After many years of watching hundreds of guitar videos on many different channels, I consider myself qualified to say your channel is top-shelf. Your playing, tone, technical ability, soul, accuracy, etc...are second to none. Your videos are not only extremely helpful and enlightening, but they're damn fun to watch. Top quality in every aspect. Cheers, Ben! 🤘
Vito was an incredible guitarist, criminally underrated. IMO Vito and George Lynch were among the best soloists of that era. I miss this incredible era of music. Thanks for the video
It took awhile to realize how many of the west coast player "borrowed" from George Lynch. Vito is quite possibly the most melodic soloist I've ever heard 10/10
This song has so much meaning in today’s world. If you’re a young guitarist you can get so much knowledge from this channel. He just gave a jewel to you. If you have paid attention to this, it will definitely help you become a better guitarist.
Vito is one of the best, no doubt. Some of the most tasteful notes and clean playing from that time frame. The Radar Love cover would definitely get my vote for the next one if you decide to do it. Vito does some great stuff on that song!
Ben, honestly, the more I watch all these other guitar youtubers, the more I love to watch your channel exclusively. No fishing for 'hearts' - just the bare naked truth. PS: Never stop!!
I saw them with Cinderella and Tangiers at UNCW. I think that place held like under 2000. I was able to get backstage early in the day and talk to some of the guys in all the bands. I had lunch with the crew that day and had a wonderful time. Miss the 80's.
My favorite 80's guitar lead is by Paul Gilbert when he was in Racer X. Album was Second Heat. Song was "Sunlit Nights". That lead still raises the hair on my arms. Even at Grandpa TH-cam speeds I can't figure it out. Love your channel Uncle Ben. I play more better thanks to you!
This video could not appear at a better time. I loved Vito, we always revered his playing when we were younger. Then he disappeared. Heartbreak... For me this video is like a Homage to the great music Vito created.
One of the first finger picking songs I learnt when I started out. 15 years later and it's still my go-to when testing out acoustics. Thanks for the vid Ben : )
Another great lesson Ben. Its bitter sweet listening to White Lion now as I believe Vito had so much still to offer before he moved away from the industry to care for his ailing father and injured his wrist.The Pride album is just full of world class melodic lyrial playing, Inventive Chugging Rhythm Playing, Broken Chord Pre Chorus's , mazing Fills and Song within Song Solos. One of the very best players in an era of great players like Sykes, Nuno, Lynch etc. World Class Musician. Solos from Wait, Little Fighter, Broken Heart, Dont Give Up, Love Dont Come Easy etc all superb he just had that ability to be so lyrical with his call and response solos.
I met Vito back when he played in the cover Metal band Dreamer playing Van Halen and UFO... Vito was the nicest guy and let me checkout his Strat with the brand new Floyd Rose locking tremolo (No fine tuners yet). I used to go to see the at Emmit's Inn in Jamesburg NJ opening for TT Quick and Twisted Sister! Dreamer's drummer at the time was Glenn Evans who later played for TT Quick after Vito left to play with White Lion, then he moved out to CA to play drums for Nuclear Assault! TT Quick's singer Mark is now singing for Accept and well Twisted Sister made themselves great successes! We all new we were looking at total Rockstars at the time. All ten year overnight successes! This brings back so many great memories, not to mention many of those nights are erased from my memories due to the amount of liquor put back!
Favorite part of the solo is the end: Lands on the D (root of the D chord) holds it, and then it becomes the minor 3rd of the Bm chord that starts the post-solo pre-chorus. The note is the same, but has SUCH different feel once the Bm chord hits. It's really a one-note ostanatto. Vito is a MASTER.
Vito never got the props he deserved, another awesome guitar player that was not as big as he should've been. Would be cool to see the rest of the song as well.
I still wonder what happened to Vito.....he just disappeared! So unfair to the guitar world as I loved his phrasing and melodic solos. So underrated and so missed. So much feel !!! Thanks for all his insight Mr. Eller
Vito is smart, he put his wealth in real estate and other successful ventures so he's not forced into the music biz with the travel and other possibly negative effects on his personal life. He is one gifted player that's greatly missed but I get the logic of not wanting to get back out there. Family Vs Fame It would be nice to see an occasional public appearance but likely he's not in guitar condition like he was in the 1980's.
Loved this. People I work have been asking me to play for them in virtual meeting. This would be a great one for me to learn for just that. Less chance of me screwing up. Incidentally, I'd love to see a full Sister Christian lesson!
