Have you ever started learning a guitar solo....

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ZoSo58LP said:
yeah, i've been trying to learn a solo from the band foreign objects where james murphy (guitarist from death) played the solo, and for the life of me i just can't get it down as fast as him. i've pretty much given up, and then realized the last time i sat down and learned a solo was like 5 years ago...ugh i gotta get on it lol..check it out,
‪Foreign Objects - Universal Culture Shock‬‏ - YouTube


ugh!
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I wouldn't know where to start with that. :)
 
Just do what I do. Be an awesome rhythm player. You'll pick up about as many chicks as the bass player, but it'll be chicks who "like you for you"






:laughings: learn the solo. You got this
 
140 bpm today. :eek: Not perfect, but definitely kicking most of its arse.
 
diggy_dude said:
Practice on 10-gauge strings and switch to 9-gauge once you can play it at 116.
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Or, put little lead weights on your fingers, like runners do when training. When you take them off, your fingers will fly!:p

Of course, you will spend much more time actually finding those finger weights than you would on practicing the song... of course, some wise guy here will probably find them before the day is over...:rolleyes:

Q: What does a lead guitarist use for birth control?

A: His personality.
 
Bubba po said:
140 bpm today. :eek: Not perfect, but definitely kicking most of its arse.
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there ya' go man.
It's all about repetition when you're trying to build speed.

If a human being played it ....... then you can play it!
You'll just have to work at it like the guy you're listening to did.

Don't forget ..... you listen to that recording by the Cars and it seems effortless, the way he plays it.
But that doesn't take in account the 20 years or more that he spent working at it.
You can do this and more .... keep us posted because I love success stories.
 
A friend of mine spends a lot of time in various studios up in Boston(engineering and such). He said, and I paraphrase, you should hear some of the early outtakes of Elliot Easton's solos. They are horrible!. The caveat, my buddy is a damn good guitarist but could never quite hookup with the right group of guys and make the right connections to hit it big, so there's probably a bit of competitive envy going on there. But I think it serves to illustrate that after writing those solos Easton didn't just rip through them without effort and a fare bit of rehearsal.

One of my favorite Easton solos is on Touch and Go.
 
I now find it difficult to remember a time when I couldn't play the solo out of "My best Friend's Girl" by the Cars.

Weird.
 
Bubba po said:
I now find it difficult to remember a time when I couldn't play the solo out of "My best Friend's Girl" by the Cars.

Weird.
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awesome dude!


:)

I told ya' ....... now just think of all the other great stuff you've been thinking you couldn't play.
You can play 'em all!

Very cool.
 
Lt. Bob said:
awesome dude!


:)

I told ya' ....... now just think of all the other great stuff you've been thinking you couldn't play.
You can play 'em all!

Very cool.
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Your replies have been one of my greatest motivations, Bob. :)
 
congrats! I was starting to think you gave up on it
 
Bubba po said:
...and got to the point where you come to the realization that you
simply can't move your fingers any faster? :(

The song ought to be played at about 125 bpm and I can't get
faster than about 116 bpm.

Dealing with one's own shortage of talent is a difficult thing. Any
suggestions or similar experiences?
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Here's what I do and what I teach my students. The hard
part is doing it.

If you have the notes and rhythms then it will be easier.

Start with your best friend (metronome or drum machine) and
set it to where you can play it 90% without mistakes. Let's say
we start off at 100 bpm. Play it 5 times in a row and without
mistakes. If you flub it on the 5th time then you must start
over. Play it the same way, i.e. dynamics, articulation, etc...

When you make it 5 times move your best friend to 105 and
repeat. Remember, no mistakes. 110, repeat. In 15 minutes
you'll be burning that solo at 150+bpm.
 
Having been playing this small musical passage over and over again for the last two weeks or so, I've found a very unusual effect taking place. Events which seemed to be at breakneck speed in the early days of learning this solo seem to become slower and slower. The more you practise, the more pronounced the effect becomes. I'm convinced now, that practice slows down the perception of time for the musician, which in effect means that the brain is processing the information more quickly. Every time I play this solo now, I can pick out a note where a vibrato could be added, or the attack of the plectrum could be refined, or an extra pull-off could be incorporated. I'm playing it faster and more consistently now than I ever imagined I could and often faster than the record, yet my brain is now finding space to make judgements on refining it.

If only I'd worked harder at music when I was younger.
 
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