Solo is an instrumental play assigned to a specific instrument or group of instruments. In rock music, it is often a display of a side theme opposed to vocals. As a rule, the guitarist plays a solo, but the choice of instrument depends on the style, the choice of the composer and the skill of the performer.
Instructions
Step 1
If the solo is being composed during rehearsal, have the group play the accompaniment. As a rule, a solo takes from 8 to 32 measures, this is a piece that the collective should play.
With the group's accompaniment, start improvising. Use a scale that is appropriate for the key, but don't just play the sounds of the current chord. Use non-chord sounds, different turns, chromaticism, singing.
Step 2
Develop general technique. Play solo legato, staccato, glissando, trills and grace notes depending on the instrument. Since more and more often solos are assigned to bass guitars, actively use slap, change your finger and pick technique.
Step 3
Use both hands: keyboardists, both during solo and when playing back voices, often place the bulk of the load on the right hand. This affects the level of the solo: it becomes more transparent, less technical, often too simple and boring. In some cases, the left hand is busy adjusting the tone (the keyboard player changes the sound on the fly). If this is not necessary, play some of the sounds with your left hand.
The guitar solo is not so critical in this matter: willy-nilly, the strings player uses both hands to achieve one sound.
Step 4
Play a timbre: add overdrive or distortion on the guitar, change choral timbres, violins, synthetic timbres on the synthesizer. But use this technique only if you are sure that you will have time to switch.
It is much easier for a keyboard player to cope with this task: the keyboard is divided into at least two independent zones, each of which can be programmed for a specific timbre. In most cases, you have to do this before the beginning of the song or track, so take care of the settings beforehand.
Step 5
Listen to the music of other bands. Analyze the structure and development of solos in songs by other authors, borrow techniques and techniques. Pay attention to the interval composition of the melody and the impression it creates. Copy by adding something of your own.
