Too Rolling Stoned

Song:  Too Rolling Stoned

Group:  Robin Trower

I had started by cutting the first four measures of the bass solo at the beginning...

and ending the song just after the vocalist says....

"I think I'll just sit this one out"

(I added an additional 2.5 measures for an ending).

I had also modified a few measures in the song...

to prevent being too redundant...

as playing this solo...

or with anything short of a full compliment of instruments might sound.

I completed this song by transcribing the vocals...

and filling in where I could with the notes of the lead guitar.

I don't know of what the actual musical notation is for a palate rattle...

so I just put in Rattle 

as it is a much faster cessation and initiation of the note (or even a trill) 

than the fingers or tongue can move.

It is to get the intentional raspiness of the vocal at that point.

Also...

on the fall just after some of the higher C notes 

(looks like a downwards slur mark not directly connect to another note)...

it can be accomplished by rolling the head to one side halfway into the note...

letting air escape while simultaneously decreasing air pressure

as you also withdraw the tongue to the back of the mouth...

while running a full octave scale downwards just after the note bends and starts to die out...

unless a note directly follows...

whereupon you may omit the scale run as it may hamper securing the following note.

You may also find in this song...

as with many Robin Trower songs...

that he (Robin Trower...the lead guitarist)...

is famous for using many electronic altering gadgets which give his guitar

that pulsating sound (along with many other sounds such as fuzz, reverb and wow)...

so I find myself keeping time by rocking my head as I play some of the notes...

which gives a subtle pulsating sound similar to his electronic gadgets.

Others may have their own techniques...

I don't know.

I am self taught...

so, I just do what I find works for me.

And, yes...

I would need much practice to play this song at full speed.

As with any new song...

start out as slowly as needed to play smoothly and with full resonance...

as it is all about the purity of the tone.

Speed will naturally come with the requisite amount of practice.