Members MarkofCainband Posted December 12, 2011 Members Share Posted December 12, 2011 The band I'm in has started adding more songs that have room for jamming out a little more (allman brothers, santana, that kind of thing). I've never been in a band that did that kind of stuff, it's always been more so "you have an 8/12/16/whatever bar solo and you end in that time". Let's say we are doing an extended thing and I've said all I can say in a particular solo, what are some ways to signal to the band to go back into the song? More so, how can I get better at not losing my place so-to-speak during the jam? Ending in the right spots I guess. I mean, I can't imagine guys like Jerry Garcia or Jimi Hendrix counting measures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonfinn Posted December 12, 2011 Members Share Posted December 12, 2011 The band I'm in has started adding more songs that have room for jamming out a little more (allman brothers, santana, that kind of thing). I've never been in a band that did that kind of stuff, it's always been more so "you have an 8/12/16/whatever bar solo and you end in that time". Let's say we are doing an extended thing and I've said all I can say in a particular solo, what are some ways to signal to the band to go back into the song? More so, how can I get better at not losing my place so-to-speak during the jam? Ending in the right spots I guess. I mean, I can't imagine guys like Jerry Garcia or Jimi Hendrix counting measures... It depends on the music. If the chord progression is a simple one or two-chord jam, then you give the band a "sight cue" (like the "guitar neck in the air" motion) to show when you're done. If the form is more complex, then you gotta count measures. A good skill to practice is to learn awareness of exactly how long the phrases you play are. Not easy. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members polishpaul Posted December 12, 2011 Members Share Posted December 12, 2011 If Chuck Norris had animals..........no..........back to the thread. A good skill to practice is to learn awareness of exactly how long the phrases you play are. Not easy. :-) I found this an interesting statement, Jon. Did you mean that it's a skill needing to be practiced separately from playing in time? Thinking about it, it seems the only way to apply this awareness would be to be able to start a given phrase at any point in a bar, and be able to end it at the corresponding point in the same or another one, in relation to the start point. Very tight, that.....even more difficult to modify a set phrase on-the-fly and still land correctly at the end of it and know how to move forward from that point. Hence your :-) when you wrote it's "not easy", I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted December 12, 2011 Members Share Posted December 12, 2011 Work out cues with the drummer (and bassist or anyone else) in rehearsal. The cue could be a specific lick, a motion, or a look. The drummer can cue the rest of the band pretty easily with a fill in case not everyone can see you. In my humble opinion other guitarists, keys, and other instruments can kind of fake it, or just lay out for a bar or so and it won't be too big a deal; but if the drums and bass aren't right, it's not going to sound good at all. Like anything else, it's easier to do "on the fly" if you practice first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agitator Posted December 12, 2011 Members Share Posted December 12, 2011 Ideally, everyone should be able to tell by what you're playing. You come to a climax, wrap it up with a logical conclusion, and everyone knows it's time to go back into the song. If that doesn't work, just nod at the drummer and have him cue it with a lick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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