5 Pro Secrets to Improve Your Solos

Do you want to improve your guitar soloing capability? Well, so do I. We all do. But it's not a "single" thing you can work on, there are multiple elements that bring it all together.

Here are a few that I have found to be essential.

00:00 Thesis
00:28 Introduction
01:14: Patreon Plug
01:59 Lesson
11:54 Wrap Up

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[muffinsfromsparta]

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Great video Chris still, I’m still working on those bends!

[SyntagmaStation]

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[briansmith]

I swear....anytime I get in a rut with my playing, I just go back and watch a lesson from Chris and it gets me inspired again. Dude is an incredible purveyor of guitar knowledge!

[Demoner]

Great video. To add on to this topic, 2 things I think get overlooked when it comes to soloing is dynamics and rhythm. Dynamics being the changing from fast to slow playing, or aggressive to calm and vice versa. Rhythm is the ability to play in and out of pocket, along with accenting notes on the right accents of the beat. Us guitarists spend so much time learning shapes and patterns of scales and chords a lot of the time we neglect the other side of music. Thanks again for the video!

[jd_willismusic]

Those outside notes are what separate players. Great video dude!

[TeeDOG]

The sequencing is a good topic to discuss. I know Alex Lifeson used sequencing and motifs in his riffs and solos.

[John-hiyi]

I think I’ve learned more from just a handful of your lessons than anywhere else, ever! Thank you Chris. Will be joining you soon. To late, I’m in!

[AbrahamMartinez-nj]

Pay attention to his target notes D, A, E, B they are fifths away from each other and once you get off the D note the target notes are 3rds of each chord in the chord progression (Genius) great lesson !!!

[stormy]

Another great lesson thank you so much buddy I can’t tell you how much you have improved my playing

[melvinmedina]

That’s a fantastic chord progression sir!

[therealdoug]

Wow. Really fantastic tips. Especially loved the means of finding the additional notes outside the pentatonic.

[janiclindsay]

Love this frustration moment at the END 😅

[workingtoseethelight]

Another great lesson and definitely one to watch at least twice!

[Pathological_Flyer]

Another excellent lesson 🤙🏻 I’ll be watching this one a few more times today !

[tianjohan]

Finally signed up for your studio, looking forward to dive into the deep end and get that fretboard freedom goin'.

[CaptainOfMyBurden]

Chris thanks for this video and pointing us in the right direction with soloing. Looking forward to working on these concepts this weekend! Keep rockin! BTWvery Fruschante/Gilmour -esk vibes from that first solo.

[TeeDOG]

Great video. Very helpful. Breaking down what made that funky riff sound so good would be helpful.

[timsellsted]

Another great lesson Chris! Looking forward to Modes Mastery in the Studio! AND Denver this weekend!

[TheRealCAPerry]

Another fascinating lesson. As always I learned something new and reinforced some things I think I knew.