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FretDancer69 View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 01:55 AM
Jan 27 2008, 01:55 AM	GMC:er Posts: 2.442 Joined: 11-June 07 From: Honduras	Hey guys, have you ever asked this question to yourself? "Whats a solo"? how would you explain it in your own words? could a "solo" be made of only chords and still count as one? What do you think? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Playing Guitar Since: December 2006

Xranthoius View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 02:14 AM
Jan 27 2008, 02:14 AM	GMC:er Posts: 447 Joined: 21-May 07 From: Usa Illinois	Hmm... I never thought of that one. Umm.... I would concider a solo to be some point on a song where a guitar (or any instrument) has a chance to show off and play whatever. It is usually more advanced and complex than what is normally played. It could be super fast sweeps, alternate picking, slow bending, or yes, even chords. Many solo's consist of chords. Most solos are written inside scales. If they weren't it would give a bad effect over the other instruments playing. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

Nobody View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 02:15 AM
Jan 27 2008, 02:15 AM	GMC:er Posts: 137 Joined: 9-November 07 From: Bulgaria	Well for me that's the moment you express your feelings and true self with your instrument. I'm far from being able to do this but that's the main goal. Not to prove that you have great technique, or something else.. It's all about the feeling. And of course chords can be a solo. Check out Ben's beautiful lessons with only chords in different voicings. Those are some of the best and full of feeling solos I've ever heard. Hristian You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- ARM THE HOMELESS!!

JVM View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 02:23 AM
Jan 27 2008, 02:23 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 2.878 Joined: 2-June 07 From: Raleigh-Durham, NC	I would say the solo is by definition the point in a song, or a song itself which focuses on a certain instrument to do the "talking". There can be drum solos, there can be bass solos, guitar solos, vocal solos, etc. Instrumental songs get interesting because you have to figure out exactly what the drums, bass, vocals (meaning nonsense vocals if there are any) and other instruments are doing, and decide whether their main purpose is as a backing or if they are the one "soloing" or taking the spotlight. And even if an instrument, say a guitar, is the obvious focus of a song for the majority of it, since it's instrumental you'd have to consider what would be doing that guitars part in a non instrumental song, often a vocalist. If thats the case then the guitar isn't "soloing" but is just replacing a vocalist as a melody thing. So to find a solo in an instrumental song you need to figure out what each instrument is doing, what its function in the song is, what it is related to in the same song if it were to be performed with vocals, and then figure out the part where the focus shifts to be a "solo". At least thats what I just rambled off.. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by JVM: Jan 27 2008, 02:24 AM -------------------- Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals.

FretDancer69 View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 02:23 AM
Jan 27 2008, 02:23 AM	GMC:er Posts: 2.442 Joined: 11-June 07 From: Honduras	interesting points here which i agree! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Playing Guitar Since: December 2006

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 02:27 AM
Jan 27 2008, 02:27 AM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	A solo is what is says - a solo performance on the instrument. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

JVM View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 02:38 AM
Jan 27 2008, 02:38 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 2.878 Joined: 2-June 07 From: Raleigh-Durham, NC	QUOTE (Milenkovic Ivan @ Jan 26 2008, 01:27 PM) A solo is what is says - a solo performance on the instrument. Yeah thats what I'm trying to say, just that most of the time "solos" go on with other instruments playing so it's not 100% solo, and also that instrumental songs can throw you off You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals.

shellshock1911 View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 03:24 AM
Jan 27 2008, 03:24 AM	GMC:er Posts: 689 Joined: 26-March 07 From: Columbus, Georgia, USA	QUOTE (JVM @ Jan 27 2008, 02:38 AM) Yeah thats what I'm trying to say, just that most of the time "solos" go on with other instruments playing so it's not 100% solo, and also that instrumental songs can throw you off Most instrumental music has themes and "lead sections" that are easily distinguisable from the actual guitar solo. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

Muris Varajic View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 03:37 AM
Jan 27 2008, 03:37 AM	Instructor Posts: 15.459 Joined: 22-June 07 From: Sarajevo,Bosnia	Let's say you play a tune on a acoustic guitar,only you. Then you have a solo performance,you play a solo. That's moment when focus is on something/someone. It can be guitar solo in a song, vocal in a song but it's rarely named as a solo(which IS a solo), drums solo (with or without other instruments) etc. What are you listen to the most at some moment,that'd usually be a solo. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Youtube MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?"

JVM View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 03:39 AM
Jan 27 2008, 03:39 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 2.878 Joined: 2-June 07 From: Raleigh-Durham, NC	QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Jan 26 2008, 02:24 PM) Most instrumental music has themes and "lead sections" that are easily distinguisable from the actual guitar solo. That's what I'm trying to explain. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals.

skennington View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 04:21 AM
Jan 27 2008, 04:21 AM	Learning Roadie - Never Give Up - Moderator Posts: 7.461 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Charlotte,NC USA	As the old sayig goes " Flying Solo" Applies to most everything! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- *Show Off The Lessons You Have Learned Here On The REC Board And Receive Valuable Feedback from Our Instructors!* *Check Out The Virtual Bands* *Want To Join One, Or Maybe Form Your Own?*

skennington View Member Profile	Jan 27 2008, 04:21 AM
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RIP Dime View Member Profile	Jan 28 2008, 12:36 AM
Jan 28 2008, 12:36 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.063 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Hawaii	QUOTE (Milenkovic Ivan @ Jan 27 2008, 02:27 AM) A solo is what is says - a solo performance on the instrument. I agree with this, a solo is one instrument playing alone. Parts where the guitarist is going off over the rest of the band playing I call lead breaks. But they are commenly referred to as guitar solos so it doesn't bother me, but technically I think it is a misuse of the word, I mean, solo means alone right? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

Owen View Member Profile	Jan 28 2008, 12:42 AM
Jan 28 2008, 12:42 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.461 Joined: 16-June 07 From: Scotland	Vanity You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Don't Panic.

JVM View Member Profile	Jan 28 2008, 12:55 AM
Jan 28 2008, 12:55 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 2.878 Joined: 2-June 07 From: Raleigh-Durham, NC	QUOTE (RIP Dime @ Jan 27 2008, 06:36 PM) I agree with this, a solo is one instrument playing alone. Parts where the guitarist is going off over the rest of the band playing I call lead breaks. But they are commenly referred to as guitar solos so it doesn't bother me, but technically I think it is a misuse of the word, I mean, solo means alone right? Well, so you think in order for a guitar solo to happen the rest of the band entirely needs to stop? Maybe thats true though and solo as we use it commonly is just a misuse as you say. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals.

RIP Dime View Member Profile	Jan 28 2008, 01:34 AM
Jan 28 2008, 01:34 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.063 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Hawaii	QUOTE (JVM @ Jan 28 2008, 12:55 AM) Well, so you think in order for a guitar solo to happen the rest of the band entirely needs to stop? Maybe thats true though and solo as we use it commonly is just a misuse as you say. That's just me when I want to be picky about the definition, I often use solo and lead break as two interchangeable terms. Like for you Priest fans, I would say The Hellion is pretty much a guitar solo, and Electric Eye has a lead break in it. It's just being picky though, I think it doesn't really matter either way, because for me great guitar solos/lead breaks don't make the song for me most of the time, it rather adds to what's already there; the riffs, beats, basslines, vocal melodies, dynamics, structure, basically sogwriting in general makes the song enjoyable for me. Basically I mean you can have a great song without a solo if the songwriting is there, but if the songwriting isn't there a great solo will not save the song. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

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