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aalfarhan
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I want to know your opinions. I'd like to see a copy of the tabs as well so I can check it out what's so hard about it. This should be fun!
Gear_Junky
New member
i would imagine it'd be some classical pieces (maybe Paganini?), which, by the way, would need standard notation, not tab 
apl
Stand Up Comity
They're all hard for me.
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Big Kenny
New member
i would imagine it'd be some classical pieces (maybe Paganini?), which, by the way, would need standard notation, not tab
yup, here's one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98y0Q7nLGWk
TelePaul
J to the R O C
i would imagine it'd be some classical pieces (maybe Paganini?), which, by the way, would need standard notation, not tab
Paganinis fifth caprice maybe.
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Superhuman
Shagaholic
The most difficult lead would probably be something by the late Shawn Lane (I discovered him after reading how Vai, Petrucci and others looked to him for inspiration on how to push the boundaries beyond insanely difficult). Riff wise probably some crazy death metal band like Necrophagist or Nocturnus for technical difficulty.
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
+1 for Shawn Lane
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cello_pudding
Well-known member
there's a lot of things that make something difficult.
i'm guessing this thread was made by a younger person that's wanting a shred solo.
take your pick...there's a lot of fast songs...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Wv7Z0DpJRM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KOcA2oW9DGU
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SzW8fi8z5C8&feature=related
but i think these songs require little variety technique-wise and those techniques are repeated billions of times. that being alt picking and sweep picking.
little goes into phrasing (though they do okay)
i would say some guitar solos for classical or spanish require lots of phrasing/speed/change of tone/harmonics/false harmonics/playing multiple strings/golpe/rasqueado/tremelo. (tremelo picking for spanish guitar is much more difficult than shred...it involves playing a melody and bass and uses thumb index middle and ring of the right hand)
an entirely different approach to left and right hand technique is needed and it is a difficult, difficult achievement.
i don't know what the hardest songs are...but to give you an idea....
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjAGJOPR0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=98y0Q7nLGWk
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wR95Y_KHFlM
i'm guessing this thread was made by a younger person that's wanting a shred solo.
take your pick...there's a lot of fast songs...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Wv7Z0DpJRM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KOcA2oW9DGU
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SzW8fi8z5C8&feature=related
but i think these songs require little variety technique-wise and those techniques are repeated billions of times. that being alt picking and sweep picking.
little goes into phrasing (though they do okay)
i would say some guitar solos for classical or spanish require lots of phrasing/speed/change of tone/harmonics/false harmonics/playing multiple strings/golpe/rasqueado/tremelo. (tremelo picking for spanish guitar is much more difficult than shred...it involves playing a melody and bass and uses thumb index middle and ring of the right hand)
an entirely different approach to left and right hand technique is needed and it is a difficult, difficult achievement.
i don't know what the hardest songs are...but to give you an idea....
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjAGJOPR0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=98y0Q7nLGWk
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wR95Y_KHFlM
WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
How's a guy supposed to get any work done when you go and post a bunch of links that? 
ido1957
9K Gold Member
Smoke on the Water - seems nobody in Guitar Center can play that right....
BlackHawk2029
New member
no shit on smoke on the water. and nobody knows the whole song.
pohaku
New member
Yeah, but they all keep on trying and trying to play it.
Tadpui
Well-known member
The phrasing in parts of Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover always got me. He has such a precise technique I always sounded like a beginner in comparison no matter how slowly I practiced it.
Oh, there was some song by Dream Theater that could just never get the hang of either. I shortly thereafter lost all interest in shredding and never looked back.
Oh, there was some song by Dream Theater that could just never get the hang of either. I shortly thereafter lost all interest in shredding and never looked back.
Supercreep
Lizard People
I think the guitar solo in Kid Charlemagne is probably fairly difficult to grok - probably not the most difficult ever, but I think it's very musical.
teknomike
Oldbie
Virtually ANYTHING by Allan Holdsworth ... 
The latest Guitar Player mag has a great article on him - quotes by EVH, Vai, Satch saying they can't figure out how the hell he plays some things.
The latest Guitar Player mag has a great article on him - quotes by EVH, Vai, Satch saying they can't figure out how the hell he plays some things.
Treeline
New member
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries.
I have the published tab at home for this album and will try to scan a page for you. Looks easy until you start trying to make sound with it. Here's a taste:
I have the published tab at home for this album and will try to scan a page for you. Looks easy until you start trying to make sound with it. Here's a taste:
Treeline
New member
Here's another page...
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chazba
terminally hip
and...and...and...
2 come to mind....
(1) The intro to Josie
(2) Birds of Fire by Mahavishnu
Of course, thats just limiting it to relatively contemporary stuff. If you want to go global with it, there's a shitload of Bach that I struggled with and still do now and then, and don't leave out the Flamenco that I worked on in the '60s and of course, anything from Sylvan Luc, I forgot to mention Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow and Howard Roberts....oh shit I can't leave out Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant....and...and...and
chazba
2 come to mind....
(1) The intro to Josie
(2) Birds of Fire by Mahavishnu
Of course, thats just limiting it to relatively contemporary stuff. If you want to go global with it, there's a shitload of Bach that I struggled with and still do now and then, and don't leave out the Flamenco that I worked on in the '60s and of course, anything from Sylvan Luc, I forgot to mention Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow and Howard Roberts....oh shit I can't leave out Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant....and...and...and
chazba
Mike_J
New member
They are all hard for me. Its one of the reasons I started recording and playing my own stuff.
legionserial
New member
By the same standard Smells Like Teen Spirit is the same. All the stupid fuckers that play it in E because they don't need to play it in F, because they never get past the main riff.