Inside the Solo: Pink Floyd “Time”

David Gilmour's solo on "Time" is a masterclass in chord tone soloing using two very different approaches: lyrical bends up to chord tones, and melodic pentatonic phrasing along a single string. In this video, I break down the solo phrase by phrase and show how to visualize the fretboard in a way that makes both of these techniques practical (if not always easy) for improvisation.

This video almost broke me — the animations alone took five full days.

The PDF version of the lesson is available above. Silver members can read the written lesson on this page too, ending with a backing track player that follows the gear shifts chord by chord and loops any stretch of bars you drag across. Enjoy!