How To Play The Scales?
I know most of you older Fretters are saying “NOT AGIAN”, but I have to beat this mental block I have on soloing.
So my question is: when learning to solo is it best to stay within one octave? For example, if I play in the key of “C” major starting at the 3rd fret – 2nd string, do I just play up to the next “C” (5th fret – 3r string)? Should I stay there and practice? The same question applies to playing in the keys of “C” major or minor?
For some mental block reason I can not get away from playing the scale up across the strings and then back down. I can not for the life of me figure out how to skip notes or play across strings.
Does anybody have any dynamite? I am really getting frustrated with this soloing thing. Maybe I should just stick with rhythm playing.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Guitars:
Electric: Washburn HB-30, Squier Tele Custom Deluxe, Jay Turser Strat.
Acoustic: Seagull S6.
AMPs: VOX AD30VT, Peavey Envoy 110.
Modelers: V-AMP 2, Digitech RP-100A.
Pedals: Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, Digitech Bad Monkey, Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo, DOD VFX40B 7-Band Graphic EQ, Ibanez CS-5 Super Chorus.