Description
The last big solo section in the song brings in a new key, F# Minor, and brings back the 12/8 time signature. For all of you theory geeks, you'll find this as creative use of Parallel Major (F# Minor is the relative minor of A Major, and A Major is the parallel major key to A minor, the key of our song).
You'll also find that our song brings back the motif of the minor pentatonic scale picked quickly underneath the solo. The composer was deliberate in this choice. This is clever motivic development.
Take time in counting the transition that uses a bar of 9 to go from one section to the next. Practice counting with the recording to get it down before attempting to play it.
Lesson Info
Instructor
Andy Gurley
Tutorial Lessons
- Carry On Wayward Son: Introduction
- The Must-Know Riff
- Time Changes Everything
- Prog Rock Wall of Harmony
- Less Is More
- A Riff As Good As the Solo
- It's All In the Rhythm
- Crossing the Bridge
- New Time, New Key
- 4 Licks and a Les Paul
- How To Make Quarter Notes Interesting
- Let's End With A Guitar Solo
- What's Better Than Ending With One Guitar Solo?
- Tone and Equipment
- Feats of Strength: Play Along!
- Carry On: Jam Along