The second half of the vid... you nailed it man, made perfect sense, playing in chord does seem to escape a lot of guitarist who try to imitate their fave guitar players.
COOL that you honour Vito Bratta: he can't be forgotten, he is one of the most underrated superb players from the past! His feel for melody was great!!!!!!
You mention that part of the solo sounds like it was inspired by November Rain. I checked and Children was released before November Rain. So that means Vito may have influenced Slash! 😱
The story I heard was he hurt his arm from playing and practicing for like 10 to 12 hours a day. Apparently there was nerve damage that made it excruciating to play. He said playing an electric guitar was like getting a hard shock. He's said he can play nylon stringed guitar. One of the reasons he stayed out was to take care of his ill father.
Vito Bratta was one of my favorite guitarists of the 80s. Love how you breakdown his solos. I learned the solo from Wait from one of your previous videos.
This is Vito's most beautiful solo ever! it's so melodic and the melody is so nostalgic and almost melancholic that it fits perfectly with the style of the song. the solo is relatively easy but the precision and the feel is what makes him a little complex. also the bends have to be in tune. Vito is a master of melody.
Awesome uncle Ben. Besides the technical playing kd of Vito. His solo on ballad is just awesome the phrasing especially the note choice he choose on some parts especially in the end of the phrasing is just out of this world and makes the emotion of the solo freakin awesome IMO
Ben, great lesson. This has always been one of my fave solos. Even though its not White Lion, would love to see you cover Journey's Mother, Father, and Line of Fire. Keep up the great work \m/
Uncle Ben I had to laugh. Great Video and awesome solo my young thrash metal self still enjoyed this back in the day. I was laughing at the cord and note reference...he played both haha he was the solo guitarist of White Lion! Pretty safe to say he had it all worked out.
Vito was a great player and seriously underrated. He was playing in a time when there were a thousand hair metal virtuosos. But by today’s standards in hind site he really shines as being in the top 5 of all time players in his genre.
Would like to see you do the solo for Goin’ Home Tonight, the first track off of Big Game. And thanks for doing these - you’re arguably the best at Vito transcribing, and certainly with teaching it.
"All you need is Rock n Roll" from The Pride Album. The acoustic intro is Kool, also sounds like someone's getting beat LOL 😆 The use of Octaves with neck pickup engaged during solo. Plus the outro solo. Then on top of that they go into a completely different jam at the end where he shows off more of his skills. Alot to cover on this one. Quote "You Can Do It" Now get busy. ROCK ON 🎸
Moar Vito. This is one of my all time favs. He gets a great "80s tone" on the original track too. He was an early pioneer in lots of cool guitar tech too like EMGs, headless guitars, Tuneable-Locking-Floating trem systems, etc...Would be cool to dive into his gear a bit. Yet, by the end of the band he seemed to be down to a more stripped down basic Strat set up as seen in the "Radar Love" vid. That would be a great song simply because of all the cool licks and tricks he uses. Lots to learn in one easy song. The C note against the D major chord also creates that suspended 4th to maj 3rd(in key of G) half step interval that is always so bitter sweet too. Vito really plays guitar like a piano player with all of his voice leading and chord tones, as opposed to being a scale shredder that just sort of hopes for happy accidents along the way. While it's certainly intentional, it's also so effortless for him because he does it with such ease on every song. I recently saw an interview with the engineer on Pride and he said Vito did the "Wait" solo in the booth, DI straight into the board in one take and just improvised it on the spot, ffs. Talk about a natural. Keep up the great work Uncle Ben. Cheers!
Vito is so damn good. Wish he went on to a more heavier project, i.e. ..Ozzy. Dio, Queensryche kinda thang. Love to hear what he would play in that context. Thanks Mr. Ben Eller
I mix Vito's solo with the original when my cover band does "Radar Love." I'm pretty sure i'm the only person who notices. 🤣 When i was starting out learning lead, i thought it was just playing the chord notes in random order. And then years of noodling scales, then learning to move things from my head to my fingers... aaaand all along, it was about targeting notes from the chord. Full circle. 😎🤩
Great lesson love Vito saw him with white lion open for Ozzy on the no rest for the wicked tour many many years ago... I was probably 13 or 14 Very cool... Any how I'm glad you're featured on this other video about the 50 greatest solos but they really should have got the guy from Skankbanger for that... he shreds, just sayin'
Played this song for our men's quartet to sing at my high school graduation. Its a beginner solo, so if you're a beginner, take a hack at it. Its really easy. The acoustic guitar part is much harder (and still pretty easy).
No tabs on patreon? :( Thanks a lot for that breakdown. One of my favourite solos of all time. It has this special quality that you want to sing or whistle along with it even hours after you've heard it. So darn catchy.
Yes Warren DeMartini from RATT does these unusual "Implied harmony notes" also on the first RATT Album. More Vito Bratta Solos because he uses often 3 note triads chord tones and spreads them out wide on different strings
It’s not just that he’s playing notes in the chords. I think you skipped over the real meat, which is often the tension and release of getting in and out of those chords. For example the first C you talked about, over the D chord. You rightly explain that it makes the implied harmony a D7, and in classical harmony that C should resolve down to B in the V-I progression. The beauty here is the C resolves to B, but in a deceptive V-vi cadence when the expected G chord is replaced by the E minor. Similarly, the bendy-tappy part may “start” on E but really it starts with the D bending up, again creating some tension in getting to the D. It really stood out to me how many bent notes there are in this solo, and it’s the tension in those that really creates the sense of tasty melodicism that you’re discussing.
The worst thing I can think of about Vito Bratta is that he ever met Mike Tramp! He could have teamed up with any other singer and he would shine brighter than most guitars stars with that golden touch of his. White Lion was such a stillborn project pointing in all directions but forward, if you ask me.
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Thanks for watching! What classic Vito Bratta White Lion solo should we dissect next?!
little fighter
@@muleblues71 already did: th-cam.com/video/zd_a17FE6vU/w-d-xo.html
Little Fighter
All you need is rock and roll
Hungry!
Vito is my religion. The man does not know how to play a bad or even an ok solo. He plays masterpieces every time.
After many years of watching hundreds of guitar videos on many different channels, I consider myself qualified to say your channel is top-shelf. Your playing, tone, technical ability, soul, accuracy, etc...are second to none. Your videos are not only extremely helpful and enlightening, but they're damn fun to watch. Top quality in every aspect. Cheers, Ben! 🤘
Vito was an incredible guitarist, criminally underrated. IMO Vito and George Lynch were among the best soloists of that era. I miss this incredible era of music. Thanks for the video
It took awhile to realize how many of the west coast player "borrowed" from George Lynch. Vito is quite possibly the most melodic soloist I've ever heard 10/10
This is probably my favorite solo of all time.
This song has so much meaning in today’s world. If you’re a young guitarist you can get so much knowledge from this channel. He just gave a jewel to you. If you have paid attention to this, it will definitely help you become a better guitarist.
Christ, I always forget how tasty Vito's playing is. Thanks for sharing Ben!
I know you’re saying a lot of cool words but they’re drowned by the sound of how BEAUTIFUL that guitar is…
I had this music in “Guitar: For The Practicing Musician” but I lost it PCSing from Korea in the early 90’s.
Thanks for the refresher, Uncle Ben.
Vito is the most melodic rock guitarist of all time in my opinion
Radar Love is my favorite Vito solo. Actually I love all of his playing on that track.
Vito is one of the best, no doubt. Some of the most tasteful notes and clean playing from that time frame. The Radar Love cover would definitely get my vote for the next one if you decide to do it. Vito does some great stuff on that song!
Every Vito solo is a melodic masterpiece.. :)
Ben, honestly, the more I watch all these other guitar youtubers, the more I love to watch your channel exclusively. No fishing for 'hearts' - just the bare naked truth.
PS: Never stop!!
Thank you so much!!
So many great comments on your playing in my Hair Metal video. Ironically I was the only one of the 4 with short hair. :/
I saw them with Cinderella and Tangiers at UNCW. I think that place held like under 2000. I was able to get backstage early in the day and talk to some of the guys in all the bands. I had lunch with the crew that day and had a wonderful time. Miss the 80's.
My favorite 80's guitar lead is by Paul Gilbert when he was in Racer X. Album was Second Heat. Song was "Sunlit Nights". That lead still raises the hair on my arms. Even at Grandpa TH-cam speeds I can't figure it out. Love your channel Uncle Ben. I play more better thanks to you!
This video could not appear at a better time.
I loved Vito, we always revered his playing when we were younger. Then he disappeared.
Heartbreak... For me this video is like a Homage to the great music Vito created.
One of the first finger picking songs I learnt when I started out. 15 years later and it's still my go-to when testing out acoustics.
Thanks for the vid Ben : )
That's awesome!
