Master Playing and Improvising Dynamic Guitar Solos. Learn Essential Scales, Techniques, Theory, and Songwriting.

What you'll learn

The main goal of this course is to teach you how write, construct, and play improvised guitar solos all over the fretboard

You will learn essential guitar theory to prepare you for your career

You will learn how to navigate your fretboard and solo wherever you like based on your solid understanding of guitar theory.

You will learn how to memorize your fretboard notes as this allows you to jump around and play solos all over the guitar

You will learn how to combine your knowledge of scales with these solo techniques to create dynamic and meaningful melodic solos.

You will learn the essential scales needed to play and create epic guitar solos

Learn all the important techniques: legato, bends, vibrato, note stacking, slides, hammer on and pull offs, that will breath life and expression into your solos

You will learn advanced techniques such as sweep picking, cascading scales, and arpeggios

You will learn the art of writing and composing an epic guitar solo

You will be an all-round better guitar player due to your understanding of the connection of notes between chords and lead playing

You will improve your dexterity and technical ability in soloing as you work on the scales, exercises, and licks.

Learn Songwriting, gain understanding of how to put it all together to write inspiring guitar solos. Become a dynamic guitar soloist, not a guitar scale robot!

You will learn how to solo in different keys and gain the confidence by practicing over backing tracks in different keys.

By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge and skills to solo freely around the fretboard and express what's in your heart

Gain understanding and insight of how a full guitar solo is constructed. This will be a valuable experience to help you create your own guitar solos.

Requirements

You will need an electric guitar and amp

A passion to want to be a great lead guitar player, improvise, and write great guitar solos.

It would be nice if you have some previous experience playing basic chords and lead parts but this is not necessary as I start from the beginning and help you build your foundation from ground zero.

Description

Welcome to The Complete Guitar Solo Mastery Course!Do you want to be a great guitar solo player? How would you like to develop the ability to solo all over the fretboard like your favorite guitar legends?This course has been specifically designed for those at the beginner and intermediate stages of electric guitar playing who want to master the art of being able play and improvise dynamic guitar solos all over the fretboard.Not only will you learn how to solo all over the fretboard, you will gain insight and understanding on how to be a unique, melodic, and inspiring guitar solo artist. In this course, your knowledge and ability in guitar soloing will be built from the ground up. With over 10 hours of video instruction, here's what will be covered in this course:You will learn the notes on your fretboard and and essential guitar theory to ensure you have a strong foundation for guitar soloing all over the fretboard. You will learn fundamental techniques such as how to pick correctly and different picking styles for maximum speed.You will learn the most essential scales that the majority of all guitar solos ever played are built on. You will learn all the essential guitar solo techniques such as bends, vibrato, sliding, hammer-ons and pull offs, note stacking, etc. to create expression when soloing.You will learn how to combine your knowledge of scales with these solo techniques to create dynamic and meaningful melodic solos.You will learn tons of licks in the "Lick Library" which will teach you how to combine different scales and techniques to create cool phrases. This also acts as "Vocabulary" when you are improvising and writing your solos. You will improve your dexterity and technical ability in soloing as you work on the scales, exercises, and licks.You will learn how to navigate your fretboard and solo wherever you like based on your solid understanding of guitar theory. You will learn Songwriting. This is where you gain understanding of how to put it all together to write inspiring guitar solos. My goal is to make sure you become a dynamic guitar soloist and not a guitar scale robot!I will walk you through one of my new songs and explain every step of the way to help you gain understanding and insight of how a full guitar solo is constructed. This will be a valuable experience to help teach you how to create your own guitar solos. You will learn advanced scale techniques that will set you above the crowd when playing guitar solos.You will learn advanced concepts such as how to solo over difficult chord and key changes.You will learn how to solo in different keys and gain the confidence by practicing over backing tracks in different keys.And much more! Along the way I will also share unique insights on guitar playing and help to steer you in the right direction!With a Full 30 Day Money Back Guarantee on Udemy, what do you have to lose? Try it out today and begin moving closer to your dream of being able to solo like a legend!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Guitar Solo Mastery

