About soloing a song.........

If I got a song goes C-Am-F-G(chord order)
how should I solo along with it.
should I play Pantatonic Scales C major then A minor
then F major and G major at last.

OR should I just play Pantatonic Scales C major or A minor ONLY!!!
then as the music goes on I play the C note, A note
,F note and G note following order (C-Am-F-G)
can you understand what am I talking about?
Please help me out~!!!

Here's a thought:- Experiment. Play around with a few scales in C, see what works. Try not to think about it too hard or it'll become too much like an excercise, let it flow from under your fingers. If you're new to soloing it is most likely to sound absolute rubbish, but skill comes with practise and soloing is just another skill.
The answer the theory side of your question, you could actaully just solo using either C Major and Am (Pentatonic optional). If you've discovered modes yet you could also use G Mixolodian and F Lydian; however if that's just confuessed you, stick with Am or C. Most rock guitarists find it easier to solo using the minor scale, probably because of the finger postioning. Anywho, no doubt I've just confuessed you even more. Good luck and feel free to ask any questions.

Thank you very much~^^
this question has bother me for a long time.

About the question "Most rock guitarists find it easier to solo using the minor scale"but what if the song is in
C major chord~doesn't it sounds bad when you play a
"minor" scale?(except Am scale.cuz Am=C).

and another question is that while I am using Am scale
to solo C-Am-F-G. do I have to reach ,first C note,A note
,F note and then G note? kind of following order?
cuz every time when I soloing along a song.I just feeling
like I am "practicing" ~I am not even have the feeling
of playing music.~. so please help me out.

This may be a little confuessing as I'm in a bit of a hurry, however:-

"Most rock guitarists find it easier to solo using the minor scale"but what if the song is in C major chord~doesn't it sounds bad when you play a "minor" scale? (except Am scale.cuz Am=C).

As long as you play the relative minor, (the 6th note in a scale), i.e. Am = C, Em = G, etc. then you'll be alright, the important thing however is to not become too locked on the thoughts behind soloing. Just try and let it flow, with enough practise you'll be hitting the right notes, regardless of what scale you use.

Next,
I'm not absolutely sure what you mean by this, but, you could try to "target" the chord notes so that you'll diffently sound in key, however, as you said, it can end up sound too much like an excercise...Keep your mind aware of where the root note is (C, A, F, G) before the chord is played, then try tragetting the 3rd or 5th or maj7th, etc.
Most importantly, remember that soloing is about melody, if the melody you're trying to show people doesn't have a note here, keep quiet. Part of being a good lead guitarists is knowing when to shut up and let the music do it's thing.

Hope I've not confuessed you too much, and hope I've helped. Good luck!

"Most rock guitarists find it easier to solo using the minor scale" but what if the song is in C major chord~doesn't it sounds bad when you play a "minor" scale? (except Am scale.cuz Am=C).

Rock music generally straddles the major/minor distinction. Lots of major scale rock songs will have a minor 3rd, and even more rock songs have a flat 7th note. So, a rock song in C major is likely to have an Eb and a Bb, both minor key tones.

Because of this, you ought to try both the C major and C minor pentatonic scales.



C minor pentatonic
E |-----8---------11---|----------------------------------|
B |-----8---------11---|----------------------------------|
G |-----8------10------|----------------------------------|
D |-----8------10------|----------------------------------|
A |-----8------10------|----------------------------------|
E |-----8--------11----|----------------------------------|

C major pentatonic
E |-----5-------8------|----------------------------------|
B |-----5-------8------|----------------------------------|
G |-----5-----7--------|----------------------------------|
D |-----5-----7--------|----------------------------------|
A |-----5-----7--------|----------------------------------|
E |-----5-------8------|----------------------------------|


I have been webmastering so much this year, that my guitar playing is rusty. So, feel free to correct me, Willridge and anybody else, if I am not 100% accurate here.

Thank you once again~ but I don't understand that ~ Keep your mind aware of where the root note is (C, A, F, G) before the chord is played, then try tragetting the 3rd or 5th or maj7th, etc.

what is the 3rd, 5th or maj7th.etc.?

In a real hurry this time, but:-

The 3rd, 5th, etc. are the notes within a scale. So, to use C Major as an example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
C D E F G A B

The reason I said bare in mind where the root note is is because I assumed you had learnt scale patterns, therefore all you would have to do is to find the 3rd note by using the root as a reference. I've gotta go, but if you still don't understand, which wouldn't surprise me with my explanations, then I'll try and help again.