i thought i wrote a short lesson on this before in one of the threads. (lazy to search though)

i sorta get what icypetals is trying to say but im not sure if he/she is trying to be sarcastic or seriously trying to help. either way, i have to disagree as what you suggested is very 'formula' based and cant be used in all situations. its like saying, play this note then this note then this. end of the day thatll just give you the same solo for all your songs.

back to the question, are u asking how to play chords with a clear melody line going on at the same time? or just a typical guitar solo?

if its the former, what i would recommend is to be able to play diff shapes of chords and able to play them at anywhere on the fretboard. with that down, now you can focus on changing your left hand fingering where you can add(or substitute) additional notes on the higher octaves (usually roughly on the G, B or high E string) to add in the melody line.

hope you get it. its quite hard to explain if i dont show you with a guitar

thanks pix. im too lazy to type that out, and u made it very clear. *respect*

if only u are around.

nah i guess everyone is busy. the last one got canceled. not enough guitarist. lol.

haha. yeah! shows supercolossal read in detail. lol

thatsound, u just revived a year old thread with a one liner which means nothing.

natural pentatonic scale?!
natural WHAT pentatonic scale? i think you meant natural MINOR pentatonic scale.
natural means nothing on its own. pentatonic scale simply means 5 note scale.

are you just saying that just to prove me wrong? haha.
well its up to you on whatever you want to say.
imo just because it share the same notes doesnt mean theres no major/minor element to it. A minor pentatonic first two notes A C <- C is a minor 3rd. A major pentatonic: A C#(major 3rd) and so on. so what do you do when someone asks you to play the pentatonic scale? which do you choose? see.

i might be wrong, since ure the full time musician with paper qualifications and all.

haha. we were not argueing la.
its just a discussion, with each of us bringing up our own points. my point was simply that if you mention a pentatonic scale, also do mention what kind it is.

anyways, lets move on.

PIX!!!!!!
welcome back!