Another great lesson Ben. Its bitter sweet listening to White Lion now as I believe Vito had so much still to offer before he moved away from the industry to care for his ailing father and injured his wrist.The Pride album is just full of world class melodic lyrial playing, Inventive Chugging Rhythm Playing, Broken Chord Pre Chorus's , mazing Fills and Song within Song Solos. One of the very best players in an era of great players like Sykes, Nuno, Lynch etc. World Class Musician. Solos from Wait, Little Fighter, Broken Heart, Dont Give Up, Love Dont Come Easy etc all superb he just had that ability to be so lyrical with his call and response solos.
I met Vito back when he played in the cover Metal band Dreamer playing Van Halen and UFO... Vito was the nicest guy and let me checkout his Strat with the brand new Floyd Rose locking tremolo (No fine tuners yet). I used to go to see the at Emmit's Inn in Jamesburg NJ opening for TT Quick and Twisted Sister! Dreamer's drummer at the time was Glenn Evans who later played for TT Quick after Vito left to play with White Lion, then he moved out to CA to play drums for Nuclear Assault! TT Quick's singer Mark is now singing for Accept and well Twisted Sister made themselves great successes! We all new we were looking at total Rockstars at the time. All ten year overnight successes!
This brings back so many great memories, not to mention many of those nights are erased from my memories due to the amount of liquor put back!
Favorite part of the solo is the end: Lands on the D (root of the D chord) holds it, and then it becomes the minor 3rd of the Bm chord that starts the post-solo pre-chorus. The note is the same, but has SUCH different feel once the Bm chord hits. It's really a one-note ostanatto. Vito is a MASTER.
The fact that you noticed the harmonics ringing through in that string scrape
It adds to the musicality and harmony tenfold
Well done Ben.
such a melodic solo of Vitto..he is one of the underrated guitar players..the guitar world is waiting for he is back 🎸
That explanation at the end where you explain Vito’s targeting of notes based on triads is really fantastic. I had a bit of an aha moment. Thanks Ben.
Vito never got the props he deserved, another awesome guitar player that was not as big as he should've been. Would be cool to see the rest of the song as well.
Always loved the acoustic guitar part. It partially inspired me to go to school for classical guitar.
I still wonder what happened to Vito.....he just disappeared! So unfair to the guitar world as I loved his phrasing and melodic solos. So underrated and so missed. So much feel !!! Thanks for all his insight Mr. Eller
He quit to take care for his dad. And also decided not to come back .
Family first 🤘🏽
Vito is smart, he put his wealth in real estate and other successful ventures so he's not forced into the music biz with the travel and other possibly negative effects on his personal life. He is one gifted player that's greatly missed but I get the logic of not wanting to get back out there. Family Vs Fame It would be nice to see an occasional public appearance but likely he's not in guitar condition like he was in the 1980's.
Check out Eddie Trunk interview with him from 2007 on TH-cam.
I heard he owns a deli in New York
There’s so much sweetness in their Radar Love cover - maybe a lesson or two?
Awesome sing all around, Do Lady Of The Valley next.. it's fun
I think Lady is the hardest solo of him..
Loved this. People I work have been asking me to play for them in virtual meeting. This would be a great one for me to learn for just that. Less chance of me screwing up. Incidentally, I'd love to see a full Sister Christian lesson!
The solo from Goin Home Tonight would be nice lesson, its pretty wacky.
Never liked that song but always gave mad props to Vito. A pro plays what’s needed whether they are into the song or not.
first solo I EVER SEEN Vito pick the WHOLE solo....great job Ben
A simple, tasty, and dare I say downright lovely solo!
The second half of the vid... you nailed it man, made perfect sense, playing in chord does seem to escape a lot of guitarist who try to imitate their fave guitar players.
I learned this song when I was a beginner at 14. Great song, great solo, great lesson in control.
COOL that you honour Vito Bratta: he can't be forgotten, he is one of the most underrated superb players from the past! His feel for melody was great!!!!!!
This one is gunna make me more better at guitaring. Thanks Uncle Ben!🙂👍
Great video. Thanks for keeping Vito's music alive. Cheers.🙏🎸
Thank you Ben for teaching us this beautiful solo.
You mention that part of the solo sounds like it was inspired by November Rain. I checked and Children was released before November Rain. So that means Vito may have influenced Slash! 😱
So sad he left mysteriously as his phrasing and melodic feel just sends shiver down my spine. So underrated and missed...
