How I Learn Guitar Solos

Here is my general approach to learning guitar solos! Hope this is helpful :)
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[@unessff2707]

Since the first time she bought a guitar , this girl never stops smiling xD

[@kirkespoke2648]

lol, his guitar became his lover

[@awooga17]

kirke spoke lmao “he”?

[@jkings6602]

Great Video! Forgive me for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you thought about - Riddleagan Blossoming Solo Remedy (search on google)? It is a great one of a kind product for mastering guitar scales minus the normal expense. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my cooworker at very last got astronomical results with it.

[@thantintsan22]

I agree with you 😂

[@martingeorgiev999]

my way: 1)Buys guitar 2)Learns major scale 3)Try learning Ride the lightning solo 4)sells guitar

[@DavidNwokoye]

😂😂😂 Shoulda tried learning Fuel instead.

[@TheRealFrankWizza]

Try again. All you need to to is press the right notes, in the right way, at the right time. Really not that hard.

[@tianhan2011]

having guessed the end when the story started😂

[@danyjeff4447]

Should have learned the (pentatonic) minor scale!

[@shawcremeans1773]

ride the lightning solo isn’t that hard

[@RachelfGuitar]

Was starting learning a solo and wanted to share my general solo learning process! Hope you all have a great weekend :)

[@citylife11]

It'll be nice if you cover anything of muse

[@MichaelChapman123]

Enjoyed the video... Have a great weekend Rachel :)

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Keep on keeping on 🎸🎸🎸

[@cousinpete2035]

Too bad there aren't many girls in general who shred like you do cause that be sick to have a girlfriend who also shredded tell me not haha keep up the good work!

[@blakasura7182]

Your smile makes me cry, I don't know why xD

[@dougmcpheters1546]

You're a natural born teacher. Explains why you exploded to over 100k subscribers as quickly as I've seen yet!

[@iampracticingpiano]

You smile so often in your videos that I find myself feeling happy when I watch you. You are a lovely person.

[@HearMeLearn]

It personally makes me a bit uncomfortable how much she smiles, seems a bit fake even if it’s genuine but she’s otherwise great

[@bremo2059]

@@HearMeLearn i have to agree with you Privilege

[@couchgamingnews9379]

@@HearMeLearn ?????

[@davidwollpert5276]

Privilege happy people make you uncomfortable? Seems like that’s not her problem, but yours.

[@bremo2059]

David Wollpert wow look it’s someone who can’t read. He says that it makes him uncomfortable how much she smiles, because it looks kinda fake because of the way she does it and how often... he even calls her great at what she does. So get your facts straight you bloke

[@NivanSharma]

Wow i never learned solos this way I’m gonna try this method thanks so much!

[@urnotdevn1761]

That smile That diomond smile

[@justaguy6415]

Ah yes, the *diomond* smile

[@urnotdevn1761]

@@justaguy6415 han barker

[@justaguy6415]

huh

[@relytheone853]

I'm back to playing the guitar. Thank you!

[@jamie5399]

I don’t tend to use this method, I usually learn 1 section until it is bang on then another section until it perfect play both sections repeat

[@Nukeboy93]

You are very wise young Jedi. Great approach to learning many things not just guitar!

[@han36solo]

Excellent advice Rachel! The section that still challenges me starts at 5:15. The timing on that end lick, going from 16th notes to 16th triplets then 32nds! You are really getting good by the way totally impressed!

[@anthonyvaccari4607]

Lol your constantly grinning like a mini Eddie Van Halen, 🤘

[@Channel4NEVVS]

Riding home from a work trip today. OZZY "No More Tears" on radio. Solo starts up. I immediately envision Rachelf noodling. BIG SMILE :)

[@belasoderquist5496]

Sixth! I love watching your videos because you show what its like to be a beginner. A lot of tutorials these days are made by people who have been playing for a long time.Thanks for all the help! Subscribed and post notifications are on!

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thanks so much! So glad to hear the videos are helpful :)

[@laertesl4324]

Yeah, KZbin is full of überplayers that only demoralise you. Rachel here showing how bad it sounds when you are learning something makes you feel not alone and bad player.

[@daniella_z3300]

Thanks most of these tips I already use like KZbin tutorials and tabs I use but I really want to know how to improvise and learn a song buy ear and pick it up pretty quickly, those are my goals plus I would like to know more songs that’s my goal for my second year of playing guitar.

