Melodic Ballad Solo Lesson

Soloing Over A Melodic Ballad

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  • Hey guys!

    This is a smooth ballad in F#. It's nice for you to put out your taste and all the "colors" you can play over this backing track. I used a lot of bendings and slides during the improvisation.

    Guitar : Ibanez AT100

    Equipment : Laney VH100 recorded with an Isobox using two microphones: the Shure SM 57 and the Sennheiser e606.

    Tempo : 72 bpm

    Signature : 6/8

    Chord progression

    | F# | / |
    | A# | / |
    | B | / |
    | Bm | / |
    | F# | / |
    | A# | / |
    | B | / |
    | Bm | / |
    | A#m | / |
    | G#m | / |
    | Bm | / |
    | F# | / |

    | F# | / |
    | A# | / |
    | Bm B | / |
    | Bm | / |
    | F# | / |
    | A# | / |
    | B | / |
    | Bm | / |
    | A#m | / |
    | G#m | / |
    | Bm | / |
    | F# | / |

    Key signature : F#

    Techniques used :

    - Bending
    - Slides
    - Vibrato
    - Hybrid Picking
    - Legato
    - Alternate Picking

    Have fun and stay tuned for the next lesson!









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