How To Write Solos That SHRED!

[@ShredmasterScott]

Bad ass solo and killer analysis brother 🤘

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Thanks for helping with this one Scott, it felt good to shred again \m/

[@flaflu82]

How would Bach play that?

[@maximus3010]

Be an organ and marrow donor ASAP and adopt and donate to bed nets

[@HarlanHarvey76]

Hey Scott, you tube took away all my notifications that I used to get for all your videos. You might want to announce that to everyone if you've notice a drop in views. I had to re check the bell 🤷🏼‍♂️🤘🤘

[@ShredmasterScott]

@@HarlanHarvey76 yeah I think KZbin tried to kill my channel a while back...I'm still here though

[@AbhaySharmaarts]

Hey Jake , No words for your teaching skills and your playing ... I'm learning a lot from you, Love from India🇮🇳

[@sutirthajana]

Really ,the teaching style of Jake is simply awesome. Follower from India.

[@brunoalves3958]

There aren’t enough “thank yous” to express how grateful I am for learning from you, Jake. You’re the man.

[@paulkepshire5056]

Jake: "...it's important to think of General Strategy here..." Me: *(salutes)*

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

he was a good man

[@paulkepshire5056]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Agreed, sir.

[@Behdad47]

Major Point

[@Vampepper7529]

To me you are hands down the BEST guitar teacher on youtube I hope to be able to buy your course soon. Thank you for all the great content

[@iangarza990]

this is probably the most helpful introduction to writing solos on youtube

[@Eskimogunslinger]

Hands down THE best guitar lessons from Jake and this one was truly exceptional for me. Helped me understand a concept to reference when I'm lost fudging my way through a solo. Thanks so much man! I'll be joining your Patreon, it would be rude not to with all the excellent content I've consumed. Killer solo too by the way 🤘🤘

[@7thangelad586]

I’m hoping this is the kind of solo that -once mastered-causes lightning to issue forth from the axe and summons a dragon 🐉

[@WaldoFindsYo]

just steal other peoples solos or motifs and change them a little. boom you have a sick solo

[@michaelsmusic3532]

LOL

[@michaelsmusic3532]

Spamming a million mindless notes a second is my specialty tho ..... Someday I hope to be a real musician 😎

[@canadianscraggledog]

Have you listened to Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody?

[@ianidas300]

Dragons are terrible roommates

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

That intro was superb. And then you showed us how it was done. Utterly inspiring, thank you.

[@philipgreenwood3251]

Awesome. That has everything I want from a solo, fast widdle bits, different tuplets, recurring motif, etc You really explain things so well, just ticks every box. More!

[@guitarsupervillain]

Maybe the best video on breaking down a shred solo. You really make it feel simple and achievable when you break it down!

[@tylersherkin9487]

Great content as always, Jake. Love the way you explain things and I dig the sound of that sliding lick a lot! Your breakdowns are always excellent.

[@EclecticEssentric]

Thanks Jake and the Patreons! And thanks for Shred's Shreducational inspiration. I can't watch often and I really miss these videos.

[@ara1654]

Best teacher on KZbin.

[@461weavile]

Your lessons are so smooth, it barely feels like an entire ten minutes has already passed. I just want it to keep going forever. Also, your sound quality of your playing is so refined, I want to hear more full-length songs, and maybe even throw this solo or other lesson compositions in there. That triplet sliding part was absolutely worth the additional effort; most satisfying part of the solo.

[@shanehallusa]

It's so great that you tab your lesson - it enables you to move along at a good pace and cover a lot more information - unlike most others on KZbin who want to narrate each note (slide the A string forth fret, up to... - drives me crazy. So, thank you. Great lesson.)

[@marcmaroni132]

Dude... I have played longer than you have been alive and you make this finally make sense. Thank you very much.

[@michaelgriffin5304]

From one teacher to another; You are Great!

[@jordanrush1988]

The more I hear your solo…the more I enjoy it. Nice work!

[@anti_gravity8446]

I love your last remarks Jake about really writing and composing not just simply noodling expecting for something cool to pops up. Don’t get me wrong, sometime a good motif or melody pops up from noodling. Great lessons again as I am currently working on Lydian these days. Keep it up! Cheers!

[@TheNavigator13]

Amazing content as always. But what I also appreciate a lot about your channel, are your editing skills. Flawless, even if you cut something I can't really tell. It is like you are live in front of me explaining stuff. That's why you are my only subscribed channel with the bell notifications on. Thank you very much for all your hard work! I learn a lot from you.

[@thewholeyak7467]

You wizard, you warlock, you sage

[@Paschendale2]

If asked, I’d say that your KZbin channel has taught me the most as far as music theory goes. Shredmaster Scott would be 2nd. I took lessons for years, but never learned anything besides technique.

[@EclecticEssentric]

Music theory for guitar, with Tomasso Zillio (Zillio, Lizzio... weird) for theory and such. Bernth for shredding tips. But Shred and Jake are so helpful and in-depth.

