Arpeggios

Most guitarists learn arpeggios after having learned scales. Few guitarists however, actually see the link between arpeggios and chord tone soloing. Arpeggios by definition, are the notes of a chord played sequentially, one note at a time. When we figure out...

Note Targeting

Note targeting is the most basic level of chord tone soloing. By that approach, guitarists will structure their lines to land on specific notes that they have ‘targetted’ on the fretboard. They would land on these notes on the first beat of the chord...

Shape Targeting

Guitarists use another variation of chord tone targeting by visualising chord shapes on the fretboard particularly when triads are used. Let us call this technique ‘Shape Targeting’ for lack of a better description. These chord shapes are merely...