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pepo 
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 19:39 |
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My question goes to those who do and don't understand music theory. How many bars or seconds should at least last an instrumental solo to be regarded as such?. And if a solo is composed of long or slow notes or chords is still a solo?. And if it has a counterpoint with another instrument should be called a solo?.
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Deadwing12
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 20:30 |
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From a music theory standpoint, a solo simply stands for anytime only one instrument or part is playing a main melody or theme at one time, usually with countermelodies and rhythm in the background. Thus, all your questions need not have any effect at all on what is needed to define a 'solo.'
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acheron
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 20:32 |
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a solo is nothing more than a section of in which one instrument is more prominent, and stands out
chords, single notes, volume swells, crazy effects can all be solo's, and theres no length that makes something a solo
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MajesterX
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 20:44 |
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It also depends on how fast the solo is. If it's an Yngwie Malmsteen solo it could be a page long and played at 240 BPM, but if if it's a David Gilmour solo it's gonna be to the point and alot slower.
May I ask why you are asking? It might help me know what you asking for a little better.
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el böthy
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 20:47 |
? ..."must be"...yeah, I dont agree with does words when it comes to music
Edited by el böthy - July 05 2006 at 20:51
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Barla
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 20:49 |
Well, with long notes, it's still a solo; if you hear one of those Gilmour's fantastic solos.
What do you refer with counterpoint ? (I'm a spanish speaker, so...)
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pepo
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 20:53 |
 MajesterX wrote:
It also depends on how fast the solo is. If it's an Yngwie Malmsteen solo it could be a page long and played at 240 BPM, but if if it's a David Gilmour solo it's gonna be to the point and alot slower.
May I ask why you are asking? It might help me know what you asking for a little better.
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Well, I just wanted to know people's concept of what a solo is because in a technical way it can be a couple notes (what I thought it was called a bridge) or a whole song. To me a solo was something that should last long enough to have the same importance as the sung part for example. But it seems that I was wrong.
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Ty1020
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 22:15 |
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I play in a jazz band and solos range anywhere from a couple bars long
to the entire length of a song. As for long notes, well, I've heard
people play solos that consist of them holding a single note over an
entire set of chord changes, so... yeah :P. Deadwing12's definition of
a solo is indeed correct, so that should answer your questions.
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pepo
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 22:34 |
Barla wrote:
Well, with long notes, it's still a solo; if you hear one of those Gilmour's fantastic solos.
What do you refer with counterpoint ? (I'm a spanish speaker, so...) |
counterpoint is contrapunto that's to say two different melodies being played simultaneously.
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pepo
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Posted: July 05 2006 at 22:36 |
Ty1020 wrote:
I play in a jazz band and solos range anywhere from a couple bars long to the entire length of a song. As for long notes, well, I've heard people play solos that consist of them holding a single note over an entire set of chord changes, so... yeah :P. Deadwing12's definition of a solo is indeed correct, so that should answer your questions. |
Many thanks, it's good to count with the help of pro musicians around.
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Barla
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 11:29 |
pepo wrote:
Barla wrote:
Well, with long notes, it's still a solo; if you hear one of those Gilmour's fantastic solos.
What do you refer with counterpoint ? (I'm a spanish speaker, so...) |
counterpoint is contrapunto that's to say two different melodies being played simultaneously. |
Ah, contrapunto !! I didn't know the correct translation ...  Well, in that case, IMO, it's not a solo, just two different melodies being played simultaneously.
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dralan
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 12:47 |
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It all depends on what context the solo is being used in obviously so how can you give a catch-all answer to this question?
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 12:49 |
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Does it really matter?
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titico
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Posted: July 10 2006 at 20:58 |
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Well, its good to learn and read this things, Im new here in the forum and I liked this topic so much!
For me the most important part of a solo is the creativity that a musician has to create a solo! :)
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