How To Stop Your Guitar Solos From Sounding Mediocre!
Hi It\’s Mike from Killer Guitar Tips with some more mini guitar lessons.
I am now going to show you a couple of mini guitar lessons in this article that you really should know to help get your guitar soloing of to a great start and stop you from sounding shall we say mediocre!
OK, let\’s get going…
In this weeks mini guitar lesson I will show you how to use the pentatonic pattern #1 scale for both major and minor solo\’s.
The first thing we need to consider is that every pentatonic pattern can be used for both major and minor scales.
The following are known as relative major and minors. That is, pattern #1 at the fifth fret produces two keys, A minor (Am) and C major (C).
Therefore to get a real cool bluesy rock sound and knowing that we can use this pattern for BOTH minor and major keys, Am and C maj, we simply play the Am pattern over a backing track written in A major!
Now here\’s the good bit…
Keeping with this pattern, move the whole pattern down the neck towards the tuning pegs by just 3 frets. Now, when we play this same pattern here we will now be playing in A major that produces a very melodic, tuneful soloing sound!!!
This next little mini guitar lesson staying with the theme of moving the pentatonic pattern 1 around the neck creating killer solo\’s.
In the key of A, play pentatonic pattern #1 at the 5th fret (Am) you will create a great bluesy rock solo.
Now here\’s the best part… Try moving the whole pentatonic pattern #1 shape up the neck to the 7th fret which will be Em and continue playing! You will find this produces a fantastic melodic sound using the exact same pattern only at a different part of the neck, try it for yourself. You\’ll find many, many guitarists use this simple little trick to enhance their sound.
Remember to make a place on your hard drive for all the mini guitar lessons I will be giving you in articles over the coming weeks and make sure you practice them regularly. You will eventually have a fantastic bag of tricks that when used together in a solo will produce a pro sound. Your friends will be amazed at you new found skill!
All these mini guitar lessons i will be giving you are just a very small fraction of material contained in the Killer Guitar Tips home study course but even so are invaluable in your journey to be come a great player.
About The Author – Mike Jones: Mike is a Professional Guitar Tutor and has been playing and teaching guitar for over two decades. He has created a unique guitar tutoring program geared to using his very own amazing speed learning techniques to get the beginner through to great player in the shortest possible time. To find out more and receive some super FREE tips and tricks why not go to his website at: Learn Guitar
