Tony Rice’s “Your Love Is Like a Flower” Solo, Part 1 |
Tony Rice’s “Your Love Is Like a Flower” Solo, Part 1
Tony Rice’s solo on the Bluegrass Album Band’s recording of “Your Love Is Like a Flower” is a classic: one of the best examples of his flashy, driving improvisatory style. (You can hear it here.) It’s a great example of how to create an exciting sound by anticipating chord changes and varying stock phrases by starting them in different parts of the measure. Tony’s solo ignores the melody for the most part, and, because “Your Love Is Like a Flower” has a very standard chord progression (sometimes called “bluegrass chord progression #1), you can use a lot of his ideas in songs with the same progression, like “Bury Me Beneath the Willow,” “I’m On My Way Back to the Old Home,” and others. Scott walks you through the first half of Tony’s solo in this video.
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"Your Love Is Like a Flower" Tony Rice Solo (Available to subscribers)
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