Tangled_up_in_Blue
Blues Newbie
Hi @Griff or any other forum member that can clear up some confusion I have with this.
Lick 4 starts with the Major sound and then moves into Minor, Griff says that a modification is required when playing over the IV and V chord as the first full bend is a major 3rd and so if we only half-bend we keep that bent note a minor 3rd.I get that. However I have 2 problems that I can't quite wrap my head around.
1. If you look at Ex 38, when Griff applies the half-bend (i.e. the modification) we are still actually on the I chord. So why do we need to modify it?
2. Notes 2 & 4 of the lick are still based in the Major sound but are not modified, and note 4 is being played over the IV chord. So to my mind the note that has been changed does not need to be and why are notes 2 and 4 not modified?
Lick 5 - I have a similar confusion here too. Ex 42 Griff modifies the first note of the lick in bar 8 going from I chord to V but does not modify in bar 4 going from I chord to IV.
TIA
Steve
Lick 4 starts with the Major sound and then moves into Minor, Griff says that a modification is required when playing over the IV and V chord as the first full bend is a major 3rd and so if we only half-bend we keep that bent note a minor 3rd.I get that. However I have 2 problems that I can't quite wrap my head around.
1. If you look at Ex 38, when Griff applies the half-bend (i.e. the modification) we are still actually on the I chord. So why do we need to modify it?
2. Notes 2 & 4 of the lick are still based in the Major sound but are not modified, and note 4 is being played over the IV chord. So to my mind the note that has been changed does not need to be and why are notes 2 and 4 not modified?
Lick 5 - I have a similar confusion here too. Ex 42 Griff modifies the first note of the lick in bar 8 going from I chord to V but does not modify in bar 4 going from I chord to IV.
TIA
Steve