As when it comes to lead playing- I didn't have any idea what the freak are the ionian and the dorian, miloxylidian, and all this harmonic, major, minor scales stuff. I only learned about them technically when I started going to this site like 3 months ago. In the old days, maybe I was already playing them- I just didn't know the names. When I went to Canada and found myself playing bass in my highschool band- the teacher was teaching me scales, but scales and notes were so boring to me at that time that I just improvised. I never learned anything at that class so it's really funny how I got a 70 percent :) Basically, I learned how to play lead guitar through pure emotion. When I hear a song, I would try to feel for it and also watch out for the chord progression and the timing used. After that, I would then try to see if I can copy the notes that I hear in my head. I learned how to play bass this way too. It's almost like playing blind...