Sugar-Coated Love, Part 1: First Solo

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SUGAR-COATED LOVE

Sugar-Coated Love, Part 1: First Solo

Sugar-Coated Love, Part 2: First Solo Play-Along Track

Sugar-Coated Love, Part 3: Second Solo

Sugar-Coated Love, Part 4: Second Solo Play-Along Track

Sugar-Coated Love, Part 1: First Solo

In this lesson, you’ll learn two solos that Bill Monroe played on “Sugar-Coated Love,” but not the solo that was released on the commercial recording. You’ll learn the solo from the first take at the 1951 recording session in this lesson. It has some cool Hawaiian guitar-style lines, as well as a bit of a ragtime flavor, and starts with a two-octave jump from the C on the G string all the way up to the C at the eighth fret of the E string. Mike shows you a few different ways to play the opening lick and then walks you the rest of the solo phrase by phrase.

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