If she can listen to any two singers deliver any melody she is familiar with, and tell the difference between them and prefer one to the other, then she is already, in her head, separating melody per se from the stylistic choices in rendering it. A more developed version of that ability will eventually leave her with a general appreciation of improvised melodies (i.e. solos).
You mentioned "Red House." This video features Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani improvising solos over that song, and I suspect the blatant differences in tone, articulation, vibrato, etc., would be obvious to her.
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If she can listen to any two singers deliver any melody she is familiar with, and tell the difference between them and prefer one to the other, then she is already, in her head, separating melody per se from the stylistic choices in rendering it. A more developed version of that ability will eventually leave her with a general appreciation of improvised melodies (i.e. solos).
You mentioned "Red House." This video features Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani improvising solos over that song, and I suspect the blatant differences in tone, articulation, vibrato, etc., would be obvious to her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWenQVUL3E
If she herself tried to improvise a solo over that progression, she would see the difference there, too.