PlayGuitarSolos

How To Play Guitar Solos

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Smoke on the Water Full Guitar Lesson

This weekend only $3.95.

Play-thru with tab plus over an 11 minute lesson.

  • Learn How To Play Guitar Solos

  • Improve your guitar technique of bending, hammer-on / pull-offs, and fast alternate picking.

  • Become familiar with common scales, chord formations and notes on the neck.

  • Practice your musical timing and rhythms by playing repeatable licks.

  • Playing different guitar styles teaches you how to play guitar better.


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So how did I learn all these solos?

I've never used tabs in my life.  But everyone always asks for them, so I hand type them all out at the end after the video is done.

With tabs you don't get the rhythm and timing, which is half of the battle.  I always say the notes are one half, the timing is the other, and the technique just comes naturally if you pursue the first two to perfection.  So I always figured it out by ear.  But in my day, you couldn't slow anything down.  You just had to stop the solo at each instant until you could find each note.  But that's the same method even if you can slow it down.  Then you need to play along with it from the beginning up to speed.  Every time you mess up, practice that lick, and then start again at the very beginning.

 

I also find it a big help to take a break, but come back for another try each day.  After a few days of repeating the same thing, it just finally comes into your head.   That's what works for me anyway.

So the tabs that are included here aren't alone going to get you there, but they can shortcut the process of you having to figure each phrase out by ear.  The video won't get you there either, but again, you can watch the lick and how it's played.

What will get you there is tuning up to the song, and playing along UP TO SPEED until you get it down.  Keep repeating from the beginning until you master it.  That's it!

All the best, rock on!   Tom

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When you learn how to play a guitar solo, you learn guitar technique,  scales, patterns and guitar licks all in one.  It's about the best guitar lesson you can have because it brings it all together.

You master so many aspects of playing guitar as you learn a guitar solo.  You can study guitar theory all you want, but, like learning any craft... "the learning is in the doing"

If you really want to get good and learn how to play guitar,  just do it... play guitar solos!

 

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