Whitesnake Christmas, New Video Collab !
Ben Higgins
Dec 1 2013, 11:55 AM
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Hi guys - welcome to my new video collab !

Whitesnake Christmas !


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Attached File  Whitesnake_Xmas.mp3 ( 1.29MB ) Number of downloads: 818


I've concocted a suitably slushy ballad for you, perfect for those big hair and pointy guitar moments. Instead of buying a bottle of wine and romancing your other half this festive season, why not submit a take to this instead ? It might have the same desired effect !

The overall key is E. Here are the chords that can be found in the backing.

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I've joined the A5 rhythm guitar with the clean arppegios to form the Asus2/11+ chord but you can treat this is an A5 or A.

The E Major scale will work over the whole progression so if you want to, you can find the scale and use it as your base to compose your melodies. If you want to get a bit more technical you can approach each chord as a new movement and look at the notes found within that chord. You can pick out strong tones like the root, 3rd, 5th, 7th. You can use both approaches. Or you could even take a more modal approach. If you play the E Major scale but start it from the root note of another chord in the sequence, you will find the appropriate mode for that chord.For example, if you played through the scale of E Major but you started from A, you would be playing A Lydian.

Another effective way to handle major chords is to use the Major Pentatanic scale over the major chords like E and A.

For the F#Minor chord, you could use the F#Minor pentatonic but don't make the mistake of using the F#Minor scale, the F#Dorian mode would be better because the major 6th is a much better fit over this chord progression than the minor 6th. The G#m/5+ is an interesting chord. I'm sure you'll recognise the sound of this type of chord. To me, they're like halfway chords. They provide a bridge between one chord to another but they sound major overall. How do you approach a chord like this ? The root note is G# but the rest of the chord is basically E. So you can treat this chord the same way you would treat E. E Major scale or E Major Pentatonic.

Tempo is 92bpm.

I've let the end fade out.. my idea is that you will end your solo on a satisfactory note that can fade out and pave the way for the next solo.

As I've said, this is a VIDEO collab so I know there will be a VERY excited German & Finn right now.

-I'll need a video file (with audio if possible) I can download these straight from Youtube smile.gif
-an isolated wav or mp3 of your solo.

Ok, let's pretend it's 1987, it's coming up to Xmas.. the fire is roaring in the grate, it's snowing outside. You've just had a romantic meal and some wine. Now you pick up your guitar... what do you play ? cool.gif

Deadline is Saturday 21st December !

