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This lick from blues great Stevie Ray Vaughan is not taken from
a solo, but from the main riff of the song "Couldn't Stand
the Weather". In this song Stevie is tuned down a half step
and is playing the key of D. I have notated this lick in the key
of Db and have my guitar in standard tuning. So it sounds like
the same key as the original, but without having to tune down.
You can play this lick in any major key with a blues feeling over
the I chord of the key. That would be a Db major in this case.
E:--12-12-12-12-12--9----11---9------x-------------------
B:---x--x--x--x--x--9----11---9------9------x-11-11--9---
G:---9--9--9--9--9--9----11---9---x--9h10---x-11-11--9---
D:---x--x--x--x--x--x-----x---x--11--x------x--x--x--x---
A:--------------------------------x----------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------
The red number in the tab
above is the note that you should use as your guide when playing
the lick in other keys. In this case that note is a Db If you
wanted to play this lick in D, you would just move everything
up 1 fret so that the number in red would be at the 10th fret
on the first string.
For more information on how to read this, check out the lesson
on reading Internet
tablature.
Part of the sound of the lick comes from the percussive
sound that is created by the muting the strings around the notes
that are played. This is indicated by the x's. So for instance
on the first notes that are played, you would take your first
finger and lightly touch the 4th and 2nd strings (not pressing
down), while pressing down the note on the 3rd string. With
your right hand, you are basically strumming the top 4 string
for most of the lick.
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E:--12(4)--
B:---x(1)--
G:---9(1)--
D:---x(1)--
A:---------
E:---------
* fingers used in parentheses
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This lick comes out of a Db minor pentatonic scale
with a couple of notes from a Db major pentatonic thrown in.
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Db
minor pentatonic
suggested fingering indicated
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
-1st string
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
-6th string
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9th fret
Red
numbers are the roots of the scale.
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Db
major pentatonic
suggested fingering indicated
|---|-1-|---|-3-|
-1st string
|---|-1-|---|-3-|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
|---|-1-|---|-4-|
-6th string
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9th fret
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Db
minor pentatonic
(with added notes)
suggested fingering indicated
|-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
-1st string
|-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
|-1-|-2-|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
-6th string
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9th fret
Blue
numbers are the added notes from the Db major pentatonic.
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This lick works best over the I chord in the key....Db major
in this case because of this part of the lick.
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E:--------x-----
B:--------9-----
G:------x-9h10--
D:-----11-x-----
A:--------------
E:--------------
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These notes come from a Db major chord.
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Db
major barre chord
|-0-|---|---|---|
-1st string
|-0-|---|---|---|
|---|-0-|---|---|
|---|---|-0-|---|
|---|---|-0-|---|
|-0-|---|---|---| -6th string
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9th fret
The notes
Red
are the notes that are used in that part of the lick.
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