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5 guitar soloing tips and techniques to help you avoid common solo sucking traps!
In this short guitar tutorial I'll show you 5 quick guitar soloing tips and techniques for mastering guitar solos - whether you are a rock or blues player.
By following my 15 minute practice routine – that’s 3 minutes per technique – you will soon see big improvements in your solos.
You’ll learn how to master some of the soloing basics, from adding contrast, repetition and pauses (yep, it’s totally OK NOT to play every second of every solo) to nailing the groove of your solo.
Check this lesson out and let these guitar soloing tips and techniques take your solos up a gear.
Here's a breakdown of the lesson:
0:27 Guitar Soloing Tip #1 - Space!
Make sure you're leaving some space between your licks and phrases as you solo. Otherwise it becomes a bit jumbled and probably won't make much sense to a listener. Practice forcing yourself to leave a gap between phrases and it will soon become a natural thing to do when you play a guitar solo.
1:20 Guitar Soloing Tip #2 -Contrast!
Anything that is the same for too long soon gets boring! Use contrast to make your guitar solos more interesting. Try playing just short notes in your solo. Then play just long notes. Then force yourself to mix them up to create in built contrast in your guitar solos. You can also try other contrasting ideas like high notes versus low notes, or fast phrases versus slow phrases. Just experiment!
2:32 Guitar Soloing Tip #3 - Groove!
Rhythm and groove makes everything work. Try jamming along to a drum loop. Having no chords behind us helps us to focus more on the rhythmic content of our phrases. Make sure you're locking in with the drums...play as 'in the pocket' as you can.
3:30 Guitar Soloing Tip #4 - Repetition!
Repetition is a crucial part of anything that makes musical sense. Try talking a lick you know and practice jamming around with it. The idea is to keep 'reworking' it in as many different ways as possible. By repeating certain elements of the original lick we can create structure, logic and continuity in our guitar solos instead of it just sounding like a lot of random licks strung together.
4:36 Guitar Soloing Tip #5 - Gear Shift!
You can think of rhythm as being like the gears of a car. And just like with a car we need regular gear changes to make our solo 'drive' properly. Try practicing soloing just in one particular rhythmic gear for a while. Then choose a different rhythmic gear to play in. Then practice changing between these gears in your solo. Doing this will help you get comfortable changing gears and you'll naturally begin incorporating more rhythmic variety in your guitar solos and riffs.
If you’ve enjoyed this lesson, I have some more good stuff for you, check out the links below:
Want to improve your Guitar Solos even further?
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5 guitar soloing tips and techniques to help you avoid common solo sucking traps!
In this short guitar tutorial I'll show you 5 quick guitar soloing tips and techniques for mastering guitar solos - whether you are a rock or blues player.
By following my 15 minute practice routine – that’s 3 minutes per technique – you will soon see big improvements in your solos.
You’ll learn how to master some of the soloing basics, from adding contrast, repetition and pauses (yep, it’s totally OK NOT to play every second of every solo) to nailing the groove of your solo.
Check this lesson out and let these guitar soloing tips and techniques take your solos up a gear.
Here's a breakdown of the lesson:
0:27 Guitar Soloing Tip #1 - Space!
Make sure you're leaving some space between your licks and phrases as you solo. Otherwise it becomes a bit jumbled and probably won't make much sense to a listener. Practice forcing yourself to leave a gap between phrases and it will soon become a natural thing to do when you play a guitar solo.
1:20 Guitar Soloing Tip #2 -Contrast!
Anything that is the same for too long soon gets boring! Use contrast to make your guitar solos more interesting. Try playing just short notes in your solo. Then play just long notes. Then force yourself to mix them up to create in built contrast in your guitar solos. You can also try other contrasting ideas like high notes versus low notes, or fast phrases versus slow phrases. Just experiment!
2:32 Guitar Soloing Tip #3 - Groove!
Rhythm and groove makes everything work. Try jamming along to a drum loop. Having no chords behind us helps us to focus more on the rhythmic content of our phrases. Make sure you're locking in with the drums...play as 'in the pocket' as you can.
3:30 Guitar Soloing Tip #4 - Repetition!
Repetition is a crucial part of anything that makes musical sense. Try talking a lick you know and practice jamming around with it. The idea is to keep 'reworking' it in as many different ways as possible. By repeating certain elements of the original lick we can create structure, logic and continuity in our guitar solos instead of it just sounding like a lot of random licks strung together.
4:36 Guitar Soloing Tip #5 - Gear Shift!
You can think of rhythm as being like the gears of a car. And just like with a car we need regular gear changes to make our solo 'drive' properly. Try practicing soloing just in one particular rhythmic gear for a while. Then choose a different rhythmic gear to play in. Then practice changing between these gears in your solo. Doing this will help you get comfortable changing gears and you'll naturally begin incorporating more rhythmic variety in your guitar solos and riffs.
If you’ve enjoyed this lesson, I have some more good stuff for you, check out the links below:
Want to improve your Guitar Solos even further?
Click here to join my ‘5 Day Soloing Bootcamp’ – it’s FREE! https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/soloingbootcamp
Remember to SUBSCRIBE for more guitar lesson videos and future episodes of the Ask James Guitar Show:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEEEz7ZNL8572YERffNfuw?sub_confirmation=1
Interested in joining my tribe of Rock and Blues Guitarists?
Click here to find out more about my Guitar School: ‘Total Guitar Lab’: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/total-guitar-lab-home/
Are you a Facebook user? Join my Facebook Group 'James Shipway Guitar Backstage' for Video broadcasts, lick challenges and a cool community of other guitar players to chat with and learn from. You can request to join here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1148685825196179/
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!
For more details please visit Our Website - www.jamesshipwayguitar.com
LET'S CONNECT!
Blog - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jamesshipwayguitar
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Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/JamesShipwayGtr/
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