Questions tagged [solos]
A solo is a section or complete piece of music played or sung by one musician, with or without additional accompaniment by an ensemble or tape.
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Is there a term for a solo break without the rest of the band stopping?
In jazz, a soloist often takes over after another soloist at the end of the previous chorus, rather than wait until the first measure of their own chorus. Essentially this is a pickup bar (or several ...
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How to solo over diminished triads in a bluesy style?
I play the guitar and I like throwing in diminished triads.
They can be easier to finger than the full diminished seventh chord or seventh chord if you're doing country or jazzy less fully voiced ...
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What is this plucked instrument musical style called? [closed]
I know a number of great string instrument players who mostly write/perform solo instrumental music on their instruments, be it a guitar, a bass or anything else.
A few examples:
Aram Bedrosian - ...
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Is there a way for one player to have a solo but the rest of the instrument keep playing?
I'm writing a piece where there is like a bass line which is made up of all 5 string section parts (orchestra) that each have a similar rhythm, and that all together makes a cool sound.
I want to add ...
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specifics on modal playing, or emphasizing an underlying chord
i've been reading a lot about modal playing, perhaps that which is derived from modal Jazz. the sources i've been reading & watching seem split about the notes/scale & which to emphasize.
some ...
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Sputtery tonging on Trombone when playing music
For some reason, whenever I play a piece of music (in this case, H. Vincent's 'Air for Baritone/Cornet'), I find that my tonging is very stutters and rough between notes, yet if I play one note, low ...
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How can I find sheet music tabs and/or learn to play like M.Ward? [closed]
For starters, the song Shangri-la would be good. There is an ok tab on UltimateGuitar.com but it is just a simple one note at a time solo tab and there is a lot more complexity to this song and his ...
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How do i solo with both scale and chords? [closed]
I know how to play pentatonic, major and minor scale.
The question in solo i have chord progression like: C G Am F.
Then i play C major scale, i could play are C major chord in all shapes.
But how ...
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Best approach to count Seven Four Signature (7/4)?
I listened Pink Floyd "Money" from the album "Dark Side of the Moon" for a while break after and started to think about Seven Four (7/4) time signature in music theory and how to ...
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Post-concert routine for soloists? [closed]
I'm curious about what happens when a soloist walks off stage after a performance. Where do they go? Where does the conductor go? Everything backstage is a mystery for me.
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Ableton: Pressing solo button on audio track mutes all tracks, including the one I am trying to solo
In my Ableton Live 10 project right now, I have both midi and audio tracks. When I press the solo button on my midi tracks it behaves as I expect - the solo'd track is audible and all the others are ...
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Big Band solo conventions
I'm writing an arrangement of a typical AABA jazz standard for big band. After the 1st chorus (AABA once) I want a saxophone to take a solo. It occurred to me that I could let a different instrument (...
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App for listening to an orchestra instrument by instrument [closed]
There is a similar question on the forum, but not quite the same.
Do you know of any app able to show orchestra whole music sheet, play tutti, and allowing to select one or several instruments you ...
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Notes and Beat "slashes" in the same measure
I have a song I'm working on where the chorus ends with a half note in the first half of a measure. I would like to do an instrumental/solo, I want to allow freedom to the musician so I have just ...
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When to use open note or closed note for solo on acoustic guitar for the same pitch?
Suppose you want to hit E5 (which is 0 fret on 1st string) in a passage of your solo, what are the reasons you'd pick the open note or the closed note on 5th fret 2nd string?
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