Lit * My Own Worst Enemy * Guitar Solo

This lesson is a good study of how "octaves" can be
used for creating and composing a guitar solo. 

Guitarist Jimi Hendrix was famous for his use of
"octaves"...see below. The guitar solo for My Own
Worst Enemy is based upon ocatves.

As a review, an "octave" is the same note played at
a higher pitch, as shown in example #1 below.

Example #1
    E    e octave         A      a octave
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-------9----------------------14-----------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-7---------------------12------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------| 
 

  Example #2 * Jimi Hendrix * Purple Haze
  Octave fills before guitar solo

octaves......    single played notes
     s            s         s
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :---------------------8--------8------------------|
G :-9--11-9--7--------7--------7--------------------|
D :---------------7-9------7-9----------------------|
A :-7--9--7--5--------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


To obtain a good octave sound, when fretting the note's
for example on the A string, let your frethand index
finger lightly touch and "mute" the D string so that
the only notes you hear while playing are the notes
on the A string and G string.

This is the guitar solo in it's entirety to "Lit's"
hit song "My Own Worst Enemy". 

e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--8-9-9-9-9-9--11--11----------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-7-7-7-7-7--9---9-----------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|



e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--8-9-9-9-9-9--11--11----------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-7-7-7-7-7--9---9-----------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|



e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-11--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-9---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-11--13-13-13-13-13---14-14----------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-9---11-11-11-11-11---12-12----------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-14-16-16-16--16-18-18-18---18-16-16-16----------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-12-14-14-14--14-16-16-16---16-14-14-14----------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|



e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-16-14-14-14--14-13-13-13--13-14-14-14-----------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-14-12-12-12--12-11-11-11--11-12-12-12-----------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|




e :------------------------------0------------------|
B :------------------------------0------------------|
G :-14-13-13-13--13-11-11--------1------------------|
D :------------------------------2------------------|
A :-12-11-11-11--11-9--9---------2------------------|
E :------------------------------0------------------|

    E    e octave         A      a octave
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-------9----------------------14-----------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-7---------------------12------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?
I didn't mean to call you that;
I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me

Please tell me,Please tell me why?
My car is in the front yard
And I'm sleeping with my clothes on
I came in through the window last night
And you're gone gone 

It's no surprise to me I am my own worst enemy,
Cuz every now and then I kick the living sh*t out of me
The smoke alarm is going off when there's a cigarette
Still burning 

Please tell me why
My car is in the front yard
And I'm sleeping with my clothes on 
I came in through the window last night 
And you're gone gone

Please tell me why 
My car is in the front yard
And I'm sleeping with my clothes on 
I came in through the window last night

It's no surprise to me I am my own worst enemy
Cuz every now and then I kick the living sh*t out of me
Can we forget about the the things I said when I was drunk
I didn't mean to call you that



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