Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Melodic Soloing in 10 Days
    Melodic Soloing in 10 Days
    Melodic Soloing in 10 Days
    Ebook52 pages20 minutes

    Melodic Soloing in 10 Days

    By Graham Tippett

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Have you ever seen those guitarists that sound like they know exactly what they’re doing when they’re improvising? They just seem to hit all the right notes while their playing sounds crisp and melodic, as if they’d planned it all out beforehand, or were born with a God-given sense of melody. I’d always wondered how on earth they were able to come up with such melodic and flowing lines, thinking that they must simply be gifted, or have done some serious woodshedding. Then, during one unforgettable class at music college the door was opened to a method for playing and thinking as melodically and as effortlessly as they did, and this is what I want to share with you in this eBook.


    This book provides a scale-pattern free perspective on improvising, and can be used by guitarists of any level from beginners who have begun to explore scales, right up to intermediate and advanced players who are perhaps looking to become more melodic, go beyond scale patterns, or have far more control over what they play when improvising. The book is based on a 10-day program of studying and practicing the material for approximately 2 hours a day. As everyone works at a different pace, you may be able to accomplish more in one day than is scheduled in the eBook; this is fine as long as you have internalized the information before moving on.


    If you’ve been playing for just a year or two, then you may find you need to spend a couple of days for each ‘Day’ in the eBook; this is fine too as the point is to understand and internalize the material, not rush to the end. All in all, this 10-day 'retreat' will do wonders for your ability to play what you want when you take a solo, and to demystify the process of improvisation on the guitar. Includes backing tracks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnlock the Guitar
    Release dateOct 8, 2016
    Melodic Soloing in 10 Days

    Read more from Graham Tippett

    Related to Melodic Soloing in 10 Days

    Related ebooks

    Music For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      200 WAYS To Be A Better Player

      Aug 23, 2019

      While there is much pleasure to be had in owning guitars, which are undeniably beautiful things, nothing will enhance your enjoyment of the instrument more than learning how to play it a little better each day. The clue is in the name: it’s an instru

      44 min read

    • Article

      50 Licks Of The Legends

      Aug 28, 2019

      Welcome to this giant feature that celebrates issue 300 of Guitar Techniques magazine. I first became a contributor back in issue 137 and couldn’t in my wildest dreams have foreseen enjoying being part of over 150 issues covering many of my favourite

      10 min read

    • Article

      The Art of Voice Leading

      Oct 22, 2019

      AT THE BEGINNING of every guitarist’s musical journey, you learn a set of open “cowboy” chords and barre chords — a few major, minor and 7th shapes that set you on your way to playing every song in an “easy guitar” songbook. But where do you go after

      9 min read

    • Article

      Altered Scale Soloing

      May 5, 2021

      Altered Scale Soloing
      3 min read

    • Article

      No amps allowed! 10 UNPLUGGED GREATS

      Jul 1, 2021

      The acoustic guitar is a beautifully expressive instrument. It’s been used on thousands of hit records in all genres, from country to pop, blues to rock, grunge even hip-hop ( Govan Rascal anyone?). Singer-songwriters armed with a handful of open cho

      6 min read

    • Article

      50 Rock Licks

      Oct 21, 2020

      Welcome to this unabashed celebration of rock guitar. The aim of the lesson is to provide you with some core concepts and techniques which will help you build a really good vocabulary in a whole range of rock guitar styles. The guitar is one of the k

      10 min read

    • Article

      Pentatonic Puzzle Pieces

      Aug 27, 2019

      THINK OF A famous rock guitar solo and chances are the minor pentatonic scale lies at its foundation. For many of us, minor pentatonic was the first scale we ever learned to play. But a lot of guitarists rely on only one pattern or position for the s

      8 min read

    • Article

      Jazz Arpeggio Soloing Pt1

      Sep 21, 2022

      Jazz Arpeggio Soloing Pt1
      4 min read

    • Article

      Blues Comping 101

      Jun 30, 2020

      IN A GUITARIST’S life, few things are as fun and gratifying as jamming out on a 12-bar blues progression with a friend, a band or even by yourself. And sure, the soloing part is a blast, but as with many different musical styles, your primary role in

      10 min read

    • Article

      Irregular Time Signatures

      Jun 18, 2019

      Irregular Time Signatures
      4 min read

    • Article

      2020 Guitar Workout

      Jan 21, 2020

      2020 Guitar Workout
      10 min read

    • Article

      Speed Finale

      Jan 15, 2020

      Speed Finale
      3 min read

    • Article

      Learn To Read Music!

