can any guitarist drop some of their experiences and some of their problems in soloing? this is my question...how do i make myself better in expressing feel in my guitar solo.

feel the song (which can be achieved once u can play the song perfectly anytime with your eyes closed)

learn pentatonic and diatonic scales....they'll help u alot...but u can also just try experimenting urself....find ur own melody...as long its in key

^ u can trust him... he is guuud

there is way tooOOOOoOOooO many soloing strategy..

1st let start from your influences.
take guitar heroes and learn the way they approach their soloing.

u need to learnnnnn...

This post has been edited by m3er: Apr 16 2009, 04:16 PM

i thought we had a whole thread on this already? soloing and improvising?

just make sure its in key and sounds good..thats all

then how about rhythmic vocabulary and "dont make ur solo flat", and dynamic, feel. all also came out.
i wouldnt say it would be that simple.
hitting the right note or note choices is only the beginning of into-ing solo guitar.

lots of tips here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/512033
it has been discussed before

and here
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/707323

Since when do you play guitar?

as long as its in key it wont be 'sumbang'.. i didn't say it will sounds nice..

if the song is in d minor.. u can just do a d minor or d minor pentatonic run from the low e to high e strings back and forth..
its not 'sumbang' but it wont sound great..its still considered a solo rite..

dynamic and feel are unexplainable..u cant teach them..

^ I kinda agree. That's why I think one of the very first thing to know is the key of the song. If it's in E minor, for example, just bantai E minor pentatonic. It may not sound great all the time, but it never sounds "wrong".

Another tip is to ring out or emphasize a note that belongs to the chord currently being played, so you need to take into account chord progressions. For example, if the chord progression is Am G F and the key is Am, when the chord is Am, emphasize A, C, or E. When it's G, emphasize G, B, or D. When it's F, emphasize F, A, or C. It might sound a bit simple and predictable, but at least the notes are in perfect harmony. And that's what I did for my first solo for my own song, and it sounded quite nice.

my first ever solo i did for a friend of mine using his own song....i would try to imitate the melody he use for to sing his song and play a solo out of it....does dat make any sense?any,it worked....

so far that's the only method which works for me...hum it first, then oni can play..haha

I still do it sometimes but nowadays i just go with feel....but to achieve that,must have solid basic knowledge of pentatonic and diatonic scales in order to have flair and flavour in the solo....