Members jeremy_green Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Who are your favourite melodic players? Not shredders, slow hand type stuff. Clapton and Gilmour jump immediately to mind.... Who are some others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mosiddiqi Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Brian MayJimmy Page (just thinking of solo's like "The Rover" or "Achilles Last Stand", beautifully melodic)Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)..very melodic player, killer vibrato Upping the bpm's a bit..hard to beat Michael Schenker for the perfect mix of flash/melody imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonfinn Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Who are your favourite melodic players? Not shredders, slow hand type stuff. Clapton and Gilmour jump immediately to mind.... Who are some others? For me:Carlos SantanaLarry CarltonNeal SchonDavid GilmourDuane AllmanJeff Beckway too many others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mosiddiqi Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Neal Schon is a really good call..a really overlooked player. Pretty much all his lead lines are singable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Slash is pretty melodic, IMO. I didn't realize it at the time, but that sort of stuff is what really drew me to the guitar in the first place. Gilmour is a pretty obvious choice, but how could anyone not like his playing? I agree with Mosiddiqi on Schenker. Although I'm not a huge UFO or MSG fan, the first time I heard Schenker I had the thought he was the perfect mix of flash and melody. I alot of blues guys are pretty melodic... you can pretty much sing their lead lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meganutt7 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Dude... There are quite a few I can think of off the top... Even if they ARE shredders as well, they have a great sense of melody... Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Keith Scott (Bryan Adams' guitarist, who is freaking GREAT, eventhough I don't particularly love Bryan Adams' music), Mike Campbell (Tom Petty), Brian May, Ry Cooder, Gilmour of course, Hendrix (underrated on a "melodic" level, but the intricacy and melodic sense of his comping was unheard of before he did his thing...) There are so many.. That is essenially off the top of my head in a rock type genre (except Ry Cooder)... Jazz-wise, it's basically EVERYBODY.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andy thompson Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 [video=youtube;J09ehzggVVo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09ehzggVVo Bert Jansch...cant comment technically as Im here to learn. Just moves me emotionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'll add one who is not that famous, but an inspiration to many of us who knew him; Jose Iglesias (RIP) [video=youtube;l7Aq_Mw6fTw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Aq_Mw6fTw The solo at 2:32 is improvised. This is one of 2 official live recordings the band has. The singer/songwriter/guitarist/harmonica player and a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with MS a few years ago. Last time I saw him some musicians did a concert in his honor, and he went onstage on a wheelchair and needed oxygen a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tommy Gun Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Definitely Gilmour, Slash and some of the other ones already mentioned.Another rocker who is highly melodic is Steve Hackett IMO.Not a rocker, but Django Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 I have been on an Ozzy kick and Zakk and RR have some melodic bits in their playing. Even when Rhoads is playing fast it still sounds melodic to me, although more classically influenced than blues influenced. Zakk plays some pretty melodic stuff on "Road to Nowhere" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gennation Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 The first two that come to mind are Neil Schon and Steve Lukather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sean0913 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Man I'll add Robben Ford, Guthrie Govan, Adrian Vandenberg, John Sykes, Phil Keaggy, Brian Jones, Gary Moore - there are a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meganutt7 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 OK, part two of the list.. Scott Henderson, Oz Noy, Wayne Krants, Pat Metheny, Scofield, Mike Stern, Joe Diorio, McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Wes Montgomery, Django, Andreas Oberg, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Robben Ford, Tony MacAlpine, Joe Pass, Tuck Andress, Charlie Hunter, Martin Taylor.... Charlie Christian, Robert Johnson, Trey Anastasio (I am not a huge Phish fan, generally, but he is very melodic...), Jimmy Herring, Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa... I mean, the list could really go on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members polishpaul Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Marc Bolan of TRex, regarding melodic playing.......that is, if you mean the getting a sequence of notes locked into your brain....FOREVER. Doo-de-dah-dah-daaaah.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hank Marvin. Oh wait: he plays melodies... but doesn't improvise much, which I guess is what you're asking. Still, I learned a lot of what I know about melody from listening to (and playing) early Shadows tunes. For melodic improvisers in rock, I'd go for Gilmour, Slash (I never liked G'n'R's music, but I was usually pleasantly surprised by Slash's melodic sense); probably Brian May and Jeff Beck. Mark Knopfler perhaps. In jazz, the list is endless. Django for sure; Charlie Christian, Wes M... just about every jazz guitarist before fusion was essentially melodic. For contemporary players, Bill Frisell is one of the more melodic. John Parricelli is another personal favourite. I'm a big Bert Jansch fan, but I'm not sure I'd characterise him as a melodic improviser. He has written some nice tunes, mind, so I'm happy to second andy's vote. Anyone for Richard Thompson? (not just as a great guitarist - no question - but as a particularly melodic improviser?) (It's a good question, but a difficult one to answer: what does "melodic" mean? Does it just mean "guitarists I like"? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alex_DeLarge Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Slash specially after Appetite for Destruction. John Frusciante Californication onwards mostly and solo work. Santana. Robby Krieger the guitarist of The Doors has some interesting licks and solos, and is very underrated IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Wes, Grant Green, Charlie Christian... I likes the jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeremy_green Posted April 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 LOL! Some great answers thanks guys. Let me funnel the question down a little then. I asked specifically "slow hand" style players. Many of these players are DEFINITELY melodic ... but I am talking about the guys who make wonderful melodies out of simple pieces. For people of limited speed who would you suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigboy78 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 John Mayer. Little Beaver - I've only heard him on Joss Stone's album, but very understated melodic soul/blues playing as part of a vocal album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members polishpaul Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Quoting Jeremy earlier: "Not shredders, slow hand type stuff." You forgot the 'but', or 'but rather' after the comma....hence a bit of confusion. No matter.....we continue...... Howard Roberts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-Pot Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 If your looking for soaring, singably melodic electric guitar, you need to listen to Neal Schon's Beyond The Thunder and Voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Tony Iommi - very memorable, melodic metal solos that aren't necessarily blazing fast.George Harrison - I don't listen to the Beatles nearly as much as I should, but I listen enough to know George was a great, melodic player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andy thompson Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Declan Sinnott adds a lot to Christy Moore live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srspud Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Neal Schon, Michael Schenker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigboy78 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Who are your favourite melodic players? Not shredders, slow hand type stuff. Clapton and Gilmour jump immediately to mind.... Who are some others? Would you say most players make an active decision to be one or the other? I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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