| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
What are the stylistic nuances of playing "southern" rock?
(i.e. Lynyrd Skynyrd, BLackfoot, Molly Hatchet...)
For the longest time I tried to *avoid* this style, now that I want
to play like this, I can't.
I jammed with a guy once that played *everything* in this style.
You don't know what life is, until you've heard "Just what I needed"
as if it were played by Skynyrd! ;^)
Help
Ashley in smogland.
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| 577.1 | Ricky Medlocke is one of favorites | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | MIDI DJ | Fri Apr 08 1988 09:50 | 7 |
The bands you mentioned, are very much oriented towards major
pentatonic in their solos. As I sit here thinking of the major
solos I remember, especially for those tunes usually described
as "Southern Boogies" I can't think of one solo that was
mostly major pentatonic.
db
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| 577.2 | STRATA::WCLARK | voodoo mathematician | Fri Apr 08 1988 10:04 | 8 | |
Also minor pentatonic - like Freebird - straight blues scales.
Southern rock is blues mixed with country mixed with hard rock
(not heavy metal). Lynard Skynard is more in the hard rock vein,
Charlie Daniels more country, Foghat more bluesy.
Good music to go see after you've downed a bottle of JD with your
biker friends from Alabama. Bad concert to bring your kids to.
-DAve
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| 577.3 | When I think Southern... | MARKER::BUCKLEY | Rocker Built for Speed! | Fri Apr 08 1988 10:13 | 19 |
Re: .2 MINOR pentatonic?????
I'd say major pentatonic, for the most part. Even when they use
the minor pent.'s, its to accomidate a superimposed major chord
(ie - freebird, whereas its in G major, but the solo is over G,
Bb and C major chords, thus the G minor pentatonic works to accomidate
the Bb major chord)
The major pentatonic and blues scales are real popular in country
and more bright sounding southern rock (include Grateful Dead in
this). The darker sounding stuff like Foghat uses the minor blues
more often.
Be sure to include lots of chromatic passages in your blues scales,
its very characteristic. Also, double stops and those Mark Knopler-ish
pulloff arpeggios are popular.
wjb
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| 577.4 | Slidework, jazz chords | PLDVAX::JACQUES | Fri Apr 08 1988 12:00 | 5 | |
Throw in a few jazz chords, and some slide work, and you have
the allman Bros sound. CDB also uses lots of jazz chords.
Mark Jacques
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| 577.5 | In Harmony | FROST::SIMON | Blown away in the country...Vermont | Fri Apr 08 1988 13:03 | 6 |
Also get with another guitarist and do those Harmony pieces. Very characteristic of Southern Rock style. -gary | |||||