Suggestions please

[Butcher of Strats]

Oh shoot Higgins got his answers six months ago!

 

[Bowmap]

Hey... If someone hadn't revived this thread I wouldn't have read all the good suggestions in it.

 

[Guithartic]

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Been working on (read noodling a lot) with backing tracks and my looping pedal. I’ve recently starting to focus more on scales and playing some lead stuff. I’m finding that when I play especially if I’m using the same scale on different tunes my lead work always sounds the same and more less like somebody running a scale rather than the guitar singing along with the rhythm part. Anybody got any good online resources to help learn phrasing better. Thanks everyone.

One little tip, rather than playing up and down notes in order, try playing notes in succession that aren’t near each other,


Another tip: play a little bit in the minor pentatonic, then, add in the two notes from the major pentatonic.

Another tip: learn a couple scales, like the natural minor scale (Aeolian) or the Dorian scale, and try switching to that for a couple phrases, and then back to the standard.

Sorry if these are simpleton ideas that everybody already knows.

 

[Will Lefeurve]

Select backing tracks with varying time signatures that stretch you one way then other.. folk, funk, gypsy, boss-nova, cajun, blues, jazz, classics etc. Its the best way I know to stop you getting in a rut, and bring out the best in both lead and melody playing. It also familiarises you and your musical ear.. and you find yourself making your own patterns to fit the music..

I got this tip way back from an old friend of mine that was a London based session musician for many years. It works and makes you a much more flexible player..

 

[StratUp]

One little tip, rather than playing up and down notes in order, try playing notes in succession that aren’t near each other,
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Another tip: play a little bit in the minor pentatonic, then, add in the two notes from the major pentatonic.

Another tip: learn a couple scales, like the natural minor scale (Aeolian) or the Dorian scale, and try switching to that for a couple phrases, and then back to the standard.

Sorry if these are simpleton ideas that everybody already knows.

Hey, that's a Stevie Ray solo!

But actually, what you suggested is roughly what a lot of the "classic" blues phrases are. Same notes but played with more variety than just up or down the scale. The so called "House of Blues" pattern is often done that way.

 

[Seamus OReally]

Steve Vai advocates playing one note for as long as you can in as many ways as you can… sliding or bending into it, different types of vibrato, etc.

 

[Will Lefeurve]

Steve Vai advocates playing one note for as long as you can in as many ways as you can… sliding or bending into it, different types of vibrato, etc.

Yeah.. its a real test and works.. don't go playing one note samba's at a gig though or you'll very soon see yourself slung out of the door..