In this lesson you will not only find a solo filled with techniques to learn - but you will find a complete instrumental guitar song. The way we constructed this song allows you to practice it as if it where a lesson series - starting from beginner level and ending with advanced techniques.
Brian May is one of the most melodic guitar players in the world of modern music. His style and sense of melody are very inspirational and we'll discuss some of the elements that make him so recognizable.
A melodic instrumental piece based in the style of John Petrucci. I recorded my interpretation of one of John's songs called Wishful Thinking which can be found on his solo album.
Rock music as we know it today would not be the same without the eighties. Many bands back then have influenced musicians today in many ways. The most important thing in the following examples is to stay as melodic as possible.
Let's cover some important techniques like slides, legato, bending and the most important is right hand muting.
I will also use this solo as an example of constructing solo moving horizontally over the fretboard and not up and down in boxes.
This solo combines many techniques: bending, pre-bending, picking, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping, sweeping, use of open strings etc. It's sort of a Rock Ballad feel, tempo is 70bpm.
Oh my god - is this the first collaboration lesson at gmc or what? We believe it is! Let's go through the clean and distorted rhythm guitars, covering verse and chorus. From there you will see how things develop into a "duel" kind of solo.
Scale wise I tried to keep it as simple as possible - just B major scale with a little bit of B major pentatonic scale. Techniques: alternate picking, tapping, legato, sweeping, bends etc.
This is a great opportunity to explore how much feeling we have in our playing. Suitable for intermediate guitar players, this lesson shows that we can combine slow and fast melodies to express different emotions and cover different aspects of the playing.