Scales and Soloing FAQ
There is more to playing guitar than memorizing guitar scales. Here are some examples of how you can use scales to spice up your playing.
How to Play Guitar Solos
How do you get that improvised sound that you hear in so many great guitar solos? These lessons dealing with creating your own solos and improvising on guitar. Beginners will probably want to check out the Beginner’s Guide To Soloing series. If you’ve already spent some time on guitar scales, you’ll probably benefit from the series Turning Scales into Solos.
A Simple And Unconventional Way To Improve Your Lead Guitar Creativity
Tom Hess outlines a different approach for creating a great guitar solo.
A Horse With No Name – Adding Some Personal Touches
Our lesson of A Horse With No Name continues with advice on how to spice up your strumming as well as a look at the solo from the original recording.
Language-Based Soloing (Part 2)
Even if you consider yourself an expert at guitar solos, you’ll still find the exercise Tom introduces in this mini-lesson eye opening.
Language-Based Soloing (Part 1)
Saying something with music is what soloing is all about. Here is the first of a two parts from Tom Serb on “Language Based Soloing.”
How To Create Great Guitar Solos
Tom Hess details the most common reasons why guitar players struggle to create great solos and then gives you tips on massively improving your lead playing.
3-Note Sequence Ideas For Lead Guitar
Making small adjustments to simple 3-note sequences can bring a unique sound to your soloing. Paul Tauterouff shows you how it’s done.
Practice With Purpose -Turning Scales into Solos – Part 9
There’s a very simple reason a lot of solos sound more like someone playing scales rather than solos and it all comes down to how you practice. Learn how to solo by learning how to practice soloing.
Improve Your Lead Guitar Playing: Lesson And Video
Creating expressive solos involves a lot more than playing a lot of notes. One of the best ways to practice expressiveness is to use just a handful of notes, as Tom Hess demonstrates in his latest article. This lesson includes a great tutorial video as well.