[@luisvillarreal5262]

Hey Rachelf. I've watched you from the very beginning. Girl you've come a long way fast. Nothing wrong with your technique. In fact that's the way I learned playing guitar, pieces at a time. The only difference is that I had no internet way back when, so it was lift the needle off the record and set it back down a few micrometers or stop tape, rewind, play, pause, play, etc,. Not caring about tempo/speed or mistakes. That's a given. You will need plenty of patience though. Patience and perseverance is key. Great instructional material for beginners. The journey is fun and worth the time. Enjoy the rest of your journey to Shred nation. Cheers!

[@leehyson9831]

Vivian's solo is tricky. You are doing great. Keep up the good work.

[@doyle5948]

learning by ear is best in my opinion because you can learn it instantly

[@DoseOfRiffs27]

I never clicked out of a tab so fast, your vids are awesome!

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thanks so much!

[@DoseOfRiffs27]

@@RachelfGuitar would love to see you cover some Zeppelin tunes in the future , you're doing awesome, as someone who is only been playing for months, I feel like I can accomplish just as much thanks to you👌

[@Juroxa]

You have a really deep voice, perfect for lessons on youtube 😎

[@MrThePessimist]

My way is kinda similar to yours, and for learning songs in general too! I tend to start at 30% tempo, just to learn the tabs, how they go, memorize them, getting the flow. When im confortable with the speed, i speed up the tempo of 10% and redo the whole thing. If i miss too much, im trying till i get it good, then i can get another 10% tempo up. I do this till the real tempo :)

[@joeyguitar2056]

I've always struggled trying to learn solos from tabs honestly. Since you cant see the finger positions or anything. I finally nailed down my first somewhat fast solo (Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden) with a combination of videos. I wanna do a cover of it eventually but would like to find someone to do Adrians parts (possible hint to anyone who wants to collab in the future) Another great video! Your Channel is one of the few I wait all week for :p Your smile is deathly contaigous and your cheerful, enthusiastic persona always inspires me to pick up my guitar :)

[@RachelfGuitar]

Same here, never been a fan of tabs for myself! Congrats on getting that solo down and thank you 😀!

[@tbagspecialist8497]

This dude deserves subscribers

[@edcollante]

My teacher once told me "practice til your face turns blue." And I'll tell you what? It works. :-)

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

I personally don't like that though because if you are getting to the point turning blue that means you may be pushing yourself far too hard and may not even be enjoying it at that point.

[@mynamefrank6567]

@@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 if you're making progress in my opinion the enjoyment after the suffering is way better

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

@@mynamefrank6567 And what if going until you turn blue just makes your progress go backwards because you can't maintain a steady sound after so long of playing in one session.

[@mynamefrank6567]

@@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 thats when you take a break, and you'll definitely be better next time you play, that's how practice works

[@trumpetplayerdude9838]

What happens when my fingers bleed before my face turns blue

[@stevend9124]

DIO is awesome met Ronnie at star plaza theater in Indiana sat and had a 🍺 with him until some idiot started getting ignorant asked him to play mob rules and no kidding the first song he sang RIP Ronnie🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@RachelfGuitar]

Very cool you got to meet him!

[@ajfro99]

Bro you in my neck of the woods. Is the star plaza even open anymore

[@stevend9124]

@@ajfro99 don't know that concert was 20 some years ago my dumb ass didn't even think about asking for an autograph

[@g.c.p2267]

It's a jojo reference

[@skyler.mcalonan6017]

I really like one string riffs Marty music has a few videos but I am new to guitar 🎸 and am having issues understanding the different notes and etc but all around I try

[@collinsfriend1]

I like Ibanez too. I have 4. One older Roadstar II, ok but heavy weighted and beat up. The others is one solid body, one semi hollow body (to get closer to BB King) and one bass. All Ibanez.. They're great guitars.

[@Krustenkaese92]

I've found Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin to be great first solo for beginners. It's not that difficult (simple bluesy pentatonic scale mostly) and a lot of fun

[@timstaaa]

Thanks for this video! But are you able to play a whole solo just to the metronome because I'm a beginner and I always thought I have to be able to play the solo only to the metronome or to the drums of the song. Because if you play in a band you can't play along the original solo

[@mannythegoat4463]

People in the comment section always mention how she smile in every video she has. Guys thats the benefits of playing guitar

[@oglztiy1741]

I'm literally just starting out and this is helpful! Thanks so much! Also, what are the odds that you'll be in Jared Dines' 2019 Shred Collab? Cause let's be real, you deserve it.

