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Rory Gallagher Great Riffs PDF
Rory Gallagher Great Riffs PDF
ory Callagher began playing point right up until his tragic deat h in
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elements of both Irish traditional music
guitar back in County Donegal in June 1995 at the age of 46 Rory followed and jan in his approach, particularly
his native Ireland at age nine and his own very successful solo career regarding his rhythmic phrasing which
when he was 15 he joined the Fonlana d u ring wh ich he recorded around 14 was often very inventive and instantly
showband and then later on another albums wi th combined sales in excess of recognisable as being his own ...
showband called Impact. His first major 30 million copiesl In terms of style Rory In t his month's examples we will
international success howevH was in coveHd more or less cvery bl ues unfortunately only scratch the surface
1966 with the band Taste, who recorded approach imaginable ~ acoustic blues, by look ing at his blues/rock approaches
two albums 'Taste' - 1969 and 'On Th e Chicago blues, ragtime, folk blues , ~ yo u would however, be well advisd to
Boards' - 1970. The band reac hed th eir bott lenec.k blues , Texas blues, boogie chec k out his albums to hear what a
peak at the now legendary 1970 Isle of woogie, Miss issipp i Delta bl ues, trul y versat ile, inspiring and crea tive
Wight festiva l - where they shared the Louisiana swamp blues , Appalachian player he really was.
bill with Jim; Hendrix and Free. blues, modern blues and blues rock l As
Taste sp lit up in 197 1 and (rom that well as all of these styles there were also Have fun !...
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Ex 1 Blister On The Moon - .ntro section
This chord·based intro is made up of three different sections. The muted chords during this seclion.
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play this make sure you observe the muti ng indications that appear different two bar phrases comprising a couple of II. note chord 'hits'
on the last two 16th notes of bars 2, 4, 6 & 8 ~ these are vital to the followed by wah wah fills that last for a bar and a half each. After
'feel' of the part. The second section found in bars 9-12 features an E playing through Ihese as written try comi ng up with some similar
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very remi ni scent of the sort of rhythm style Kurt Cobain used in spau 10 practise fills can often be a very beneficial way of working
Nirvana some 20 odd years later! Once again. watch out for the on your phrasing.
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Taken from the opening track on Rory 's classic 'Irish Tour 74' also al how, apart from the \.S bend - 181. i n bar 6 1, it U~ notu
live album , t h is is another example wh ich contains quite t ricky solely taken from the E mi nor pentatonic :seale:
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noi5eS at the start of the original version! This piece you may which is simply tl'lUlsposed up iUld down the neck a.s tht chords
also recognise as being the theme from the TV program A Little change, On the OTCD I also played it an octa~ l~r to rill it
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Harvey Band. SfI,' you then. fJ: 5: 'Calling Ca rd' - The G-Men Bootleg Seriu · ESBCD 187
E1: 6: 'Irish Tour 74' - Fiend CD 120
SoURIS: En 7-9: 'A Blue Day For The Blues' - IRS 72438 35783 20
This month's eumples where taken from the following albums: Ex 10: 'Photo Finish' - Chrysalis CHR 1170 OT