Originally Posted by: Fret spiderone suggestion i heard about hearing the note is to sing the lead line as you play it, and it will soon be clear if the note you play is the one you meant to. and then u just gotta practice.

Yup. That's good advice.


Also, a knowledge of intervals is invaluable. If you know how notes sound in relation to one another it makes them so much easier to find. In other words, if you can play a note and know in advance how, for example, the major third will sound after it and where the major third is in relation to the first note on the fretboard, then that helps enormously.

You get a good working knowledge of intervals by playing around with the modes and also by pedalling one note and playing notes over the top of it. So, say, play an open a string and then play all of the notes on the D string to see how they sound with that open A. Then try to make interesting melodies/riffs with the open A going and playing just notes on the D string.