While Mike Einziger from Incubus my not be your stereo typical lead guitar hero, he is making his mark on the sound of modern guitar at the dawn of the new millennium.

This lick is from the song off of the 1997 CD "Science" called "Summer Romance (Anti-gravity Love Song)" This is the lead guitar break right before the vocals start.

This song is in the Key of Bm, and this particular lick comes out of a B dorian mode. Without fully understanding the theory behind it, just think of the dorian mode as a flavor of minor scale.

Left hand fingers
     |
     1 4  1 3  1 3 1__ 2 1 4 1 2__   2 2 
E:---7-10p7------------------------------------
B:----------9----------------------------------
G:-------------7h9-----7---9---7/9---7-7-------
D:-----------------7\6---6---6-----------------
A:---------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------

The red number is the note that you should use as your guide. In this case the red note is a B.

For more information on how to read this, check out the lesson on reading Internet tablature.

Here is a basic fingering for the B dorian mode that this lick is out of.

B dorian mode

|---|-1-|---|-3-|-4-| -1st string
|---|-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
|-1-|-2-|---|-4-|---|
|-1-|-2-|---|-4-|---|
|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|---|-1-|---|-3-|-4-| -6th string
      |
     7th fret

The notes in red are a B note (the root of the scale)

With a little more understanding of music theory, you will understand that this lick can be used in any of the modes related to B dorian, since they are all the same notes.

A Major or A Ionian mode - A chord
C# Phrygian mode - C#m chord
D Lydian mode - D chord
E Mixolydian mode - E chord
F# Natural minor or F# Aeolian Mode - F#m chord