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David Gilmour's contribution in building the legend called Pink Floyd is immense. His compositions, his voice and his memorable guitar playing are known by millions. His tone, the concept of his solos and their integration in Floyd's music are essential, however we'll take a look at some licks from his most celebrated solos: |
Gilmour likes to strike the listeners right from the begining of his solos. Everybody knows Another Brick In the Wall:
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And the start of the second solo from Comfortably Numb:
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Gilmour is a blues guitar player, basically. A blues lick from Comfortably Numb:
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In the previous lick, you may have noticed the bend on the fifth (E to #F), a very known blues procedure. Here are repeating bends on the fifths (A to B) from What Do You Want From Me:
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Gilmour uses blues licks even on acoustic guitar. From Wish You Were Here:
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And a series of bends from Another Brick In the Wall:
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Bends in unison from Pigs:
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Double-stops are another Gilmour trade-mark. From Money:
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He also uses left-hand muted (dead) notes like in his solo from Have a Cigar:
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Fast sweeps (rack) are also memorable for Gilmour's playing. From the first solo in Comfortably Numb:
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Playing in a "progressive" group, Gilmour had to play sometimes solos on complex chord progressions. He did it brilliantly in Dogs:
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As mentioned in the beginning, Gilmour's conceiving of the solo is what's really important and should be studied. Here is the poweful Time solo:
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And the sensitive second solo from Shine On You Crazy Diamond:
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