Ballad Solo Lesson

Jose Lassaga

Ballad Solo In the Style of Eric Johnson

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- alfredsuresh18th February 2012
  hmm very sweet sound
- Daniel Realpe1st May 2010
  Tasty indeed great stuff!
- Jesse29th July 2009
  Great, im going to start practising now, to get a 5* rating on the REC:D
- JadedWolf4651st June 2009
  Wonderful and very beautiful sounding solo! I learned it immediately and still play it basically everytime I touch my guitar
  
  Very smooth and relaxing!
- Jose Lassaga11th May 2009
  QUOTE (slash48 @ May 10 2009, 01:39 PM)
  Thats awesome Jose! I expecialy like the third lick and I cant stop playing it! Im definately doing this for the rec program. Thanks Jose!
  
  wow thank you so much!!! it´s an honor for me!!! Thanks again!!!! See you
- slash4810th May 2009
  Thats awesome Jose! I expecialy like the third lick and I cant stop playing it! Im definately doing this for the rec program. Thanks Jose!
- Jose Lassaga7th May 2009
  QUOTE (Kandurananda @ May 6 2009, 11:22 AM)
  This is beautiful, good job, Jose!
  
  Thank you very much!!!
  
  QUOTE (Gerardo Siere @ May 6 2009, 11:29 AM)
  Hermosa leccion Jose!
  
  Gracias Gerardo! Un saludo grande
  
  QUOTE (OlavG @ May 7 2009, 01:09 PM)
  Beautiful and very relaxing !
  
  Thanks OlavG!!!
- OlavG7th May 2009
  Beautiful and very relaxing !
- Gerardo Siere6th May 2009
  Hermosa leccion Jose!
- Zsolt Galambos6th May 2009
  This is beautiful, good job, Jose!
- Jose Lassaga5th May 2009
  QUOTE (Piotr Kaczor @ May 5 2009, 07:23 AM)
  Beautiful solo, Jose!
  
  Thanks Piotr!!!
  
  QUOTE (kaznie @ May 5 2009, 09:27 AM)
  Nice melody!
  
  Thank you Kaznie!!!!
- kaznie_NL5th May 2009
  Nice melody!
- Piotr Kaczor5th May 2009
  Beautiful solo, Jose!
- Jose Lassaga4th May 2009
  QUOTE (Carlos Carrillo @ May 4 2009, 12:27 PM)
  Very nice melody Jose!
  
  Thanks you my friend!!!!
  
  QUOTE (Hisham Al-Sanea @ May 4 2009, 05:22 PM)
  nice one Jose.good work
  
  Thank you very much Hisham!!!
- Hisham Al-Sanea4th May 2009
  nice one Jose.good work
- Carlos Carrillo4th May 2009
  Very nice melody Jose!
- Jose Lassaga4th May 2009
  QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ May 3 2009, 10:18 AM)
  so melodic,well done Jose
  
  Thanks Sinisa
  
  QUOTE (kaznie @ May 3 2009, 10:29 AM)
  Wow, nice solo!
  
  Thank you kaznie!!!
  
  QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ May 4 2009, 09:59 AM)
  Nice work Jose.
  
  Thank you very much Muris!!!
  
  QUOTE (Stephane Lucarelli @ May 4 2009, 07:22 AM)
  Great lesson Jose !
  
  Thanks Stephane!!!
  
  QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ May 4 2009, 09:41 AM)
  Very smooth sound and tasty licks in this one!! Good work Jose!
  
  Yeah!!! Thanks Bidgan!!!
  
  QUOTE (Joe Kataldo @ May 4 2009, 08:34 AM)
  Nice Sound and Lesson :-D
  
  Thank you Joe!
  
  QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ May 3 2009, 11:31 AM)
  Very cool solo man, great!
  
  Thanks Ivan!!! See ya
  
  QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ May 3 2009, 11:31 AM)
  Very melodic Jose, cool solo !
  
  Thank you pedja!!!
  
  QUOTE (Emir Hot @ May 3 2009, 11:42 AM)
  Awesome. Your right hand position reminds me of Paul Gilbert a lot
  
  Gilbert is one of my favourite guitarist!!!! Thank you very much!!!!
  
  QUOTE (Ramiro Delforte @ May 3 2009, 09:15 PM)
  Beautiful Jose!
  
