On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:27 PM, V G wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:09 PM, V G wrote: > >> I'm getting pretty good at playing guitar, I can pretty much play any >> 60s/70s/80s/90s song with a guitar in it at the worst case a few hours >> after looking at the tab. >> >> But now I want to be more creative instead of like a blind robot just >> playing tabs off the Internet. >> >> So I refreshed my prior knowledge on the science of sound, relationships >> between frequencies and intervals and things like that, chord patterns, >> pentatonic scales and such and deiced to try to solo to some blues beats= .. >> For example, Johnny B. Goode like this: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dd4Cr7kxjSBs. >> >> I failed miserably trying to solo by myself. >> >> Anyway, I tried another song from my collection that I think will be a >> really good place to start soloing - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here at = the >> beginning where it's instrumental and the very end where it's instrument= al. >> >> One problem, I don't know what key/scale/pentatonic pattern that first >> solo is in. Any ideas/hints/tips? >> >> Here's the tab: >> http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/pink_floyd/wish_you_were_here_ver4_tab= ..htm >> I'm referring to where it says "Solo: ( 2nd Guitar )". > > > > Update: I think* it's using the second pattern in the picture here: > http://www.learn-guitar-online.com/images/PS%20Lesson%2010%20Ex%201.jpg > > which would mean that that whole solo is in E minor, which doesn't make > sense to me because I don't see any E at all played in the song (it's all > G/C/D/Am). > > I'm confused. > Update 2: I'm an idiot. It's probably a G major pentatonic (same as E minor). --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .