Soloing Basics II. Part 1 - The Basics

We've all been there: you're jammin' with some dudes and in the middle of the tune the bass player gives you the nod to take your solo. What do you do? Every moment you wait makes you look like more of an amateur. Quick, what key am I in? What are the chord changes? What scale? What mode? What's my name? What's the capital of South Dakota? Well, let's make sure this never happens by preparing ourselves with today's lesson: soloing basics.

A few notes before we start. If you have not mastered the art of note bending, slides, pull-offs and hammer-ons, you will probably have a difficult time with some of the topics discussed here. But read on anyway.

I happen to have a personal disdain for the pentatonic scale. So while I will not dissuade anyone from using it nor dispute its usefulness, I will not be discussing it here.

Let's say that your makeshift band is jammin' on a simple three chord warm up progression, Dm-C-Bb-C. It's your turn to solo and what are you going to do? Based on the chord progression, we'll pick D minor as our soloing key of choice.

I have always had luck memorizing a particular pattern and moving it around depending on the key. Here is the one that I use most and can use in any key major or minor. Here it is in our Dm position:

Pattern 1:
E---l---l---l---l-x-l-x-l---l-x-l---l-r-l
B---l---l---l---l-x-l-R-l---l-x-l---l---l
G---l---l---l---l-x-l---l-r-l---l---l---l
D---l---l---l---l-x-l---l-x-l-x-l---l---l
A---l---l---l---l-r-l---l-x-l-R-l---l---l
E---l---l---l---l-x-l-x-l---l-x-l---l---l
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10

The RR'sS represent the root of the major key (F) and the Rr'sS represent the root in the minor key (D). Technically I suppose you could call this an F major scale in phrygian mode (beginning on the third, A). But I really don't. It's just a particular set of finger placements that are comfortable and reliable for soloing. Since when I solo I will be stressing the notes of the major and minor, the A phrygian is just a coincidence.

Ok. Now we've got a scale to use. Notice that this scale contains all the notes of the chords being played. Like so:

D minor scale		D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C
Dm chord		D-F-A
C chord			C-E-G
Bb chord		Bb-D-F

Now when we solo (which you will remember is supposed to be a story within a story, not just a bunch of licks) we can really play any note in the scale and it will fit. It won't always sound good, but it will fit in some way. Here are two more positions of the same scale.

Pattern 2	(F major scale)
E---l---l-x-l---l-x-l-x-l---l---l---l---l
B---l---l-r-l---l-x-l-R-l---l---l---l---l
G---l-x-l-x-l---l-x-l---l---l---l---l---l
D---l-x-l-R-l---l-x-l---l---l---l---l---l
A-x-l---l-x-l---l-r-l---l---l---l---l---l
E-R-l---l-x-l---l-x-l---l---l---l---l---l
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10

Pattern 3	(D minor scale)
E---l---l---l(x)l---l-x-l-R-l---l-x-l---l
B---l---l---l(x)l-x-l---l-x-l---l-r-l---l
G---l---l---l-R-l---l-x-l---l-x-l---l---l
D---l---l---l-x-l---l-r-l---l-x-l---l---l
A---l---l---l-x-l---l-x-l-x-l---l---l---l
E---l---l---l-r-l---l-x-l-R-l---l---l---l
  7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15   16

(x) alternative fingerings to use if you want to stay in one position.

Notice that this is the D minor scale and that the D minor pentatonic scale is contained within this scale. Where did you think the pentatonic it came from?

If you link patterns 1, 2 and 3 together starting with the F on the E string 1st fret (pattern 2) you can move up and down the fretboard all the way to the 24th fret (if you have one) without leaving the patterns. Like this:

E------------------------------------8-10-12--l
B---------------------------5-6-8/10----------l
G-------------------2/3-5-7-------------------l
D-------------2-3-5---------------------------l
A-------1-3-5---------------------------------l
E-1-3-5---------------------------------------l

E-13-12-10----------------------------13-15-17/18-l
B----------13-11-10----------13-15-17-------------l
G-------------------10-12-14----------------------l
D-------------------------------------------------l
A-------------------------------------------------l
E-------------------------------------------------l

E--20-18-17----------------------------18-20-22/24l
B-----------20-18-17----------18-20-22------------l
G--------------------19-17-19---------------------l
D-------------------------------------------------l
A-------------------------------------------------l
E-------------------------------------------------l

Try playing this slowly and smoothly hammering-on each ascending note, pulling-off each descending note, and sliding where notated. Stop at 20 if you don't have the upper frets, or if you get tired.