Lecture 1 Welcome to Guitar Solo Mastery

Section 2: Setting Up Your Electric Guitar, Amp, and Essential Knowledge

Lecture 2 Importance of Guitar Setup and String Height

Lecture 3 Pick Selection

Lecture 4 Picking Technique

Lecture 5 Alternate Picking & Exercise - 4 notes per string

Lecture 6 Economy Picking & Exercise - 3 notes per string

Lecture 7 Muting Your Guitar

Lecture 8 My Amp and Effects Setup for this course

Section 3: Essential Guitar Solo Theory

Lecture 9 Introduction

Lecture 10 Intervals and Major Scale Construction

Lecture 11 Tone and Semitone and Major Scale Construction

Lecture 12 Visualizing the Guitar Fretboard like a Piano

Lecture 13 Finding the Relative Minor of a Major Scale

Section 4: Guitar Fretboard Memorization

Lecture 14 Introduction to Fretboard Memorization

Lecture 15 Knowing the Open Strings - EADGBE

Lecture 16 Fretboard Memorization Technique - Memorizing only natural notes

Lecture 17 Low E String Memorization

Lecture 18 Low A String Memorization

Lecture 19 GAB, CDE, FGA Memorization

Lecture 20 Knowing the octave pattern of each note

Lecture 21 F Note Memorization

Lecture 22 G Note Memorization

Lecture 23 A Note Memorization

Lecture 24 B Note Memorization

Lecture 25 C Note Memorization

Lecture 26 D Note Memorization

Lecture 27 E Note Memorization

Section 5: The Pentatonic Scale

Lecture 28 Intro to Pentatonic & Position 1

Lecture 29 Position 2

Lecture 30 Position 3

Lecture 31 Position 4

Lecture 32 Position 5

Lecture 33 A Minor Backing Track For Exercises

Section 6: The Blues Scale

Lecture 34 Blues Position 1

Lecture 35 Blues Position 2

Lecture 36 Blues Position 3

Lecture 37 Blues Position 4

Lecture 38 Blues Position 5

Lecture 39 Blues Position 1-5 Exercise

Section 7: The Diatonic Scale

Lecture 40 Intro & Diatonic Position 1

Lecture 41 Diatonic Position 2

Lecture 42 Diatonic Position 3

Lecture 43 Diatonic Position 4

Lecture 44 Diatonic Position 5

Section 8: Linking Diatonic Scales - To create 3 note per string patterns

Lecture 45 Position 1 & 2 Link

Lecture 46 Position 2 & 3 Link- Route 1

Lecture 47 Position 2 & 3 Link - Route 2

Lecture 48 Position 3 & 4 Link

Lecture 49 Position 4 & 5 Link

Lecture 50 Position 5 & 1 Link

Lecture 51 Modes of the Major Scale Visualized Using The Pentatonic

Section 9: The Harmonic Minor Scale

Lecture 52 How to find the harmonic minor scale - Raised 7th of the Minor Scale

Lecture 53 How I play the Harmonic Minor Scale - Low E to High E

Section 10: Guitar Solo Essential Techniques

Lecture 54 Vibrato

Lecture 55 String Bending

Lecture 56 String Bending + Vibrato

Lecture 57 Sliding

Lecture 58 Hammer On and Pull Offs

Lecture 59 Note Stacking

Lecture 60 Double Stops - Using the Pentatonic Exercise

Lecture 61 Legato

Lecture 62 Harmonics

Lecture 63 Sweep Picking & Arpeggios

Section 11: Pentatonic Mastery - Advanced Patterns

Lecture 64 Pentatonic Mastery - Advanced Pattern 1 - Playing from Position 1 to 5

