3 Levels Of Guitar Soloing (Patreon)

What's the difference between a noob soloing and a pro? In this post I'll break down the 3 levels of guitar solos muhahaha!​ 

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🎸LEVEL ONE: RANDOM NOODLING

When I first started playing, I had no clue how to solo. I'd listen to leads like Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, or November Rain by Guns N' Roses and be blown away. No matter how hard I tried, my feeble attempts at shredding just sounding like random noodling. I even knew a couple scales...but playing up and down them didn't sound like music

⚡️LEVEL TWO: TECHNIQUE 

After a few years of playing, I had a handful of licks under my belt. I'd just throw them in wherever and destroy songs left and right. I remember this one tapping lick I butchered that sounded fancy but I didn't know where to use it. Kinda reminded me of the Slayer approach to soloing. If you're not familiar with Slayer's solos, it's like listening to two different songs at the same time. The licks don't really fit the key of the song, it's more for dramatic effect. It works for Slayer's music but you get kicked out of pretty much any other band for such ill advised wankery 

⚡️LEVEL THREE: OUTLINING CHORDS

While at music school, I started to think about guitar solos in a different way. During a jazz lesson one day my professor asked me to solo while he played some chords. After about 69 seconds he said, "What are you doing?" I shrugged, admitting I had no real strategy for my soloing approach. The next thing he told me changed my life forever, "you gotta outline the chords Scott!" What the hell does "outlining the chords mean?" It's what Marty Friedman does in the fast section of Tornado Of Souls. For example, when Dave Mustaine is playing a B minor chord, Marty targets the specific pitches within the chord, B-D and F#. He shifts patterns to accommodate each harmonic change, which makes it sound like he's following the song, unlike Kerry King muhahaha

⭐️ Stay tuned for Friday's post where we'll discuss how to use music theory to take your solos from random noodling to level 69! 

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