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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.69,0:00:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really important of course if you're playing a blues tune that you know how to start and how to finish,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.07,0:00:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's very often a cue that the lead guitar player will give as to weather he wants to do another round of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.23,0:00:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solos, or weather he wants to finish the song, so it's important that you learn a couple of phrases.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.51,0:00:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost - if we go back to my "blues is like a language" analogy, it's important that you learn how
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.98,0:00:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say: "stop" and "keep going", so they are the two things that we are going to learn today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.92,0:00:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the actual licks that we use for intros and endings are often exactly the same, except for the chord we finish on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.93,0:00:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if I just take a really, really basic, err, it's going to be the first intro and ending that we learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.93,0:00:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have a listen to how the effect of the chord that I finish on changes weather it sounds like it's an ending,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.69,0:00:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or weather it's a repeating. One of the repeating ones first, it would sound like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.01,0:00:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.35,0:01:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear it wants to go - once you go to this - \Nwell it's called the five chord,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.58,0:01:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in this blues in the key of A is an E7 chord (strums), it wants to go back to (strums) A and start again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.26,0:01:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.49,0:01:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't feel like - if I just finish there, it would sound a bit weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.35,0:01:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.64,0:01:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like you want it to keep going, you can't stop there on that five chord, it sounds weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.88,0:01:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas if instead of going to E7 at the end I go to A7 at the end of the lick - I'm going to use that little sidestep -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.21,0:01:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll explain that you in a sec. again - then I'm going to do it now to an A7 chord, and it sounds like it's finished.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.49,0:01:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You almost - you couldn't keep going even if you wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.11,0:01:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.20,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's finished. You can't keep going after that, you just can't. You could not, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.30,0:01:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the important thing to realize here is that an intro and an ending are the same thing -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.07,0:02:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an intro is also the thing you would use to kind of continue it if you like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.81,0:02:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's import to realize that the only thing that's changing between those is the chord that you finish on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.21,0:02:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a blues in A, if you play an A chord at the end of your blues intro or ending, then it's going to finish it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.63,0:02:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to make it into an ending. If you finish with a five chord, which is the fifth chord in the key of A, which is E7,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.71,0:02:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that's going to mean that the lick or the tune will continue and that you want to keep something going.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.49,0:02:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the five licks that we are going to be looking at - five intros and endings,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.47,0:02:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to play then for now as endings, just so you can hear what they sound like and then you know of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.38,0:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if instead of finshing with the A7 you finished with an E7 that the lick would continue going -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.66,0:02:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would make the tune want to keep on rolling. So, here we go - the first one, I already played it to you before,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.79,0:02:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just have a listen to it again, is this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.37,0:03:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.11,0:03:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's lick number 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.19,0:03:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lick number 2 is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.94,0:03:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.56,0:03:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, played as an ending, that's a kind of a Robert Johnson style one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.49,0:03:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got another - number 3 is kind of a variation, quite similar to number 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.51,0:03:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very common in kind of rockabilly and stuff, which is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.60,0:03:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.44,0:03:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 4 we've got is a really interesting one. It's in contrary motion, meaning one voice is going up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.44,0:03:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.19,0:03:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one voice goes down at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.62,0:03:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.39,0:03:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put'em together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.10,0:03:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.15,0:03:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite an interesting sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.43,0:03:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.03,0:03:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I'm playing them all as endings, but you could use them for intros as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.09,0:04:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last one is the almighty classic - I wasn't going to include this, but I think it's so fun and everone should
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.63,0:04:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn how to do it, this is the.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.09,0:04:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.93,0:04:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because you need to know that one you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.44,0:04:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it also works as a continuation if you leave off the last three notes, so if you go
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.67,0:04:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.83,0:04:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you're off again, so it can actually work as a continuation lick as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.84,0:04:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an intro lick, it doesn't have to be an ending, although the classic use of that lick is of course as an ending.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.02,0:04:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's get to a close-up now and run through these licks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.24,0:04:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we go for lick 1 or intro/ending 1 we're starting with the third finger at the ninth fret,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're also putting the little finger down also in the ninth fret but on the thinnest string,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.44,0:04:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to pick third string, first string, third string, move it down one fret, do the same thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.80,0:04:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move it down one fret and do the same thing, so you get this
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.44,0:05:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.84,0:05:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we finish using a little bar with our first finger over the thinnest two strings,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.75,0:05:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second finger down on the sixth fret of the third string (strums).
