Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 22, 2005 Members Share Posted October 22, 2005 Ever jammed with folks who's entire repertoire is Top-40 country, blues or rock? When it's your turn to call the tune, and you try to offer something NOT Top-40, do you get a lot of blank stares and/or outright negativity? The principle reason not to start out learning to solo by simply learning scales and riffs is because learning to play lead this way prevents you from thinking about what you're doing. Many fledgling guitarists learn their scales and learn standard riffs (or "tricks" if you prefer) and then are left to simply plug them into a song. Little thought is given as to why a particular scale works and even less thought is given to the mood or the atmosphere of a song, it's just "Hey, I know this lick and I'm sure I can jam it in here somewhere." This is nowhere more evident than when people get together to jam, especially when the particular song being played is not well known by the players involved. http://www.GuitarTipoftheDay.com?jun05 Y'all's thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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