Chords for SWEET ROBBEN FORD LICKS

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_ _ Today we're going to look at Robin Ford's solo on [D] a song called Man and the Moon from
an old Yellow [F] Jackets album.
So [C] we're playing in the key, we're not playing in the key, but the chord we're playing on
[F] is F major 7.
That's not the key of the song, it's just kind of a contrasting part.
So, _ but it's just that chord and kind of the [C] tonality that _ [Gm] is [C] being heard here is kind
of like an F [G] Lydian, so we have [F#] that [F] raised fourth from the F.
So a common way that I like, and that it seems Robin Ford likes as well, [G] is to play _ _ E minor
pentatonic on [F] top of F.
That is kind of giving you that sound.
[Em] _ _
_ So you have that _ sharp 4. _
So the stuff that he does during these four bars comes basically from the E minor pentatonic.
[G] You have the scale in this position here, _ _ _ _ [Em] and also the E minor 7 arpeggio in this position.
The only difference [B] is one note, you know, this fourth here you have in the pentatonic
scale _ in [F#m] the [G] arpeggio. _ _
So start of the solo.
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[Bm] _ _ [E] _ So the first here is a bend, [G#] _
it's bending actually [F#] to F sharp, which has nothing to
do with the F major, but it's a nice color note happening.
[C]
Some chromatics, and then we have [G] C _ [C] major arpeggio, which would be upper structure notes
for F major, and G major [G] arpeggio.
Triads, [Bm] both of them triads.
_ Then he goes straight up, [G] _
_ so it's [C] this arpeggio straight _ _ [G] to that bend.
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So, the rhythmic stuff here and the melodic stuff is [E] what makes that nice ending to the phrase. _
See, it's the same notes, but because of the way that the melody kind of goes up and down,
and because of the rhythmic stuff, it's a nice ending to that melody. _ _ _
_ _ By the way, _ _ those two notes [D] here, _ I think they're not probably meant to sound at the
same time, so try to work on _ _ _ releasing this note before this one [Em] is being played.
It's a little bit hard. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The last part of the line [G] _ _ is _ _ _ kind of cliche blues stuff in E minor, okay?
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_ [G] But it works, you know, it's really nice, [E] and it's a nice conclusion to that line.
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It's [C] a bluesy, jazzy style of Rob Van Ford.
I'll play a little bit on the backing track and try to use this stuff, and you know, among
other things in my improvisation.
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