what do i need to do ?
fgh Hey im ben and ive been playing guitar for bout a year now but never taken it seriously , but now i really want to play the guitar properly and learn the basics and learn how to solo , and was wondering what it is that i need to do in order to achieve this ?
# 1
Easiest thing to do IMO is to just get a guitar teacher. You can't really go wrong with one.
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# 3
I agree with the poster who suggested a teacher, just make sure you find one who can teach you what YOU want to play. Audition a few, a good teacher will not charge you for the time, or miminal... it's really important to have a good relationship with your teacher too
# 4
Soloing = Scales.
Learn your Major scales all over your guitar then go from there.. all scales are based on the Major scales.. Major scales are akin to Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do... The most used scale, in rock and blues, is the pentatonic minor scale.. which actually uses the SAME notes as the relative Major scale, just not all of them and also does not start on the same root note... So the Pentatonic Minor would be like La-Ti-Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La subtracting 2 of the notes to form a 5-note scale.. ie. penta meaning five, and tonic meaning tone.. so 5 tone (or note) scale. If my memory serves me correctly, it is the 2nd and 6th tone that is removed from the minor scale to create the pentatonic minor. So you'd end up with La-Do-Re-Mi-So and La again..
anyway.. the point of all this is that you need to really learn your scales, as they relate to the guitar, properly if you want to make up solos yourself.. or you can do it the hard way and spend years working it all out by trial and error..
Learn your Major scales all over your guitar then go from there.. all scales are based on the Major scales.. Major scales are akin to Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do... The most used scale, in rock and blues, is the pentatonic minor scale.. which actually uses the SAME notes as the relative Major scale, just not all of them and also does not start on the same root note... So the Pentatonic Minor would be like La-Ti-Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La subtracting 2 of the notes to form a 5-note scale.. ie. penta meaning five, and tonic meaning tone.. so 5 tone (or note) scale. If my memory serves me correctly, it is the 2nd and 6th tone that is removed from the minor scale to create the pentatonic minor. So you'd end up with La-Do-Re-Mi-So and La again..
anyway.. the point of all this is that you need to really learn your scales, as they relate to the guitar, properly if you want to make up solos yourself.. or you can do it the hard way and spend years working it all out by trial and error..
# 5
-Learn all the major and minor chords.
-Learn the Major Scale and the Minor Scale in all keys.
-Learn all the useful techniques. I.e. Alternate Picking, Bends, Hammer On, Pull Off, Trills, Slides, Tapping, Sweeping. ( You don’t - have to wait until you play like a guitar god. Just make sure you understand the mechanics of those techniques. )
Then you can get a teacher who can explain to you: Chord Structure, Scales Structure, Chord-Scale relations, Modes, Extended Chords, Alterations of chords, etc.
Everything is gonna be easier to understand if you already know those basic things.
Hope that helps.
-Learn the Major Scale and the Minor Scale in all keys.
-Learn all the useful techniques. I.e. Alternate Picking, Bends, Hammer On, Pull Off, Trills, Slides, Tapping, Sweeping. ( You don’t - have to wait until you play like a guitar god. Just make sure you understand the mechanics of those techniques. )
Then you can get a teacher who can explain to you: Chord Structure, Scales Structure, Chord-Scale relations, Modes, Extended Chords, Alterations of chords, etc.
Everything is gonna be easier to understand if you already know those basic things.
Hope that helps.
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