I often get asked where I came up with the original “4 Note Solo” idea… <\/p>\n
And, truth be told, it’s the original recording of “Texas Flood,” by Stevie Ray Vaughan.<\/p>\n
One of my all time favorite solos is the first 12 bar solo at the beginning of that song (right after the intro figure.)<\/p>\n
However, there’s no video of SRV playing that original recording, but I found this clip from the El Mocambo show (and I used to watch this over and over on repeat for days on end.)<\/p>\n
Watch it from the top, because it’s awesome \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
But, keep in mind that almost the entire first 12 bars of the first solo is in box 1, but then at 1:10 in, he goes into the 4 note solo pattern (in G, so notice his hands around the 6th-8th fret) and stays there until about 1:32, about 6-8 bars.<\/p>\n
Then again, in the middle solo at about 3:50, through the first 4 bars – that’s all “4 Note Solo” pattern.<\/p>\n
And there’s more, but I think you get the idea. Think of this as an “active listening” day… just listen, and see if you can pick out the sound of that pattern amongst the rest.<\/p>\n
Plus… this is pretty epic!<\/p>\n