![]() On the recorded version, the flamenco feel is re-emphasized by the band fading out against his nylon acoustics – which, for many guitar players and fans, sits high among the album’s many highlights. But even though that is the name on his driver’s license, no one calls him that. “I don’t want to just play scales or some cool arpeggiated technique – the most important thing for me is focusing on the feel or mood of what I’m trying to achieve in those little combinations of phrasing.” ![]() “I’m not thinking in technical terms because I don’t really know that stuff specifically – I just know the note is a half-step away from where it would normally be,” he told this GW writer when asked about the track in 2018. Album: Use Your Illusion I (Guns N' Roses, 1991)Īnyone that’s caught Guns N’ Roses on their recent Not In This Lifetime reunion tour – or, indeed, the original Use Your Illusion run from 1991 to 1993 – will have seen Slash extending his leads for a song that’s already two-thirds guitar solo.įor this track, he decided to go with an enchanting and dramatic Phrygian feel, and this is made evident from the very beginning – starting on the minor second and soon resolving one fret down, capitalizing on the power chord progression that goes from E to Eb. ![]()
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