Chris Evans - Rock Ballad Solo SI Lesson

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Introduction

Hi there, Most of you know me well enough by now I think, for those of you that don`t can get some background on me here

So lets jump straight in to it.

This is a Rock Ballad Lesson in the Key of C and we`ll be using the C major scale, this lesson is aimed a little more at Intermediate players that are looking to improve their "feel" and "phrasing", many beginner/Intermediate guitarists focus a lot on speed playing and neglect these two very important parts. Feel & phrasing are fundamental to any good solo, with this lesson I hope to show you a little of how you can combine slow melody lines that have "feel" and "emotion" using vibrato and slides, with slightly more technical pieces to enhance and give the solo some extra touches.

The backing track is at 50BPM so its a very slow piece, the majority of it is a simple melody with some more technical parts (but not too difficult) building from the mid part to the end. Because of the slowness already of the backing a slower backing track is not provided, I will however over the next couple of days be adding a simplified solo with this backing with slower runs for beginners.

Techniques

Techniques used in this lesson are :

- Vibrato
- Slides
- Alternate picking
- 3 string sweeps

Scales

C Major scale:

Main Video

Main Vid: CMajor_Rock_Ballad_Solo1.mpg ( 17.94MB )

Video 1

Video 1 : Ballad_Solo_Video_1.mpg ( 5.65MB )

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A very simple intro, keep the slides definate and confident, sliding evenly from one note to the next.