Try JamPlay completely free for 7 days.

Seen my course about soloing with scales?     Go here » Scales You Can Use When You Play The Blues, instant download or on DVD. Learn how to use my Hybrid Scale approach to solo over 1-4-5 progressions - I use it all the time. Want to Slow Down Videos to make it easier to learn? » Try Video Surgeon - it is great. « I have tons of great lessons at Master Guitar Academy. Join me there - it's where you can learn with me every week. That's also where all my DVDs and Premium Downloads are. Will you Donate? Making these lessons is a lot of work. You can help us all by donating. Click the PayPal Button: Choose An Amount B) $50.00 USD C) $25.00 USD A) $100.00 USD D) $10.00 USD E) $5.00 USD Slowing down songs is another great way to learn from records and your song collection. I use Song Surgeon, which works really well for this. Check it out.

Guitar Lesson Overview

This lesson shows you how to take the A minor arpeggio and chord tones - just as Carlos Santana did on Oye Como Va, and turn it into a cool phrase. This approach to improvising and creating melodic ideas is how I play. This WILL work for you too! This is a great way to approach playing lead guitar - take a break from that scale approach for a little while. Then COMBINE arpeggios, triads, chord tones WITH the scale knowledge you probably already have. This will OPEN up your playing, I promise. Hope you enjoy this lesson! This is inspired by the song Oye Como Va.

» Download PDF here

I used a Hell Guitar Zerodot and a Line 6 HD500 for the tone. If you have the HD500, you can download my patch from the Line 6 Customtone website.

Get the HD500 patch here - http://line6.com/customtone/tone/216535/ NOTE - I turned off the wah and the fuzz, and turned on the compressor.

Comment on this?

Video Clips

I have lots of gear demos too on this site. Go and take a look at some of my Guitar Videos for some examples of gear I use or have used.

Comments on this video lesson:

Want to talk about any of these guitar lesssons?

Join me at my guitar forum! I try to answer any questions regarding lessons, technique, playing styles, gear, etc. You are welcome to join the Dolphinstreet Forum group of players.

• Dolphinstreet Facebook Page
•