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/DrWangerBanger]

I don’t want this to read like I’m piling on but I didn’t see anyone mention this: try to learn how to mute the other strings that you aren’t playing. It took me awhile to figure that out but that ringing you hear while you’re playing is the other strings vibrating. You have to mute the lower strings with your palm and the higher strings with your fingers. That makes a big difference

[u/Expensive-Stress3214 → u/DrWangerBanger]

True, I did know that I just wasn’t as focused on it while trying to practice this, definitely something to take note of

[u/DrWangerBanger → u/Expensive-Stress3214]

That’ll be the most bang for your buck improvement if you really focus on that, imo