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Ha! No... :o3
I'm waiting for someone to say "you really should learn a scale shape, your solo's are all shite.
Maybe it's the sawnoff shotgun I keep near me at all times that puts people off
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Another thing I notice about solos is sometimes they just try and build up from whats already there.....its sometimes a good idea to do the opposite ...and that is let bass and drums fire away and back off the guitar and build up from there..
Maybe try moving the pentatonics about a bit as well ..like mixing A minor and E minor pentatonics or even moving then in and out of tonality by one step...
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...generally, when I'm writing solos I find the hardest parts to get right are the beginning, end and "second act".
To my mind, there are three ways to start a solo (for the type of music I play, anyway) - tuneful, wailing and fast. For the exit, I'll finish on a dead stop, a held note (preferably into feedback, 'cos that's rock man) or I'll repeat a theme from earlier in the song to take it back into the vocals.
I don't have a good example right now of the wailing start, but I'm pretty sure you can imagine what it entails. For the tuneful approach, I'll usually go for a simple theme which involves the key modal notes. Exhibit A:
http://www.digitalscream.org.uk/music/cc/sunset_of_red.mp3 (solo @ 2:05)
From there, I can choose where I want the bulk of the solo to be on the fretboard and just work my way up to it; at that point, it just becomes whatever licks fit the song (I really have only two approaches there - subtle and melodic, or utter-lack-of-taste). In this one, I also finished on a more sustain-y version of the theme that I used for the verses and carry that on under the choruses.
Exhibit B is the fast start approach coupled with the hold-it-into-feedback exit (minus the feedback on the recording):
http://www.digitalscream.org.uk/music/cc/god_help_me.mp3 (solo @ 2:03 ish)
You'll note that this one very much follows the utter-lack-of-taste track. It's also one of those annoying solos with a second act - just as you've run out of steam (and licks) and you're ready for the end, the rest of the band carries on and you realise you're only half way through. For that, I find that the only solution is more silliness. No, I have no maturity when it comes to playing lead.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.