The story I heard was he hurt his arm from playing and practicing for like 10 to 12 hours a day. Apparently there was nerve damage that made it excruciating to play. He said playing an electric guitar was like getting a hard shock. He's said he can play nylon stringed guitar.
One of the reasons he stayed out was to take care of his ill father.
The Radar Love solo gets
My vote. Thanks so much for everything you do!!
Vito Bratta was one of my favorite guitarists of the 80s. Love how you breakdown his solos. I learned the solo from Wait from one of your previous videos.
Sweet sounding and looking guitar!
Such a beautiful solo and beautifully played! Loved that you did this for Mike's video 🙂🙏🏻👏🏻
Was just going thru Vito’s solos last night then you put this out! Crazy!
This is Vito's most beautiful solo ever! it's so melodic and the melody is so nostalgic and almost melancholic that it fits perfectly with the style of the song. the solo is relatively easy but the precision and the feel is what makes him a little complex. also the bends have to be in tune. Vito is a master of melody.
This solo gives me shivers, so good. Thank you 🙏
Killer lesson! Vito is a shredding god! How about Love Don’t Come Easy?
Amen. This is the rare 80s hair band power ballad that I really like, and the solo is in part why.
Really love your patient explanation of these classic riffs and licks. Also love the cross armed tapping to hit those high and low notes 😎
One of my favorite rock solos is Shudder to Think's No Rm. 9, Kentucky. I haven't figured it out because I don't want to spoil it.
My all time favorite guitarist 🤘
Yes! Your White Lion commitment show no bounds, keep 'em coming man 👍
Always good driving home the point of knowing the chords and not the licks! Also if that Luke MM ever treats you bad, send it my way
Dead nutz on!!! Nice!!
I saw White Lion live when they were newbies
Awesome uncle Ben.
Besides the technical playing kd of Vito.
His solo on ballad is just awesome the phrasing especially the note choice he choose on some parts especially in the end of the phrasing is just out of this world and makes the emotion of the solo freakin awesome IMO
Ben, great lesson. This has always been one of my fave solos. Even though its not White Lion, would love to see you cover Journey's Mother, Father, and Line of Fire. Keep up the great work \m/
Uncle Ben I had to laugh. Great Video and awesome solo my young thrash metal self still enjoyed this back in the day. I was laughing at the cord and note reference...he played both haha he was the solo guitarist of White Lion! Pretty safe to say he had it all worked out.
Such a great solo.
Great job
Vito was a great player and seriously underrated. He was playing in a time when there were a thousand hair metal virtuosos. But by today’s standards in hind site he really shines as being in the top 5 of all time players in his genre.
Thanks Uncle Ben !
These are cool videos, would love to see a Criss Oliva video.
Would like to see you do the solo for Goin’ Home Tonight, the first track off of Big Game.
And thanks for doing these - you’re arguably the best at Vito transcribing,
and certainly with teaching it.
"All you need is Rock n Roll" from The Pride Album. The acoustic intro is Kool, also sounds like someone's getting beat LOL 😆 The use of Octaves with neck pickup engaged during solo. Plus the outro solo. Then on top of that they go into a completely different jam at the end where he shows off more of his skills. Alot to cover on this one.
Quote "You Can Do It" Now get busy. ROCK ON 🎸
Thanks Ben
My favorite Vito solo is all of them
Moar Vito. This is one of my all time favs. He gets a great "80s tone" on the original track too. He was an early pioneer in lots of cool guitar tech too like EMGs, headless guitars, Tuneable-Locking-Floating trem systems, etc...Would be cool to dive into his gear a bit. Yet, by the end of the band he seemed to be down to a more stripped down basic Strat set up as seen in the "Radar Love" vid. That would be a great song simply because of all the cool licks and tricks he uses. Lots to learn in one easy song.
The C note against the D major chord also creates that suspended 4th to maj 3rd(in key of G) half step interval that is always so bitter sweet too. Vito really plays guitar like a piano player with all of his voice leading and chord tones, as opposed to being a scale shredder that just sort of hopes for happy accidents along the way. While it's certainly intentional, it's also so effortless for him because he does it with such ease on every song. I recently saw an interview with the engineer on Pride and he said Vito did the "Wait" solo in the booth, DI straight into the board in one take and just improvised it on the spot, ffs. Talk about a natural.
Keep up the great work Uncle Ben. Cheers!
Superb the exact solo!
Let’s get crazy....that Vito blues
Excellent lesson, Uncle Ben! Do you know about Vito as far as his musical knowledge?
i do not, but i assume he's gotta be pretty hip to what he's doing. I don't think you just stumble into his kind of phrasing and arpeggio use.
