Simple Metal Solo Lesson

Simple Metal Solo

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  • Welcome to the Simple Metal solo lesson !

    This lesson is a specific one. It's called simple because it is in fact simple, comparing to how advanced metal solos can be. Metal has always been a kind of playing pool for guitar players. It was a unique genre where you could actually launch everything you can - your most advanced skills. Everything was warm wellcome - speed, fancy stuff, all available techniques. In my lesson you can try some of the this stuff being stripped-down to a form, that is available for intermediate players. I hope it would be a great introductions to modern metal soloing, that would help you to develope your skills even more.

    Gear used (in order of connection chain placement):

    1. Hufschmid Helldunkel guitar
    2. Presonus Inspire 1394 firewire audio interface (input gain 40%)
    3. TSE808 - Tube Screamer simulation. Tone 75%, Drive 0 %, Volume = 100%
    4. Poulin LeXtac vst plug-in:
    - Channel - blue
    - Input 50%
    - Gain 70%
    - Pre EQ - brighter
    - Bass 50%
    - Middle 40%
    - Treble 50%
    - Contour 100%
    5. Kefir impulse loader (mix 100%)
    6. Impulse - Catharsis s-preshigh

    Tuning - Standard E

    Backing track progression:

    4/4
    ||: Am | Am | Am | Am |
    F | F | Dm | Dm :||
    Am | Am | Am | Am |
    Am | Am | Am | E/A |
    F | F | Am | Am |
    F | F | Em | Em ||




    Tempo: Main song tempo is 110 bpm. There are backing tracks available at 40, 55, 70, 90 and 110 bpm.

    Time signature: 4/4

    Scales used in this lesson:

    A-minor



    A-harmonic minor



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