Tyler Austenfeld

Adding Tension to Your Solo - #TenThumbsBluesChallenge - Day 12 (Patreon)

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2022-05-23 17:15:06

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2022-05-23 17:15:32

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2024-03

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Backing Track Blues Challenge in D TenthumbsBluesChallenge

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We played our first solo two days and we did something I call root note phrasing, meaning we finished every single phrase on the root note of the underlying harmony, if the band was playing D7, we finished on a D, if they were playing G we finished on a G, now this is a great way to let your ears hear what good phrasing sounds like, to be even more specific to hear what resolution sounds like. Having said that, a story with no conflict isn't a story at all, a solo with no tension is the same as a story with no conflict, so lets take a look at how we can modify our note choice slightly to create some tension with our solo, and while we are at it lets add some triplets to give the solo some movement.

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#TenThumbsBluesChallenge Day 12 - Adding Tension To Our Solo

#TenThumbsBluesChallenge Day 12 - Adding Tension To Our Solo We played our first solo two days and we did something I call root note phrasing, meaning we finished every single phrase on the root note of the underlying harmony, if the band was playing D7, we finished on a D, if they were playing G we finished on a G, now this is a great way to let your ears hear what good phrasing sounds like, to be even more specific to hear what resolution sounds like. Having said that, a story with no conflict isn't a story at all, a solo with no tension is the same as a story with no conflict, so lets take a look at how we can modify our note choice slightly to create some tension with our solo, and while we are at it lets add some triplets to give the solo some movement.