Up
your middle, fourth and pinky fingers so that when it comes
now, the "/" signs are for upward slides).
As for the rhythm figure that goes on under the harp solo, I
seem to recall that it follows the open-chord rule. The
problem with this is, if you don't have a harp, etc., it sounds
boring if you just play open the whole time. Here's my
solution. The sixth and fourth strings are tuned in octaves,
as are the fifth and third strings. You can get nice easy bass
figures by doubling those strings with each other, and playing
blues rip-off lines such as:
1st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|0 ....
2nd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|0 ....
3rd 3 3 X 2 X 3 X X|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|0 ....? h)0*0*0*?? ??4th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|3 3 X 2 X 3 X X|0 ....
5th 3 3 X 2 X 3 X X|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|0 ....
6th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|3 3 X 2 X 3 X X|0 ....
Here, the X's indicate muted strings, and the columns are again
of equal time value. Of course I've given you only two-plus
(out of four measures); the rest should be open-strummed (you
can throw in some 12th, 7th and 5th fret harmonics on all of
the strings at once to help you punctuate the open strumming
parts during the harp solo. Lastly: (Whew!) Play the ending
chord so that you get octaves of C. Play it (low to high):
Well, I gotta go. Enjoy!
JCTK