 Theory Help With A Song |
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  Sep 13 2011, 07:00 PM
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 Learning Roadie  Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 12-September 09 From: College Station, Texas Member No.: 7.632  |
Hey GMC, been awhile since I've posted here - been busy with getting back into fall semester.
Anyways check out this song on Grooveshark. I am trying to figure out how I can imitate some of the lead guitar played in this song. I have the chords down: A7 - A#/A - Bm - Adim2 (Key of A I think?) It has a jazzy feel to it which I love, but I can't seem to get any good licks or improv going like the guitarist does in this recording. Any help with the theory/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -Brandon -------------------- "That's alright I still got my guitar, look out now!" -Hendrix
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Sep 13 2011, 08:45 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 359 Joined: 4-June 11 From: Argentina Member No.: 13.001 |
he is using a slide!!! search about slide techniques, and also the guitar tunnig could be different than the standard, for example it could be "open G tunning"
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Sep 13 2011, 09:57 PM
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Instructor  Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.545 Joined: 15-October 08 From: Belgrade,Serbia Member No.: 6.085 |
I think that the pedal steel guitar has been used here. Perhaps a combination of slide + whammy bar, but very difficult to achieve !
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Sep 13 2011, 10:53 PM
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Learning Roadie Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 12-September 09 From: College Station, Texas Member No.: 7.632 |
ok, I was almost positive that there was an electric guitar used for some lead here. Regardless, if I wanted to play over the progression, would there be any special modes or scales to use? I'm guessing it would just be a matter of playing the arpeggios correctly and mixing them into the A major pentatonic?
-------------------- "That's alright I still got my guitar, look out now!" -Hendrix
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Sep 16 2011, 07:46 AM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.554 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest Member No.: 10.636 |
Mate
 what do you think if you would start from trying to imitate the vocal line with your guitar nail it down perfectly and start analyzing: what notes make it up and how are they arranged? Then, start straying from the vocal line
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