everyone says to just practice... but i dont know how to in the first place!!!
2006-07-22 08:05:51 · 14 answers · asked by yankeegurl 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
i dont no
2006-07-22 08:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going through the process of teaching my daughter to solo on the guitar now, so I might be able to help. The first thing I did is get her an electric guitar (Ibanez $100.00) an effects pedal (Digitech $100.00) and a small amplifier(Behringer $84.00) all on Musician's Friend.
The effects pedal has a built-in drum machine to provide a beat that can be set for different speeds and styles. there are many different pre-set sounds, some of them very cool. Get a great beat going, select a very cool effect, and start free-styling.
I've been playing professionally since I was 17, and this is a step a lot of musicians neglect. Just play around until you start making some great noise. Make the guitar sing. You can get endless amounts of music theory, but you have to carve your own way into the realm of artistic expression.
I know a few great guitarists. Duane Allman grew up not too far from me, and long before he was famous, or knew a lot about the guitar, he used to play free-style leads until his fingers bled. Today, there are guitarists that hinge on every recorded note he has ever played. Why? He developed that relationship that only comes from putting in the hours, and feeling the passion towards the guitar.
Don't let anyone tell you that chicks can't play lead. You can, and you will!
2006-07-22 08:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by Elwood Blues 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are things called scales.
They are fairly simple to learn, but there are hundreds of them.
The good news, for a guitar, it is VERY easy, because to changes keys (from a G to an A or whatever) you only go up or down a few frets.
FIRST:
Learn a few scales, and practice them on all the frets so that you get used to them. (below is a GREAT link on how to learn several scales. The most common used on Rock is the "Blues Scale" very easy to learn)
SECOND:
When writting your song (or whoever is playign rythem) figure out the main key.
Like "Last Kist" by Pearl Jam is in the key of G. So, all the scales will be played on the G scale.
THRID:
Peice it together.
ANYTHING you play (if in the right key) will sound correct!
Add bends, or slides where appropriate, while playign with distortion to get a nice sound.
2006-07-22 08:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Music is a conversation between you and your audience.
You use your instrument to tell stories or about events in your life. Play what you think it would be like to be without fingers or legs.
Play what you would feel if you were looking into the face of that very special person for the first time.
When you can do that, then you begin to play and that will be your so called solo, because it will be you, you alone, playing what YOU feel, telling others, with your music, your heart and soul!
Until you can tell your own story, you cannot play!
Reading notes is the same as saying the alphabet. The thing to do is to put the letters in to sentences that convey our thoughts to the listener. Or combine the notes into melodies, created by your feelings, explaining joy, pain, tear, laughter, or life to the ear inclined to listen. That is YOUR solo!
2006-07-22 10:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, learn the scale. Then practice it on a song
2006-07-22 08:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by Joshey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Choose someone that you'd like to emulate. Get their recordings and listen and play along. It takes a while, but you'll pick it up. Another tip is to get a tape recorder that records in two speeds. Record in the fast speed and play it back at the low (half) speed. The pitch will be one octave lower, but also at half speed (I'm showing my age here). Your local music store should probably have digital devices in the $100 range that can record a phrase and play it back at half speed without changing pitch.
2006-07-22 08:10:06 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Rockhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gradually reduce the number of people you play at the same time as until you're the only one left. Don't take it further than that.
2006-07-22 08:08:53 · answer #7 · answered by madge_ure 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to learn scales because they establish a pattern of "correct" notes to play. Like the diatonic and the pentatonic and the minor pentatonic scales which are used a lot in blues and rock. Once you learn them you catch the beat and express yourself. louder....LOUDER - rock on! you got to feel it baby! like a pyromaniac....
2006-07-22 08:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by Norman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yopu need to liste something easy and folow if you have goos ear yon will do it however if not you nee to paractice a lot.
2006-07-22 08:13:46 · answer #9 · answered by Zorro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
practice scales...as in do them over and over till u no longer have to think about it...eventually it will become 2nd nature
2006-07-22 08:08:27 · answer #10 · answered by briley4242 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to learn scales. they teach you what notes work in the key you're playing in.
2006-07-22 08:11:06 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