How to play Adrian Smith's solos #24 Stranger In A Strange Land (with tablatures and backing tracks)

[@edulinares7152]

Legendary solo!!! So simple, so easy, and yet so meaningful, melodic, a true journey. A music piece inside a music piece. One of the best solo's in Adrian's career, and one for the guitar history books. A masterclass in pentatonic, as well.

[@kikecuesta7385]

It's soul, simply. With three notes, Adrian tell you more than others with three thousand

[@xdiaba]

It is not easy to play, I think is very difficult to catch the feeling of this solo.

[@marcozoboli]

This Adrian's solo is really a masterpiece. One of the best ever!.

[@Roadking1972]

Most uplifting cosmic solo, along with so many others by Adrian Smith.

[@louisianaball]

One of my all time favorite solos, and I think I can learn it

[@simoflatout8912]

maybe the best Adrian' solo...simply magic

[@StephLeGratteux]

Yes one of his best solos for sure!

[@UltraPvnk]

Such a fantastic song, in a fantastic album. The uniqueness of SiT is why it's my favorite album.

[@StephLeGratteux]

This is what happens when Adrian is on the top of his inspiration :D

[@uncleben9272]

certified legend for putting this together the way you have. I don't think you could make it any more clearer. that 50% is such a help to get those little nuances. Respect! Up The Irons

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks! \m/

[@rhettmccoullough6990]

Where were you when I was a kid trying to learn this. Probably not born I guess.. Great work man, absolute legend.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks! Haha not sure as I'm 41, so I was probably trying to figure out how to play these stuff :D

[@Hetismijmike]

One of my favourite solos all time. Trying to learn it on acoustic guitar. Thnx👍🏻😁👍🏻👍🏻

[@ashishgshetti]

This is an absolute gem of a melody. Beautifully played my friend! I will get there some day!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@renzo4296]

Absolutely amazing man, Iron Maiden have been my favorite metal band ever since I was 12 years old in 83, the first album I heard was piece of mind and I was immediately blown away and their style of music touched my life ever since then, I've been trying to learn this song for so long and thank you so much for spending the time to create this, this song is just phenomenal!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad if I helped you to learn that one!

[@jean-pierrestraub7530]

Thank you for the lesson. It's a bit more difficult than I thought but still doable. I'm improving every day

[@MADEINMAIDEN666]

So beautiful this solo

[@shahedhasnat]

Your covers are always so perfectly done. Thanks.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@willman100]

Love all your videos. Thanks for slowing it down to 50%. I learned this solo finally after trying for years.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks! I'm always happy when my videos can help someone like that.

[@al6377]

You have no idea for how long I have been waiting for this! Thank you so very very much, also for the backing track! You’re the man!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@javypc]

This one, Powerslave and The number of the beast are the solos that I enjoy more to listen from Smith... great Job.... I'm alway waiting for your videos...

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks. The 2 others should be posted in the next weeks (beginning of November probably)

[@francescodursi9430]

I'll never stop thanking you.

[@claudio_decarlo]

Thank you very much for this! Loved this song since it was released, and it is great practice for warming up, both the rhythm parts and the solo. I appreciate it.

[@balazskiss5442]

One of my favourite solo. Thanks.

[@RandomCoyote]

Amazing man 🤘🏼😎

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@JohnSmith-ue3pt]

Very nice, that last note is such a dagger

[@Thyndarious]

Adrian Smith ladies and gentlemen!!!!

[@Howdy699]

Perfection as always

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thank you

[@Airblazer]

just starting learning this...thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@andyagf6870]

Awesome. My fav solo. Wish i could play like you🙂

[@Umbral_Heavy_Metal_Band]

Thank you very much, this is a piece of sonic art!

[@666albertt92]

hell yeahhh!! i was waiting for this lesson!

[@Peteeke73]

Oooohhh, finally! Thank you! You are the best! :))) Great job!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@GooseGumlizzard]

One of my all time favorite solos. Not that technical but so epic and tasty. Great song all around too.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Yes, this is an epic solo!

[@trashgamer3318]

This is the first solo I’m trying to learn

[@jmar8491]

Great performance and very helpful, thx bro!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks! Glad it helped you!

