If you are struggling to make music with any scale whatever I would de-pluralise that and narrow your options down to one and one only.
… can’t seem to grasp how being good with scales translates to smooth soloing
Again, narrowing your options down will remove some of the overwhelming choice and challenging of knowing what to play, when to play it, how to play it etc.
… I took private lessons for a while last year and focused only on scales and still came out confused.
Oh dear.
He said just play what you feel while I play the rhythm.
I try to refrain from being critical of others. It does sound like you needed more in the way of demonstration and guidance and coaching.
I did a little bit but to this day I can in no way add a solo to a song
A song is a long time to solo. Again, narrowing things down, restricting the limits, will help. Solo over one chord only. Solo over two chords for only four bars say. Not a song of many chords lasting several minutes.
This week I started with C since there are no sharps or flats , starting on the 8th fret.
You mean the C major scale, pattern 1, the E-shape? Do you want to learn to solo in major keys and using the major scale? If so then fine. You will be creating melodic lead guitar lines more than tearing up some killer licks. A more user-friendly and accessibly scale might be the minor pentatonic scale and something a little more lick based and blues infused.
Very easy there ( 8-10-12, 8-10-12 on fifth and 9 -10 on fourth)
It seems your guitar teacher taught you the 3-notes-per-string system. Justin and many, many others prefer to teach the CAGED system as a first choice. 3 NPS can come later once you are accomplished and maybe want to specialise on the sort of lead guitar playing that uses a lot of fast legato up and down the fretbaord.
I’m trying this again after several failures … hoping for different results lol. Thank you
Use this topic
In conjunction with the first six lessons here
