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| − | Worry Blues is in the key of G i think. the introduction is fantastic but is proving elusive. otherwise the song features some really nice but ultimately straightforward playing. In the first line [G] the sound is dominated by playing bass notes on the 2nd fret of the D string. At the end of the first line Tom takes the G chord up the neck to the 7,6, 5, 3 then briefly back down to 7 before going in to a C chord. | + | by [[Tom Dickson]] |
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| + | Worry Blues is in the key of G i think. the introduction is fantastic but is proving elusive. otherwise the song features some really nice but ultimately straightforward (non-flashy) playing. the bass is mostly an [[alternating bass]] and shapes the melody or feel of the song very beautifully: In the first line [G] the sound is dominated by playing bass notes on the 2nd fret of the D string. At the end of the first line Tom takes the G chord up the neck to the 7,6, 5, 3 then briefly back down to 7 before going in to a C chord. | ||
after this he repeats the descending slide to 7, 6, 5, 3 using the G shape but doesn't go back to 7, i'm going from memory here, although it is quite nice to do so at times. the third line is over a D chord and again features the nice bass on the D-string 2nd fret and ends on a descending line to line two. | after this he repeats the descending slide to 7, 6, 5, 3 using the G shape but doesn't go back to 7, i'm going from memory here, although it is quite nice to do so at times. the third line is over a D chord and again features the nice bass on the D-string 2nd fret and ends on a descending line to line two. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:50, 27 March 2008
by Tom Dickson
his other songs are
Labor Blues Death Bells Blues Happy Blues Worry Blues is in the key of G i think. the introduction is fantastic but is proving elusive. otherwise the song features some really nice but ultimately straightforward (non-flashy) playing. the bass is mostly an alternating bass and shapes the melody or feel of the song very beautifully: In the first line [G] the sound is dominated by playing bass notes on the 2nd fret of the D string. At the end of the first line Tom takes the G chord up the neck to the 7,6, 5, 3 then briefly back down to 7 before going in to a C chord. after this he repeats the descending slide to 7, 6, 5, 3 using the G shape but doesn't go back to 7, i'm going from memory here, although it is quite nice to do so at times. the third line is over a D chord and again features the nice bass on the D-string 2nd fret and ends on a descending line to line two.
it's a great song!
Tom also goes up the neck with G and C chords in the superlative Death Bells Blues.
