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SESSION 19 – Soloing
B o n u s R e s o u r c e s
RESOURCES
Key Concepts
Basic Soloing Concepts
Qualities of a Good Solo Chord Tone Soloing
Hearing What You Want to Play
Skills Gained in this Session
Approaching Soloing from Different Perspectives
Being Able to Copy Melodic Lines by Ear
A musician is asked “Why do you dance and move when you
play?” The musician responds “I dance, because I cannot fly.”
Session Overview
In this session, some basic concepts about soloing think that being a great soloist is all there is to guitar playing. are introduced. Some guitarists mistakenly Realistically, soloing is a
relatively small part of guitar playing. strumming and accompanying other musicians or singe Most of a guitarist’s time is spent playing chordsrs. But soloing does have a place and ,
creating a good solo is like a student being taughttell you the alphabet and how to make words but fig how to write a poem. I, as the teacher, can uring out what to say is up to you.
(^) This session introduces several ways to approach soloing. When approaching a solo look at
the key signature to find out the key of the song. notes will work. The purpose for all of the music theory that has be Let the chord tones guide you as to what en learned up to this
point is so that you will be able to know what notekey to soloing effectively is to adjust your playing style to the style of the song. For Rock, use s sound good over certain chords. Another
bends a lot. For Bluegrass, use lots of rapid-fireand chicken pickin’. sixteenth notes. For Country, use double stops
(^) Soloing involves ear training - you need to “hear” in your head what you want to play and your
fingers need to know how to play the ideas that youtrial and error. “hear.” Creativity in soloing involves lots of
(^) Work with the Jam-Along songs for this chapter. Try to work out a solo using the skills that you
have gained so far in the course. In the bonus worin creating a solo from the ground up is introducedkshop for this session a very helpful exercise. Many players say “I don’t know where to
start.” This “Building a Solo from the Ground Up” exercise gives you some starting points.
Learning how to solo involves playing with other mualone. Several resources are given in the bonus workshop to give you the practice you need to sicians. No one learns how to solo
practice soloing.
Soloing is not mystical and difficult to understandmusical ideas. It’s hearing what you want to play. It is about experimenting with different and having the musical skills to be able to
create it.
What makes up a
good solo?
MELODY
BALANCE
SAYING
SOMETHING
MUSICALLY
What doesn’t make
a good solo?
FINGER
PATTERNS ONLY
SPEED
COMPLEXITY