Learning Guitar World's top 100 solos

klaasvakie · 2018-05-31T12:29:39+00:00

Not sure how many of you read r/Guitar on reddit, but this guy has a cool thing going where he is learning Guitar World's top 100 guitar solos in order from...

Learning Guitar World's top 100 solos

V8

klaasvakie Haha, no - and until one tries something at real speed, you'll not likely realise it either!

Didn't notice it during Scuttle Buttin, but after chatting to my mate and feeling the picking hand getting horribly tangled - I figured it out.

P.s. He's a teacher at the jazz workshop - probably been playing for around 30+yrs and he's just getting this stuff under his belt. Never to late or too old...gotta love music!

klaasvakie

We have #82, King Crimson.

I've never really got into King Crimson, even though everyone tells me I should ?. I liked this song. The guitar work is super hard, but I think I have to give a shoutout to the base player as well, some ridiculous chromatic runs in there.

I think what makes me lose interest is just the very long dissonant runs with not much repeating melody to anchor the sucker. Maybe my musical taste is just not refined enough. Anyway here goes:

NorioDS

klaasvakie I think what makes me lose interest is just the very long dissonant runs with not much repeating melody to anchor the sucker.

Ja neee, way too weird for my tastes as well ?

klaasvakie

Number 81 is out:
Not very much variation in this solo, but I liked the fact that it wasn't overly shreddy. Enjoyed the runs at 45s and 2:35s

klaasvakie

Some ACDC at No 80:

Nice having something on the list that I can imagine myself being able to play ?

NorioDS

klaasvakie

I wonder if there's a list of these solos in order from easiest to hardest? That would be useful for slowly attacking all these solos.

I'm sure this process is a helluva education in writing solos. There's something about learning a solo (or any part of a song) that opens your mind. Particularly if you choose artists or styles that you've never tried playing before.

Metal, for example: I've never bothered with trying to learn anything there but I listen to a lot of it. Learning some rhythm of that Megadeth tune really was interesting. Totally different to anything I might choose to try and play.

Anyway, still a great thread ? Love peeking in here from time to time, especially for the songs/solos I recognise and love. Great to read his input and also add our own ?

klaasvakie

Second honorable mention is up:
Gary Moore, looks hard:

klaasvakie

No 79. is up with some EVH. So it's not just Gilmore doing those 2.5 step bends!

klaasvakie

No 78 is up with some Grateful Dead. He is right, not much of a solo, but there are some nice pentatoninc licks in there:

klaasvakie

No 77 with Alice In Chains. I didn't know this song before, but I quite like it. The solo is good, but not sure if it is Top 100 material in my book.

V8

klaasvakie This guy is good, nailed that one - wah tone was great!

Aaaannd those bends were all spot on... ?

klaasvakie

V8 Yeah, the bends were top notch. Especially the "pre-bends", for me those are the toughest since you can't use your ear to guide you, they have to be spot-on the moment you pick the string. Normal pick-then-bends are much easier (for me at least).

V8

klaasvakie Especially the "pre-bends", for me those are the toughest since you can't use your ear to guide you,

+a lot!

I can get to a one step bend fairly accurately (not 2 or more though)...but, I struggle with the timing of bending without playing the note, it always seems VERY weird to me!

klaasvakie

No 76. Neil Young with Cinnamon Girl. No Comment

klaasvakie

No 75. with The Who. I love The Who so much, and I love this song, but this is not a complicated solo. I love the lick at 00:45.

klaasvakie

No. 74 With Deep Purple - Man this looks hard.

V8

klaasvakie Enjoyed that, quite bluesy, with a dash of prog? Those bends had me grimacing in sympathy for his fingers, he did nail them - but it must of hurt eventually.

I dig the way he writes the background for the player/song - adds to it to have a bit of a backstory.

klaasvakie

V8 Yeah, those 3rd fret bends look owchie

klaasvakie

No 73. with Phish - this one has a nice vibe to it, didn't know the song at all

klaasvakie

So apparently he learned the wrong Phish solo for No 73, here is 73 again with the correct solo: