Every person sets goals for themselves and their sense of self esteem is directly related to their achievement of these goals. Being able to play a musical instrument is very important to many people - it creates a sense of accomplishment and provides an opportunity for an individual to express him- or herself through music. Learning how to play an instrument, however, can be a difficult, time-consuming process and many individuals find themselves unable to complete the musical journey. Some lack the proper amount of ambition and dedication and others simply become bored with all the practice. If you want to become a musician, you may be surprised how easy it can be to learn how to play the guitar. By taking private lessons, classes, or online guitar lessons you can even learn to play the guitar in a lead position, striking out solos in a relatively short period of time. Before you can begin playing guitar solos, however, you must first master the basics of guitar notes, scales, and chords. Once your fingers have grown accustomed to striking the proper positions along the guitar neck and once you feel confident in your playing ability you can move on to improvising guitar solos.

Many beginning guitarists are awed by the blinding speed at which a professional guitarist's fingers fly over the frets during a lead guitar solo. With the proper practice as you learn to play the guitar, you too can eventually achieve this feat but improvisation is not always as easy as it sounds. Contrary to what it may seem, lead guitarists do not simply play random notes and hope that they sound good together - most guitar solos are based on a scale. To create your own guitar solos simply choose a scale to use as a template and practice playing that scale backwards and forwards, using alternate picking and changing the order of the notes in as many ways as you can think of. Once you have mastered the scale you can begin to improvise - string series of notes together from the scale that sound good together to you. After a great deal of trial and error you will find yourself able to pick out a great guitar solo. In time you will even be able to imitate the solos of your favorite artists and perhaps even create your own spin on them to create innovative new solos!