D Major Soloing

[kuerbo]

A friend of mine brought me this backing track today and i started to play around and wanted to show you guys what i came up with. I'm not used to work wuth major scales so it was fun to try.

Guitar: Jackson DXMG with hybrid set of strings 009 - 046
Amp: IK Multimedia Guitar Rig with some eq tweaking in Cubase SX 2.0

Any opinions?

If someone wants the backing track, just ask for it!

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Major Soloing by kuerbo

[Number Of The Priest]

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Great tone, enjoyable to listen to! Sounds like a very heroic, or like one of those romantic movie scenes where there is rapid cutting/editing showing the two young lovers swinging each other around in their arms and laughing and having a good time. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Funny how music really conjures up wicked images, doesn't it? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Sure, post the backing track... should be interesting. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Newc]

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Very nice [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

Why does it skip at 0:17? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

And yeah, I'd like a copy of that backing track as well [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[kuerbo]

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It ain't skipping here Newc. [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

I'll post the backing track later today, right here.

Thanks for the comments NOTP. I just let my playing go, i never thought about the romantic stuff but it coulkd well suite an image like that i suppose.

Now that i actually hear it, i notice some Randy Rhoads stuff here and there, but it wasn't conscius at all, it just came that way.

[mazhar]

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nice stuff dude!! impressive..i like ure feel! so temme, do u improvise solo's or do u work on them??

[mhalsey]

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Nice kuerbo! Definitely had that "Goodbye To Romance" feel to it. If you've got RR'ish chops coming from ya without trying, good on ya! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[jjw]

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Realy good playing there.Some musicians i hear seem to have problems playing over major sounding comps.
I love playing over major chords-static or modal-staying in its relative minor sounds realy bluesy
well done

[kuerbo]

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@ mazhar: Thank you!. I work both ways. Sometimes i improvise and then work from that, or i write something first without listening to it to, come up with more special ideas. After i record it, i listen to it a few times and then play the same thing again changing a few things to give it the final touch and record the final version.

@ Mark: Thank you pal. I was surprised to hear that Rhoads thing, coz' when i play i just go for the vibe of the song, and it turned out this major thing sounded pretty "Randyish" at moments.

@ Justin: Thank you. I tried basically not to repeat myself over the course of the track, wich is pretty hard, especially when you're improvising. I like the fact that i used a wide range of notes over the instrument, from F# on the 6th string second fret, to F# bending the 24th fret on the first string.

And as i promised, here's the backing track for you guys to play along.

D Major Backing Track (2671kb - 160 kbps MP3)

[IrfaanSE801]

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Wow man, that was awsome. I've really never cared for the sound of the major scales (everytime I was taught it just never sounded right), but I love that soloing ya did there.

[maddog]

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Realy good playing there.Some musicians i hear seem to have problems playing over major sounding comps.

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They aren't very good musicians then!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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Great backing track too, thanks for posting it! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] I'm trying to play something over it now. Whether I'll record it and post it is a different story though... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[kuerbo]

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@ Irfaan: Thanks. Major scales are very nice, although not used much in a Rock context. Nuno Bettencourt used to do very cool stuff using major pentatonic scales.

@ kit: I'm with you. Major scales are suposed to be the starting point to any kind of music knowledge.

@ NOTP: You should try and post something here. I'd like to hear something from you.

[Number Of The Priest]

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I'm brushing up some Satriani songs, so perhaps I'll post a video soon since I have a lot more free time lately. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[jjw]

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kit-it depends on what style of music you play that can dictate how easily you play over a major sounding backing.
most rock stuff i hear is minor and when guitarists i hear on these types of sites go major its sometimes sounds forced and sterile-
heres a take i did over this backing yesterday with my parker-the parker is downtuned a semi if your wondering on the hand postitions and an open note used-

http://www.justinjohnwakely.com/cont...ing_improv.WMV

[Newc]

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me too me too me too [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

http://autumn-frost.com/mp3/newc_d_major.wmv

And yes, that's JCF01 [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Great stuff so far, guys [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]