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Nov 10 2008, 08:29 PM
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I think applying what you learn is key.
(but you already know that  )I've learned the 5 pentatonic boxes about 5 times. I kept forgetting them cuz I never used them.... So whatever you want to remember, USE. As for moving forward. If you want to play original material, start writing. Using what you have learned in lessons to create music that YOU want to play. If you want to play covers, then do so. Find songs that challenge you and use the material you have learned. 
metal_in_E.mp3 ( 6.4MB )
Number of downloads: 268I found this backing a long time ago. I cant remember where. Anyway... I know you dig metal. Its in E. Use your 5 boxes. The tapping. Bending. Whatever you have learned so far and write a solo to go over part of it. Whatever you want. Slow. Fast. Your call. Enjoy!!!!! -------------------- My Gear
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Nov 10 2008, 09:59 PM
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No need to feel stupid, I also am unsure what is a lick..
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Nov 10 2008, 10:06 PM
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We use scales/modes/theory to narrow down the notes we want to use to make effective music.
Why stare at 6 strings x 24 frets and hunt and peck? "Hey, these 7 notes sound pretty good together! I'm gonna use those here..." Viola, you bust out Emin and play over the riff. Now WHAT do you play? The Emin scale back and forth? Not unless you are Rusty Cooley and can do it at Mach 12. Nobody wants to hear that. You pick notes and create little phrases. These "licks" are your words. The notes are the letters. The words form sentences. Sentences of music. Does that make sense? Lick - I guess its a slang term used to describe lead guitar parts. Maybe its not as common as I felt it was. check this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5YjWAfphgc...feature=related He's firing off common blues licks left and right. Are any of them original? Probably not. Just a bunch of cool blues nuggets. Its all in how you string them together. what about this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC60XNiS-MQ Is this one solo? Or 433 licks all in a row? -------------------- My Gear
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Nov 10 2008, 10:15 PM
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*Bump*
I added a bunch to my last post. Some video examples. anyway, continuing on. Say you are gonna improvise a lead guitar solo over something.... What do you play? Subconciously, arent you digging into your brain and playing something that you know sounds good? What is that? Have you played it before? Is it one of the handful of things you usually play when noodling around in "lead mode"? Those are licks. Think about Yngwie. Do you hear these recurring things that he always uses? Those are Yngwie's signature licks. Check this out. 6th question down. http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/ask-peter.html#lick? This post has been edited by jer: Nov 10 2008, 10:16 PM -------------------- My Gear
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Nov 11 2008, 11:21 PM
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I understand your problem and don't worry it is quite common not to know what to practice next. You learn the whole scales so you know the notes in them. So far you have learned the pentatonic scale. Pentatonic scale by itself is not enough, you must learn major scales, because from major scales you can derive chords. Songs are made out of chords. When you hear a certain chord progression you instantly know what key you are in, because every key has it's own unique 7 chords. Once you learn them all by heart your soloing will improve drastically.
I recommend that you now start with C major scale. Learn it by heart. It will be easier if you print out a fretsheet on the paper to remind you of the positions all the time when practicing. Also in parallel learn all 7 chords of the C major scale/key. This way you will be able to play over them using the C major scale, or C major pentatonic scale, since all the notes from C major pentatonic scale are in the C major scale as well. Record a couple of chords, and play the notes from the C major scale over them, learn a few licks as well, and apply them using C major notes. This way you will improve you soloing gradually. If you have any more question feel free to ask I am more than happy to help you mate. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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