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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on March 17, 2012 at 11:00pm

Hello Steve,

 

Give this a try to start:

 

Open string, Fret 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 (Major Scale)

Or:

Open string, Fret 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 (Pentatonic Scale)

 

Enjoy, Keni Lee 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 18, 2012 at 6:34am

Steve,

Yep. Scales. You can start on most any note, and make a wide variety of pleasing sounds. Follow Keni's advice. Also, allow yourself to " discover" pleasing-to-your-ear note combinations while noodling around. Listen to fragments of your favorite guitar leads; try to duplicate 3, 4 and 5 note runs ( don't try to be Jimmy Page or Joe Satriani all at once!). Notice where these occur on the fretboard. Listen to fragments of piano and horn solos you like; try to work out a few of them, piece by piece.

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