One chord songs - how do you solo over them? Interesting challenge.
This is similar to what Miles Davis introduced to the jazz world with his
exploration of modal music - "Kind of Blue" project.
It is both limiting and freeing at the same time. Limiting in a sense if
you rely on chord changes to propel your ideas. Freeing in that, once you
are comfortable with the mode/scale/tone center, there are no "avoid"
notes.
To sustain interest, it almost forces one to think outside of one's own
box and leave the "licks" behind.
The Iceman
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From: harplicks@xxxxxxxxx
Your story reminded me of the time I attended one
of Magic Dave Therault's shows one night down in
Denver a few years ago, and he called up to join
him for an encore song... it was a one-chord
instrumental jam! Caught me off-guard at first, but
once I got ahold of the thing it was an utter blast
and a true crowd-pleaser as we traded licks into
the night.
They played an
African blues song (not
African-American...AFRICAN) with only one chord,
G.
I'm thinking, "What have I gotten myself into? I
can't solo over one
chord!" Actually, it took me a couple of minutes
to even figure out how to
accompany over one chord.
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