It's a Moot Point
Melanie Faye, 2019. Solo by Melanie Faye.
It's a Moot Point is a showcase for Melanie Faye's neo-soul guitar style, where rhythm and lead are hard to separate. Her playing is smooth and unhurried, with hammer-ons, slides and double-stops tucked inside lush, extended chord voicings. The Stratocaster tone is clean and warm, soft enough to let the harmony bloom but clear enough that every grace note registers. The approach sits in a line of R&B guitar that runs from soul session players through Hendrix's ballads to today's bedroom producers. It is less a solo than a continuous melodic conversation with the chords. Listen for the way she decorates each chord change with a quick melodic fill, so the harmony and the tune seem to arrive together.
It's a Moot Point by Melanie Faye is featured in our Neo-Soul (#3) list. The solo is played by Melanie Faye and the song was released in 2019.
In our lists
- The Greatest Solo of Every Year — #76
- Beyond the Canon — #22
- The 20 Greatest Neo-Soul Guitar Solos — #3
- 2010 to Now — #17
Sources
Who played the guitar solo on It's a Moot Point?
Melanie Faye played the solo on Melanie Faye's It's a Moot Point (2019).
What guitar was used on the It's a Moot Point solo?
A fender stratocaster, according to widely reported accounts.