Wednesday, November 26, 2008

5 Tips That May Help You To Master Easy Lead Guitar Solos

By Joss Schuyler

Just like you there are going to be plenty of people who have only been playing the guitar for a relatively short time who want to learn some easy lead guitar solos. Just by going online you will discover that there are various websites who offer lessons that allow you learn such solos and which over time will improve the way in which you play this instrument.

There are certain things that you should be taking into consideration before you actually begin to learn any kind of easy lead guitar solos. Most guitarists when they start learning how to play this instrument will attempt lead guitar solos that have been written by groups like Nirvana and Guns N' Roses. Below we provide you five tips which you may find helpful when you try for the first time to play any type of lead guitar solo.

Tip 1 - You should never attempt to try and create random notes when you first begin playing a lead guitar solo. Although there are guitarists such as Santana who uses random notes within their music how it sounds isn't solely down to this. In fact when you first start to play any lead guitar solos you should avoid trying to create random notes within your music. Instead you should be attempting to create your own particular template that then allows you to improvise.

Tip 2 - When you first begin to learn how to play a lead guitar solo it is crucial that you have blues scale close at hand, although this isn't solely used for learning how to play blues music. Yet it will still allow you to create the same random feeling you would get from blues music. Of all the scales templates used when learning how to play the guitar this is the one most commonly used when learning how to play lead guitar solos.

Tip 3 - When learning to play lead guitar solos (easy or difficult ones) you should make sure that you practice alternate picking. How you pick your guitar will influence the kind of music that you produce on yours. Often when you play lead guitar solos the music will be improvised and so it would be beneficial for you to learn different ways of picking the guitar. If you do this you will be able determine what kind of sound you are producing from your guitar when playing.

Tip 4 - You need to make sure that every note you play in a lead guitar solo is clear and even. Again at this stage you should make sure that you have incorporated any random notes into the guitar solos you are learning to play. It is crucial that you also learn how to play the scales in different ways i.e. backwards and forwards. Also it is extremely crucial that you play every note twice as you are learning them before you move on to the next one.

Tip 5 - Make a list of the notes that you are playing. When you first learn how to play the guitar and so that you are able to memorize the different types of scales that are used you should make a list of any improvised notes. You will then be able to use these when you are performing a piece for the first time and you will then know where the improvised chords should be.

Above we have provided you with five tips that may help you when you are learning many of the easy lead guitar solos that are available. But at the end of the day the only way in which you can really improve your guitar playing is through practising each piece of music you learn over and over again. - 15634

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