KIRK FLETCHER Video Masterclass
Kirk Fletcher is known for his work as a superb solo artist, with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and for collaborations with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith. His rich, blues orientated style has won favour with guitar fans all over the world.
The chord progression for The Get Down is largely built on the I-IV-V chords in the Bb Major scale these are: Bb -Eb -F. In classic blues fashion these three chords are all turned into Dominant 7ths, to create Bb7-Eb7-F7. It’s the classic 12-bar format with the addition of a snazzy I-VIm-IIm-V turnaround at the end of each repetition: Bb7 -Gm7-Cm7-F7. The only other section to negotiate is a standard blues-style middle eight, which starts on the IV chord (Eb7) and ends on the V (F7).
The feel is a driving shuffle and we have notated this with a 12/8 time signature. The track stomps along at 116 bpm so count the quavers as 1 & a, 2 & a, 3 & a, 4 & a.
From a soloing point of view the Bb Minor Pentatonic scale (Bb -Db -Eb -F-Ab) is a solid ‘home base’ from which to shape lead phrases. Many of Kirk’s licks and phrases
