tommyjacobs Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Newbie question here. In Monday, Jeff is playing (I believe) a G chord during the verses, for the most part. But he isn't playing the standard third fret barre chord; he's doing some sort of hammer on with his pinkie. I haven't found a good enough view on YouTube for my beginner eyes to figure it out exactly, and I haven't seen a tab spell it out for me. And noodling failed me as well. Can anyone enlighten me as to exactly what he's playing there? TIA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginandcigarettes Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm not sure exactly what he's playing there, but what I play, and what would appear to be mostly correct given your description, is a variation of the standard blues shuffle lick. The standard blues shuffle would be: |..+.....+.....+.....+.....|..+.....+.....+.....+...... e--------------------------|--------------------------|B--------------------------|--------------------------|G--------------------------|--------------------------|D--------------------------|--------------------------|A--5--5--7--7--5--5--7--7--|--5--5--7--7--5--5--7--7--|E--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| The little 'plusses' (+) above the tab are where the beats fall, so you would count it "one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and." Again, I'm not sure of the exact rhythm of what Jeff is playing, but something like this seems to fit with the feel of the song: 1..+.....+.....+.....+.....2..+.....+.....+.....+...... e--------------------------|--------------------------|B--------------------------|--------------------------|G--------------------------|--------------------------|D--------------------------|--------------------------|A-----5-h7-----5-----7-p5--|-----5-h7-----5-h7--5-----|E-----3--------3-----3-----|-----3--------3-----3-----| Count "rest and two three four and rest and two three and four." Play around with these two figures until you find something that works for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I agree w/ G&C. Definitely the standard blues-rock shuffle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tommyjacobs Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 Thanks guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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