Lesson 33
Notes to Lesson 33
After almost eight months of diligent study, it's time to start having the fun we were all promised! Lesson 33 has us taking the three Blues solos from Lesson 31, and writing three additional 12-bar solos, just by rearranging the runs and arpeggios. We are to do them first in G and then transpose them to all the other keys.
Here's what I've done for you: I created my personal solos and I transposed them to all keys except Db. For your transposing practice, take the TEF's in C and transpose them to Db.
The easiest way I can think of to use TablEdit to create your solo is to use the three "Prime" examples. Make another Lead Guitar Module (let's call it "Your Lead"). Then we copy the 1st 12 measures of my example which are the same as Mickey's Lesson 31. Now you have 36 measures or 3 Blues Choruses to write. I can almost hear some of you saying "Oh no, what'll I do next?"
First of all, don't panic. Mickey "tosses us a bone." He says "take the same runs and change them around in as many ways as you can." You can use my examples to help give you some additional ideas, such as taking them and adding or subtracting notes, inverting them, just any trick you can think of. And if, as Mike Nelson of "Seahunt" used to say, "Suddenly" you have a completely original idea (or original for this lesson) try it!
Let me help! I've created three Prime Worksheet TEF's with space for your solos, Mickey's solos repeated in their staves, and my solos. Create your own from Mickey's and my ideas, and then delete my and Mickey's modules. You then will have your own original! In fact, before you erase my and Mickey's examples, play the TEF and listen to it. It should sound like three part harmony and have an interesting swing to it! Don't just listen to the TablEdit MIDI, but rather, call some of your buddies over and play it as a guitar trio!
I remember creating these TEF's and I was actually disappointed to finish the lesson, I was having so much fun. So what did I do? I took my Prime's in G and wrote an up tempo Rhythm part per our old friends the Freddie Green "Chunk" rhythms. And the results came alive. So what I'd like you to do is after writing your original breaks, play them against the Bonus TEF backgrounds. You're going to surprise yourself and your spouses/parents are going to be suspicious of that fatuous smile you now have!
For extra work (as if we need it!), we can not only transpose these to orchestra keys, but to guitar friendly keys as well. Also, let's not forget to continue building our Standards notebook we started at Lesson 17. Even if we manage only 1 a week, that's 52 in a year. Please share with us what you create.
Just keep it FUN!