David Gilmour Guitar Lesson

David Gilmour was born in Cambridge England March 8, 
1947.

Groupology: Pink Floyd scince Feb 18, 1968, as a 
replacement for seriously deranged acid casuality 
Syd Barret.

Influences: Pete Seger, Bill Haley, Jimi Hendrix, 
Keith Richards and Chuck Berry. 

Main guitar on stage is a black 1979 Fender Strat with 
DiMarzio pickup and a "62 Strat neck. Also owns the 
first Fender Stratocatser made with the serial number 
of 0001.

Some of David's top hits such as "Money" and "Comfortably 
Numb" were based upon the key of B minor. Much of his lead 
guitar solo work is based upon B pentatonic minor. This 
lesson teaches the guitar chords to "Comfortably Numb" 
and also is focused on the guitar scale's and runs B 
pentatonic minor, including guitar licks example's of 
David's string bend's and guitar technique's.

Comfortably Numb * Guitar Chords

Part 1 * Verse's

   Bm    A    G   F#/D  Em       Bm
e :-2---------3---------0--------2------------------|
B :-3----2----3---3-----0--------3------------------|
G :-4----2----0---2-----0--------4------------------|
D :-4----2----0---0-----2--------4------------------|
A :-2----0----2---0-----2--------2------------------|
E :-----------3---2-----0---------------------------|

Part 2
    D   A   D    A    C   G
e :-2-------2---------0---3-------------------------|
B :-3---2---3----2----1---3-------------------------|
G :-2---2---2----2----0---0-------------------------|
D :-0---2---0----2----2---0-------------------------|
A :-----0--------0----3---2-------------------------|
E :-----------------------3-------------------------|

Part 3 (Fill)

           C

e :--------0----------------------------------------|
B :--------1----------------------------------------|
G :--------0----------------------------------------|
D :--------2----------------------------------------|
A :-0-2----3----------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar Scales

B Minor Pentatonic
B,D,E,F#,A,B
e :-----------------------7-10----------------------|
B :------------------7-10---------------------------|
G :--------------7-9--------------------------------|
D :----------7-9------------------------------------|
A :------7-9----------------------------------------|
E :-7-10--------------------------------------------|

Octave Scale
e :-------------------------------19-22-------------|
B :-------------------------19-22-------------------|
G :-------------------19-21-------------------------|
D :--------------19-21------------------------------|
A :-------19-21-------------------------------------|
E :-19-22-------------------------------------------|


B Minor Pentatonic Ascending Run
         s          s              s
e :---------------------------10-12-14-17-19--------|
B :---------------------10-12-----------------------|
G :--------------7-9-11-----------------------------|
D :----------7-9------------------------------------|
A :----5-7-9----------------------------------------|
E :-7-----------------------------------------------|


Alternate Descend
            s               s             s
e :-19-17-------------------------------------------|
B :-------19-17-15----------------------------------|
G :-----------------16-14---------------------------|
D :-----------------------16-14-12------------------|
A :--------------------------------14-12------------|
E :--------------------------------------14-12-10-7-|

Guitar Lick Examples

#1                      #2
      f.rel    f.v       f               s
e :-7-10----7------------12-10----------------------|
B :------------10--------------12----10-------------|
G :-------------------------------------11-9-7------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-------------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

                    #3
              v             f   v       h  p
e :-------------------------22--22----19-22-19------|
B :---------------------19---------------------22---|
G :---9----7----------------------------------------|
D :-9---9-----9-------------------------------------|
A :-------------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

                  #4

       f.v                  s         v
e :-19---------------7-------------10---------------|
B :----22---------------7-10-12-------12------------|
G :-------------------------------------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-------------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

#5
   f(release slow)        v      
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-9----------------7------------------------------|
D :-----------------------9-------------------------|
A :-------------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


Money Guitar Solo


  

    
David Gilmour:
Play Guitar With...David Gilmour
Performed by David Gilmour. For guitar and voice.
Includes guitar tablature songbook and
accompaniment CD. With guitar tablature, standard
notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names
and guitar notation legend. Hard rock,
psychedelic rock and progressive rock.
46 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Amsco.
(MS.AM954602)
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