Lecture 65 Pentatonic Mastery - Advanced Pattern 2 - Cascading

Lecture 66 Pentatonic Mastery - Advanced Pattern 3 - Reverse Cascading

Lecture 67 Pentatonic Mastery - Advanced Pattern 4 - Diagonal Alternate

Lecture 68 Pentatonic Mastery - How to solo all over the fretboard

Section 12: Guitar Lick Library

Lecture 69 Introduction to Licks

Lecture 70 Lick 1

Lecture 71 Lick 2

Lecture 72 Lick 3

Lecture 73 Lick 4

Lecture 74 Lick 5

Lecture 75 Lick 6

Lecture 76 Lick 7

Lecture 77 Lick 8

Lecture 78 Lick 9

Lecture 79 Lick 10

Lecture 80 Lick 11

Lecture 81 Lick 12

Lecture 82 Lick 13

Lecture 83 Lick 14

Lecture 84 Lick 15

Lecture 85 Lick 16

Lecture 86 Lick 17

Lecture 87 Lick 18

Lecture 88 Lick 19

Lecture 89 Lick 20

Lecture 90 Lick 21

Lecture 91 Lick 22

Lecture 92 Lick 23

Lecture 93 Lick 24

Section 13: How to Solo All Over The Fretboard - Improvisation & Fretboard Navigation

Lecture 94 How to Solo All Over The Fretboard - Technique

Lecture 95 Improvisation & Fretboard Navigation - Exercise 1 - A minor or C major

Lecture 96 Improvisation & Fretboard Navigation - Exercise 2 - D minor or F major

Section 14: The CAGED Pentatonic Connection

Lecture 97 Introduction to the CAGED Pentatonic Connection

Lecture 98 The Major CAGED Pentatonic Connection

Lecture 99 The Minor CAGED Pentatonic Connection

Lecture 100 CAGED Pentatonic Connection Exercise 1 - C Em F Fm

Lecture 101 CAGED Pentatonic Connection Exercise 2 - Dm Bb Gm A

Lecture 102 CAGED Pentatonic Connection Exercise 3 - Em Bb C D

Section 15: Songwriting

Lecture 103 Introduction to Songwriting

Lecture 104 Song Structure when Writing Guitar Solos

Lecture 105 Combining Scales and Techniques to Create Unique Solos

Lecture 106 Playing what you hear in your head

Lecture 107 Meandering to Find Valuable Parts of Original Solos

Lecture 108 Finding inspiration from other songs and creating meaningful melody

Lecture 109 Importance of Playing With Feel

Section 16: Backing Tracks in Different Keys

Lecture 110 Introduction to Backing Tracks in Different Keys

Lecture 111 A Minor Backing Track

Lecture 112 E Minor Backing Track

Lecture 113 F Minor Backing Track

Lecture 114 C# Minor Backing Track

Lecture 115 E Minor Backing Track

Lecture 116 D Minor Backing Track

Section 17: Song Study - The breakdown of the construction of a Guitar Solo

Lecture 117 Introduction

Lecture 118 Before the Throne - Song Playthrough

Lecture 119 Equipment Used for Guitar Solo Tone

Lecture 120 Before the Throne - Intro

Lecture 121 Before the Throne - Verse 1

Lecture 122 Before the Throne - Verse 2

Lecture 123 Before the Throne - Free Solo Part 1

Lecture 124 Before the Throne - Free Solo Part 2 & Ending

Lecture 125 Before the Throne - Last Chord & Improvisation

Lecture 126 Before the Throne - Full Song Slow Motion for Study

Lecture 127 Before the Throne - Backing Track

Section 18: Advanced Topics & Concepts

Lecture 128 Advanced Concepts Introduction

Lecture 129 Pentatonic 2-String Ladder Technique

Lecture 130 Repeating Lick Patterns

Lecture 131 My Advice on Using Modes of the Major / Diatonic Scale

Section 19: Thank you and Final Words

Lecture 132 Thank you and Final Words

My target students are those who want to learn how to play lead guitar and who want to be able to improvise and write their own guitar solos

Last Updated: 1/2023

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