Practice the riff from this video - • Cocaine - Eric Clapton... - or just have a jam along. Some options for soloing are along the bottom. www.guitar.studio / guitardotstudio / guitardotstudio Video by Hayden Booth
I really like to play the A Major scale over this progression. Gives my solos a bit of a major feel, and it's consistent with the E Major pentatonic scale. Of course e minor pentatonic scale works too. Other scales: blues scale, chromatic scale, D Major scale, G Major scale, and what else? Any more ideas anyone? As far as I'm concerned, the D Major works because it's dorian mode, and the G Major scale works because it's Aeolian mode. And A Major scale is Mixolydian, I think... I wonder if you can use any other interesting scales on here?
Totally. Playing notes from the A maj scale is E mixolydian, which is a fantastic sound for the track. You could try shifting your tonal centre with the chords and go from E mixolydian to D maj (with the chords) which changes the G# to a G in your scale. You can hear that in this Albert Lee Cocaine Jam - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v5hQrgVGQ2s.html (at about 1min 16 sec), it's a cool sound! (So you're changing your scale with the chord changes.)
Oh yea, I just listened to the Albert Lee video that you linked, and I think I heard exactly what you were referring to! Great catch! I believe you are talking about that little Emin7 chord shapes, that he is doing with hammer-ons and pull offs - it's really great! It also made me think of another tune, where you can clearly hear the same "lick" being used - it's song "Let me do it to you" by JJ Cale... I'm pretty sure you're familiar with this one, nevertheless I will link it below: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--K70scEDMCM.html As you can hear, the song oscillates all along between minor and major tonality... I think the main central tone is still kind of major, but you can hear him hammer-on that minor third all the time, which brings us, subconsciously, to a bluesy feel, that he is most certainly going for in that song... Thank you kindly for your advice, it made me really think more, and I have plenty of practice ahead of me. Also I love the backing track. It's perfect for practicing "Cocaine", and definitely one of the best backing tracks available right now. With kind regards, wf
@@bsnf-5 I was just thinking, the term I've heard for shifting your thinking and scales with each chord is 'change running'. The other way is using a 'blanket scale'. Both are great and have pros and cons. I believe some great players use a combination where they can be playing phrases quite freely, and then dig into the harmony of the changes with more of a 'change running' approach. Exactly like that Albert Lee clip.
@@GuitarStudiodot Thank you very much for this additional comment. I wasn't familiar with these terms. I haven't been able to find more info about "blanket scale", but perhaps I should do more research on the internet... It sounds interesting, and fits my style more. As for "change running", I think this concept might be a little bit more advanced, as it requires you to be pretty much mindful of every note that you play, and what that note means in a specific context (be it, a chord progression, like 2-5-1 in jazz music theory, or other musical context). To change between these two approaches is even more mind-blowing! And exactly like you pointed out, that Albert Lee video is a great example of shifting your thinking... He is playing some really hot licks, and sometimes uses these sweet chord arpeggios. Awesome analysis, once again - thank you.
Hi, I meant to have a version with the fretboard around the other way but it looks like I never uploaded it - I've added it to the list to re-render and will upload both versions in the future too
