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What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« on: June 09, 2009, 05:44:06 PM »
We may not get the opportunity to strut our stuff that often, but when it comes to solos; do yo you take the time to analyze the chord structure (which is almost always a I-IV-VI-V or some variation of that) and "compose" a solo, or just go for it?
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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2009, 06:06:47 PM »
depends on the vibe of the song...although i'm, always aware of the chords i'm playing over and try to bounce melodies off them. i think solos should be full of tension and resolution....so that's my mindset. that's where scales/modes help me, because i'm always aware of the tnesion notes that are available over any given chord.

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2009, 06:28:20 PM »

After studying 1-4-5's for years ;D, I just go for it!
Practice makes personalization easier, and what I mean by personalization, is the spin that YOU the individual, put on the tried and true soloing formulas.
When I play, I want people to hear me thru the instrument.
It's my chosen way of communicating.
Therefore, I want to say things in a certain way. With a certain touch. Choosing specific things to say. How to say them.
This is all a matter of taste, and taste is the way we process and manifest all that we've be taking in.
'Trane played different from 'Newk, who played different than Charlie Rouse, who played different from Ike Quebec.
The all were privy to basically the same devices, but had different tastes. Passionate about different things.
So practice, exposure, and taste is what makes a solo what it is.

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2009, 07:25:42 PM »
I don't solo.  I do riffs everyonce in a while.  I learn the melody and find out what scale works with the song so I can branch off from the melody. 

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2009, 08:00:38 PM »
I mainly go for it, but if it is a rehearsed song, I study my approach.
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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 06:09:29 AM »
Pretty much seat-of-the-pants with a nod here and there to the underlying structure. I'm pretty unschooled lol.

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 06:55:34 AM »
yeah I wish I had a more musical approach to my solos.  I just kinda go for it too...

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2009, 09:23:06 AM »
My approach to soloing (which I rarely get to do) varies depending on the song.  I hardly ever sit down and work out a solo and pretty much fly by the seat of my pants.  I wish I was better at soling, and I know it will come with time an practice - both of which are in short supply at the moment.  I like my share of shredders (Greg Howe :), Satriani, Gary Hoey, etc.), but I have found that the few songs I do get to solo or noodle around on work better wtih simpler and slower ideas (of course, if I were really good then I could....).
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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2009, 09:26:48 AM »
...I generally see everything as Major, Minor and Dominant.....a few chromatics and I am done.....(in the words of the late great Joe Pass)

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2009, 04:41:41 PM »
I don't solo.  I do riffs everyonce in a while.  I learn the melody and find out what scale works with the song so I can branch off from the melody. 
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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2009, 04:55:44 PM »

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 05:19:47 PM »
Kodacolor(what kind of name is that?)But anyways,my Lakers lost,can cry on your shoulders.Please,please :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(




Please, Mr. Rown, stay on topic.

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2009, 06:11:13 PM »


Please, Mr. Rown, stay on topic.
THAT IS SOOOOO COOL. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2009, 06:43:23 PM »


Please, Mr. Rown, stay on topic.



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

That's funny K.C.

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2009, 06:53:10 PM »

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

That's funny K.C.
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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2009, 07:02:46 AM »
I just play.
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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2009, 08:51:20 AM »
Kodacolor(what kind of name is that?)But anyways,my Lakers lost,can cry on your shoulders.Please,please :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2009, 01:25:23 PM »
I've always been shy about soloing. A few things/ideas I have been working with to improve my creative juices are as follows:

Start with a 2 or 3 note riff, play that until it feels like a part of the song, then add something before that riff, then add a little something after that riff. Treat the 1st riff as a small tree, then add branches to that tree, that's the stuff before and after. Sometimes change the last note of that riff, play that change twice, change the last note again and play that change twice, then play the original again. I never looked at solos like this, since I have been lately, I've been coming up with new ideas to throw into my playing. It's given me numerous ways to improve my approach. I've still got a ways to go but this idea really helped me out. Last but not least, the lighter the touch, the quicker to move to the next note. One mistake I've always made was playing the notes to hard, or rather pressing to hard when it wasn't necessary.

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2009, 02:20:32 PM »
Oh ye of little faith; the Lakers shall prevail.

keep telling yourself that...

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Re: What's Your Approach to Soloing?
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2009, 02:37:19 PM »
New to the boards, so my first post.

I just recently got on-board playing Gospel church that gives me ample time to play leads.

Here's my approach:
The first thing I do is listen. I listen to see if the organ player is going to do something, or if the choir or lead vocal is doing something. If the coast is clear, and the moment seems right, I go for it. If not, I'll just compliment the groove.

When I do play a lead, I think of the guitar as another vocalist. I don't play anything shredding unless the tune calls for it, but that's very, very rare. I just play melodic lines that compliment what's going on around me.

I usually don't work things out beforehand, unless it's a signature riff. I just figure out the chord changes, and play stuff within them as I feel.
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