Lesson
Introduction from Jeff Fiorentino
This lesson deals specifically with Texas style Boogie Blues.
There's a lot involved with playing effective Boogie Blues. There's
the sound, there's the groove, there's the band dynamic, and most important
of all is the feel. This type of Blues has a shuffle feel to it.
That means musically that the eighth notes are stretched a bit with the
first one being slightly longer than the second one.
Another thing in play with this track and this style is the band dynamic.
There are actually 3 guitars playing throughout the main parts of our track.
Guitars 1 and 2 are doing the main theme riffing, while guitar 3 is doing a
root based driving riff under it all to keep the riffing from sounding too
choppy. The bass is playing what the guitar is playing in most cases..
The sound is all Stratocaster through and through. But each guitar is
using a different pickup. Guitar 1 is using the bridge single-coil,
while guitars 2 and 3 are both set down the middle with all 3 single-coils
going.
The leads are a combination of slide and non-slide and a mixture of pickup
settings are used but mostly the Front and Middle pickup together, i.e. the
4th position on the Strat classic 5 way switch.
I'll offer additional tips on the video lesson but this should be enough to
get your started..
As always please listen to the lesson's example track a few times before
diving into the guitar tabs and video. You'll get more out of the
lesson that way for sure...
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Low Down No Good Blues
JFRocks Guitar TAB Transcription
Transcribed by:
Erica Reese
Lesson notes by: Jeff Fiorentino
Copyright © 2012 JFRocks
Song Intro
Guitar 1 only
E (riff)
E_____________________________________________
B___________0_________________________________
G_____________2~______________________________
D_____________________________________________
A__________________4~__0_5__0_4__0_5__________
E___0_0_4_0___________________________________
E_____________________________________________
B___________0_________________________________
G_____________2~______________________________
D_____________________________________________
A__________________4~__0_5__0_4__0_5__________
E___0_0_4_0___________________________________
Main Song Kick in / Main Theme Riffing
This part contains 3 guitar parts as discussed in the introduction note on this
page. The guitars are color coded below. Guitars 1 and 2 play
the same riffing but use different pickups. Guitar 1 uses the bridge
single-coil and guitars 2 and 3 use the middle position which is all 3
single-coils on a Strat..
Guitars 1 & 2 -
Some Palm Muting Required.
E
E__________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________________________
D__________________________________________________________________
A___________2_0_____4_0_5_0_4_0_____________2_0_____4_0_5_0_4_0____
E___0_0_4_0_____4_0_____________5___0_0_4_0_____4_0_____________5__
A
E
E______________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________________
A__0__0____________0__0_________________2_0_____4_0_5_0_4_0____
E_______2_0_3_0_0_______2_0_3_0_0__0__0_____4_0_____________5__
B
E
A Bb
B
E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________0____0_____0____________
G_________________________________________________2~___2~___2~_________
D_*guitar 2 only_6_6__7_7__6_6__5_5__4_4__5_5_4_________________________________
A____2_2________________________________________________________0_1_2~__
E_______ _4_4__5_5__4_4__3_3__2_2__3_3_2__0_0_4_0________________________
Guitar 3 - Under Rhythm -
WITH PALM MUTE!!
E
E_____________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________
E__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___
A
E____________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________
A___0_0__________0_0_________________________________________________
E_______2_3_0_0______2_3_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__
B
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__________________________________________
D__________________________________________
A__2_______________________________________
E____4_5_4_3_2_3_2_0*let ring out over guitar 1 & 2 end riff____
Interlude Riffing
Guitar 1 plays a Boogie Groove, while guitar 2 plays a slide accompaniment..
See video for slide tips, there are some good ones to get this Dobro effect.
Guitar 1
E
E_____________________________________________0______0______
B___________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________2~_____2~__
D___________________________________________________________
A__2_4__2_2_4__2_2__4__2_2_4__2_2__4__2_2_4_________________
E__0_0__0_0_0__0_0__0__0_0_0__0_0__0__0_0_0_________________
A
E
E_____________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________
D___2_2__4__2_2__4__2_________________________________________________
A___0_0__0__0_0__0__0____________2_2__4__2_2_4__2_2__4__2_2_4_________
E______________________0x_2_3_2__0_0__0__0_0_0__0_0__0__0_0_0_________
B
E
B7
E___________________________________________________
B______________________________________7____________
G______________________________________8____________
D______________________________________7____________
A__2_________________2_________________9__>into
solo___
E____4_5_4__3_2_3_2__0_4_2_4__5_4_5__6_7____________
Guitar 2 - Slide
leads over the guitar 1 riffing from above.. - Middle Pickup
position used (3 single-coils)
- Glass slide was used.. Either Glass or Chrome will do the
trick, but Glass is typically warmer in sound so I prefer it for Blues
applications..
