Robben Ford Discussion

felken · Newbie Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

Can anyone tell me the chords/voicings on this song? Many thanks in advance if so.

Aeolian · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:43 pm Post subject:

Do a search on this, there was a thread awhile back on this song. Many people had different opinions on the altered Eb.
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bluejack · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:51 pm Post subject:

Also there's a transcription of that song in the book ' The Robben Ford Blues Guitar Collection'. ISBN 0-7935-4454-8 Pub by MCA and distributed by Hal Leonard, HL00690042
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J

felken · Newbie Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 2

good news, thanks

nineacres · Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:39 am Post subject:

Hi Bluejack,
Does this transcription of Misdirected Blues include a faithful rendition of the two solos?
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bluejack · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:27 pm Post subject:

Hey Nine,
Been awhile since i looked at that song but just did and yeah, it contains both solos, the one after the second verse and the outro solo. I'd say they did a fairly accurate job on the transcription, esp. the actual notes.As always in the tab there might be a few spots where you could finger it a little different.As an example, in the Nov. 1995 Guitar Player'Lick of the Month' there's an excerpt of the solo at 2:08 that offers a very slight alternative(just 3 notes out of 3 bars of 16ths) But if you dig that solo the book will be a huge help in unlocking some of those lines.
Hope you can check it out,
J

nineacres · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:02 am Post subject:

Thanks, Blue. I'll check it out.
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RobertMiller · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:48 pm Post subject:

Anybody know the names/functions of the actual chords played on the shift from the CM7? I've got the songbook, and the tab sure ain't F5/F6 to Eb5/Eb6. Gotta be some type of substitution/inversion deal.

stratoskier · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Bozeman, MT

I could be wrong about this, but I interpret those 2 bars as:
Bar 1: F13 (stacked low to high as b7, M3, 13, 9) to F13 (M3, 13, 9, 5)
Bar 2: Eb9(b5) (stacked as M3, b7, 9, b5) to Eb9 (b7, M3, b7, 9)
(where I'm denoting a flat by the lowercase "b")

Now I'm completely winging it here, so one of the theory gurus can please correct my interpretation.
Bert

stratoskier · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Bozeman, MT

Oops, it occurred to me that the 2nd chord of the first bar is better regarded as an F6/9 since it contains no 7th. Right?
Bert