Writing the best guitar solo is really not all the hard. All you need to do is take your time and think things through. Use your head and follow these steps your will be creating a money guitar solo in no time.

When building your guitar lead it is important to remember the key you are working in. Restrain from flying all over the neck tossing in notes that really don't fit. If you stray too far off the musical path the solo can become disconnected and not fit correctly with the song.

Try not to just toss in tons of notes hoping they fit. Scale back your lead guitar at first. A long drawn out l chain of notes that doesn't fit with the song will not serve you well. Start with a small guitar riff then slowly from there build on that until you have full blown lead. Remember sometimes less is more. Do not over do it with too much of a good thing.

Take time to lean a scale if not more than one. Scales are a group of notes that all fit together to give you a particular sound or feel depending on the scale used. One of the easiest scales to master is the Pentatonic. They have fewer notes then most of others and is the most widely used scale in modern music.

Take the time to practice the new leads you write. Play them over and over and over again. It is important that you play all the notes cleanly and sharply. You need to be right on with this. Otherwise you run the risk of sounding sloppy and unpracticed. Also use alternate picking. This will add a little flavor to your solo.

Don't be afraid to mix scales together a bit. Maybe combine the pentatonic and the major. You may be surprised at the richness you get by doing this.

Take the time to become familiar with the notes on the fretboard. If you have just begun to learn guitar you may be putting this off figuring you can learn this at a later date. This will not help you by waiting to pick up the fretboard layout. There is no avoiding this to write good guitar solos you need to know the fretboard.

Timing is everything. You must play your lead in time or relatively close. If you ignore this part of the writing process your solo will sound disjointed and not fit with the theme of the song. Use a metronome if you have to but really work on this. This part can really make or break you. This could be the deciding factor whether this is a keeper or all your hard work ends up on the garbage heap.