Now, the nice thing about remembering patterns is that the pattern works for any key; just change the position. Pattern 1 above starts on the third of the major scale. (remember it's only a pattern, not a phrygian scale). So the starting points on the low E string that I remember are:

C major/A minor		open
D major/B minor		2nd fret
E major/C# minor	4th fret
F major/D minor		5th fret (as above)
G major/E minor		7th fret
A major/F# minor	9th fret

We can find a few licks within each pattern that we can use to augment our solos. Like these:

Dm
E-----5-6-8-6-5---5-------l-8-----5--8-----5-8-10-l
B----6---------8-6--8-6-5-l--6---6----6---6-------l
G---7---------------------l---5-7------5-7--------l
D-------------------------l-----------------------l
A-------------------------l-----------------------l
E-------------------------l-----------------------l


E---------------------------5---5-6-5-6-8-6-8/10--l
B----------5--5-6-5-6-8-6-8---8-------------------l
G----7-5-7--7-------------------------------------l
D-------------------------------------------------l
A-------------------------------------------------l
E-------------------------------------------------l

Also notice as we put the patterns together and complete the major scale up the neck that the chords for the tune we're playing become available for licks. Like this:

Dm
E-5--------13-10-----l
B--6-------------10--l
G---7----------------l
D----7---------------l
A-----5--------------l
E--------------------l

C
E-8--------15-12-----l
B--8-------------13--l
G---9----------------l
D----10--------------l
A-----10-------------l
E-------8------------l

Bb
E-10-------13-10-----l
B--11------------11--l
G---10---------------l
D-----8--------------l
A--------------------l
E--------------------l

We can use these triads in our solos to really accentuate the chords and pull-off the triads in kind of a "Hotel California" "Sultans of Swing" solo kind of thing.

Find a pattern that you like and that feels comfortable for your fingers and playing style. Then play it a thousand times. Have a friend play the chords over and over and try it out. Or play along with a tune in each key. Well, this should get you started.

Comments

[L3iGh_]

that was great help..thanx

[CalvinKlein8081]

helps

[guitardude98]

i don't get it

[baldanuz]

sorry to ask a stupid question, but what does it mean when the writer of this posts

E---l---l---l---l-x-l-x-l---l-x-l---l-r-l

B---l---l---l---l-x-l-R-l---l-x-l---l---l
G---l
---l---l---l-x-l---l-r-l---l---l---l
D---l---l---
l---l-x-l---l-x-l-x-l---l---l
A---l---l---l---l-r
-l---l-x-l-R-l---l---l
E---l---l---l---l-x-l-x-l-
--l-x-l---l---l
(hoping this turns out correctly)

i don't know what to do here, am i meant to barre the first fret and play it as a chord or what? please help, i'm confused, if you can help and not just call me a dipshit, either post help here or email me at [e-mail]

[baldanuz]

well it didn't turn out, but hopfuly someone will be able get what i'm saying

[I_Evil]

wat u guys really need to do is learn ur scales!!!
u won't get anywhere with soloing in the future if u don't learn the scales! they are the most important thing in guitar soloing.

[cbalax15]

most ppl dont have a 24th fret

[cbalax15]

o yea stevieray can suck it

[xx36degreesxx]

Stevie ray sux anyways, besides its a nice lil thing to take a look at. Im usually pretty decent with solos, but this made me think about a little more than just playing

[josephde]

all of my guitars have 24 frets, so yay for me!

[rolling4life7]

interesting

[Danny7]

I don't even have a 22nd. I bent upwards half a tone for that, but then decided against going a tone and a half for the 24th fret (e), and just left it out..

[slash_andrew]

Sincerly i know your intentions are good, but the solo cames out of you, you can base it on scales but dont try to make it all in scales, it has to fit the song rythm, it must be like ripped off your heart, as i've heard : "You have to make your guitar talk, or, if possible make it cry"

[joostluiten]

ok so this is supposed to be you first lesson in soloing right? honestly is somebody whose about to take his first steps in playing solos supposed to understand this??!

[ozzy_master]

i REALLY dont get that whole barring thing but i get the other part.

