My instructor has moved me on to soloing. Typically he plays an Em progression and I solo using an Em pentatonic scale at the 12th fret. Apart from the fact that I suck at soloing - I'm a beginner 8^) - I need some good practice songs. I've searched around and mostly what I find is either really easy (e.g., Foreigner songs) or really hard (e.g., Joe Satriani). Needless to say, I'm coming up a bit empty on finding solos that meet the criteria.
Does anyone have some recommendations for good songs of which to learn their solos? I would like to find some that integrate some extra techniques, too. Hammer-ons, pull-off, and bends are particularly of interest.
-kirk
Smell like teen spirit - Nirvana is a relatively easy solo to learn
If you practice hard :wink: Wanted Dead Or Alive could be a nice solo to learn. There's some hammer-on, slide, pinched harmonic (maybe difficult for a beginner..), bend and a lot of moving up and down the neck.
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Thanks for the suggestions. And, your avatar has MY guitar!! I just got my Ibanez before Thanksgiving. Cool!!
Please keep the ideas coming...
Check out Guitar Backing Tracks.
In the Jam Sections, there are many backing tracks, mostly "BLUES" (grand-daddy of all Rock).
http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Jam%20Tracks
Then there is the lesson section with .pdf tabs that could at least help you find the right key for the track (in case you can't tell by ear)
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I'm also a begginer and I love trying to learn my fave bands solo's so here one for you to try pretty easy, look at the video for the timing, altho i know it's slightly different the tab is the basic version which Morello basically improvs around live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWRnbsDn61c Solo
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