E
A
E
E________________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________________
G__7---9--->>down slowly>>>_______1---7__1--2___2~______12--13_12--13_12--13_________________
D__7---9--->>down slowly>>>_________________1--2~________________________14--->>down
slowly>>>__
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
B
E
E________________________________________________________________________
B_________15____15--16--15---->__9--13_______________________________________
G__11---16____16____________________14--13_13--12___________________________
D______________________________________________14--->>down
slowly>>>__>into
solo___
A________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________
SOLO
The solo is a mix of slide and non slide,
we have noted in the tabs where the slide goes away.
The solo opens with slide, and is over a mix of a standard Boogie Blues Riff
followed by the main theme riff of the song done 1 time through..
- Glass slide was used.. Either Glass or Chrome will do the
trick, but Glass is typically warmer in sound so I prefer it for Blues
applications..
E
E_______________________________________________12____12--->>slide downward>>>__
B________________________________________2----12____12___________________
G______________________ 9--->>slide downward>>>_________________________________
D__2--->>slide UP
slowly>>>______9--->>slide downward>>>_________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________
A
E__0______________________________________________________________________________________
B____3--->>slide downward>>>__0_______________________13--14___13--14_____13--14____________________
G_______________________2~~__
2--->>slide UP>>>__________14_______14________14~--->>slide downward>>>__
D_____________________________2--->>slide
UP>>>_________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
E
E___________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________
G__12--13_12--13_____________________________________________
D______________14~~__ 14~--->>slide downward>>>____________________
A_____________________14~--->>slide downward>>>___(END
OF SLIDE PARTS)___
E___________________________________________________________
NO SLIDE - Used Front and Middle Single-Coil sound
//// = Trem or Speed
picking.
B
A
E
E_________________________________________________________________
B__15//////__17//__15///__17//_15//________________________________
G__16//////__18//__16///__18//_16//_**continue down chromatically>>>__
D_________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________
E
E_______________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________
G__4^1/2~~_____2^1>slow release_2__0_____0_2~~~~----slide
upward and away---____
D__4^1/2~~_____________________2_2______________________________
A_______________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________
A
E
E____________________________________________
B____________________________________________
G___14////_14///_14///_14//___________________
D___16////_17///_16///_17//__14//////////~_____
A____________________________________________
E____________________________________________
*Switch to Bridge Pickup
B
A
E
E____15^1 a.h ~~__12___________12_____________________12______12______12______________________
B__x rake___________15^1~~______15_12-15-12_12_________________________________12^^slow
bend^1/2__
G___________________________________________14^1~_____14^1_____14^1____14^1________________
D___________________________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-Solo Transition Riff
Guitar 1 Only
E (riff)
E_____________________________________________
B___________0_________________________________
G_____________2~______________________________
D_____________________________________________
A__________________4~__0_5__0_4__0_5__________
E___0_0_4_0___________________________________
E______________________________________________0______________________
B___________0_________________________________________________________
G_____________2~_________________________________2^1__________________
D______________________________________0______________________________
A__________________4~__0_5__0_4__0_5____ 0-1-2_________________________
E___0_0_4_0____________________________________________3^steady
bend^1/2____
Final Ending
The song comes around again after the post-solo transition riff with a
slightly lengthened version of the main theme riff and ends with a final ending
outro riff. There are two guitar parts that make up the ending, they are
color coded in the tabs below.
Guitar 1 - Out of main theme riffing "B"
part to end the song.
E
E9 *from guitar 2
E_______0_________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________0____________________0______________________________
G_________2^1>release_2-0___2^1>release_2-0_______
2__________0____________________________________
D____________________2____________ 2____ 1___1-2-1-0________________________________________
A_________________________________________________2____1-2____2___________________________
E___0___________________________________________________________3^steady
bend^1/2-pull-off-0*let
ring out__
Guitar 2 -
Simple ring-out and final chord hit. E9 Chord comes on over guitar 1's
final pull-off to the open 6th string, see chord note written above guitar
1's part.
E
E9
E___________________________________________________
B______________________________7~___________________
G______________________________7~___________________
D______________________________6~_*let
chord ring out until fade...
___
A______________________________7~___________________
E__0*let
ring out throughout guitar 1's riff..._____________________________
End
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