Lessons from Soloing section
Improvisation For The Fingerstyle Guitarist. Part 2
Postes on: 2006-08-07
In the previous lesson we started with some practical example of improvisaton for fingerstyle playing. Today we continue with another concept.Concept - Arpeggiatios Mixed With Single Line Phrase ...
Improvisation For The Fingerstyle Guitarist. Part 1
Postes on: 2006-08-07
To compose something decent, you not only need the goodwill of the muse but also at least some insight into harmony and compositional techniques. As improvising is 'instant composing' y ...
Soloing In Illustrations
Postes on: 2006-08-07
Sweeping, Tapping, and other kinds of Arpeggios. First of all, what is an arpeggio? An arpeggio is built up by all the keynotes of a chord. For example:
A-minor arpeggio: A C E.
A-major arpegg ...
Soloing With Minimal Theory Knowledge
Postes on: 2006-08-07
First off all, this lesson applies to songs in major, minor and blues keys. I do not guarantee it will work in other keys (I'm not that kind of a theory guru, I just play my guitar), this is ...
Beginning Rock And Blues Soloing
Postes on: 2006-08-07
I'll cut to the chase here and keep it simple. Now lets say your listening to a basic consistant rock chord pattern, such as A-C-G-E. We can choose pretty much any chord in this, but lets ju ...
Guitar Fanning
Postes on: 2006-08-07
Yes, that's right, fanning you guitar. I've never seen this put to use before, but once you find out how to, you'll be amazed. Guitar fanning is a technique that I came up with whi ...
Soloing Basics II. Part 4 - Arpeggio
Postes on: 2006-08-07
Today's lesson revolves around of the misunderstood entity known as the arpeggio. The first quesion that pops into everyone's mind at the mention of this enigmatic term is, "What's ...
Soloing Basics II. Part 3 - Harmonizing
Postes on: 2006-08-07
I'm sure you are all tearing up the fretboard now and are in no need of any more instruction, however since this is a free Internet I will submit today's lesson on: Dum-da-da-dum...Harm ...
Soloing Basics II. Part 2 - Resolutions
Postes on: 2006-08-07
Ok, for those who missed Part 1 we discussed soloing in major and minor keys and used a Dm-C-Bb-C progression as a starting point. Let's delve into this enigma of soloing a little more and f ...
Soloing Basics II. Part 1 - The Basics
Postes on: 2006-08-07
We've all been there: you're jammin' with some dudes and in the middle of the tune the bass player gives you the nod to take your solo. What do you do? Every moment you wait makes ...
Guitar Soloing - A Concept For Begginers
Postes on: 2006-08-07
As I learned, every guitarrist passes through a phase of accomplishment. A phase where we are confused about our soloing. Soloing is more than just a couple of scales, and patterns. Soloing is ju ...
Using Modes To Compose Solos
Postes on: 2006-08-07
A type of scale useful to know other than the major and minor variants is called the mode. There are seven types of modes in western playing, and you may be surprised to learn that modes pre-date ...
Major Pentatonic Scale Use
Postes on: 2006-08-07
So basically most soloing techniques are already covered by other articles in this section but I thought I’d add my 2 cents. For the sake of keeping this article simple I will write all th ...
Composing Solos
Postes on: 2006-08-07
Okay people, it's great to practise scales and patterns and know all the theory in the world, but you have to be able to put it to practical use. So here, I've composed some short leads ...
Soloing Basics. Part 4 - Arpeggios
Postes on: 2006-08-07
Today's lesson revolves around an oft misunderstood entity known as... the arpeggio. The first quesion that pops into everyone's mind at the mention of this enigmatic term is, "What ...
Soloing Basics. Part 3 - Harmonizing
Postes on: 2006-08-07
I'm sure you are all tearing up the fretboard now and are in no need of any more instruction, however since this is a free Internet I will submit today's lesson on: Dum-da-da-dum...Harm ...
Soloing Basics. Part 2 - Scales
Postes on: 2006-08-07
For those who missed part 1 we discussed soloing in major and minor keys and used a Dm-C-Bb-C progression as a starting point. Let's delve into this enigma of soloing a little more and find ...
Soloing Basics. Part 1 - Soloing Pattern
Postes on: 2006-08-07
If you have not mastered the art of note bending, slides, pull-offs and hammer-ons, you will probably have a difficult time with some of the topics discussed here. But read on anyway. I happen to ...
Where To Start With Soloing
Postes on: 2006-08-07
I thought it might be a good idea to post an article to help people get started on the road to (nearly) simple guitar improvisation. I've seen a lot of article telling people to start by lea ...
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