[djustinl]

There's no barring going on here folks. These are just notes in a scale. The diagrams are meant to represent your guitar. The "1"'s are just fret divisions. This is laid out simply for you. Print it out and read over it a couple times. Guitar doesn't come easy. You have to actually spend some time with it. I guarantee that if you actually try and work with what's here, you will begin to understand it.
Good luck,

[ozzy_master]

^this guy is cool. thx 4 the help

[andryha666]

maybe i will try this some times.

[guitar_rookie]

COOL i'm 26th to post a comment! yay. I guess this helps a rookie like me how to solo. hm Thanks whoever posted this.

[piperm1]

i've read through this but i havent actually played any of the examples but it sounds really good, i always ave trouble soloing, my fingers get tired with pull offs and hammer ons rly quick lol

[Mitchpark1]

i dont understand someone teach me the scales!

[Wojdude]

lol to stevie.

anywho, this lesson aint realy that much of a big help to begginers i dont think. It does show some scales in diagrams and tries to explain what you need to solo but dosnt actualy say HOW to use the diagrams that are shown here.

The licks r good and can help any guitarist come up with some new ideas but you should never rely on memorised patterns for soloing.

Remember (as some1 alreayd pointed out) that soloing must come from u and must be fitted to each individual song. This also means to use differnt playing techniques as well as scales.

Playing the scale shown here may be all well and good but if all you can do is go up and down it and alternate its not very usefull.

some tips:
Always try and variate between techniqes. Sometimes use staccato or leggato and mix between them.
Use techniques that fit the style of music ur playing.
If its heavy/rock use string bends, hammer on's and pull off's. Also try tapping too. Trem picking is good too (fast alternate picking) And if its heavy move around alot.
If its a slow song/melodic use sliding and vibrato and realy legato the solo's usinbg the full length of the fretbaord but also dont move around quickly, stay with the pace of the song.
C
opying vocal phrases can be good too. If u can mimic a hook/chorus/or verse vocal line with your solo and variate it changing the octaves it can sound very proffessional.

The next best things you can do though is use as many resources as you can for learning your insturment, read books/txt's/talk to your teacher and use these resources to thier full extent.
The best thing to do of course though is experiment yourself. You know what music you like, play some notes and see if they fit, if you do this enough you will eventualy (like i did) get used to jsut figuring out notes for different songs by using ur ears. You also know what techniques YOU can do so use them!

Oh + also look up something called the pentatonic scale. This is a simple way for soloing and is used by many.

WoJ

[wilty00]

Stevieray is quite possibly the stupidest person ive ever met on here.


Stevie ray, hendrix, cobain.

Cobain :laughs:

Idiot.
Anyway, its an alright article

[user 245]

stevieray:

u all suck if u need to use this u need to lear on ur own like hendrix stevie ray cobain and alot more and aloso me i learned every thing from a piano and my self *** u posers

hey man, you need to understand that people have thirsts for more knoledge. just because some players teach themselves does not mean that they will be greats. What I think makes greats is originallity of their songs, the attitude, life, and energy of their playing. Of course, that my opinion, but all you other people that posted against stevie ray, you guys need to learn to respect others opinions, not that i agree with stevierays's but still. good article.

[0bakaSan]

crazy tnx

[Donny_R]

Van Halen actually did use a piano to create solos
for example eruption

[ibanez89]

I don't get, maybe that's because I'm from Austria and I don't understand all the things, but I don't get it.

[Slap_oog]

StevieRay you assbag!!! There's nothing wrong by trying to gain more knowledge. I taught myself guitar as well and though I'd like to take as much pride in it as you do but I don't because there's always someone better than you.
P.S. you forgot Robert Johnson you piece of sh*t! Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn and NIRVANA, your the poser, faggot!

[Sdyrztyn029]

Cobain is better off dead...

stevie ray should follow in cobains footsteps and shoot himself

By the way, what is the capital of South Dakota?

[sk84life395]

ha ha i just stated i cud never do ne of that stuff

i dont think
looks good tho?

[sram730]

uh... can anyone actually play as well as Hendrix could?? Anyway, i learned to play myself, and I think that his helps alot. Thanks to whoever made this lesson up, and I cringe to know how much free time you must have, cause this lesson was looonnnggg... haha.

[Hipp4all]

Does anyone have any advice for a new rythem gituar player in a band?
We play stuff like green day puddle of mudd and godsmack. Different things like that. Anyone got some ways i can get better at the gituar and fast? if so please let me know

[ashton_heebz]

Hipp4all....
You want to get better at guitar and fast you say.....I am just wondering what you need to improve...speed then stick with fast rythemental picking patterns and strumming paterns but if you want to get better at soloing then take the solo's slow and then add in speed as you go....the best thing i ever did was use a ...o shit what is the word....those things that count the tempo for you...w/e use one of those for a solid tempo and go from there..good luck dude...
And as regards to stevieray:
Go kill your self..frick your a retard....this kinda shit is what gets beginers and even pro's better dip shit..

