Dec 2009

Help...basic question :/
by Benthic_Pig on Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:09 pm
Hi All,

I'm confused. This might be simple, and thus a stupid question, but I've never been formally taught and this just caught me out.

I noticed this sort of thing in tab books:


C#5

-----------9--------------------------------------------
---12^------12p9-10p9-------9--------------------
-----------------------------12-----12p9------------
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What I'm confused by the C#5 above the measure. Does this refer to the backing chord, or the scale that the lick is based on? How do you break up a lick like that and determine that it does indeed fit with the backing chords?

My inability to understand this sort of thing probably explains why I can play solos and not write them. I always get the feeling this is really obvious to other musicians yet I am totally baffled.
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