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Posted by: bucket2188 May 12 2012, 04:46 AM

http://youtu.be/Da-nH4-C1nQ


at 2:25 he starts his solo. An if someone could help me figure out what hes doing that would be awesome you guys

Posted by: Ben Higgins May 12 2012, 09:47 AM

I can't transcribe the solo but I can tell you he's playing over an Emajor progression. The backing chords seem to be going E, B, A.. and then C#, B, A so that gives you the E Major scale or C# Minor scale, which use the same notes but start on a different root note. He starts off by doing more of a Major Pentatonic thing. A good way of playing a Major Pentatonic but sticking with a minor pentatonic box shape is to shift to the relative minor, in this case you can play the C# Minor pentatonic box starting at the 9th fret area which is what he seems to be doing. From that point you can still weave in and out of the full E Major scale etc..

All those picking runs will be using the Major scale too, as they're 3 note per string runs.

Posted by: bucket2188 May 12 2012, 10:11 PM

QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ May 12 2012, 08:47 AM)

I can't transcribe the solo but I can tell you he's playing over an Emajor progression. The backing chords seem to be going E, B, A.. and then C#, B, A so that gives you the E Major scale or C# Minor scale, which use the same notes but start on a different root note. He starts off by doing more of a Major Pentatonic thing. A good way of playing a Major Pentatonic but sticking with a minor pentatonic box shape is to shift to the relative minor, in this case you can play the C# Minor pentatonic box starting at the 9th fret area which is what he seems to be doing. From that point you can still weave in and out of the full E Major scale etc..

All those picking runs will be using the Major scale too, as they're 3 note per string runs.

Posted by: SirJamsalot May 14 2012, 07:47 PM

I saw the deli creeps live in S.F. way way back in the day - this brings back some disturbing memories lol.

Posted by: MonkeyDAthos May 14 2012, 08:14 PM

QUOTE (SirJamsalot @ May 14 2012, 07:47 PM)