Lesson - Tabs

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Tabs & Lesson

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Lesson Introduction from Jeff Fiorentino

This lesson deals with a concept mood piece. Creating mood pieces is an important element in songwriting whether you plan to work with film or commercial type work, or just write music for your band or own self. Understanding how to create a mood, be it a dark old west feel like our "Clint Eastwood" example track, or a light airy feel always boils down to messing with Time i.e. mixing odd time with even time, and mode use. I always teach using modes to create new moods and vibes within a song, and that concept is never more important than when creating a mood piece.

For our example track "Clint Eastwood" I drift through a few modes. Aeolian (minor scale), Phrygian (minor scale with a flat 2nd), Harmonic minor (minor scale with a Major 7th), and I even touch on traditional country and western type scales such as adding the 3rd with the minor 3rd in the same scale to add that element of old southwest.

I always encourage everyone to mess with modes, try different recordings and play over them using different modes, and this lesson should give you a very strong example as to why that's important.

It's always a good idea to keep in mind though that different people will get different things from what ever mood piece you create. Individual opinions will always vary. For example some will get the Clint Eastwood in this track, while others will just hear dark. That's fine, because the truth is the way in which the track is used will determine feel, such as with "Clint Eastwood" here with is a track I produced for the ending roll credits of a film a friend of mine is putting together. After watching a western type film, it's easier for people to get the western vibe. In either case it doesn't matter, what matters is that you have the "vision" in your mind's eye for what direction you're taking the song in. Let your audience draw what ever conclusions they want. That's the whole point of art anyway.

Enjoy the lesson, and please crank up our "Clint Eastwood" track a few times before diving into the guitar tabs and video lesson. You really will get more out of it that way. And of course as always dig deeper than just the riffing. Draw some conclusions as to why things are sounding the way they are by doing some analysis of the tabs, i.e. the pitches I'm using from the specified chords, or what guitar 2 is doing while guitar 1 is doing something else etc.

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Clint Eastwood

JFRocks Guitar TAB Transcription
Transcribed by: Erica Reese & Jeff Fiorentino
Lesson notes by: Jeff Fiorentino

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Song Intro - (5/4 & 9/8 Time)

FYI: I used a Fender Stratocaster to record this entire track. It's 100% single-coil pickup all the way through..

Riff Part 1 - 5/4 Time

Em G G sus4 F6 sus2 Fm/C Cm B7

E__________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________0___1________1______1_______________0_______0________2~__
D___________0___________0_________3______3______3___3___1___1___1___1________1_____
A____2____2_____0_____3_____3___3___3______3______3_______3_______3______0_2_______
E__0___0-3_____3__3__1______________________________________________________________

Riff Part 2 - 9/8 Time

Em G G sus4 F6 sus2 Fm/C Cm B

E________________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________0___1________1________1_____________0__________________
D___________0___________0_________3______3____3___3_____1___1___1___1___1*lightly_____
A____2____2_____0_____3_____3___3___3______3________3_____3_______3___3_2*lightly_____
E__0___0-3_____3__3__1____________________________________________________________

Main Song Kick in / Chorus Riff - (4/4 Time)

This part of the song doubles as the Chorus and is the song's intro riff re-worked for 4/4 time. Again this lesson
is about creating moods and a big part of that is manipulating time a bit. If done right, the audience barely notices your used odd time anywhere in the song..

Also important to this song part is what guitar 2 is doing. Guitar 2 is driving this riff whether you realize it or not. It's giving the riff it's vibe and mode by creating a road for the riff to travel on.. Be sure and see both guitar parts. Guitar 1 in Black and Guitar 2 in Blue.

Guitar 1 - 4/4 Time

Em G G sus4 F6 sus2 Fm/C Cm B

E________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________0___1________1______________0__________________
D___________0___________0_________3______3______1___1_____1___1__________
A____2____2_____0_____3_____3___3___3______3______3_________3____0-2~~___
E__0___0-3_____3__3__1____________________________________________________

Em G G sus4 F6 sus2 Fm/C Cm B

Guitar 2 - Plays in your right speaker while the guitar 1 riff above is going in your left..