      May 5, 2021

      Okay, so we’ve all heard the joke. ‘How do you make a guitarist stop playing? Stick a piece of music in front of him!’ As amusing (or not!) as this may be, it’s true that there are many of us that don’t read music at all. And while this is no great d

      26 min read

    • Article

      Rockabilly Licks

      Dec 15, 2021

      Brought to you by… Rockabilly is a term that describes the melting pot of styles that emerged as one of the earliest offshoots of rock and roll music in the early 1950s. Rock and roll had emerged in the US during the late 1940s, and itself was a mixt

      4 min read

    • Article

      Phil Hilborne’s One-minute Lick

      May 5, 2021

      THIS MONTH’S LICK uses A Blues scale throughout – A-C-D-E b -E-G. My aim was to show some typical melodic‘moves’when using this scale. Notice how the one note that sets it apart from a regular Minor Pentatonic - the ‘blue note’or b 5 (E b ) - is main

      1 min read

    • Article

      50 Indispensable Pentatonic Licks!

      Jan 15, 2020

      Let’s start with a question: What makes a guitar solo memorable? Of course there’s no single answer, but the one I’m thinking of is ‘the lick that jumps out and makes you think... Wow! Now that was nice.’ I’m talking about that elusive set of notes t

      11 min read

    • Article

      Caged Scales

      Jan 21, 2020

      Caged Scales
      1 min read

    • Article

      Ultimate Sweep Picking

      Aug 26, 2020

      If there was ever a technique that’s both feared and revered, its sweep picking. Sweep picking gets some bad press, and to some it’s written off as nothing more than ‘show boating’, or for playing the soundtrack to Super Mario. But sweep picking has

      10 min read

    • Article

      Session Shenanigans

      Feb 10, 2021

      Session Shenanigans
      3 min read

    • Article

      Slash Chords Crash Course

      Aug 25, 2020

      Slash Chords Crash Course
      4 min read

    • Article

      60 Years Of Legato

      Jan 12, 2022

      60 Years Of Legato
      9 min read

    • Article

      Play Tastier Licks!

      Jul 29, 2020

      If you look at the history of popular contemporary music there was a point, a little less than a century ago, when the distinction between what constituted blues and what defined jazz was a little arbitrary to say the least, with many artists widely

      7 min read

    • Article

      Minor Pentatonic Riffs

      Oct 26, 2020

      Minor Pentatonic Riffs
      2 min read

    • Article

      Freak Out! 21 GROOVE GUITAR GREATS!

      Sep 22, 2021

      Welcome to this exclusive lesson looking at the pop, funk, soul, and disco rhythm styles that have powered the charts for over half a century. The aim of this lesson is to provide you with some core techniques and concepts to help you build a good vo

      8 min read

    • Article

      Play Like… David Gilmour

      Apr 5, 2023

      Play Like… David Gilmour
      10 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Melodic Soloing in 10 Days

    4/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Melodic Soloing in 10 Days - Graham Tippett

      Contents

      Introduction

      Day 1

      Interval Awareness: b7 (the flat seven)

      Interval Awareness: 4 (the perfect fourth)

      Day 1 Checkpoint

      Day 2

      Interval Awareness 2 (the two), b6 (the flat six)

      Day 2 Checkpoint

      Day 3

      Interval Awareness: 6 (the natural six)

      Day 3 Checkpoint

      Day 4

      Interval Awareness: 7 (natural seven)

      Day 4 Checkpoint

      Day 5

      The Lydian Mode

      The Mixolydian Mode

      Interval Awareness: #4 (the sharp four)

      Bonus: The Blues Scale

      Day 5 Checkpoint

      Day 6

      The Dorian Mode

      The Phrygian Mode

      Interval Awareness: b2 (the flat two)

      Day 6 Checkpoint

      Day 7

      The Locrian Mode

      Day 7 Checkpoint

      Day 8

      The Lydian Augmented Scale

      The Ionian #5 Scale

      Day 8 Checkpoint

      Day 9

      Day 10

      Scale Formulas

      More from Unlock the Guitar

      Graham Tippett © 2016

      Introduction

      Have you ever seen those guitarists that sound like they know exactly what they’re doing when they’re improvising? They just seem to hit all the right notes while their playing sounds

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1