Does anyone know what hes doing?

[Richard O'connor]

does anyone know what Richard Fortus is doing in this guitar solo? its only a quick little lick at 3:15 – 3:17. Is it atonal?

 

[Richard O'connor]

hes also does it here at 4:12

 

[D K]

Hi Richard I only saw this post just now, I think it’s something like this:
E|———————————-15b17-
B|————————-15—-14——-
G|—————-15—-14—-13———-
D|——-15—-14—-13——————-
A|—-14—-13—————————-
E|-13————————————-
So basically 4 times the same shape but going up one string each time