[@musicmuncher6689]

Great video as always. I want to point out something to all, especially beginners, notice the position of the left hand, it's perfect. That's the right way to place your hand if you want to play fast licks, straight with the thumb behind the neck. I mention it because I learned the wrong way 30 years ago, my thumb tend to go on top of the neck and I lose some range, my fingers are not straight with the frets. I try to correct this but it's a lot harder when you're used to it, so if you're just starting, pay attention to that, it will be beneficial on the long run.

[@darrensmusicstudio]

Great lesson, well thought out. You're spot on when you mentioned rhythmic variation as that's definetely one of the key ways to make a shred solo interesting. One of my favorite guitarists is Vinnie Moore, I love his style of composing and there's no shortage of differing rhythms in his compositions. Makes things exciting because you really don't know what's coming up next in the tune so ya hang to listen to the whole thing. Again well done!

[@HarlanHarvey76]

I've been a subscriber of the Shred Master for a long time now. He and you both are excellent teachers and two of my favorites! Hands down.

[@BetchaCantPlaythese]

Jack Lizzio = greatest KZbin teacher.

[@jamieeaston2941]

Who's jack lizzo? Don't you mean jake

[@bryanwchambers9734]

Great solo Jake. It reminds me of "As time slips by" by the '80's shredder Vinnie moore.

[@Beulzabob]

Worlds collide. Shred is awesome as is your channel!

[@rpchennai7777]

You are a great person down to earth expert poses the art of simplicity 💕 🇮🇳 love from INDIA

[@jomamma1750]

Great Lesson and Thanks to Shredmaster Scott!!

[@mrbubbies_]

I watched this thinking I’d enjoy it but never actually be able to follow but this is incredibly well laid out

[@satejmulick9419]

I've improved so much because of you! Can't thank you enough!

[@privettk]

I've been hunting around KZbin for a good shred lesson just like this! Thanks so much Jake! More tools in the toolbox always helps

[@scottv4186]

this is a super helpful lesson - I am literally dealing with this now with a song I am writing, and was struggling on my solo portion.... This will help a lot. - I am no shredder, but this is still helpful in writing concepts.

[@JohnVSTech]

I keep coming back to this video! I dont know theres something about this lesson that is amazing!

[@slushpuppydevil]

always check if you have a new video when i open youtube, wasn't expecting a video so recently uploaded, exciting times

[@jessbian3385]

Jake mentioned Haken, I can die happy!

[@corytrana4500]

This should have 10M views. Thank you... First time I've ever commented on a video

[@blazingax05]

Great job Jake! I learned a lot here...I love how you broke it down into digestible chunks. Always thought shredding just wasn't my cup of tea but now I think I'm gonna try to learn it via composition

[@mechanicjamz]

Love simple but nice sounding with simple phrasing

[@PolyGrapheneee]

Lydian shred is my all time favorite thing now thanks to you 👌

[@Hetriani]

Jake this is out of the park man!!🔥🔥🤘 still dying to figure out something to collaborate with you on...lol love this!

[@s.vidhyardhsingh3881]

It’s great to see you incorporate some Indian music stuff in your playing 😄😄👍🏻

[@LuisFigueroa-jo3ev]

I have never learned so much on guitar until watching these videos. I will definitely apply these concepts to my playing!!

[@DH-qu8wh]

Duuuuuuuuuude! Your instruction is next level! You make this stuff so accessible!

[@ShtItsTheD]

Jake: The next one is very easy... Me: *quits playing guitar*

[@dangidelta]

Wow Jake....loved the technical breakdown...as always....your videos are worth the time any day

[@anthonyjohnson4734]

You are a fantastic teacher dude. Very smart

[@lukeg4806]

Your a great guitarist Jake, hope to see some new videos soon, thank you for all your help.

[@mavriv]

I see this channel. I click. I press like. Thank you for the inspitations, all the knowledge and positive feelings. Thank you so much.

[@guitardave]

What an incredible lesson! Really love your channel Jake, exceptional content and playing.

[@andrewmiller9029]

Thanks so much for this lesson. I have spent months trying to make sense of where to place '3 note per string' runs, how to count them, and how to add them in solos. I see a lot of lessons on techniques, but never ideas like where to put them in the solo, or even how to use chord tones. Thanks again.

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

As you were explaining the trap of smashing a large bunch of many many notes, I was exactly thinking about the Stream of Consciousness solo.

[@jcdenton616]

Man, I just love solos so much

[@voronOsphere]

I love Shredmaster Shred's channel, too! Another fun thing to do, while playing in Lydian, is to play the Minor Pentatonic Scale from a half-step below the root note- in this case G# Minor Pentatonic for A Lydian. Instant Jazz Blues Fusion.

[@bpsinha6248]

One of the Best in Teaching ..

[@Behdad47]

Best guitar and music anyone could ever ask for

[@taro6439]

I love his explanation....

[@gcbeegle]

Thank you for the rut buster! This was woven so well!

[@Cambone13]

A+ dude, you make some killer content. Your ability to write cool stuff AND explain it well is rare.

