The Motto Oops Lesson

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Here is a tune I wrote for the guitar course I will be doing for Swedish "Studio32". The whole idea was to get a melodic solo which contains som fancy techniques - without sounding like a bunch of exercises put together. In order to do this, it is important to end the faster licks with a strong note or a little melody. Otherwise the whole thing becomes an excuse to play fast.

I believe the coolest songs are the simplest ones, consequently "The Motto is Oops" only contains three chords (!!). Since there is no change in key, it would be possible to stay in the E minor/Aeolian scale. However, If you want your solos to stand out, and not sound like the year was 1950 and you just discovered the pentatonic scale, you should try to land on the stronger, chord tones (see below).

Chord progression:

|_Em_|_Em_|_C_|_C_|_B_|

Em: E-G-B
C: C-E-G
B: B-D#-F#

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

rockownz	31st August 2007
Member	Good job Hey I had to ask something.. Kriss could you tell me where I can see live guitar lesson version from this lesson? So I see your fingers better when your playing and practice going to be easier.

vanjul	28th October 2007
Member	Hi Kris!!! Very, very nice, but for me very difficult!!!!:-))

Farbror Kudde	1st November 2007
Member	Awesome! You really have an original style Kris ^^ and it's pure awesomeness

JVM	6th November 2007
Member	Hey kris, not sure if you'll see this now or not, but I really like this solo. It oozes originality to me, and this plus your curious coincidence and fusion lesson are your best ones IMO

Kristofer Dahl	6th November 2007
GMC Founder & Rocker	I can see it and it means a lot - thanks JVM!!

botoxfox	21st January 2008
Member	Sounds really nice

mattacuk	9th February 2008
Lets go fishing!	This still sounds great kris. I would love to give this a shot soon! =)

Martin la guitarra	17th February 2008
Member	wow wow, nice! Great to see you kris on the guitar!

swingline	22nd February 2008
Member	It has a very groovy tone. Extremely cool.

Ramblingman	20th March 2008
Member	nice work here kris XD awesome sounding m8