[JohnW63]

JonPR,

Let me give an example. I know the basic melody to this song. With a bit of warming up, I can play it pretty well. It's not really hard.



When it comes to the sections where there is either the guitar solo section or the sax solo section, the solos are over the chords in the melody, but not at all like the melody. Say at the 2:29 minute mark and then starting at the 3:05 mark until the fad out.

If there was someone holding down the melody, I would feel confident. I can come up with something half way decent. But with just the bass ( my instructor ) and a generic drum track, I loose the feel. I think I have spent too much time having the melody being fed to me and I need to wen myself off that habit.