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. I made some Soundslice backing track loops that you can practice with:

• The whole solo section: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/SzFHc/?clip=4KQXp
• Part A: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/SzFHc/?clip=rKQXp
• Part B: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/SzFHc/?clip=mKQXp
• Dmaj7 -> Amaj7: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/SzFHc/?clip=3FQXp
• the "turnaround": https://www.soundslice.com/slices/SzFHc/?clip=RFQXp

The PDF version of the lesson is available above. Enjoy!