Chords for Larry Carlton Blues Lick (Lesson)
Tempo:
122.55 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
G
A
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [G] [A]
[F#m] [G#m] [D#]
[F#] [C#]
[D#]
[A#] [C#] [B]
[C#] Hammer-on.
This next note, he picks this note [N] and this finger, [Em] it's tilted and muting [G#] that
E string.
[N] So what he does is he picks this note and he simultaneously chicken picks that
muted note.
It gives the note kind of a chopping quality.
I've heard him do it on other, on
other licks.
I guess it's one of his many, you know, signature moves.
So he picks those
[Em] simultaneously but then you have to bring your finger back to mute it because you're
so close to the harmonic, you don't want it, you don't want it to [C#] keep ringing out.
And
then after you've muted it, you know, you just continue sustaining the note.
[G] [Em]
[A] Next is
[G] he sweeps these first two [A] notes.
[C#] He
[C] [D#]
[N] waits till the very last moment to initiate.
Then the
rest of this portion, the notes that are picked, he sweeps, he sweeps those notes.
[Em] [G]
[C#] [Cm] [G]
[A] So [F#] [E]
[C#m] [C]
[B]
[A] [F#] [E]
[F#] [N] let's
see.
I want to try to give you just a sense of how [C] it should feel at least, especially
those first six notes.
[F#m]
[Am] [F#]
[A#] [N]
So he does a whole step bend and he doesn't quite release the
bend all the way down.
And then he comes back to a half step bend and then to this note
and then two quarter step bends and then here [Bm] with vibraphone.
[C#] [F#m] [D#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [B] [C#] [F#m]
[G#m] [D#]
[F#]
[F#] [G] [A]
[F#m] [G#m] [D#]
[F#] [C#]
[D#]
[A#] [C#] [B]
[C#] Hammer-on.
This next note, he picks this note [N] and this finger, [Em] it's tilted and muting [G#] that
E string.
[N] So what he does is he picks this note and he simultaneously chicken picks that
muted note.
It gives the note kind of a chopping quality.
I've heard him do it on other, on
other licks.
I guess it's one of his many, you know, signature moves.
So he picks those
[Em] simultaneously but then you have to bring your finger back to mute it because you're
so close to the harmonic, you don't want it, you don't want it to [C#] keep ringing out.
And
then after you've muted it, you know, you just continue sustaining the note.
[G] [Em]
[A] Next is
[G] he sweeps these first two [A] notes.
[C#] He
[C] [D#]
[N] waits till the very last moment to initiate.
Then the
rest of this portion, the notes that are picked, he sweeps, he sweeps those notes.
[Em] [G]
[C#] [Cm] [G]
[A] So [F#] [E]
[C#m] [C]
[B]
[A] [F#] [E]
[F#] [N] let's
see.
I want to try to give you just a sense of how [C] it should feel at least, especially
those first six notes.
[F#m]
[Am] [F#]
[A#] [N]
So he does a whole step bend and he doesn't quite release the
bend all the way down.
And then he comes back to a half step bend and then to this note
and then two quarter step bends and then here [Bm] with vibraphone.
[C#] [F#m] [D#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [B] [C#] [F#m]
[G#m] [D#]
[F#]
Key:
F#
C#
G
A
D#
F#
C#
G
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] Hammer-on.
_ This next note, he picks this note [N] and this finger, [Em] it's tilted and muting [G#] that
E string.
[N] So what he does is he picks this note and he simultaneously chicken picks that
muted note. _ _ _
It gives the note kind of a chopping quality. _
I've heard him do it on other, on
other licks.
I guess it's one of his many, you know, signature moves.
_ _ So he picks those
[Em] simultaneously but then you have to bring your finger back to mute it because you're
so close to the harmonic, you don't want it, you don't want it to [C#] keep ringing out.
And
then after you've muted it, you know, you just continue sustaining the note.
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Next is _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ he sweeps these first two [A] notes.
[C#] _ He _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ _ [N] waits till the very last moment _ to initiate.
_ _ _ Then _ the
rest of this portion, the notes that are picked, he sweeps, he sweeps those notes.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] So _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [N] let's
see.
I want to try to give you just a sense of how [C] it should feel at least, especially
those first six notes.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [F#] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So he does a whole step bend and he doesn't quite release the
bend all the way down.
And then he comes back to a half step bend and then to this note _
_ _ _ and then two quarter step bends and then here [Bm] with vibraphone.
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] Hammer-on.
_ This next note, he picks this note [N] and this finger, [Em] it's tilted and muting [G#] that
E string.
[N] So what he does is he picks this note and he simultaneously chicken picks that
muted note. _ _ _
It gives the note kind of a chopping quality. _
I've heard him do it on other, on
other licks.
I guess it's one of his many, you know, signature moves.
_ _ So he picks those
[Em] simultaneously but then you have to bring your finger back to mute it because you're
so close to the harmonic, you don't want it, you don't want it to [C#] keep ringing out.
And
then after you've muted it, you know, you just continue sustaining the note.
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Next is _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ he sweeps these first two [A] notes.
[C#] _ He _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ _ [N] waits till the very last moment _ to initiate.
_ _ _ Then _ the
rest of this portion, the notes that are picked, he sweeps, he sweeps those notes.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] So _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [N] let's
see.
I want to try to give you just a sense of how [C] it should feel at least, especially
those first six notes.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [F#] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So he does a whole step bend and he doesn't quite release the
bend all the way down.
And then he comes back to a half step bend and then to this note _
_ _ _ and then two quarter step bends and then here [Bm] with vibraphone.
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _