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Originally Posted by Creamlistner11092
Well, Ive been playing guitar for about 2 years now, I can say I'm "ok".
I can pick up a song pretty fast, a quick glance at the tabs, or by ear.
but my soloing SUCKS!
pentatonic scale solos only, and there all the same...
I'm wondering If anyone has tips on learning to do some wicked solos, learning more guitar, what should I go about doing to advance.
Ive got a guitar teacher... though we do jack shit... same songs over and over, and most of them I'm not real fond of... (I'm leaving him, trying to find someone better...)
Anyone with some tips, advice, thoughts, Id really like to hear them, I'm dieing to learn some more and really get to be able to play with my buddies who have bands, show them I'm able to jam as well, ya know =).
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Something I tend to do a good bit just for getting my solo chops up is to play along to breaks in songs by guitarists I dig. By matter of conjecture, I pickup the same rhythm and tempo someone like and Edgar Froese or a Phil Manzanera are using in that song but in my own attempts to match what I would think their solo would be in that song's break, I do my own thing. Although it owes a lot to the recorded guitarist's sound it's still my own unique solo since I just improved off the break. Later on what you've done you can bring up by memory and try to incorporate it through your own songs or with a band.
Some other people might have different techniques though that's my own way of doing that. Learning alternative scales would do the trick I would say as well. I'm more of acoustic/keyboard player though so keep that in mind.