I'm working on the solo of the above mentioned song. Can anybody tell me what scale Wilson is using on the beginning of the second round of the solo? It starts from the upper octave and that part sounds great but is on some scale I don't know...
Thank's for the reply tmf714. I'll check the "Boogie All Night".
However, I know the key of the song is E, but the scale doesn't seem to follow the normal blues scale - instead it starts from 7 draw (Ab) and uses 8 blow(C#), 6 draw(F#) and 5 blow(C#) as well (if I hear it right).
Actually know that I study it some more it seems to be E major scale... :)
Listen to Steady by Jerry McCain. The lick that Kim uses in She’s Tuff is taken from that or a variation of it. Steady was the flip side of She’s Tuff. Here is the video of it.
---------- Thanks, Albey Scholl The Shadows Blind Willies Blues Club Atlanta, GA http://www.blindwilliesblues.com/
Apskarp don't get too hung up on categorising by "Scales", the scale is the basis, the meat & potatoes of the music...in reality artists, either creatively or due to practical limitations (like no flat 3rd on a stock diatonic 2nd octave without overblowng) modify the scale. I often hear phrases like " the flat 3rd is never played in blues"...well no one told the blues players! Concentrate on getting it down & working out when/how you might use it elsewhere in future.
Think of "the scale" as being like a language as taught in the classroom, then it gets augmented & modifed by those that are fluent, like the language when spoken on the street, or in specific regions.
@5F6H: That is a good advice and I totally understand what you mean. The reason I wanted to study that lick from scales perspective was to get a better grip on what is happening there - ie it would make it easier to see what exactly are the notes used. I also was thinking that perhaps with ability to OB the upper octave part could have been different, but as it sounded really good I thought there must be some wisdom in it to study and apply.
For example what are the relations of the scales used vs. the basic chords under them. He starts it from the beginning of 12 bars and seems to wrap it up in the first 4 bars, then he switches back to normal blues scale and all that sounds really natural even though the notes used aren't from the blues scale.
