i going to start lessons

[pele0069]

and i was wondeering if you guys thinks it gonna help....ive been playng for a year and a half ...could play all dmb songs , not good with all tehm but i can play them and sing some too,, do you think lessons will help that much?

[johntherevelator]

probably
it depends on what you want to learn
theres always more to learn and everything helps, but some people complain about lessons not teaching them anything but they dont make an effort to learn anything

so i guess it depends on the person
sure helped me though

[DMBFreak84]

it also depends on the person, like me, i haven't taken any guitar lessons, i am fairly good at dave songs(dont want to say very good, because i still have quite a bit to learn), the only thing that probably helped me was taking bass and lessons for it at least 4 years before picking up acoustic

[PilotC150]

I'm thinking once I get an electric I'm gonna take jazz lessons. that would be really damn fun.

[pele0069]

i wnat to leanr how to solo, because i cant learn this on my own for some reason

[johntherevelator]

i wnat to leanr how to solo, because i cant learn this on my own for some reason

well you dont exactly just 'learn how to solo' in 2 minutes and youre done
as you learn scales, you should practice playing lead along with songs and get good enough at just playing lead so that you can do pretty much anything you want to, and THEN put that into soloing

the great thing about lead guitar is theres not much pressure
you can play slow, you can play fast
you can do all the transitions you want (as long as it works with the song)
and you dont have to worry too much about screwin up

then when youve built up some skills at playin lead, soloin's almost exactly the same thing, but with more energy, and a little louder

[lowtech411]

i wnat to leanr how to solo, because i cant learn this on my own for some reason

well you dont exactly just 'learn how to solo' in 2 minutes and youre done
as you learn scales, you should practice playing lead along with songs and get good enough at just playing lead so that you can do pretty much anything you want to, and THEN put that into soloing

the great thing about lead guitar is theres not much pressure
you can play slow, you can play fast
you can do all the transitions you want (as long as it works with the song)
and you dont have to worry too much about screwin up

then when youve built up some skills at playin lead, soloin's almost exactly the same thing, but with more energy, and a little louder

johntherevelator is right the 'rules' are alot less strict in lead and solo parts but to get that versatility you should have that back ground theory which lesson will help out alot with. If you do start lessons I would try to work on all the scales in the mode that pretains to the type of music you listen to. If you get a bunch of scales down in that mode you can start playing lead over the songs your familiar with or even make up your own solo's. Lots of bands stick to a certain mode so it also becomes a little easier to figure out their solo's having that knowledge.

[pele0069]

im not exactly sure what u mean by modes ...but ive been trying to teach myself and the only thing i do is play the same notes as the strumming pattern only down on the bottom strings near 12...but it doesnt sound that good

[lowtech411]

im not exactly sure what u mean by modes ...but ive been trying to teach myself and the only thing i do is play the same notes as the strumming pattern only down on the bottom strings near 12...but it doesnt sound that good

I'm guessing that when you go to solo you would play 'D' at X|X|12|14|15|14 instead of X|X|0|2|3|2.
A mode is a collection of notes from a parent scale and starting at a paticular note. This may be alittle confusing but thats what lessons are for. For example if you end up learning the 'C major' scale which is the notes C|D|E|F|G|A|B|C if you played the notes in that order that would be playing the c major scale in the Ionian mode. If you played the same scale in this order starting with D D|E|F|G|A|B|C|D that would be the same scale in the dorian mode.
If you want to solo or play lead over a 'D chord' you would run though a scale that is afiliated with that chord. The reason that I brought modes to you attention is that they are usually used to set the mood and most bands keep to certain moods. If you focus on playing scales the way they play them you'll start figuring out alot more of there songs on your own.
If you want I could tab out some scales to practice and email the to you but the are pretty readily available over the net. I personally like blues scales but most people start by learning the major and minor scales.
I hope this make some sense I'm not the greatest musician so you may want to get a second opinion.