Playing In a Trio
Tutor Richard Barrett | Gear used Knaggs Choptank T, Keeley Boss SD-1 & Vox AC15 C1 Difficulty | 10 mins per example
or soloing on, it’s always essential to keep the basic chord harmony in mind. However, in a trio format of drums, bass and guitar this is especially important because there is nowhere to hide. I’m specifically thinking of John Mayer, Hendrix and SRV here. The trio format gives you an awful lot of freedom to play around with different ideas, such as switching between major and minor, superimposing different triads over whatever chord the bass is implying
