Chords for Jeff Massey on Dickey Betts Guitar Riffs | Reverb.com
Tempo:
91.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Eb
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [G] [A] [Bm]
[A] [Em] [A] Hey everybody, this is Jeff with [Eb] Reverb.com and I'm here today to talk a little bit about
the lead guitar style of Mr.
Dickie Betts, of course of the Allman Brothers Band.
There's
a lot of things that I've learned from listening to Dickie Betts playing.
Both him and Dwayne
Allman were masters of improv and being able to mix blues scales and major scales and effortlessly
kind of flow between the two.
So I just, you know, I wanted to pick a few key licks today
that I've come up with.
Not so much note for note Dickie Betts licks, but kind of things
inspired by Dickie Betts that you can maybe use in your own playing, you know.
This would
be an example of maybe something he might do in a song like Blue Sky or Ramblin' Man.
And I've picked the key of G major for this first lick and the idea kind of sounds like
[D] this.
[A]
[E] [Dm] [A]
[G] Being in the key of G major, I have my G major pentatonic scale and I'm also kind
of [C] playing a little bit when I [Em] choose this note [D] off the [Em]
G major [Cm] scale or the Mixolydian
scale which would be the fifth mode of G major, which maybe we can get into later.
But it's
that note there that gives it that major feel.
[D] [A]
[Gm] One of Dickie's cool tricks that I kind of
got from him is he does this thing where he folds his ring finger over.
If you can see
here I'm at the 12th fret and I'm doing like a little pull off at the 14th.
And then I'm
going to [Em] my D string [A] here and then laying the finger flat to hit the 14th on the G and
the 14th on the D.
And when you put that together,
[G] that's something you can do repeatedly or
one [A] time.
[E] Very Dickie Betts.
Another cool trick I got from listening to Dickie Betts
is the way he's so smooth with his bends, but he'll have [Eb] the bend up and start the lick
with the bend falling.
[C]
[G] And there I'm just kind of sliding, mainly all the notes are
pentatonic, [A] [Gm] major pentatonic if we're [Am] in the key of G.
[G] See the way I've got the bend up
in advance and then I'm doing that fold over thing [E] that I talked about here.
[G] So I guess
it's kind [E] of a combination of major scale and major pentatonic.
[C] That ring finger fold
over thing works in so many places.
[G]
[A] [G] Take it further down the scale you can too.
Another
cool thing that I like about Dickie Betts is the way he [Am] plays in minor keys, but kind
of something inspired by if you listen to something like Whipping Post or Liz Reid,
some of the note selection.
For here I'm in A minor.
[Gb]
[E] [Eb] [Am] [C] [Eb]
[D] [A] [Am] [B] And that note selection, there's
kind of a couple ways to look at it.
You've got your Dorian scale.
[Gb] [Em]
This would be an A
Dorian.
[A] [Em] [A] [Eb] And then you've got this note he's hitting here, which is actually [Am] from the blues
scale.
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
The blue note if you will.
So I'm kind of combining Dorian with the [Gb] blues scale.
[Am]
[Eb] [D] [E] [D]
So you [E] get kind of a hypnotic thing going on there, [Eb] kind of a drone.
[D] [A] [Eb]
[D] [A] [G] You know an example
of using that in your lead playing, you could be doing something in a typical pentatonic
pattern and you can hear it when you break out of the box with that blue note or with
the Dorian.
So if I was in a pentatonic and we're going to switch into that, [D]
[Eb] you can hear
it right there.
[G] [D] [Em]
[Eb] [D] [Gbm] [Am]
[D] [E] [D]
[A] You know [Em] definitely check out some [N] Dickie stuff if you haven't already.
Stuff like Blue Sky or Ramble Man and definitely Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.
We'll
see you [Em] next time with some more lessons [Dm] on [Eb] Reverb.
[D] [A] [Am] [A] [G]
[A] [Em] [A] Hey everybody, this is Jeff with [Eb] Reverb.com and I'm here today to talk a little bit about
the lead guitar style of Mr.
Dickie Betts, of course of the Allman Brothers Band.
There's
a lot of things that I've learned from listening to Dickie Betts playing.
Both him and Dwayne
Allman were masters of improv and being able to mix blues scales and major scales and effortlessly
kind of flow between the two.
So I just, you know, I wanted to pick a few key licks today
that I've come up with.
Not so much note for note Dickie Betts licks, but kind of things
inspired by Dickie Betts that you can maybe use in your own playing, you know.
This would
be an example of maybe something he might do in a song like Blue Sky or Ramblin' Man.
And I've picked the key of G major for this first lick and the idea kind of sounds like
[D] this.
[A]
[E] [Dm] [A]
[G] Being in the key of G major, I have my G major pentatonic scale and I'm also kind
of [C] playing a little bit when I [Em] choose this note [D] off the [Em]
G major [Cm] scale or the Mixolydian
scale which would be the fifth mode of G major, which maybe we can get into later.
