Santanero Theme - Santana Style

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   Hello, I'm glad to be here again. Today I bring this little piece, a song I wrote inspired in Santana, I made that song in 1995 in that time I barely could read any music or know very little about harmony, so I think it was a very spontaneous song. The only change I made form the 1995 version is change a bit the harmony. Hope you like it.

Feel free to try your own articulations to make this piece sing better, itīs an easy piece, there are no hard techniques, only wath out for the lenght and intonation of bendings. I used Am pentatonic mostly with the blue note added (Eb - b5), and some B (2nd gives some eolian feeling).

In the rythm track thereīs some of this progresion: Am D Am, a very short one, itīs an hommage to Santana's "Oye como Va".

I wont put any scale diagrams I work this way: In minor stuff the dorian or eolian feel has more to do with the harmony than with the melody, the D chord is characteristic of Dorian mode, and a Dm or F is more typical of eolian.

My aproach to minor melody in general is use the 6th as a movil note, some times is 6th (dorian) and some other is b6th (eolian) the same thing goes to 7ths.

I made several extenden angles during the explanation videos so you can watch better what's going on

No big dificulties here. Wide variety of articulation and variations form the same notes in a very little song.

Repetition: the notes stays the harmony chang making it interesting donīt be anxiuos. Lot of slightly diferends bends for the same notes. Some finger picking.

There are several backing tracks, the bass and rythm guitar are paned to oposite sides, so you can turn your pan knob to either side to hear the backing only with bass or only with guitar.

Don't have instructor board for the moment so post questions here.
Hope you like it, have fun. See you soon.



     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 17th March 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


Very nice soloing Gera - and great ideas for all levels of playing! biggrin.gif
Danilo Capezzuto
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Good.
Marcus Lavendell
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Love it! Can definitely feel the Santana vibe in there! smile.gif
DeepRoots
post 17th March 2008


Member


very very cool smile.gif
Trond Vold
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Great composition smile.gif
Dejan Farkas
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Cool, well done smile.gif
Tuubsu
post 17th March 2008


Member


Wow! this such a fresh and new sound to me! love it! smile.gif
JVM
post 17th March 2008


Member


I love this lesson.
Bogdan Radovic
post 17th March 2008


Bass Instructor


Awesome lesson Gerardo !! Thanks wink.gif
Maximus
post 17th March 2008


Member


Nice!
Nick Kellie
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


good one!
SLASH91
post 17th March 2008


Member


Very nice!
David Wallimann
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Great lesson man!
Very usable licks in this one. Thanks!
Nemanja Filipovic
post 17th March 2008


Singing Instructor


nice one man...smile.gif
Carlos Carrillo
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


great lesson Gerardo!!!

thanks
Gabriel Leopardi
post 17th March 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Very nice Gerardo! Good job!
Nick325
post 17th March 2008


Member


nice
Pablo Vazquez
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Cool!! Lovely lesson, Gerardo!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


Very nice mood and smooth line
Marcus Siepen
post 17th March 2008


Instructor (Blind Guardian)


cool stuff
Juan M. Valero
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


great lesson my friend !!!!
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 17th March 2008


Instructor


nice lesson Gerardo.good work
Guitarist16
post 17th March 2008


Member


Love the santana riffs/solo lesson here!
Muris Varajic
post 18th March 2008


Instructor


Great take on Latino music! smile.gif
eddiecat
post 18th March 2008


Member


Beautiful!
A lesson on the chord progression
would also be very cool!
Cheers
Brother Woodrow
post 18th March 2008


Member


Fine tune!
Gerardo Siere
post 18th March 2008


Instructor


Thank you so much.
For the chords progression of this tune, I surely post something when I make enough lessons to get my own board. There I shoulkd fix errors and answer questions.
Vinod Saranga
post 26th April 2008


Acoustic Instructor


Great lesson Gerrardo
Nice chord progression smile.gif


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