One String Solo in Amin Lesson

- berko6th October 2008
  Wow, Pedja, this was some neat phrasing and a very wise approach to modal harmonies. This blues-jazz-on-one-string is new to me! Definetaly gonna learn it
- Pizzoaro6th October 2008
  very nice!
- Eat-Sleep-andJam6th October 2008
  this is soooo soothing....
- Pedja Simovic6th October 2008
  QUOTE (berko @ Oct 6 2008, 12:58 PM)
  Wow, Pedja, this was some neat phrasing and a very wise approach to modal harmonies. This blues-jazz-on-one-string is new to me! Definetaly gonna learn it
  
  Thank you for compliments berko , glad you like it. Hope to hear you play it soon !
  
  QUOTE (Pizzoaro @ Oct 6 2008, 01:13 PM)
  very nice!
  
  Thank you for checking it out. Its not difficult to play but its very useful concept and new to a lot of guitar players for sure
  
  QUOTE (Eat-Sleep-andJam @ Oct 6 2008, 01:19 PM)
  this is soooo soothing....
  
  Indeed - thanks .
- Vinod Saranga6th October 2008
  Oh just one string !!
  So cool
  Great lesson Pedja
- chmilew6th October 2008
  Great idea Pedja, it shows us how the guitar's possibilities have no limits, and how we can create some cool sounding melodies on just one string.
  
  Well done
- Emir Hot6th October 2008
  Great. Simple and very effective.
- Pedja Simovic6th October 2008
  QUOTE (Vinod Saranga @ Oct 6 2008, 01:43 PM)
  Oh just one string !!
  So cool
  Great lesson Pedja
  
  Yeah just one
  Thank you Vinod (just checked your sight reading course looks great!)
  
  QUOTE (chmilew @ Oct 6 2008, 02:03 PM)
  Great idea Pedja, it shows us how the guitar's possibilities have no limits, and how we can create some cool sounding melodies on just one string.
  
  Well done
  
  I agree with you chmilew all the way.
  If you think about it , did first real guitar have 6 or it had 1 string ?
  
  QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Oct 6 2008, 02:06 PM)
  Great. Simple and very effective.
  
  Thank you Emir , I was going for these things and also to get this concept out there . It will be included in all my future series for any style.
- Kuba Szafran6th October 2008
  Cool idea and great lesson Pedja!
- kaznie_NL6th October 2008
  Thnx Pedja!
- Bogdan Radovic6th October 2008
  Cool lesson Pedja !!
- Niko Fran6th October 2008
  Interesting, and playing with one string is a great way to save money aswell
- Vinod Saranga6th October 2008
  QUOTE (Pedja Simovic)
  Yeah just one
  Thank you Vinod (just checked your sight reading course looks great!)
  
  Hey Hey Thanks
- Pedja Simovic6th October 2008
  QUOTE (Kuba Szafran @ Oct 6 2008, 02:57 PM)
  Cool idea and great lesson Pedja!
  
  Thank you Kuba
  
  QUOTE (kaznie @ Oct 6 2008, 03:15 PM)
  Thnx Pedja!
  
  Thank you for checking it out kaznie
  
  QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Oct 6 2008, 03:16 PM)
  Cool lesson Pedja !!
  
  Thanks Bogdan
  
  QUOTE (Nikorai @ Oct 6 2008, 04:03 PM)
  Interesting, and playing with one string is a great way to save money aswell
  
  Haha this is definitely true ! I had a lot of occasions in past where my one string would snap (top e string) and then I was forced to improvise up to that string, so I compensated by playing with only B string all the passages etc - fun stuff for sure
  
  QUOTE (Vinod Saranga @ Oct 6 2008, 04:06 PM)
  Hey Hey Thanks
  
  You welcome! I love it when something is layed out and organized
- Muris Varajic6th October 2008
  Good stuff Pedja!
- Ivan Milenkovic6th October 2008
  Interesting one string solo
- Dejan Farkas6th October 2008
  Cool
- Pedja Simovic6th October 2008
  QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Oct 6 2008, 04:44 PM)
  Good stuff Pedja!
  
  QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Oct 6 2008, 04:56 PM)
  Interesting one string solo
  
  Thank you Ivan
  
  QUOTE (Dejan Farkas @ Oct 6 2008, 05:26 PM)
  Cool
  
  Is it ?
  Thanks Dejan!
- Marcus Siepen6th October 2008
  awesome
- Pedja Simovic6th October 2008
  QUOTE (Marcus Siepen @ Oct 6 2008, 07:43 PM)
  awesome
  
  Thanks Marcus!
- Hisham Al-Sanea6th October 2008
  nice one string solo Pedja.
- Pedja Simovic6th October 2008
  QUOTE (Hisham Al-Sanea @ Oct 6 2008, 08:49 PM)
  nice one string solo Pedja.
  
  Thank you Hisham
- Alejandro Pinero7th October 2008
  very interested lesson!!
- Nemanja Filipovic7th October 2008
  Cool lesson mate,and very original.
- Pedja Simovic7th October 2008
  QUOTE (Alejandro Pinero @ Oct 7 2008, 06:00 AM)
  very interested lesson!!
  
  Thanks Alejandro
  
  QUOTE (Nemanja Filipovic @ Oct 7 2008, 12:13 PM)
  Cool lesson mate,and very original.
  
  Thanks Nemanja , glad you enjoyed it
- Nazgul7th October 2008
  Really interesting what once can do with only one string. Very cool solo, well done!
- Pedja Simovic7th October 2008
  QUOTE (Nazgul @ Oct 7 2008, 01:13 PM)
  Really interesting what once can do with only one string. Very cool solo, well done!
  
  Thank you Nazgul. You should try it out and see what you come up with !
- Vasilije Vukmirovic7th October 2008
  Very interesting!
- Pedja Simovic8th October 2008
  QUOTE (Vasilije Vukmirovic @ Oct 7 2008, 04:49 PM)
  Very interesting!
  
  Thank you Vasilije , glad you checked it out.
- Kristofer Dahl8th October 2008
  This is a very smart approach - should be suitable for both beginners and intermediate players who are stuck in box shapes! Thanks Pedja!
- Alex878th October 2008
  Nice lesson Pedja, I can hear the backing track is good for many types of music improvising
- Pedja Simovic9th October 2008
  Thank you Kris. Everybody can benefit from this approach, I will extend it in future series.
  
  Alex glad you like the backing track. The whole series will have different types of solos over that. Its kinda showing you how you can approach Session gigs as guitar player. I used to do this in England while studying at Guitar institute and in Boston at Berklee!
- Fsgdjv10th November 2008
  Great lesson, I think single string playing is important to develop some kind of freedome over the guitar, plus to me it always sounds more melodic, I don't know why.
- Pedja Simovic10th November 2008
  QUOTE (Hannes @ Nov 10 2008, 03:09 AM)
  Great lesson, I think single string playing is important to develop some kind of freedome over the guitar, plus to me it always sounds more melodic, I don't know why.
  
  Absolutely !
  You can't play anything technique based on one string so you have to really on note choice and phrasing. Its very good way to approach guitar playing. A lot of people I know can't pull it off.
  Practice it and upload your recording - would love to hear your take on it !

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- Tags: E string, Soloing on one string, Repetition, Sequence, Motive Development, Repetition, Bends, Slides, Alternate Picking, Piano players, Mick Goodrick
Hello GMC! Welcome to part 2 of the series regarding Jazz and approach I use over this type of Jazz/Pop/Rock/Blues harmony.

The key of this piece is (again) A minor, and around that A minor I use modal harmony. The scales used is A minor pentatonic only.

Melody is played on a single string only!

In this lesson I tried to create a melody in style of Mick Goodrick and piano players. The idea of this lesson was to help you think outside of regular boxes and limit yourself to create music using only one string (2 octaves range in the best case scenario, 24 frets).

When you finish this lesson hopefully you would have captured and mastered some of the following techniques:

- Playing on a single string

- Alternate picking

- Rhythmic repetition

- Syncopated rhythm

- Motive development

- Q & A type of phrasing

- Develop your ear

Equipment I used for recording my sound was: Custom built guitar (G.Papazoglou) with Pod X3 live going directly to computer.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments related to this lesson.

I look forward hearing from you all!

Pedja

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