[@mal_752]

An absolutely fabulous site. Brilliant and informative. I love it. Thank you for all your hard work and effort and dedication. 🙏👍👏

[@tristantzara3995]

Amazing..hands down.Thanks for such a wonderful lesson

[@CesarDMarin]

Great walk over the solo. I feel like I need to work on the motif idea, well noted, usually beginners and intermediate players just play a bunch of notes

[@Geronimo122]

Excellent video and fabulous playing-- sounds great!

[@arpeggioblues5924]

That was an amazing treatise on writing solos.. I've always considered creating the 'melodic path' for a solo; locked in and done the same each time.. and Petrucci is a master at this.. especially when keyboards and or bass are playing in unison (shifted octaves) or a full counterpoint between keys and guitar solos. The motif and retrograde motif is really awesome (even throwing in some negative harmony as another variation on the motif.. Great video, Jake, really well put.

[@dirktoaldi7423]

I am not only looking for shredding solos, i am looking for modern solos that i cannot find in any book. Nice melodic rock-solos, how to develope runs or sequences, that what i am looking for. But that video brought me to words i can type in google to find maybe what i am looking for. Google works much better depending from the words your type in. Please do more videos like this!

[@MrPaco2203]

Jake, Although you do a great job on all your videos, this one was exceptional. I always learn so much from your videos and can't wait to dive into these examples. Thanks so much for all that you do.

[@grandmaitre3202]

Bro getting better and better

[@Kevin-bw5km]

Love shred master Scot

[@andreass2301]

The slide section was great

[@devapriyaacharya4691]

Amazing solo. What I liked more though is the breakup illustrated in here. Way to go Jake.

[@k-ondoomer]

Damn dude your phrasing is so slick

[@OndasdoSom]

Great tips ... Tanks for the free classes

[@fabiocaetanofigueiredo1353]

Spectacular stuff, Jake!

[@6stringsbrainfingers]

Awesome solo and extremely good analysis. Very inspirational thank you so much!

[@Chavez3d]

Awesome! Best guitar teacher on KZbin.

[@craigfouche]

Brilliant, I enjoyed the breakdown, thank you

[@meteor09]

Thanks patreon sponsors! It would very cool if you did another one these some time, maybe in a different mode or with a different scale,

[@benjaminhakansson]

Here we go, gonna try and learn this. Gonna take a lot since i dont do much lead stuff, which is why i wanna learn it!

[@christiantaylor4027]

Great bunch of lessons.really clear and useful.lessons for all....

[@fredacuneo5180]

Awesome composition arrangement lecture. (4:21 - Haven't seen that five note count referenced since it was introduced to me during my days at Berklee.)

[@donsmith325]

"Avoid the trap of too many notes" *Mozart has left the chat*

[@MB-rc8ie]

In his case it wasn't TOO many.

[@faustoorieta]

but more is more

[@CodamATW]

What? I might have misunderstood, but Mozart is known for being a pretty simplistic composer and relying on simple melodies and ABA structures. THat's why he's so famous, because it's really catchy and... I guess one could say accessible.

[@atwinchester]

I guess people are missing the reference from the movie lol

[@donsmith325]

Some of you have never seen Amadeus and it shows. :-)

[@Ryan_Perrin]

wow. great playing. Haven't finished the video, but that intro was great

[@josephharvey1762]

Jake: so to make it easier here we're going to play a septuplet

[@2giantmonsters]

Excellent. Thank you, Jake

[@paraskaith5027]

Dude I want to thank you so much for introducing me to fretastic. It's amazing and has helped me a ton

[@stevemora7845]

Very cool! Reminded me of Vinnie Moore. 👍

[@snailsalad]

Wish I had this much music theory at my disposal. Never mind the skills to put it to use. Great work, love your videos and the way you explain it. Keep it up!

[@jsx4027]

Fantastic lesson. Subscribed. Thanks again.

Hey, Jake. Very nice video, man. I love your content. CAn you do a video on how to tap over chord changes?

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Was actually planning on that one very very soon :)

@@SignalsMusicStudio Thank you!

[@brentnoury7626]

That was great! Thanks for all your hard work.

[@sorryforlag4522]

Thank you for sharing this! We all learned something here.

[@enricosenno7767]

This Is a great lesson man! Love your Channel ...cheers from Italy

[@xmateosx]

The reflection in your guitar looks like a spider with glowing white eyes. Best instruction on how to compose a solo I've ever heard. Go Spiders!

[@juicebox86]

Fuckin RIPPED it! Dude, that was super impressive. I love your transparency about 'faking' a part. Don't get that impostor syndrome about being an amazing guitarist and producer and teacher. Keep rocking!

[@voronOsphere]

Great presentation, Jake! Thank you!!!

[@blastgoal2367]

Always learning something from you...keep up the good work..

[@peacemac1992]

Hmm, this guy's channel seems to have a lot of videos with small #s of views yet the videos are wonderfully made and the way this guy explain is just superb.

[@peacemac1992]

I mean he does have 500k subs, just observing here haha

[@switz]

Best intro on this channel