"Play With Me" (Extreme) Solo Lesson/Analysis
I'm deviating slightly from the song requests this time and going over an all time personal favorite solo of mine: "Play With Me" by Extreme
I'm deviating slightly from the song requests this time and going over an all time personal favorite solo of mine: "Play With Me" by Extreme!
Nuno's playing was a massive inspiration to me when I was younger, it's just the perfect fusion of funky Blues playing and modal playing - the best of both worlds! This solo in particular caught my attention, largely because of its neoclassical nature, but it's just so damn fun and really went a long way in teaching me how to inject a certain light-hearted playfulness into my playing.
Despite the fact this solo is over 35 years old it's still pretty damn tricky! Those monstrous muted string-skips are no joke and will require an insane amount of left hand dexterity.
Good luck and don't forget to share your progress with everyone in the Discord server!
0:00 Playthrough
0:33 Intro
3:08 Bars 1-6
6:35 Bars 7-8
7:31 Bars 9-14
14:57 Bars 15-16
15:47 Bars 17-22
22:06 Bars 23-26
Comments (9)
I've seen videos of Nuno playing the first part of the solo live (the 16th notes alternate picking part), and he doesn't play it exactly like you did : when he picks a note on the string, he is doing a pull-off, and only picks the string once. That's probably where the delay effect you mentionned comes from. I don't know if i explained it clearly, but here's a link of him playing the song live (i noticed it due to his picking hand barely moving) : https://youtube.com/shorts/n8NCnMmLVUc?si=j1QKa2JK-WpaUm3A
Hi Brad - I only see the playthough video and not the full walkthrough. Has that been posted yet?
Hey man just updated it now! Sorry for the delay, I was moving house over the weekend and ran out of time
Hell yeah, glad to see some Nuno appreciation. If Extreme had caught on earlier in the 80s, I'm sure he'd rightfully be a household name for guitarists
Oh yeah!!! Nuno rocks, and this is one of my fav solo's as well. Love the deviation.
Woooooaaaaaaaoooow love Nuno
YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH thanks for deviating!
He man woman hater next Bradley !
Absolute ninja solo I love Extreme. Nuno is the boss