But it's
that note there that gives it that major feel.
[D] [A]
[Gm] One of Dickie's cool tricks that I kind of
got from him is he does this thing where he folds his ring finger over.
If you can see
here I'm at the 12th fret and I'm doing like a little pull off at the 14th.
And then I'm
going to [Em] my D string [A] here and then laying the finger flat to hit the 14th on the G and
the 14th on the D.
And when you put that together,
[G] that's something you can do repeatedly or
one [A] time.
[E] Very Dickie Betts.
Another cool trick I got from listening to Dickie Betts
is the way he's so smooth with his bends, but he'll have [Eb] the bend up and start the lick
with the bend falling.
[C]
[G] And there I'm just kind of sliding, mainly all the notes are
pentatonic, [A] [Gm] major pentatonic if we're [Am] in the key of G.
[G] See the way I've got the bend up
in advance and then I'm doing that fold over thing [E] that I talked about here.
[G] So I guess
it's kind [E] of a combination of major scale and major pentatonic.
[C] That ring finger fold
over thing works in so many places.
[G]
[A] [G] Take it further down the scale you can too.
Another
cool thing that I like about Dickie Betts is the way he [Am] plays in minor keys, but kind
of something inspired by if you listen to something like Whipping Post or Liz Reid,
some of the note selection.
For here I'm in A minor.
[Gb]
[E] [Eb] [Am] [C] [Eb]
[D] [A] [Am] [B] And that note selection, there's
kind of a couple ways to look at it.
You've got your Dorian scale.
[Gb] [Em]
This would be an A
Dorian.
[A] [Em] [A] [Eb] And then you've got this note he's hitting here, which is actually [Am] from the blues
scale.
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
The blue note if you will.
So I'm kind of combining Dorian with the [Gb] blues scale.
[Am]
[Eb] [D] [E] [D]
So you [E] get kind of a hypnotic thing going on there, [Eb] kind of a drone.
[D] [A] [Eb]
[D] [A] [G] You know an example
of using that in your lead playing, you could be doing something in a typical pentatonic
pattern and you can hear it when you break out of the box with that blue note or with
the Dorian.
So if I was in a pentatonic and we're going to switch into that, [D]
[Eb] you can hear
it right there.
[G] [D] [Em]
[Eb] [D] [Gbm] [Am]
[D] [E] [D]
[A] You know [Em] definitely check out some [N] Dickie stuff if you haven't already.
Stuff like Blue Sky or Ramble Man and definitely Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.
We'll
see you [Em] next time with some more lessons [Dm] on [Eb] Reverb.
[D] [A] [Am] [A] [G]
Key:
A
D
Eb
G
Em
A
D
Eb
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] Hey everybody, this is Jeff with [Eb] Reverb.com and I'm here today to talk a little bit about
the lead guitar style of Mr.
Dickie Betts, of course of the Allman Brothers Band.
There's
a lot of things that I've learned from listening to Dickie Betts playing.
Both him and Dwayne
Allman were masters of improv and being able to mix _ blues scales and major scales and effortlessly
kind of flow between the two.
So I just, you know, I wanted to pick a few key licks today
that I've come up with.
Not so much note for note Dickie Betts licks, but kind of things
inspired by Dickie Betts that you can maybe use in your own playing, you know.
This would
be an example of maybe something he might do in a song like Blue Sky or Ramblin' Man.
_ And I've picked the key of G major for this first lick and the idea kind of sounds like
[D] this.
[A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Being in the key of G major, I have my G major pentatonic scale and _ _ I'm also kind
of [C] playing a little bit when I [Em] choose this note [D] off the [Em] _
G major [Cm] scale or the Mixolydian
scale which would be the fifth mode of G major, which maybe we can get into later.
But it's
that note there that gives it that major feel. _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ One of Dickie's cool tricks that I kind of
got from him is he does this thing where he folds his ring finger over.
If you can see
here I'm at the 12th fret and I'm doing like a little pull off at the 14th.
And then I'm
going to [Em] my D string [A] here and then laying the finger flat to hit the 14th on the G and
the 14th on the D.
And when you put that together, _ _
_ _ _ [G] that's something you can do repeatedly or
one [A] time.
_ [E] _ _ Very Dickie Betts.
Another cool trick I got from listening to Dickie Betts
is the way he's so smooth with his bends, but he'll have [Eb] the bend up and start the lick
with the bend falling.
_ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ And there I'm just kind of sliding, mainly all the notes are
pentatonic, [A] _ [Gm] _ major pentatonic if we're [Am] in the key of G.
[G] _ _ See the way I've got the bend up
in advance and then I'm doing that fold over thing [E] that I talked about here.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ So I guess
it's kind [E] of a combination of major scale and major pentatonic. _ _ _ _
_ [C] That ring finger fold
over thing works in so many places. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ Take it further down the scale you can too.
