How To Play Lead Guitar Creatively – What Is Your Lead Guitar Playing Creativity Level?

How close are you to being able to play highly expressive lead guitar solos every time you pick up the guitar? To test yourself, answer the questions below to assess your current level of musical creativity. After you are done, I will send you (for free) my feedback about your answers to help you become a much more creative guitar player.

1. The best and fastest way to become a more creative lead guitarist is by: *

Learning new scale and arpeggio patterns

Improving your guitar technique

Memorizing the fretboard

Training your ear

Integrating your musical skills together

2. I have an excellent understanding of what notes sound good over any given chord (before playing them!): *

Yes

3. My level of mastery with scales on the fretboard can best be described in the following way: *

I don’t know any scales

I can only play scales in 1-2 positions on the fretboard

I can fluently play scales in all positions on the fretboard from the 6th string to the 1st string

I can fluently switch between scale shapes all over the fretboard and play them on any string, without having to use the 6th string as a reference

I can fluently play all the scales I know horizontally (from the 1st fret to the last fret) on every string, as well as vertically (from the 6th string to the 1st string)

4. I never run out of interesting ideas while playing lead guitar licks or solos: *

True

False

5. While playing or improvising guitar solos, I can consistently and accurately express any emotion I want my audience to feel: *

Yes

Sometimes

6. My main approach to improvising guitar solos consists of: *

Playing guitar licks and over chords and seeing if they sounds good

Random experimentation using trial and error

Expressing the specific emotions in my mind through my guitar:

7. When I improvise a guitar solo, I am able to create new musical ideas in my head and know what they will sound like before I play them: *

Always

Sometimes

Never

8. My guitar solos often sound like: *

A bunch of random guitar licks or notes

Repeating scale patterns and arpeggios

A technical exercise

Highly expressive and emotional music

9. It is very easy for me to play fast licks in guitar solos without making mistakes or causing unwanted string noise: *

Yes

Sometimes

10. I know exactly what I need to practice to take my lead guitar playing from where it is right now to where I want it to be: *

Yes

To see how you did on this assessment and get my (free) feedback on your answers so you can learn how to make your lead guitar playing more creative, log in or create an account below and press the "Submit" button. All information is kept 100% private and confidential.

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