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SALT
CREEK SOLO "B" Section
This
is an intermediate to advanced Tab.
Everyone has to play this tune and many of you out there know this already. But, what do you do when you have to play a solo on "Salt Creek"?
Well here it is, based on the melody and going off of the melody some key spots.
For people that want to know..........the theory behind some of these licks is this. When a song has I, b7 and 4 chords (G,F,and C) in it primarily (as does Salt Creek) you can solo over the chord changes using the scale of the 4 (C) chord." Wow!! So when I have to play Little Maggie in G, I can use a C scale to solo over the G and F chords?"
Yes, you can. The only trick is to know when to come out of this way of thinking and switch back to thinking G scale. Takes some practice.
For all of you that know what I'm saying so far,we're playing the mixolydian mode of a C scale.
Now, for those of you that I lost, here's a simple trick to remember. In the key of G when you have to play over an F chord, use a C lick. All of you out there who bought "100 licks" are now digging out the C licks section.
The first time thru I stated the melody in a way that may be new to you (bars 1-7). The second time thru I use the "C" major scale to solo over the "G" and the dreaded "F" chord. Notice that I don't let the chord progression end till I come out of the "C" scale and end with a "G" lick ( Bar 12). While we're talking about bar or measures, these are not strict four beat measures as in music notation. Rather they are "thoughts" or the way I think of the music in my head. All solo's break down in the players mind to small pieces that are strung together. My measure lines are an effort to show what I am thinking while I improvised this solo.
The second time thru the progression (bars 8-12) is a tough thing to read and learn from tab. I would think you'd be better off learning the "basic idea" of what I'm doing and make it your own by jammimg against the track till you learn to use the "idea". What is this idea? Well, look at the last measure of the page and you'll see a cool and handy trick to use on any solo, fast or slow. The trick is to hit a note, slide up or down to the next scale note, then hit the note you slid to and slide up or down. This will produce the sound of what I did in bars 8-12 of the solo. Jerry Douglas does this, and I got it from him. Although when you get used to the sound you'll hear other players do it, Dicky Betts from the Allman Brothers comes to mind at the moment.
Get
out those Band in a Box's and make yourself a track and try some of this out.
For those without Band in a Box (shame on you)
I'll include the track from it that I use to practice "Salt Creek".
Have Fun !
