Any tips on how to play guitar solos?

Practice....Practice....Then some more practice. When you thought you have practiced enough practice some more.

It sounds like you will be performing in front of a group by yourself. Playing guitar by yourself in a room is totally different from playing in front of other people. If you are confident in that you already know your music and are ready to perform, you should find friends and family to perform in front of. Then volunteer to play for bigger groups. As you build your confidence level you will be able to perform solos in front of any size group. Of course practice is important so that you will feel secure when you play.

play it for an hour 30 mins a day practace play it solo build your way up to fast

Not so much on how to play them but a useful tip all the same.

Try not to play/compose a solo with your ego, but do it with the music in mind.

All you do is act like like your the only one in the room. Be enthusiastic & happy like your haveng fun!

Yea definitely practice but also learn some stuff like scales or just play the song and play the guitar over it to find what you like best, there are many methods and if you ever want to learn anything contact me at PythonATG@AOL.com, I can give you a lot of music to improve your solos and performance lvl

Treat it as a mini-song in itself, with a beginning, middle and end, not just an excuse to randomly squiggle away for the sake of it.

I agree with the last ansver. there is really just practise and more practice, there is some tips though.
to make your fingers more fast and movable you should practise scales. if you can read notes you can buy a book in the music store. or else maybe buy a dvd, then practise those scales over and over and over, then you will be able to play them faster and better, then when you worked it up, soloing isn't a problem, but be advised this will take time, maybe years. and dont forget to use your pinky too. if you learn without then it will be harder to play those fancy riffs later on.

Break the whole solo up into parts and practice each separately and slowly, then up to speed and finally put it all together! Make sure you use a metronome or drum machine to play too for timing, so important...

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Play your part really slow. Then build speed.

Do NOT play at full speed and then hope to improve accuracy. It won't happen.

practice, practice, practice.

well learn the scales to go with each chord pattern. for example if you play the chords E A D in a blues style... you just learn the E scale, A scale and D scale and solo along while each chord is played!

If you're talking about improvising or composing your own, then practice, rhythm, a feel for the music, and knowledge of scales and/or licks is required to be truly proficient. Haha right. If you're talking about solos already written bro, then just memorize a bar at a time or just a bit at a time and practice it, then listen to the music to hear exactly how to play it and put it all together.

Practice for about an hour a day till your fingers hurt
That's how me and my brother did it

yea practice and playing around with scales is great way. if u dont have a band or another person who plays guitar, loop stations are great pedals so you can see how diffrent notes and chords harmonize together.

Learn some scales. The Pentatonic scale should get you going. Look it up on Google or better yet, on Youtube.

Yes practice is good but what you can't forget is to learn to hear it in your mind, actually hear where you want to go inside and then make those fingers do it, that's what the practice is for. But don't forget to train your mind and learn to listen to what it tells you to do.

practice a lot soloing is't something you just do you have to enbrace it choose your own style. or you can just take classes.

I would have to agree with most people here.

Solo'ing is not something mechanical, but more emotional. It's a PERSONAL taste. Something you learn and become influenced by others, but you develope into your own.

Copying other people's solos is a way to learn them, but doesn't go much for developing your ability to adlib a solo.

Best to play AGAINST some music, rather than play along with it.
By this, I mean, play one string notes around the neck, changing and moving when it sounds right to you. Eventually, you will learn the scales for each key and you will know where you can go and where you cannot - to make it sound good.

Another good idea for solo'ing is to play the melody, one note at a time. Picking out the melody to a song is GREAT practice in future solo'ing.

Hi there,

It needs a lot of confidence and a joyful personality.
Enjoying what you are playing and your audience will enjoy it too. Some times play a song and encourage them to participate in the song. Then you can play solos because they want you to perform.

Remember even thought you are nervous - they are too because some of them may not be aware of what to expect.

Believe in yourself that you are good in what you are doing and let the audience hear it, feel it, see it.

I hope this will help - Good Luck.

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Hi there,

It needs a lot of confidence and a joyful personality.
Enjoying what you are playing and your audience will enjoy it too. Some times play a song and encourage them to participate in the song. Then you can play solos because they want you to perform.

Remember even thought you are nervous - they are too because some of them may not be aware of what to expect.

Believe in yourself that you are good in what you are doing and let the audience hear it, feel it, see it.

I hope this will help - Good Luck.

From the Musical Lover

http://guitarlearningplaying.blogspot.com http://www.guitarlearningplaying.com

Keep it simple!
just a few notes repeated neatly at a high speed sounds a lot better than loads of notes blured together into a mish mash.

well.....you can't just play like that.
Try taking classes and there are heaps of books to help you!
Or you can search on google.com for help too.


From: GB

learn musical scales

OK...no help so far huh?...LOL If you truly don't know how to solo, then you need to start with finding out what key the song is you want to play. then learn a scale in that key. basic scales will help you learn where to move next. the "idea" behind a solo is just a melody that you come up with my playing how the song makes you feel. then the six P's. perfect practice prevents piss poor performance. have fun cypherus.

Take your shirt off, wear tight pants, and do lots of pelvic thrusts. Even if it sounds terrible, you will look awesome!

Listen to your favorite music that contains guitar chords, and try to play along wit the music. you will automatically learn how to play solos.

Practice, Play, Repeat.