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While Mike Einziger from Incubus my not be your
stereo typical lead guitar hero, he is making his mark on the
sound of modern guitar at the dawn of the new millennium.
This lick is from the song off of the 1997 CD "Science"
called "Summer Romance (Anti-gravity Love Song)" This
is the lead guitar break right before the vocals start.
This song is in the Key of Bm, and this particular
lick comes out of a B dorian mode. Without fully understanding
the theory behind it, just think of the dorian mode as a flavor
of minor scale.
Left
hand fingers
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1 4 1 3 1 3 1__ 2 1 4 1 2__ 2 2
E:---7-10p7------------------------------------
B:----------9----------------------------------
G:-------------7h9-----7---9---7/9---7-7-------
D:-----------------7\6---6---6-----------------
A:---------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------
The red number
is the note that you should use as your guide. In this case the
red note is a B.
For more information on how to read this, check
out the lesson on reading
Internet tablature.
Here is a basic fingering for the B dorian mode
that this lick is out of.
B dorian mode
|---|-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
-1st string
|---|-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
|-1-|-2-|---|-4-|---|
|-1-|-2-|---|-4-|---|
|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|
|---|-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
-6th string
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7th fret
The notes in red are a
B note (the root of the scale)
With a little more understanding of music theory, you will understand
that this lick can be used in any of the modes related to B dorian,
since they are all the same notes.
A Major or A Ionian mode - A chord
C# Phrygian mode - C#m chord
D Lydian mode - D chord
E Mixolydian mode - E chord
F# Natural minor or F# Aeolian Mode - F#m chord
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