My guitar playing has been stuck in a rut lately (too much "horizontal growth", as Jamey Andreas would put it), so I've decided to take on a new project to broaden my skills. I've always sucked a bit on the electric guitar, and I recently downloaded a CD called The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos... so I put 2 and 2 together, and decided to learn to play all 100 solos. I don't know how long it will take me, but it's a long term project so I'll aim for 52 weeks, two a week.
The first one is (wait for it) Stairway To Heaven; can you believe that as an avid music fan I have never once heard that famous song before? Anyway I listened to it and kept waiting for the solo - then when it came it really blew me away. So I looked up the tab and started figuring it out - I've managed about 1/3 so far, but at nowhere near full speed. Some of the runs of notes are blazingly fast to a sloth like me. And some of the bends are too much for my guitar to handle without the strings popping off!
Hopefully I will adapt to the speed with a bit more practise. I have to start #2 as well which is Eruption, and I've never heard that before either! I'll let you know how it's all going in a couple of weeks...
Good luck on erruption in a week! :P Nevertheless, cool idea.
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Good luck
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Gee Whiz, do you live on mars? Stairway to Heaven is like the most played song of alll time on the radio... Good luck though. :) That's gonna take alot of practising to get two awesome guitar solo's in a week. I suggest getting them sorta down, then going to another one, and then coming back to it. It's a good way to not get burned out on a song.
Stairway to Freebird!
start with number 100 and work your way down. it'll be easier that way.
No stairway!
Good luck! And yeah, start with stairway to heaven to make up for not knowing the song all this time :lol:
Ok, well I just listened to Eruption, and I have to put a little disclaimer into my project: I don't have to learn all 100 solos perfectly!
-Firstly, Eruption is just ridiculously fast playing.
-Secondly, I don't really like that kind of music or intend to play it ever myself.
I will certainly look at the tabs and try to play a few bars, because I'm sure I'll learn something, however I can say with some confidence that Eruption is not one of the songs I'll be coming back to after week 1!
Week 2: Freebird + Comfortably Numb
Week 3: All Along The Watchtower (Hendrix) + November Rain
Week 4: One (Metalllica) + Hotel California
I am discovering a lot of new songs!! (Yes, I do live on Mars. We got the Beatles out there, but not much else...)
No-one's asked the obvious question yet.....where did you get the dowload from?
This sounds like a fun project....
:D :D :D
Vic
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Obvious questions have obvious answers...
(Bittorrent, I presume)
A hoopy frood knows where his towel is....
It's a great collection.
1. Greatest Guitar Solos - Stairway to Heaven (8:01)
2. Greatest Guitar Solos - Eruption (1:42)
3. Greatest Guitar Solos - Freebird (9:02)
4. Greatest Guitar Solos - Comfortably Numb (6:23)
5. Greatest Guitar Solos - All Along the Watchtower (4:01)
6. Greatest Guitar Solos - November Rain (8:57)
7. Greatest Guitar Solos - One (7:25)
8. Greatest Guitar Solos - Hotel California (6:31)
9. Greatest Guitar Solos - Crazy Train (4:49)
10. Greatest Guitar Solos - Crossroads (4:16)
11. Greatest Guitar Solos - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (5:13)
12. Greatest Guitar Solos - Johnny B. Goode (2:42)
13. Greatest Guitar Solos - Texas Flood (5:22)
14. Greatest Guitar Solos - Layla (7:04)
15. Greatest Guitar Solos - Highway Star (6:08)
16. Greatest Guitar Solos - Heartbreaker (4:14)
17. Greatest Guitar Solos - Cliffs of Dover (4:10)
18. Greatest Guitar Solos - Little Wing (2:23)
19. Greatest Guitar Solos - Floods (6:59)
20. Greatest Guitar Solos - Bohemian Rhapsody (5:53)
21. Greatest Guitar Solos - Time (7:04)
22. Greatest Guitar Solos - Sultans of Swing (5:46)
23. Greatest Guitar Solos - Bulls on Parade (3:51)
24. Greatest Guitar Solos - Fade to Black (6:57)
25. Greatest Guitar Solos - Aqualung (6:38)
26. Greatest Guitar Solos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:48 )
27. Greatest Guitar Solos - Pride and Joy (3:40)
28. Greatest Guitar Solos - Mr. Crowley (4:37)
29. Greatest Guitar Solos - For the Love of God (6:03)
30. Greatest Guitar Solos - Surfing With the Alien (4:25)
31. Greatest Guitar Solos - Stranglehold (8:22)
32. Greatest Guitar Solos - Machine Gun (12:36)
33. Greatest Guitar Solos - The Thrill Is Gone (5:24)
34. Greatest Guitar Solos - Paranoid Android (6:25)
35. Greatest Guitar Solos - Cemetery Gates (7:02)
36. Greatest Guitar Solos - Black Star (4:53)
37. Greatest Guitar Solos - Sweet Child O' Mine (5:56)
38. Greatest Guitar Solos - Whole Lotta Love (5:33)
39. Greatest Guitar Solos - Cortez the Killer (7:31)
