Start using 'Target Notes' in your guitar solos - Melodic lead lick lesson

This video looks at building up a short lead line that uses ‘target notes’ to create a tuneful lick that follows the chords in the backing track.

Backing Track Chords - Am / / / | Dm / / / |

Learning the notes that are in the chords themselves allows us to break away from using scale shapes and boxes and lets us focus more on creating melody rather squeezing in as many notes as possible.