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- Ben Higgins   Whitesnake Christmas   Dec 1 2013, 11:55 AM
- - huargo   NICE!!!   Dec 1 2013, 02:19 PM
- - Doug Lane   COUNT ME IN! I've been thirsting for anoth...   Dec 1 2013, 05:27 PM
|- - huargo   QUOTE (Doug Lane @ Dec 1 2013, 05:27 PM) ...   Dec 1 2013, 07:27 PM
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- - Ben Higgins   Good to have you guys on board ! Let's roc...   Dec 1 2013, 07:04 PM
|- - Opetholic   Hey Doug, your arrangement is super nice!...   Dec 1 2013, 07:26 PM
|- - Doug Lane   QUOTE (Opetholic @ Dec 1 2013, 06:26 PM) ...   Dec 1 2013, 07:45 PM
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- - Doug Lane   I've finished my solo! You'll find my ...   Dec 2 2013, 03:45 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Doug Lane @ Dec 2 2013, 02:45 AM) ...   Dec 2 2013, 11:54 AM
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- - Doug Lane   I tend to see these things and end up spending the...   Dec 2 2013, 02:14 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Doug Lane @ Dec 2 2013, 01:14 PM) ...   Dec 2 2013, 03:15 PM
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- - coffeeman   i'm in!   Dec 2 2013, 06:24 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (coffeeman @ Dec 2 2013, 05:24 PM) ...   Dec 2 2013, 06:41 PM
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- - warrioroflight   Hey guys! i know i´m not in your class ben......   Dec 3 2013, 02:23 AM
|- - Doug Lane   QUOTE (warrioroflight @ Dec 3 2013, 01:23...   Dec 3 2013, 04:15 AM
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|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (warrioroflight @ Dec 3 2013, 01:23...   Dec 3 2013, 11:06 AM
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- - Slavenko Erazer   At First Sight i thought this was a joke, but no, ...   Dec 3 2013, 10:12 AM
- - zeus   I am in! I've been working on what to play...   Dec 4 2013, 05:03 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (zeus @ Dec 4 2013, 04:03 PM) I am ...   Dec 4 2013, 06:59 PM
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- - Todd Simpson   Who could say No to the WHITESNAKE XMAS COLLAB...   Dec 4 2013, 07:30 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 4 2013, 06:30 P...   Dec 4 2013, 08:21 PM
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- - miguelbatalha   Ben, Can I end my solo with a dive bomb?   Dec 7 2013, 11:35 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (miguelbatalha @ Dec 7 2013, 10:35 ...   Dec 8 2013, 10:28 AM
|- - Slavenko Erazer   QUOTE (miguelbatalha @ Dec 7 2013, 11:35 ...   Dec 8 2013, 11:21 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Slavenko Erazer @ Dec 8 2013, 10:2...   Dec 9 2013, 09:42 AM
|- - zeus   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Dec 9 2013, 02:42 AM...   Dec 9 2013, 04:19 PM
|- - Slavenko Erazer   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Dec 9 2013, 09:42 AM...   Dec 10 2013, 01:49 PM
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- - zeus   Here is my submission: http://www.youtube.com/wat...   Dec 9 2013, 02:46 AM
- - WeePee   Yo, Benny ! Long time no see 'eh http...   Dec 9 2013, 04:34 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (WeePee @ Dec 9 2013, 03:34 PM) Yo,...   Dec 9 2013, 06:51 PM
|- - DeGroot   QUOTE (WeePee @ Dec 9 2013, 03:34 PM) Yo,...   Dec 9 2013, 10:08 PM
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- - coffeeman   I've been working on my hairstyle for this col...   Dec 10 2013, 03:00 PM
- - Doug Lane   Hey guys, Hope everyone is doing great working on ...   Dec 11 2013, 05:18 AM
- - Insidious   I would like to join this collaboration. I have ne...   Dec 11 2013, 09:22 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Insidious @ Dec 11 2013, 08:22 PM)...   Dec 12 2013, 10:12 AM
|- - bleez   QUOTE (Insidious @ Dec 11 2013, 08:22 PM)...   Dec 12 2013, 10:49 PM
|- - Insidious   QUOTE (bleez @ Dec 12 2013, 04:49 PM) Wel...   Dec 13 2013, 12:53 AM
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- - gregc1   Here is my version of a Whitesnake Christmas. Ben ...   Dec 12 2013, 06:26 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (gregc1 @ Dec 12 2013, 05:26 PM) He...   Dec 12 2013, 06:34 PM
|- - gregc1   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Dec 12 2013, 05:34 P...   Dec 12 2013, 06:50 PM
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- - WeePee   Wow, gregc1 ! A nice one   Dec 12 2013, 07:54 PM
- - Nava   I will be in on this one, who can resist Whitesnak...   Dec 12 2013, 08:36 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Nava @ Dec 12 2013, 07:36 PM) I wi...   Dec 12 2013, 08:44 PM
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- - Todd Simpson   Here is my take with the backing. Files to follow ...   Dec 13 2013, 08:06 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 13 2013, 07:06 ...   Dec 13 2013, 10:20 AM
||- - Todd Simpson   Thanks!!! Glad you like it! I foc...   Dec 13 2013, 09:44 PM
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|- - Insidious   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 13 2013, 01:06 ...   Dec 13 2013, 02:52 PM
