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Originally Posted by Cowchip500
I'm curious as to how long it took everyone else to be able to solo? What was your main focus in practice (scales, improv, etc)?
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Well, for me, I never played any notes or even tried to solo for the first 6 or 7 years of playing. I was glad that I had focused on rhythm playing because that served me well when I finally did begin to start soloing. My main focus was probably just learning licks and putting them together. I turned to practicing the major, minor and blues scales and learned the
CAGED method and that changed my worldview. Then I met Kirk (online). His
Planetalk method really helped me understand what I already knew but couldn't put into words: it's all about chord tones and melody.
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Originally Posted by Cowchip500
What's the best way to lean the SRV chunk 'a chunk (shuffle)? I'm obsessed with Cold Shot (I even had a dream about it last night).
Even though I've been playing acoustic prior to this new guitar, my fingers feel like I caught them in the lawn mower  I hope they recover by the time I get off work tonight! |
Oh boy. SRV is about the most unique guitarist out there. There will probably be some other good answers coming, but I'd suggest just watching his right hand alot. He does an enormous amount of palm muting.
Just keep hammerin'! Your fingers will get used to it eventually.
Steve