[nickvictory88]

i'm frisr guitar guy hai whats up dudeee..~!!!

[nickvictory88]

I'm first guitar guy hai whats up dudeee..~!!!

[zeppelinblue04]

hey can't we all just get along. make love not war. ohh yea and i didn't really get this article but if you other people got it good for you.

[Canadianozzy]

I didnt get the lesson at all.....boy that stieve persons a weee..iii..rrr..ddddoooo:P

[D'Yer Mak'er]

I got everything but the whole Barre xx R 1 and all that. Didnt find it that helpful but im sure someone did.

[jamz0770]

i'm fairly new to learning guitar and know some songs but this is anything but basic i cant understand hardly any of it

[conroy91]

Hey steavie guess what..... you canot say hendrix and steavie ray in the same sentence with cobain! if you knew n e thing about nirvana you would know that cobain actually was pretty terrible. thats what he thougt. haha cobain haha with all due respect steavie your the biggest jackass ever to search the internet.

[ramonesfan]

Cobain was great,you dont have to play like eddy van halen or jimi hendrix to be a good gutarist,in my opinon the best thing a gutarist can do is when they write a riff that gets stuck in ur head fodays,cobain had many.

[Norrish]

u all suck if u need to use this u need to lear on ur own like hendrix stevie ray cobain and alot more and aloso me i learned every thing from a piano and my self *** u posers

You need to learn to spell, you could try on "ur" own, but not everything can be taught like that!

[jeff huddleston]

what are you doing in this sight for stevie ray bong if you are so perfect?

[Ceakoth]

u all suck if u need to use this u need to lear on ur own like hendrix stevie ray cobain and alot more and aloso me i learned every thing from a piano and my self *** u posers

dude, you know why they taught themselves all this stuff? because they didn't have any money to take lessons or buy books or nothing

[BulopMylo]

You do something on your own but it sure ain't learning guitar...

[dan123]

Big Bacon:
this a place for friggin comments not a whole extra article nobhead

the bloke who wrote the big thning in the middle actualy was saying interesting stuff

[mamf]

im still having trouble soloing

[metalfanatic]

lol i suck at soloing 2 just screw soloing lol leave it to someone else or just do covers where the soloes are already made lol jk i'll give it a shot again

[Matizula]

i cant understand all this stuff. been playing guitar for 5 years(sad to admit that i still suck) and no matter what books i read i cant get a grasp at soloing. i do rythm pretty good but whenever my band tells me to write some solos i get blank. I just play something like a 5 7 8 on the first string and just ascend and descend. Maybe i should stick to my drums. =(

[high voltage]

http://www.guitarists.net/lessons/view.php?id=23

Stolen Lesson.

[Spikeyhog]

i bet u if tht stevie guy read this forum then he would be crying by the end of it lol

[grimreaper65]

so the R's are root notes, i get that, so what are the x's?

[omgitscj]

isnt there another series that has the same thing in it, almost word for word?

[tatesville]

I think this makes a lot of sense.
I have had guitars for quite a few years off and on, and always shyed away from soloing because I didn't understand what notes to play. Luck rather than judgement if it sounded good, but it usualy didn't. I've printed this off and I'll practise and see!

[disposablehero1]

i thot that article is prty helpful.

[PunkMetalFreak]

sweet

[cilliano]

it is confusing

[ChildOfBodom666]

It's a great lesson, it explains alot, I've been playing about 8 months now, and I'm starting a band with a friend. Your lessons are probably really gonna help my songs out. But if someone could, can you tell me why no one ever solos on the low strings? It seems all the crazy, over the top soloing always happens on the high strings... Maybe I'm missing something.

[bigdave12345]

i think ull find cobain did have lessons!