[@geoarthur6593]

Well done Rachel, jus keep doing what you're doing, you have the most important thing already, you really "want it" and if you apply yourself as best you can, you will become as good a player as you "want to be" jus keep learning and practicing 👍👍👍

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thank you! :)

[@asmoth360]

I often learn songs with Rocksmith and the funny thing is, the approach resemble yours. I often use the riff repeater in Rocksmith (the tool that lets you repeat and slow down parts of the song). What I do is : start with fewer notes (maybe 50%) and less speed (depending of the song complexity). When I'm ok with that, I try to speed up gradually to 100%. When I get that part at 100% speed, I add a few % of notes to get closer to the 100% difficulty, and decrease the speed to make it easier. Then repeat and try to get back to 100% speed with that difficulty. Then again, add notes and train, etc. Repeat the process until you make it to 100% notes and 100% speed. At least that's my approach, I'm still quite a noob and rarely manage to play with all the notes, but I think it's a good way to improve my playing and knowledge of how to play a song.

[@2_Solo]

Agreed, I pretty much do it the same way, good job Rachel!

[@RachelfGuitar]

Awesome :)

[@Briansgate]

Why have I never seen your channel before!? Shame, youtube! Ibanez, Nightwish picture, and a desire to learn. i like.

[@terry4265]

Hey Girl : Been a while. Well my New Bass is coming tomorrow. I had to send the other one back because of issues. I had just started to really get the hang of some runs and stuff I was working on but it will soon come back. I was really playing a lot and that is the key there. So really excited and keep up the Great videos. I appreciate them. :)

[@astrosproductions1871]

Thanks for the help of learning solos I hope you have a great weekend:)

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thank you! :)

[@mikematney3439]

I've been learning similar. Tux Guitar with guitar pro tabs have helped me when playing the song slower.

[@perrycomeau2627]

I like to listen to Al Di Meola. Souring through a dream is beautiful and handsome guitar.

[@lala-everyonescrazyaunt]

I love that you emphasize to use whatever works best for the individual, and that using a combination of resources is good. I'm from the pre-internet generation, so I have learned by ear quite a bit, but I'm pretty much tab addicted, ha ha; especially for acoustic fingerpicking. It's also strange that I have never had any problem reading music for any other instrument, including bass guitar, but my brain just doesn't want to process it for six string. I have used sheet music in a pinch, though. Keep rocking! 👍✨

[@beanman2206]

simple learn them bit by bit until you have complete memorization slowly speed up over time

[@bawdybroad]

Bought a shirt and will wear it to my lessons as soon as it comes!

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thanks so much! :)

[@meek2xali839]

Beautiful lesson Ma'am😊 Thank you for this Idea. 😊

[@CrissFloyd]

You are my master ♡

[@freechurro6286]

you're so high

[@JUGGERNAUT606]

You have a great show~ I'm focussing on relearning bass right now.. You are very inspirational indeed 👍

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thank you! Good luck with the bass learning!

[@JUGGERNAUT606]

@@RachelfGuitar Will do 👍

[@DavidNwokoye]

4:57 Holy s^^^ you're getting really good.

[@RachelfGuitar]

That pinch harmonic is really fun! 🤘

[@shredwithwolf1693]

Really useful tutorial :D

[@scottswingle6496]

Enjoyed your video. 😊

[@SOULJAJOE010]

HOly mOly, you learn from 50% tempo? I learn songs from 20% :(

[@RachelfGuitar]

That definitely depends on the song, totally ok to start at whatever speed you are comfortable with!

[@reineh3477]

It doesn't matter which speed you start on as long as you doing progress.

[@calebolson4036]

Exactly

[@JonnyCrackers]

I hate learning solos. I can bust out a solo on my own music, but learning someone else's is such a pain just because every guitarist has their own style and little techniques and oddly syncopated phrases that they throw in. It is really satisfying when you actually nail it, though.

[@mahmoudhemaid7989]

I love you! Thanks for the inspiration

[@waylandwallace2626]

My way: Don’t use tabs they are wrong 1. Look for a video of guitarist playing solo 2. Slow video down and look guitarist hands Edit: or look at lesson of the original guitarist playing solo

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

>Don't use tabs >Look for some dude on the net to spy his finger movements

[@autocrow]

I do all of those things as well. My latest thing is really listening to the solo's instead of relying mostly on lessons or memory. I will find the song on KZbin and leave a comment like "Great solo at 5:35!" So I can easily go back to it. : )

[@RachelfGuitar]

Yeah that is a great way to do it as well! :)

[@gitaaa7740]

There are two great apps out there TRANSCRIBE! and Anytune. Check them out you can slow down the song without changing the pitch and loop parts of the song.

