So you wanna jam??
You wanna run the fretboard??
You wanna be the next guitar hero??
So do I! But it is most likely that both of us are far from the latter status. Achieving the first two abilities may not be so hard. Here are a few things I do when soloing or improvising on guitar:
-Know and use a lot of licks/riffs from your favorite guitar players. When I was first learning to play guitar, I would learn and memorize guitar parts of my favorite players on my favorite songs. That means I was copying all of B.B. King's guitar licks, on nearly every one of his recordings, the best that I could. I did this for many other guitar players like Albert Collins, Freddie King, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, etc...
-From your "library" of learned riffs mix, match, alter, and blend them they way you think sounds good. Hopefully the audience will agree.
-Know your scales. You can learn these from wikipedia "Jazz Scales." Use the scales that match the Harmony of your song. You might want to use some of those other notes in the scales that were not previously used by another player.
-Try different rhythms, long notes, stops, and funk it up or straighten it out.
-Take all the above mentioned ideas then improvise your own improvisation.
If all else fails, you can light your guitar on fire like Hendrix; someone is bound to think that it's cool.
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