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Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
E major128 bpm
fingerstyleshufflewalkingblues
Tommy Shannon's shuffle walk — root on the downbeat, chord tone on the "and." This is the Texas blues template: E, B, C#, B (1–5–6–5). Swing the 8ths hard; straight 8ths kill it instantly.
HighG — D — A — ELowtop row is the highest-pitched string, like sheet music
Main riff — E shuffle walk
1 bar| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| D | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| A | · | · | 2 | · | · | 4 | · | · | 5 | · | · | 4 | ||||
| E | 0 | · | · | 0 | · | · | 0 | · | · | 0 | · | · |
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.