Song 20 - "Gimme some lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group

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Gimme some lovin :slight_smile:

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Great job @myheadsmt91 !!
Sounding great and great groove!

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Between the Eb and the G7 notes there is a slur mark. My understanding is that means no gap between the two notes. But those notes are 8 frets apart so how is that achieved?

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If I’m looking at the right thing (the measure leading into Chorus 1), that’s a slide from the Bb to the G… (The “Eb”/“G7” markers indicates the chords - the bass is playing an Bb during the Eb chord which would be the 5th relative to Eb). Play the Bb on beat 4, then, during the time between beat 4 and the next beat 1, slide down to the G and play that on beat 1.

I’m not used to seeing a “curved” slide indicator, but that’s how I interpret it… Hope this helps.

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Thanks, that does help. I initially interpreted it as a slide but then doubted myself because

  1. it looks like a slur symbol
  2. it is not connected to the next note.

By the way, that does look like an Eb to me, 13th fret of the D string, with a “b” at the beginning of the measure. Now I have to work on slides with my pinky.

Thanks again!

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D’oh! You’re right! I mis-read it. My bad… I should’ve caught myself since a Bb isn’t 8 frets above a G, but, big oopsie. Good catch.

I agree that the slide symbol doesn’t seem exactly “standard” to me, but I still interpret it that way…

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And I think a slur indicator would be over the notes, not between them.