[TeleDog]

Guitar playing is about passion, and if you're soloing it's also about telling your story.

The singer has lyrics to work with, his voice to add touches of color to the words. You have the guitar, and that's about it. You need to tell the story with music instead of lyrics when you solo.

You need to know words, but you also need grammar and some rules of punctuation and that stuff to write properly. Theory gives you that, it allows you to find the right "words" for what you want to express but your choice of "words" among those you can use, or notes in this case, remains personal and it's tinted by your own style, your passion and emotions.

Hope this makes some sense.