How to play "Spicing Up Your Story: Constructing a Solo" on guitar

At last, we arrive at the flashy stuff! Let’s talk about soloing. Solos are small sections within a song that allow for a musician to show off their chops, not only with their technique, but with their composition abilities. Think of a solo as a song-within-a-song. A well constructed solo is written as a point of climax within your story, and within itself has a beginning, middle, and an end. This is where your knowledge of modes is REALLY going to come in handy, and where ALL that metronome practice is going to pay off!