How to Solo 101
Welcome to Improvisation/Soloing 101. Ready to learn lead guitar? This course is the practical application of the Fretboard Mastery 101 course. You will learn how to use the 5 shapes in a musical context such as playing over chord progressions. Here are the lessons:
- Improvisation in 5 Positions
- Improvisation using 2nds
- Improvisation using 3rds
- Improvisation using 1234 Sequence
- Chord Tone Soloing – Introduction
- Chord Tone Soloing – Approach Notes
- Chord Tone Soloing – Pachelbel’s Canon Example
- Chord Tone Soloing – Example 1
- Beyond Pentatonics
- No Scales Approach – Example 1 (Advanced)
- Connecting Arpeggios
- Bluesy Improv Example Over E7 Chord
- Fusion Guitar – Making Soloing Simpler
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course you should be able to:
- improvise using chord tones in key of C
- improvise using 5 shapes ascending and descending in key of C
- improvise using intervals (2nds, 3rds, etc) in each shape in key of C
- play arpeggios over chords by superposition
- simplify your thinking by using an idea over different chords
- play over chords by visualizing a small, simple triad shape
- connect the shapes horizontally
- connect arpeggios for easy movement across fretboard
Practice tips:
- Don’t worry about practicing thousands of modes or scales
- Listen to what you are playing (perhaps record yourself)
- Try to make melodic lines. When you find something try to note it’s shape, pattern of intervals in the idea, etc
Resources:
The 5 Shapes Diagrams in PDF for you to download.
Backing Tracks – you need to loop them in windows media player, winamp, etc.
Dm-C Backing Track (Acoustic) (use key of C major)
A minor Backing Track (Heavy) (use key of C major)
Rock Backing Track (use key of D major)
External links:
CAGED system (includes diagrams and pentatonic scale shapes) – keep in mind my chord shapes and terminology is slightly different.
Chord Tone Soloing by Barrett Tagliarino
Fretboard Logic
Scale diagram generator
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