Let's continue working on Rock Rythm 'n Solo - you will meet a new approach to writing and also play a bit more complicated licks in between the chords. You'll see how you can incorporate sweep picking into slow runs but also how to use fast sweep picking arpeggios for use outside of the solo, to use as small licks. If you have already practiced sweep picking, you can be sure you'll enjoy this one...!
We'll play this tune in G-Major and we are creating a simple rythmic pattern with a full shape of G-Major chord.
As in the previous Rock Rythm guitar lessons we'll continue combining full chord shapes with double-stops and small licks.
The lick in the end is played over G-Major scale (see the illustration below for the G-Major scale box). The last 4 note are played freestyle - so you can play it all legato or picking one note and pulling-off to the next, or pick them all.
I tabbed the example with mixing legato and picking.
In the next part we continue playing the "verse" of the tune - again in G-Major but creating a different ending lick.
A little advice here: if you are writing instrumental music you can often use this approach - playing the basic pattern and later creating different lick so for example: you play 1 bar the basic pattern - than play a lick in the second bar,
than again play basic pattern, than play a ifferent lick but devide it all in groups like 2 bars + 2 bars, or 3 bars + 3 bars - depends on the rythm and time signature you have chosen.
This is a bit tricky as we have to slide across more that just 1 string.
We use a full shapes of powerchords so you can notice it's the root note and 5th step we use to build chords here.
And we finish the verse with a descending lick using only upstrokes. We can play the last note with a pull-off or pick it.
Try both ways and see which one is more comfortable for you. The whole lick is played over G-Major scale box. The only
place where we moved out of this particular box is the B on A string - we played it there instead of the 7th fret on E string to make the lick easier to play.
Now we move to E-minor which is a parallel minor of G-Major. The chords we meet here are the following:
E-minor, G-Major, and A-Major but with added 4th step. It's not a sus4 because we play both 3rd and 4th.
We don't use this chord very often but sometimes it's cool to use when played in a slow arpeggio as a passing chord.
Little tip: if you play it with your distortion all the way up you'll only hear noise. So when playing these chords it's best to make a clean or a slightly distorted sound - than they sound cool.
Here we'll meet the same approach we used in the first 2 parts - playing the same basic pattern and then creating a different lick. This time it will be a sweeping arpeggio - G-Major and A-Major. The slide at the end might be a bit tricky as we slide with a pinky and the slide is pretty fast so we have to stop right at the 17th fret. Practice it slowly.
The end of the tune goes back to G-Major and we finish it in D-Major. The chords used here are:
G-Major, Dsus4, D-Major and A-Major. The slide in the end is played with the middle finger but the 7th fret on G string is played with a pinky.
Well this was the 3rd lesson from "Rock Rythm and Solo" serie and i hope now you improved your ability to improvise with chords and scales/licks. More lessons from this serie coming soon so stay tuned and keep practicing the Rock Rythm 'n Solo!
WOW! after several months I came back to this and watched it again, it blew me way. I have 3 more lessons of yours that I want to learn, and this will be added as the fourth. Excellent Pavel, Excellent!