Solo Improvisation

My first lesson so might be some mistakes!

Am Pentatonic scale

Go up and down this scale a few times to practice the shape then you can add bends, slides, hammer ons, pull offs to make it sound a lot better. Another technique is to skip parts of this scale to make it sound more random and improvised.

e-------------------------------------------5---8----
b----------------------------------5---8-------------
g--------------------------5---7---------------------
d----------------5---7-------------------------------
a---------5---7--------------------------------------
e-5---8----------------------------------------------

I recommend using short tunes instead of long everlasting solos. For example:

b= Bend

e---------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------
g---------------------5---7b9---5-------------
d-----------5---7-------------------7---------
a---------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------

This is a short tune using the same Am pentatonic scale. Lots of these together, with breaks, will make a catchy solo.

If you want a solo for a song in A use this one. However if you want one in
G, B, F ETC all you need to do is move it up to the corresponding frets. For example:

low e---1(f)--2(f#)--3(G)--4(G#)--5(A)-- ETC

So if I want to make a solo for a song in G it would be:

e-------------------------------------------3---6----
b----------------------------------3---6-------------
g--------------------------3---5---------------------
d----------------3---5-------------------------------
a---------3---5--------------------------------------
e-3---6----------------------------------------------

Good luck soloing.

Comments

[MetalNova]

I think you need to take another look at your lesson man all you taught anyone is a lick that you can move around nothing about soloing and barely a lesson.

[VJVswan]

@MetalNova

Mess around more with the pentatonic and you'll come up with licks of your own.

[evileenz]

nothing about adding notes like the blue flattened 5th for anything else that can turn a pentatonic into a power house of soloing notes.