Building Lead Guitar Skills
steve25
Mar 7 2009, 11:16 AM
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For the last, well i guess 6 months i've been pretty much focusing on rhythm guitar, and i have to say it has worked. My riffs have improved and i have to thank GMC members for part of that for the help along the way. I have better rhythmic ideas and although i think i've still got a long way to go as far as arranging is concerned it is improving at least.

This means i've been abandoning lead guitar stuff and i only really know a couple of solos and that's it. One of them is from here on GMC. I'd like to know what some good solos to start on would be. I'm going to be making a practice schedule that'll hopefully involve some techniques that i can practice but i'd like to be able to play something as well. Cheers

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steve25
Mar 7 2009, 11:45 PM
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Unfortunatly at the moment the only way i can do GMC lessons is to learn them by ear, which is fine i guess but unable to see text. But i can work them out i guess. Yeah i think maybe making a backing track might help but i'm not great at that either but i suppose i have to practice making my own solos at some point. I like a lot of different styles of solos to be honest so anything that sounds good to me smile.gif

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Pedja Simovic
Mar 8 2009, 12:11 AM
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QUOTE (steve25 @ Mar 7 2009, 11:45 PM) *
Unfortunatly at the moment the only way i can do GMC lessons is to learn them by ear, which is fine i guess but unable to see text. But i can work them out i guess. Yeah i think maybe making a backing track might help but i'm not great at that either but i suppose i have to practice making my own solos at some point. I like a lot of different styles of solos to be honest so anything that sounds good to me smile.gif


Learning by ear can be very rewarding and beneficial experience so you are only gaining there. Downside is it may take you longer then guys who read tabs but in long run your ear will be more improved for sure compared to all of them wink.gif

What kind of recording software do you use ?
Making backing tracks will help you understand role of other instruments in whole band. Guitar part is one thing , bass is closest you can get to guitar, piano is also similar but different in range and then its a whole other story on drum parts.
Give it a go, you have nothing to loose, and feel free to ask any questions Steve smile.gif

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steve25
Mar 8 2009, 12:33 AM
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QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ Mar 8 2009, 01:11 AM) *
Learning by ear can be very rewarding and beneficial experience so you are only gaining there. Downside is it may take you longer then guys who read tabs but in long run your ear will be more improved for sure compared to all of them wink.gif

What kind of recording software do you use ?
Making backing tracks will help you understand role of other instruments in whole band. Guitar part is one thing , bass is closest you can get to guitar, piano is also similar but different in range and then its a whole other story on drum parts.
Give it a go, you have nothing to loose, and feel free to ask any questions Steve smile.gif


Yeah i've been advising people to learn by ear as i've been seeing the benefits. Although some stuff is really hard. I use some ear training software as well but at the moment it's just recognising notes (at the moment the notes in A minor pentatonic). I will also at some point upload some riffs i've done but i'd like to make a full track to upload to GMC.

To be honest i hear leads and stuff in my head over a full backing and i think how can i hear that sutff :S but it's cool that i do. A lot of the time though they include fast runs that i've no chance of playing right now. But i'd like to be able to play those things

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- steve25   Building Lead Guitar Skills   Mar 7 2009, 11:16 AM
- - Bogdan Radovic   It would be a good idea to start off with some lea...   Mar 7 2009, 12:02 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   There are many great solos out there Steve but for...   Mar 7 2009, 12:36 PM
|- - lcsdds   QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Mar 7 2009, 12:02...   Mar 8 2009, 12:14 AM
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- - Matt23   I would advise learning any solos you like from GM...   Mar 7 2009, 02:32 PM
- - Vasilije Vukmirovic   In order to learn from the solos and to apply phra...   Mar 7 2009, 02:32 PM
- - Ramiro Delforte   I think it depends on the style you're looking...   Mar 7 2009, 09:55 PM
- - Pedja Simovic   First of all congratulations on improving your rhy...   Mar 7 2009, 10:55 PM
|- - Pedja Simovic   QUOTE (steve25 @ Mar 8 2009, 12:33 AM) Ye...   Mar 9 2009, 01:56 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Have you studied scales and modes steve?   Mar 8 2009, 06:19 PM
|- - steve25   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Mar 8 2009, 07:1...   Mar 9 2009, 01:50 PM
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- - steve25   It's called functional ear trainer, the basic ...   Mar 10 2009, 12:23 PM
- - Pedja Simovic   Just dry might work at first ! If you can reco...   Mar 10 2009, 12:29 PM
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