Soul, Man!

: A Lesson with Steve Cropper

1252–1253 • by Andy Widders-Ellis • Guitar Player, July 1994

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Ex. 2a
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Ex. 1 Ex. 2b
q = 112-116

3 3 X 7 7 7 5 3 X X
q = 112-116

13 13 13 13 15
~~
q = 112-116

15 15 15 15
. 3
4
3
4 7 7 7 5
3
4
X X .
X X X
. .

Ex. 3 Ex. 4
q = 112-116 q = 104
(G)
7
~~~~ (F)
7 5 5
~~~ (B b )
10
~~ ~~ 10
(C)
12
~~ (D)
14
~ G
~~ ~~ D

10 10 12 7
7 7 5 10 10 12 12 14
10 10 12 7

Let ring throughout Let Ring

Ex. 5
C
~~ ~~ G F
13
~~~ D
10
~~~~~ q = 104
G
10 10 10 10
E
5 12 12 10 10 12 10 12 10 12 10
14 11 1211
5 12 12 10

Ex. 6 Ex. 7a
q = 58 q. = 60
Bb B baug Gm B b7 Eb F
Trem. Let Ring
. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 . 8 10
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 10 10
. 5 5 4 4 43 3 2 2 .
æ æ æ æ
3 4 5 6 8 8 10 10
6 8

Ex. 7b Ex. 8
q = 60-66
Bb B b B baug G m B b7
etc.
13 11 10 8 10 10
7
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
. 14 14 12 12 10 10 8 8
. 10
10
10
10
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8 8 3 4 5 6 . .
8 8
6

Ex. 9 Ex. 10
q = 60-66 q = 132

. . . .
. . . 2 2 (0 ) 2 0 2 0 2 0 (0 ) .
5 5 3 3 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 0
1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
R.H. Mute

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 Ex. 11 Ex. 12
q = 126-132 q = 120-138
F
. . 3
3
. 1
1 2 1 2 1 2
3
3
.
0 2 3 4 5 . . . (3 ) .
3 0 3 0 0
3 3
R.H. Mute

Ex. 13 Ex. 14
q = 120-138 q = 112-138
Cm B bm Fm
(Vm) (IVm) (Im)

. .
. 3 1
3
. 2 3 ( 3) 5 6 5 0 1 (1 ) 3 4 3
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 1

Ex. 15
q = 112-138
b
Cm
(Vm)
13
—Bm
1/4
(IVm)
13
— Fm
1/4
(Im)
13
—
1/4

13 16 13 16 13 13 16
15 15 13 15

Ex. 16 Ex. 17
q = 100-144 q = 48-52
C#
1
—‡
1/2 A
Let Chords Ring

3 ( 3 )(3 ) 1 5 5 9 9
3 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 9
5 5 5 5 9 9 9 9
5 5 9 9
Open E Tuning
(E B E G# B E) L to H

D F A

10 10 1 1 5
10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 5 5
10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 5 5
10 10 1 1 5
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Ex. 18
q = 69-72 ≥ ≤ ≥ ≥ 5≤ ≥ ≤ ≥ ≤
5 0 5
5 5 0 5
0 2 2 3 2 0 5 5 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 5
0 2 2 3 2 0 5 5 0 2 2 3 2 0 5
5 0 5 5 9 0 5
Open E Tuning R.H. Mute

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