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1. Welcome: Guys, my name is Gib Felix, and welcome to my new course about imprecision
in guitar solos. In this course, we're going to learn how to play
guitar solos and develop speed floor of cust,
and technical instrument. But it dealt boring exercise. You're going to teach
everything step by step with real guitar riffs, with real guitar
leaks and solos. Yes, I prepared very nice
solos and juice for you. You're going to find
solos with hammer ons, spo off, peda notes, pasisPentatonic scales,
Darien, blue notes, and several types of nice
scales and tricks to packs. Are you ready? So,
tune your guitar, and let's play together. I had several special
lessons waiting for you. See you in lesson
number one. Bye bye.
2. Tricks and shortcuts for soloing and improvisation: Hello, guys. My name
is Gibber Felix, and welcome to my new course about improvision
in guitar solos. The first thing that you
need to have in mind is that to improvise a solo
naturally, spontaneously. A little bit difficult
and takes time. So first of all, I will teach you several types of techniques, shortcuts and tricks to compose, to create your own guitar solo. And then if you practice
this several times, you improvise your
solos spontaneously. The first trick is have
a guitar lake database. Uh, I saw an interview with John Petrucci
by Dream Theater, and he talked about this. When he's going to
improvise something, he access in his brain a guitar leak database and
choose the best guitar leak, shoot that song to
that coversation in the key of CDE,
whatever key he wants. So he have thousands of
guitar leaks in his mind. Of course, it's really hard to memorize several
guitar leaks, but the most important
thing is to memorize and understand the idea of how
to play that guitar lick. For example, I could
play a leak like this. It's really hard
to memorize this. I have several types of notes. But if I understand the idea behind this guitar lick,
it's going to be easier. We improvise very,
very spontaneously. Okay? So for example,
in this case, I'm using C sorry,
Amer Pentatonic. And I use the trick of flat
tree. And measure tree. So only with these
tubing formations, I have idea what I'm playing. Okay? Another trick is, I start and finish my
licks with the first, the third or perfect
fifth of my scale. So in this case, we are in A. So I started finishing in A, C, or on the string formations, I can improvise and create several variations with
just this lick for example. Mm. The second variation, I
use the same approach. This is improvisation, but I use several techniques before
I really improvise. We're going to learn
this in this course. So have this in mind. And of course, I will teach you several types of guitar liks. Memorize then, prax
then, develop peed, develop curs on instruments, but the most important
thing, understand the idea, understand
the concept. Another great thing is, do not focus in memorize
all the guitar shapes. We are going to talk about
minor guitar shapes, Dorian pentatonic guitar shapes, pentatonic blues guitar shapes, but do not focus and
memorize all of them, okay? Focus at least and memorize the first pattern of each one, right? So let's take a look. Let's start with this.
Minor pentatonic, let's say we are in A minor. You have this guitar shape. I like to memorize
with my fingers. For example, in
this first pattern, I have one and four. Okay, finger one and four, so I use one and
four. Then I have 13. And then I repeat
13 several times. One, three, 13. Okay, so 14, one, three, one,
three, and three. I'm not talking about
the notes, okay? I'm talking about the fingers. These numbers are the fingers. And then I have 14, 14. If I memorize this combination, I'm going to have
the first pattern of pentatonic minor scale
and in rock, metal, blues or type of music, we are going to use
pentatonic in a minor key. 14, one, three, one, three, one, three,
one, four, 14. This is very important.
You are going to use this utar sheet a lot. If we apply a few variations, we are going to have
the other scales. For example, if
you add the sharp four D sharp right
here and right here, you're going to have
the blues pentatonic. So There is, isn't it? If you remove this
sharp four, okay? But if you add the entire scale, the minor scaly, you're going
to have this configuration. So This is the minor scale guitar shape. Okay, but if you change
the note number six, instead of playing a flat six, you play a regular six, you're going to have
a daran guitar shape. So As you can see, I can create four scales just thinking about my
pentatonic minor scale. Okay? All these four
scales are very similar. And you need to memorize, at least this pattern. This pattern of each scale,
it's very important. You can play a lot of solos, guitar leaks, develop a lot of ideas, just
thinking about that. Right. But of course, if you want to mix
with the other shapes, you need to check our
complementary material with the other guitar shapes that are very important as well. And how it works this part
of transposed guitar shapes. So, for example, if I'm
playing in a minor pentatonic. So the first pattern is
right here, isn't it? So in this part of my neck, if I play this
pattern, I'm gonna sound as A minor pentatonic. Okay, but if I play right here, the same pattern, I'm not
going to sound in A minor. If I play the same one, I'm
going to sound in what? What the name of these notes? It's C, so C minor. Okay? That's why
I need to change. I need to play the
next guitar shape. So Mmm It's this one, a little bit
different, isn't it? But I'm playing the same notes that I was playing here, okay? But with a different
combination, right? Finger combinations.