Vito is so damn good. Wish he went on to a more heavier project, i.e. ..Ozzy. Dio, Queensryche kinda thang. Love to hear what he would play in that context.
Thanks Mr. Ben Eller
I mix Vito's solo with the original when my cover band does "Radar Love." I'm pretty sure i'm the only person who notices. 🤣
When i was starting out learning lead, i thought it was just playing the chord notes in random order. And then years of noodling scales, then learning to move things from my head to my fingers... aaaand all along, it was about targeting notes from the chord. Full circle. 😎🤩
Great job, Ben!! How about Closer to the Heart (RATT)????
Great lesson love Vito saw him with white lion open for Ozzy on the no rest for the wicked tour many many years ago... I was probably 13 or 14 Very cool... Any how I'm glad you're featured on this other video about the 50 greatest solos but they really should have got the guy from Skankbanger for that... he shreds, just sayin'
Played this song for our men's quartet to sing at my high school graduation. Its a beginner solo, so if you're a beginner, take a hack at it. Its really easy. The acoustic guitar part is much harder (and still pretty easy).
Ben maybe Love don t come easy or radar love great tunes,cheers from 🇨🇱
No tabs on patreon? :(
Thanks a lot for that breakdown. One of my favourite solos of all time. It has this special quality that you want to sing or whistle along with it even hours after you've heard it. So darn catchy.
They’re coming!!!! Been busy, they’ll get posted here in just a few :)
@@BenEller Amazing, no need to hurry. Good practise to learn some stuff by heart. ;)
@@saitenkiller posted! No idea how that happened. I made the TABs yesterday and just straight up forgot to attach them to the post hahaha
Great tune. I also really loved the riff and solo on Little Fighter. Hopefully you can cover that one down road.
Already did: th-cam.com/video/zd_a17FE6vU/w-d-xo.html
@@BenEller holy crap, that was spot on. Your a beast Uncle Ben. Thank you !!
thank you!
Yes Warren DeMartini from RATT does these unusual "Implied harmony notes" also on the first RATT Album. More Vito Bratta Solos because he uses often 3 note triads chord tones and spreads them out wide on different strings
My guitar is tuned up and ready to go but I ran out of Aquanet!!! 😎😎😎😂😂😂
Keep on rocking Ben!!!!
Nailed it Uncle Ben
Your guitar is wonderful 😍
Ben I know you saw my comment of the art of guitars channel this is sick 🤞🏽😂
Love the t-shirt
Love to see a lesson for It’s Over. Even tabs for that are scarce.
Spark up your lighters for this one boys n girls. Just like in concert . Such a soothing melodic solo 🎶 Ben Solo strikes again ⚡️HEY NOW!
Excellent!!
Great stuff Ben. Do you ever share any of the Axe 3 presets ?
I do!!! I’ll put this one up on Patreon if anyone wants it.
@@BenEller great stuff man. I'll need to sign up ;-)
I was wondering if you’d do this one.. easy enough right? but super sweet movements
Skid Row I Remember You is hands down best 80’s solo
It’s not just that he’s playing notes in the chords. I think you skipped over the real meat, which is often the tension and release of getting in and out of those chords. For example the first C you talked about, over the D chord. You rightly explain that it makes the implied harmony a D7, and in classical harmony that C should resolve down to B in the V-I progression. The beauty here is the C resolves to B, but in a deceptive V-vi cadence when the expected G chord is replaced by the E minor.
Similarly, the bendy-tappy part may “start” on E but really it starts with the D bending up, again creating some tension in getting to the D.
It really stood out to me how many bent notes there are in this solo, and it’s the tension in those that really creates the sense of tasty melodicism that you’re discussing.
The worst thing I can think of about Vito Bratta is that he ever met Mike Tramp! He could have teamed up with any other singer and he would shine brighter than most guitars stars with that golden touch of his. White Lion was such a stillborn project pointing in all directions but forward, if you ask me.
I agree. Mike had a great voice and was great for the time, but Vito was capable of so much more than to be a footnote in a dying genre.
I’d love to see you tackle the solo for Little Fighter. That song is underrated, in my opinion. It’s probably their “poppiest” sounding song too. 🤘🏻
I am your dedicated Patreon for a while now, but for this invaluable lesson you should start charging us more 😋
I would love to see a Vito rhythm lesson. Specifically Little Fighter