Tag: mixolydian

Energetic Rock Jam Track in G

15/09/2020 Backing Track No Comments

Classic, uplifting rock jam track in G. Have fun with this blues rock guitar backing track! Download the chord chart here:

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Energetic Rock Jam Track in G (Chord Chart)

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About this jam track

Inspired by classic rock track from Status Quo & others, this guitar backing track brings the boogie rock groove to shred your favorite blues rock licks in the key of G. The A-section builds up a classic rock & roll pattern, that develops into a more modern pop rock chorus, that opens up the arrangement with fuller chords and a joyful organ. Stick around ’til the end for a little surprise 🙂

Gear
  • The main guitar used on this uplifting rock jam track is a Fender Telecaster Vintera LPD
  • Amps used: only Victory V40 Duchess & The Mad Professor Honey Overdrive for rhythm.
  • Drums: Steven Slate Drums 5.5
  • Bass: programmed with Spectrasonics Trilian

I had a lot of fun making this classic blues rock backing track, & I sincerely hope that this video will provide you with some inspiration. Keep on playing that guitar! Maarten.

Double Stop Hybrid Solo

15/12/2019 Technical, Video Tab No Comments

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Double Stops (1 Chord)

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I wrote a new solo for my  backing track on YouTube.  The main idea was to use hybrid picking and double stops to create movement, while improvising over 1 chord. One of the improvising techniques I like to use is “W.W.X.D.?” (=what would X do?), the X in this case being David Grissom. I tried emulating his use of double stops and open strings a little bit. Have fun !

Emotional Guitar Solo

10/12/2019 Video Tab No Comments

Emotional Guitar Solo in the Mixolydian Mode, played on my Suhr Modern Pro HH. Download the guitar tabs below. 

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Emotional Guitar Solo

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I play this original guitar solo over one of the first backing tracks I composed. The track, called ‘Autumn‘, is inspired by the colder, autumn days. Backing track here.

The guitar solo emphasizes the Mixolydian mode, a mode that has a certain feeling to it. This mode fits what I was trying to express here.

The acoustic guitar in the intro is my Martin HD-16R Adirondack guitar. The intro of this song lays out the basic chords that make it possible to play the Mixolydian mode.

Inspiration from Pete Thorn

Playing my Suhr guitar made me think of the great Pete Thorn, an avid player of Suhr guitars. Because of that, I applied a concept that he uses in his solo from his track ‘The Groomed Noodler’. (available at jtcguitar.com – highly recommended!)

The basic idea is to start the second phrase of the solo early, which is on the second half of the second beat of the previous bar. This ‘long pickup-phrase’ really grabs the attention of the listener as it shifts the melody forward in time (see figure).

Emotional Guitar Solo. Pete Thorn Solo Concept
Emotional Guitar Solo (Pete Thorn's "Long Pickup Phrasing" Concept)

As you can see on the image, the rhythm (and melody) from pickup 1 is then repeated in bar 2 of the second chorus. This motif glues the two parts together and makes it clear to the listener that we enter a new part in this guitar solo. The energy in the second part of the solo is higher, as the melody moves up on octave. 

Other than that, most of this solo was improvised. So, I hope you like the ‘Emotional Guitar Solo’ video that I made, with the tabs on the screen.

For the first time, I published the videos on my (brand new) YT-channel, along with 2 of my previous compositions.

More tabbed solo’s here.

Enjoy!