Members pogo97 Posted April 11, 2013 Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 Many years ago I read an article that analysed Lester Young's solo on the Jones-Smith Inc recording of "Shoe Shine Boy." (Jones-Smith was a pseudonym for the Count Basie band and this was, maybe, their first recording.) One of the points made was that right off in the solo, Young performs a couple of really difficult moves as if to say: "Here I am, move over. Now listen here." Piano players have the same stuff--scale and arpeggios done really fast. So do organists. Guitar players, of course, have little else (wink smiley here).What, think you, constitutes a bragging rights lick on synth? It's such a very different instrument than piano or organ, I don't know if there's an equivalent.Lester Young's solo starts at 0:44 after Basie's piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_big_e Posted April 11, 2013 Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 As far as syle of playing goesFor synth, Rick Wakeman comes to mind.For Piano, Chuck Leavell maybe.Organ, Gregg Rolie perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stokely Posted April 11, 2013 Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 I'm a self-acknowledged "hack", never learned to read, and I don't mind blending in as much as possible --so my "proud of myself" licks may be low-hanging fruit for pros. That said, the ones I've learned that I'm pretty proud of: piano: solo to The Breeze (just weird phrasing to me, mess it up often ) organ: Foreplay (still working on it at full speed honestly, and doing left-hand at the same time is a struggle) synth: tough one, I can't think of too many hard synth parts I've had to learn. As a teenager I worked up Foolin' Yourself from Styx note for note, I was feeling pretty good at the time! Edit: Synth does open things up for me in one area--controlling the sound. I'm just as impressed at being able to manipulate filters etc while playing to make a cool sound as I am playing a billion notes per minute. I can't think of good examples offhand unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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