amstratnut
Peace thru Music.
"The bad one - is just an obligatory repetition of the motif."
Solo, and why.
- Thread starter Della Street
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"The bad one - is just an obligatory repetition of the motif."
Where is "worthless"?
Good solo adds value. If the melody is already established somehow - vocals or the keys - the guitar should try and contribute a new twist and flavor. Nothing was "worthless".
Swirling Snow
Strat-O-Master
NobodyReally
Senior Stratmaster
I hate to imagine your opinion on drum solos.....
BelairPlayer
Strat-O-Master
What do you call that little electric motor on a bass boat? You know that little motor and it’s electric and it’s for going really slowly when you’re fishing? It’s got a special name that I can’t think of right now. Hmm. It’ll come to me.
I've never seen Green misspelled as Mayer. Interesting. Carry on.
Frank Roberts
Senior Stratmaster
- May 3, 2006
- 1,644
As should a gentleman. But some of us mature later than others and sadly must live with the reputation we inadvertantly created.
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Frank Roberts
Senior Stratmaster
- May 3, 2006
- 1,644
That reminds me of a certain solo, I call "ragged but right". It is session musician, J. Page on Joe Cocker's version of Bye Bye Blackbird: solo begins at about 1:35; but you should listen from the start to truly appreciate it in the sense @Della Street spoke of.
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I guess you’ve never listened to Jeff beck huh?
Hanson
Senior Stratmaster
Why….because I’m resting my vocal cords and using my guitar as a voice.
Now, there is some sense.
PonyB
Most Honored Senior Member
That's not unaccompanied 'solo' guitar as discussed.
Swirling Snow
Strat-O-Master
Wrong thread? From the OP: "[A] Guitar solo is not standalone music." and, "A lone man with guitar is not what I’m talking about."
PonyB
Most Honored Senior Member
I interpret that as, "A solo guitar is not standalone music", which has been proven wrong in this thread.
Not “solo guitar”. It was a “guitar solo” - as in Sweet child of mine. That’s one example of a good one. So good, in fact, that one could whistle it in an absentminded moment. That’s crossing into standalone music territory. Oh, never mind…
PonyB
Most Honored Senior Member
I think I understood, just didn't express it well.
Like an unaccompanied Stairway To Heaven solo?
rocknrollrich
Most Honored Senior Member
I love "look at me" guitar acrobatics, pyrotechnics, and hysterics.
The less a solo "serves the song" the more I love it. Understated is overrated.
In the words of the world's greatest guitarist (who has ever been and ever will be) "less is not more, more is more".
There are no bad solos, unless they are bass solos.
The less a solo "serves the song" the more I love it. Understated is overrated.
In the words of the world's greatest guitarist (who has ever been and ever will be) "less is not more, more is more".
There are no bad solos, unless they are bass solos.
I myself understood nothing. Was just musing, you see... cautiously putting forth timid and tentative notions.
Even though so many here are feigning ignorance, but it is a fact universally acknowledged: practically every song has a guitar solo.
I was just feebly threading some thoughts... solo is the part of the song... does the solo need the song more or is it the other way... since the solos are there anyway, what do they do to make songs better... and if solo is a guitar commentary on the song, wouldn't it be better for each player to do his own commentary instead of parroting others...
Della hate is self-perpetuating vehicle by now, I understand. I asked for it.
PonyB
Most Honored Senior Member
I never know what's going on.