Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Brown Eyed Girl Intro Tab

The guitar introduction to "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison features major scale patterns played in thirds. The first phrase is played over a G major chord and uses the G major scale starting with G at the 12th fret of string 3. The second phrase is played over a C major chord and uses the C major scale starting with C at the 13th fret of string 2. The very last phrase is part of a D major barre chord and requires a bit of finger or hybrid (pick and finger) picking.

Brown Eyed Girl Intro Tab

E--------------------------12--13--15--13--12---------|
B----12--13--15--13--12----13--15--17--15--13---------|
G----12--14--16--14--12-------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------|
B----12--13--15--13--12----10----------10-------------|
G----12--14--16--14--12--------11--12-----------------|
D--------------------------12-------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|


Playing major scale patterns in thirds is covered in Fretboard Theory Chapter 9: Intervals.


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9 comments:

Ron Hostetter said...

Desi - Is there any way you can fix the format of these blog posts? The tabs are always wrapped when I view them, making them extremely difficult to read.

Mr. Desi Serna said...

Not sure what to do Ron. Everything displays correctly on my end.

Vaun said...

Very nice Desi...it would be great if you could link a video or audio recording of you playing the tabs....

Vaun said...

Desi...do you plan on releasing any new stuff on Christmas day? I always look forward to your holiday tutorials...they have been great in the past!!

Anonymous said...

It's wrapping in my display, too. I just copy and pasted it into notepad to read it.

Anonymous said...

It wrapped in my display, too. I just copy and pasted it into notepad to read it.

Mr. Desi Serna said...

Thanks Vaun. Not sure what I'm doing for Christmas yet. I'll keep you posted.

Anonymous said...

Text in the TAB wrapping problem can be fixed by reducing the text size in your browser.
Thanks for the guitar info Desi.

Nick said...

I'm really glad I found fretboard theory. Once I got the actual book, going through the free stuff you give out just adds so much more. You really pushed me to new plateaus. Thanks Desi