What I like to do is work out some rough sketches for various possibilities of what I could play rather than a totally memorized solo. Then I have some ideas I can draw on depending on the feeling/emotion I have for the song at the time. I can play the straight/embellished melody. I can play down in the first position and use open strings for a bigger sound. I can play up the neck out of doublestop positions (find the melody up in a closed position and embellish). I can play something notey out of the pentatonic (say it ain't so). I can play a tremolo break. I can play something bluesy. I can play a Monroe style break out of chop chord positions. If I've worked out all these ideas, I really know the song and I can use one or more of these ideas to come up with something appropriate and coherent.
If there's a highly recognizable solo for the song already, ie Monroe's break for "I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky", then I'm going to learn that and play it note for note for at least one of my breaks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
