Disco Volante (Outro)

Hey folks! Sorry for the delay here, things got a little crazy with the tour.  I'll be posting this lesson today to make up for last week, and will post another at the end of this week as well.

This has always been an under-appreciated part in my mind because of its simplicity, and also because of it being in a section that only happens once and fades out. But I think the understated nature of it is super cool, because it leaves you wanting more. Not to mention it has kind of this 80s new wave thing going on too.

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So, most of this happens in an open position E minor scale, which looks like this:

---------------------------0--2--3-
----------------0--1--3------------
--------0--2------------------------
-2--4-------------------------------
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Later on, it'll move up to a higher position which looks like this:

-----------------------------------------------7--
----------------------------------7--8--10-------
---------------------------7--9-------------------
---------------7--9--10--------------------------
--7--9--10---------------------------------------
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Outside of these 2 shapes, there's just 2 chords. So, as far as elements go, if you're comfortable with these shapes then you'll be in a much better position to start learning this part.

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It's also very important to understand the broad strokes here. Throughout the entire thing, there's a recurring 4 note motive. The very first 4 notes of the solo is the first example of this. You'll then keep hearing the same rhythmic motif but applied to different places in the scale. After it has repeated 3 times, the listener starts to recognize a pattern and expects the same thing to happen a 4th time. But instead, the part surprises you and does something different and unconnected on this 4th time through. 

This approach satisfies both the need for repetition, and also the need for variation - 2 crucial components to writing music.

Anyways, that description is a little bit heady but I think it's important because it's what I was trying to accomplish, and what I was thinking about when writing the part.

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TAB is attached. Drop any questions or comments down below!