40. Greatest Guitar Solos - Reelin' in the Years (4:32)
41. Greatest Guitar Solos - Brighton Rock (5:09)
42. Greatest Guitar Solos - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (4:46)
43. Greatest Guitar Solos - Sharp Dressed Man (4:14)
44. Greatest Guitar Solos - Alive (5:41)
45. Greatest Guitar Solos - Light My Fire (7:08)
46. Greatest Guitar Solos - 046 Van Halen - Hot for Teacher.mp3
47. Greatest Guitar Solos - 047 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica.mp3
48. Greatest Guitar Solos - 048 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil.mp3
49. Greatest Guitar Solos - 049 Santana - Europa.mp3
50. Greatest Guitar Solos - 050 Kiss - Shock Me.mp3
51. Greatest Guitar Solos - 051 Ozzie Ozborne - No More Tears.mp3
52. Greatest Guitar Solos - 052 Jimi Hendrix - Star-Spangled Banner.mp3
53. Greatest Guitar Solos - 053 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You.mp3
54. Greatest Guitar Solos - 054 Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA.mp3
55. Greatest Guitar Solos - 055 Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie.mp3
56. Greatest Guitar Solos - 056 Black Sabbath - War Pigs.mp3
57. Greatest Guitar Solos - 057 Pantera - Walk.mp3
58. Greatest Guitar Solos - 058 Eric Clapton - Cocaine.mp3
59. Greatest Guitar Solos - 059 Kinks - You Really Got Me.mp3
60. Greatest Guitar Solos - 060 Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures.mp3
61. Greatest Guitar Solos - 061 Metallica - Master of Puppets.mp3
62. Greatest Guitar Solos - 062 Pink Floyd - Money.mp3
63. Greatest Guitar Solos - 063 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue.mp3
64. Greatest Guitar Solos - 064 Prince - Little Red Corvette.mp3
65. Greatest Guitar Solos - 065 Allman Brothers - Blue Sky.mp3
66. Greatest Guitar Solos - 066 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast.mp3
67. Greatest Guitar Solos - 067 Michael Jackson feat. Eddie Van Halen - Beat It.mp3
68. Greatest Guitar Solos - 068 Yes - Starship Trooper.mp3
69. Greatest Guitar Solos - 069 Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing.mp3
70. Greatest Guitar Solos - 070 Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze.mp3
71. Greatest Guitar Solos - 071 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain.mp3
72. Greatest Guitar Solos - 072 Aerosmith - Walk This Way.mp3
73. Greatest Guitar Solos - 073 Phish - Stash.mp3
74. Greatest Guitar Solos - 074 Deep Purple - Lazy.mp3
75. Greatest Guitar Solos - 075 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again.mp3
76. Greatest Guitar Solos - 076 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl.mp3
77. Greatest Guitar Solos - 077 Alice In Chains - Man in the Box.mp3
78. Greatest Guitar Solos - 078 Grateful Dead - Truckin'.mp3
79. Greatest Guitar Solos - 079 Van Halen - Mean Street.mp3
80. Greatest Guitar Solos - 080 AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long.mp3
81. Greatest Guitar Solos - 081 The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane.mp3
82. Greatest Guitar Solos - 082 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man.mp3
83. Greatest Guitar Solos - 083 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Scuttle Buttin'.mp3
84. Greatest Guitar Solos - 084 UFO - Lights Out.mp3
85. Greatest Guitar Solos - 085 David Bowie - Moonage Daydream.mp3
86. Greatest Guitar Solos - 086 Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post.mp3
87. Greatest Guitar Solos - 087 Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited.mp3
88. Greatest Guitar Solos - 088 Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne.mp3
89. Greatest Guitar Solos - 089 Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name.mp3
90. Greatest Guitar Solos - 090 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain.mp3
91. Greatest Guitar Solos - 091 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Heard It Through the Grapevine.mp3
92. Greatest Guitar Solos - 092 Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut.mp3
93. Greatest Guitar Solos - 093 The Doors - The End.mp3
94. Greatest Guitar Solos - 094 Rush - Working Man.mp3
95. Greatest Guitar Solos - 095 Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter.mp3
96. Greatest Guitar Solos - 096 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman .mp3
97. Greatest Guitar Solos - 097 Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death.mp3
98. Greatest Guitar Solos - 098 Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon.mp3
99. Greatest Guitar Solos - 099 Jeff Becker - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers.mp3
100. Greatest Guitar Solos - 100 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive.mp3
Geez, I've been working on the Crossroads solo for about a year now and you're going to do it in a week. What a slacker I am.
76. Greatest Guitar Solos - 076 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl.mp3
This one will take you about 5 minutes. :wink:
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