And now let us move on to the solo. I am not going to explain note by note. So, on the original recording, the solo starts like this. He is using his pinky finger like we showed already on the other video. Let us talk about the rhythm pattern that goes on the solo first because the movement on the solo for the most part will be this one. It is played my Malcolm.
Okay, like that. So, when the first chord strikes, you will go like that and then there is the second part. You will most likely hear this. You will miss this unless you hear carefully probably with your headphones I mean. You will most likely hear the second note and it is vibrato. Something like that. And he also does a slight thing which is used by very many guitarists that the picking. I will try to make it happen now. But there is a thing, you hold a pick. Let me show if I can make it. Okay, like that with you thumb like that so very close to the tippy top. This part of the thumb below here will try and touch the string slightly and making it a feedback of the harmonics. Let us try to do because he does that.
Yes, it happens on the second one, you see. With me it is a bit of chance thing but I tried to make it happen always. Yes, more or less something is happening. You will hear there is a difference in the way that note sounds and he is doing it. Then, from this part it goes here and then he go just something like that. I do not think everything is calculated. He says he is very spontaneous and there is some sort of improvisation. I do not know from what extent this is all true because this solo is like one of the best solo for me in the history of rock. It is so sweet, it is tasteful, and I love it.
I am not sure how much everything is just improvised here but we suppose it is so there no particular meaning for each and every note. Something is just spontaneously played. So, this part, I am sure that this has been thought about. This is D going to E being bent and there is it rather there. This is the cool part. Like that is a famous signature right there. This is very famous in all blues thing that he does. Very often, live as well so it goes. Okay, he stops there.
So, these were all the notes. I did not discuss them all. The only part that I want to discuss I think going back, reviewing the video, and listening to it and watching the position of my hand on the screen, I think you should figure it out. But, I am not sure if you notice this one. You can hear it on the original recording and it has always fascinated me because I could hear this high E string clean sounding and we go back to the things we were saying on my previous video about the sound of rock guitar and the simple ends. It sounds clean like that instead of this that sounds a lot more distorted because he is speaking it with the plectrum here.
Still it is not heavy distortion like shred and stuff like that. It sounds very natural. You see my right hand here, he is doing this kind of thing. Can you see it? And there it goes. There goes the solo. So, try to playback all together a little faster. We have another part that we did not examine yet and it is a little bridge. So, hope you find it useful.
Thank you for watching.
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