How to Write Melodic Solos Guitar Lesson

This lesson looks at the some specific ideas soling over a chord progression. We look at using blues scales as glue but enhance the melody by tracing chord shapes in different positions. This is a really useful method, check it out and try it over your own chord progressions.

By the way my guitar is tuned down a semitone

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[danbohane]

check my website I do a video on bending strings

[cardinalfire999]

I was confused at first because I thought 'well if i've got C,D,E,F,G,A,B' for a C major scale, then what would the point be of the playing the chords? Then I realised that firstly the pentatonic only has five of those notes and that what you are trying to explain is how to use the SHAPES of chords on the neck for arpeggios and NOT adding new notes, so the melody comes from playing shapes rather than including foreign notes. I also had to move things down a fret to play along with this video.

[danbohane]

@cardinalfire999 yes, the idea is to use rhythm guitar knowlege to quickly brighten blues scales with some arpegios.

[minolezgun]

you need a soul for good solo...even with just minor or major pentotonic you can writhe a melodic solo that kicks ass..it is good to know every detail about theory...but honestly the minor a major scales are all you need...you can always add some other tones here and there without knowing what fucking scale you are playing...just feel it man and livi it...thats rock and roll

[danbohane]

@minolezgun yeah man groovy.

[CarlosBluesman]

First of all, your guitar is tuned half-tone below. I usually don´t recomend that to my students. You will never sounds "melodic" if you still remain on pentatonics. You have just showed up "arpeggios" builded on pentatonics scales. Sometimes they are beautiful, but sometimes they are pretty boring. Because they are really telling the story with the same "words", see?

P.S. In Do Maior tonality, 5th grade(V) is always with 7th. Example: C-Am-F-G7

[danbohane]

@CarlosBluesman The whole point of this lesson is two go beyond pentatonics, I think you have not really understood it . I am using pentatonics but only as background glue . this lesson is mainly about using major and minor arpegios based on common chord shapes. The idea is to easily convert common chord knowledge into a way to play melodies that go beyond pentatonics

[mooseymooseymoosey3]

Since when did zach galifianakis shave and pick up a guitar

[faustie31]

@danbohane okay so what about when, for example, you play the D shape on 5th for the G chord, and then that B that you play on the high E string isn't on your blues scale. do you include that in your range of notes for the solo?

[MenInTightsooh]

I like how the part 1 annotation doesnt work

[nickshredsguitars]

@CarlosBluesman you have Have No clue what you are talking about, even without the 7th of the Diatonic V chord in Major, The V chord will always have a dominant function...Eric Johnson Uses pretty much only pentatonics and he's pretty fucking melodic.

[metalfreak4677]

@minolezgun Sorry I was responding to this other guy but by accident I replyed to you.

[minolezgun]

@metalfreak4677 o.O yeah...i know but what this have to do with me? just cant get it.

[metalfreak4677]

@cardinalfire999 Woops sorry I responded to the wrong guy fucking youtube sucks!

[metalfreak4677]

@minolezgun Ummm bull shit Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil and look at him. he's known as the greatest Delta Blues player ever.

[rhoads83j]

"I think there's been a rape up there!"

[MrBear121]

i'll be fair, that demo 5 mins in is the most goreous solo iv heard in a long time :D

[narayanrang]

It was nice. I am new to electric guitar, I have an ZOOM 505 II . How do I get the tone as you have ?