My main goal with this one was to showcase a couple two handed licks that I've been working on. One involves four finger tapping, and the other has way more string changes than a typical tapping lick a'la Eddie van Halen. In keeping with my goal of cranking out material quickly, there's definitely a few bugs, though. The main one is that I'm not satisfied with the transitions. The solo in the B section sounds like two different guitarists trading licks instead of a cohesive solo. But I ultimately decided to just run with it - the goal was to showcase the tapping licks, and I did that.
This one also showcases some of my more melodic playing. There's a serious Steve Lukather influence going on at the beginning of the B section (starts around :39). I wanted to create some contrast between shredding and soaring melodies.
I also wanted to do some soloing over odd time in this piece - though there's some trickery involved here. The A section is "5/8 7/8 7/8 5/8 6/8 6/8". But, all of that adds up to three measures of 12/8, which is how I thought about the solo. So the astute among you will notice some push and pull between the guitar and the drums in the A section.
I also wanted to do some soloing over odd time in this piece - though there's some trickery involved here. The A section is "5/8 7/8 7/8 5/8 6/8 6/8". But, all of that adds up to three measures of 12/8, which is how I thought about the solo. So the astute among you will notice some push and pull between the guitar and the drums in the A section.
I intend to take a few Doctrine of Woodshed lessons (my guitar lesson column here) and cover some of the more interesting licks from this solo.
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