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Solo #6: Give Me One Reason and the Art of Playing With Your Fingers
This week I learned the solo on Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman. The guitarist who played this solo is Adam Levy. Adam has a great YouTube channel where he teaches guitar in his laid back style. He isn’t a flashy guitarist, but his phrasing and note choice are something I aspire to. I…
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Solo #5: When I’m Gone and the Art of Teenage Angst
This week I chose to the learn the solo on “When I’m Gone” by 3 Doors Down. Every time I hear this song it takes me back to high school. Baggy jeans, frosted tips, and a wall of guitars. For this particular song, I spent some time learning the picking pattern of the intro before…
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Solo #4: Hard to Handle and the Art of Connecting the Neck
This week I am learning the solo on “Hard to Handle” by the Black Crowes. The song is in the key of B. The solo is played over a B chord the entire time. The solo mainly uses the B minor pentatonic scale. On a few of the runs it does add the “blue” note…
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Solo #3: Loving You On My Mind and the Art of Playing Pretty
This week I learned and recorded the solo to “Loving You On My Mind” by Chris Stapleton. I used the live version he performed on The Jennifer Hudson show. The first time I heard the song I remember thinking “I’m going to learn and steal every lick in this song”. His phrasing, note placement, and…
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Solo #2: No Rain and the Art of Staying Loose
For this week’s solo, I decided to go with No Rain by Blind Melon. I was a kid when this song came out, and I remember thinking how cool the solo sounded. Funny enough, I’d never actually sat down and learned it all the way through until this week. I started by counting out the…
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Solo #1: Black Velvet and the Art of Transcribing
Week 1 – Black Velvet I heard a prompt recently. Write a newsletter once a week for 52 weeks and see how it changes you. I’ve thought a lot about the different topics I could cover. Adventure, travel, hobbies, business, etc. But the one thing that really resonated was the challenge of learning 52 solos…