  Thanks Rami!!!!!
  
  Thank you very much!!!!David, Alexianden, Sensible Jones, Playaxeman, Trond and Vasilije!!!!!
- Jose Lassaga4th May 2009
  [quote name='AlexLion' date='May 3 2009, 10:12 AM' post='376078']
  Btw what is with your volume and tone knobs? Your guitar looks like she has gone through World War and at least few revolutions But still sounds very good
  
  "Alex, I used to play in a Heavy Metal band that's not a revolution, but it's pretty close don't you think?hahahaha thanks again
- Muris Varajic4th May 2009
  Nice work Jose.
- Jose Lassaga4th May 2009
  QUOTE (ErikEklund @ May 3 2009, 08:44 AM)
  wonderful lesson, very melodic
  
  Thank´s Eric!!!
  
  QUOTE (berko @ May 3 2009, 08:45 AM)
  Love your tone man! Very tasty solo!
  
  Thank you very much berko!!!
  
  QUOTE (AlexLion @ May 3 2009, 08:46 AM)
  Soo smooth and relaxing tune! And some neat licks in here Jose!
  
  Thank´s alex!
  
  QUOTE (jerry @ May 3 2009, 08:52 AM)
  Beautiful lines Jose
  
  Thank you jerry!
  
  QUOTE (Bondy @ May 3 2009, 10:11 AM)
  Nice tune like this alot
  
  Thank´s Bondy!!!
  
  QUOTE (fkalich @ May 3 2009, 08:52 AM)
  Sounds pretty. Southern.
  
  Thank you!!!!
- Bogdan Radovic4th May 2009
  Very smooth sound and tasty licks in this one!! Good work Jose!
- Joe Kataldo4th May 2009
  Nice Sound and Lesson :-D
- Stephane Lucarelli4th May 2009
  Great lesson Jose !
- Ramiro Delforte4th May 2009
  Beautiful Jose!
- Vasilije Vukmirovic3rd May 2009
  Very melodic!
- Trond Vold3rd May 2009
  Excellent lesson!
- playaxeman3rd May 2009
  Perfect lesson.
  
  Keep on going!!!
- Sensible Jones3rd May 2009
  Very melodic! Great lesson Jose!!!
- Alexiaden933rd May 2009
  Very beautifully played ! Well done !
- David Wallimann3rd May 2009
  Great lesson Jose, thanks!
- Emir Hot3rd May 2009
  Awesome. Your right hand position reminds me of Paul Gilbert a lot
- Pedja Simovic3rd May 2009
  Very melodic Jose, cool solo !
- Ivan Milenkovic3rd May 2009
  Very cool solo man, great!
- kaznie_NL3rd May 2009
  Wow, nice solo!
- Sinisa Cekic3rd May 2009
  so melodic,well done Jose
- AlexLion3rd May 2009
  Btw what is with your volume and tone knobs? Your guitar looks like she has gone through World War and at least few revolutions But still sounds very good
- Bondy3rd May 2009
  Nice tune like this alot
- fkalich3rd May 2009
  Sounds pretty. Southern.
- Jerry Arcidiacono3rd May 2009
  Beautiful lines Jose
- AlexLion3rd May 2009
  Soo smooth and relaxing tune! And some neat licks in here Jose!
- berko3rd May 2009
  Love your tone man! Very tasty solo!
- ErikEklund3rd May 2009
  wonderful lesson, very melodic

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- Tags: Legato, Bending, Slide, E Major, E pentatonic major, E major arpeggio, Melodic, Smooth licks, Double stops, Bends, Melody
Hi GMC! In this lesson we have ballad solo, in the E major key. The idea is to be as melodic as possible and to use bendings with as much as you can.

The chords progression is:

// E / B / C#m7/ Aadd9/ F#m7 G#m7/ Aadd9/ E / Esus4 E//

The tempo is quarter = 90

I use:
-E Ionian scale
-E major key arpeggios ( Emaj7/F#m7/G#m7/Amaj7/B7/C#m7/D#°)
- E pentatonic major

The techniques I use are:
-Legato
-Bendings
-Slide

Try to create melodies basing on this solo and you use them in your songs. Pay attention to your feeling. Practice different kinds of vibrato till you find the correct one. Learn by heart every phrases separately.

Enjoy the lesson! See you soon!

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