[@firhanrizani96]

Make video about what pedals did you use

[@thorstenit9362]

Not how I expected your voice to sound. 😂 You have a good saleswoman voice. I could totally imagine your voice on a Samsung commercial or something like that.

[@speeknoevil1803]

Nice. Your gear reflects your progress. Now you've gotten good enough to find other musicians and start a band. Learning to work with other musicians is another important step in progression. This will be a trial & error exicerise. But nessary to achieve a like minded goal. Rock on lil' sis. Follow your dream's. Ride the wave's of destiny.

[@adinokivolki3972]

Aaghhh i your love face emotions when you are playing solos❤️❤️

[@DanzoSrife]

Thanks for sharing ! Love to see your progress :) BTW U guys missed it, RIFFSTATION the go to riff slowdowner looper was free for good, its like the one put here. U could probably go get it on torrent, since its free but they site no longer could host it.

[@evettecorrea441]

That's what I've been doing lately is listening... But good for thought.

[@RachelfGuitar]

That's a great way to do it for sure!

[@garyarnold3141]

I find your videos really helpful as I've always had trouble with soloing. I see that you have an Ibanez guitar, please could you let me me know which model it is?

[@chellodise]

Cheat Sheet: 9:06 1.) Get a general idea of the song 2.)Learn the solo at a (slow speed) 3.)Work on getting it to (full speed) of the song! -if this helped you save time, I wouldn't mind if you subbed to my channel XD

[@pablo9364]

Very helpful. I do same as you, always struggling to get the fingering right on so it works when speeded up.

[@planlessdan]

I've got a similar process, though it might be weird that I don't usually like slowing down the tempo that much. Even if I can hear the notes easier, they don't sound as clear when they're being distorted in weird ways. Of course, with really crazy solos I have to slow it down to even understand it! Especially since though I like metal, I'm not really a metal player, so insane solos are really tough for me. Though I'm sure using these tips and others I pick up and recording more challenging stuff will help me improve. I tend to challenge myself a little more if I've got an audience, even if it's a tiny one!

[@RachelfGuitar]

Whatever works best for you! The program I use maintains the pitch, but it definitely can sound a lot different slowed down a bunch so I definitely know what you mean!

[@Kevinschart]

am i to believe the constantly smile when you are speaking to people?

[@MrMisterock]

excellent job.

[@reajrmusic]

Great ideas, thanks!

[@jerrywilliamson5872]

What's the model of Ibanez there Rachel...?

[@ogdeedz2815]

This isn't drum tutorial I'm in the wrong place 😂

[@BrianAndrews73]

You're very brave to show your method mid-process. Great inspiration to pick up my spikey red guitar. Any chance of you putting your design on a mug?

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thank you! Was hoping it might be encouraging to others also learning to show a more "in progress" playing example :). I hadn't considered mugs, but it could be a possibility!

[@MikeDeLorenze]

Awesome video 👍

[@RachelfGuitar]

Thank yoh :)

[@ferpirata76]

Hi, love your channel! I would please like to ask you one question. I know pentatonic scales. With that is enough to play 80,s solos? If not, which other you recommend?. Thanks for your time. I cant afford a teacher and I have to learn by myself. Thanks a lot and best wishes

[@Heaview]

There's never a "enough" in any matter of knowledge. More is more. Scales are just formulas, if you know pentatonoc, you know only one scale. Learn the formulas and more theory, which will make easier to you understand your instrument and how chords, intervals and scales works, and how to achieve the desire soumd you wish, improvise and etc.

[@dorianoriley7078]

lol I always try to learn them by ear which takes a lot. Until a professor told me to do it this way, and yeah it's way better

[@Plookify]

It's not really a solo, i'm fighting hard learning to play correctly the prélude JS.Bach in Cm from begining to end, holly shit master Bach was really a Master...the solo will come later

[@Elizabethvelasquez9321]

Classical guitar is pretty underrated. Didn't even know it existed until a month ago.

