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Originally Posted by hipofutura
There's an interesting tip that is so obvious many people don't think if it. A lot of lead guitar (especially the blues) is just playing the notes of the lyrics and filling in gaps with notes from the scale. Listen to lead solos and then listen to the lyric. You'll be astonished at the similarity.
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Originally Posted by River
+1. "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Babe" leap immediately to mind.
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It works great, is fairly simple to do, and easy to remember most of the time. Not super creative, but it's definitely a start. Also, along the same lines, you can work a melody into a solo. Think of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" where Clapton plays "Blue Moon" as the opening to his solo. I've worked a drawn out and ad-libbed "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" into a solo once. It went over quite well, actually.
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Originally Posted by Gryphon
Some knowledge of theory really helps if, like me, you love playing guitar but dont have a good ear. That gives you a chance of hanging in there with those who have much more talent.
Conversely, its surprising how often those that are really talented dont bother with the theory.
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Theory knowledge can help you find the key you're in, as well as remember where on the neck you played
that riff/lick in
this song. Which brings up another point I didn't see anyone make: It's okay to play the same lick in different songs, just change it's phrasing. Also, you can build a solo off of a repeating lick (a call and answer type of thing), by starting a lick, and ending it differently every time. This only works for a short period of time, however, as it gets super repetitive very quick.