backing from one of the lesson sites.
/Kalle
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Sounds like a good plan to me. My Hagstrom agrees! :thumbsup:
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Sounds great to me! Don't know if I have the time to record, but still, I am all for it! I think my Epi Alleykat + Kustom Contender can approach a BBesque tone, though my playing might not... I do have a BB KIng in Africa DVD, though, just borrowed it, and will probably watch tomorrow... maybe it'll give me some more hints, will watch a bit more closely... if I can.
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A nice chance to get back for me - if I get my @!#$§@! software running again. I hope soon...
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??? !!!!
just had a chat with my lady, and she said we can't afford to buy me 335
Some other collab, with any guitar allowed will suit me better... waititng for it... :peace:
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Kalle wrote:Hi Guys
As you have heard , I been playing rather much BBKing stuff.
And many of you have guitar types(ES 335) with sound similar to BB´s Lucille guitar.
How about a Blues collaboration in BBKing style on a free BB style backing track with "major" chords?
It will give possibility to use booth minor and major scales.
We could use a free backing from one of the lesson sites.
/Kalle
Not the fastest response, but January is my busiest least favourite month of teh year and all things guitar take too much of a back seat. :mercy:

Don't know if this GuitarBackingTracks.com BT would be any good - showing my total lack of knowledge on theory I couldn't tell you if chords are major :shy: but it's got a good style to it and after a bit of manipulation on my DAW it's long enough for 4 players doing 45 seconds or so (first half of each players segement without the horns, second half with) and the 5th plyaer getting that plus a bonus of another half minute or so before the fade out.

download/file.php?id=821

Any interest?
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HI VB
I am in on this collab.
It´s not a typical slow BBKing blues, but a faster (120bpm) Boogie Woogie rythm.
Its in A (according to my analyse SW=DMM), but the chord progression is not a standard 12 bar/3 chord structure.
I have to listen to some BB recording to find out how BB would play over this type of rythm.
It will be a bit of challenge
/Kalle
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Sounds a bit like Every day I have the blues to me. See for ex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ1edU1dAG8

To my ears, the progression is something like a "quick change 12 bar blues":
ADAA
DDAA
EDAE
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weelie wrote:Sounds a bit like Every day I have the blues to me. See for ex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ1edU1dAG8

To my ears, the progression is something like a "quick change 12 bar blues":
ADAA
DDAA
EDAE
Useful link weelie. :thumbsup:

The chords progression sounds something like that to me too - for the first 9 of the 12 bars anyway - 10,11 & 12 I'm not so sure.
Still - that's one of the joys of the pentatonic - you can fit it OK to some degree even if you're not sure of the chords. :D
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The bass line for the turnaround is similar to the one in "Caldonia" (which I think is in G), which I've played before.

So the BT here I think is like this for bars 9-10:

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D:----------------------------
A:---4-5-6--7-5-4-------------
E:-7---------------7--(5)-------
and this appears to be the 11-12:

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D:----------------------------
A:---4-5-6--7-5-4-------------
E:-5---------------7--(5)-------
So I assume that's a ii-V in bars 9-10 then, so the bars 9-12 were:
Bm E A E

A bit like on the fourth line on this chart:
http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychord ... dsubs.html
or "Route 66" on this one: http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychord ... scomp.html
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Bass notes nicely picked out there weelie. :thumbsup:

Liked the chart link. :D
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I actually went out an bought a 2nd hand Epiphone Dot today, and love it so far and why wouldn't I! Need to check how it sounds played loud in a band practice on Tue. But anyway, a few days away from my birthday, got me a best of presents for sure!
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weelie wrote:I actually went out an bought a 2nd hand Epiphone Dot today, and love it so far and why wouldn't I! Need to check how it sounds played loud in a band practice on Tue. But anyway, a few days away from my birthday, got me a best of presents for sure!
:clap: Congratulations weelie - good choice. Looking forward to hearing it being put through its paces! :thumbsup:
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