"Sweet Little Angel" - a forum only lesson!

[Mark Wein]

I've just always thought this was a perfect "one chorus of blues" type solo. The structure is perfect and he alternates between the major and minor Pentatonic scales like I talk about in my "Using Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales to play Blues Chord Changes " lesson:

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=37

Here is a horrible scrawled tab of the "Live at the Regal" version:

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/p/sla1.pdf

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/p/sla2.pdf

Its something I might rewrite more legibly and repost later in the week but I had it laying around ;D


Here is the "Live at the Regal" - the transcription is the intro solo:

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This is the original recorded version:

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Here is a cool version with James Brown singing and B.B. playing things a little jazzier:

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And one more live version:

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[Mark Wein]

bump for rocklegend0407

[White Gold]

Thanks! I'm studying it right now! O0

[Mark Wein]

AOK

I really need to clean up that transcription :facepalm:

[White Gold]

AOK

I really need to clean up that transcription :facepalm:


Personally, I can read it just fine...

[Mark Wein]

It doesn't look very "pro", though. It also advertises my previous employer.... :weebz:

[White Gold]

It doesn't look very "pro", though. It also advertises my previous employer.... :weebz:


true idn_smilie

[Mark Wein]

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[Modern Saint]

I love to play this standard at the OC blues jams every once in while - great tune!!!

Also sometimes known as: Sweet Black Angel.

[Mark Wein]

I really need to redo the PDF for this....this was something I scrawled together a few years ago and went looking for the PDF tonight for a student....maybe I'll redo it tomorrow so that it's both legible AND correct :o

[telecaster911]

Printing out the scrawling now :D

[Mark Wein]

bump for corrected PDF's!

[paulskirocks]

bump for corrected PDF's!

Where?

[Mark Wein]

Here is a horrible scrawled tab of the "Live at the Regal" version:

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/p/sla1.pdf

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/p/sla2.pdf

[reverend1]

This is awesome, thanks!

[Mark Wein]

This is awesome, thanks!

:thu:

[jaxn slim]

I love that Live at the Regal album. It gets regular play over here.

[B Valley]

That's one of my all-time favorite solos. You hear women scream when they recognize the riffs. BB's phrasing mixes so well with his vocal style, you can understand why he has been so popular fo so long. You have to listen closely to catch every note, some of them are lost in the noise, especially the little punchy horn-inspired chord stabs. Just about every BB signature is in there, and as you work it out, you see what shapes BB sees when he looks at the guitar.
Try using those same riffs in a heavy minor blues, when everyone else has played the entire Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan encyclopedia. You'll get everyone's attention.