DAVID LYTTELTON Over the next few issues, we’re going to look at ways of developing some medium-paced ideas to fit in with your Mixolydian vocabulary. To do this we’ll be using various intervals, such as 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths and octaves.
If you were asked to give an ideal blend between slow, medium and fast ideas for a well-balanced rock guitar solo, what would it be? 25% slow, 50% medium-paced and 25% fast? Even if you think that they should be evenly spread, the fact is that most self-taught rock guitarists do not play like that: especially metal players. Many heavy rockers switch between one extreme to another: that is, interesting ways of playing slow notes (such as using a whammy bar dive bomb, or a pinched harmonic)…
