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Title: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: porkplan on July 18, 2013, 12:39:54 AM

Guys like Eric Clapton often add chords during some solos, and they sound really good. So how exactly do I add chords on solos.

Should it be during the first strum of the chord or the last? How much chords from the progression should I add? How can I make it not sound awkward? Thanks a   :-Dlot!

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: dirtybluesplayer on July 18, 2013, 04:19:32 PM

Experiment some complicated chords, like jazz chords, using fifths, sevenths, etc etc. and add some staccato, power chords, barre chords, and licks

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: tonwins11 on August 30, 2013, 09:21:46 PM

Quote from: porkplan on July 18, 2013, 12:39:54 AM

Guys like Eric Clapton often add chords during some solos, and they sound really good. So how exactly do I add chords on solos.

Should it be during the first strum of the chord or the last? How much chords from the progression should I add? How can I make it not sound awkward? Thanks a   :-Dlot!

Actually, there are no fixed rules about this. Personally, sometimes when I'm out of licks, I just usually make double stops or just strum the chords until something goes into my mind again.

If it sounds good, then it's good.  :)

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: JaidaRocks on January 04, 2014, 09:10:31 PM

I Do what B.B. King does, hit the note on the 1st string(octave) and slide back... or vibrato mode...

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: edmund on May 22, 2014, 03:38:03 AM

Jim hall

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: blackwingchai on May 30, 2014, 02:00:17 PM

Quote from: edmund on May 22, 2014, 03:38:03 AM

Jim hall

yes

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: jhule77 on November 27, 2014, 01:22:05 AM

robben ford is a great place to start.

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: v00doochi1d on September 15, 2015, 11:48:52 PM

sa chord changes mismo ng progression ng song meyn:)

Title: Re: How and when do I add chords to guitar solos?
Post by: sonicassault on September 16, 2015, 09:56:48 AM

it's more of feel when you're gonna get some chords in that solo.
say, if you're just about to dish out a steady two bars of eighth notes, why not use an arpeggio of the chords (or related ones) in the progression?
a single strum of a chord that lasts one bar? try it on the 1 and/or the 3 of the measure.
listen to piano music, maraming gaun kahit sa classical, just to have a sense kung saan bumabagsak yung mga chords  :)