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Easy Guitar Solo - Two To Attempt

Before you actually attempt trying to play an easy guitar solo it is a good idea to learn more about what they are. Guitar solos will either be a melodic passage or section or a whole piece of music that will have been written solely for playing by an electric or acoustic guitar. Sometimes these pieces of music may contain some degree of improvisation within them like those in rock, metal, jazz or blues music.

Guitar solos will be written either just to be played purely by a guitar or there are other pieces written where other instruments are used to accompany it. This is particular common in many forms of rock music played today. Generally it is the lead guitarist in the rock group who will be given the role of playing any solo pieces of guitar music in the group’s songs.

When it comes to you learning how to play the guitar then initially it won’t hurt you to learn a few easy guitar solos. Two which spring to mind and that will help you get started are as follows:-

1. Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns N’ Roses - If you have only been playing the guitar for a short time and never attempted to play a guitar solo before you may find this one a little difficult at the start. This is because that there is some string skipping for you to learn to deal with.

But when it comes to you learning how to play this particular guitar solo it is a good idea to set up a metronome next to you. Now reduce the tempo to slower than that of the 120 beats per minute which this particular piece of music is normally played at. Now you just need to practice this solo at the much slower pace and then as your confidence in your playing increases so you can then speed up the tempo on the metronome.

If you still find that after slowing the tempo down from the 120 beats per minute you are still finding it difficult to master this guitar solo slow it down even further. Thinking that you will be able to play this at the same speed as Slash of Guns N’ Roses straight away is not going to happen. If you find you have difficulties playing it even at slow speed then when you attempt to play it at the right tempo will prove ever more difficult. Also you have to keep in mind that each note you play on this particular guitar solo is an eighth note so every note you play on makes up half a beat on a metronome.

2. Smells Like Teen Spirit By Nirvana - This has proven to be one of the most influential songs of all time and though the solo within it is very short it is perfectly suited to those who are just learning how to play the guitar. The reason for this being is that this particular easy guitar solo actually mimics the verse within the song.

You may want to attempt playing this particular easy guitar solo without using your little finger. However, if you are a complete beginner at playing the guitar then using your little finger is crucial as it makes it much easier to play the eighth fret note when moving between the G and D and the D and A Strings. Also you should insure you use your index finger as well when playing this easy guitar solo as it makes bending the eighth fret note much easier.

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