"SOUL of the BLUES #1 guitar lick" genre: Electric Blues
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	Hear here the first guitar lick from the Soul of the Blues Series. The Soul of the Blues series illustrates the "major blues sound" made famous by Delta bluesmen like Robert Johnson, but continued as a cornerstone of countless "happy" blues songs. The usual "minor blues sound" suits sad songs, but the major blues sound can be upbeat and blue at the same time--a la B.B. King..
	CD: Soul of Blues #2   Label: BluesGuitarist.Org Credits: - composed and performed by Robert Colin Johnson
	Story Behind the Song The Classic lick illustrates how to adapt melodies using the major 6th (A in the key of C) to the IV and V-chord bars. Classic Act's I-chord lick starts out like a common minor blues lick by bending the 4th (or F) toward the flat 5th (or Gb). It then sounds a 5th (or G) before sliding from the 6th (or A) up to a higher octace root (or C). The use of the major 6th (an A) subtly lightens the downer side of the blues--uplifting the mood. Instead of that "low down" fee ling you get from minor licks, you get a more frisky or roguish side of the blues a la Hendrix. In IV chord bars, the F7 bars since we are in the key of C, we have adapted the lick by ending it on a minor third (Eb) instead of sliding to the root. The Eb is the minor 7th of the F7 chord so the adaptation harmonizes well in IV chord bars. In the V bars, the G7 bars, we slide from the 4th to the 5th on the 3rd string--fret 10 to 12. This harmonizes well, while retaining exactly the same cadence as the sli de in I chord bars. In the last two bars, called the turnaround, the chord changes are twice as fast. To compensate we drop the bend part of the lick, and just use the slide part four times, once each for each of the I, IV, I, V changes of in the turnaround.

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