Em G G sus4 F5 C5 B

E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________________________
D___________0_________________________________________________________________________________
A____2____2_____0___________3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3_---_10_10_10_10__10_10_10_10_____________
E__0___0-3_____3__3__*palm muted>_1_1_1_1__1_1_1_1__1_1_1_1_---_8__8__8__8___8__8__8__8___5--7~~_____

Em G G sus4 F5 C5 B

Verse Riff - (4/4 Time)

The verse riff is what we call "The good the bad and the ugly" part of the song. This is where things get very moody and we start to see some mixing of Harmonic minor and Phrygian mode scales, and even the classic western scale with the use of the G#'s and G's together in the E minor scale.. Be sure and check out BOTH Guitar 1 and 2 as they each play a roll here. Guitar 2 is doing a slide riff under and between guitar 1's part. I used a glass slide but any will do..

FYI: A little extra Cavernous Reverb was added to guitar 1's part.

Guitar 1 - 4/4 Time

Em F5

E_____________________________________________
B_____________________________________________
G_________0-1-0-1~~____________________________
D____________________3~_______________________
A_____________________________3~__2~__________
E__0__x_x__________________1___________________

Em Dm D#

E_____________________________________________
B_____________________________________________
G_________0-1-0-1~~_________7~~___8~~_________
D_____________________________________________
A_____________________________________________
E__0__x_x_____________________________________

Em F5

Em Dm D#

Guitar 2 - WITH SLIDE - Plays in your right speaker while the guitar 1 riff above is going in your left..

E____________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________
G____5~----slide down slowly>>>>>____________________14~>>slide up slowly>>15---16________
D____________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________

E___________________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________________________
G___12--13~___5~----slide down slowly>>>>>_____________12--13~___14~>>slide up slowly>>15---16____
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________

**From here another chorus comes around. Then into Verse 2 and Bridge. See tabs below.

Verse #2

The second verse is basically the same as the first verse, only 1 note in guitar 2 changes. However this verse is
half the length of the first verse.

Guitar 1 - 4/4 Time

Guitar 2 - WITH SLIDE - Plays in your right speaker while the guitar 1 riff above is going in your left..

Bridge

The bridge is actually one of my favorite parts of this song. It's very cool and very Western sounding. It's really just an
F minor and C minor chord change but it's the riffing and the way the two guitar parts interact that makes it vibe the way it does. Remember, the little things matter. Even a simple chord strum can make all the different to a given song part..

Guitar 1 - 4/4 Time

Fm Cm Fm Cm B

E_______________________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________1______________________________________
G_____0-1~~_________1________________0_________1___1___1______0_____0___________________
D_____________3~__3______1~________1_________3_______3______1_____1_____1__1*dead stop chord___
A______________________3_____3~__3_________3______________3_____3_____3____ 2___________
E__1____________________________________1_______________________________________________

Guitar 2 - Follows the root chord changes of guitar 1.

Fm Cm Fm Cm B

E__     1__________________ 3____________________1___________________3__________________________
B__    1__________________4____________________1___________________4___________________________
G__   1_________________ 5____________________1___________________5____________________________
D__ 3_*strum through the chord____5_*strum through the chord______3_*strum through the chord______ 5_*strum through the chord___1*dead stop chord___
A__ 3_________________3___________________3____________________3_________________2____________
E__1_____________________________________1____________________________________________________

SOLO - (4/4 Time)

The solo for this track is done over the Chorus riff, and the Bridge riff.. The first half of the solo uses the front (neck) pickup on the Stratocaster, and the second half of the solo the part that's over the Bridge uses the back (bridge) pickup on the Strat. Both are single-coil sounds.

