Intrument Solos and Dissonant Notes

[TFHT2013]

I'm very confused as to how to write solos and melodies, particularly for the guitar. I'm just having a huge brain-fart right now and apparently can't comprehend music without more coffee. I know this is very basic, but actually writing the music, as opposed to just playing and listening, has really jostled my brain.

Let's say my buddy is constantly strumming a C chord on the 4/4 beat. Just a down stroke playing a C on every beat.

If I wanted to solo on the C Natural Scale really fast, how would I do this when there are notes in the scale that are dissonant to the chord? Would I simply play those dissonant notes in between his C chords and make sure that when ever my notes land on a beat that those notes should be Either C,E, or G? Could I actually play Bs, Ds, and Fs on top of his C? Should I make sure to resolve those dissonant notes?

What if I wanted to shred chromatically?

What if a string ensemble is playing that C? How does the high release, or seemingly non-existent drop in volume of that chord, affect how I would play?

What if the Chord being played is a dissonant chord, like a suspended chord?

[jancivil]

Would I make sure that when ever my notes land on a beat that those notes should be Either C,E, or G?

that wouldn't be making music, that would be a sort of game of following a rule.

what are your observations improvising? one thing you don't seem to have done is make observations based in extant melody. go check out 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers', Stevie Wonder and make note of the melody, particularly how it does not resolve to strong beat, in fact the main feature is strong appoggiatura/resolve.



the thing to do is to hear these principles in music rather than approach it from reading words. you can do all sorts of things; what is your idea? I reckon we ought to be playing melodies someone that knew what they were doing before we're ready to push forward on our own.