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I’ve been trying to add more chordal work to my guitar solos: a 6th chord stab here, a diminished move there, slides from 6th to 9th chords. All that and chromatic movement too…I just really like that dissonant sound when you hang out on the “wrong” note a bit, then resolve into the harmony.
I’ve also been playing more lap steel guitar, which I find incredibly fun and rewarding (challenging too!).
Put it all together and I’ve got this month’s site member challenge: to play a solo in one area of the neck. Which I did for a while, before going into the composition that Brian wrote for this lesson (Ep333), there was just too many cool ideas to stay away from them.
It does strike me that soloing in one area of the neck is a good way to kick off a longer solo. I used the G shape for C, C shape for F, and a blend of them over the G chord in this progression, hanging out between the 4th-8th frets a lot.
Glad to have another challenge weekend upon us. 🙂
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I am so with on the ‘dissonance’ and ‘chromaticism’ thing. Really well done. I am steering my play this way as well. This is great music, performed wonderfully. You are killing me with the lap guitar. I am wanting one more and more. This is a wonderful presentation. Great chord stabs. Be well my friend.John
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OK you are pardon to not have stayed in the box,lol
Nice rendition.
But I would have loved that you keep going with the lap steel as your rhythm part.
Well bro.
Its your fault and JoLa, I want a lap steel too, lolAndréM
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You know, I did a whole lap steel comping part but when I played lead over it it just didn’t sound right. Maybe I was trying to do too much with the steel, or the track was too sparse otherwise, but it just wasn’t working so I scratched it.
It’s a cool instrument and it’s been a blast to get some technique and ideas down on it. I’m just scratching the surface!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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What a nice intro on your lap steel guitar! We want to hear more of it!
And I love these 6/9 chord moves at 0:59 and 1:19! Fantastic minor slides at the end.
I also love that dissonant sound! It’s all about tension-release.
Great sound quality, too. I like the way you’re going with jazzy-blues.
Well done, BillMore Blues!
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Whoa, Billy! That lap steel intro was epic, are you getting better with it or what? (it’s a rhetorical question, of course you are!) It reminded me of the Spongebob Squarepants theme 😆
Your lead had so much cool stuff going on, and yes – the dissonant notes created an awesome tension but also added a bit of humor or quirkiness. This would be a great musical background to a comedic scene in a movie or something. You’re handling the music like a real maestro, so much fun to listen to and I bet it was fun to work on it!
Your lap steel looks like a Rickenbacker, is it?
🎸JoLa
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I like this lap steel part, Bill, and I like your musical spirit of discovery.
And what you unearth is always so much fun to listen to. I would say that the best thing is when the fun of making music is directly transferred to the listener. And that’s exactly what happens here.Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
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Well, everything is so brilliant musically in your rendition, from the intro with your lap steel (I’m still resisting to buy one, not sure how much longer) to your chordal and leads and licks performance on your guitar, so beautifully jazzy! I even forgot the topic of the challenge, and just listened with great pleasure.
Guido
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