Riff Style Solos
One of the simplest approaches to soloing is to come up with a good riff and then alter it to fit the chord changes. This works particularly well for instrumental tunes.
Here is an example of a riff style solo from the playing of Albert Collins, a master of understatement. The solo contains three riffs, each 12 bars long. The first riff uses only one note and leaves space for call and response with the other instruments.
Here is another riff which leaves room for call and response with other instruments.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Summary of Scales
3- Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns
4- Flash Lightnin’
5- Riff Style Solos
6- 6ths and 3rds
7- Fretboard Diagrams
8- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
9- T-Bone Junction
10- Vocal Style Soloing
11- Back In Sixty Six
12- Bluesbreaker
13- Tablature
14- Chuckin’
15- Around The Bend
16- Call and Response
17- The Third Degree
18- Blues Scale Forms
19- Tablature Symbols
20- Comparing Styles – BB and Albert King
21- Two Way Conversation
22- Tritones
23- Turn Me Loose
24- Comparing Styles – BB King and Freddy King
25- Tell Me More
26- Open Position Blues Scale
27- Octaves
28- I Miss Your Lovin’
29- Dynamics
30- Parking Meter Blues
31- Gimme Some Space
32- Bending The Blues
33- Major Pentatonic Scales
34- Swingin’ Along
35- Hot Ice
36- Analysing a Solo
37- Solos Using Chords
38- Goin’ To Memphis
39- Joe’s Jive
40- The Blender
41- Razor Blade
42- Combining Rhythm and Lead
43- Can’t Turn Back
44- Dominant 7th Arpeggios
45- Town To Town
46- Straight Line
47- The Blues Never Die
48- Playing Along One String
49- Lonesome Road
50- String Bean
51- Hold That Train