You can become a great lead guitarist! This site is dedicated to improving your guitar solos, electric guitar playing, lead guitar technique, adding new licks and chops, music theory related to soloing, solo improvisation and composition and learning new solos.
How do we do this? We've got some great tools and guitar solo lessons for you here.
Don't
know where to start? Fortunately we have a section just for you! Check out our
getting started section if you feel lost.
Find it difficult to keep motivated? Take our free beginner email lead guitar course to keep you on track or check out guitar trainer to find out exactly where your at now and how best to improve.
Are you complete beginner guitarist? Want to play your first improvisation? We'll guide you though it.
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Guitar Solo Content
Guitar Solo Home - News and new pages will be posted here so check regularly.
Search - You can search our whole site here and easily find exactly what you are looking for.
Getting Started - Learn to read guitar tab, understand the minor pentatonic scale, learn some simple licks and chops, read a little on music theory and try your first improvisation!
Guitar Trainer - Unique to Strumdog.co.uk you have guitar trainer. A tool that will pin point exactly the areas you are weakest in and give you advice, tailored to you on how to improve.
Guitar Scales - Learn to read scale diagrams and understand how scales are actually constructed. Get to grips with modes and how best to apply them. Learn all the most commonly used scales and how to play and practice them properly.
Finger Exercises - If your fingers are like spaghetti you won't play well! Learn to strengthen your fingers and tailor your exercises to improve specific areas of your playing.
Guitar Technique - Having good lead guitar technique is one of the best ways to improve your solos and sound professional. Here you will learn ALL the common lead guitar techniques, what they are, how to use them and how to play them fluidly and easily.
Guitar Theory - Or the thorn in most musicians side "music theory". A lot of guitarists ignore this area WAY too much. Don't be one of them! We tell you what you need to know and only what you need to know to become a better lead guitarist.
Solo Improvisation and Composition - The fun part! This is really what guitar solos are al about, creating your own. Learn what to play, where to play and when.
Solos To Learn - Get tips, tabs, videos and advice on how to play a selection of great guitar solos.
Guitar Legends - Read about your favourite guitar players here.
Lead Guitar E Course - Sign up to our FREE lead guitarist email course and get lessons each week to improve your playing.
Articles and Misc Guitar Lessons - Get extra lessons and read relevant articles here.
