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Posted by: kjutte Apr 1 2009, 01:10 PM

Hi Zsolt!

I was wondering about the composition on the wisdom solo.
In what way did you develop this? It is very varied and unique, and I would like to know what made you think about those sequeces?

Posted by: Zsolt Galambos Apr 1 2009, 02:34 PM

Hi Kjutte!

First of all there are two solo guitarists in Wisdom. It is random who starts the first solo, Gabor's was the first.
When I began to compose, I had a few things in my mind: It had to be something unique, it had to have a clear start and an ending, and since it is a short solo, it also have to capture the listeners ears in some way, and in the end it must reflect my emotions as well.

*The first part is the melody, which is a sort of a reflection of the main riff and it follows the chord progression in a way that I felt it's best. Notice the "felt", becouse when I start composing, the first thing is to attune to the song, then the melody comes naturally, I'm kind of hearing it inside of me, so I play it out.

*The next part is a decsending and ascending alternate picking section. Because the solo section is short, I could not develope more thension with a melody, so the best thing was to roll a lick. Descenging was in A phrygian dominant. The ascendign part is in A# lydian, but I left out the second note in the scale, so it sounds more exotic this way, and this might catch the listeners ears.

*At the third part I wanted to do something melodic, something that would sound nice but is also a reflection of my emotions. Arpeggios do sound nice, so I followed the rhythm chords with arpeggios.

*The final part is in D mixolydian pentatonic, as my main goal here is to again catch the listeners ears, and do something not so common, but still sounds great and exotic. I started a simple bluesy bend in the scale and I did a simple slide that sounds very exotic.

Cheers

Posted by: kjutte Apr 2 2009, 12:16 AM

Great explanation!
I really like your approach, and it's a fantastic solo.

Posted by: Zsolt Galambos Apr 2 2009, 01:53 PM

Thank you my friend!
Cheers