We’re going to show you what 7th chords are made of, how to split them into triads, which notes you can leave out and finally, which shapes to use to find and play 7th chords in every position on the fretboard - including a few shell voicings.
Target Tones: How to Effectively use Chord Notes in Your Guitar Solos
In this article we’re going to look at using chord tones, which are the notes that a chord is made up of, to make your solos sound more cohesive with the chords you’re playing over.
This is closely related to using arpeggios to solo, but good fretboard knowledge will also get you through if you want to stick to using scales.