Originally Posted by: beginnerBut then I just don´t get it, because why should all players(who don´t play fusion jazz) with such a good ear like you waste their time with studying theory?

You need theory to write music. Not for soloing. I'm pretty OK on theory as i started as a classical guitarist as an 11 year old (I'm 50 now).

Theory won't make you a good guitar player. Lack of theory will hold you back as a composer - but that's another thread.

Do you whistle or hum solos when you are out walking? Well guitar soloing is just the same. Rather than shaping your lips to make sounds, you pluck strings with fingers on certain frets. But it's just the same. Just as you whistle what you hear in your head - so must you learn to play guitar. Try whistling something that you don't hear in your head. Can't do it huh? Now answer me WHY you'd want to whistle something you didn't hear in your head.


Lee