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Recommend me some Schenker solos to learn...


jonPhillips

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As the title says. I hear lots of recommendations to transcribe Michael Schenker solos, but not being overly familiar with his work don't really know where to start. Point me in the direction of something melodic, educational (ie: straightforward to work out what's being played over the underlying chords) and that's not ridiculously fast (easier to transcribe).

 

Thanks fellas :thu:

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Jon..just get hold of the live "Strangers in the Night" album by UFO..it's essential for hard rock guitar imo. Start with something like the quiet intro that Schenker does for "Doctor, Doctor"..it's easy to play the notes..but to get the feel and intonation he does is something else. Really, the whole album is worth learning, "Rock Bottom", "Lights Out", "Only you can rock me"..all killer solo's...my personal favourite is "Natural Thing"...it screams and sings..totally singable. Oh, the solo in "Out in the Street" is a good study too..very, very melodic.

 

The thing that gets me with Schenker..is he just sounds more in tune than most rock players. I know that sounds a bit odd..but he has a connection to the actual pitch of the notes, especially bent ones..that I don't really notice with other great players.

 

Other good stuff would be the "Try Me" solo from "Lights Out"..just beautiful.

 

Of his solo stuff, I really like the MSG albums "One night in Budokan" and "Assault Attack".

 

Enjoy! :thu:

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Oh, if you can, get hold of the original version os "SITN"..that starts with "Natural Thing"..the album was remastered with extra tracks..that are all fine..but somehow doesn't flow as well as the original shorter version.

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Nice one Mo - I thought you might be the first to chip in. I've got the Strangers In The Night album, haven't listened to it in ages though. I always remembering thinking that most his stuff on that album is too fast for me - it took me 3 months to get the Highway Star solo up to speed and there's still bits of Burn I can't play at full tilt (pure speed has never been my goal).

 

Just listening to Doctor Doctor as I type and you're dead right about the intro part, very nice. I think I'll start with that one and as I usually do, learn the whole song top to bottom.

 

Cheers for the reply :thu:

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BTW, wasn't he really young when the SITN album was recorded?

 

 

23 I believe...

 

Try "Only you can rock me"..uber-melodic and not really fast..a couple of quick hammer/pull parts.

 

BTW, I believe he started playing lead guitar by playing along with Hank Marvin and also learning The Beatles vocal lines on guitar. Later on, he got into Cream, Zep etc...which might explain his melodic sense. For a hard rock player, I think he is the "chord tone" king.

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