Improvise Your First Guitar Solo in 4 Steps

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

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[@allengoffy7021]

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[@christianhoffman7407]

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[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@christianhoffman7407 The sale is over now. But I will likely have a new promotion going over the holidays. As long as you're on my email list, you'll hear about it when it's happening. :)

[@christianhoffman7407]

I'm sure you must be busy but am I to assume a ❤ means it will be? I know I ask a lot of questions. Thank you for what you do.

[@anderskrog4340]

Thank you for the best guitar lessons on KZbin. The advice on playing only the root note of every chord for some time before starting to actually improvise was a big game changer for me because i have time to imagine the solo before playing it.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you liked it! Thanks so much for watching :)

[@nihal_347]

Just don't even stop. You've test me a lot and still teaching. You're one of the best guitar teacher on yt. And thanks for all of these free videos.

[@HiusLighting]

Agreed

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Zero plans to ever stop! I love making these videos. 😊

[@leoneldormes6739]

I've seen a TON of videos on how to improvise on guitar and by far this is the best. No rushing, no overly complicated terms, just simple and progressive teaching. Please keep this up!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks so much!

[@jas22]

This was so helpful I can't even explain. I for a long time have understood the pentatonic scale. I've understood what a key is. What I didn't know was how to phrase the question which is how are these tied together to make you a competent player? This video incredibly just took years of confusion and made it make sense..... I feel like I just had a baby or something! I need a smoke. Consider me subscribed....

[@SKOVDEPETE]

I’ve seen a lot of instructional videos over the years. Keeping it simple is key. Who hasn’t struggled with the pentatonic and trying to make it work. Your approach of slow and methodical… landing on the root pictured in both note and number simply made so much sense. All of a sudden it makes sense “traveling around the root” and landing on the root at each chord change. IT’S KINDA LIKE LEARNING TO SWIM OR RIDE A BIKE WITHOUT SUPPORT WHEELS AND LIFE VEST… and going wherever mind wants to… THANK YOU SO MUCH. This was my first stop at your place. I’ll be coming back for seconds and thirds … and more 🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you so much for watching!! Glad it worked for you.

[@shankszxc]

the best guitar videos I've watched as a beginner

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@kees2616]

Wow! Just what I needed for my 63 old brain. Started about 6 months ago. I made some progression on the fretboard but my brain didn't get it with the Major and Minor scales mixing together. Thanks Andrew! God Bless you from the Netherlands. 🙏🏻🕊🤝👋

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

So glad I could help! 😊

[@musicismylife6482]

Wow you just unlocked my soloing skill thanks a lot ❤❤❤❤❤

[@strangehyenas]

Cheers! This was handy to explain to a friend how to solo for their first time!

[@RyanSidorowicz]

thank you very much for the in depth explanation without over complicating any steps along the way. Insanely helpful video.

[@SILENTkiller07-y4x]

Best teacher in youtube i ever found keep it up sir❤

[@Bugkiller-]

The best teacher. Like you are the only one that just breaks it down, moves slow, answers the questions I’m asking myself in my mind! It’s insane. I’m not self-taught, I’m Andrew Clarke’s student.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I appreciate those words so much. Thank you.

[@huntermushero9362]

This is great started video. Im watching before I teach a friend. For other people who are new to improvising, a great next step would be to learn the cage system. Seeing the many different ways to play a chord and where those chords exist in your scale shapes will help you find all the chord tones. (Not just the root). Everyone should start here though. Finding the root is priority one.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Totally! From here I like to teach the CAGED shapes for all diatonic chords in this position. And then reduce those shapes down into their triads as well. Thanks for watching!

[@huntermushero9362]

@ It took me way to long to figure that out on my own lol. Thank you for what you do for new musicians!

[@kyrizma6341]

This guide makes so much sense! Thanks so much

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're so welcome!

[@joescatton-np8xr]

Andrew you’re a fantastic teacher!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you so much!

[@xt00gaming]

Love this video

[@99vkh]

This is cool and very nice and helpful to nail down the basics first and then branch out step by step to play melodic solos! Well done and looking forward to more such good lessons 👏👏👌🎸🎸👍

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! More to come!

[@Razn1917]

Thank you for explaining soloing in a way that i can understand! 👍

[@Guitarpaul666]

This is very good, and helps very much with guitar solos, thanks.

[@dopeman4969]

This was the exact video I’ve been looking for, thanks man

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

So glad you found it helpful!

[@christianhoffman7407]

I love your user name 🤣. No surprise you are a musician.

