THE MAGAZINE YOU CAN PLAY GUITARIONE’ TABS ‘ o Cana t PTE TORTURE OE CAL FROM HELL Hoobastank Raconteurs Joe Diorio Jimmy Herring HOT AMPS! =] Koch Studiotone am Fender Super-Sonie gael Ris Solo Like Jerry Gal cf iy Sng Chord amps’nce Rea ese Se aes By Tom Kolb he Grate Dead's Jory Garcia (1942-1996) ‘was one ofthe most undated and misunder stood autartsin rock histo, oon ogre aa ‘a meandering node anda clamming tumbler fingers Buta caret oxaminaon ofthe Deas vast calalogofoicialabure and bootegeroveasbal Garcia was actualy a musian of uncemenon ep, ‘whose hearty muscal stow contained elements of blues, jar fol, acid rock, county, an luogass. A widovariey of namics ehiftngtonaltetures, cho conocioue melodic, eving bonding techniques, an Yes, fubs and clans mis together in his exploratory tacursions. hth osson, wel exaine the basic of Gara’ ermitakable slang se, Blues Roots Like manyrockguitarssofthe'6s, Garcia was influenced by Blues ass ke Muddy Waters and Freddie King However, “Uncle Joy? as fe was nicknamed by loving fans applied is conn qui twits tostandard-issue pentatonic lnc. srepesenatieofhisstinggbhues flsin"Tuck” fom 1570s American Beau combination of minor pentatonic 5-C-- BAD) Emajopentatoni(@-P¥-GE-B-C8) and blues (E-C-A-B-B-D) scales, the earape is seo by an unusual halsep release tothe maloe "ih (DP, which rubs agains che EO GeB-D) harmony. The eas phasing con- tinues witha consistent interplay vial step tends ofmajorand minor Stds (Gand Captain Trips’ Triads Alt portion of Captain Mpg another lek tame, tring (ois flection fr LSD) slo ingspleisbased onmajortiads (12-8) g.2 offers a prime example Bast onthe melodlc solo in“Toucvol Grey" 1985 nthe Dark is composed alnwrt exe of mj tds BURDEED, GACH, A CED, and (EGE) The Xe the transeipion ope ‘entinpled notes anothethalinarkot Gases Sie. Arguably these nections wer some tines clams, but Gari oflen managed to use them fr dynamic vaty and fone cling purposes Ty stacting ts gue wih hybrid Dieting (combinatone!pck. nile ending Fingers orer to beter cop his phasing (Incidentally, Garcia used his ring and pinky fingers for yb pctng having ot hls mi dlefngerin a chidhood hatchet seadent) The Pedal-Steel Approach Heres an interesting factoid: Garcia most widely known solo was actually played on pedal stel, on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and ‘Young tune “Teach Your Children’ (Deja Via Yes, thats him, only a few months afer frst picking up the instrument. In these heartelt lines, youcanhearseveralkeyaspects ofhissix- sting approach: the interplay between major rds and perfect ths, as wells the use of 6ths AUGUST 2006 » @1 The Magazine You Can Play 35,