Originally Posted by: NickFerraI'm mostly a rythem player hahaSo I really had no idea what I was doing up there playing lead.[/quote][p]Haha! No worries! We all start somewhere. :)
[quote=NickFerra]I'm not fully understanding phrasing. Did you post a lesson above on phrasing?
Phrasing refers to rhythm. Making phrases means playing a series of notes in a meaningful, organized & musical way. Little phrases or musical ideas like these are the vocabulary guitarists use to play leads.
Think about how you play rhythm guitar parts. You play specific notes in a specific order in a specific rhythm. If one of those elements was misplaced then the riff wouldn't sound right.
The same general principle works for lead parts. You have much more freedom & choice than your riffing or chords, but you still have to play musical ideas.
This brief channel lesson is aimed at describing this idea.
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=17399&s_id=1501
Here's the notation of that lick.
This is essentially a 4 measure phrase consisting of 2 parts of mini phrases. The red box contains the first part, the blue box contains the second part.
1. Red box establishes a musical idea.
2. 1st blue box is a variation or echoing of that idea but on the lower strings.
3. Red box returns for a restatement.
4. 2nd blue box answers again but with a different ending note for variety.
Obviously not every phrase has to be structured like this! It's just a simple example to demonstrate the principle. The idea is to tell a little story by having some series of organzied musical ideas that have a beginning, middle & end.
So, the tutorials I linked above are about learning little phrases.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=723
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1614
Make sense?
