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Answer Title

Answer to Problem #7

Category

Leads and Lead riffing sections

Jeff's Guitar's tuning

Standard E, A, D, G, B, E

Guitar Jeff used

Humbucking pickup style (fat strat)

Key of

Effects Jeff was using if any

Reverb, (mild level of compression)

Solution notes

This one was a great way to get some practice figuring out a lead the way a lead is supposed to be figured out. Section by section and piece by piece rather than all at once. If you looked at what I gave you as a riff rather than a lead you probably had less trouble with it. All a solo is after all is a bunch of riffs thrown together to form a section of song.

You could also use association with this as there were parts of this you may have heard before such as the tiny little part from the Secrets solo from Mr. V.H. that I through in there. Beyond that, I gave many clues on the problem mp3. Too many probably, but even with the clues it was interesting to see where some of you tabbed this.

One of the main hot topics with leads in general is the positioning a player used to play something in. Regardless of how great a guitarist you are or how awesome your ear is you have to always face the fact that you might be playing something in the 7th position but the actual player did it in the 2nd position or something like that. Nobody is perfect with this. For example with V.H. stuff there are cases where I'm well aware Ed is playing something in the 12th position but on my guitar and my setup it sounds better and more authentic if I play the same thing in the 7th position on higher strings. That's player preference and sometimes we have to adjust things based on our equipment and how our setup sounds to us. Most of you are not going to make a living transcribing things. Most of you are simply going to learn things to learn them. So accuracy and position are where you think they sound good and may not match exactly where the given player did something.

The tabs for this lesson might surprise some of you but there were others who nailed it. A couple people were dead on perfect with it. Which ever person you are be sure you play your way with my way and if you did get it wrong this again will help your ear hear what the right way sounds like, what notes that match perfectly sound like.

Video Lesson

"Actual" TABS for the problem

Solo section, key of D minor.

The D minor scale is, D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C

So it's key signature is all B's are Flat. D minor is the relative minor of F.

The scale I used in the position I used it in is below.

E_______________________________________________8C_10D_____________
B____________________________________8G_10A_11Bb____________________
G__________________________7D_9E_10F________________________________
D________________7A_8Bb_10C_________________________________________
A______7E_8F_10G____________________________________________________
E__10D______________________________________________________________

Solo section leads

** Chord hits used as accent as there is no band playing and the listener needs a frame of reference. Had this been an actual solo to an actual song, those chord hits would not be there it would only be soloing around the rhythm.

E___________________________________________
B___________________________________________
G__5__7--sl dwn--_______________________________
D__5__7--sl dwn--_______________________________
A__3__5--sl dwn--_______________________________
E___________________________________________

E_____________________________________________________
B_______________________10______8_____________________
G_______7_9_9--10~__7---9____9---7____9_7~_______________
D_3-----7_________________________________7~--sl dwn--0_____
A_____________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________

E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G_7___________7_9^^1/2 gradual bend~______________________
D___7_______7______________________________________
A_____10_8~________________________________________
E__________________________________________________

E___________________________________________
B___________________________________________
G___5__7--sl dwn--______________________________
D_0_5__7--sl dwn--______________________________
A_0_3__5--sl dwn--______________________________
E___________________________________________

E_____________________________________________________
B_______________________10______8_____________________
G_______7_9_9--10~__7---9____9---7____9_7~________________
D_3-----7_________________________________7~--sl dwn--0______
A_____________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________

E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G_7___________7_9__9^^1/2 gradual bend~___________________
D___7______7~______________________________________
A_____10_8_________________________________________
E__________________________________________________