Originally posted by MadGuitarest
if you you make up a lead that soudns good and you want bass or rythm behind it, how will the bass player or rythm guitar player know what rhythm chord to play too?
You can line up notes in the lead lick youve invented buy playing chords in time with those notes. Heres an example, lynyrd Skynyrd- Simple Man. The rythmn goes C, G, then A. Those stars in the tab represent when those three chords are strummed... C.. then G... then A :)
e|-------*----------*-------------*-----------------------|
B|-------*----------*-------------*-----------------------|
G|-------*----------*-------------*-----------------------|
D|-------*----------*-------------*-----------------------|
A|-0-2-3---5/-3----------5/-3-0-------------0-0-----|
E|-------------------3-----------------0-3-0-3----------|
You see how the C, G and A line up? The lead notes below the star lines go C then G then A!
Also about your question on a cool sounding lead part thats not a scale. Any lead part you write is based on a scale, theres always gona be sum scale that if fits into or at least closer fits into.
Finally, writing a lead part for a fast riff, I personally find harder. The bed of most solos involves just strumming chords, you mite have the rythmn guitarist playing- D D D D D D D D - G G G G G G G G - C C C C C C. Which is simple but easy to write a solo over as it already suggests the notes D, G and C are gona fit in nice.
Generally you wont hear guitar solos over busy riffs, because the solo should be highlighted. Your typical Guns n Roses song might have fast riff but the rythmn changes for the solos to emphasis the solo,so you might have a fast riff then just two slow chords behind the solo.
If you do have a fast riff and want to play a solo over it then you have to decide what key its in.. overall what does it sound like? If the riff starts and ends on the note E then its probably in E major or minor! You have to decide.
The main trick is learn the rythmn and lead for a song, then youl realise the connection between single notes and chords.
[Edited by Axl_Rose on 01-26-2004 at 09:07 PM]