Chords for Twangy Lick #14 - Glen Campbell/Jerry Reed Southern Nights Intro Lick

_ Hi, this is Mariusz Mielewski, you're watching Winnie's Showfriend, and today I'm gonna break it down for you.
One of the most difficult licks I came across,
which is the one that you can hear in Glenn Campbell's Silver Knight.
This lick was originally
invented by Jerry Reed.
Hope you'll like it.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Okay, [G] let's have a closer look at what's going on in here.
[Gm] We have two melodies.
One is [G] descending,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ and [C] a bass line that is ascending.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Of course, in this situation, [Abm] there is no [F] point in learning them separately, because [E] on the guitar,
usually when we have those two melodies going on at the same time, our fingerings will be strongly attached to the particular situation.
That's why it's a little bit difficult, because [G] every time we have a different pair of notes, we'll have some [Em] shuffling going on.
_ So let's have a [Ab] look at the first two pairs.
It's the easiest way to master this technique,
_ [Gb] is to learn from one point to the other point, and joining them [G] together
slowly, and build some muscle memory and
_ _ general
awareness of what's going on in fretboard.
After a while, you start to see those patterns of notes going [Gb] up and notes going down, and
[E] _ well, making suitable fingering for [G] those notes.
_ _ Let's have a look at the first _ _ [C] two _ _
_ pairs of notes.
_ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ So I'm using my bar [Gb] with index finger, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ because right [D] after that, _ I'll play a note on the second fret of the first string,
[C] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ and it'll take some time for me
to [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] move my whole [Db] wrist from [Abm] one position to [Em] the other, so I'm just using a bar.
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ After [Gb] that, after the first [Ab] pair of notes, we have two open strings, because
_ _ [Ab] that's [G] how the melody is built.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] G, _ [Gb] F sharp and [E] E, _ _ F [Ab] sharp, G sharp [Am] and open A.
[G] So it's gonna look like this.
_ [Ab] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ There's our _ fourth _ pair of [Gb] notes.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Nothing difficult in [Gb] here.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] And it ends up [Eb]
with
[B] _ _ _ _ interval of an octave,
_ _ open second string, _ _ and
second fret on the E string.
_ [Em] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay.
_ [Gb] _ [Ab] The first movement we [Gb] have to _ _ [Eb] remember and [Gb] practice. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Am] Open strings.
_ [Gb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Okay, and it's quite important to play the second fret [F] with our index [C] finger,
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] because right after that, we'll need some extra [Ab] fingers
_ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ to play [F] another pair of notes, [Ab] _ which is A sharp and C [Ab] sharp, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ D and A,
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ open G string and D sharp on fourth string, and we'll end [E] up _ _
with E major chord.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] So again, we'll have _ our first four pairs.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Okay, and this is where it gets a bit tricky. _
[G] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ As you can see, _ _ [G] I used
_ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ [B] my index finger, _ _
_ [G] and then [Db] _ _ _
added my middle and ring finger, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] that I'm [A] sliding down,
[D] _ _ because I need my index finger
_ [Cm] _ _ _ to be close to the first [G] fret.
Otherwise, I would run out of finger,
_ and I'd need to change the position of the left hand, which I want to avoid,
because it's a little bit more efficient [E] to have some spare fingers.
_ [Ab] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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