"Le Freak"
Rhythm.
Freak out!! Le Freak c'est Chic
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------5-5----------7---7-7-7---5-5--|
|--------------5-5----------7---7-7-7---5-5--|
|-5--7--7--5h7-----7p5-7---------------------|
|-5--7--7------------------------------------|
|-3--5--5------------------------------------|
And it's the same rhythm throughout the whole song. Pretty simple huh?
The trick is to get the timing right to give it that funky/disco sound
we all love. It's a pretty catchy tune and definitely worth a good listen
because of the rhythmic possibilities. The song is in the key of A and
armed with that knowledge you should be able to use the A major pentatonic
scale. Here it is.
The A Major Pentatonic Scale
|---------------------------------------------------5----8---------|
|-----------------------------------------5----8-------------------|
|-------------------------------5----7-----------------------------|
|---------------------5----7---------------------------------------|
|-----------5----7-------------------------------------------------|
|-5----8-----------------------------------------------------------|
To spice it up you can add a few tasty notes to it
|---------------------------------------------------5--7-8----------|
|-----------------------------------------5--7-8--------------------|
|-------------------------------4-5--7------------------------------|
|---------------------5----7----------------------------------------|
|-----------5----7--------------------------------------------------|
|-5--7-8------------------------------------------------------------|
After the solo, SLASH does this cool lick with the wah pedal.
Freak Out!! Le Freak...Chic
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------17-17-----------------19~~19~~19-17~~17~~-|
|---19~~~~19~~~~17h19---------19p17--19~~19----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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That's about all for today. Hope you enjoy the song, jamming over it.
And please pick up "Chic Live At The Budokan". SLASH plays on this song and
also on Jimi Hendrix's "Stone Free" with Steve Winwood. And if you can, try
to jam along to the other songs and see if you can do for them what SLASH
did for "Le Freak".
Hector.
voila la tab de freak c chic
