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Spice Up Your Guitar Solo Runs

We covered guitar solo runs in our runs and ideas lesson. Runs are very important in making your solo dynamic. In this lesson, learn some killer run techniques!

Jumping Positions

A run, in case you don't know, is when you play up or down a portion of a scale. Not only can you play the run in one position on the guitar, you can also move between positions. Let's first look at a run in one position:

One-Position Run

Now if we take the same scale in the 1st and 7th position, add some slides, a hammer-on, and a bend, here's what you get:

Many-Position Run (HEAR IT!!)

Repeated Patterns (HEAR IT!!)

Another great way to spice up your solo runs is to use repeated patterns. This means using repeated notes or repeated groups of notes. Try this example:

Now try your own spicy solo runs! Your only limited by your imagination. Play along with our E Blues Practice Track!