This is probably one of the toughest Steely Dan solos to learn

blackstratblues · Post by **blackstratblues** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:22 pm

Denny Dias has a such a wonderfully idiosyncratic style, it boggles my mind how he learned to phrase like that.

Baxter was no slouch either, those bits on My Old School are just so good!

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:28 pm

Swapping guitars several times mid solo without dropping a note is impressive.

Cdog · Post by **Cdog** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:34 pm

Sounding very hot bro!

We coverd My Old School, was one of my faves to play. Alive in America is prolly my favorite Dan album, great songs and crazy tight.

Molly · Post by **Molly** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:43 pm

FFS... That was great.

Note to self: Stop random fucking noodling and actually learn something.

blackstratblues · Post by **blackstratblues** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:45 pm

Jay wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:28 pm Swapping guitars several times mid solo without dropping a note is impressive.

You may be more impressed with my skills on DaVinci Resolve

blackstratblues · Post by **blackstratblues** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:47 pm

Cdog wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:34 pm Sounding very hot bro!

We coverd My Old School, was one of my faves to play. Alive in America is prolly my favorite Dan album, great songs and crazy tight.

Oo that's a killer tune for sure. Seen these guys?

Molly · Post by **Molly** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:47 pm

What's the theory at work here? All those notes that sound like they shouldn't work but do?

blackstratblues · Post by **blackstratblues** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:49 pm

Molly wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:43 pm FFS... That was great.

Note to self: Stop random fucking noodling and actually learn something.

The only reason I could learn that solo was this:

Lots of isolated tracks floating around YouTube, great for learning stuff!

blackstratblues · Post by **blackstratblues** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:49 pm

Molly wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:47 pm What's the theory at work here? All those notes that sound like they shouldn't work but do?

Lots of chromatic in between notes connecting the good ones. Denny Dias definitely had some bebop influences.

Post by **Slowy** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:39 pm

blackstratblues wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:22 pm Denny Dias has a such a wonderfully idiosyncratic style, it boggles my mind how he learned to phrase like that.

Baxter was no slouch either, those bits on My Old School are just so good!

Sir!

Dharmajester · Post by **Dharmajester** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:53 am

Now do "King of the World". For me that's the track he really lifts off on.

murky · Post by **murky** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:04 am

Yesssssss!

Slightly off topic - where did you get the shelf you’re using for your heads?

Post by **GrantB** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:32 am

blackstratblues wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:49 pm
Molly wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:43 pm FFS... That was great.

Note to self: Stop random fucking noodling and actually learn something.
The only reason I could learn that solo was this:

Lots of isolated tracks floating around YouTube, great for learning stuff!

Having listened to that I am pretty sure most of those notes are missing from my guitar.

blackstratblues · Post by **blackstratblues** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:32 am

Dharmajester wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:53 am Now do "King of the World". For me that's the track he really lifts off on.

I’ll definitely give that one a crack once I grow up some more

Molly · Post by **Molly** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:33 am

GrantB wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:32 am

Having listened to that I am pretty sure most of those notes are missing from my guitar.

That's what I was alluding to. My guitar's notes are all black and white but these ones are in colour.

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