Playing Chorus 1, Lick 2 on 'Natural D Blues'

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KIVETT BEDNAR: To play the second lick in the first chorus of the "D-Natural Blues" by Wes Montgomery, you're going to start by sliding your finger up into a B on the 4th fret of the third string. And then with your middle finger, go down to a G on the 4th string, 5th fret 4th string, and walk your finger down to a D on the 5th string, 5th fret. And then, walk with your pinkie up past the 13, using it as a passing note. Pass the E up to an F, which is the dominant 7th of G, which is the chord you have just changed to. So we've got B-G-D-E-F. So, the lick, altogether, twice slowly goes [PLAYS LICK 2]. Once again [PLAYS LICK 2], and strung together a little bit more quickly [PLAYS LICK 2]. What we're doing here is going to the IV chord of the blues--of this blues and sliding into the 3rd of it, the 3rd of the IV7 chord which is a G7, sliding into the 3rd going down with the tonic, or the root, of this chord down to the 5th of the chord, using the 13 as a passing note up to the dominant 7th of the chord.

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