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So far we've got a total of 6 entries, which are from (in the order I received them):
@bingefeller ;
@flying_pie ;
@stratman3142 ;
@Luxxman ;
@Bellycaster ;
@Rowby1
Let me know if I've missed anyone.
I'll put some stuff together on how I approached it and I'll try to PM it to you later today . But don't assume I have any definitive answers. My approach is very simple.
I think it would be good to discuss how people approach things on the open forum. Then it becomes more of a collaborative effort than a competition and we can learn from each other. What do others think?
For the main riff, the Chords being E7 and E7 sus4. I decided to approach it the way I'd "construct" a Blues solo, as in, treating the E7 as the I Chord in the Blues. So, I used notes in the E minor pentatonic, but mix in some of the Major pentatonic as well. Tritones are always good over a 7 chord too.
For the changes, I concentrate more on the chord tones, simply using the notes in the chord with some passing notes. I tend not to think strictly in scales though. I'll not normally play a solo straight off the bat. But rather just use the scale as a basic map and experiment with the chord notes in the changes to see what the tastiest combination is.
I always like to produce "phrases of notes" rather than just think about running through part of a scale. I can't describe it any better than that I'm afraid, but just have a go, it's fun to experiment with it. I'm sure you've come up with some tasty stuff on here before @DefaultM
Why not submit one yourself. There's still plenty of time to enter. No prizes. It's just for fun.
Thanks ..Yeah I will do...
Here are my thoughts. It would be good to get other views as well so I can learn. Don't assume I know what I'm doing. This is just a personal perspective. Having had a sneak preview of the Sotm submissions so far, as I check and collate them, there are solos that I prefer to mine.
For the G(add2) and A(add2), a C# and F# could be added to Em pentatonic to create the Em Dorian mode (to put a label on it).
For the F(add2)/D, the C and F could be added to the Em pentatonic to create E Phrygian (to put a label on it). Using that approach is another way of getting to the same notes described earlier for the chords in the change section..
What I've written seems way more complicated than it is. I'm really just thinking (and hearing) in terms of major or minor pentatonic framework patterns.
Anyone else like to post their approach to the solo?
But it's interesting how viewing the same thing from a different perspective opens up new melodic ideas.
Yeah it will be mate..just sent it about an hour's ago ..
It will be my wife's name Linda ..if it's that one
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I just put some chords together that I liked and then, for the solo, tried to find groups of notes that seemed to work over the chords.
For the solo I'm basically visualising and hearing patterns. I might give a name to a scale so that I can describe in words what I visualise and hear as my note options, but another player might put a different label on it (as we've seen in the discussion above).
If you ignored the F chord in the chord progression, one way of viewing it is as a blues/rock type progression (i.e. E G A) and then (coincidentally) there's an interesting parallel with the discussion on the thread at the link below where @viz gives a good explanation:
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/121990/em-pentatonic#latest
So one (of probably many) ways of breaking it down, is as a blues in E - but watch out for the F chord.
It would be good if we can use Sotm as a way of sharing ideas and learning from each other.
Perhaps I'll post the Sotm entries as I receive them, unless the general consensus is that we wait. Can the entrants let me know what you think. I've already got a few views earlier in the thread.
The options are:
1) Post the entries to this SotM so far
2) Wait until next month before I post as we go. I'll make it clear in the Sotm description, then at least people will know up front before they submit an entry
3) Not post entries until the submission deadline
But I'll not post the entries to the other challenges (BotM, Rotm, RRotm, Composition Challenge) as we go, because these are more about original composition than playing over the same chord progression.