How to use chromatics within a pentatonic scale and a simple trick to help maintain rhythm and timing during ‘rests,’
How the blues note can add soulful complexity to your solos, and different ways to add it in your licks
How to avoid the boring mechanical sound of scale runs, plus learn to make your pentatonics more melodic
Simple ways to emphasize and visualize chord tones using arpeggios and triads to enhance musicality
How to fill musical space with creative techniques and effects
How to break out of traditional box patterns and improve your fretboard visualization
Learn simpler ways to play complex sweeps, and understand the importance of it's rhythmic role within a lick
How to execute and play difficult stretches across the fretboard (plus a simpler alternative to avoid stretches in general)
Learn how chord tones make your solos sound melodic, and how to embellish them using scales you already know.
How to anticipate and prepare for upcoming licks, to ensure smooth transitions and avoid getting 'stuck'
Transitioning out of 'Tapped' notes using pull-offs
How to embellish a melody to add rhythm and texture, plus a simple phrasing trick for powerful endings to make your solos more engaging and sophisticated
BONUS: Learn to make your solos more memorable and engagingby adding famliarity and continuity using motifs
BONUS: Learn to make your solos more memorable and engagingby adding famliarity and continuity using motifs
Don’t just learn the notes of the solo..
understand what makes it melodic, how it was written, what scale shapes were used, and why each phrasing technique complements the overall musical context.