Hey guys,
i have a new approach on guitar - learning to solo
Someone lead me in the right direction, i need some improvising skills


TMR3

Hi  TMR3, well to start soloing you should learn your pentonic 5 note scale; And the major scale as well ,Nowing your fret board will help you a lot ,
LETS SAY YOU WANT TO LEARN THE C MAJOR SCALE OK THE NOTE ARE C,D,E,F,G,A, AND YOUR ROOT NOTE C AGIAN TO SOLO JUST FINE THOSES NOTES ON YOUR FRET BOARD ,THERE IS MORE TO IT BUT THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR STARTERS


THERE WILL BE OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT WILL HELP YOU AS WELL, OLD TELE, GZ, BOB808, JAG,WELL THERES MORE BUT DON,T LIKE TO TYPE MUSH LOL

http://www.teachguitar.com/content/tmbluesscales.htm
hey tr3 check out this page this is the most usefull one page of guitar information you will ever see when it comes to blues soloing. i intend to do a demo video of this very set of Pentatonic runs in five different positions. i hope you enjoy and that it helps you as much as it has helped me and many others.

Blues Scale in Five Positions
Description: Printer friendly diagram showing blues scales in 5 positions, a key chart to help you transpose and a list of practice tips.


wish i could get the diagram to work inside this post but i seem to be having problems


1. Learn each position by heart before moving on to the next.

2. Use a strict one-finger-per-fret approach with your fretting hand.

3. This means starting positions 2,3 & 5 on your second finger.

4. Accuracy, sound quality, and fluency in practice leads to the ability to play fast.

5. Trying to play the scales too fast leads to frustration.

6. Good scale work is the foundation of spectacular lead guitar skills. Here are two important rules:

1. If you find scales boring practice them until they're not boring any more.

2. If you don't find scales boring, practice them until you do, then follow rule 1.


the last two especially crack me up

Here's an outline of one method to learn soloing. Each item could be an entire chapter of a book, or even a whole book.

To learn how to solo is kind of like learning how to talk.

1. Learn and memorize what others are playing in the type of music you want to learn.

2. Learn and memorize a few guitar playing related things about music theory. (Key signatures, scales, intervals, arpeggios, memorizing the notes on the fretboard, etc.)

3. Begin playing notes and phrases of your own by using the rote things memorized in steps one and two and adding your own modifications that sound and feel good to you. 

4. Begin to play notes and phrases that just come into your head that sound and feel good to you when you are playing. Knowing keys signatures will help your phrases end on a note that is in the key of the chord being played, so it will sound good.

5. When you are improvising your own solos and your mind goes blank, fill in with some things you have previously memorized in steps one and two for a few measures until you get the creative juices flowing again and you resume your own improvisation. 

http://www.guitarmore.com



   

OR.....MAKE A LOT OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, OVER DISTORT, (use whammy bombs) "I don't like whammy's much" with your right hand pretend you are scratching out an ex's face outa a picture you like ,  rifle your left hand around like you know what you are doing, move your body so pro's can't see your handy work, tell your friends you are the next yngwei malmstien, some will believe you and swear to thier friends  "it's true"    ...........works for me hahaha!!!!!     ......................................number one thing       KEEP PRACTICING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dougbrookswood wrote:

OR.....MAKE A LOT OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, OVER DISTORT, (use whammy bombs) "I don't like whammy's much" with your right hand pretend you are scratching out an ex's face outa a picture you like ,  rifle your left hand around like you know what you are doing, move your body so pro's can't see your handy work, tell your friends you are the next yngwei malmstien, some will believe you and swear to thier friends  "it's true"    ...........works for me hahaha!!!!!     ......................................number one thing       KEEP PRACTICING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now that was funny;;(use whammy bombs),,rifle your left hand around like you know what you are doing,lol

hahaha   i knew you'de like that

You can find all you need to know here.

shaidtan wrote:

You can find all you need to know here.

Dude thats hilarious yet epicly fails soo badly.
pretty funny though, smart pedals too
anyways, thanks for the tips.....


TMR3

cricketrider wrote:

http://www.teachguitar.com/content/tmbluesscales.htm
hey tr3 check out this page this is the most usefull one page of guitar information you will ever see when it comes to blues soloing. i intend to do a demo video of this very set of Pentatonic runs in five different positions. i hope you enjoy and that it helps you as much as it has helped me and many others.

Blues Scale in Five Positions
Description: Printer friendly diagram showing blues scales in 5 positions, a key chart to help you transpose and a list of practice tips.


wish i could get the diagram to work inside this post but i seem to be having problems


1. Learn each position by heart before moving on to the next.

2. Use a strict one-finger-per-fret approach with your fretting hand.

3. This means starting positions 2,3 & 5 on your second finger.

4. Accuracy, sound quality, and fluency in practice leads to the ability to play fast.

5. Trying to play the scales too fast leads to frustration.

6. Good scale work is the foundation of spectacular lead guitar skills. Here are two important rules:

1. If you find scales boring practice them until they're not boring any more.

2. If you don't find scales boring, practice them until you do, then follow rule 1.


the last two especially crack me up

So basically its saying, to keep practising..
whats your next approach J?
ive been searching around for answers, but i guess i should ask the experts..
What do i do next?

I like arpeggios as well. they are very nice tools to layer over chords as melody in my opinion. there are a few in the scale finder on this very site take a look at those perhaps. the trick with arp. is to keep your pick on the downstroke when going down and keep your pick on the upstoke when coming back up. no alternate picking is recommended as that is the habit i got into and it has been very hard to break.
let me know how that goes for you.  did that blues chart make sense to you? if not let me know we can go over it sometime if you need.