Want to play guitar solos that sound expressive and emotional on command?
Who doesn’t, right?
One easy way to get started is to learn how specific notes within a scale feel in any context. Don’t worry, this is fun and not at all difficult to do.
How do you begin?
Simple:
Learn how to play lead guitar solos using 6ths by watching this video:
Now that you know how to use 6ths in your guitar solos to make them more expressive, use these tips to improve your soloing even more:
Lead Guitar Tip One — Get As Much As 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.
Lead Guitar Tip Two — 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 Three — Learn How To Master Musical Tension And Release
The most amazing guitar solos are able to create intense levels of tension and before releasing it.
Result?: 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 instructor 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.
Want to learn how to use all the ideas in this article to quickly improve your guitar soloing in just one practice session?
Discover how to play lead guitar more creatively than ever with the approach in this article about lead guitar licks with 6ths. Find out how to do it in this resource on how to add fire & emotion to guitar licks.
