Musician

[JacktheOrk]

This topic is for budding mucicans. Be you violin players or pianists, this is here for you to shre tips and just chat abotu your musical ambitions.
I play violin, guitar and sing in a band (not at the same time)
Anyone who plays the guitar im looking for some tips on how to play awesome solos. Any tips will be great. See you round

[MICrophone]

Awesome solos:

Tip #1 - Fast is not necessarily better.

It's great if you can play fast, but if you're playing the same three notes over and over again then it really is kind of repetitive. Speed is not good unless you've also got technique in your solos. And oftentimes you can create more effective solos by taking it slow depending on the song you're playing…usually the best is when you mix slow and fast solo sections.

Tip #2 - Know your scales, modes, and arpeggios.

This will help give you a lot of variety in what you're doing. You should know your major and minor pentatonic scales, your natural major and minor scales, your harmonic minor scale, all of the modes, especially dorian and mixolydian modes, as well as arpeggios, such as natural minor arpeggios. Also, diminished runs are good for certain things. Mix and match all of these things (where it makes sense - obviously don't play a major scale if the song your playing is in a minor key) to build a really effective solo.

And yeah, I have two albums which I've made myself which I've posted on the forums if you want to check them out. The links to them are in my sig.

[JacktheOrk]

awsome, but im learning Sweet Child O Mine and i cnat get it up to speed, is it best to start slow and build up or is there a better way

[MICrophone]

Heh, that's a good song. The best thing is probably to just take it at the fastest tempo you can without making mistakes, even if it isn't as fast as it's supposed to be. If you practice enough, you'll be able to get faster and faster while still not making mistakes until eventually you'll reach the desired speed.

[JacktheOrk]

cool, ill upload it when im finished, thanks for the advice, i presume you play guitar but acoustic or electric

[MICrophone]

Both.

[JacktheOrk]

what type of electric do you have

[MICrophone]

Sienna Sunburst Deluxe Fender Stratocaster with Ash Body.

[JacktheOrk]

Cool im etting a 1996 Limited Edition Epiphone SG

[Aelita_333]

I suck at music.