Lead Over Chords, need help |
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Dec 12 2012, 07:50 AM
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QUOTE (Kizuna @ Dec 12 2012, 12:24 AM)  Hey guys, i just started recording my own playing and im disappointed with myself  i usually just record a sequence of chords (basic chords) and play lead over them. the chords sound well together, but the lead doesnt go with it.i think im playing wrong notes over the backing track. what can i do to improve my playing over chords? do i learn theory? are there any videos here that could help, or someone? i will really appreciate it!  https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator/ This here is my best friend when I play like that. I'll throw some chords down, then play around with it to see a few notes that string together well. Run on over to the Scale Generator and toss on a major/minor/pentatonic then find a key that uses the same notes I used. Right now I can spot certain keys because I tend to use them or see them used a lot in music. E/Em seem to be the most used for my playing I've noticed. -------------------- Guitars:
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Dec 12 2012, 11:04 AM
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Look at the scales as SpaseMonkey has said, but even more important.
Learn which notes make up the chords you are playing, you want to play them on the strong notes of your solos, like the note when a phrase is ending. If you do it right then you should be able to play the lead solo without any backing and the solo will imply the chord changes. Watch and listen to Tomo Fujita go over blues changes and using chord tones in soloing (it's in Japanese but has English subtitles) -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Dec 12 2012, 04:56 PM
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Cosmin's questions are the way to go with this. At the same time it would be very helpful if you learnt the major, minor and dominant arpeggios and triads. This is the best way for starting.
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Dec 14 2012, 05:02 AM
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QUOTE (Kizuna @ Dec 12 2012, 06:24 AM) Hey guys, i just started recording my own playing and im disappointed with myself i usually just record a sequence of chords (basic chords) and play lead over them. the chords sound well together, but the lead doesnt go with it.i think im playing wrong notes over the backing track. what can i do to improve my playing over chords? do i learn theory? are there any videos here that could help, or someone? i will really appreciate it! It is important to learn theory and learn the scales that you need to play over certain chords of different feel. But aside from all those technical stuff another important thing is to train your ears. You need to listen to a lot of music and try adopting their feel and their melodic concept. That way you're not just training your ears but you're also training your sense of melody. You'll be surprised with the results after studying and listening to a lot of songs for a couple of months. Of course you'll still have to struggle through the recording process of making yourself sound good but that takes hours of non stop trial & error. Which is a good thing because you listened, learned & understood a lot of music already know the difference between a good melody and an even better melody in terms of guitar soloing. I hope this helps, this is what I do.  I never stop listening to other forms of music. Whether it's metal, jazz, rock, opera, pop or rnb. Soon your style will just rise up out of the blue and you have the best thing you've ever created, your MUSIC! 
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