This is great, keep 'em coming.
Would also be interesting to hear from you what YOU think of each performance.
Learning Guitar World's top 100 solos
klaasvakie but if this is too spammy, let me know.
Not at all! I dig the explanations of each - some good tips n insights there. ?
12 days later
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Next one is up - not on the list of 100 but an honourable mention. I haven't given it a listen yet, but I know the solo well (but can't play it yet), and it is also one of my favourites. I'll be at a good set of headphones tomorrow morning and then I'll give it a spin.
Perhaps my second favourite version (first is obviously the Gilmour one) is the one in the Martin Miller Medley:
@NorioDS Off topic, looks like the forum ate my post about Yousician, I get 404.
klaasvakie Off topic, looks like the forum ate my post about Yousician, I get 404.
Working for me:
https://community.guitartalk.co.za/d/26723-thoughts-on-yousician
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NorioDS This is what I get when I click on that link:
klaasvakie thanks for that! I think I know what's wrong and I'll sort it out today. Thanks again!
So I just gave this a listen --- a very clean playthrough. Two things stood out:
- Bending accuracy, these were spot on. Also, this is one of the few songs I know that has double-bends (Check, 4:03, 6:05, 6:15, 6:33). I haven't tried to do this yet, but I think its hard getting these right.
- Unless he has a clicktrack going in the headphones, this guy's counting is phenomenal. There is a 50-second stretch from 2:00 to 2:50 where the backing track has no indication of the beat and then he merges flawlessly after that much dead time.
klaasvakie Fixed, thanks again! (The issue was the the tag "Editor's Pick" was read-only by administrators.)
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NorioDS Thanks for fixing this! O wait, I can see the thread now, but can't reply
klaasvakie Great feedback.
I gotta agree with you. His bends are great and when you're playing Gilmour... well you just can't without flawless bending. The double bends sound great, for sure. Definitely something I'd like to introduce to my playing.
The gap between 2:00 and 2:50... it does look like he's counting. Would be interesting to know if he's just counting or if there's a clicktrack. Don't suppose you could ask him? ? Would be keen to see how he's dealing with that.
With the 2 songs I tried learning recently, I found counting in my head to be far too unreliable. I'm sure it's a skill that can be developed but I imagine it takes years.
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NorioDS With the 2 songs I tried learning recently, I found counting in my head to be far too unreliable. I'm sure it's a skill that can be developed but I imagine it takes years.
The previous song I spent a bunch of time on was Brothers in Arms which also has a couple of fairly dead stretches in the beginning, not surprisingly I found my counting ability severely lacking. It is never completely dead though (like on Shine on you), so in the end I think I learned to listen for subtle changes in the synths in order to decide when to drop in. I am still not happy with my timing on that.
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NorioDS The gap between 2:00 and 2:50... it does look like he's counting. Would be interesting to know if he's just counting or if there's a clicktrack. Don't suppose you could ask him? ? Would be keen to see how he's dealing with that.
So here is his reply:
I totally missed the little hidden click the first time around ? The more you know ...
Ha! Awesome! Thanks for asking ? Such a simple answer and I would've overcomplicated it myself ?
5 days later
No. 89 is up. Some Rage Against ? ? ?
This looks super fun to play, and possibly easy enough that I have a shot at nailing it. I must give it a try when I get home.
4 days later
MMM, while I was out of town two posts came up, No 88 and No 87
Man, that Living Colour solo has some fast stretches in it ?
6 days later
No 86 is up:
I really liked the chromatic run at about 4:00. Another interesting thing is how the song progresses from being very rock at the start to almost BB-King-type blues at the end. I like it.
7 days later
No 85 is out:
This solo didn't really do much for me, but maybe I just got out of bed grumpy. I can see it being quite the bendy workout, especially with the vibrato on top of the bends. Definitely something that needs work in my playing.
klaasvakie Yoh I dig those bends. Yeah I agree, great solo for practising good bends.
That speedy riff at the end was also a nice "manic" way to end an otherwise sparsely "noted" solo. Me likey.
(At some point, I hope to check out this entire list but I reckon I'll need a few hours of time set aside for that ?)
No 84 is out. I've listened to some Michael Schenker before, but mostly his solo stuff. After hearing this I think I should give UFO a whirl as well. I haven't given this a good listen yet, will give it a proper spin tomorrow with headphones.
4 days later
Second no 84 is out. I like this solo quite a bit. For some reason it doesn't feel so far out of reach as many of the others. I also a solo like this that really works for the song. A massive shredfest here would be out of place.