Reno-Vations

Okay, I'm going to show you a pretty cool technique that Dodd used to use here. First I'm going to run through this F-shaped D chord, and then I'm going to break down and show you what I'm doing. And then I'll show you how to use this through other chord shapes and different places on the neck. So it goes Alright, so it's a pretty neat little lick, and it's actually pretty easy to do. What he's doing here is we're brushing down, we're using a brush technique here. So brushing down with the th We're brushing open, and we're fourth and third strings. And since we're running through this F-shaped D chord, we're going to back that position up one, brush it open first, but keep that backed up there. So alright, so we're on the 11th fret there, and we're going to move to the 12th fret. These double stops are right out of that chord shape. We're not doing anything weird, we're not fingering any weird fingerings here or anything, it's right out of that chord shape. So just one, two, three on those double stops, fourth and third strings. So once you do that, we're going to do the third and second strings. Just walk him right up, one, two, three. Then to the second and first strings. Alright. Alright. So once you make it through, we're going down through that F-shaped D. So we're going to brush it open again, and we grab this partial A chord on the 14th fret. And then brush it open again, and grab this partial D chord. We're right in a regular D shape here, but we're on the second and first strings. Alright. On the 16th fret. So. So. Alright. See how I'm adding those open brush strokes in there between the closed positions. So. That adds that little hop to it. Alright. Now you can use this particular lick here. That makes for a very good ending. That's very similar to the ending Don used on a tune called Pretending that he did with Rhett Smiley. But for demonstration purposes, I started with that and I went back. So you can use this going backwards up the chord instead of down through the chord. So we're going to go up through the chord this time. So once I got here, I'm going to repeat that process, brushing open, backing up one, then into that D again. Coming back here to this F-shaped D, brushing open, and we're moving up through the chord instead of down. So. On the second first. On the third and second. To the fourth and third. Alright. And you can come up with all kinds of licks using this technique. This one, two, three brush technique, I guess you would call it one, two, three. Alright. That in itself could be a lick in any kind of tune. Alright. So let's apply this same technique to a different chord shape. Let's do it through a D-shaped chord. Let'say a D-shaped G. So this is your regular D-shaped G. We're going to do the same thing. Fourth and third strings. Open. Then back up one. And then into your G. Alright. So you can use that in any chord shape. Alright. I use this in Reno Ride a lot of times. Reno Ride goes. . . Sometimes I'll do this. And what I'm doing there is the same technique. I'm brushing open, backing up one, and into the chord that I'm playing in. So in this case I'm using a barred seventh chord. Alright. So G seventh. So what I do is I brush it open. I'm actually brushing all three strings here. So it's more pressure on the third and second strings. So those kind of stand out more, but I am brushing all three. So I'm holding down that G seventh, but I'm backing up one. So I brush it open. Just walk it into the G seventh. So one, two, three. Alright. So you can use this in a ton of different ways. It's really good for improvising. Alright. You can use it through a bar position if you want. Alright. Just keep in mind it's just one, two, three. Alright. So give that a shot and come up with your own variations.