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Vintage Guitar
Magazine
Presents:
FRETPRINTS
by Wolf Marshall
Subject: Carlos' Latin Rock |
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Fig.1.
Our first
example is in G minor
and contains a number of
trademark Santana traits
– truly a rainbow of
approaches. The opening
line in bars 1 and 2 is
based on the G Dorian
mode and moves down the
first string in stepwise
motion. Carlos keeps the
line from becoming
monotonous by playing it
as a syncopated rhythmic
figure. In bar 3 we find
a classic Dorian mode
pattern decorated with
pull offs and hammer ons.
The closing section in
bar 4 is a nice
contrasting blues phrase
in G minor pentatonic
filled with string bends
and pull-offs. The
influence of B.B. King
can be immediately felt
in this passage.
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Give this
one a semi-distorted
tone and use the
guitar’s bridge pickup
for some treble bite.
The entire lick is
played over an animated
Gm7-C7 vamp, a favorite
Santana rhythm figure,
and merges Latin and
rock feels.
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