SOLO of the Month #28 - Voting

Antique_Guitars

Howdy fretboarders!

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month #28

Voting closes on the 30th June at 11.50 pm.

Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Same deal as the main Fretboard Challenge, vote for your top 3 entries!

1st choice gets 5 points

2nd choice gets 3 points

3rd choice gets 1 point

You can find all the entries on this playlist

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/sotm-28-2017-06

imalrightjack

I can't believe nine people were brave enough to try.  I know I nearly didn't.  

@ChrisRG - 5 points - this sounded to me to be the most well-thought, melodic nicely phrased solo.  By a distance.  No flashiness.  Just really tasteful.
@Bellycaster - 3 points - totally different approach.  I enjoyed the cascading Robby Krieger-like chord parts.  Nice.
@Jaytmon - 1 point - I loved the start of this solo - and that's what nudged a couple of others off the scoreboard.  Less so the end, mind...

Brad

@DulcetJones - 5 points - completely mad, and that's why I like it!

@Bellycaster - 3 points - really inside the sound and note choice. Nice tone, I thought it worked very well with the track and the chords at the end are great.

@ChrisRG - 1 point - again, great note choice. Nice and melodic and took me on a journey. 

stratman3142

Good to see so many entries again and lots of variation in approach.

5 points @ChrisRG Well structured melodies that nicely develop through the track.
3 points @Brad A lovely touch/sound with good picking dynamics
1 point @Bellycaster The style fitted well with the backing

DulcetJones

5 points @ChrisRG  -  Overall feel came through here.

  3 points @Brad   -  Loved the slightly drawn out melody.

  1 Point Stratman3142  -   Great technique.

   Amazing entries here considering how different the backing track was this time!

DulcetJones

Brad said:

@DulcetJones - 5 points - completely mad, and that's why I like it!

What can I say, I was scarred for life by 70's prog....

Vaiai

Brad - 5 points
imalrightjack - 3 points
Stratman3142 - 1

Great to hear some cool ideas.Looking forward to doing the next one

ChrisRG

Great tracks all round.

5 points @Bellycaster - I thought this solo sat very well with the track.  Some great ideas and note choice.

3 points @Brad - Great playing and some really cool licks.  Great balance between showing good chops and fitting in with the backing

1 point @stratman3142 - Really nice playing and some great notes and the end to mix things up.

jaytmon

I played mine to my brother at the weekend and realised that although it sounded reasonable when played back through Helix/headphones, it sounded fairly shit through anything else! Ah well. 
Anyway:

5 points @ChrisRG - best overall for me
3 points @Bellycaster - my favourite tone of the lot
1 point @stratman3142 - very tricky choice this last one as there were three I liked but this one just pipped it. 

Bellycaster

Good to see so many have a crack at this one.

5 Points @ChrisRG Nice Fat "Hint of Satch" tone Very well crafted melodically, suited it perfectly

3 Points @stratman3142  A few more "Hints of Satch" there with the wonderful sweeps and legato. Very well thought out executed.

1 Point @Brad  Some great twists and turns there, very fitting licks and did the job of keeping the mysterious feel of the track throughout.

Well done all round with this one.

Antique_Guitars

5 points @Bellycaster

3 points @imalrightjack

1 point @stratman3142

Really interesting stuff all round guys very impressive!

markv

This was a really interesting track (thanks @kin). Part of the challenge was that it is (in my uneducated estimation anyway) all on one chord, which makes maintaining movement and interest tricky. 

5 points @jaytmon - good beginning, some great effects
3 points @ChrisRG - atmospheric, well paced and interesting to listen to
1 point @stratman3142 - very smooth and I liked the delay at the end too

Honourable mention to @Vaiai, which I liked but the 2 recorded tracks swamped the backing too much.

What scales did people use? There's some I don't recognise there. I thought it was a C minor but that's about as far as my theoretical knowledge takes me.

My attempted solo this month was a jazzy chord progression, but it needed more development and I ran out of time. :-(

imalrightjack

@markv - If I recall correctly, I used C Dorian. Not very well, it seems! 

stratman3142

@markv The backing seemed to allow for a few options. I decided to go for C Mixolydian for most of it.

During my legato bit I shifted a pattern out of key  before pulling it back.

Right at the end I used a mixture of C Mixolydian and C Dorian (i.e. C Mixolydian with an added b3).

ChrisRG

I most used mostly (if not completely) the Phrygian Dominant mode. I knew the sound I wanted but didn't know the exact mode. Now I know the difference between straight Phrygian and he Dominant version.  

Veganic

5 @Bellycaster ;;

3 @imalrightjack ;;

1 @jaytmon ;;

To answer the scale question, so you know what to avoid, I just chose some notes by ear that seemed to be not too discordant whilst being kinda irritating.
There are so few notes for most of it that they can fit into probably hundreds of scales, the smallest of which is probably Amin/Cmaj pentatonic.     


Edit, I enjoyed all the entries to be honest.

Vaiai

markv said:

Honourable mention to @Vaiai, which I liked but the 2 recorded tracks swamped the backing too much.


Thanks @markv ;
I agree the extra backing I did was too messy and it was my first one so will stick to a single track next time! 

Antique_Guitars

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