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NKF has been working on a new song in which I will be carrying all the lead solo parts.
As our vocalist have been looping in practice with the rythym section to work out the dynamic, I have been searching for / constructing the lead guitar parts. After discovering what sounds best to my ear as far as some of the basic note structure for the leads I took and compared these to various printed scale patterns on this site

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php

During practice last night I used the B melodic minor scale as a guide to expand and develop some more lead for the song.

I have found the web site noted above to be a lot of help so I thought I would mention it for any of you whom might be interested, or are like myself very spatially oriented and or not yet experienced enough to play totally by ear.

There are over 100 scale variations from all parts of the world as well as other useful information such as:

guitar chords guitar scales scales to chords chord progressions glossary songs arpeggio guitar licks misc.
chord name reverse scales chords to scale metronome forums tuner jam lessons links
video lessons
new transposer circle of 5ths wap

Great site. I lost it years ago after a computer crash. Glad you posted.

Thats an awesome link Sans. My Favorite scales and modes are the minor ones: Phrygian, Aeolian, Locrian and Jazz scales like Melodic Minor and Altered Dominant.

Your welcome Scratchy.

jsantos, I'll have to look those over as so far I have left them overlooked.

Something about those scales, of which the name I cannot pronounce.

Thanks Sans, awesome site! I had to subscribe. I've been wanting to learn Jazz too. Might be a good idea to check some reviews, and if all is good, possibly buy the book and DVD set!

Your welcome Krul.
I've been using the site for sometime now mostly just for research & practice information.

Don't recall whom turned me on to it.
But I,m glad they did.

Heck, why not just use the relative D major?

philbymon wrote:Heck, why not just use the relative D major?

Okay you're showing off your brilliance again

Mary, I'm about as "brilliant" as a dashboard light bulb...perhaps a burned out one, at that!

For me it's all about patterns as related to sound.
I have what I call a semi photographic memory. ( when it works )
Works best with patterns and colors. I passed my Anatomy and Physiology exams by first memorizing all the vocabulary and then relating them to function in my notebook with five different color pens. I could close my eyes and see the page when I felt stumped. And though I could not "read" the page word for word the colored patterns were enough to open my brain files to retrieve the information.

As related to guitar.
If I can see the pattern in my head I am a lot more likely to remain in key as I whittle out my part.
None of the lead work I do on any of our songs is written out note for note.
And I rarely play them the exact same note for note.
More of a guided improvisational.

If there is such a thing.

sanshouheil wrote:For me it's all about patterns as related to sound.
I have what I call a semi photographic memory. ( when it works )
Works best with patterns and colors. I passed my Anatomy and Physiology exams by first memorizing all the vocabulary and then relating them to function in my notebook with five different color pens. I could close my eyes and see the page when I felt stumped. And though I could not "read" the page word for word the colored patterns were enough to open my brain files to retrieve the information.

As related to guitar.
If I can see the pattern in my head I am a lot more likely to remain in key as I whittle out my part.
None of the lead work I do on any of our songs is written out note for note.
And I rarely play them the exact same note for note.
More of a guided improvisational.

If there is such a thing.

Sans, you are right. Yes, guided improvisation is a good word for it. I have about 3 jazz exercise books for that very purpose. They aren't meant to teach you to improvise actually. It makes your fingers move in the key that you want to play in so that you can use your imagination for improvisation. But at the same time, you should have your pieces written out because it is your piece, your invention. You want to have "record" of it.

philbymon wrote:Mary, I'm about as "brilliant" as a dashboard light bulb...perhaps a burned out one, at that!

Yeah, Philby...I was being sarcastic