Solo & Fill Ideas Blanket on the Ground Bb up to C

[shagger]

Hi I'm looking for solo and fill ideas for the much overdone Blanket on the Ground.

Song statrs in Bb and transposes upto C Major.

Any help/ideas would be much appreciated.

I find myself playing the same licks time and time again.

Many thanks.

Cammy

[magicninja]

Sorry, but the poll= :confused:

With the other stuff, what kind of stuff do you usually play on this song? I don't wanna recommend something you're already doing. :)

[shagger]

Any ideas plz.?

Thanks.

[Mark Pav]

I am not familiar with that song, even though you say it's over-done. Of course, I don't listen to country music when I can avoid it. :)

You could try mixolydian ideas in there, perhaps. You can also add the minor third to the mixolydian mode (add it though; don't remove the major third) to make a kind of country-blues scale. Try it, it sounds pretty good!

[CSchlegel]

Song statrs in Bb and transposes upto C Major.
A transposition or modulation can approached by what I call "degrees of preparation".

On one extreme you can simply stop playing in one key and abruptly start playing in another, right when the music changes key.

On the other extreme you prepare any modulation by approaching it using proper voice leading. This makes for a very "smooth-sounding" transition. An example would be to play in B flat major. Then two measures prior to the change to the new key of C major play a lick that outlines the ii of C (D minor) then, a measure before the C major key, play a lick that outlines the V of C (F7). By the time the C major arrives it sounds as if it's arrival was "inevitable" or "convincing".

Also, any two key centers a whole step apart can be linked by playing over a diminished chord in between. Classical guys did this freqently as a technique. B flat major -> B diminished -> C major.

So it really just depends upon what kind of effect you want to achieve or create.

I find myself playing the same licks time and time again.

Not necessarily a problem, you can use the same licks you are familar with just change your perspective on how you are using them. For example, to use a voice leading type approach, use your pentatonic shapes but play in: B flat major, then D minor/F major right before the change, then C major when the change occurs. To try the chord progression transition I suggested above.

Happy playing.