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Contains the problem riff or solo to be figured out

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Problem Tips: 

This is the sister problem to problem 7.  Problem 7 dealt with single note soloing sections.  This time around here in problem 8 we going to look at and try to figure out a double stop soloing section.  A double stop is a two note chord.  Technically (text book) for a chord to be a chord it needs to have a minimum of 3 notes.  So when two notes are hit together they are often referred to as double stops rather than chords.  On lower thicker strings when done in root, 5th and root 3rd combinations they are often called Power chords.  Although really a true "Power Chord" needs 3 notes usually a Root, 5th, Root configuration of some kind.  All of this is technical stuff that most rock players never pay attention to and god bless them for it.  Nothing can suck the fun out of guitar playing like over analyzing everything on the darn fret board.  LOL 

This problem here will contain less tips than others do.  I'm not going to give away too much on the mp3.  I will point you in somewhat the right direction but we need to start getting into some problems where I don't give so many clues.  The reason being of course that in the real world with a real CD there is no Jeff to give you clues.  There isn't a CD that comes with every CD you buy where the guitarist for the band is telling you, "Ok I did this solo above the 7th fret and it's in D minor".  That would be nice but it of course is only fantasy.  LOL 

Use all of the lessons I've given thus far to figure out this double stop solo section. 

Additional Tips:

1.  Take it one double stop at a time.  Try to get the positioning first.

2.  Listen to the piece over and over.  Listen for bends, vibratos, little clues to position.  Such as slide ins or pull offs to open or something, (if any)

3.  Don't over think it and second guess yourself.  You would be surprised how often both in live and on guitar how good our first guess or first impression about something is.  Don't over think things, just do a rough draft and keep going.  Then go back over your rough draft and edit and fix anything that doesn't sound right. 

As always never do this as one whole piece and don't worry about the phrasing I'm doing.  Just worry about the notes, add the phrasing at the end when you find the double stops.