Guitar soloing tips.
I usually like to play ideas that are memorable
and that you can sing along to.
I don't want it just to be a barrage of speed
and flashiness.
You can throw in speed and flashiness but
it should be used tastefully.
I think the most important thing is a melody.
So I try to think of some phrase that I can
riff around with and maybe in between I'll
throw in some flashy notes.
For example, if I'm playing in F sharp minor,
I might start out with a bend.
You know.
There's a lot of things I could do but let's
just say I started out with a bent.
For my next lick maybe I'll lead up to it
with a fast lick.
Then the next time around I'll start picking
it up.
Maybe I could throw in some fast stuff like.
But it always has to resolve to a melody.
You can't, it has to go somewhere.
So if you're going to play something fast
make sure that it resolve to a melody.
I have a little riff looped up here that I'm
going to play along to just so you can hear
what I'm talking about.
So that's a very short solo, that's a very
quick example.
But you can see I didn't try to play over
the whole thing.
I left a lot of space.
I tried to have some melodic ideas.
I spiced up the melodic ideas with fast stuff
but the fast stuff didn't defined what I was
playing.
So you really want to go for melody and memorability
first and then all the other stuff goes in
between.
I hope you have enjoyed these brief soloing
tips.
