By Request: Tabs/PDF for the Pentatonic Minor solo
Added 2020-06-27 15:13:27 +0000 UTCMy last video on minor/dorian got some great feedback, and I got a request to tab out the
first solo in strict Pentatonic Minor, so I'm posting it here for everyone else as well.
The solo: https://youtu.be/m0zLzVhTPYU?t=91
It was an improvised lead, so I never had a chance to really "analyze" what I was doing, but it's always fun to retroactively go back and diagnose your improv playing.
There are three things I noticed here that I believe are worth noting- You can see here I happen to avoid every single 1 beat, except for measures 1 and 5. Theres also quite a bit of syncopation, so it seems I feel into an "off-beat" style style lead for whatever reason, I do think it's what helps make the lead sound interesting.
Additionally, it seems I relied a lot on the microbend between our minor third and our major third. I mention this in my Bro Country Video, and more in depth in Day 3 of the blues course. You can see where it's notated in the tab, but as I was improvising, it's clearly just a "crutch" of sorts. I use it a LOT to add interest to my playing, and it happens naturally without me really planning it now.
Lastly, there is a bit of a trend with the grace note hammer on's. Another easy phrasing device that instantly adds more interest to a line. If you learn this solo, try learning it without the grace notes as well, just to compare how BLAND it is without them.
On the tabs/music- The musescore file should play fine except the bends and slides sound horrible. Hopefully with Tantacrul helping the musescore folks, we'll see some improvements for guitar notation, but right now there's still some really ugly stuff that pops up. Specifically, the double stop bend does not play correctly - it bends BOTH NOTES and sounds really bad. Also the bend notation looks like garbage and I can't modify it easily. Glissandos also sound really dumb and I can't seem to change the way they play through the MuseScore player, but they do look alright at least.
Thanks for the great feedback on the last vid too! Any time you have questions or requests like this, definitely let me know :)
EDIT: Wrong note at beginning fixed
Comments
Hey Joe! It's 88 BPM for this track. To answer your question about solo sections, I'd say it all depends on the genre. For rock, probably yes. But for jazz or funk, lead players will likely want to have those complex chords underneath to work on top of.
Jake Lizzio
2020-06-28 16:06:24 +0000 UTC
