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

Part 7 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 7 of 12

Lick 7

• In this lick, Jerry is using three approaches in tandem.
• First, we have the idea of using chromaticism, or consecutive half tones, that we talked about in the previous lick.
  Second, Jerry targets the 5th of pretty much every chord in this lick.
• Third, we have a rhythmic motif that hooks our ears and makes us want to hear whats going to happen next.

• At the end over the A chord, we have the intervallic approach – Jerry uses sixths, just like he did over lick 5.

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: