5: 3 - Soloing Concepts in Play

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b b
For the first couple courses, Larry uses only notes from the A major pentatonic scale

W V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7
V W
1
I 44
M
Full
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T 12 12 10 10
A
B

b `
c
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 E 9+11

c V
gV V gV
5
I k k
T 10
A 9 11
11
B
sl.

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 C m7 b
c
V gV V V U
9
I k
T 12 14 12 10 (10)
A
B
H
b `
V V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 E 9+11

gV V j U U
13
I j
M
Full

12
T 10 10 12 (12)
A 11
B

b b
c
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7

c V V V
Great melodic line
V V
gV V gV gV V V W
17
I k k
M
Full M
1/2 \\\\\\\\\\\\\
T 10 12 12 10 12
A 9 11 11 11 9
11
B
sl.
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Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 `
E 9+11

gV P Pz gV V V W
21
I j z
T
A 11
9 10 11 9 7
B
H H

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 b
C m7

V V V V V V
gV V W gV V W
25
I j
M M M M
Bending a little outside the pentatonic is ok
Full Full Full 1/2

12 12
T 10 12 12 12 12 10
A 11 11 11 9
B

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7

R
29
I j P V V V W
T
A 9 10 9 7 7
B
sl.

c
Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 Em7

V V V V P V V W U
33
I V V V k z
Shifts the tonality to the Fmajor pentatonic scale \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T 13 13 15
A 10 14 12 14 12 12 (12)
10 12
B
H sl. H H

Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 E7sus4

c R R c
V V P V j V V W V
37
I V V V k P k j
Accents the B natural for the new chord M
Full

T 13 13 15 12 (12) 12
A 10 12 14 14
10 12
B
H sl. H
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b b
V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7
V gV V U j V gV V V V V
41
I gV
3
1/2 M \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T 12 10
A 11 11 9 9 11
9 10 9
B 12 9
H H P

b `
V V V gV
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 E 9+11

I V j
gV V V V
45
U
M
Full

12 12 9
T
A 9 7
B 9 7 9 7
H P

b b
U V V gV
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7

W
49
I
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Full
O M
Full

12 12 12 9
T 12
A
B

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 `
E 9+11

V c
V gV W V gV
53
I k V V gV k V k k
V
k
V V gV
\\\\\\\\\ Right up a Bm7 arpeggio
T 10 10 7 10 7 9
A 11 7 9 10
9 11
B

b b
V V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7

P P gW gV V gW V bP V
57
I z z z V gV W
Accents the G# which is the 5th of a C#m7 chord
and again here
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T 10 12 9
9 10 11 9 11 (11)
A 11 9 7 6 (6)
B
H H H sl.
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Dmaj7 C m7+5 b Bm7 Amaj7

`
E 9+11

P gV V
"E" common tone
U U
61
I PR gV V z
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T
A 9 11 9 (9) (9)
7
B 7 9
sl. sl.
b b
P gV
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7

P V V V V V W
R R P gV V z z gV gV V
65
I P P gV V z
Great melody line and use of expression
FullM
12 14 12
T 10 12 10 12 12 10 9
9 11 9 11 9
A 7
B 7 8 9
H H sl. sl. sl. P
"E" is a common tone to both keys
b the 5th of A major and 7th of F major

c
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7

W gV V V V V V k V V
69
I bP V
z V W
0 0 0 0
T 10 3 5
A 11 9
11 9
B 7
P sl. sl.
Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 Em7

V V c V
V V j V V V V R V
73
I k V bP V V W k k
0 0 1 0
T 1 1 1 3 5 6
A 1 2
B 3 3
H
Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 E9sus4
c j c c
V V V V V V V
77
I k k k k k V k V k V W V V gV V
Accents the key change
T 5 6 5 6 5 5
A 5 7 6
7 7 7 9 7
B

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 C m7b H

R
P gV gV V V PR V Vc V V gV V PR gV V V
81
I V gV V V V V V k gV V V gV V V
T
9 11 9 9
A 7 7 9 7 11 11 9 7 9 7
B 9 7 9 7 9 11 9 7
9
7 7 9 0 0
sl. P sl. H
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b `
W
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 E 9+11

W
85
I
gV V Great use of bending and expression
M
Full Full

T
15
15
O
A
B 2
0

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 C m7b
3
3
U V V V gV c 3
V V V gV V V V V k gV k V
89
I k k U
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
M
Full

T 12 10 12 10
A 11 9 11 9
11 9 10 9
B 12 9 7 (7)

b `
H P H P H P

W
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Great melodic line and use of expression Amaj7 E 9+11

W W Bm7
W W U
93
I
M
Full FullM M
Full M
1 1/2 FullM \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
15
T 15 12 12 12
A 14
B
b b
V V V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7

j V V gV V gV W gV V V W V j
97
I 3 gW
3

M
1/2 Makes the Bm7 chord change clear

T 10 10 12 12 10 9 7 5
A 9 11 7 9 6
B
sl.
Dmaj7 Cbm7+5 Cbm7+5 Bm7

V eV V V V V gV V V V V VV
I bPz V V gV V P V V R u k k k k
P gV
101
z W
Chromaticism 1/2 M
12 11 10 12 8
T 13 10 10 10 10 10
6 4 2 2 4 6 2 11 9
A 4 2 4 2
B
sl. P sl. H P P
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Amaj7 Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 Em7

V V V eV c
106
I VVVV VkVVV V
V W V eV V V V V PR e V V Vc k
U
Anticipates the chord change Great bluesy lick \\\\\\\\\\\\\\
T 10 8 8
A 10 8 5 5 5 7 9 7 7 8 7 5
7 5 7 5 7 5 7 8 7 5
B 5
P sl. P P sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.

V V
Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 E9sus4

V U gV V V W
111
I gVV VV
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ Imitation of the last lick [[[[[[[[[
to lead to the next chord change
Pedal tone
8 10 8 5 7 5 0 0
T 10 7
A 6 6
B
sl. sl. sl. sl.

b b
c
Amaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 C m7

WW V V R c R V V
P gV V P
115
I V V u k k
M
1/2

12
T 12 12 10 10
A 4 2 12 11 9 9 11
B
sl. P sl.

b `
gV f V V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 E 9+11
V V
P gV U
119
I bPz V V gV V z
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ Chromaticism M
Full

14 13 12
T 15 13
9 11 9
A 11 9 7 7
B 9
sl. sl.

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 b
C m7
c
V V gV f V V V V
W gV
123
I j k
Chromaticism
12 14 13 12 12
T 15
A 14 11
B
sl.
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Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 `
E 9+11

V V W V
P gV P gV V bP V V V V V
127
I z z z W j
M
1/2
Outlines the Eb7 chord
12 5
T 13 10 6 8 6
A 14 9 11 9
9 11 11 9 7
B
sl. sl. sl.
b b
P H
Bm7
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Arpeggios outline the chord changes C m7

gV V V V c gV V gV V V gV
131
I gV k j j j
5 5 2 4 5
T 7 5 3 5 7
A 6
B
sl.
b `
c c
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7 E 9+11

gV V
Dmaj7 V V V V V V V W V V
u u
135
I j k j
Common tone [[ [[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ M
1/2

9 12 12 12 (12) 12 12 12 (12) 10
T 10 12
A
B

Dmaj7 b
C m7+5 Bm7 C m7b
V V gV gV V V V V V Vc k
V V V R gV V
139
I j j j P
M
1/2

14 12
T 12 10 10 10 12 12 10
A 11 11 12 9 9
9 11
B
sl. sl.
b
P P

V V
Dmaj7 C m7+5 Bm7 Amaj7

V V gV V V V V
gV V k k k k k k k V V
143 bP
I z V V gV V V V V V gV

Great lick
M
1/2

14 12 17 14
T 12 10
A 11 9 14 14 16 16 14
11 9 7 7 9 7 9 11
B 9 7
sl. P H sl. P P P P P
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Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 Em7

V V V V W
V u V V V V W
147
I j u
\\\\
15
T 17 17 15
A 14 9 9 12
12
B
Similar to the previous lick but down half step.
Makes the chord change clear

Fmaj7 Em7+5 Dm7 E9sus4

V V V V V V V V V V V V c k V gV V gV V V
151
I j V V V j V gV V V V
T
A 9 9 9
10 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 11 11 9
B 12 10 12 12 10 12 9
12
9 12

I gW V fV V V R PR gW
155
bP V gV W W U
T
A 11 (11) 10 9
B 12 9 10 11
12 9 12 7 5
sl. P sl. H H
sl.