Just because I'm using the other part of my
neck. Have this in mind. And if you memorize
all the guitar shapes, you can play the same notes
on the entire fretboard. But remember, you are playing the same notes, the same notes, the same leaks that
you can play here, you can play here or here or here with a different
guitar shape. That's why I told you before to memorize at least the
first guitar shape of eight scale because
you're going to have all the notes that you
need in one single shape. Of course, if you want to
be more fluent, honey, fret board, be more natural, you use the other shapes. But start from the bask and then you go to the next level. Ather great trick is start and finish your liksTing about one, three, five, and sometimes
seven of your scale. Most of the case
is going to work. Okay? For example, if
I start right here in A and finish it in
let's say A, right? Let's compose a lick, right now. Sounds really cool, isn't it? But let's say, I
don't have this idea, and I'm going to start
in the B note that my second notes of A
minor and finish in, let's say, the
same notes, right? Let's try. Really
weird, isn't it? So as you can see,
do not work so well. Try to use this idea to
compose your on guitar leaks. I know that it's hard to think
and play at the same time, but it takes time, okay? Take your first pattern of A minor Pentonic
or A minus scale, minus whatever scale you want
and think about the one, flat three, five in if you want flat seven
works really well. In the beginning, need to
count the notes for example, M A notes, my root
notes I'm going to find here, here and here. My third node Here
here and here. Perfect fifth right here
and right here. Flat seven. Here and here. But after
you memorize this trick, your guitar licks will
sound much more naturally. And your solos much better. Not a great trick is
try to tell a story using a storytelling
to compose your solo. Practically, I
don't like to start my solos very, very fast. Start very fast. I will need to keep very fast or I will need to gain more speed to become more interesting
to the listeners. So start slowly. Try to sing a meld and reproduce on the beginning
of your solo. Okay? Try to create a kind of hook, and then you start
to gain speed. And show other types of
techniques such as hammer on, pull offs, lights and
things like that. Like a movie, you need to have this storytelling approach that makes everything interesting
to the listener. Now, you have the basic guide to play solos and improvise
on instruments. But I think we need to
go to the next step.
3. Hammer on and pedal note: This like A minor, and I use Gs pedal node. It's important noting
A just because it's the minor
seventh of the key. So every single time
I come back to the hi so I play GT and four. Sorry, A and E. Then I play
one more time, four and five. G, once again, five and seven. So C and D. I just play the scale and the G
note a pedal note. So the first parts
gonna sound like this. I play we should this
hammer on, okay? So DNA continues playing. So Open string, seven and nine. DNE. She frat number
nine and ten. She frat number ten and 12. And then I finalize
right here in 12 and 14 just because this 14. So the keynote of my
talisPedane D is very nice. Several musicians
play like this, especially in heavy metal music. I know that my pedal note is G, but I could choose another
one. I could choose A. The same step by step in A with the A string,
but in this case, I will need to change the
notes just because the A is going to sound different
in the A string, right? So, I will change my notes, but the idea is always the same. I encourage you to praxV slow start slowly and gain speed and be careful
with this hammer on. So And then gain speed. It's a very nice leak, and I like to use this type
of thing to connect my solos. For example, I'm playing I precision leak or solo
in the sport of the neck. And then I wanted to connect and start
another leak right here. Instead of just jump
notes like this, skip the entire notes
on the fretboard, I connect my leaks using
this type of approach. Connect one part of my fretboard to the other part then I will develop the leg.
4. The best guitar lick to connect riffs: Four. Four. This next guitar
leak, it's in Amir. I start right here in
the flat number four. And I use everything I play
everything on a string number three using string number
three as a pedal node. So And I finalize right
here in the other A. So I use A in two octaves. I use A because it's the
key of migrator lick. This is very important. You need to start and
finish your lik with one of the four most important
notes of your scale. Let's learn the
lik step by step. Excuse start right here, 40 22s. Yammy, play the pull off, so Be careful with this. Okay, you need to
sound very clear. Then I play 12 and ten. It's two off, so she opens
string every single time. Then ten and nine. 97, seven, five, five, four, open string and finalize. And a notes so flat number. In this case, I'm just
playing the scale, going to the high octave
to the low octave. So it's the notes
of a minor scale. A GFE, DN. Simple like that. It will sound very
cool if you play the opposite way in both
ways, right? Like this. It's a great exercise, and you can connect
your guitar leaks. So, for example, if you
play something right here and you want to go
to the spot of your neck, you just use those
leak to connect.