[@dopeman4969]

@@christianhoffman7407 hahaha thank you! It’s a reference to NWA’s song with the same title

[@1974xaviers]

Thanks for another good lesson..much appreciated 👍

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@johnCjr4671]

Thanks for a simplified explaination of basic improvising within a Key . 😊

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

My pleasure!

[@keithbarker-e4q]

Thats s o good. I m hopeless at folowing anything system wise, but this really helps. Thank you.

[@vonwynn7447]

The guitar man !👍

[@mikem668]

Stunning demo, especially the first part on chord tones. Perfect balance of ear and "theory," although pure beginners are unlikely to know much if any theory. One point and a question. Knowing or picking out the melody would complement your idea if you are working on a known song. I don't always do it explicitly, but I probably should. The question is this... Is it true that any other major scale starting on different note will sound bad? My guess is No, though of course most will. This is a fantastic approach. Wish I'd seen it years ago. Best of luck and thanks.

[@generalbystander1631]

Ty

[@dinhhhiep]

When i see Andrew’s course i click purchase, without a doubt. Great job buddy!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're the best. Thank you so much 🙏

[@dinhhhiep]

no you are Andrew!

[@HonestlyHolistic]

OMG thank you so much, this helped a lot

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're welcome!

[@limzlkrz5922]

Please make a video how to improve our speed in soloing guitar/ lead🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Catinagalaxy]

Please

[@hartcons]

I wondered why so many songs hung out in the same area. like the beginning of fly me to the moon that I learned or a part of black magic woman. it's just the C major scale (or maybe a mode like D Dorian)! nice to know I don't always have to try to play a chord tone. this is the most useful guitar video I've seen today :) kidding aside, this was like an aha moment.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's awesome! Glad I could help :)

[@shylaharlalka]

Awesome video! Can you make a video about major and minor dyad chords and how they fit into different key signatures?

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I believe it's best to start with triads right away. In learning those, you'll automatically learn all your diatonic dyads, which I typically would teach alongside intervals anyway. I'll try to think of a good way to work that into a single video. Cheers!

[@shylaharlalka]

@@andrewclarkeguitar That's great to hear! I've been playing guitar for quite a while, so I know most of my open-chord triads well. I've been excited to experiment with adding two-string dyads into my music using major and minor shapes. A video on that should be good.

[@jonesmiller8405]

The scale he’s showing at 8:58, the A minor/ C major scale, can you also play the C major pentatonic (I think that’s what it’s called anyways) where it basically starts at the 8th fret of the low E string. And play both of those together? It’s what I’ve been doing

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Yes! You got it.

[@jonesmiller8405]

@ yeah I rmbr it from one of your other videos, thanks for making these

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@ my pleasure!

[@jasonq111]

Andrew, u explain this stuff better than any teacher I’ve found, however, I’m still kinda lost. I’m an intermediate player (and hobbyist) but also a perfectionist so I want to understand theory and know what I’m doing. I can play open chords, barre chords, some solos, etc but have no idea what I’m actually doing. I’m a person that needs to take small chunks and digest things. I’m wondering if I should find a local teacher to learn theory. Thx for the videos.

[@djculous]

The quad cortex just blinking on the back 👀

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Ahaha, you noticed

[@djculous]

Can't afford it all i can do is to look at it 😂

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@djculous I had to sell an amp I've had for years to buy it. But it's worth it!

[@djculous]

@@andrewclarkeguitar it is ridiculously expensive! I ended up buying a cheap multi effects haha.. all i have is a cheap strat, practice amp and the multi effects. That's all i need and i'm not good at guitar anyway 😂

[@falconjgc]

One day Ill get to this point.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You got this 🙌

[@Unknownnnnn0]

I’m a bit confused by “ random note “ i tried to watch your hands it didn’t seem to play anything, also by saying that, did you mean any note literally or the seven note shown on the video. Thank you.

[@marianogudino8087]

Yes he plays, he refers to another note of the scale that is not the chord tone

[@Unknownnnnn0]

@ Thank you so much I was confused

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

It looks like your question has already been answered. But I'm just playing a random note from the 7 notes in the scale I'm showing. Cheers!

[@deandee8082]

WWGCD?

[@deandee8082]

do re me fa so la ti do?

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

my jazz improv teacher isn't gonna know hit him 😄

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

😂

[@officialWWM]

This is really good but it does rely on the player knowing the note names of each fret, something beginners often take a long time to learn. Of course, the magic really happens when the minor pentatonic and the major scale are combined but then you are back playing in a box again…