How To Solo On The Guitar: A Step-by-Step Improv System (Beginner / Advanced) | Jamie Ellis Guitar | Skillshare

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    • 1.

      Course Introduction

      2:02

    • 2.

      1.1 - Your First Solo

      13:01

    • 3.

      1.2 - Play What You Hear In Your Head

      7:22

    • 4.

      1.3 - Common Pentatonic Licks

      5:19

    • 5.

      1.4 - How To Get More From Your Licks

      5:26

    • 6.

      1.5 - Assignment

      1:23

    • 7.

      2.1 - How To Follow The Harmony

      7:00

    • 8.

      2.2 - Using Arpeggios To Find Chord Tones

      8:21

    • 9.

      2.3 - Arpeggio Solo Breakdown

      5:33

    • 10.

      2.4 - The Blue Note

      4:18

    • 11.

      2.5 - Assignment

      9:48

    • 12.

      3.1 - Soloing Over A Major Blues

      8:39

    • 13.

      3.2 - Blending Major And Minor

      7:43

    • 14.

      3.3 - Changing Positions To Follow The Harmony

      3:18

    • 15.

      3.4 - Exploring The B.B Box

      4:25

    • 16.

      3.5 - Assignment

      0:41

    • 17.

      4.1 - Opening The Fretboard

      5:02

    • 18.

      4.2 - Soloing With The 5 Pentatonic Shapes

      6:10

    • 19.

      4.3 - Exploring Chord Tones Across The Neck

      9:44

    • 20.

      4.5 - Adding Extra Colour To Our Pentatonic Shapes

      2:51

    • 21.

      4.5 - Assignment

      0:43

    • 22.

      5.1 - Soloing Over Diatonic Changes

      10:37

    • 23.

      5.2 - Soloing In Different Keys

      4:14

    • 24.

      5.3 - Assignment

      0:56

How To Solo On The Guitar: A Step-by-Step Improv System (Beginner / Advanced)

Jamie Ellis Guitar, I Help People Master The Guitar!

About This Class

Learn how to turn scales into musical solos (without guessing what to play) with my new step by step improv course. 

Designed to take complete beginners through to advanced improvisers, this course teaches you:

- How to play what you hear in your head

- How to get the most from your licks and phrases

- How to construct solos using the pentatonic scales

- How to blend major and minor sounds over a Blues

- How to follow the harmony to sound intentional when playing

- And so much more! 

Each module finishes with a mini assignment which you can submit to me for professional feedback and guidance.

Trusted by thousands of guitar players, my programs have helped countless students reach their guitar goals through my real world experience as a working session guitar player. In this program, I'll be teaching you the exact skills I use daily to improvise on the guitar and finally help you break free from robotic box scale shapes.

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