Start Getting Better At LEAD GUITAR

I can really relate to the phrase longtime beginner because that was me I felt stuck for years [Music] today I want to help answer two questions why are we stuck in our retire playing and how do we move forward I really need to start at the beginning to answer those questions like most of us I learned open string chords early on foreign little by little started getting that strum down so I had the groove then came the bar chords but once I started learning these bar chords I really felt like I could play some music not long after that someone showed me the minor pentatonic scale [Music] thank you that's when I really felt like I was getting somewhere in the songs of the 70s really brought that out because they use these power cords and the pentatonic scale in a lot of the tunes I listened to I was definitely having fun early on but I really this is where I got stuck I just played the pentatonic scale played these bar chords learned a few songs along the way but I stayed in this state for many years I know a lot of you can relate to that the number one thing we can do today to start moving forward is make simple connections with the scale we're using and the few chords by the end of this segment you're going to be a much more confident improviser I promise you we just need to work through these few simple steps we'll use the a minor pentatonic for these examples today [Music] and to help get my point across just two chords A minor here in the fifth fret and then the D chord right in the same position here a minor to D and we'll just create a little movement to each chord by sliding up [Music] so step one is just using the root note of each chord but Target it within that minor pentatonic scale when the chord comes around Target that root note listen for it a note to D [Music] a note create a little movement to it [Music] D note there also you get the point though you are targeting the root note and listening for that chord change if we just dig a Little Deeper looking at the a minor chord a c e those three notes make up an A minor chord D F sharp a make up a d chord very important to know that it's important to know the fretboard like have it memorized but that is a a pretty a big task for a lot of us so just get them memorized maybe within a scale that you use all the time memorize those few notes in there now if we target the third of each chord and with the a minor the root note the third is a c the minor third the D we've got the root note but the the major third IS F sharp let's hear what that sounds like [Music] a d you're queening movement to the Target note that you're trying to hit but you really need to listen for it for listen for those chord changes now if we're aware of all three notes in each chord the a c and e and then the d f sharp and a and if you look at that the only note that's not in the minor pentatonic scale is this F sharp node that's the the note that's in accord but it's outside the minor pentatonic so if you target that note it really uh comes right out it really sticks out and sounds great so if we target those notes use some of the the Blues Licks and simple phrases that we already know and disconnect those within this minor pentatonic scale [Music] foreign [Music] you get the point though those licks roll right around but you're listening for those chord changes I just used two chords in this groove today for that reason so we can kind of just it's a little bit easier to listen for the two chords and maybe you're only comfortable using the root note to Target for right now and that's okay that's a great place to start and really listen for those chord changes and just add the other notes and the chords as you as you're comfortable but that's how great solos are made using a scale a common scale and really targeting the notes and the chords so in a simple way we are chord tone soloing we are searching out the the notes and the chords and and listening for the chord chains and trying to Target those and if you're just starting to do this it does seem very difficult to just look ahead at those chords but if you do it every day this will just become natural to you so we can use this concept all over the fretboard because the a minor pentatonic is all over the fretboard [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] you can play all up and down the fretboard targeting those simple notes and it sounds it sounds rocking and it sounds melodic you just have you have some structure and you feel confident when you when you target those notes I hope this brings you out of you know feeling stuck because I I really did for many years and I had to feel my way out of this but if you start having a connection with the chords you're using and the a common scale just pick one scale that works over those chords and you can add and subtract notes to that but that you're well on your way because you're going to start having more fun and you're going to be excited about learning again thanks so much for hanging out with me we'll talk to you soon

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Id: Ze29NPOOgIc

Length: 8min 58sec (538 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 26 2022