Delay Solo Lesson

			
			SOLO LESSON. 
		
			Start using a delay pedal and you can double your speed instantaneously! More importantly, the delay pedal is an effective musical tool - Jerry illustrates this in a a tasty "delay solo".		

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			delay, delay pedal		


		Hi everybody!



In this lesson I show you how to use a delay effect to create some interesting riffs. If you want some references listen to "Surrounded" and "Lifting shadows off a dream" of Dream Theater. Also, I suggest you to read  David O's lesson.



The idea is to play a note and create a new note three sixteenth after, with delay.

Just look at the example below. The formula used is:



60 (seconds/minute)  /  110 (bpm) =  ~ 0.545 s (quarter note duration)



0.545 / 4 (sixteenth note duration) * 3 = ~ 0.410 s



So, for this lesson you should use this setting:

delay time: 410 ms.

feedback: one repeat.

volume: same of picked note.



I used the following convention to tab the lesson:



---X--- picked note at X fret.

--(X)-- note at X fret generated by delay effect.



I used the Zoom G2.1u. The pedal on this unit allows me to turn off the delay when I play the last note.



Key: B minor

Time signature: 3/4 

Tempo: 110 bpm



Note: if you play over the backing track at 90 bpm, set the delay to 500 ms.



Enjoy!