name a simple melody in A
Just a bit in a song where I have to do an 8 bar solo over a 8 bar vamp in A. Drives me round the bend.
Anyway, started inserting a bit of surf style open A twanging rather than my usual 'bend a string and see what happens' approach to solos. This worked well but was a bit tuneless.
So looking for recognisable melodies that will work over nothing but A. The main theme of the song ( Guns of Navarone) has 3 chords behind it and the guitar break should provide some respite from that being repeated by the sax anyway so not going to do that.
So,anything from Mary had a Little Lamb to Smoke on the Water considered if you think it will sound right over a static A chord and, possibly, played in a surf stylee.
Relatively comical is fine!
ta
Breeding mammals with insects is my personal bugbear.
Yankee Doodle will work over a static A (or any major chord, so long as it's not a dominant 7th)
In the key of A, the first 2 bars something like
A A B C# A C# B E A A B C# A G#
then there's another two bars (similar)
For the the chorus though you'll need to change to the D, or you could just repeat the verse twice for your 8 bars, or play it in half time!
Last edited by mellowsun; 11th January 2012 at 02:22 PM.
The Laurel & Hardy tune? (OK, works better if you can slip in the dominant in the relevant places, but as a throwaway you could live with it)
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I just copy what Roddy Radiation does!
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Any folk melody over a drone will work transposed into A. All Scotish/Irish bagpipe tunes etc...
I may have to go relisten to that although I don't recall it as one of his better efforts. I did see a German ska band on youtube who put in an Eruption style solo in there but I don't think that's me either!Originally Posted by Tuscan777
I shall have a go at some suggestions and see what I can get to work.ta.
Breeding mammals with insects is my personal bugbear.
An A major scale?...
(I know, no-one likes a funny f****r)
How about the theme tune to Rainbow?
Last edited by folkyblokey; 11th January 2012 at 09:19 PM.
wasnt he the bass player?
Nope, that is Sir Horace Panter!
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