Does crazy guitar solos really matters..?

[HeySoulSister]

Hey fellow softies , I just wondering if these solos really matter that much..
I been playing for about 3 to 4 years now and I realize I not that great in solo areas although I'm play the lead guitars.. I'm more to Josh Farro kinda style..

I'm more to technical then techniques kinda guitarist..

So hope to hear some replies from you guys..

 

[Likui]

i don't know man, sometimes i feel I'm going crazy playing guitar. I'm more to the technical difficulties kind of person at least for now and also jazz stuff.

 

[imkeith]

I'm more to technical then techniques kinda guitarist..

pardon me i dont quite get this part

 

[Likui]

i think he means his into playing technical difficulty or technical easy stuff without concentrating on what techniques he used to play them. In short just play guitar by all means

 

[EugeneSmasher]

To be honest I never pay attention to super-fast shred solos because they all sound the same after awhile. I always pay attention to the rhythm section though. They're the ones making the music. IMO, you can do without a lead guitar. Even for metal. Testament even had one awesome album that barely had any solos. But you just can't do without the rhythm section. The basslines, the riffs, the heavy crunch, etc.

But for other genres of music, I do appreciate solos, especially slow ones that propel the music instead of just be a way for the guitarist to show off. I just can't appreciate shred, though.

 

[HeySoulSister]

what i meant by technically is that when i play a setlist of songs.. i play them and focus till perfection .. but sometimes i do feel out as i cant play solos with shredding and stuff.. if the solo like for example paramore's stuff.. i can handle..

 

[loldude333]

So you mean you're technical to point of being anal, but your technique doesn't match your attitude towards perfection? Something like that? Its what i experience too. I want to play the best i can, but when it comes down to the faster solos my fingers fail me and i begin to feel like shit because my technique doesn't allow me to play the way i want to.

 

[van_halen]

being limited in technique is like not being able to use certain colours for painting.

 

[loldude333]

I disagree. I think it is more like not being able to master certain brush strokes or something like that. I'm no painter, but i believe your analogy is more suited to describe a musician who's not able to use certain notes in a scale.

 

[zesn]

i can't play that well too.
sometimes i really wonder what to play if i had a solo section.
i find myself playing the same pattern most of the time.(not really scales).

i'm probably too concentrated into what to play as such i cannot add feelings or soul into it.
maybe thats why it sounds bad to me

 

[HeySoulSister]

exactly .. its like part of you playing is being restricted but i do practice just that.. my pinky finger is failing me.

 

[imkeith]

sigh.. i feel depressed just by reading this ...

 

[Likui]

ya lor, so why not meet up and discuss and work something out? lol

 

[theusedrocks]

i can't play that well too.
sometimes i really wonder what to play if i had a solo section.
i find myself playing the same pattern most of the time.(not really scales).

i'm probably too concentrated into what to play as such i cannot add feelings or soul into it.
maybe thats why it sounds bad to me

same here! i tend to overthink like "oh maybe i can add this scale here" or "now i can move up the fretboard with this shape" etcetc. and i tend to go back to things i've practised alot and have gotten used to just for convience sake. so i end up sounding rigid, with no soul. i feel pretty stuck really. :[ i'm starting to transcribe more now cos i heard it works, but so far still no improvement. ;[

 

[HeySoulSister]

im done with anything.. i stay in the north east..

 

[HeySoulSister]

i meant down*

 

[Likui]

same here! i tend to overthink like "oh maybe i can add this scale here" or "now i can move up the fretboard with this shape" etcetc. and i tend to go back to things i've practised alot and have gotten used to just for convience sake. so i end up sounding rigid, with no soul. i feel pretty stuck really. :[ i'm starting to transcribe more now cos i heard it works, but so far still no improvement. ;[

try this method. this method is my latest style I use in jazz solos. Sing out the notes and then u play them. Well ppl will think you are singing what you play but actually u are playing what u sing. u sing and play what u sing and all these happens in a split second in real time while playing together with the band.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

The almighty pinky. I use my pinky (I have no choice) for chords, but never for soloing. Even when I shred, I rarely use my pinky because it's so darn unreliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But sometimes really have no choice but to use the pinky so do train it up anyway. In fact, train it a lot because you'll definitely need it. Even for non-shred style solos you might still need the pinky...

 

[Fresh Ben]

the melody and the emotion when playing is what it matters. Not the speed or crazy solo.
Joy Division have influence many even tot their music is simple

 

[HeySoulSister]

True to that but sometimes there is part of us say we want so play some solos but end up it fails us..