1+2 Blues

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Here's the tab to a Larry Coryell tune called 1+2 Blues. It's named for

the scale it's mostly based on (the 1+2 diminished scale).

let ring, rock feel (straight eighths)

E------------------------|----------1-----------0--

B-------------------1--0-|----0--1--------3--------

G-------2--1-------------|-4--------------------3--

D-------------0--2-------|-------------------------

A----2-------------------|-------------------------

E-0----------------------|-------------------------

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

E------------------------|-------------------------

B----0-------------------|-------------------------

G----------0--1----------|-------------------------

D------4---------0--2--3-|-------------------------

A------------------------|----------------1--2-----

E------------------------|----0--1--3--4-----------

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

E------------------------|----------6-----3-----0--

B-------------------6--5-|-4--5--6-----------------

G-------7--6-------------|----------------------3--

D-------------5--7-------|-------------------------

A-0--7-------------------|-------------------------

E------------------------|-------------------------

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

E------------------------|-------------------------

B----0-------------------|-------------------------

G----------0--1----------|-------------------------

D------4---------0--2--3-|-------------------------

A------------------------|----------------1--2-----

E------------------------|----0--1--3--4-----------

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

E----------------10-7----|-9--6--------------------

B----------------------7-|-------6--8--------------

G----------7--8----------|-------------6--7--------

D----7--9----------------|-------------------8--6--

A-8----------------------|-------------------------

E------------------------|-------------------------

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

E-------------------------------|-----------------------------

B-------------------------------|-----------------------------

G-------------------------------|-----------------------------

D-------------------------------|---------------2--3--5--6----

A----------------1--2--4--5-----|---1--2--4--5----------------

E----0--2--3--4---------------- |-----------------------------

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e & a 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e & a

repeat 1x then ad lib solos

It may sound a little weird at first, but when played steadily at tempo

(quarter note = ~180 beats per min.), this piece really crackles.

-Bo Parker

parker_b%aplvax.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov