Andy Aledort On Incorporating Open-String Drones Into An Improvised Solo

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Andy Aledort looked at the basic elements that make up Muddy Waters’ rhythm guitar playing and approach to single-note lines and solos on his blues classic, “Rollin’ Stone.” This video, we’ll add another essential element to the mix, which is the inclusion of open-string drones.

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00:00Hey, I'm Andy Allador. In this edition of In Deep we're going to continue our look at different ways

00:20to improvise on the Muddy Waters Blues Classic Rolling Stone. We're going to get into how to

00:25incorporate open string drones into your improvisational licks. Another thing is

00:32to add the high E drone as you play. So whatever I'm playing, let's say I want to play the melody.

00:55Swimming in the level, speaking of women. Or swimming in the level, speaking of women.

01:04So that was swimming in the level.

01:08And like Hendricks might go, I'd have all you young women.

01:31So use this double stop, the B and the D. Do it like that.

01:37So you could, or get the high in there too.

01:50That's when you say, I'd have all you young women, swimming after me, sure enough well,

02:02sure enough well, sure enough well.

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