[@SuperMozzman]

Thankyou for this. I've been hitting this one hard for a week and I've nearly got it down. I just need to speed up and clean the repeating bendy blues lick at 3:26. Useful lick because Adrian uses it quite often in his solos.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Glad the video helped you. Inded this kind of lick is often use in Adrian's solos, and in many other guitarists's solos too

[@michelerivelli4155]

Which are the amplifier settings? (Delay/Chorus/Reverb and so on....)

[@antoniovarriale9297]

Thanks, you are an inspiration

[@tonycoyne9676]

as a teacher myself . I would like to say AMAZING JOB MY SON. I grew up with Steve ...YES the bass player and in all honesty he would say the same thing. If you arent teaching you arent doing anything. Great job young man.

[@Airblazer]

If you arent teaching you arent doing anything??? what a load of horseshit!!!! talk about teacher ego... by all means teachers are great and fantastic but lets be honest here...to say if you're not teaching you're not doing anything is sheer delusion!!!!!

[@StephLeGratteux]

thank you

[@jeffreyleon5191]

Awesome, Thank you!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@diegorock8450]

Sou membro do seu canal to aprendendo bastante

[@iamjesper]

thanks so much for this video!!! it helped me alot!

[@fredm661]

Thank you so much!

[@bobbowie9350]

Completely satisfying

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thank you

[@just_the_job]

Love your string bending.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks

[@nedretozcan]

İ love you man perfect playing like always thanks all these series.

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks

[@The80sKidRox]

Thanks for that. Totally cool man 💯👍🏼🤘🏼

[@javierr999]

this is amazing...

[@alessandrobottelli7980]

Beautiful!!!!!!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@TonyMontana55555]

I am struggling with 1:05-1:09 for years. Still can’t understand how to properly play it

[@StephLeGratteux]

Even with the slow motion?

[@TonyMontana55555]

@@StephLeGratteux should I lift my first (index) finger off the string switching from 12 (E string) to 12 on B string and than to 14 on G string when playing 12 (E) 15-12(B) 14 (G)?

[@StephLeGratteux]

@@TonyMontana55555 My index doesn't move when playing these 4 notes, I only lift it when I bend the 15 on B string

[@TonyMontana55555]

@@StephLeGratteux thank you , Steph!

[@gianfrancocristofari3750]

Perfetto!! Awesome! Steph please can you write the mseconds of delay you play here, please?

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks. I have no idea, but if you can do the math, it's 2 beats later and the tempo is 110 bpm (I guess it should be about 1090 ms)

[@gianfrancocristofari3750]

Yes, you re right!! Thanks a lot! ;)

[@alvaromendez6738]

Gracias por enseñar como tocarlo. Me ayudo micho para aprenderlo

[@BruceBarrera]

BRAVO!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@blackantlers]

Top stuff man! 🔥

[@MrPwstacey]

Such a great video - don’t know how many times I’ve watched this. Hey what’s the picking patten for the fast repeating bend lick near the end. I can only get it to the correct tempo playing down, up, up but I’m not sure it’s right. Cheers

[@adamjailloux45]

très beau morceau...merci

[@StephLeGratteux]

merci

[@klebermarcelophoto]

Sucess, my friend

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thank you

[@EyesOpen369]

Hard to tell what you do at the 15 full bend :53sec part lol. I keep trying til I get it up to speed

[@StephLeGratteux]

There's no bend at 0:53 🤔

[@EyesOpen369]

@@StephLeGratteux when he starts the double full bend on 15 high e.

[@ofircarmi]

Thank you for that!

[@Umbral_Heavy_Metal_Band]

Merci beaucoup!!

[@K666_ANB]

Top geeza for this vid 🤟🏻

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks

[@TheGoodSon89]

Great video, helps a lot. Thank you!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks, glad it helped

[@nathanp9449]

Ok this might be the next one to learn, bit easier pace... I've be dabbling with Ride the Lightning... I need a break from that one!

[@riccardoloni4608]

Great!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@theeobeastone5068]

“What became of the man that started” came into my head at the end lol

[@alexcardenas8682]

is this the best solo of adrian smith in iron maiden?

[@caseyjohnson9390]

Awesome! I'm practicing this everyday! I was wondering though. Have you ever considered covering Queensryche solos?

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks. I don't listen much to Queensryche, so I haven't

[@carlosflores-mo5iz]

Hey fellow metalhead, can you do a lesson on the solo for sanctuary? I been wanting to learn that solo for a long time, but the tabs are either death wrong or no one has done it. I would really appreciate! thanks!

