Guitar Soloing Strategies
Feeling in a bit of a lead guitar rut? Well, you've come to the right place. In this collection of in-depth video guitar lessons, instructors Doug Boduch, Wolf Marshall, and Tom Kolb will teach you plenty of strategies to help take your lead playing to the next level. From the CAGED system and learning the modes to combining scales and employing scale substitutions, there's a lot of information here to digest, and each topic can open a new world of expression. These guitar lesson videos are designed for players looking to expand their soloing palette and explore new sounds.
Videos
• Open-Position Licks (08:49) - To start, you'll learn 11 different open-position licks in various styles like blues, rock, country, and bluegrass.
• CAGED Licks (10:02) - In this lesson, you'll see how the CAGED system, which is based off major chord shapes C, A, G, E, and D, can help you play licks in any key at any position on the fretboard.
• Adding Notes to the Minor Pentatonic Scale (06:50) - Wolf Marshall shows you several different options for expanding your soloing ideas beyond the familiar A minor pentatonic scale in fifth position.
• Combining Major & Minor Pentatonics (09:06) - Discover the fine art of blending major and minor pentatonic scales in one lick and add some sweet-sounding phrases to your bag of tricks in the process.
• Chord-Tone Soloing (09:12) - This video will teach you a step-by-step method for making your solos more melodic and memorable by hightlighting notes of the chords in a progression. The result is better melodic connection to the music and more memorable phrases.
• Nailing the Changes with Arpeggios (09:13) - In this lesson, Tom Kolb shows you several useful seventh chord arpeggio shapes based off sixth- and fifth-string roots. You'll see how to apply them over chord progressions and even how to substitute certain arpeggios over chords to get a specific sound.
• Modal Soloing (10:08) - Explore the wide world of modes in this lesson. You'll learn how each one is constructed and, more importantly, see how to apply them with plenty of tasty licks.
• Mixing Scales & Modes (07:33) - Develop your lead vocabulary even more as you see how to combine various scales and modes to get different sounds and effects. From Mixolydian and Dorian to Lydian Dominant and beyond, it's all fair game!
• Pentatonic Scale Substitutions (09:53) - Ready to get some more mileage out of your pentatonic licks? In this final lesson, you'll discover several specific ways of using pentatonic scales over different chords to highlight certain tones, such as playing a minor pentatatonic built off a chord's major 3rd - i.e., playing E minor pentatonic over a C major chord (E is the major 3rd of the C chord).