Technical question regarding his solos..

[TomBanks147]

Hi Demon and once again, great playing on the come solo.

I guess I should have been clearer in my argument...Lindsey knows a lot of classical style licks, he doesnt necessarily PLAY in a classical manner. His manner of picking is quite unlike the "classic" classical style. And yes, the position of the hand is very important. In true classical vein, your right hand would never touch the body of the guitar. It's more or less "dangling" downward to pick up on the strings, down with the thumb. You get the idea.

I think I get what you mean now.

I think I’m just incredibly naïve at finger plucking. I’ve just been looking into frailing and found its how you strike the sting with your thumb, that’s what I learnt anyway before getting lost in being expected to read music.

As of plucking style the only one I’m aware of is the ‘thumb plays the bottom 3 strings where the three fingers are used to pluck a string each. I’m not familiar with any other ways of plucking and perhaps this is where I’m getting confused with people saying Lindsey’s way of playing is not the same as classical.

I think what is meant by this is hand position. Although I’m sure there are other plucking ways that both Lindsey and classical players use I’m just, like I said, naive on the subject. I’ve heard the term bluegrass numerous times when trying to do some research on it but as of yet I haven’t a clue what is meant by it.

As far as Lindsey's music theory/knowledge of scales, etc...he claims to have none. If you really watch Lindsey's performances over the years...especially his solos...they are all very similar. Come, So Afraid, Murrow, Go Your own Way, Tango in the Night...all of these songs have very very close patterns

Yeah, I have noticed this. He seems to solo down the neck using the pentatonic and then at some stage does a bend where he continual plays the same note for a period of time (by flicking downwards on the string with his middle finger, I think this is what people where getting confused as strumming earlier in the thread) before continuing soloing down the neck.

Lindsey also plays a little piano (a little more than Stevie, a little less than Christine). So the idea of the "sound" of the black keys in contiguous order must mean something to him as a concept -- the pentatonic scale. Plus, we may be underestimating Lindsey's grasp of music theory. I think he has left enough clues over the years in interviews that he has a pretty good grasp of essential principles of music, at least at the pop level. The ideas of scales (major, minor, augmented, diminished, 7ths, etc.), positions (root on up to subdominant to dominant & back to root, etc.), & how songcraft is concocted in general (verses, choruses, bridges, etc.) -- I think he's familiar with all these concepts in both practice & theory.

Yeah that is true. The guy’s been playing guitar good part of 40-50 years not to mention banjo and piano so along the way I’m sure he’s gained knowledge in theory. At least the basics, surely.

mean, after all, something must have been rubbing Stevie the wrong way all these years.

LMAO

Thanks alot guys for all this help this has been by far the most usefull place for information so far, thanks.