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What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

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  • #16
    Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

    Ya to me a factor in my solos sounding wankory is only maintaining 1 train of thought and trying to make it one big line. Or never taking the time to work out actual melodies and just fiddling with scales. If you structure it into smaller melodic phrases and then adapt them to contrast with and relate to each other while developing the solo as a whole, then it sounds more legit. If you do that, you can build a pro sounding solo with only pentatonic. Add in other scales, like the others said and you're gold.
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    • #17
      Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

      Well, lets say, over a minor chord, you can play pentatonic, blues, Dorian, Phrygian, Aolian, Harmonic, & Melodic minor (and a ton of other ones). That's a lot of options.
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      • #18
        Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

        Start with a sweeping arpeggio, break into an 8-finger tap dance, toss in a pick scrape or two, then finish with a harmonic at the 2.5 fret (G string) dive-bomb flourish.

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        • #19
          Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

          I try to switch up modes occasionally. For instance, if I'm in a minor chord/key I'll play straight minor, dorian, phrygian, etc.

          Here's an excellent example of jamming on one tonic with Joe Satriani. Go to the 24:00 mark to see what I mean.

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          • #20
            Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

            To me, it depends on what happens after that one chord - is it leading somewhere, either a new verse or chorus, or resolution to another chord, etc?

            If the next thing is a melodic section, like a verse or chorus, then calling forward hints of that melody into your one chord section will build expectation. If there’s resolution to another chord, then try runs to lead there, then pull back, like waves lapping a beach.

            Final thought, drawing on Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and others - don’t be afraid of motif repetition and drones.


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            • #21
              Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

              In my simplest mind - solo in sections.

              Section 1 = slight melody
              Section 2 = Shred
              Section 3 = return to and embellishment on melody
              section for = Ladder to climax

              Or Single note/Double stop call/response style

              Or Go modal...E minor penta, to E minor, to a Dorian movement, back to pentatonic, maybe a little Mixolydian to brighten it up, back to Penta for the finish.

              Vary the register and the style...low/high/low etc
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              • #22
                Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

                I improvise melodies, and also go outside the chords.

                Here’s one of my band’s songs that’s mostly in E during the solo. It’s also a very fast punk type thing. At first I couldn’t figured out what to play over it.

                So I had to get creative and take the solo through different phases. I improvised most of it, and composed a couple of spots. Then I re-learned it and double tracked it. Live I just play it like the recording. It’s a challenge to get out of the solo and into the bridge. It keeps me on my toes.

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                • #23
                  Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

                  Nice solo, it fits the song well.
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                  • #24
                    Re: What's your approach for soloing over a single chord for several bars?

                    I start with a heavy metal solo, then I go to classic rock, then jazz, then I go to blues, then pop....if there is another bar I start to rap. OK, the truth is I just play the way I always play....I've been doing it so long I can't change.
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