Trouble with solos

[JacksonJuiceBox]

Re: Trouble with solos

Originally posted by Fragle:
well...there are several ways to approach this.

1)do shitloads of improvising. really, sit down with your guitar, listen to music and start to jam on it. you will sooner or later find out which notes you are supposed to play and which you arent. as always, practice makes perfect.

2)firstly, kinda "build" the solo in your head before playing it, and then learn it on guitar. randy did this quite often on diary of a madman if i recall correctly

3)listen to the solo backing over and over and over and over.....sometimes it happens that if you listen often enough to some backing track the idea for a fitting lead just hits you.....remember, i said sometimes [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

4)this one is very similar to nr2, but this time you sit down and work out the solo with your guitar on. if its a happy tune, try to focus on happy melodies etc....

5)just think of some basic licks you want to have in your solo, and then go out and play it. so basically you have some licks that you gotta play and then you fill up the gaps during the recording...just improvise something. if you already have a basic melody worked out you will find it much easier to improvise in the right mood if you know what i mean


as always, dont overdo it. if you feel that it doesnt work today, do something else and try it the next day.
if you record a lead and make small mistakes in every take, pick the best one. dont do more than 3 takes. yngwie will totally agree (actually, i stole this approach from him [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] ). if you listen to yngwies stuff you will find some mistakes here and there, mostly muting stuff. forget it. dont play the same stuff too much, because if you overdo it it wont sound "fresh" anymore.


dunno why i focused on recording now [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] but hell, the more i write the bigger the chance that you will find something useful [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

greets
fragle

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I find that #1 works the best for me, start soloing, and find the scale, once i can find the scale(doesn't matter where on the fret board) I know the pattern all up and down the fret board. Finding the notes is kind of a hit and miss kind of thing.. good luck! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[shredmonster]

Re: Trouble with solos

Here is another one...learn the major modes of which there are 3 (same notes different position on the neck) - first learn them in box pattern. Then figure them out diagonally from the low E to high E string.
Then learn the relative major chords for that scale so you can do major chord arpeggios.
Then you can solo using a box pattern, diagonal pattern and arpeggios!

[metallicarocks]

Re: Trouble with solos

If you're looking for a quick fix on this topic, I suggest, as stated above, play with your eyes closed and try to build a solo in your head. When it's in your head, you can really apply your own style and it will more likely sound in key. Also, where you're used to minor scales, try throwing in some chromatic runs, not necessarily to apply them to the solo, but more or less help you hear, think, and play out of the box. The more notes you play, right or wrong, the more room you have for geniusness in your song.

Sorry, I know it's not as advanced as written by previous posts, I just threw this in if you were in for a quick fix.

HTH