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- - gregc1   Thank you WeePee and Nava, much appreciated. Todd...   Dec 13 2013, 03:20 PM
|- - Insidious   QUOTE (gregc1 @ Dec 13 2013, 08:20 AM) It...   Dec 13 2013, 03:47 PM
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- - miguelbatalha   No divebomb 'cause my Strat has no whammy!   Dec 13 2013, 06:29 PM
|- - Insidious   QUOTE (miguelbatalha @ Dec 13 2013, 11:29...   Dec 13 2013, 07:04 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (miguelbatalha @ Dec 13 2013, 05:29...   Dec 13 2013, 07:08 PM
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|- - Slavenko Erazer   QUOTE (miguelbatalha @ Dec 13 2013, 06:29...   Dec 14 2013, 02:56 PM
|- - miguelbatalha   QUOTE (Slavenko Erazer @ Dec 14 2013, 01...   Dec 15 2013, 01:15 AM
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- - Todd Simpson   The spiff folks @ Pro Tone Pedals ( I used the pro...   Dec 14 2013, 05:11 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 14 2013, 04:11 ...   Dec 14 2013, 10:30 AM
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- - Insidious   Hey Ben, here is my take without the video graphic...   Dec 14 2013, 09:30 PM
- - Nava   My first collab and my first ever written solo ...   Dec 15 2013, 04:29 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Nava @ Dec 15 2013, 03:29 PM) My f...   Dec 15 2013, 05:44 PM
|- - Todd Simpson   Super congrats on busting your proverbial Solo an...   Dec 20 2013, 06:27 AM
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|- - Slavenko Erazer   QUOTE (Nava @ Dec 15 2013, 04:29 PM) My f...   Dec 20 2013, 11:11 AM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (Nava @ Dec 15 2013, 03:29 PM) My f...   Dec 20 2013, 05:54 PM
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- - jstcrsn   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Dec 1 2013, 11:55 AM...   Dec 17 2013, 03:54 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (jstcrsn @ Dec 17 2013, 02:54 PM) T...   Dec 17 2013, 04:19 PM
|- - Slavenko Erazer   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Dec 17 2013, 04:19 P...   Dec 18 2013, 02:26 PM
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- - miguelbatalha   Really looking forward to this collab. it's my...   Dec 17 2013, 04:55 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (miguelbatalha @ Dec 17 2013, 03:55...   Dec 17 2013, 06:19 PM
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- - Cosmin Lupu   Ben Will you wait for me till Monday? Pretty plea...   Dec 19 2013, 09:46 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Dec 19 2013, 08:46 A...   Dec 19 2013, 10:27 AM
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- - Sensible Jones   I'm going to try to have mine done by Saturday...   Dec 19 2013, 04:15 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Dec 19 2013, 03:1...   Dec 19 2013, 06:16 PM
|- - Sensible Jones   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Dec 19 2013, 05:16 P...   Dec 19 2013, 09:40 PM
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- - StaceyD   I'd like to join this collab but won't be ...   Dec 19 2013, 07:20 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (StaceyD @ Dec 19 2013, 06:20 PM) I...   Dec 19 2013, 07:50 PM
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- - huargo   QUOTE (StaceyD @ Dec 19 2013, 07:20 PM) I...   Dec 19 2013, 07:39 PM
- - tflava   Hello guys i also think i give it a try. It wont ...   Dec 19 2013, 08:27 PM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (tflava @ Dec 19 2013, 07:27 PM) He...   Dec 20 2013, 10:53 AM
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- - Caelumamittendum   Here we go with a sort of quickly done take from t...   Dec 20 2013, 12:23 AM
- - tonyk   https://soundcloud.com/tonyk525/whitesnake-collab ...   Dec 20 2013, 02:50 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (tonyk @ Dec 20 2013, 01:50 AM) tha...   Dec 20 2013, 11:10 AM
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- - Todd Simpson   I"m working on the video tonight and here is ...   Dec 20 2013, 06:55 AM
- - Todd Simpson   And here is my vid take Full of big hair and brig...   Dec 20 2013, 10:09 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 20 2013, 09:09 ...   Dec 20 2013, 11:20 AM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 20 2013, 09:09 ...   Dec 20 2013, 05:23 PM
||- - Todd Simpson   Thanks This was loads of fun and pulling out the ...   Dec 20 2013, 10:26 PM
||- - bleez   thank you sir QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 20 20...   Dec 21 2013, 09:07 AM
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|- - jstcrsn   QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Dec 20 2013, 10:09 ...   Dec 21 2013, 01:18 AM
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- - Slavenko Erazer   Here's my take for 666mass collab and naked g...   Dec 20 2013, 11:06 AM
- - bleez   I dont think David 'the cove of love' Cov...   Dec 20 2013, 09:32 PM
- - jstcrsn   here is the audio, as you might know this is my f...   Dec 21 2013, 12:19 AM
- - coffeeman   Hey Ben, Here is my take   Dec 21 2013, 02:35 AM
|- - huargo   Good one Coffeman!!!   Dec 21 2013, 07:32 AM
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