Why You Should Solo With Chords (Not Just Scales...)

Are you an intermediate guitarist who has been stuck in a soloing rut for years? Or even decades?

If the answer is yes, then I’m guessing you’ve grown tired of playing the same licks over and over again…

This course teaches you how to ditch your stale, repetitive licks and instead, begin playing tasteful guitar solos that ooze melody and feel!

The best part? You can learn how to do this WITHOUT learning ‘exotic’ guitar scales, wasting hours trawling through YouTube lessons, or spending a penny!

That’s right, I’m giving this course away for zero dollars (for the time being…), so act today to grab it with free, lifetime access.

Here’s a tip-of-the-iceberg overview of the main benefits you can expect to experience when you study the curriculum of “Melodic Soloing With Triads”:

✅ You’ll move beyond the limitations of a purely scale-based approach to guitar soloing… so that you can stop feeling stuck inside scale patterns and boxes

✅ You’ll learn to target the notes that create a strong connection between your licks and the chords they are played over… so that you can stop playing repetitive un-musical licks and begin crafting melodies

✅ You’ll stop aimlessly wandering the fretboard, hoping to land on notes that sound good… and start improvising with the confidence of a pro-level guitarist, who always knows which notes to target for an epic solo

[manguitarletsgo]

100% correct. I would add, "don't be afraid to play chromatic runs, i.e., several notes each one semitone apart, as part of the solo." Even if the notes simply do not fit either the chord, or the scale you imagine, the runs will sound right as long as they start and end on a chord tone.

[onethousandtwonortheast]

3 notes in and I immediately hit the subscribe button. You have THE tone.

[tristansmith]

You are the GOAT of YouTube guitar lessons, Ross. Your old Bulletproof course helped me solve years of plateau. Thanks for making this incredible content free, legend.

[Othit]

That free triad lesson was such a gift, thank you.

[wagonet]

I've come back to comment on this video, it's taken a while to get the triads, inversions down, but i'm slowly able to 'follow the chords' and my soloing has drastically improved. The key for me, was to do it slowly and practice until i can 'see' where all the chords are using triads. it's been eye opening. I'm slowly breaking out of the box, this video and lessons are invaluable

[jackstraw]

Hey man, I just wanted to give you a sincere THANK YOU, coming from the typical intermediate player, who spends way too much time surfing YouTube, trying to get better but never really learning anything. AMAZING !! You actually give the answer to many questions I was having. You are the first person that has given me the key, and kept it interesting. So again thank you so much!

[crashdaddy]

I'm thankful to be getting to the point where these "meta" type lessons are as helpful and informative as those "Play this note, then this note..." lessons were a while back. Because of people like you.

[wagonet]

so 10 days ago i watched your video, then tried the lesson and focused on the triads. my improvisation sounds so much more melodic than before. following the chords has changed the game. thank you again. can't wait to take the rest of the free course. such great content and teaching

[carlsalazar]

I find that learning to play the melodies of my favorite songs on the guitar has helped me breakout playing the same patterns. It’s been a game changer in my solo playing.

[doncalame]

Thanks for the course, Ross. What a fantastic gift. And at the perfect time too because I’ve been trying to really dig in on triads recently. Between your Bulletproof course and your Blues soloing book you have been instrumental in helping meet push past my intermediate plateau. Can’t thank you enough. Keep up the great work and your fantastic playing!

[steveo]

Took me many years of noodling to figure this. Once you can see the chords on the fretboard it's a wow moment. Great video. Really well explained

[jeffdafonte]

Completely agree! I was stuck in the same pattern. Once I switched my visualization to triad-based it opened more doors as well as my ears.

[yudhistiraadiw]

I learn all of this when i started playing piano. Since this concept is easier to do in piano. All i say is playing piano will bring so much melodic concept and music theory to your guitar playing.

[jr]

Good stuff! And that Strat sounds so good.

[gilly]

Great advice Ross, spent years learning scales then a few years ago discovered triads and now playing far more melodically and musically

[djurt]

These lessons are really valuable, even to an experienced player. The upside down guitar example shown in this is giving me a hard time though.

[jtd]

I really appreciate all the production details you put into this video, on top of your talking and playing

[math]

This was very timely for me. Just started truly understanding how important CAGED/triads are for soloing. For the longest time, I've known both of those but never really put together as to how to integrate it with my usual scale soloing. Thanks Ross

[grishnank]

This is a fantastic course, it answers the questions regarding the chord and melody relationship.

[PrivateSoyer]

This is exactly where I'm stuck. Thank you.