Sonny Landreth
"Next of Kindred Spirit"
Tuning: E B E G# B E
Tempo: 90 bpm
Performance notes:
Sonny Landreth employs a number of unusual techniques on this song.
The main theme is played by keeping the slide at the 12th fret while fretting notes behind it,
allowing the string to pass underneath the slide. The slide is worn on the pinky to achieve this.
This also requires a high action to allow the string to ring out.
PART A (Main Theme)
E e e e e e q e e e e E e E e E e e e e e q Q Q Q
|---12-11-12----12-----|----12------------------|---12-11-12----12-----|-------------------|
|---12-12-12-10----10--|-12----12---------------|---12-12-12-10----10--|-12--(12)--(12)----|
|------------12----12--|-12----12---------------|------------12----12--|-12--(12)--(12)----|
|------------12----12--|-12----12------12----12-|------------12----12--|-12--(12)--(12)----|
|----------------------|-10----10-10---12----12-|----------------------|-10--(10)--(10)----|
|-0--------------------|-------------9----11----|-0--------------------|-------------------|
(echo repeats)
E e e e e e q e e e e E e E e E e e e e e q E E E E H
|---12-11-12----12-----|----12------------------|---12-11-12----12-----|------------------|
|---12-12-12-10----10--|-12----12---------------|---12-12-12-10----10--|-12-12---12-------|
|------------12----12--|-12----12---------------|------------12----12--|-12-12---12-12----|
|------------12----12--|-12----12------12----12-|------------12----12--|-12-12---12-12----|
|----------------------|-10----10-10---12----12-|----------------------|------------------|
|-0--------------------|-------------9----11----|-0--------------------|-------9-----0----|
PART B
Q Q H E E. S E Q Q Q Q H E E. S E Q Q
|--------------|-0-/4--0---2--0--|--------------|-0-/4--0---7--0--|
|-/7--7s=12----|---------0-------|-/7--7s=12----|---------0-------|
|-/7--7s=12----|-----------------|-/7--7s=12----|-----------------|
|-/7--7s=12----|-----------------|-/7--7s=12----|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-0---------------|--------------|-0---------------|
T
Q Q H E E E E a E a E E E
|------------------|-12----------------------0-|
|-/7--7(19)s=12----|-12------12--------------0-|
|-/7--7(19)s=12----|---------12---12---12-12---|
|-/7--7(19)s=12----|---------12---12---12-12---|
|------------------|----9-10----9h10-9h10--9---|
|------------------|---------------------------|
Slap the strings across the 19th fret with your picking hand middle finger to produce harmonics
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---12----12-12----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---12----12-12----|
|-----------------|---12----12-12----|
|---------------0-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-2-4-5-7p5S9---|-0----11-11--0----|
PART B VARIATION (when played second time)
Q Q H E E. S E Q Q Q Q H E E. S E E E E E
|--------------|-0-/4--0---------|--------------|-0-/4--0---7-0-9-0-|
|-/7--7s=12----|---------0-------|-/7--7s=12----|---------0---------|
|-/7--7s=12----|--------------0--|-/7--7s=12----|-------------------|
|-/7--7s=12----|--------------0--|-/7--7s=12----|-------------------|
|--------------|----------/4--0--|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-0--------/4-----|--------------|-0-----------------|
PART C
The [24] harmonics are performed with the picking hand.
Touch the string gently with your index finger directly above where the 24th fret would be.
On a Strat-style guitar, this is directly above the neck pickup.
Pluck the string with your thumb. The resulting harmonic should be the same pitch as a 5th fret harmonic.
Use your ring finger to pluck the high E string for the melody notes.
Use the slide only on the high E string for this part.
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
||----0------------------------/4---|--/7-------------4-----------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--[24]-[24]-[24]--[24]-[24]-[24]--|-[24]-[24]-[24]----[24]-[24]-[24]--|
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---0------------------------/4---|---2-------------4-------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|-[24]-[24]-[24]--[24]-[24]-[24]--|-[24]-[24]-[24]----[24]-[24]-[24]----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/5------------------------------------|-/4------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------[19]-|
|----[19]-[19]----------------[19]------|----[19]-[19]----------------[19]------|
|--------------[19]------[19]------[19]-|--------------[19]------[19]-----------|
|-------------------[19]----------------|-------------------[19]----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/5------------------------------------|-/4-------------2---------0----2-------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------[19]-|
|----[19]-[19]----------------[19]------|----[19]-[19]----------------[19]------|
|--------------[19]------[19]------[19]-|--------------[19]------[19]-----------|
|-------------------[19]----------------|-------------------[19]----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/5------------------------------------|-/4------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------[19]---------------------|--------------[19]---------------------|
|----[19]-[19]------[19]----------------|----[19]-[19]------[19]----------------|
|------------------------[19]------[19]-|------------------------[19]------[19]-|
|-----------------------------[19]------|-----------------------------[19]------|
PM--| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/5------------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------[19]---------------------|-----------------|
|----[19]-[19]------[19]----------------|-----------------|
|------------------------[19]------[19]-|-----------------|
|-----------------------------[19]------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PART D
Hold slide at 12 fret. Play other notes by fretting behind the slide.
PM| PM----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E E E E E E E E
||--------12-------12-------10-----------------|------------------||
||o----12-------12-------12-------12----10-----|-----------------o||
||--12-------12-------12-------12----12----12--|------------------||
||---------------------------------------------|------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------|-----------------o||
||---------------------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------12-------12-------10-----------------|-------12-------12-------10-------12--|
|----12-------12-------12-------12----10-----|----12-------12-------12-------12-----|
|-12-------12-------12-------12----12----12--|-12-------12-------12-------12--------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---12----12-12----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---12----12-12----|
|-----------------|---12----12-12----|
|---------------0-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-2-4-5-7p5S9---|-0----11-11--0----|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
[n] - natural harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
