SOLO TIPS - Europe - Final Countdown

Originally an unlisted video from 2019. Some tips to help with the solo. Cover here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH21eq2ogbSYirc Notation here - www.patreon.com/posts/28400373

[@lukascifuentesgriffiths9799]

Just in time!!! I just needed this, Thank youuuu!!!!

[@chris-thumper7205]

More tutorials! This was a MAJOR help and I actually figured it out in 5 minutes after trying to "learn" it by ear for the last 5 years or more. So embarrassing I was playing this totally wrong and so much harder. But not now!!! Thanks brotha, keep 'em coming!

[@damnfamo747]

I hear ya on that shit!!!!..... LMFAO..... Favorite song as a kid purely because of that solo.... Got first guitar because of it...

[@kenjiwalter5024]

Super video thanks for sharing your knowledge. I spent so long trying to play along with this solo and I was ‘rushing’. The tip to relax and slow it down works so well. 🤘🏼

[@bwm5150]

Glad it’s helped! Yes, the ‘rushing’ was where I was struggling with it.

[@The7thEmergency]

Wow, what a breakdown! Never knew that about the different length notes in the main lick. Can't wait to apply this. 🤘🎸

[@AndyDay]

Man, that sweep picking tip is killer. Thank you!

[@bwm5150]

Pleased it can help! 👍

[@thelmalynch7109]

Thanks for the lesson Ben you are too kind 🎧🎸👍 cheers your journey fan always 🌹

[@stx2715]

OMG I IMPROVED :))))))) ALL THANKS TO U. I never knew it was so ez, i practiced it for months, but dint inprove.... but now when i see ur video, i see my mistakes... Thanks you are underrated, and earned a like a sub

[@bwm5150]

That’s great! Well done, that’s your hard work, I just show the way.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Fantastic. 👍

[@davidvanberkel5599]

Great video 🔥👌

[@adamwarlock5286]

Thanks Ben 🎯👍😁

[@sjung66510]

More lessons like this!! Holy shit this is good stuff. Very relatable.

[@KAUSIcovers]

Great tutorials! Cheers

[@guillaumevoizenet333]

Very good tips thank you !!

[@reneewoolery3755]

Love this, 🤘💕

[@christophert7251]

That was a great tutorial, I can now play this! You should cover the beginning of the solo of I'll see the light tonight.

[@TonyTheHitman1981]

Really good video

[@tritoneAsh]

Very helpful! 👏🏻👍🏻

[@mowieboy]

I agree…great tutorial. Subscribed!

[@PATRICKJLM]

Thanks!

[@luponl997]

Thanks a lot

[@digbick4294]

Well Instructed👍🏻... I'm struggling mainly in the picking part ...

[@damnfamo747]

Dude is one hell of a teacher.... Breaks down ALL fundamentals of both hands and their duties to work together.... Really Cool

[@bwm5150]

Aw thanks for the kind words! I'm very pleased if I can help people play in any way.

[@damnfamo747]

@@bwm5150 Never really wanted to be a star.... But when I hear something coming from a guitar that sticks in my head.... I MUST learn how to play it or I won't be able to live with myself...... LMFAO

[@MrCarl5150]

I have zero musical talent but you make me want to learn 👍💪🎸🤘🤘🤘

[@Cherry_Sunburst]

EXCELLENT.

[@bwm5150]

Hope it helps!

[@stormtrigger5578]

Wooo, now i can finally do it lol, whats cool is that i sped it up to 2x at 4:21 and sounds exactly like it is on the song

[@hichamarazi3417]

THANKS BRO FOT THIS TUTO, il will work on it

[@bwm5150]

you're welcome

[@annebrowne5868]

Norum alternate picks it. No hammer ons. Down up down up down up

[@bwm5150]

I’ve seen a live video where it shows him picking three and the pull off the last.

[@annebrowne5868]

​@@bwm5150kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2jcp4aAf9CXqposi=bCsyoLXCbUc0kQSQ

[@bwm5150]

Yeah that’s the one I saw.

[@zohandvir7606]

why do you move the middle finger, wouldn't it be easier to have it fixed in place?

[@bwm5150]

You don't want that note to sustain, so you need to mute it. I do that by lifting the finger off.

[@zohandvir7606]

@@bwm5150 tysm

[@vegeta11]

Hey thanks for the Video. I wonder if it’s necessary to raise the second finger in the beginning lick. Can’t you just let it stay? Because you only get a sound of pulling of the pinky or am I wrong?

[@bwm5150]

I raise the second finger to mute the B string. Otherwise it would sound messy

[@krumplikus4346]

How do u isolate the background noise when ur doing the first lick? I have the problem that my string rings after i pull me finger and i have that dirty sound.

[@bwm5150]

Left hand muting techniques of lifting your finger but also using the tip of your first finger to mute the string above it as it plays the second note.

[@andyclark4557]

What equipment your using for this video, I'm really loving that guitar.

[@bwm5150]

I list my equipment in all my recent videos, but not this one since it's from 2019.

[@andyclark4557]

@@bwm5150 ok, got it, awesome guitar, now I got to get me one of those, just radical, any mods on that guitar?

[@bwm5150]

It's all stock

[@andyclark4557]

@@bwm5150 ok , thanks.

[@aprendiendoatocarlaguitarr7728]

Why put and remove the index finger of the left hand in the part of the fast slurs? Isn't it easier to leave the index finger fixed?

[@bwm5150]

My index finger is fixed, do you mean my middle finger?

[@aprendiendoatocarlaguitarr7728]

@@bwm5150 oh yes!!! Sorry!!! The Middle Finger

[@bwm5150]

I lift it off to stop the note. If you leave it held, and don't mute the string in any other way, then you create a chord sound instead of the individual notes. It's to make it sound cleaner.

[@aprendiendoatocarlaguitarr7728]

@@bwm5150 ok I understand

[@hiroshi5386]

Ottimi consigli ma se guardi bene e rallenti l’assolo di Norum, la pennata è alternata…

[@bwm5150]

Not all picked. You can clearly hear the picked notes and legato ones.

[@hiroshi5386]

@@bwm5150 ok

[@tayron27]

And here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2jcp4aAf9CXqpo

[@dalec4906]

John Norum only picks twice for the first lick, I found it easier to pick every note lmao

[@bwm5150]

I think I do mention that about John

[@dalec4906]

@@bwm5150 Yeah you did I'm just saying lmao

[@bwm5150]

No worries, I think it helps to find your own way to play these things.

[@dalec4906]

@@bwm5150 great guitar covers by the way!! I’d love to learn some of the solos I’ve seen you play but my playing hand is just that little bit slower than my picking hand /:

[@bwm5150]

Thanks! It takes time but if you keep at it, you’ll get there.

[@vikotetseo2118]

Some of the notes you played was wrong😊😊

[@bwm5150]

I don’t think so 😅

[@pounderpolizzo7269]

5:09-5:12 sounds out of key

[@bwm5150]

Norum goes outside of the key there yeah. If you listen to the record you will hear that.

[@rodneyposadas5852]

too much talk..

[@bwm5150]

Well it is a tutorial 😅

[@rodneyposadas5852]

you= tutorial is wrong..the lead is inverted...stop teaching when you dont know the real lead guitar technique.

[@bwm5150]

I think I’ve got it right and a lot of others think so too. There are two parts playing so maybe you are confused with that.