If you play the guitar and already use the pentatonic scale, as well as the major/minor scales, you may have noticed that something is missing in your solos. There's another step you can take to elevate your solos to the next level: soloing by chord.

When soloing, we tend to think about the key of the song, match the scale we need to use, and off we go. However, the problem is that the chords keep changing from one to the next, while we continue to focus solely on the main key we are in. As a result, our solos can become disconnected from the song, and we stop making music.

In this video, you will learn how to address this issue in a very simple way. You will learn how to break free from the common trap that every guitar player struggles with, and you'll start making music again.

Ever been stuck while jamming and improvising over a Minor Blues track? I've totally been there. I'd be soloing with the Minor Pentatonic and before I knew it, I'd hit a point where it felt like I had nothing left to say – no more ideas, licks, or inspiration.

But hey, in this video, I'm gonna show you some cool scale options and tricks that can totally change the game when it comes to soloing over Minor Blues.

Once you get the hang of what I'm teaching here and actually use it, you'll seriously level up your minor blues soloing. And guess what? It's not just about minor blues; your overall improvisation skills are gonna reach new heights.

I know you want to be a better lead guitar player... me to! The technique you'll learn on this video can do that to you: take you to the next level of lead playing. Just do this ever day when you pick up your guitar.  

The ability to connect the chords and the scales is one the best ways to sound more melodic and creative. It will increase your confidence especially when it comes to picking the right notes to solo.  

This is part 2 of this lesson. This is a beginner-intermediate solo improvising guitar lesson.

When soloing, as guitarists it is very easy for us to fall into the temptation of just running through scales without any logical thought behind. Guitar is a very shape based instrument. We have shapes of chords, triads, of scales… all we have to do is to move them around the frets and we’ll have a different key.

However, to write perfect solos every single time we need to know a little more than just the key and the scale we’ll use. We want to sound coherent, we want to sound great. And in this video you’ll learn a few things you need to keep in mind every time you solo or improvise.

Are you still struggling to use the whole fretboard to solo? Are you still stuck on only one or two shapes and you can’t connect all the scales? It’s time to get over this limitation.

Learn a few great ways to connect the notes of your fretboard so that you can use the totality of your instrument. Break this limitation down by following the steps I teach in this lesson.

I was never very big in learning other guitarists solos. I can't ever remember sitting down and learning note-by-note of a solo. Rather, I learn the structure of the solo, how it starts, how it develops and how it ends. Learn also the key parts that make that solo amazing. But I never learn note-by-note.

But why is it so important for guitarists to learn other guitarists' solos?

More important than learning note-by-note of a solo, is to learn what is the thought behind it, the techniques and the main ideas that you can borrow to implemento on your own vocabulary. It is to make your guitar playing better that you learn other guitarists solos, and not for the sake of copying someone's music abilities.

In this video I’ll show you an example of a solo I learned (not note-by-note) and how I used to shape my own playing.

If you love guitar, you certainly love a beautiful memorable guitar solo. A solo that you can feel what the guitarist is expressing, a solo that inspires you, that touches and connects to the listener.

In this video I’ll break down both my techniques and my mindset when I write my solos. Learn the tools that make a great solo apply them to your soloing today! 

Learn how to make your guitar solos more musical, meaningful and how to connect to the music and the listener.

If you love guitar, you certainly love a beautiful memorable guitar solo. A solo that you can feel what the guitarist is expressing, a solo that inspires you, that touches and connects to the listener.

In this video I’ll break down both my techniques and my mindset when I write my solos. Learn the tools that make a great solo apply them to your soloing today!

Learn how to make your guitar solos more musical, meaningful and how to connect to the music and the listener.

Double-Stops is one of the most expressive techniques on guitar. You can use it when soloing, improving, composing and even in your rhythm section.

In this lesson I will help you to start using this amazing technique that, in my opinion, is essential and a must have for every Rea Lead Guitarist.

Grab your guitar and learn this, so you can start using this technique right away.

Many of my students come to me asking the same question: How to start soloing on guitar?

If you want a shortcut and start soloing right away, this is the best way you can start soloing in any key & genre.

With only these four notes you’ll learn on this lesson, you can do so much! All you need is to understand how to apply them and how to make the difference between major and minor keys.

Grab your guitar and have fun!