Using Call and Response Phrasing

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Learning To Use

Call & Response Phrasing

in Your Solos

Guitar Soloing School Lesson #4

 

 

Most music contains at least some element of ‘call and response’.
So if everyone from Beethoven to Bird, Bach to BB King have used it to create great music – it’s probably something you want to start using too.  
 

The idea of call and response or question and answer phrasing is simple: 
A musical phrase is heard as the ‘call‘ or ‘question‘.
This is followed by another phrase which is heard by the listener as the ‘response‘ or ‘answer‘.
 

Simple though this concept is, don’t underestimate the power it can have in giving your solos more shape, structure, and more of a ‘story like’ vibe.
With a bit of practice, you can soon begin using call and response in your music, and in this video I’ll demonstrate some great ways to get started.
 

Apply the ideas in this guitar lesson, and soon  you’ll start to naturally hear and execute call and response phrasing in your playing.
 So jump in now, and prepare to see some game-changing results in your guitar solos.
 

Have fun, and if you want to check out the books I mention in the lesson then use the links below!
 

Check out Music Theory for Guitarists here if you haven’t got your copy yet

 

Check out the Blues Soloing for Guitar series here 

 

Want more of Guitar Soloing School?

 

Check out Guitar Soloing School Lesson #1 here!

Check out Guitar Soloing School Lesson #2 here!

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Check out Guitar Soloing School Lesson #5 here!

 

If you want to ramp up your soloing by mastering licks and scales all over the fretboard then check out my CAGED System for Guitar book and video set. Click on the image below to learn more and read reviews!

 

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