[@StephLeGratteux]

I'll see what I can do, but don't expect anything in the next coupel of months (many other solos and stuff already in work)

[@carlosflores-mo5iz]

no problem, if you plan to do it in the future that's good enough. Thanks brother!

[@FatherAndSonFun]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks!

[@tioalvarousky4983]

Solo for the red and the black pliss ;”)

[@StephLeGratteux]

You can find guitar covers with tabs of the whole TBOS album on my channel. I might post a "how to play" video of this solo though, but not before November.

[@michelec1338]

very nice! which amp did you use?

[@StephLeGratteux]

Thanks! I use Guitar Rig 3 presets

[@aitorsanchez5549]

Casi lloro joder.

[@danielalejandro5674]

Is this song in standard tuning? The Songster version is slightly different .

[@ANTONIOCARLOSGC]

Já chego dando like 👋👋👋👋👋

[@guitarcover5969]

Très mélodieux ....

[@ОлегГоптарев-й2ъ]

Спасибо!!! BRO!!!

[@cali420king]

There is no link that takes you to a free iron maiden backing track.

[@StephLeGratteux]

There is a Dropbox link in the video description...

[@oliversingleton5213]

Hi I’m starting to work on guitar solos, with which of your videos should I begin? Thanks and great work 👍🤘

[@Airblazer]

what guage strings are you using for this?

[@StephLeGratteux]

09-46

[@verminfawlty-arat.5650]

Sensational, mon ami. Take a bow... Can you do the theme tune to the much missed tv classic Braquo😉?

[@javiercruz-jg4hd]

Wow!!!!!!

[@REXPATT]

Thanks a lot ];-)

[@StephLeGratteux]

you're welcome :D

[@claudiofara4159]

8 people don't have a good vibrato on guitar

[@fkngfkngdiablo2360]

Viendo el vídeo es imposible para alguien que empieza a hacer solos, incluso poniendo youtube a baja velocidad en la parte lenta, puedes verlo 300.000 veces, no logro ver lo que haces, incluso con el tabulado, con él puedes saber las notas que utiliza pero no llego a ver cómo están encajadas en la dinámica, se necesita a alguien insitu que lo enseñe paso a paso, en el vídeo no hay manera posible

[@StephLeGratteux]

I have many more recent videos where you can see a blue mark on the notes played, but not for this solo unforunately.... Maybe it's more helpful... Also, I have made 2 videos with a new format, but only for Hallowed Be Thy Name for the moment (more will be posted). And maybe it's even more helpful for beginners. Here is the one for Adrian solo kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-6daqEjqprrq8. Let me know if this kind of video can help you more.

[@fkngfkngdiablo2360]

@@StephLeGratteux Entiendo el tabulado, el problema es que es un método muy lento y no consigo visualizar cómo van todas las notas en velocidad, no logro hacerlo como realmente suena, aunque luego oiga el audio, me resulta muy muy difícil, pero gracias por tu ayuda e interés

[@andersonsilva6085]

👏👏👏🤝

[@StephLeGratteux]

thanks

[@elonara9266]

Ritchie Blackmore, Edi V Hallen,Angus Young, Adrian Smith,Jimy Page,,is the best

[@RicardoRodrigues-ds6mr]

👏👏👏👏

[@cali420king]

So all you have in the drop box link is the free pdf of the tabs. No backing track. Where is the backing track for this?

[@StephLeGratteux]

It's on my Patreon page

[@cali420king]

@@StephLeGratteux Which is not free. Thanks.

[@StephLeGratteux]

@@cali420king It was for more than 5 years but it's not anymore since October. Sorry for asking about 1,50 $ a month to get more than 300 tabs and more than 1000 backing tracks...

[@cali420king]

@@StephLeGratteux Im only looking for that one track. Its easy for you to change the title to just say free Tabs. Literally only wanting that one backing track. Thank you.

[@Moonchild-CA]

Best solo of Maiden, sorry no, Maiden has so many good solos to pick from. And Thanks for covering one of my best favourite songs/solos that has different touches and sounds.

[@Blackdeathpeppersauce]

Time stop during this solo.

[@hectorsalamanca7679]

Not that is not great!But to 1 or 2 points your vibrato goes too far..practice bro

[@radimheindl8969]

Not perfect srry