I apologize for that, think I read your message wrongly and I probably did not word it right too but by 'right direction' I meant you could point out where to solo and not stray from the root and by 'set pattern' simply means a solo thats been worked out or more accurately one thats already been done.

thanks fo clarifying the point about voicings, guess I was looking at it in its simplistic form in that if you barre a major or minor chord, the third is infact the voice or color for it.