i dont want a really easy solo. NO EASY SOLOS e.g oasis. but i dont want really hard ones that are really fast. any suggestions?
2007-11-07 06:27:27 · 9 answers · asked by guitar_girl 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
delilah, by the plain white t's, great solo, and lovely song
2007-11-07 07:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by curliwhirli 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Assuming that you want to learn an actual guitar solo, as opposed to a solo guitar piece, may I recommend any or all of the following? All are learnable, all are musical and while none of them are really fast, they are all a challenge to play well.
'Sunshine of Your Love' by Cream (guitarist: Eric Clapton. Moody, soulful and threatening by turns. Solos like this are the reason why Clapton is famous now, cause let's face it it's not so much to do with the stuff he's done lately.) Available on 'Disraeli Gears'.
'Marquee Moon' by Television (two different solos from two different guitarists, but the easier, longer and more interesting one is by Tom Verlaine) Available on the album of the same name.
'Something' by The Beatles (guitarist: George Harrison. You may not think of George as being a great guitarist but this is a harmonically very sophisticated solo, and seriously challenging to just work out how he gets from A to B). Available on 'Abbey Road'.
'Could You Be The One' by Husker Du (guitarist: Bob Mould. Tuneful, sprightly, noisy and a great pop-rock solo). Available on 'Warehouse: Songs and Stories'.
'Louie Louie' by The Kingsmen (guitarist: Mike Mitchell. A classic piece of early 60s garage rock, clumsy but effective, and harder work than it sounds to get that proper stabbing tone.) Available on any decent Kingsmen compilation.
'Starless' by King Crimson (guitarist: Robert Fripp. Not so much a solo as an extended and developing ostinato which builds at the end into some really brutal rhythm playing - fabulously enjoyable to play along with.) Available on 'Red'.
'Rose Room' by the Benny Goodman Sextet (guitarist: Charlie Christian. One of the first ever great electric guitar solos - short, sweet and adventurous. Christian was the first great electric guitarist.) Available on the Charlie Christian compilation 'The Genius of the Electric Guitar'.
I don't advise you to learn any Hendrix solos, because Hendrix was so far ahead of most of us in terms of both sonic adventurism and expressiveness that the constant failure to reproduce the sounds he could make is just depressing. But the above solos are all gems. Study them closely.
2007-11-07 13:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Still say White Summer by Jimmy Page. Alternatively, try anything by Yngwie Malmsteen.
2007-11-07 06:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A great piece that my grandson plays is Cavatina, John Williams theme from the deerhunter. It's slow but full of expression. Hope you like it.
2007-11-07 06:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by wersmynuts 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some metallica solos r easy
2007-11-07 09:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anji, by Bert Jansch. It's acoustic fingerstyle.Hope this helps.
2007-11-07 07:01:58 · answer #6 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always with me, always with you.
Joe Satriani.
He's a guitar whizz but this is quite easy really, and sounds beautiful.
2007-11-07 06:39:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the one and only freebird by lyneord skinnard excuse spelling
2007-11-07 06:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by phuk1t 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HENDRIX has got to be the way to go !!!!
2007-11-07 08:05:46 · answer #9 · answered by bm318is 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