How do you improvise your own lead?

[student of rock]

Hi,i've been playing the guitar for the last 2 years..
How do you improvise your own lead in a song or a battle?

[samuelfianza]

choose the notes you like. that's it.

[Freak]

Learn your scales kid...

and good luck to the cyber bullies 

[Strawb3rryCake]

experience    adlib lang nang adlib, cover lang nang cover, aral lang nang aral,  hindi biro ang mag improvise na may sense,  you need time talaga for it

[Prinny Unknown]

dapat memorize mo yung scales
at kung ano ang tamang notes na gagamitin mo bawat bagsak ng chord
also  kaialngan mo ma memorize yung mga notes sa bawat fret at bawat string ng gitara 

[ghostalker]

(I) follow your(my) heart
<3

[jvs_03]

experience grin   adlib lang nang adlib, cover lang nang cover, aral lang nang aral,  hindi biro ang mag improvise na may sense,  you need time talaga for it

+1

ako basta may idle time gitara hawak...practice practice practice...

[SRK]

eto pa dagdag, dalawamg paraan na sana makatulong..
watch scott henderson's "melodic phrasing" makakakuha ka ng idea..
listen to blues players, then get inspired..

[iamjef]

puso

[ajts]

Honestly, I know jack [gooey brown stuff] when it comes to scales and modes, etc.  

If you're like me and you don't have much theoretical knowledge, the way I come up with my lead lines for my band's songs is I listen to the rhythm guitar part where I need to put my fills / licks / solo and then try to "feel" the music and "hear" a melody on top of the rhythm guitar. Then I just look for the notes on my guitar.

If you're talking about improvisation as in coming up with something in an impromptu jam like the blues and jazz guys, then I can't give you any answer. I suck at that big time. 

[pualux]

I can't improvise very good but I guess decent nadin kung icompare sa skills ko dati

I started with the pentatonic scale then hanap ako backing track that fits the scale then random notes lang but always try to resolve to the home note. then when you get a little advanced try to hit the notes of the chord to make it a lil more melodic....ahh yun lang alam ko hehe then all will come in time nalang.

[alamat]

blues would help.. 

[SRK]

feelings nothing more than feelings..

[pualux]

it would also help siguro if you study the solos of the songs you like.

[burnsbhm]

practice - there is no other way.

[fusionenigma]

focus on chord tones. 

[r_chino18]

Aside from practicing, Listen. it's hard to come up with licks or lines all by yourself. Daming magagagandang nakaka-inspire or tumatatak na licks and lines na masarap i-appy sa tugtugan. 

[samuelfianza]

Don't memorize Scales, just memorize it's sound/feeling.

[Strawb3rryCake]

Don't memorize Scales, just memorize it's sound/feeling.

hindi rin yang ang isa sa mga tools mo eh, kelangang ding i memorize yan, then understand, kung nag sisimula palang tayo mag improv, 98% sure tunog doremifasolatido solo nating lahat, kung di naman, tunong pentatonic, which is not bad for starters,

[samuelfianza]

Tendency kasi pag memorized eh instead na nag iimprovise ka eh nakapattern na pala ung ginagawa mo. nakakalimutan mong ibreak ang rules.

For me Instead of memorizing the Scales like Pentatonic, Harmonic minor, Major, etc., I just recall them by it's description like Happy, Dark, Evil, Sunny, Cold, Swimming, Middle Eastern, etc.

Try to compare Rusty Cooley, Jeff Loomis and Stephan Forte. If you like Jeff and Stephan but hate rusty, then you know what I mean.

but that's just me.

[Strawb3rryCake]

Tendency kasi pag memorized eh instead na nag iimprovise ka eh nakapattern na pala ung ginagawa mo. nakakalimutan mong ibreak ang rules.

 

as you can see naman po mejo beginner ata yung ts, di ko sure, sorry po haha anyway, so before going sa mga atonal, syncopations, going out of the meter and blah blah blah , always start sa basic dont break the rules yet, break it once na maintindihan mo na siya, pero as you said, iba style mo, kanya kanyang trip, haha! so ts kung anong mag work sayo, edi go haha, nasa sayo naman yan eh, experience  lang talaga haha

[fizz450_03]

whatever comes to mind pare. 


this goes for me personally, i rarely cover lead lines except the main hooks. hehe ain't too good with covers

[ytse_neil]

Hanap ka ng teacher na magtuturo sayo.. Mahirap din self study wala kasing nag-sasabi sayo kung tama or mali yung ginagawa mo..

[pualux]

Tendency kasi pag memorized eh instead na nag iimprovise ka eh nakapattern na pala ung ginagawa mo. nakakalimutan mong ibreak ang rules.

For me Instead of memorizing the Scales like Pentatonic, Harmonic minor, Major, etc., I just recall them by it's description like Happy, Dark, Evil, Sunny, Cold, Swimming, Middle Eastern, etc.

Try to compare Rusty Cooley, Jeff Loomis and Stephan Forte. If you like Jeff and Stephan but hate rusty, then you know what I mean.

but that's just me.

You can't break the rules, if you don't even know them yet....

[Charvylle]

Learn the scales BUT instead of always going up and down them, try doing it per string or like per two strings..now your more melodic than shredding...=]