Become A More Creative Lead Guitar Player Using These Three Powerful Tips
Want to play amazing guitar solos that are musically expressive whenever you feel like it?
Sound pretty cool to me!
Most guitarists struggle with this…
…but you don’t have to!
Why?
Because you can follow these simple tips to become a more creative lead guitarist:
Lead Guitar Tip One — Focus On How Notes Feel Rather Than Learning Tons Of Scales
Knowing how certain notes feel while played over certain chords is key for learning to express yourself while soloing.
For example:
Do you what it feels like to play the seventh scale degree of a minor scale over a minor chord? What about playing it over a major chord?
What about the feeling created when you play a b13 over a dominant 7 chord?
The more you learn about how different notes feel over different chords, the easier it becomes to know how something will feel on guitar before you even pick the string!
Lead Guitar Tip Two –Master Musical Tension And Release
The most amazing guitar solos are able to create intense levels of tension and before releasing it.
Anyone listening becomes completely engaged and hangs on every note being played.
You want your guitar solos to be like this right?
Work together with a great guitar teacher who can show you how to use notes, phrasing techniques, rhythm and other elements of music to effectively build and release musical tension in your solos.
Lead Guitar Tip Three — Squeeze All The Emotion You Can From Every Note
Don’t make the mistake of wasting tons of notes in your guitar solos in order to play fast or because you aren’t sure what to play next.
The best approach is to focus on playing at least ONE amazing note first.
Once you can play a truly amazing note, try to play two, then three, and so on until your guitar solos are full of high-quality notes.
Do this by using many different guitar techniques in various ways to phrase a single note differently.
Want to learn how to use all the ideas in this article to quickly improve your creativity in a single practice session? See how to do it now by reading this lead guitar soloing article.
About The Author:
Tom Hess is an electric guitar teacher online and recording artist. He trains guitar players from around the world how to reach their musical goals in his correspondence guitar lessons online. Visit his website tomhess.net to receive many free guitar playing resources and read daily tips to help you improve your musical skills on the Official Tom Hess Facebook page.
