Guitar Lessons: How to Solo

This post is about a lesson that was on my site a while ago, where I talked about how to improvise. No, I’m not talking about “what scale should I use over this?” or “what mode am I in?”! I’m talking about actual “improvisation”. Basically: How to make stuff up.

How to Solo (part 1)

This first video is about my technique of “humming along”. No matter what you say, you’ll be able to hum a tune (or you could whistle, I guess, if you’re better at that…). Anyway, practice makes perfect…

If you practise this exercise you should slowly start to see yourself thinking (and playing) more melodically. The idea being that it’s very difficult to hum something that’s not a melody- therefore when you start to hum along to your playing, you’ll start to create melodies.

If you have any questions, please leave them below and I’ll get back to you.
Rob.

August 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Guitar Technique and Exercises, How to | 3 comments