wolbai
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Hi to all,
it's already some time ago since I have posted something here ...
As I currently do not play in a band, I tend to crab all backing tracks I can get and noodle along with them. And sometimes, the outcome is what I would call “musical”.
I am still in love with my Warmoth Built I have ordered end of 2013. It quickly became my main guitar for live performance, because this guitar has a great versatility in tone (H-S-H). And at the end of the day: she is still a beauty :icon_biggrin:
Last week I rediscovered a backing track form Joe Satriani. The song is called "Satch Dreams". To me, this backing has some mystical elements: Great sound coloration I love to cruise over.
The beat is a 6/8 rhythm. Initially this was pretty hard for me to log into the groove. The backing itself is spherical and slow motion. The challenge is not to play a lot of notes and to let the backing breath. This requires a kind of mature playing discipline.
The main chord in the backing is B minor, and most of the other chords (Em7, Gmaj7, D, A) are taken from the B natural minor, or Aeolian, scale (B C# D E F# G A). The only exceptions are the F# and F#7 which you either ignore or apply the B harmonic minor (B C# D E F# G A#). Apart from the B minor pentatonic scale, the chord progression itself invites to play modal forms of the D-major scale and arpeggios.
I recorded this in ONE Take, so not all phrases are really top. But I like the overall mood. And it is completely improvised (I bet: I never can play like that again). With the exception of the backing this improvisations has not that much in common with the original song.
My main gigging amp is a Marshall JVM410h. I use this amp also for home recordings with a Rivera RockCrusher and a Radial JDX DI Box. For this specific recording I have chosen the Crunch channel (Orange Mode). In this channel you still can hear differentiations from your picking style (fingers and guitar pic) or by switching the PU selector.
I consider this as a great channel for a dynamic playing style (and I am still discovering this channel for that purpose).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_QqXM7wFgU&feature=youtu.be
Let me know what you’re thinking about.
Rocking greetings - wolbai
it's already some time ago since I have posted something here ...
As I currently do not play in a band, I tend to crab all backing tracks I can get and noodle along with them. And sometimes, the outcome is what I would call “musical”.
I am still in love with my Warmoth Built I have ordered end of 2013. It quickly became my main guitar for live performance, because this guitar has a great versatility in tone (H-S-H). And at the end of the day: she is still a beauty :icon_biggrin:
Last week I rediscovered a backing track form Joe Satriani. The song is called "Satch Dreams". To me, this backing has some mystical elements: Great sound coloration I love to cruise over.
The beat is a 6/8 rhythm. Initially this was pretty hard for me to log into the groove. The backing itself is spherical and slow motion. The challenge is not to play a lot of notes and to let the backing breath. This requires a kind of mature playing discipline.
The main chord in the backing is B minor, and most of the other chords (Em7, Gmaj7, D, A) are taken from the B natural minor, or Aeolian, scale (B C# D E F# G A). The only exceptions are the F# and F#7 which you either ignore or apply the B harmonic minor (B C# D E F# G A#). Apart from the B minor pentatonic scale, the chord progression itself invites to play modal forms of the D-major scale and arpeggios.
I recorded this in ONE Take, so not all phrases are really top. But I like the overall mood. And it is completely improvised (I bet: I never can play like that again). With the exception of the backing this improvisations has not that much in common with the original song.
My main gigging amp is a Marshall JVM410h. I use this amp also for home recordings with a Rivera RockCrusher and a Radial JDX DI Box. For this specific recording I have chosen the Crunch channel (Orange Mode). In this channel you still can hear differentiations from your picking style (fingers and guitar pic) or by switching the PU selector.
I consider this as a great channel for a dynamic playing style (and I am still discovering this channel for that purpose).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_QqXM7wFgU&feature=youtu.be
Let me know what you’re thinking about.
Rocking greetings - wolbai