Grateful Dead Guitar Lesson: 7-4-89 Deal Solo – Lesson 10

Part 10 of a 12 part course on how to play Jerry Garcia's awesome solo from the 7-4-89 Deal with the Grateful Dead. For the free & printable tab of this whole solo, keep scrolling down.

In this lesson, you will learn the guitar techniques that Jerry Garcia uses when improvising. You'll also learn the music theory behind why his licks sound so good.

Jerry Garcia's 7-4-89 Deal Solo with the Grateful Dead – Lick 10 of 12

Lick 10

• For a lot of this solo, Jerry has been making the changes. Meaning, that he addresses each chord very uniquely – for example, targeting the fifth of every chord, as we talked about in lick 7.  In this lick, we have a different approach, where we’re using part of the A major pentatonic scale over most of the chords here.

• This is one of the secrets of being a great soloist in the modern era – when you’re playing songs with a lot of chord changes, experiment in places where one scale would work over many of the chords.  This is very much a trial and error process.  Sometimes, this learning happens in the practice room, sometimes it happens on stage!

Gear Used for This Video

Video Recording:

• Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7 (G7KS) DSLM Mirrorless 4K Camera with 14-42 mm Lens Kit (Silver)

• AmazonBasics 50-Inch Lightweight Tripod with Bag

Performance:

• Custom 50th Anniversary Tiger Guitar by Lieber Guitars 

• Original 1966 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amplifier with
  • Celestion Classic Lead 80 guitar speaker, 8 ohm

• Pickboy Pos-a-Grip Jazz Classic Tortoise Shell Cellulose 1.50mm Picks
  
• Planet Waves Custom Series Right Angle Guitar Cable

Audio Recording:

• Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB Audio Interface

• MXL 990 Condenser Microphone with Shockmount (vocal capture)

• LyxPro Balanced XLR Cable Premium Series Cable, 

• Sennheiser E609 Silver Super Cardioid Instrument Microphone (guitar capture) 

• Audix CABGRAB1 CabGrabber Mic Clamp for Guitar Amps/Cabinets (holds Sennheiser e609 to guitar cabinet)

PDF Tab for Jerry Garcia's 7-4-89 Deal solo with the Grateful Dead: