Second Solo:

Our next solo is based around Section C, and sees us modulating to A minor. The solo kicks off with a simple stylistic phrase, that follows the chord changes, and its function is to add a little more melody, as opposed to being so lick based, and also to give you some breathing space! Our next lick is a cool Paul Gilbert style Blues guitar lick, which is a loop pattern that is great for building speed and is based around the A Blues scale. Our next phrase is a Richie Kotzen figure that demonstrates his fluid legato style and covers large sections of the neck. Our next lick includes some Yngwie inspired triad arpeggios based around Am and G major arpeggios. From this we conclude the chorus section with some larger Jason Becker inspired arpeggios that feature Jason’s slightly unorthodox fingerings, and wide stretches.

Our final solo is performed over the B section, and kicks off with a very large arpeggio based around Em9, and uses a mixture of sweep picking and legato, and also tapping. The lick is concluded with one of Richie’s signature bluesy unison bends. The necks lick is inspired by Richie Kotzen, Greg Howe and Jason Becker, and is a lick that crosses the E minor pentatonic scale using a barring technique. Our next lick is another Richie lick, and utilises wide stretches based around E minor pentatonic, embellished with some tapping. The licks also shift positions, performing the same phrase an octave lower on the D and G strings. Our next lick is inspired by Michael Lee Firkins, and makes use of 6th intervals played on the top two strings, and performed with whammy bar scoops, as they ascend up the neck. Our neck lick is based on both Greg Howe and Darren Householder, and makes use of two G major arpeggios shapes based around the A and C shapes, performed with sweeps, then a series of taps and left hand hammer-ons. Our neck lick is another Paul Gilbert wide stretch pentatonic idea that uses string skipping and tapping, which concludes with a Greg Howe ascending and descending scale run that uses 3 note per-string ideas with tapping. The solo concludes with our intro figure performed and octave higher and concluded with some unison bends.

Good Luck!