CUFF’EM
Applying “handcuffs” as a soloing device
OLLY CURTIS/FUTURE
COLUMNS
LIVE FROM FLAT V
by Josh Smith
For video of this lesson, go to guitarworld.com/march2024
FOR THE LAST couple of months, we’ve been talking about how I employ repetition as one of the three tools I like to use in order to strengthen my “melodic narrative” in the development of an improvised solo. The other two tools are what I like to call “handcuffs,” where I force myself to play within a specific position, and “call and response,” where I will play a phrase and then “answer” it with the subsequent phrase. This month, let’s apply the “handcuffs” approach.