I got such a great question about soloing in the style of… [insert your favorite guitar player here.]<\/p>\n
The question was basiscally:<\/p>\n
“If all those guys were playing the same box shapes and scales, then how is it that they sound so distinctive?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Or in other words, how is it that a lick played by Stevie Ray Vaughan, using the same notes and the same box shapes, sounds nothing like a lick played by Eric Clapton? How is it that you can tell one from the other almost instantly just by hearing a few notes?<\/p>\n
It’s a fantastic question and boils down to 3 elements… because when it comes to playing the blues scale (which they all use) there are only 3 things you can do to it:<\/p>\n
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- You can alter the order of the notes. In other words, instead of A B C D, you could play A D C B, or D C A B or any other combination you can think of. So part of what makes on player unique is how he\/she decides to connect the notes from the blues scale.<\/li>\n
- You can alter the rhythmic components of the scale. If you play in nothing but 1\/8th notes, it gets pretty old pretty quick. Listen to Johnny Winter blaze through a lick and then listen to David Gilmour go through the same lick at 1\/3 the speed – it’s going to be a VERY different experience. Albert King does a great job of putting in little 1\/16th note bursts and Freddie King used rests and syncopation better than anyone (in my opinion.)<\/li>\n
- You can alter the dynamics and how you attack each note. Listen to Robben Ford caress\u00a0a note and then listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan bludgeon the same note – again a very different experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
It would be hard to list all of the subtle little things that make each famous guitar player sound unique, but if you start listing them you quickly see that they all fall into 1 of those 3 elements.<\/p>\n
And if I can use the analogy of playing guitar and talking (yet again,) imagine Christopher Walken reciting Hamlet compared to Al Pacino… talk about a VERY different experience using the exact same words!<\/p>\n
Talk amongst yourselves in the comments if you like \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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