GuitarManac

Intermediate

Your first solos

Learn to play your own guitar solos over backing tracks.

10 lessons in 4 chapters

Start the course

What you'll learn

Your own solos over a band.

  • Pentatonic box 1
  • Phrases and the root
  • Call and answer
  • Slides, hammer-ons, bends
  • Any key

What's inside

Chapter 2 · Phrases and the root

  1. 3Ending on the rootThe note that makes a phrase sound finished.
  2. 4Call and answerMake one phrase ask a question and the next one answer it.
  3. 5Your soloYour own solo over a slow blues, with everything so far.

Chapter 3 · Slides, hammer-ons and bends

  1. 6SlidesGlide from one note to the next for a smoother, singing line.
  2. 7Hammer-ons and pull-offsNotes played with the fretting hand alone, for fast, smooth runs.
  3. 8Bends and vibratoBends and vibrato: the sounds that make a guitar sing.

Chapter 4 · New backing tracks

  1. 9Move the boxSlide the box up the neck and solo in a new key.
  2. 10A happy soundThe same box, a pop track, and suddenly it sounds happy.

Good next courses

Questions

How long is Your first solos?

10 lessons in 4 chapters, about 43 min in all. Each lesson takes 4 to 5 minutes, so one a day fits around anything.

What do I need before I start?

You can press a string down cleanly and pick one string at a time. A guitar in standard tuning; the tuner in the app gets you there.

Is Your first solos free?

You can try the start of it for free, no account needed. The lessons marked with the pick come with Pro, which opens every course.

What should I learn after this?

Good next courses are The blues.