Guitar soloing

[OBK Ver2]

so heres the deal. im a very good guitar player. but i never really learned to solo. where do i even begin to learn how to solo properly and effectively? any kind of website, anything like that?

[JWood]

very good guitar player can't solo properly/effectively

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[OBK Ver2]

why is that an oxymoron. im more of a rhythm guitar player. i can play any song you want me to and learn it within minutes, and make it my own. for some reason though i just can solo well. i dont know why. i was looking for a little advice and to how to advance that. thanks for the snide remark though.

[Moses]

learn your scales. know them by heart. really really know them. the rest is just singing along to the song with your hands. find your on style. play around with melodies. learn tricks, licks, ect. it takes alot to be good at soloing but it all starts with knowing your scales inside and out. after that you can start learning more and more different licks inside of those scales.

[dmb6743]

Originally Posted by Moses learn your scales. know them by heart. really really know them. the rest is just singing along to the song with your hands. find your on style. play around with melodies. learn tricks, licks, ect. it takes alot to be good at soloing but it all starts with knowing your scales inside and out. after that you can start learning more and more different licks inside of those scales.

I learned a lot from the King, he uses "space" to solo, it's a really effective tool, especially for blues soloing. It works well with other stylings as well, it gets the listener more prone to have a lick stuck in their head.

[Moses]

also obk if this helps,

record your self, listen to it, dont over think about but just listen to your self to know what you sound like.

that helps me alot

[OBK Ver2]

yea, i can't believe i overlooked the scales thing. i completely disregarded them awhile ago. thats probably it. im also going to try recording myself as well. thanks.

taken from dmbtabs. this is a good start to know the key. you can try doing some licks in these keys over the jams to practice.

#34 - A
#36 - C
#40 - C
#41 - G
Aint It Funny How Time - D
All Along The Watchtower - C
An' Another Thing - ??
Angel - B
Angel From Montgomery - G
Anyone Seen the Bridge - A
Ants Marching - D
Baby - D
Back to Alexandria - C
Bartender - D
Best of Whats Around - chorus is A, the rest is in Am
Big Eyed Fish - Em
Blue Water - Em?
Busted Stuff - G
Captain - Verse - C#m // Roll me back again - E
Christmas Song - D
Cortez The Killer - Em
Crash Into Me - E
Crazy - C#m
Crush - Bm
Cry Freedom - E
Cryptorchild - ??
Dancing Nancies - Bm , "Look up at the sky" - D
Deed is Done - Em?
Diggin a Ditch - G
Dodo - Bb
Don't Drink the Water - G
Drive in Drive Out - A
Everyday - C
Exodus - Am
Fool to Think - ??
For the Beauty of Wynona - ??
Grace is Gone - D
Granny - D
Gravedigger - C
Grey Blue Eyes - G
Grey Street - Bm
Gulf Coast Highway - D
Halloween - C
Help Myself - ??
Hold Me Down - ??
I Did It - ??
I'll Back You Up - A?
If I Had A Boat - E
If I Had it All - ??
In My Life - A
Jimi Thing - E
John the Revelator - ??
JTR - ??
Kit Kat Jam- F Chorus - A
Let You Down - D?
Lie In Our Graves - D
Little Thing - ??
Long Black Veil - C
Love Of My Life - Gm
Lover Lay Down - D
Loving Wings - D
Minarets - E Harmonic Minor
Monkey man - Gm // Chorus - Dm
Mother Father - ??
Oh - ??
One Sweet World - Eb
Pantala Naga Pampa - D
Pay For What You Get - Dm
Pig - E
Proudest Monkey - Ab
Rapunzel - The 5/4 part - Dm // Verse - G // Chorus - Dm // Ending - G
Raven - Em // One hand is bleeding - F
Recently - Verse - G // Intro - ?? // Chorus - ??
Rhyme And Reason - Gm
Satellite - Ab
Save Me - G
Say Goodbye - A
Seek Up - Dm // Chorus - A
Sex Machine - ??
Sleep to Dream Her - ??
So Damn Lucky - verse - E // chorus Em
So Much To Say - Am // Chorus - C
So Right - Verse - Bm // Chrous - D
Some Devil - ??
Spoon - G
Spotlight - ??
Stairway to Heaven - Am
Stay - Bb
Stay or Leave - Bm
Stream - ??
Stuck on You - G
Sweet Up and Down - Bm
The Best of What's Around - ??
The Dreaming Tree - Intro - A // Verse - Dm // Chorus - A // Outro - Dm
The Last Stop - F#
The Maker - F // Verse - Dm
The Song Jane Likes - G
The Space Between - A
The Stone - Dm // Chorus - F
Too High - ??
Too Much - F#
Tripping Billies - Verse - D // Chorus - Bm
Trouble - ??
True Reflections - ??
Two Step - Dm // Chorus - F
Typical Situation - C
Up and Away - ??
Warehouse - Bm
Waste - ??
What Will Become Of Me - Em
What Would You Say - ??
What You Are - ??
When The World Ends - ??
Where Are You Going - D
Why Should I - G#
You Never Know - Verse - E // Pre-chorus - Bm // Chorus - G or C??

[Dave is good.]

pretty much what moses said you gotta know the scales, which take a while to really get down.

what scales in particular should you know? whats a good start for memorizing? major scales, minor scales, major pentatonic or minor pent? stuff confuses me.

[Moses]

Originally Posted by dmbfan41 what scales in particular should you know? whats a good start for memorizing? major scales, minor scales, major pentatonic or minor pent? stuff confuses me.

know your major minor pentatonic like your friggin birthday.

thats what your first step should always be

[Dave is good.]

i'd go with just learning the entire major scale at every position on the fretboard. once you know this pattern within the first 12 frets you can move it up and down depending on what key you want. and when you learn the major scale it includes the notes of the pentatonic scale and one of the minor scales too. i don't know if i said this clearly enough but the main point is that you should learn every note in the scale throughout the entire fretboard.

[Willie James Huff]

scales

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[wagx3]

No one here mentioned arpeggios, which are just as important as scales