Make note that in this solo we lose our western vibe for the first half of it over the chorus part. I did a Bluesy almost SRV type thing. But for me nothing says the southwest like SRV. For the second half of the solo over the Fm and Cm chord changes of the Bridge we gain our western vibe back a bit, but still not too much. My goal with the solo was to remove some of the darkness and tension that's present throughout the main song. Of course that's not helped by the fact that the solo opens with a 12 gauge 3 inch magnum buck-shot going off..

Solo Part 1 - Over the Chorus Riff - 4/4 Time - Front Pickup used

E___________12_______________________________12________________________________________________
B__15^1~~_____15_^^15^1>release_15 ^15^1>release_15 ____15_12-15-12_____________________________________
G_________________________________________________________16_14^1>slow rel>14-12____12_______________
D__________________________________________________________________________14___14_12-14-12_____
A_________________________________________________________________________________________ 14__
E______________________________________________________________________________________________

E_____________________________________________
B_____________________________________________
G__12_14_14^1>slow rel>14-12___12~~---slide down and away____
D_____________________14______________________
A_____________________________________________
E_____________________________________________

E______________0___________________________
B__3^1>slow rel>3_____3_0_______________________
G____________________2_2~~___0____________
D______________________________ 2~~_______
A_________________________________________
E_________________________________________

E__0_______0________________________
B____3^1____________________________
G____________2^1__0-2-0>trill_2_2~~~___
D___________________________________
A___________________________________
E___________________________________

E__________________________________________________________________15^1 a.h~~~____
B________________________________________________________________________________
G________12-14-12____12-14-12____12-14-12____12-14-12____12-14-12___12________________
D__2---14_________14_________14_________14_________14________14___________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________

E__12____________________12__________________________________________
B_____15_^15^1>quick release_15____15_12-15-12___12___________________________
G____________________________________14___14_14^1>slow rel>14-12___12~~~__
D_________________________________________________________14_________
A____________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________

E____0______0________0______0__________________________12_0____________15_0_17_0_17^1/2*let fade__
B______3^1_____________3^1___________________________0______12_0__15_0_______________________
G_____________2^1~____________2~-0-2-0-2-0-2^1/4~___7--9________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________________

Solo Part 2 - Over the Bridge Riff - 4/4 Time - Change to Bridge Pickup

E__17^1/2>slow release>>>17__________________________________________________________
B____________________________________16_20_16~~_________20~~--slide down and away>>___
G_________________________________17______________17~~_______________________
D__________________________13_17______________________________________________
A_______________________15____________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________

E__13_________13_______13_18-13________13_18-13_______13_18-13________13_18-13_________
B_____16^1_______16^1__________16^1____________16^1__________16^1___________16^1_____
G____________________________________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________

E__13______13______13___13___--slide down and away>>___
B_____16^1____16^1______16^1_--slide down and away>>___
G____________________________________________
D____________________________________________
A____________________________________________
E____________________________________________

**From here the song repeats around with another Verse, Bridge combo, then goes into the mellower odd time
final end. See Ending tabs below. Also see the video for any additional thoughts or lesson on the final Verse
and Bridge parts that lead up to the final ending..

Song Ending - (5/4 & 9/8 Time)

We drift back into a mellower, cleaner tone and back into the same odd time used during the song's intro. There is a slight variation in the ending riffing from how it was played in the intro, so the final ending is tabbed below..

FYI: I used a Fender Stratocaster to record this entire track. It's 100% single-coil pickup all the way through..

Riff Part 1 - 5/4 Time

Riff Part 2 - 9/8 Time

E________________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________0___1________1______1_______________0*let ring out____________
D___________0___________0_________3______3______3___3___1___1____________________
A____2____2_____0_____3_____3___3___3______3______3_______3______________________
E__0___0-3_____3__3__1____________________________________________________________

End

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"Clint Eastwood" Songwriting part 7 - Concept Mood Pieces
Written by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Performed by:	Jeff Fiorentino (Guitars), & Mick (Bass)
Transcribed by:	Erica Reese with notes by Jeff Fiorentino
Engineered by:	Mick the Mixer & Jeff Fiorentino

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