[CHAIguy151]

u can solo on the low... if ur singer is a 400 lb black lady.. ha jk.. ive found you can make it work w/ quite a bit of distortion and the right rythm guitar.. but for the most part stick to the high notes.

as for the article.. it was ok.. but you cant learn to solo by learning thousands of scales.. you gotta channel ur mood through the guitar. I find it works best w/ a little substance abuse. but thats just me : )

[hillbilly13496]

i understood about half of it, if you could, please try to explain it a little better
thanx

[Reggy]

He cant explain it better because he DIDNT F*CKING WRITE IT!!!!

to clarify, this and all this authors other posts are just passages copied straight from a guitar tuition book by Joe Bennett, the book is called 'Guitar on Tap'...Joe Bennett is a Musician and a lecturer at Bath University in England...bollocks, see for yourselves

http://www.joebennett.co.uk/

Now f*cking stop it man, I started off friendly, now all 'your' posts are just pissing me off

Unless of course you are Joe Bennett, in which case, youre a legend.

Later

[Reggy]

in fact ill go you one better, this guy is using different user accounts....all the time copying stuff, nearly all the lessons in the soloing sectiona are just plain stolen.

[Kevin97220]

this didnt help at all

[kirk_hammettGR8]

Well done very understandable, for the ****ing masters!! i though it was guitar solo basics part 1, more like kirk hammets ****ing notebook!

[kirk_hammettGR8]

Yo dude, your copyin all the diffrent lessons form diffrent websites and people you ****in crazy fool!

[hairyboy]

this is quite nice

[EVHrocks123]

i can fkcking solo like a mother fcker no thanks to this you fukin stealer i taught myself too im good as shit

[childofbodom14]

wtf wen u explain the scale every note is the first fret on every string?!?!?!?

[chris b.]

everyone is saying all this stuff about how to do a solo. when i do a solo, i just let my fingers take over. seriously, just let muscle memory take over for you. i kon't even think about it when i come up with my best solos. my best have coe from just zoning out and letting my fingers, not my mind play. trust me. if you know your scales, it will just come.

[gamejokerr]

[02/09/2007 - 02:49 pm] by gamejokerr : |
artist: My Chemical Romance Tabs Print this tab tabbed by: f1f2 [ 66 votes ]


[11/14/2006 - 05:40 am] by f1f2 : |
wooops this one was the non-updated one in my pc.. nahh... sorry, i updated it immediately...
[11/14/2006 - 10:46 am] by Mathamology : |
Is this the updated version? I'll give you permission to put my tab (House of Wolves) in here, if you credit it to me But its up to you, if you want to keep it all your own work then that's cool. However, if you want my House of Wolves in there, send me a PM/email and I'll check it over once and send it to you
[11/14/2006 - 03:10 pm] by Guitarmaster12 : |
Finally, someone tabbed the album, thanx, 5 stars :}
[11/14/2006 - 03:41 pm] by vmanoman : |
wow. i deem you god
[11/15/2006 - 06:19 am] by f1f2 : |
Thanks to all
[11/15/2006 - 06:30 am] by geminivenom : |
the WTTBP here is better among the others :P
[11/15/2006 - 03:10 pm] by pirate_jessus : |
Well done, this is way over due. =]
[11/15/2006 - 03:49 pm] by ed182 : |
yes people, come one and all, look at my amazing chords, they are amazing
[11/15/2006 - 04:57 pm] by Jawkster : |
wow, you got my grats because you actually had time to put this together :o well done! 5 star! (plus i was waiting for it too for some time lol)
[11/15/2006 - 070 pm] by KileManA7X : |
Great tab. Very, very good. Thanks for tabing the whole album!
[11/16/2006 - 077 am] by f1f2 : |
alright!!! i'm just gonna make a guitar pro tab for Cancer!
[11/18/2006 - 106 pm] by vmanoman : |
dude, i need to say that ur amazing at tabbing and i hope that one day i can tab as acurrately as you
rock on
[11/19/2006 - 12:36 am] by f1f2 : |
thanks
[11/19/2006 - 07:19 am] by Yawdim : |
Yea, My congrats for tabbin "dead" to, 5 stars 4rom me man
[11/20/2006 - 12:18 pm] by therubberduck : |
amazin well done m8, thnx alot 5*
[11/20/2006 - 12:58 pm] by lil-miss : |
this is a great tab. well done. isnt there 14 tracks on the album though. i thought ther was a track called heaven. help us. might not be though. 5* rating
[11/21/2006 - 05:19 am] by f1f2 : |
^^^ there is a MCR track called "Heaven Help Us" but it's not in the album It's a WTTBP B-Side.
[11/21/2006 - 110 am] by gothic-punk-kid : |
the extra track is called "kill all your friends" it says in the book you get with the limited edition cd case thingy.

