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Question: HELP FAST!! PLS! HOW TO IMPROVISE GUITAR SOLOS FOR BEGINNERS!!!?
Ok, next monday I have my first test in my college guitar class!.
We're supposed to improvise a guitar solo with our acoustic guitars!.
And the class is called BEGINNING GUITAR!. omg I don't know how to play the G major chord without making a squeaky noise, so how the hell am I supposed to do this!?
Ok, I'm a complete beginner at guitars!. We're supposed to do a solo to a song we've been learning, and the teacher gave us the scale for the song, so that we can use those notes in the scale to do this solo!.
My biggest concern is, do you just have to, like, play random notes, or is there some kind of a rule or way to do solos!? Do you just randomly play any notes in that scale, whatever comes to your mind!?
How do I make it "make sense"!? Please help QUICKLY!!!!!! thanks alottt!.!.!. I've been worrying about this all week :'(Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
No, if you play random notes, it probably won't sound very good!.
When you play a solo, you're actually composing a melody that will fit and sound good with the existing chord progression of the song!. You can work out the solo in advance and memorize it (which I would suggest you do) or you can improvise it, which means that you make it up on the spur of the moment!. Like any good melody, a good solo will have a beginning, a middle and an end, and will make musical sense as a coherent melodic statement!.
You want your solo to fit over the existing chord progression of the song, so you first need to know what the chord progression is -- which I assume you do, since you've been learning the song!. Then you need to know what notes are in each of the chords, so that you know what notes will sound good over each chord!. Lets assume the song is in the key of G!. Then the scale for the song is: G A B C D E F# G
The basic method for building chords is to start on a note (the "root" of the chord), skip a note, use the next note (the "3rd" of the chord), skip a note, and use the note after that (the "5th" of the chord)!.
So -- briefly:
the I chord: G B D -- G major
the ii chord: A C E -- A minor
the iii chord: B D F# -- B minor
the IV chord: C E G -- C major
the V chord: D F# A -- D major
the vi chord: E G B -- E minor
the vii diminished chord: F# A C -- F# diminished
So, lets say the song you're playing uses the G, C and D chords!. Whenever the G chord is playing, you want to emphasize the G, B and D notes by playing them on the beats or otherwise making them the main notes of your solo melody!. You want to use the other notes of the scale to help you get from one chord note to another, like G (A) B (C) D, or G (F#) G or or B (C) B D (E) (F#) G -- where the notes in parentheses are non-chord notes -- but the main melody notes in that part of your solo would be G, B and D!.
Whenever the C chord is playing, you want to emphasize the C, E and G notes in your solo melody, again using the non-chord notes to transition between the C, E and G notes!.
Whenever the D chord is playing, you want to emphasize the D, F# and A notes in your solo melody, again using the non-chord notes to transition between the D, F# and A notes!.
You might want to sit down ahead of time, write out the chord progression of the song, work out a solo melody, write it down, and practice playing it until you can do it smoothly!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
yes, you can just play random notes in a particular scale and consider it a solo, what your teacher is most likely trying to do is to familiarize you with the notes in a particular scale and then play around inside the scale to fit over a chord progression or song in that same key, it IS a beginners class so i am hoping that they are looking for your interpretation of the scale and not blazing fast wedela wedela hair metal licks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com