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  1. Redemption need tablatures
    Peggy

    I need to find the tablatures for the song Redemption from Bob Marley. For a regular guitar with words. CAn someone help me.

      1. Re: This popular thread has been given its own page :... Brett Fraser
        Brett Fraser

        : can anyone send me some reggae solo scales n some reggae chords email me at [email protected]

        I have a very limited knowledge of reggae music, but I think i can help a little bit. Reggae Chords are not some fancy breed of their own, they basically are normal major/minor chords, nothing too abstract. What makes them unique is the voicing of the chords and the pattern/rythym in which they are strummed. For example, Dyer Maker by Zeppelin has somewhat of a reggae feel, not exactly, but a good example. It is just c major, a minor, f major, and g major. The notes are taken from the barre chord forms of these and just an interesting pattern and picking rythym is used on the D,G, and B strings. As for solos, this is where my knowledge goes way down hill, but from what I hear from Marley, etc, is a major pentatonic chord, maybe some major scale (iolian) thrown in. Of course minor pent would work too depending on the sound, but basically it is just the note you resolve to and the note you resolve from. Play with landing on different intervals from the root of the chord to get that sound. Maybe from the 7th to the 1st for the chord change. I am not sure if any of this helped. I just was in the mood for reggae and tried to decipher some of it. I am more of a blues man myself, but if you have any questions, i can try to help, and if i can’t, i know people who can.

    1. Re: SALSA
      Melissa Smith

      : HI, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME WITH SOME BASELOOPS OF SALSA/REGGAE OR BLUES
      : FOR WHOM IT MAY CONCERNED

      I would like to be abel to play salsa on te guitar. I have been playing guitar of 7 56 years.

  2. Blues Guitar
    Chris Beck

    I’ve been playing the guitar for a couple of years now and have recently started listening to the Blues! I want to buy a ‘Blues guitar’, but i’m not sure what to go for. Would a Fender Telecaster be a good choice? Alot of the bands I listen to, such as Workdogs, Gibson Brothers, Blues Explosion, R.L.Burnside etc. tend to use Telecasters so I was thinking of getting one. What other Blues guitars would you recommend? I can spend upto £600, which I think is about $900. I would really appreciate your help, and I look forward to hearing from you, Chris.

    1. Re: Blues Guitar
      RobK

      : I’ve been playing the guitar for a couple of years now and have recently started listening to the Blues! I want to buy a ‘Blues guitar’, but i’m not sure what to go for. Would a Fender Telecaster be a good choice? Alot of the bands I listen to, such as Workdogs, Gibson Brothers, Blues Explosion, R.L.Burnside etc. tend to use Telecasters so I was thinking of getting one. What other Blues guitars would you recommend? I can spend upto £600, which I think is about $900. I would really appreciate your help, and I look forward to hearing from you, Chris.
      Hey Cris
      Most of the Workdogs’ sidemen played junk guitars from hell. It’s not the git, it’s the player. Just keep practising on a guitar that feels good to you and listen to as much old blues as you can get your hands on.
      Aloha
      RobK

    2. bues guitar
      melissa

      Helo!
      I have just buyed a fender highway strato to play blues, but I don´t know what kind of pickups should i buy to get a Steve Ray vaughan´s sound. ¿What about a "texas special", maybe "noiseless"?

      Thanks guys!

  3. looking for a special guitar
    Helder Pérez

    I’m a guitar fledgling but I would like to buy a guitar like the one that had Bob Marley in the video clip of redemption song.
    If you can help me I would be grateful.

    1. Re: looking for a special guitar
      Dan Poruban

      : I’m a guitar fledgling but I would like to buy a guitar like the one that had Bob Marley in the video clip of redemption song.
      : If you can help me I would be grateful.

      The guitar Bob is playing in RS video is an Ovation….don’t know what model, but definitely and Ovation, early 80’s model….check out e-Bay & you may find some!

  4. request for solo scales for reggae guitar and effects been used for reggaeguitar
    martijn van bemmel

    please send me info about what kind of distortion is
    used for reggae guitar and if possible solo scales
    kind regards martijn.

      1. guitar and effects been used for reggaeguitar
        sya

        : : please send me info about what kind of distortion is
        : : used for reggae guitar and if possible solo scales
        : : and chord progessions, and what type of chords that
        : : can be used

        how to get a sound like al anderson on " with my own two hands"by ben harper
        thanks

      2. Re: request for solo scales for reggae guitar and effects been used for reggaeguitar
        JAH BROWN

        : : please send me info about what kind of distortion is
        : : used for reggae guitar and if possible solo scales
        : : and chord progessions, and what type of chords that
        : : can be used

        1. what guitar effects do I use to get the skengay rhythm in reggae music (like in bob's songs)
          Kendal

          : : : please send me info about what kind of distortion is
          : : : used for reggae guitar and if possible solo scales
          : : : and chord progessions, and what type of chords that
          : : : can be used

          1. Re: what guitar effects do I use to get the skengay rhythm in reggae music (like in bob's songs)
            kendal

            what guitar effects do I use to get the skengay rhythm in reggae music (like in bob marley’s songs e.g stir it up)

      3. request for solo scales for reggae guitar
        korey

        : : please send me possible solo reggae scales I can use and or any tips obout playing reggae on the guitar in general. thanks

        1. Re: request for solo scales for reggae guitar
          tommi

          : : : please send me possible solo reggae scales I can use and or any tips obout playing reggae on the guitar in general. thanks

          1. Re: request for solo scales for reggae guitar
            jackson severino

            : : : : please send me possible solo reggae scales I can use and or any tips obout playing reggae on the guitar in general
            :::: Por favor me envie escalas solo possível reggae que eu possa usar e / ou quaisquer dicas obout tocando reggae no violão em geral

      4. Re: request for solo scales for reggae guitar and effects been u
        ryan

        : : use only minor chords for pretty much all reggae that is not bob marley. minor chords fretted up the neck, not open minor chords. To get the reggae "whickit" sound that you hear, you have to roll your right strumming hand over to mute the strings after you strike. do this roll while easing off with the left hand with the chord. scales that are used are playing the minor pentatonic over the minor chord that is being played. some reggae soloists use that distortion with those high bends. Get some thin strings; it helps. just mess around with the tone on your amp and you’ll stumble across the distortion sound, i don’t use a petal for my reggae distortion, i just mess with the dirt on my fender. any questions email me rferg01@hotmail

      5. Re: This popular thread has been given its own page :... Nick sherwin
        Nick sherwin

        : please send me info about what kind of distortion is
        : used for reggae guitar and if possible solo scales
        : and chord progessions, and what type of chords that
        : can be used

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