Help With Soloing! |
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Oct 28 2009, 10:11 AM
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Hmmm, interesting topic. Since I'm a former jazz musician, I tend to not composing solos - I rather just improvise, but I've learned that today it's a common technique to do so, and I have slowly getting into the progress of writing solos.
To me, the following points of interests applies: - The beginning and the ending are the most important parts - the beginning shall catch the listeners attention, and a bad ending can really spoil whatever You have played before. - Building the solo towards a climax is really essential, since noone wants to hear the "baddest" lick at first and then some slow phrases.. it's just an anticlimax. - In my opinion a "theme" or repetive pattern is a good starting point. It can be a simple little melody just changing slightly rhytmically, from there can the solo be expanded to incoorporate other things. - Things like "mistakes" eg. string noise, when You move Your hand over the strings when muting them with the right hand, "ghost" notes etc. really adds flavour to a solo when done properly and in time with the music. Also switching pick-ups, postition of the right hand and use of the volume knob are other good things. - Use of blues-licks. Even that the song maybe isn't a blues song, a blues-lick somewhere in the solo appeals to the listener since it feels like something common. - Rhytmic variation, use of syncopation. Nothing is more boring than a solo that starts on the first beat and just contains even notes..... - Dynamics, great players tends to put the accents on the high notes - eg. when playing a phrase that lands on a high note, that note shall be emphasized. Of course, there are exceptions from these rule but mixing strong & weak notes is really essential if the solo should sound "alive". - A strong rhytmic approach shall be used from the first note to the last - eg. it shall be in "time", otherwise it will sound sloppy. It's better to play something easier that You can manage than things that are a bit beyond Your level. Building a solo isn't really a so hard task, I use to start out with some improvisation, pick up some parts I like and the develop from there... Just my thoughts.... //Staffay --------------------  Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Oct 31 2009, 11:10 PM
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how do i use different scales and connect them together to follow a Chord progression!!
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Oct 31 2009, 11:30 PM
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That is a HUGE topic, but in general - when You switch tonality/scale You want to land on a chord tone of the new tonality, or simply make a pause and then start to play after the new tonality has been established. There's a lotof lessons on this topic, though....
//Staffay -------------------- Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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