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.

Even though we’ll use the same Pentatonic scale to create our solos, the minor blues sound very different from the major one. It has a much darker sound, it’s moody and serious, but at the same time it’s beautiful and very powerful.

In this lesson you’ll learn a few of the best ways to start soloing over the minor blues using the pentatonic plus adding a few notes to it to have amazing results.

As a guitarist, I always loved the so-called Lead Guitar parts. The riffs, the solos, the hooks, so I always wanted to become one. So much so that, for a while, I never really cared for the chords and the rhythm session of the band. The reality is that the solo or the hook is just a small part of the song. Actually, 90% of a song will be chords and rhythm.

It didn’t take long for me to understand that I had to get into the rhythm part in order to be able to be part of a band. And then is when I realized that to become a great Lead Guitarist, I first needed to be a great Rhythm Guitarist. I cannot be a great Lead if I have no clue what is going on in the Rhythm session. And you know what? Once you get it right, it will be one of the most fun things to do.

In this video I’ll give you an example of a song I play at church, called Great Things, by Phil Wickham. There are some very cool parts, hooks and dynamics that can make your guitar playing very fun.

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.

What really are the skills someone needs to master in order to become a real lead guitarist?

A real lead guitarist is him who can play guitar in any genre, any key, can play rhythm, create layers of guitars, cut through the mix. And can also solo and improvise in any genre, tell a story when soloing, connect to the listener.

In this video you will learn the most effective way to layer guitar, create lead lines, create different textures and dynamics using a very simple concept of the Power Chords. You’ll connect the notes and shapes of chords, opening your options in an almost endless way.

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!