5. Dorian and blues notes: This next ur leg is in B minus. But in this case, I use
Darden and Blues note. Darden just because I use
this short eight or six in B and the blue scale because
I use this F sharp 40. Okay, so it's gonna
sound like this. Ten, nine, seven with a two. Then I repeat the same
thing one string up, so Infinelize here. P so. A it's a great approach if you want to sound a
little bit outside just because we use the Dorian
and the blues notes. But be careful with
this pull off. The sound is very clear, okay? So just sound clean. So I encourage you to
practice down distortion. And then you practice like
me with the distortion. Another trick is put
your finger number one in the frat number seven
before you play, okay? So it's going to be easier
to play the pull off. And if you prefer,
you can play a board notes so it's going to make everything
easier for you when you play the pull offs on the
string number two and three.
6. Fast hammer on and pull offs: Two, three, four, So four. This next leak is
a very fast leak, and I play right here,
connecting the moves. You can think about Dorian or just measuring minor
modes just because I'm using one part of the
Dorian shape right here in the beat and another part
of the locum Lockro No, sorry, Iona shape
right here. And A. So A, onion and B Darian. In this case, I'm
used the notes of. But I'm just thinking
about these two strings, strings number three and four. Okay, and play. That's exercise, right? But in this case, I
play everything with hammer on and pull off,
and sounds very cool. So start right here with
our finger number one, 679. Then you'll play on the
string number three, 67976. Okay. Everything with
hammer on and pull off, so And as you can see,
I pick just once. Once past string, okay? So then I come back
and play seven? Sorry, nine, seven, six. Slide four, six, seven, four, six, seven, six, four. In this case on
string number three. And then finalize with
seven, six, four. So if you play fast,
gonna sound like this. Remember, you just need
to pick one paper string, so and it sound very fancy. Joy Satriani play this
type of thing a lot. I'm a big fan and I encourage you to listen songs
such as such Boogie, flying a blue dream and
surfing with the alien. He plays this type
of thing a lot. I like to use this type
of cutree when I want to sound fancy with a lot of
speed and technique, okay? It's easy approach it's
easy to understand. It's easy to memorize, just because you are just
playing scales, right? Going up and down, and you can apply this approach in any
kind of key in a major, minor, in a pentatonic song,
any kind of key you want.
7. Half step bend: Two, two, four, Four. This next guitar leg, it sounds a little bit outside. And I play thinking
about B minor. But I use some chromatic notes
that's why sound outside. I start right here, seven, eight, and nine on a
string, number four. And I play seven, nine, ten, nine and seven on a string number three.
So sound like this. And as you can see, I
pick one birth string. As you can see, I use
outside note this. A sharp. It's not inside, B minor key, but works really well just
because I play this fast. If I stop this note, I sound really weird. But when you just pass
through the note very fast, it sounds really cool. So outside notes, chromatic notes not a
problem when you play fast. And then I have a
half step then. Going to the BF, so the Blues notes. And then I play nine, ten, nine, seven, nine, seven, once again,
seven, straight, four, and nine straight, four. In this case, I'm playing
with her runs and pull off, so Very easy to play this
hammer on and pull off run. So my trick is play with finger number
one, three, and four. This gonna be easier
if you play like this. As you can see, one
note per finger, so It's gonna sound easier. And another thing
is, put your finger before you start to play
ding turtle leg, like this. Usually play like
this. It's gonna be much more difficult, okay? So, put all your fingers together before
you play the leg.
8. Crafting rock 'n' roll guitar licks with the C minor pentatonic scale: Four. This next solo, we have a C minor
scale, a C minor key. So C minor pentatonic
first batter. Most of the rock
metal guitar solos, we are in minor key. Okay? So remember
about this detail. That's why pentatonic
is so important. So the first part I play been in my fret number ten
in the eighth note. So I play this five times, okay? And then I play eight and eight. 11 and eight. Okay, you can play with us. Pull off right here
if you prefer, so And as you can
see, I play this. Eight, eight, ten, eight. Bend twice. So? Very cool, isn't it? This is a very nice rock
and roll guitar lake. Chuck Berry used to
play this a lot. So, just less sport. I finalize note, okay? This note can be
trick because it's a fourth note of my son. If you prefer, you can
finalize and see, right? Sounds very nice as well. Then I have a new
lik that I play ten, pull off to eight and see note. So fret number ten on
string number four. You can play like this.