[@kurt1338]

You mind me asking if you're Hi when you do the videos. I know how cool iti is to play an instrument hi on weed, I'm originally a keyboardist who learned to play Bach on the piano. Playing Bach's Fugues on the piano while Hi on pot was so cool.

[@phasortime7087]

The small fingers fits good in the frets...

[@makaylanicole2735]

Do you have tips on how to make a solo for a original song? Btw I absolutely love your Ibanez! I'm thinking of buying one like it. 🤘🤘

[@RachelfGuitar]

I've only written a couple, but so far what I've done is create the backing track for the solo first and then improvise on loop over that track while recording. When I find something cool I'll clean it up and try to continue improvising building off of that part. Basically I just construct the solo piece by piece :). Definitely recommend the Ibanez! :)

[@makaylanicole2735]

@@RachelfGuitar thank you!! I will definitely try that! And I WILL get my own Ibanez xD

[@bodabodaguy3193]

Love your smile

[@choochoochooseyou]

Did you learn more from learning songs rather than plodding through theory/scales etc?

[@bobdavis6511]

I think I love you

[@JDoactive]

Not gonna lie,I didn't expect you to have such a voice (I don't mean it in a bad way,I'm just saying it's not the voice I would expect if I saw you)

[@xdothree4454]

Should I worry about speed at first or should I try some speed exercises?

[@mercktochhoesterck497]

Accuracy comes first, if you can play fast but everything is sloppy your solo will sound like shit. And speed will come with it the more times you play the piece you're practicing

[@supersam5772]

You’re sooooo cool!

[@couchgamingnews9379]

Rachel 😀

[@ramjam6934]

Hey Rachel, I was wondering if that Ibanez RG you were holding is heavy? I like the lighter guitars when standing and playing.

[@kennysjamshack2410]

the RG is really light for a guitar, i think it weighs less than 10 lbs. my bc rich warlock weighs about 17 lbs. heavy guitar for heavy metal

[@RachelfGuitar]

Yeah this guitar is super light, the lightest one I have! I think it is around 7lbs :)

[@lacrimau4u]

How to compose music?

[@dogpd3]

Just a question; have you played les Pauls

[@29687ray]

Please make a video with the young lady that sang with you and you were playing. Very entertaining

[@CheeseburgerLPs]

can you maybe cover Bleed from Meshuggah :D ?

[@PaulKingMetal]

You're so positive, always smile on your face.😉

[@stonejr74]

Can you read music notes or do you just use guitar tabs?

[@TheRatlord74]

I am not sure if it's an age thing or not but I really struggle with ear training.

[@RachelfGuitar]

I find learning by ear has been gradually improving for me over time and periodically I will just notice it has gotten a bit faster. Definitely something that is a long process though. I'm sure you will see improvement over time as well if it is part of your learning process, but it is totally ok to reference videos or tabs as well to help 🎸!

[@zirafahtergelincir3756]

This girl is every guitarist dream girl 😂

[@matthewlafontaine7386]

Simp

[@Mustaine1ify]

What do you think of the Yamaha Thr 10, I was thinking of getting one?

[@RachelfGuitar]

I like it a lot! Although I now typically use modeling software for tones for videos, it is my primary recording and practice device and it sounds awesome!

[@Mustaine1ify]

@@RachelfGuitar Thanks for your feedback on the Thr 10 it is much appreciated. Think I will order One now 👍x

[@robertgirard2279]

Could you please try do an Avenged Sevenfold solo

[@langadubazana]

Yeah, that’s about it. I use my ears and a slow downer app.

[@ivanmuted9985]

What guitar is better for metal an amazing solos? I can buy one but I wanna a SG or an gibson or if another model is better to this, what recommend me?

[@michaelmaxmuscio4949]

IVAN FUENTES for metal I would go for an Ibanez guitar, Gibson SG is good but you can get an affordable Ibanez that plays better preferably the Ibanez rg 370 ahm. If you want higher end guitar you should check out ESP guitars

[@ivanmuted9985]

@@michaelmaxmuscio4949 o so much thanks pal, the ESP is like the guitar of Richard kruspe right?or am i wrong? No matter thanks

[@michaelmaxmuscio4949]

IVAN FUENTES No problem man, and yea Richard Kruspe used an ESP-II

[@ivanmuted9985]

@@michaelmaxmuscio4949 ok I will try to get one of them, this sound is amazing

[@vincentaguilar7805]

What do you do for living?

[@FrontRowVideos108]

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