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Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder
Eb minor100 bpm
fingerstyle16th-notessyncopation
Stevie's clavinet does the heavy lifting; the bass locks in for a relentless 16th-note drive. Start this at half tempo — 50 BPM — and inch up. Eb minor pentatonic the whole time.
HighG — D — A — ELowtop row is the highest-pitched string, like sheet music
Main riff — Eb clavinet groove
1 bar| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| D | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| A | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | · | · | · | 9 | 6 | ||||
| E | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Play the phrase silently, along with the timer. When the bar fills and the first beat flashes, start the loop again. The goal is to feel the phrase — not to race.