C Major Phrasing Lesson

Ivan Milenkovic

C Major Phrasing Around Root Notes

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- MonkeyDAthos26th May 2011
  i don't know why but in my ears Solos on Major Scales like C Major and stuff don't sound good :/
  i don't mean it bad executed i just can't accept it in my brain as a good sound
- Ivan Milenkovic23rd May 2011
  Thanks Daniel!
- Daniel Realpe23rd May 2011
  very nice! I love your vibrato
- Ivan Milenkovic22nd May 2011
  Cool! Thanks Kristian!
- Bluesberry22nd May 2011
  This reminds me a lot of the Scorpions... good "hard" rock feel!
- Ivan Milenkovic22nd May 2011
  Thanks a lot mate! Cheers
- Ben Higgins22nd May 2011
  Excellent solo Ivan.. love that lick at 0:38 !

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- Tags: Bending, Vibrato, Slides, Alternate picking, Economy picking, C major, Following the chords, Root, Phrases, Solo, Phrasing, Root notes, Articulation
Hi GMCers! Today we will be covering C major beginner-friendly solo. In this solo, the focus is on bending, vibrato, and building musical catchy phrases around root notes of chords.

Tuning:
*Standard E
* E - A - D - G - B - E
(From thick to thin)

Techniques:
* Bending
* Vibrato
* Slides
* Alternate picking
* Economy picking

Chord progression:
|C ///|C ///|Am///|C ///|
|C ///|C ///|Am///|C ///|
|C ///|C ///|Am///|C ///|
|Dm///|G ///|Am///|Am///|
|Dm///|G ///|C ///|C ///|

Equipment:
* US Fender Stratocaster, positions 2 (neck tone control rolled off) and 5 (full on)
* Focusrite OctoPre MKII preamp/converter into EMU1212m card
* Amplitube 3 software, Boogie emulation with compressor and tubescreamer as boost. Delay and reverb also added

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Enjoy!/ Ivan

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