I'm a 100% self-taught guitar player. I started learning when I was 15 years old. Now, 11 years later, I consider myself a decent rhythm guitarist with VERY limited soloing skills. I can pretty much pick up and play any tab after a few times through it. I can also pick up a lot from just listening to songs on the radio and expeimenting for a bit with different chords until I've got it down. I still feel like such an amature guitarist though. How do I get better on my own. I'm really interested in expanding my soloing/riff repertoire. Know any free sites that I can get some real good soloing tips or technique building skills? Do you know how I feel? I've hit walls before in my evolution as a guitar player, but this one seems to be the worst ever. I'm getting better at playing and singing the songs I know, and learning new ones, but I don't feel like I'm becoming a more versitile guitarist. I want mostly rock/blues guitar info. Thanks a lot.
2006-09-01 04:25:12 · 5 answers · asked by Frylock_80 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Really, the best way to improve soloing is to learn the scales. You need to understand how the chord progression moves in the song from one measure to the next. Once you pull apart the chords and learn the scales you will be soloing in no time. Try these links. Harmony central has a really good lesson plan. Hope this helps.
2006-09-01 04:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Stacey B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, set aside on a dailty basis in your practise, time to learn new scales and nodes. Ideas for riffs will just come to you. Do a web search on total guitar. I think its www.totalguitar.com, but not sure. Or Email simon.bradley@futurenet.co.uk for more info. Good luck and keep rockin' dude!! PS if you feel stuck in a rut, I'm just guessing, but I bet you practice everything you know in a session. Like I said, break out of the old pentatonic scale, you're probably stuck in the blues box. There is a system called C.A.G.E.D which if you imagine those as open chords, play them any where on the neck but BARRE them. May seem awkward at first, but persevere. Just use your index finger as a capo, and then other fingers for C,A,G,E,D etc. eg A shape become B. Wonder what a barred C shape becomes...??
2006-09-01 04:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by singa_dude 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he's the worst.. He's no terrible at playing guitar.. Just terrible at rapping, but obviously he's nowhere near as good as Jimmy Hendrix as I would easily rate him as a top 5 guitarist and Lil Wayne wouldn't even be on the top 100
2016-03-17 06:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you have hit your peak of 'self taught", you really need to find a teacher, or find a guitarist much better than you to play with.
If you don't want to do those, pick up some videos of some great guitarist, and study their techniques.
2006-09-01 04:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Lindy357 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find the pentatonic minor scale and practice it religiously backwards and forwards. Force yourself to play it faster and faster after you master the notes cleanly. That is a great place to start on the next phaze of your playing.
I've been playing professionally for 23yrs.
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2006-09-01 04:33:49 · answer #5 · answered by mikeygonebad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try improvising a bit with the Harmonic Minor or the Melodic Minor scales for example. It is not too uncommon to find Harmonic minor solos in metal, mostly tho people seem to stay in the blues box using pentatonic scales for soloing.
If playing in C Major you could:
C Major> C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
A minor> A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A the natural relative minor of CM
Harmonic minor> A-B-C-D-E-F-G# -A
Melodic ascending> A-B-C-D-E-F# -G-A
Pentatonic (one variety) > A-C-D-E-G
2006-09-01 11:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by palmmute333 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