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agentheath - Posted - 05/04/2013:  00:51:58



I'm trying to figure out a solo that JD is playing in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=_IE2gLELpBc

​It's the solo that starts at about 3:18. I have the first part, but I'm getting hung up around 3:23 when JD plays this syncopated C lick into this monster D lick. Does anybody have any ideas on what the heck he's doing here? This tab is not entirely correct:


| | | C | | |
|2-------0---------------0-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------0-----------|1---------------0---------------|
|----------------2/--3-----------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------0---|------------0---------------0---|

| | | | D | | |
|----------------------------0---|----------------5-------5---5/--|
|--------------------------------|----------------5-------5---5/--|
|2-------------------0-----------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------2/--3---|----0---0---0-------0-----------|
|----------------0---------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|7-------?-------?---------------|--------------------------------|
|7-------?-------?---------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------?---------------|--------------------------------|
|---?-?----------?---------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 



Help?!


Possom - Posted - 05/04/2013:  02:38:52


He's rocking the the open 4th and pinching and walking back and from the barre D at 7 to a Reno D7th on down to the hammer and pull offs at least that's what I'm hearing.....that's a hellacious lick there in that context. I know of a similar one but it ain't nowhere near that syncopated or sound that good. Somebody else will have to supply a tab.

rferg - Posted - 05/04/2013:  11:42:12


That's great. Hope someone can help out.

O.D. - Posted - 05/04/2013:  17:27:28


                                4                        5            5/ 7            5            4         



                                3                         5             5/7           5             3          



                                                                                                            



            0 0 0                      0                     0                  0                               



  0                                                                                                            



 



try something like this. this sounds close to my ears. 



 Good luck. Sorry about the funky tab.



 Everett



Edited by - O.D. on 05/04/2013 17:28:26

O.D. - Posted - 05/04/2013:  17:51:10


after listening again it sounds like he picks the open 4th about  4 or 5 times.



 Cool lick,Ill need to work on it.    L.O.L.



 good luck



 Everett



Edited by - O.D. on 05/04/2013 17:55:30

agentheath - Posted - 05/04/2013:  18:50:09


OK, after further examination, I now have this, which I think is almost completely correct:



 




 |       |       |       |        C       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        D       |       |       |        
|2-------0---------------0-------|--------------------------------|------------0---------------0---|----------------4-------5---5/--|
|--------------------0-----------|1---------------0---------------|--------------------------------|----------------3-------5---5/--|
|----------------2/--3-----------|--------------------------------|2-------------------0-----------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------2/--3---|----0---0---0-------0-----------|
|----------------------------0---|------------0---------------0---|----------------0---------------|0-------------------------------|
 
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|7-------5-------4-----------0---|--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|7-------5-------3---0-----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------0-------1-------2-------|
|------------------------3p2-----|--------0---2h--3---2h--3---3p--|2---0-------0-------2h--3-------|0-------------------------------|
|----0---------------------------|0---2---------------------------|--------2-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 



Am I right?


O.D. - Posted - 05/05/2013:  06:40:00


Great job Heath



. It looks pretty accurate to me.,however I dont have the time  right now to go over it thoroughly



 Hopefully some else does and can weigh in on it for you.



 Good luck



 Everett


agentheath - Posted - 05/05/2013:  11:49:15


OK, I uploaded my tab of JD's whole break to my page. Check it out and let me know if anyone is hearing anything different in there. That is truly a monster break.

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