I'm lost.

[Inisfail]

Hello everyone.

I'm only being playing guitar for a year now, all learned by my own. I started with playing with tablatures and I'm allmost stocked there. I feel that I really would try do something else, but when I'm trying to improvise I either steeling some riffs here and there and mix them, or I try to play some different chords. But none these helps me.

I feel like I'm not really sure how to continue and improve my skills. Do anyone of you have any suggestions how I should leave those tabs and start doing something on my own?

Thanks anyway, just for reading this far..
/Anders

[N4Player]

Inisfail,
If you're just memorizing tabs, you're not going to advance your talents much. Learn some theory, some pentatonic progressions and come up with you own licks. Check my lessons for some ideas...Cheers,
-Bob
http://guitar-wav.com

[gernm18]

try the scales!!!!!
the scales are a huge world

[gernm18]

cyberfret.com

great place

[Axl_Rose]

Dude, find songs with slow mid eights or half time sections, or long solos. Then just jam over it. Learn a small part of a scale and just mess around with the notes in it.

Heres G major

e--12------14--15
b--12--13------15
g--12------14----

the 12th fret of the 3rd string is the root in the above case, moved the pattern up two frets and its then A major.

[Slow Diver]

And have fun whtever you do with your guitar. I agree with AXl that youshould mess around with scales, chords. Try some wierd combinations. Play with your effectst, a guitar is capable of doing many more sounds than plain playing

[Inisfail]

Well, thanks everyone for answering my question. I think I have to learn more about those scales you talk about, perhaps also learn more chords.

Also big thanks to you for the webb-page suggestions!

See you!
/Anders