How to Structure a Guitar Solo
A good lead guitar player must, and I’ll repeat that -- MUST -- pay attention to the rhythm.
That means knowing the rhythm part intimately yourself, even if you’re not the one playing it. Know the chord changes, because ideally, you should be working off of those changes in your solo.
As you’ll see in the video, a safe place to end each phrase is to end up on the root note for the chord that is being played… So it becomes important to know your notes, or a least a quick way of finding them.
Anyways, let’s get down to business -- go on and hit play!
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Hi J,
Thanks. All the theory helps immensely, am getting there but it takes time, someday….
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That was helpful, and spurred some thought. Another question, do you have a series of commom or popular riffs heard in rock songs ? or can you point me to an available DVD where they break down riffs and show how they’re done ? Thanks.
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Jonathan Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:14 am
Hi Tom, I’ve done a number of lessons on riffs & licks, which you can find on this site (click on Licks & Riffs in the Guitar Tips Categories section on the right sidebar). Beyond that I don’t have anything further at this point, and unfortunately I’m not aware of any that I can recommend currently…
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Thanks Jonathan, It makes sense to me. Ive always wondered where to stop and start.
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