Regulations
How do I set an official WSM World Record?
To achieve a world record accepted by WSM you have to choose an
existing category or suggest a new one. Since WSM just started its
official activities and the contemporary sound cultures are rapidly
developing, we encourage people to come up with new, inventive and
even extravagant categories. Push the boundaries of your personal
experiences in sound and music!
As soon as you found an appropriate category you should consider
five points
that will become your regulations. These five points should
describe the general setting and the framework of rules for your
world record. Send the category and the regulations to WSM. If
accepted by WSM they will be officially applied for measuring your
record attempt.
As a matter of course the peak performance you're aiming to achieve
should be clearly measurable.
In order to be accepted as a WSM World Record™
the attempt must be
officially accredited by a notary or attended by the WSM legal team.
Be sure to document your record attempt on video and audio properly,
so it can be glamorously displayed at the WSM Video Stage and
contagiously spread over the Internet.
Regulations:
Longest Guitar Solo Ever Played
1. Tuning
The guitar strings are tuned in standard tuning: E, A, d, g, b, e'
2. Measurement
The guitar solo is framed by a simple chord structure that will
mark the beginning and the end of the record attempt: Em/C/G/A,
played eight times at approximately 120 bpm. After the playing of
the described prologue the actual guitar solo will begin along
with the time measurement. As the guitar solo comes to an end, the
previously described chord-changes will be played again eight
times at around 120 bpm. To this epilogue an appropriate musical
ending can be added, such as the repetition or slowing-down of the
last notes. The record attempt will be completed with the start of
the epilogue.
3. Timing and Harmonic Structures
The solo will be related at first to the harmonic structure and
timing of the prologue. From there it can develop freely into
different harmonic modes or timings.
To ensure that the dynamic of the guitar solo stays in
recognizable relation to the musical and cultural reference of
contemporary rock guitar solo-playing, the duration between two
impulses (played notes) must not exceed ten seconds. For example:
A single note can sound for up to ten seconds, then another note
has to be played or the same note has to be picked again. Impulses
can derive from the right or the left hand.
4. Techniques
All techniques that are known as standard within playing electric
guitar solos can be applied. For example bend, hammer-on,
pull-off, slide, tapping, natural harmonic or palm mute.
Furthermore,
the use of amplifier feedback, utilizing the physical noise of
the guitar body or playing with both hands on the guitar neck is
legitimate. Crucial for the measurement of the solo is the
impulses from the left or the right hand described under paragraph
3.
5. Sound
The solo will be played with guitar sounds typical and common for
contemporary rock music. Sound effects as distortion and a
filtering effect known as wahwah can be utilized. A slight room
simulation as a reverb or a delay can be added.
The sound will be provided by a regular guitar amplifier. The
volume of the sound and the wahwah-effect will be controlled by a
foot pedal.
