Vinni Smith
April 11th, 2006, 10:02 AM
Hey all. Vinni Here.
Here is a little out of the pocket thing I like to do over a IV chord when soloing with the Blues. I like to go into a diminished mode in the middle of the IV chord. It gives a sense of wandering and a strong pull back to the I chord.
Here is one of the positions I use to do this.....
Let's say we are in A. A=I D=IV and E=V.
The notes for the trick would be D# F# A. Then go up three frets and do the same, and then again up three frets.
Now this can be played a number of ways. You can sweep it, indiviually pick it up or down and it sounds good played as a chord with a nice lead tone on it as well.
It is an easy trick that I have done for years and I don't even remember where or when I picked it up. It sounds very cool and is fun to do and always seems to raise some eybrows when pulled off correctly.
For a soundbyte example of this, please visit www.broadjam.com and type Vinni Smith into the search area. It will take you to about 25 of my songs. Just click on the song "Vinni's Blues". I do this trick on the guitar solo of that song.
On another post I will turn you on to playing a whole tone scale over the V chord. It is an out of the pocket thing as well that gets a lot of attention from the listener and is fun to do...........
Enjoy and please tell me what you come up with.
vinni
Here is a little out of the pocket thing I like to do over a IV chord when soloing with the Blues. I like to go into a diminished mode in the middle of the IV chord. It gives a sense of wandering and a strong pull back to the I chord.
Here is one of the positions I use to do this.....
Let's say we are in A. A=I D=IV and E=V.
The notes for the trick would be D# F# A. Then go up three frets and do the same, and then again up three frets.
Now this can be played a number of ways. You can sweep it, indiviually pick it up or down and it sounds good played as a chord with a nice lead tone on it as well.
It is an easy trick that I have done for years and I don't even remember where or when I picked it up. It sounds very cool and is fun to do and always seems to raise some eybrows when pulled off correctly.
For a soundbyte example of this, please visit www.broadjam.com and type Vinni Smith into the search area. It will take you to about 25 of my songs. Just click on the song "Vinni's Blues". I do this trick on the guitar solo of that song.
On another post I will turn you on to playing a whole tone scale over the V chord. It is an out of the pocket thing as well that gets a lot of attention from the listener and is fun to do...........
Enjoy and please tell me what you come up with.
vinni