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.57,0:05:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.06,0:05:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay so here we go for lick number 2. This is a bit of a weird one some of you might find this a bit difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.01,0:05:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't worry, it's just going to take practice. Second finger, fifth fret, fourth string. Third finger, fifth fret, second string.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.65,0:05:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little finger underneath, fifth fret, thinnest string. Now the little finger is going to stay in the same place all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.59,0:05:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can play lots of different variations of this lick, so I'm just going to play each one once,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.66,0:05:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can play really lots of different rhythms. We start here with a pick (picks).
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.37,0:06:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can move all of the fingers off except little finger, and put our first finger down as a bar (strums).
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.02,0:06:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we move that bar back one fret (strums). And then back another fret (strums).
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.10,0:06:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.24,0:06:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.89,0:06:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can change the rhythm, you might go:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.94,0:06:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.55,0:06:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or any of that sort of rhythm would work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.64,0:06:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you that haven't thought about it before: yes, you're going to have to use picking fingers here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.81,0:06:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or finger style, you can't play that lick with a plectrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.49,0:06:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, lick 3 is a pretty straight forward one, we've got this first finger at the fifth fret of the thinnest string.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.18,0:06:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That note is going to stay the same all the time, and the note on the second string is going to go from eigth fret,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.51,0:07:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seventh fret, sixth fret, and then we move the first finger over to create a little bar on the thinnest two strings.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.07,0:07:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can either use your third finger like that, third finger, third finger, second finger and then the bar,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.26,0:07:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or four, three, two, bar - it doesn't really matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.37,0:07:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.73,0:07:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.71,0:07:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.71,0:07:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, here we are for lick 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.01,0:07:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now lick 4 is this interesting contrary motion one where we have these notes here, starting on the second fret, going:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.14,0:07:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.18,0:07:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also have these notes here starting at the fifth fret on the fourth string:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.87,0:07:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.36,0:07:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we play them at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.70,0:07:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there's lots of different fingering options for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.78,0:07:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fingering that I prefer for myself most of the time is using first finger and third finger first:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.95,0:07:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.42,0:08:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sliding up with my first finger and putting my second finger down on the fourth string.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.72,0:08:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.29,0:08:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then swapping to first and third or first and fourth depending on what mood I'm in:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.23,0:08:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.63,0:08:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then sliding first finger back and fourth finger goes down on the second string:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.01,0:08:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.82,0:08:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you end up with this:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.73,0:08:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.98,0:08:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, lick number 5 here. This is a classic kind of ending thing which is almost funny, but it's very kind of generic,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.04,0:08:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should at least know this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.07,0:08:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're starting here, third finger, fifth fret, first finger, third fret, step it back, step it back again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.68,0:09:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open E string, first finger, second fret, third finger fourth fret, and then slide third finger up to the fifth fret.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.66,0:09:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.10,0:09:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.68,0:09:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay the last thing that we need to \Ncover on this intros and ending,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.98,0:09:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mentioned in the beginning is a thing called a side slide which is when you step to a chord from one fret below,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.62,0:09:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or one fret above. So, if we had an A7 chord (strums), we can step up to it (strums), or down to it (strums).
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.54,0:09:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we took our first little intro lick that we had (plays), or we could step up to it (plays fowl), sorry, (plays).
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.62,0:09:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both them are functioning just as well as each other, it's just really stepping from above or from below.