How I played THAT Purple Rain Solo! | Friday Fretworks

Breaking down my solo on Martin Miller's cover of Purple Rain.

Key points:

0:00 Intro
0:09 Purple Rain Solo w/ Martin Miller
1:44 Heading to Europe...
2:50 How it nearly went VERY wrong!
4:12 What gear did I use?
6:23 The Helix in action (Cardinal Black - Rise Up)
7:20 Solo breakdown (tabs available)
18:13 Conclusion

[MartinMillerGuitar]

Awesome video man and thanks for the killer guest appearance. Gonna steal a few tricks for sure! 🙌

[IainFrame]

Such a hot guitar solo that my phone literally just burst into flames and I narrowly escaped with my life! Nice one Christophe.

[davidpepper]

Purple Rain is one of those songs with an incredibly powerful vocal that ends halfway through the song and the guitar has to take it from there and be just as powerful. No surprise that Chris was equal to the task. What an amazing performance.

[lincolncarvalho]

The way the tone projects through your fingers. Amazing man. Keep it going! 🔥

[velhinho_]

I played purple rain live once in my life, for about 1, 100 people. Needless to say i was terrified.

Chris just breezes through with his own style. Even though he references here that he was under pressure, the performance shows incredible control.

This gives massive inspiration to just chill and do your thing, people will enjoy it anyway. If something does go wrong, so be it, you'll be fine.

[VBarre]

I was hoping someone would do a breakdown of that solo. Could only dream that it would come from the man himself. Thx for this, really enjoyed the performance, the solo and learned a lot from it!

[stevedams]

I’ve listened to that purple rain performance so many times now… What a spectacular collaboration!

[wizaxed]

Good God - that Purple Rain solo was so soulful, Chris!! I love your style - those little slurs are so signature and sound good. Keep on truckin'!!

[downforcedan]

Oh man, that story is brilliant! Top work fella!

[less_concerned]

Amazing how he can be so in the moment with total awareness of the musical context. Music flowing out like a person having a great conversation with a new person!

[klon]

Possibly the prettiest solo I think I’ve ever seen you play

[nevarmaor]

It truly amazes me how you are so expressive with your right hand and never lose that pick. Mine would have been halfway across the room within 5 seconds. Probably why I tend these days to play fingerstyle. And since I always manage to keep breaking my nails that means finger flesh style :D.

[HeathFoley]

Awesome improvisation, you nailed it....German beers and all. Thanks for sharing

[paraonidai]

For a minute there, I thought it was the price tag hanging off the guitar! Like always, awesome playing man. Nobody feels the guitar like you do!

[braveheart]

Such a gifted musician but teaching will become your passion, inspiration is your key note, God bless you on your sound healing journey Chris ❤

[seongomez]

I truly love hearing pro's that are more widely known, talk about all the wild shit that goes down while making shows happen. The drinking then remembering you had a set is so relatable

[mickmccabe]

What a legend. So honest, so real, so relatable. Just placed an order for a Revstar.

[giginap]

The most beautiful purple rain solo i've have never heard....Good job

[jeremiahgarcia]

The long wait about this is over. Keep it up bro

[tszegvary]

Thank you Chris! Saved me the time transcribing. I took the liberty to transfer your tab to a Soundslice for those interested to learn!!