What instrument was played by the guitar soloist in While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
violin
Title: Adult contemporary music
Passage: Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usually feature synthesizers (and other electronics, such as drum machines).
Title: Colin Meloy
Passage: Colin Patrick Henry Meloy (born October 5, 1974) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and author best known as the frontman of the Portland, Oregon, indie folk rock band The Decemberists. In addition to vocals, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica and percussion instruments.
Title: Sympathy for the Devil
Passage: Mick Jagger -- lead vocals Keith Richards -- guitar solo, bass guitar, backing vocals Brian Jones -- acoustic guitar, backing vocals Bill Wyman -- maracas, backing vocals Charlie Watts -- drums, backing vocals, cowbell Nicky Hopkins -- piano, backing vocals Rocky Dzidzornu -- congas Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull -- backing vocals
Title: Top Gun Anthem
Passage: ``Top Gun Anthem ''is an instrumental rock composition and the theme for the 1986 film Top Gun. Harold Faltermeyer wrote the music. Steve Stevens played guitar on the recording. In the film, the full song is heard in the film's ending scene.
Title: Adventures of the Imagination
Passage: Adventures of the Imagination is a solo album released in 2000 by guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker. The album is Schenker's fourth all-instrumental effort and over-all critical response was positive.
Title: Beat It
Passage: Michael Jackson -- lead vocals, background vocals, drum case beater Paul Jackson Jr. -- rhythm guitar Steve Lukather -- lead guitar, bass guitar Eddie Van Halen -- guitar solo Steve Porcaro -- synthesizer, synthesizer programming Greg Phillinganes -- Rhodes, synthesizer Bill Wolfer -- keyboards Tom Bahler -- Synclavier Jeff Porcaro -- drums
Title: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Passage: ``While My Guitar Gently Weeps ''is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as`` the White Album''). It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. The song serves as a comment on the disharmony within the Beatles following their return from studying Transcendental Meditation in India in early 1968. This lack of camaraderie was reflected in the band's initial apathy towards the composition, which Harrison countered by inviting his friend and occasional collaborator, Eric Clapton, to contribute to the recording. Clapton overdubbed a lead guitar part, although he was not formally credited for his contribution.
Title: Stevie Blacke
Passage: Born in London and raised in Ohio, Blacke grew up with the music of Eric Clapton and Pink Floyd, before he attended the Berklee College of Music to study guitar, mandolin and violin. He learned and first recorded cello during a session for a hip hop artist.
Title: Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Passage: ``Ca n't You Hear Me Knocking ''is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. The song is over seven minutes long, and begins with a Keith Richards open - G tuned guitar intro. At two minutes and forty - three seconds, an instrumental break begins, with Rocky Dijon on congas; tenor saxophonist Bobby Keys performs an extended saxophone solo over the guitar work of Richards and Mick Taylor, punctuated by the organ work of Billy Preston. At 4: 40 Taylor takes over from Keys and carries the song to its finish with a lengthy guitar solo.
Title: Zane Banks
Passage: Zane Banks (born 1986) is an Australian guitarist from Sydney, who plays both classical and electric guitars in a variety of musical genres. Banks premiered the 1-hour long solo electric guitar work, "Ingwe", by composer Georges Lentz.
Title: Here Comes the Sun
Passage: ``Here Comes the Sun ''is a song written by George Harrison that was first released on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. Along with`` Something'' and ``While My Guitar Gently Weeps '', it is one of Harrison's best - known compositions from the Beatles era. The song was written at the country house of his friend Eric Clapton, where Harrison had chosen to play truant for the day, to avoid attending a meeting at the Beatles' Apple Corps organisation. The lyrics reflect the composer's relief at both the arrival of spring and the temporary respite he was experiencing from the band's business affairs.
Stevie Blacke While My Guitar Gently Weeps