Guitar Lesson: Soloing Concepts

"the reason i finger it this way..."-jody worrell

I'm in love with this guy. He has such a good attitude and the way he articulates his words surpasses most other youtube users. Very nice lesson, even though, to be honest, I didn't really pay attention. :D lol I was just enjoying some music lol

good lesson!

it must be hard playing guitar with such big fingers. i have long skinny fingers. :D

great lesson! helped a lot. I think Jody Worrell and Peter Vogl are the best teachers on youtube

nah man justin sanderco is up there fosho

I can see why your confused because the Key Signature is not A major. The chords are Am7 and D7 which neither chord is in the key of A. I think people get confused by just looking at the first chord and looking at the root note and thinking that is the key that it is in. If you study Key Sig's and chord function of each key then you will see how it makes since.

I dont think its enough to know scales and modes (which are important) without learning chord function as well because that is how you know which one to use.

if the song is in the key of A or G you can use it to solo

Because A Dorian is an A minor sounding scale. It has a b3 and a b7 like an A minor pentatonic but it also includes the major 2 and the major 6 (making it more melodic than a pentatonic). Also the scale is easy to fall back on because it has the same notes as a vanilla G major scale.