If you love the guitar then you probably love solos. Whether it’s Slash ripping it up in “November Rain” or Eddie Van Halen shredding during “Eruption”, that is the stuff great guitar players are made of.
If you’ve only been playing the guitar for a few months then the intro to Van Halen Eruption is probably going to be out of your league. It’s smart to begin with some easy guitar solos to build you skills and confidence before moving on to more difficult solos.
In this article I’ll share with you three easy guitar solos I think most guitar players who’ve been playing for three or four months will be able to learn. I suggest finding a tab for each of these solos on your favorite guitar tabs website and giving yourself a couple of days with each to master it.
Intro to Sweet Child O Mine
The intro to this song, while not one of Slash’s solos as per se, is a very memorable riff and sounds great. The changes and timing of this solos takes a bit to learn but once you figure it out your friends will just love it. I think you should learn and practice this one on the electric, it will be easier and sound far better. Playing it with acoustic just doesn’t have the same impact.
Solo from Acoustic Version of Layla
The original version of this song was amazing, but I believe Eric Clapton created an even better version acoustically. The solo in this song sounds a lot more difficult then it actually is. He’s not all over the neck or playing too quickly. Practicing consistently for a couple of days will get this solo under your fingers and in your memory.
This is one of, if not the best, acoustic guitar solo out there to learn.
Wipeout
I wanted to throw this one in there for two reasons. First, this is a very fun song to play. Two, if you’re a fresh beginner on the guitar then the other two easy solos I listed are probably still going to be a bit too difficult for you.
You only need three strings to play Wipeout and it’s very repetitive so great for building speed.
With each of these solos be sure to learn them slowly first for technique then add in speed as you get the right notes and strings down.
Rock music has been heavily influenced by the Blues. It makes sense that if you’re eager to be a great lead guitarist you might want to consider learning blues guitar.
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