Another
cool thing that I like about Dickie Betts is the way he [Am] plays in minor keys, but kind
of something inspired by if you listen to something like Whipping Post or Liz Reid,
some of the note selection.
For here I'm in A minor.
_ [Gb] _ _
[E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ [Am] _ [B] _ And that note selection, there's
kind of a couple ways to look at it.
You've got your Dorian scale.
[Gb] _ [Em] _
This would be an A
Dorian.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Eb] And then you've got this note he's hitting here, which is actually [Am] from the blues
scale.
[Eb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
The blue note if you will.
So I'm kind of combining Dorian with the [Gb] blues scale.
[Am] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ So you [E] get kind of a hypnotic thing going on there, [Eb] kind of a drone.
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] You know an example
of using that in your lead playing, you could be doing _ _ something in a typical pentatonic
pattern and you can hear it when you break out of the box with that blue note or with
the Dorian.
So if I was in a pentatonic and we're going to switch into that, _ _ [D] _
[Eb] _ you can hear
it right there.
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
[Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] You know [Em] definitely check out some [N] Dickie stuff if you haven't already.
Stuff like Blue Sky or Ramble Man and definitely Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.
We'll
see you [Em] next time with some more lessons [Dm] on [Eb] Reverb.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] Hey everybody, this is Jeff with [Eb] Reverb.com and I'm here today to talk a little bit about
the lead guitar style of Mr.
Dickie Betts, of course of the Allman Brothers Band.
There's
a lot of things that I've learned from listening to Dickie Betts playing.
Both him and Dwayne
Allman were masters of improv and being able to mix _ blues scales and major scales and effortlessly
kind of flow between the two.
So I just, you know, I wanted to pick a few key licks today
that I've come up with.
Not so much note for note Dickie Betts licks, but kind of things
inspired by Dickie Betts that you can maybe use in your own playing, you know.
This would
be an example of maybe something he might do in a song like Blue Sky or Ramblin' Man.
_ And I've picked the key of G major for this first lick and the idea kind of sounds like
[D] this.
[A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Being in the key of G major, I have my G major pentatonic scale and _ _ I'm also kind
of [C] playing a little bit when I [Em] choose this note [D] off the [Em] _
G major [Cm] scale or the Mixolydian
scale which would be the fifth mode of G major, which maybe we can get into later.
But it's
that note there that gives it that major feel. _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ One of Dickie's cool tricks that I kind of
got from him is he does this thing where he folds his ring finger over.
If you can see
here I'm at the 12th fret and I'm doing like a little pull off at the 14th.
And then I'm
going to [Em] my D string [A] here and then laying the finger flat to hit the 14th on the G and
the 14th on the D.
And when you put that together, _ _
_ _ _ [G] that's something you can do repeatedly or
one [A] time.
_ [E] _ _ Very Dickie Betts.
Another cool trick I got from listening to Dickie Betts
is the way he's so smooth with his bends, but he'll have [Eb] the bend up and start the lick
with the bend falling.
_ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ And there I'm just kind of sliding, mainly all the notes are
pentatonic, [A] _ [Gm] _ major pentatonic if we're [Am] in the key of G.
[G] _ _ See the way I've got the bend up
in advance and then I'm doing that fold over thing [E] that I talked about here.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ So I guess
it's kind [E] of a combination of major scale and major pentatonic. _ _ _ _
_ [C] That ring finger fold
over thing works in so many places. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ Take it further down the scale you can too.
Another
cool thing that I like about Dickie Betts is the way he [Am] plays in minor keys, but kind
of something inspired by if you listen to something like Whipping Post or Liz Reid,
some of the note selection.
For here I'm in A minor.
_ [Gb] _ _
[E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ [Am] _ [B] _ And that note selection, there's
kind of a couple ways to look at it.
You've got your Dorian scale.
[Gb] _ [Em] _
This would be an A
Dorian.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Eb] And then you've got this note he's hitting here, which is actually [Am] from the blues
scale.
[Eb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
The blue note if you will.
So I'm kind of combining Dorian with the [Gb] blues scale.
[Am] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ So you [E] get kind of a hypnotic thing going on there, [Eb] kind of a drone.
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] You know an example
of using that in your lead playing, you could be doing _ _ something in a typical pentatonic
pattern and you can hear it when you break out of the box with that blue note or with
the Dorian.
So if I was in a pentatonic and we're going to switch into that, _ _ [D] _
[Eb] _ you can hear
it right there.
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
[Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] You know [Em] definitely check out some [N] Dickie stuff if you haven't already.
Stuff like Blue Sky or Ramble Man and definitely Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.
We'll
see you [Em] next time with some more lessons [Dm] on [Eb] Reverb.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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