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Originally Posted by vernplum
Recommend that all the aforesaid 'feel' players read this:
World’s most useless soloing advice - Part 1 Gitbuddy’s Guitar Blog
Read carefully though (if you can be bothered). The key point is that there's nothing wrong with playing by feel AT ALL. The argument which lies at the centre is that telling others who want to learn how to solo by telling them to 'play by feel' is essentially useless. |
I personally 'feel' (pun probably intended. heh) that learning all the notes, like which note to end on or which note to begin with or which are the right notes or the wrong notes is approaching the 'solo' in a highly counter productive manner.
My question is simple. So what if you know which notes should be in there? Does it help you 'solo' better?
Probably not.
That being said, I'd say, yes. Learn your scales. Learn your modes. But more importantly you have to listen. And listen closely. What are the great guitar soloist doing when they solo? No point in asking if this note is wrong or this note is right.. what does your ear tell you? Does it sound off?? If it does... trust your instinct.. It probably is wrong.. Keep on doing it.. You will have to condition yourself to remember the fretboard in a way you can never explain to someone else. Once you've reached that point where you can't explain what is happening.. you're that much closer to developing your own guitar playing identity...
Another point that I think is very relevant to this topic, is listening to the solo you are about to play... You must hear it, first, in your head.. Hear it in your head with the backing track.. Hear it in your head with the full band and the audience there as well.. The clearer you hear it in your head.. the easier it is to replicate it on the fretboard... Audiolize and Visualize... Once you do that.. all that hardwork you've put in practising your scales in every possible key will come out through that amp of yours...
Thus, getting back to the question.. how do you improvise? how do you solo? Practise what you must practise.. and when it's time to rock... seriously.. just feel it..
