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Hi all,

Does anyone have tab or able to post or pm the notes for the little motif - run of notes - that Hank plays in his live sets?
It comes at the end of the acoustic part of the tune, and before the overdrive guitar.

I was never able to work the run out - and though i've seen a few people play this run over the years, i never got to find out the notes

Thanks for any help,
Mark.

Here is a live version of Sacha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlbbMV6SGkc

Which is the bit you mean (expressed as a timing point on that video)?

JN

Hi JN,

It is the notes played at 2.42 to 2.45.

Mark.

Hard to explain that lick in words!

I think it's a hangover from Hank's Floyd Cramer country piano influence, a sort of guitar version of Floyd's famous 'slip note' style, and Hank used it a lot on many Shads tunes, and which trick was also earlier popular with black gospel guitarists like Pops Staples, many rhythm and blues guitar players like Steve Cropper, and even adopted by Jimi Hendrix on his quiet ballad type tunes.

It involves hammering on and changing a note within a chord or interval, in this case hammering on the fifth upwards to the sixth of the chord by a full note, and the playing of the third by hammering on upwards a full note from the second.

Hi Mark
I'd love to know too if you find out - not that I'd have a hope of playing that section yet but it's something to aspire to.
Best wishes
Rosemary

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Hi Rob
Thanks. It sounds very close to me when I just listened then. I'd certainly be very grateful for the tabs for that section but don't think I'll be up to playing that for a long while although I'm making progress with the easier parts.
Best wishes and thanks again
Rosemary