-x-

[11/21/2006 - 111 am] by gothic-punk-kid : |
most just think its called "blood" even though its not!

great tab though!

-x-
[11/22/2006 - 04:22 am] by f1f2 : |
*****
UPDATED: added Cancer
*****
[11/22/2006 - 09:31 am] by stuart_cowan90 : |
very good work
5 monkeys, i mean stars
[11/22/2006 - 03:11 pm] by lil-miss : |
i thought "Heaven! Help Us" was on the album. oh well.
Yay "Cancer"'s a great song.
I thougth "Kill All Your Friends" was called "Blood". Thanks for telling me the real name.
[11/23/2006 - 01:39 pm] by The Spoon : |
Kill All Your Friends is actually Teenagers. (The names connect see?) And Heaven Help Us is a b-side as someone said.

and i think the little bridge thing in Dead!, (The part where he's like omg! theres a complication in ur heart!) is just like the verse
[11/23/2006 - 01:39 pm] by The Spoon : |
oh yea, great job!
[11/23/2006 - 01:48 pm] by The Spoon : |
damn i wish it would let me erase comments, forget my earlier statement about Kill All Your Friends. According to Wikipedia, it might be a b-side to the Famous Last Words single. They've already finished shooting the video!!!

sorry for spamming up these boards
[11/24/2006 - 044 am] by f1f2 : |
^^ oh my my.. thanks for looking in my tab
[11/27/2006 - 10:53 pm] by universal_man : |
well well...look who's tabbed it if isn't f1f2
[12/01/2006 - 048 am] by f1f2 : |
*****
UPDATED: Added Teenagers' Solo!
*****
[12/11/2006 - 01:47 am] by mdwallin : |
umm... is the teenagers chorus correct?
other then that it sounds almost puurrrrrfect
[12/13/2006 - 032 pm] by gd_ddev : |
Amazing tab! wish i could tab a whole album... and in the time you have! Great job! *****
[12/14/2006 - 010 am] by punk_isntemo12 : |
ummm...you know, on the normal album(nt the spesh one WHICH I WANT SO BAD!!!) it sez on the lyrics booklet thingadodge that the extra track is called Blood. but if your sure....*shrug* i s'ppose your right.



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[RDCastano]

niiiice dude nice, i never really got how all that works until now
i made a beautiful Dm harmony backed by a steel acoustic that im going to extend upon later cos i just broke the little 'e' on my strat and my BC....they needed to be changed anyway.

[Ian_Hendrix]

im not really a beginner, ive mostly taught my self and i was trying to brush up on theory and i stumbled on your article hoping to gain valuable knowledge and came across a diagram that ment nothing to my normal english reading eyes.

what the @#!^$%$#&%$&%#&%U$ does all the `Pattern 1:
E---l---l---l---l-x-l-x-l---l-x-l---l-r-l
B---l---l---l ---l-x-l-R-l---l-x-l---l---l
G---l---l---l---l-x-l---l-r-l- --l---l---l
D---l---l---l---l-x-l---l-x-l-x-l---l---l
A--- l---l---l---l-r-l---l-x-l-R-l---l---l
E---l---l---l---l-x-l -x-l---l-x-l---l---l
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
MEan?

[FloggingMolly87]

yeah, explain the scale a bit better man :/

[robbokop92]

baldanuz wrote:

sorry to ask a stupid question, but what does it mean when the writer of this posts

i agree. what the heel does that tab mean? Not well written at all
E---l---l---l---l-x-l-x-l---l-x-l---l-r-l

B---l---l- --l---l-x-l-R-l---l-x-l---l---l
G---l
---l---l---l-x-l---l -r-l---l---l---l
D---l---l---
l---l-x-l---l-x-l-x-l---l--- l
A---l---l---l---l-r
-l---l-x-l-R-l---l---l
E---l---l--- l---l-x-l-x-l-
--l-x-l---l---l
(hoping this turns out correctly)

i don't know what to do here, am i meant to barre the first fret and play it as a chord or what? please help, i'm confused, if you can help and not just call me a dipshit, either post help here or email me at [e-mail]

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that was good.....i think there were a few words in there i had no idea about because my brain is like a siv and ive forgotten everything about scales

[jord93]

you've used a natural minor for the d minor that doesn't have the raised 7th of the scale and labelled it incorrectly.

[justinchanjinle]

Its hard to understand the diagrams

[andrew1234]

aiy man thx a ton