seems like some of you want more explanation on scales so u can solo. scales are just scales! learn the theory behind it. once u get it, theres no such lesson telling u which note to play and how. if thats the case every solo would sound the same and it'll end up like a maths equation that music. so, read the lessons they type above, understand how it works, play backing tracks out loud and pick up ur guitar and keep trying to solo.

i second this

I'm not a noob la...I just never explore those modes...so i didin't know anything about it.Sounds sarcastic to me...

I think the whole point of scales is that if you understand it, music, solos and whatever is just a series of intervals.... mathematical even. Kowing your scales and rudiments expands the available notes that you can grab and run with. So in essence theory, opens the door to a greater range of notes that you go wild with in your solos.

well i mean, there are only what 12 notes? So "a wrong note is half a note away from the right one" - Victor Wooten-. Dont know what thats suppose to mean, but at times it makes sense.

its not even 'wrong' playing a note not in the scale. just dont hang on it too long(or itll sound so weird). i use chromatics too in some parts of my solos to add tension.

it`s a funny quote
actually, it has a double-meaning :
1- even if you hit a wrong note, you can always bend it or slide it so it sounds "right". In a major scale, there are 7 correct notes (3 great ones + 4 extra "not so great" ones). So it is only the 5 other notes that might sound totally "out". Randomly choosing a note on the fretboard, you have more chances to hit an in-scale note than an out-scale one...

2- you won't damage a great solo by hitting a out-scale note. Therefore, it is not by only picking the in-scale notes that we will create a great solo. (yes, it is Logic) It is how we manage to arrange some notes to issue a melodic lead (the right notes, at the right time, following the right rythm, ...)

wrong notes are not "wrong", we are not triving for perfect melody. fact is it sounds good use it. if we wanted music to be perfect we wont have songs like shine on you crazy diamond and art of life.

one song was created by gilmour accidently making a mistake and liking the sound.

the other yoshiki used wrong notes to create a feel

It is the wrong notes that give music the human touch.

And anything besides the 12 notes are not wrong either. If that's the case, most Indian classical singers and musicians play the wrong stuff 99% of the time! It's how you set the notes in the right context that really matters.

2 words - jimi hendrix.

could anyone of you give me some guitar pro exercise for beginner?

guitar pro exercises for beginners ? maybe you should start by guitar beginners exercises for beginners first

typical exercises are based on scales (runnning up and down), following different patterns and repeatitions. You can find a lot of them on the net... More advanced exercices can be found on the net too so google up !

Of course, don't forget to warm up before practising......
I usually start off with a chromatic, covering every single note until the 12th fret.... rinse and repeat...

Yea, wrong notes are not "wrong" but they just don't fit into a riff or a melody. If I do hit a "wrong" note, i'll do like what Pix said, bend it or slide it so it sounds back to the "right" note. And in the process of bending and sliding to the "right" note, you might create small little riff of your own, something like adding pepper and salt to a nice mushroom soup .... they may be small. but it surely taste (or sound) good

"If you made a mistake, make it with style"

and call it jazz

if you made a mistake but didn't make it in style at all, call it ..
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"black label society"

And when you have a mistake of a haircut:



You shave it off!

I think Satch made a bet with Vai."If u could shred faster than me,i'll shave my head forever!"

I guess thats why he shaved his head...

if that was true, i wonder wat if vai lose? can't imagine vai bold...

hey buster, those are fighting words there... Nah, I think the reason why both of them chopped their locks is that they couldn't get the right amount of frizzyness like their guitar hero Hendrix

This post has been edited by stefanong: Sep 18 2006, 04:52 PM