Most people tend to pick from their wrist, but whether or not you do, it's important that your wrist be in the right position, or your picking will never be as good as it could. Some people instinctively position it right, others need to be corrected. If you still don't think you've got picking down, you might be of the latter.

When you twist your...

Now before we get started I'd like to say that this lesson will NOT teach you how to play with singers and dancers, as that takes rehearsal and most of the time the soloing is composed. This lesson will teach you how to come up with flamenco/spanish style licks and chord progressions on-the-fly.

This is also my first lesson.

So lets get started....

Okay, Here is the next installment to my series of Soloing lessons, If you liked the first two licks, you will LOVE these. By the way. I added mp3s to my page to give an example of what the licks I wrote SHOULD sound like. Check them out, I will have the two new licks mp3s up as soon as the lesson is accepted onto Ultimate Guitar.

Anyways... Back...

First, I'm not really good writting english (I'm mexican) so I'll do my best. If you find a mistake let me know and (if I can) I will correct it.

Soloing is easy when you know what to do, and you know what to do when yo know how a scale sound, how all the tones of the scale sound like.

I'll only explain minor scale 'cause I think it's easier to do a...

If you want to do a blues shred this lesson will be good, no matter if you're a beginner or an expert.

First! Do the following!

- Have your guitar tuned to E standard

- Make sure you have a guitar

Let's learn the A blues scale first!

To do this, put your index/pointer finger on the fifth fret on the E string(the biggest string). That note is an A, you...

Sooo... I hate this part so I'm skipping it... or not. I'm Paul and this is my lead guitar lesson regarding melodies and how to create them :) This lesson will only cover the basics of how to create a melody behind a rhythm track. Later on I will make a slightly advanced lesson :)

So how does one make a melody whilst a rhythm track is playing?...

Okay Guys this is my first time doing this so don't criticize it too much haha:p..

All right, if you're reading this, your probably practicing scales and thinkin... All right i can play this minor pentatonic scale up and down... But how will it help my playing? The question is... How WON'T this help my playing? The minor pentatonic is a very useful...

Sooo... Let's begin shall we? Damn I hate this part so I'm skipping it lol.
Today (or whenever you, my dear reader, are putting your eyes and mouse pointer on this lesson) I will explain the way I (capital I!) got into lead guitar and what helped me develop my skills.

First we shall start with

I. What the?! And how did I start?

We've all heard some...

The first thing we must address is comfortable ways of tapping with your left hand. Some people prefer holding a pick; others prefer to use only your fingers. If you prefer to hold your pick while tapping, one method is to hold the pick between your first finger and thumb, freeing the middle, ring and pinky fingers for tapping. Another method is...

In order for the main idea presented in this article to be the most useful and make the fullest sense, the reader should already have a firm grasp over all seven modes of the Major scale for all possible tonal centers.

In a nut-shell, Pitch Axis Theory acts as a guide during improvisatory soloing to inform the musician as to what scales will sound...