Hotel California- Rock Violin Improv

Hotel California with Rock Violin.
After work, I decided to fool around on my violin and improvise a little. I love the guitar solo on this song. No real violin sheet music, just playing along with a CD on my stereo and trying to sight read from the chord structure of the guitar solo. I'm just having some fun trying to figure out the notes for now. I might try to get get a hold of an electric violin or effects pedal, and then work this up again.

About the music:
"Hotel California" is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in early 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh. "Hotel California" topped the Billboard Hot 100for one week in May 1977.

The song's lyrics describe the title establishment as a luxury resort where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave." On the surface, the song tells the tale of a weary traveler who becomes trapped in a nightmarish luxury hotel that at first appeared inviting and tempting. The song is generally understood to be an allegory about hedonism and self-destruction in the Southern California music industry of the late 1970s; Don Henley called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles" and later reiterated "[i]t's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about."
Source: Wikipedia

The abstract nature of the lyrics has led listeners to their own interpretations over the years, including some claims, spread by word of mouth and internet, of Satanic aspects. Other rumors suggested that the "Hotel California" was the Camarillo State Mental Hospital, a real hotel run by cannibals or a metaphor for cancer. These claims have been consistently refuted by the band.

The term "colitas" in the first stanza of the song is a desert flower, also known as Antelope sage or Colita de Rata. Both Don Henley and Don Felder have repeatedly and publicly stated that Colitas are "heady desert flowers."

The use of the word "steely" in the lyric (referring to knives) was a playful nod to band Steely Dan, who had included the lyric "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening" in their famous song "Everything You Did", according to Glenn Frey's liner notes for The Very Best of Eagles.

Many cover versions of "Hotel California" have been released:

A flamenco version by the Gipsy Kings was released in 1988 and later featured in the film The Big Lebowski.
Majek Fashek has also done a reggae cover of the song, which is often incorrectly credited to Bob Marley.
Australian band The Cat Empire recorded a version of the song in French (L'Hotel de Californie), for Triple J's Like a Version segment and subsequent CD compilation.
Brixton (England)-based band Alabama 3 also covered the song on their 2000 album la peste.
The American band SkaDaddyZ released a ska version of the song in 1999.
In 1990 Al B. Sure! included a version on his album Private Times...and the Whole 9!
In 1997 The Moog Cookbook included a version on their album Ye Olde Space Bande.
Romanian band Vama Veche covered the song in Romanian on their debut album, although the lyrics are entirely different; they deal with the dreadful living conditions in Romanian student dormitories in the late nineties.
In 2004, it was recorded by American Idol contestant William Hung.
Country group Rascal Flatts performed their own version of the song at the 2007 Grammy Awards.
A German version was recorded in 1977 by Schlager singer Jürgen Drews.
Part of the solo is incorporated into the 1995 song "All Of The Damned" by German Power metal band Gamma Ray.
K-Pop Group Roo'Ra recorded a version of the song for their second album.
NYC female fronted Torch rock band VULGARAS recorded a version for their album "Heavy Handed Heart" released in 2008.
Cantopop singer Sam Hui performed this song in English.
Source: Wikipedia

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Music

Tags:

• Eagles
• Hotel
• California
• Guitar
• and
• Rock
• Violin
• Improvisation

[asianxsmartie]

Spectacular really, very well indeed the tune is perfectly succeeding in intonation including the free bow stoke. this performance is marvelous.

[tkx7]

I enjoyed this, and would like to see more videos featuring violin rock music in the future

[ccgoh01]

where to get d violin sheet?

[ZBriguy52]

nice!



[libreterea]

Geniale.



[ZachDification]

they're always asian

[PlainTruth08]

I like this.Cool improv!

[druzjumper]

Dude cn u share it with me.?! U r awesome! Shi-fu!

[tabs8188]

Amazing!

[ivanparadero]

haha where id the power?

[LIViolinShop]

Hey, check out the electric violin version of the solo on our channel!