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Latin fingerstyle

JOSE FELICIANO 'LIGHT MY FIRE'

ONTHECD This month Eric Roche looks at the guitar work of one of the
TRACKS I0- 1 I ~- wo,-ld's most celebrated acoustic guitarists - Jose Feliciano!
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JOSE FELICIANO
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LIGHT MY FIRE
want to consider the foUowing
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(• TRACK RECORD approach as a starting point:
EASY/MODERATE FEUCIANO! WAS RELEASED WHEN JOSE WAS AT
+ VERSE:
THE APEX OF HIS MUSIC CAREER IN 1968
IIIII I RELEASED AT THE PEAK of his popularity. Feliciano!
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Helps improve your: Parallel k eys (modal


was Jose's most successful album. It reached number
• Acoustic playing
• Understanding of two, on the strength of Light My Fire. It also features inter change):
melodic pop guitar covers of '60s hits such as Sunny and California Dreamin', and a number of A minor pentatonic/A blues over A
good Lennon-McCartney wnes. Also worth checking out is Fantastic Feliciano minor.
(1966),Souled (1969) and Fireworks (1970). A major pentatonic (a.k.a F#m
pentatonic) over the f#m chord.
+ CHORUS
he blind, Puerto Rican change can be interpreted as a shlft

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(G Al3 D A/C# Bm7 A) x2
guitarist and singer was born from A minor to A major. This
on September lOth 1945 and process is often referred to as 'I'ry D major scale/B minor
by the age of seventeen was 'modal interchange'. Put simply, this pentatonic Over the last line of each
"His Latin pop already a professional musician. is a process by which you can move chorus you can play E mixolydlan/E
After some initial chart success in through various parallel scales or blues.
style paved South and Central America, Jose modes (i.e. scales and modes 1vith a Leaving out the Motown bass llne
the way for went on to have a worldwide hit in common tonlc or key note, for at thls point will also give you the
1968 with the Doors' classic, Light example A) to accommodate option of playing a stronger
Gloria Est efan My fire. His version of California particular chord progressions. sow1ding A harmonlc minor scale
and Ricky Dreamin', his Christmas hit feliz The opening 11 bars are an over E7 as it moves back to the A
Navidad, as weU as a string of chart instrumental introduction Lo Lhe minor chord of the verse.
Martin.'' successes, made him a household song. BAR 2 1vith its flurry of As usual I created this lesson to
name. He cominues to record and sixteenth notes \viU require a bit of encourage you in you r own
YOUR GTTUTOR perform and is an occasional visitor practice to perfect. BARS 12-22 are arranging ideas. Explore the many
. ERIC ROCHE to the UK a transcription of Jose's original different combinations of Am and
See p 16 for more info for this lesson I have come up guitar part over which he sang the f#m voicings to create different
on all the GT tutors 1vith a very accessible arrangement lyrics. I decided to play the Motown tones and textures on your
of Light My Fire for solo gultar. His inspired riff in BAR 23 in octaves to instrument. The chorus offers even
signature Latin pop style set the reproduce the strength of the line more choices and possibilities.
stage for many of the current crop that the rhythm section plays. From Good luck 1vith it and please feel
of latin pop stars such as Gloria BAR 25 to 32 I have added a vocal free to send me recordings of yolll·
Estefan and Ricky Mmtin. I've kept line melody to the gultar part. own arrangements for some
that Latin feel in the arrangement If you are in the mind to improvise constructive criticism. See you
and incorporated the signatw·e over this progression, then you may next month! IBJ
ph rases and chord changes.
The song is built on the
hannonically interesting chord . : SOUND ADVICE Fishman Rare Earth blend system
change of A minor to f sharp THE GUITAR SOUND ON that I found lying loose in the studio!
minor. These Lwo chords are not THIS MONTH'S GTCD It was recorded direct to a Tascam
related through one scale. However, 788 portastudio. You can get a
if you consider that the f sharp For this recording I used my Lowden pretty convincing Feliciano-like
minor chord is related to the F 025 Custom (with a redwood top). sound out of any good steel or
sharp minor pentatonic scale, whlch The pickup was an undersaddle nylon strung guicar.The important
in tum is just an A major Fishman Natural I combined with a thing is the way you play it!
pentatonic, then the chorcl/](ey

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to bear in mmd here a~
the chord Wf18"$. the
feel. and J<><e's unoque.
melodic approach to ot.
Keep things somple and
down to ••rth when
you cover acoustic
numbers such as this
•nd you'll alway1 be on
the right track!

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JOSE FELICIANO 'LIGHT MY FIRE'

Light My Fi re Words & Music by jim Mornson, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek & John Densmore.
© 1967 Doors Music Company, USA. Rondor Music (London) Limited. All Rights Reserved . International Copyright Secured.

JOSE FELICIANO 'LIGHT MY FIRE'

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JOSE FELIC IANO 'LIGHT MY FIRE'

JOSE FELICIANO 'LIGHT MY FIRE' ...CONTINUED

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