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UD#64 Constructing Solo Ideas: Take it!

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Constructing Solo Ideas (UD#64) from Ukulele in the Dark with Guido Heistek WHAT IS SOLOING? Soloing is when a musician improvises their own melody along with the chords in a song. Imagine you are playing a song with a friend. If he/she strums the chords you might like to play along with some cool sounding improvised picking. That’s called “taking a solo.” Pop and Blues music often feature instrumental solos. In Jazz as well as Bluegrass music it is the tradition to sing or play the melody of a song and then the musicians take turns playing improvised solos. If   …Continue Reading