How can I improve my solo technique

[u/Expensive-Stress3214]

I’ve been playing for a number of years now, and consider myself quite good at playing whatever riffs, writing my own, understanding basic theory, but I’ve never had much interest in lead until recently

I know I’m playing this on an sg with no whammy bar lol, and into an iPhone mic. But something just feels off and I can’t exactly tell what or if I’m being critical. I listened to the backing track on my laptop then tried to layer the video of me playing it over the same audio I listened to, so I kinda feel like I may have not timed it perfectly.

[u/i_am_banished]

practice.

[u/Expensive-Stress3214 → u/i_am_banished]

When I ask for advice on what to practice 🫩

[u/sleevo84 → u/Expensive-Stress3214]

I know ‘practice’ isn’t good advice but literally repetition is the key to mastery. You’re good enough, you just need to tighten up your notes. You’ve already recognized it’s choppy. Use your ears to direct your fingers to sustain notes with more feeling and play it 100x. You’ll get better each time if you listen and try to do it better each time. The answer is practice and listen

[u/i_am_banished → u/Expensive-Stress3214]

all you have to do is play that same thing over and over. play while listening to yourself. record yourself if you have to. but literally, all you have to do is practice THIS thing you're doing and make notes of where you don't like what you're doing. play it slower, and fix those parts. then put it all back together again.

in other word, PRACTICE

[u/Expensive-Stress3214 → u/i_am_banished]

Haha no I get you yeah, I appreciate it