Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Jam Session 110j + Eb Blues Scale

The Scale of the Day is Eb Blues:



Chords for Jam Session 110j:  Eb F Gb Ab



Jam Session Notes:  Guitar in standard tuning; bass in dropped-D tuning.

Guitar

     Eb5                   F5                   Gb5
E  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G  |-8-------------------|-10-----------------|-11------------------|
D  |-8-------------------|-10-----------------|-11------------------|
A  |-6-------------------|-8------------------|-9-------------------|
E  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|


     Ab5
E  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G  |-13------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |-13------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A  |-11------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|


Bass (low)

     Eb5                   F5                   Gb5
G  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |-1-------------------|-3------------------|-4-------------------|




     Ab5
G  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |-6-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Bass (high, playing two-note chords)

     Eb                    F                    Gb 
G  |-12------------------|-14-----------------|-15------------------|
D  |-13------------------|-15-----------------|-16------------------|
A  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|




     Ab
G  |-17------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |-18------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D  |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
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