| Writing the best guitar solo is really not all that hard. All | | | | Take the time to practice the new leads you write. |
| you need to do is take your time and think things | | | | Play them over and over and over again. It is important |
| through. Use your head and follow these steps your | | | | that you play all the notes cleanly and sharply. You |
| will be creating a money guitar solo in no time. | | | | need to be right on with this. Otherwise you run the |
| When building your guitar lead it is important to | | | | risk of sounding sloppy and unpracticed. Also use |
| remember the key you are working in. Restrain from | | | | alternate picking. This will add a little flavor to your solo. |
| flying all over the neck tossing in notes that really don't | | | | Don't be afraid to mix scales together a bit. Maybe |
| fit. If you stray too far off the musical path the solo | | | | combine the pentatonic and the major. You may be |
| can become disconnected and not fit correctly with | | | | surprised at the richness you get by doing this. |
| the song. | | | | Take the time to become familiar with the notes on |
| Try not to just toss in tons of notes hoping they fit. | | | | the fretboard. If you have just begun to learn guitar |
| Scale back your lead guitar at first. A long drawn out l | | | | you may be putting this off figuring you can learn this |
| chain of notes that doesn't fit with the song will not | | | | at a later date. This will not help you by waiting to pick |
| serve you well. Start with a small guitar riff then slowly | | | | up the fretboard layout. There is no avoiding this to |
| from there build on that until you have full blown lead. | | | | write good guitar solos you need to know the |
| Remember sometimes less is more. Do not over do it | | | | fretboard. |
| with too much of a good thing. | | | | Timing is everything. You must play your lead in time or |
| Take time to learn a scale if not more than one. | | | | relatively close. If you ignore this part of the writing |
| Scales are a group of notes that all fit together to give | | | | process your solo will sound disjointed and not fit with |
| you a particular sound or feel depending on the scale | | | | the theme of the song. Use a metronome if you have |
| used. One of the easiest scales to master is the | | | | to but really work on this. This part can really make or |
| Pentatonic. They have fewer notes then most of | | | | break you. This could be the deciding factor whether |
| others and is the most widely used scale in modern | | | | this is a keeper or all your hard work ends up on the |
| music. | | | | garbage heap. |
