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MattRyan,
I think it depends on what style of music you're composing. If you're an Indie Pop-Rock band (say, MGMT or Modest Mouse) you can come up with leads in your head and tab it out - since they're usually very simple and are supposed to stick in your head. If you're a Metal band, the idea is take the same lead and make it 'shred' (more notes, pull offs/hammer ons, tapping) because the audience is primarily other guitarists who look for exactly that.
My process for writing music - record a Rhythm section, and improvise leads over that until I find a cool lick that fits the mood I'm looking for.
http://www.theorylessons.com/modes006diagrams.php - Each of these modes has a different mood/flavor to them. They're more "3-dimensional" than the pentatonic scales.
And for solos, there is a more set process I have:
Slow Speed --> Medium Speed --> Fast Shredding Speed --> Slow Speed with bend at the end
And you have a lick that you keep repeating throughout the solo.
~Nick
I think it depends on what style of music you're composing. If you're an Indie Pop-Rock band (say, MGMT or Modest Mouse) you can come up with leads in your head and tab it out - since they're usually very simple and are supposed to stick in your head. If you're a Metal band, the idea is take the same lead and make it 'shred' (more notes, pull offs/hammer ons, tapping) because the audience is primarily other guitarists who look for exactly that.
My process for writing music - record a Rhythm section, and improvise leads over that until I find a cool lick that fits the mood I'm looking for.
http://www.theorylessons.com/modes006diagrams.php - Each of these modes has a different mood/flavor to them. They're more "3-dimensional" than the pentatonic scales.
And for solos, there is a more set process I have:
Slow Speed --> Medium Speed --> Fast Shredding Speed --> Slow Speed with bend at the end
And you have a lick that you keep repeating throughout the solo.
~Nick