Playing the notes number on a string
number four with your finger number two or play everything with a finger
number one and two. Sounds very nice as well, and I think it's gonna be
easier if you play like this. But it's up to you. I
play between 2 bars. So board number five and six. So I play this pattern eight times. And then I have a band. With a very strong vibra. This next session
is more pentatonic, so When I play this double
stop, you can play. Going down sounds very cool. And this pull off in
ten, eight and ten. Sounds very nice.
But it's important to play with this rock
and roll feeling, huh? This dirty and aggressive
sound sounds really cool. Then I go to pattern number two. And I play this 12, 12, 12, 12, ten. Okay, so I play sport like a melody using these
different rhythms. So notes pause, notes pause. But this is very fast.
So sound like this. Sounds really cool.
And then I play this. In this case, I play the first pattern
pentatonic going up. But I play the blues
note right here. Is that short. Okay, so sharp four until
my D M E flat note, my third note of C. And
then I repeat the rhythm, at least the pattern, right? And I finalize instead of play just four times
I play just two. It's analyze right here in the C note that is the
key of my itarslo. As you can see, the
solo is very nice. It's a great solo to gain speed, courtesy
on an instrument, and prac scale, especially Pentatonicy minor
scale, isn't it? So now I encourage you to
come back to the top of the lesson and play the solo with me.
Let's play together. I encourage you to
take this approach, take these ideas,
take this solo, and create your own solo, copy my ideas and be creative
creating your own tarslos.
9. Creating expressive solos with bends, slides, and pentatonic shapes: In this next guitar solo, we are going to play in B minor. So most of the case, we have a minor scale, isn't it? And the solo is not
going to be different, and you have the first
pattern right here. Of Pentatonic minor scale. We're going to play our
first lik right here. Let's go. In this case, we play. Ben in the fret number ten. One whole step in
and play this 77. Repeat this pattern twice. So And then you play
this band going. Going down. Then play these nine notes with a half step band going
to your fret number ten. So this is going to
sound like G sharp to A, A is a very important
note because it's the minor sends of our B, one of the most important notes. And I have this
lit that so cool. As you can see, I
play this band going H. So I play very
fast, like this. But with a band. And then I have this hammer
on and pull off. So instead of playing just
the minor pentatonic, I play a Dorian trick. So the Dorian shapes
gonna sound like this. You can mix between
Dorian and My pentatonic. Sounds very cool. So I play
this hammer on pull off. Like this. Besides that, besides the Dorian note
that this G sharp, I add this F as well, so the blues note. In this case, I'm playing
like tree scales pentatonic. Daren. And M p and the Donkey blues. It's going to sound
very nice if you mix all the tree scales
on your little solo. In the spa right here, be careful because you
just pick once. Play all these notes and then
on the string number three, pick once as well, and finish
right here in nine, okay? So avoid. You pick everything. Okay, it's gonna
be faster if you play with this hammer
on the pull off. And then I play this six, seven, nine, six, seven, nine. Come back to seven
and six. Okay. In this case, it's
important to respect your fingers so finger
number one, two, and four. And then I play this
nine, seven, six. And I have a new approach. That is a kind of hammer
on to pull off very fast. It's like Hendrix. Better play right here with six and seven. And then I finalize
in C sharp, okay? Just to sound a little
bit outside, okay? C sharp is the second
note of B of our note. So let's flay very slowly. And, of course, I finalize in B because if you
finish your lick, playing like Sounds like
you want something more. Our ears need to find it. B do it. That's why it's
important to have this in mind. Then I have a new
approach that I use pattern number one and two, egather What this meld? 9979, nine, ten, 11.
Using the blue dots. Ten, 11, 13, 12, and ten. As you can see, I use
pattern number one blues notes. Pattern number two. Is the blues notes.
And this 13th note that it's outside note, okay? It's nice to use some
outside tricks sometimes. And finally, I have the
last link of our solo. And in this case, you need to
play this very, very fast. So I take the shapes of Dorian and play everything
together, mixing everything. So Shape number two of Darian. Shape number one of Darian. As you can see, I just use
strings number one and two, and then I go to
the other strings. Go down and back. Go to the other shape, so the most shape. I see my boots. Lisa prot very nice
because you can play this very fast with
hammer ons and pull offs. But be careful if you
are picking hand, okay? I just speak once per strength, so Kate this is the first
part. The second one. As you can see, I just
speak once per strength. Remember about this detail. And my hammer ons and pull
offs should sound very clear. So Be careful with that as well. So try to practice
slowly and gain speed. This technique is very
easy to understand just because I just play scales. I take all the guitar
shapes of Darian. If it's easier for
you, just think in Darian shape. Friesian shape. Ion shape. And finally, the note
is our words notes. That's why it's
important should take all the scales and press up and down several times in several keys and with
the matron, of course, because sometimes you can
transform this exercise, this boring exercise, right, in music in a very fast
in nice guitar lick. Risa Triani, Steve Wes, Steve Moors several
types of guitar plays. Use this type of trick, right? So. Sounds, to osi and cool. Now, I encourage you to
come back to the top of the lesson and breax with me, play the solo with me, okay? You need to learn
all these notes step by step to
play the solo and, of course, improvise and
create your on guitar solo.
