Hey that’s me too . Great idea 💡

i hope more people upvote this for jack to see.

that is not from lack of soloing experience and know-how as it is from needing more rhythm experience. you need to have seamless rhythm to have the possibility for steady soloing. if you lose track of the backing track, you need to practice your rhythm until you don't lose track of it, whether soloing or playing chords. you need to be able to hear proper subdivisions of the beat... great lead playing is great rhythm playing applied to riffs, runs, licks, etc. from what you are describing and im guessing your general level, you need to be able to play in time first before soloing well. practice rhythm and simple licks. start with a simple lick to the metronome. try to play the lick in 4 beats, then 2 (doubling the speed... this is important to practice as versatile lead involves runs at different rhythmic subdivisions of the bpm, for example triplets). then try in 3 beats. then apply this to more and more licks until it becomes natural and you are instinctively able to play the licks in your arsenal at almost any speed in numerous subdivisions. then its just a matter of expanding your vocab later on once you are playing in time. it kinda sounds like you are thinking of what your playing needs in terms of vocab, fretting-hand techniques, fretboard knowledge... i used to have the same question/issue for years when i used to solo cause it never sounded quite right or like what i heard in my head. the thing i learned later on that i wish i was told a lot earlier is that you need to have your rhythm at a pretty reliable level as it applies to everything including lead before you can really dive deeply into soloing. think about it - a great rhythm player does not need to be a great lead player, but a great lead player MUST be a great rhythm player. Rhythm is the backbone of music... great lead is eloquent melodic runs that is well timed

@@kalorakalora thanks for the advice! I generally can play in time pretty well when I play a specific riff or lick, the problem I was describing relates more to having to come up with a melody AND kepping up with the backing track, it just seems too much for my brain. That said, I have recently changed my practice method and it seems to be working, so I'm making progress. Now it's just a metter of being consistent with training, which is what I have been laking the most since I have a full time job. But I'm managing to at least play 10 mins a day, and I can see decent results.

@elchema You don't get my comment. I don't ask for him to explain how his solo works but how he builds it WHILE IMPROVISING. "I play the 6th because I like the sound of it over that chord". Ok, that's great, but why are you playing it right there and not in the previous beat? How are you building up your solo, what story are you trying to tell? That's something that goes beyond music theory, it has to do with the personal style of the player and why they choose to use music theory the way they do. Many great players probably don't even think conciously while. Why would he play a fast lick right there, play an arpeggio just after that, play a series of dissonant notes on another beat? Musich theory explains WHAT you are doing, not WHY you are doing it.

It’s really not as big a difference as you might think. It can make chords slightly more uncomfortable high on the neck due to the edges becoming sharper on thumb side due to the diagonal middle section. if you play with a wrap around thumb but if you play classically thumb on the back of the neck it’s superior for lead. Just gives you a little more leverage and your thumb won’t slip. I really like mine. Never have to tune it even after using whammy, it’s always in, light as fuck and looks awesome. It’s a pain to get in tune but given it rarely needs tuning it’s not a big deal.

haha good one

ya, i wish to have it too 😊

Wow you really ARE a "goodfellow" 😆

Scrub that - I’ve found it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMpkq8phzZ7alHU.html

also, I've been playing the guitar for 14 years and I'd never been in this position

Phil Doughty Thanks man! Whilst that totally works for some people, I really like to treat each chord separately - thinking of the intervals in relation to the changing root notes/chords. I just fear doing it the other way could lean into the ‘D Dorian is all the white notes’ kind of vibe 😉

@@JackGardiner Gotcha & I agree with the 'Dorian all white notes' thing is not a particularly good way to learn/hear modes. It wasn't until I started learning each scale on the same starting note (ie:5th fret, low E string) that I could finally differentiate the characteristics of each mode. I'm looking forward to more vids of melodic minor modes

@@JackGardiner really cool video !!! where can i by this lesson with the two backing tracks for practice it ?? thank you so much :)