"Son of Life" a solo guitar tribute to Alex Lifeson of the band Rush by Brandon Dyke

This is a 7/8 prelude I composed as a tribute to Alex Lifeson of the band Rush. Many people who know me, know that Rush is my all time favorite band, and so I wanted to compose a tribute to my favorite guitarist! I have learned so much from his playing, and realized that you have to follow your heart with your music. When I was composing this piece I wanted to capture a minimalistic type quality with the rhythm, and I tried to use 19th century harmony found in the composers works of the Romantic period. I also used very open chords in spots, and I even used the Fmaj9 voicing that Alex used in the intro of the song "Tears" from the Album 2112. I also took a risk with the right hand fingering of this piece, I played the following pattern: p,m,a,p,a,p,m. I never use the "i" finger throughout the piece at all. I felt this fingering allowed the "p" (thumb) to accent more, and bring out the lower voices better. I hope you enjoy, Brandon Dyke http://www.brandondyke.com guitar I am playing check out http://www.lubosnaprstek.com/

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[TomKrolMusic]

Well played and nicely written! Sounds like it could be Keith Emerson-type piece also.

[BMDguitar]

@TomKrolMusic Thanks so much Tom! wow Keith Emerson very cool! I love ELP! I have enjoyed your classical guitar performances my friend! Keep up the good work!

[Veradoradehon]

Great playing! :)



[BMDguitar]

@Veradoradehon thanks alot! :) Nice to meet you! I enjoyed your RUSH keyboard covers. Great job on the Countdown solo!

[AnkeZohm]

brilliant!

[BMDguitar]

@AnkeZohm  wow thanks Anke! very nice to meet you

[66guitaROB]

...stunning !!

[Veradoradehon]

@BMDguitar thank you! :)