10. How to compose a fast solo full of hammer ons and pull offs : Alright, let's start with this slide right here
in frat number nine. In this case, I'm using
E minor PentatonFPatrin, and the second pattern. And I have this slide in E going to F sharp
and come back to. So This is the
first guitar lick. And as you can see,
I have this line. And this kind of
pull off, right? So Be careful on this part. You need to sound
this very clear. You need to listen all the
notes correctly, right? So then I go to port number two. And I have this pentatonic lick, then I play the band in
E, going to F sharp. So I emphasize F sharp several times just
because F sharp is the perfect fifth of my
scale, my minor scale. That's the key of this solo. So we have this. And a band, a very nice Band in A going to B emphasize in the
key note, that is B. Okay? So every single
time I emphasize the B notes or the notes that are most important in B minor. That is D and F sharp. I bar number three, I
play this. Ten and nine. And this nine and seven. So with this pull off, and then I have a very fast
lick that I play like this. So in this case, I'm going
to play the Doren mode. When we are in a minor scale, in this case, be
minor to the time. You can play as Doran as well. This sounds very cool.
Especially if you play fast. Isa trying to play
this trick a lot, so So I play the Dan mode going up. Come back. Then we
pet the same pattern. Okay? So I have this
first pattern, Darren. And then I play the other
pattern right here in this position of my
neck, so it's similar. I think it's the key of
my scale of my soul. Okay? So remember, when you
have this minor approach, you can play Pentatonic. You can play Pentatonic blues. Or you can play Dien.
Sounds really cool. And as you can see, I
just found digitor shape, so to no this is a Bar number five has a. There's band in EGF Sharp
and going to D as well. So I come back to
my first pattern of ton minor scale and B. This time, I played a band
several times going up and going down just to have this kind of effect,
that sounds very cool. I play 97 with off and nine. So B note. You know, I have
another approach in a very fast guitar leak, so I just keep following
the minor venton scale, but this time, I
use chromate note, so The solo chromatin notes can be a problem if
you stop on this note. So, for example, if I play like this, You complete
it off, right? So this A sharp sounds terrible. So not sounding cool. But if you play the
chromate notes very fast, just pass through the
nodes and start and finish your leg with one of
the most important notes. So one, flat three, five, and flat seven works perfectly. So that's why this
riff sounds so cool. I start right here. A, so flat seven of B, and
I finish right here. So remember about this trick. In this case, I start with my pattern with one,
two, and three. So fingers number one, two, three, and seven,
eight and nine. So I use my hammer on
should play all the notes. Hammer on once and
again, the same notes, the same step by step, however, on the
string number three. And I the pull off to come back. Okay, so hammer on.
Hammer on, pull off. Okay. Be careful with this. You need to practice very
careful to gain speed. So, I finished with another pull off to
come back to the top, so nine, eight, and seven. Let's play this very fast. And then I play the
same thing right here. However, playing nine,
eight, and seven. Slotted to my frat
number five, sorry, so And I finish right
here in B note. So that's why it
sounds so pretty. As you can see, this
sold sounds really nice. I use a lot of hammer ons, pu arts, and the joy
set training technique. Remember that you can take all the guitar shapes
and play like this. Mixing the notes sounds
very cool and sounds very fancy and virtuous.
It's a great tool. Should develop speedy currency on instruments and
play fast notes. Remember, just follow the Pentatonic minor
scale and sometimes use these other tricks
that we mix scales Pentonic minor and
Dorian Myer scale.
11. Next step: You so much for
watching my lessons. I hope you enjoy
most step by step, and please now it's
time to practice a lot. So come back to the
top of the course and watch all the
lessons over again, especially the most
difficult lessons for you. And remember that you can access my profile and check
my other course. I have very nice course win for you to get to
the next level. See you in my next course.
I'm Gibber Felix. Bye bye.
Gabriel Felix, Music Teacher
