Become A More Creative Lead Guitarist Using These 3 Powerful Tips

Become A More Creative Lead Guitarist Using These 3 Powerful Tips

By Tom Hess

Wish you knew how to play unbelievably creative and expressive lead guitar solos whenever you picked up your instrument?

Of course you do!

Most guitarists dream about this, but never make it this far...

Good news though:

It’s much easier to do than you think as long as you work on these 3 things:

 

Lead Guitar Tip One - Focus On How Notes Feel Rather Than Learning Tons Of Scales

Knowing how certain notes feel while played over certain chords is key for learning to express yourself while soloing.

For example:

Do you what it feels like to play the seventh scale degree of a minor scale over a minor chord? What about playing it over a major chord?

What about the feeling created when you play a b13 over a dominant 7 chord?

The more you learn about how different notes feel over different chords, the easier it becomes to know how something will feel on guitar before you even pick the string!

 

Lead Guitar Tip Two – Get As Much As You Can From Every Note

Don't make the mistake of wasting tons of notes in your guitar solos in order to play fast or because you aren’t sure what to play next.

The best approach is to focus on playing at least ONE amazing note first.

Once you can play a truly amazing note, try to play two, then three, and so on until your guitar solos are full of high-quality notes.

Do this by using many different guitar techniques in various ways to phrase a single note differently.

 

Lead Guitar Tip Three – Learn How To Master Musical Tension And Release

The most amazing guitar solos are able to create intense levels of tension and before releasing it.

Result?: Anyone listening becomes completely engaged and hangs on every note being played.

You want your guitar solos to be like this right?

Work together with a great guitar teacher who can show you how to use notes, phrasing techniques, rhythm and other elements of music to effectively build and release musical tension in your solos.

Want to learn how to use all the ideas in this article to quickly improve your creativity in a single practice session? Learn how to do it now by reading this lead guitar article.

 

About The Author:
Tom Hess is a successful professional guitar player and composer. He trains musicians to reach their guitar playing goals in his rock guitar lessons online. Visit his website, tomhess.net to read more articles about guitar playing, get free guitar tips and guitar playing resources. Learn more by reading the Tom Hess Musician Wikipedia Page.