Composing Solos, how do you do it? |
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Composing Solos, how do you do it? |
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Aug 31 2012, 12:16 PM |
For me, it's a process that combines singing and using\modifying licks I already know.
I think, that the key is to sing - that will help you to get out of "guitar licks jail" |
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Aug 31 2012, 10:19 PM |
do you try to compose and then sing or hum the solo you wanna play before applying it to the guitar? Right! Of course, not the whole solo in one take |
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Sep 1 2012, 12:03 AM |
Most of mine are just polished improvisations. I just play, I dont think about a melody or the key, I never use theory or anything, I just play what I feel should be played.
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Sep 1 2012, 12:39 AM |
I just improvise over the rhythm or whatever, then i keep adding and changing till it sounds good.
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Sep 1 2012, 04:38 AM |
Hi! everytime when we write songs and it comes to the solo spots I sit at home wondering what to play. I always end up playing the same stuff and I often get the feeling, that I just play the solo so that there is a solo in that songs. This has a lot to do with my limitations when it comes to playing but also that I somehow have no concept of how to create "killer solos". I really like great solos that often are not very difficult but put the notes on the right places and sound amazing. so, my question is: how do you create solos? do you just put together some licks and see where it leads you, or do you jam over the given backing track until you find good licks? Or do you have a melody or a complete idea of the solo that you then try do play on the guitar? do you think that there should at least be on short passage that really shows your skills (and helps you move forward when praticing it). I guess everyone of us wants to play that killer solos when it comes to playing a solo.... Hi There I would like through my own 2 cents in the pot if I may... I have provided a link to few famous paintings, why don't you go there look at them now !!! http://www.mostinterestingfacts.com/art/to...world-ever.html The difference between a painting & a piece of music is painting exists withing a certain space and music within time..other words music is the art in time. when you stand in front of a painting you can look at the whole thing and appreciate all the details, but for music you have to allow time to pass because the details are happening in the moment, a complicated way to answer your question may be, but in short I would suggest you record your music/solos and listen back to the whole thing and see what is missing, I imagine the master painters did the same thing as they began with the empty canvas and kept adding all the details :-)) http://www.mostinterestingfacts.com/art/to...world-ever.html |
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Sep 1 2012, 04:16 PM
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This is a large topic but great solos are usually memorable because they are melodic and have great phrasing. Try taking a small phrase (just a few notes) - a motif, and repeating it a couple times. The repeat could be not the same notes but up or down in the appropriate scale or that works over the current chord. When you repeat it you can also add to it, almost like answering the original phrase.
Great solos also have contrast - if you shred a section, then play some slower sections. If you play long phrases, play some short phrases. If you start on beat 1 a lot, try starting on other beats. If you do one thing the whole time (eg shred) it will be boring. Observe what you like about killer solos. Do they repeat ideas? What do you like about it? Take one idea from the solo and use it in your own solos - maybe tweak it and develop it. Try writing down the solo instead of doing it on the guitar if you are caught in the same patterns. I might think of a concept for a solo, like something I want to use in the solo. It could be an idea or technique such as double stops (Jimi Hendrix style), or a scale sound (phrygian dominant), chromaticism, chord tones, etc. You might start slow and low on the neck and then build up to a fast section high up on the neck. If you like this solo I did you might notice how I repeated a few ideas with a little tweak here and there. I hope you find it as melodic as I did - I avoided the usual shred solo that I used to do a lot of! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnBijtMX8-0 Will Hi!
everytime when we write songs and it comes to the solo spots I sit at home wondering what to play. I always end up playing the same stuff and I often get the feeling, that I just play the solo so that there is a solo in that songs. This has a lot to do with my limitations when it comes to playing but also that I somehow have no concept of how to create "killer solos". I really like great solos that often are not very difficult but put the notes on the right places and sound amazing. so, my question is: how do you create solos? do you just put together some licks and see where it leads you, or do you jam over the given backing track until you find good licks? Or do you have a melody or a complete idea of the solo that you then try do play on the guitar? do you think that there should at least be on short passage that really shows your skills (and helps you move forward when praticing it). I guess everyone of us wants to play that killer solos when it comes to playing a solo.... |
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