Artifex Alley Cats - Solo Lesson

- botoxfox20th September 2007
  Nice slippers...
- I WILL rock you1st November 2007
  Nice rockboot
- Carlos Carrillo27th March 2008
  good job Kris!!!
- swingline4th April 2008
  I initially thought you were all casted up
- Matt2322nd May 2008
  Now i know the secret to becoming a brilliant guitar player. YOU NEED GREAT SLIPPERS!
- Joe Kataldo7th June 2008
  Nice shoes

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- Tags: Wah-wah
This wah-wah solo can be found on my band Artifex's latest demo - a song called "Alley cats". It is cool because it revolves around a single riff in E. Since there aren't any chord changes to rely on - the solo needs other qualities than the harmonic ones. Therefore, I focused on crazy sounding wah-wah licks, rhythmic ideas and MIGHTY SLIPPERS . Once again, this is a way to make a cool solo without relying on strong chord notes. The solo reaches it's peak with an exotic/progressive sounding phrase which I play in unison with my drummer and bass player.
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Backing Riff

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|-2-0-----------2-0------------------2-0------------------|
e|-----2-0-2-0-------2-0-2-0--2-0-2-0------3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-| x 4
pm . ..... . ..... . ..... ...............

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----3-4-3------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-4-5-------5-4-2-----4-5-4-------------------4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5p-|
a|-----------------5-7-------7-5-4-2--4--5--7---------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

There is no obvious "tonic center" (key) in this riff. However, the notes of the solo revolve around E minor.
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Eminor scale twelve positions (Red dots = root notes ):