Major Key Soloing
Learn to solo over songs in a major key
Major Key Soloing is an online guitar course on how to solo over a song in a major key, and the theory behind it. Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor, shows you how to shape phrases with dynamics, rhythm, hammer-ons and pull-offs, pauses and repetition. You then learn to connect your melody to the chords with chord chasing and the CAGED system. The course has 11 video lessons, about an hour in total, plus a jam track and a 28-page PDF book.
What Major Key Soloing is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course and shows how to prepare for soloing in a major key.
Course intro: Introduction · 1:10
Free preview lesson: Preparation · 8:16
Is Major Key Soloing right for you?
- Players who know a scale or two. You can play some scale shapes and want to shape them into solos.
- Players who mostly solo in minor keys. You want tools for soloing over songs in a major key.
- Players who want the theory. You want to see how your melody connects to the chords.
- Improvisers who feel stuck. You want simple tools to make your phrases more interesting.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Use dynamic contrast to shape a solo
- Combine different rhythms, including triplets and sixteenth notes
- Add hammer-ons and pull-offs to your phrases
- Use pauses and space inside a phrase
- Build solos from licks, techniques and repetition
- Connect your melody to the underlying chords
- Chase chord changes using the CAGED system
- Practice your ideas over a major-key jam track
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
Soloing in a major key
Starts with preparation, then covers dynamic contrast, rhythmic combinations, triplets and sixteenth notes, hammer-ons and pull-offs, pauses and meandering phrases, and combining licks with repetition. It finishes with melody and its link to the chords, chord chasing with the CAGED system, and a jam track.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 28-page PDF book, Jam track. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"Steve does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
David T.United States
"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
Daryll O.India
"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
Paul C.Canada
"I love the way that Steve explained things and shows how to become better."
Hans-Joachim G.Germany
"It made a difference, it was worth the money. Thank you."
Kevin W.United States
"This is absolutely one of the best classes I've ever taken."
Steve D.United States
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Where to go after Major Key Soloing
Chord Chasing Mastery
Learn to solo over chord changes with note chasing, chord tones, arpeggios and the CAGED system, in blues and pop/rock.
Unlocking the CAGED System
Two lessons on how the CAGED system connects chord shapes across the fretboard and how to solo by following the melody.
Expressive Soloing
Learn phrasing, melody, embellishments and how to develop ideas, so your solos sound more melodic.
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