Iv been improving my soloing lately... because I suck at it, compared to my rhythm.

Iv been increasing my shredding speed, I couldnt even do 80bpm on a chromatic scale alternate picking but now I can do just about 120bpm... (in 2 days!)...on one string its about 180bpm though.

I need to look for some solo's, which are pretty easy but sound good, if there over 120bpm I probaly wont be able to play them though..

I know there has been quite alot of threads like this, but most of them are like 'Slayer - Angel Of Death' probaly one of the easiest metal solo's !!

Thanks... for the help...everybody

Megadeth- Tornado of Souls, Symphony of Destruction

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Cheers bud, ill check them out.

just try whatever solo u think is doable for u, if there parts that are 2 fast just memorise em and play em slow til u got it.

i think u should just begin with soloing, instead of looking for easy solos.
just go and practice.

goodluck

btw try the insight and the catharis solo from dimmu borgir some parts might be 2 fast but just try.
or the dogmacondemned solo from hate eternal, its not rilli fast, (mostly)

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I will check them out, but I guess your right, I shouldnt just look for easy solo's or I wont improve much.

I cant do Any solos.
Mostly a power chord person and am happy with that so far.

I Can however do the (soloish?) openings to ....
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
Robert Plant - Big Log
Judas Priest - Electric Eye
Helloween - I Want Out
...almost perfectly as well as the entire tunes!
All of these tunes open diff than with power chords so perfecting these I'm sure I will evolve into the world of some scathing solos eventually!

\m/

Its weird I cant do solo's, but I can do long melody's (bodom one's) like great... When I do solo's, and they are long I seem to forget whats next and slow down or mess up...

practice the solo on slow speed, until u memorize it perfect so u can play it without thinking, then go for speed.. should work .. or chop the solo in little parts, solos are usualy little fast licks glued(??) together.

anyway practice mate ull get there

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I think thats my problem, memory.... All that weed I smoke probaly

I am like playing a solo good at the start then after a bit, im like 'What am i doing? where am i? I am playing the harmonica?', Nah joke but Im sure you understand.

Easy? Maybe for you, but for someone who's beginning to play solos, Tornado of Souls isn't that easy.

The Darkness - I Belive In A Thing Called Love
It aint metal and many of you guys may not like that song but, it's got a very easy solo that's a lot of fun to play

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the first two solos in orion (metallica) are really easy, the 3rd is a bit harder but still pretty simple

I know it's not too easy for beginners, but I think Crazy Train is easy. It's very basic and it doesn't pull off any weird shit.

I actually learnt that when I first started playing

Deicide - Serpents of the lights
Deicide - Blame it on god

im curently working on a diabolic song with 2 solos init, 1 is pretty fast and hard and the other is kinda slow but rilli fucking nice.

ill have it done in a little while and ill tel u when its there, u should try that one

greetz btw smoking weed is bad. i smoked 24/7 for 2 years, man i was like a zombie

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Heh, I stopped for a bit but started again anyway... you didnt tell me what song... lol...

Btw, you recon you could record it? (you playing the solo?)

Diabolic song? You talking about like your own song?

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Just practice scales and shit to build up speed. make up your own little licks and just play around for a while. Eventually you'll build up enough skill to play a lot of solos.

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diabolic is a band im tabbing it right now and im almost finished.
the songs called 'all evils inside'.
as soon as ive got it done ill let u know.

i could record it for u, if i get my shit to work, i think my cable to the cpu is broken so il try to fix that.

btw they play in c, i dunna what tuning ur in?

anyway ill let u know when i have it done

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k i recorded it, gimmu ur mail and il send it to u

the recording is kinda crappy but at least itll give u an idea how it goes

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hehe ok

then you might want to learn the solo in The Wicker Man by Iron Maiden, it kicks ass and isn't very hard.

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listen to death,sound of persaverence,individual thought patterns,leprosy,and then listen to more death

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Im at the same stage as you dude, can play a lot of stuff but when it gets to the solo in a song *skip*... Hope no-one noticed that...
Im just doin speed lessons, theres a few pretty kickass sites, scales are good too. Ill post you a pretty handy link on scales and joining them - http://www.insaneguitar.com/mc/scales.html

Umm a solo which is pretty famous, and aint too hard to play is the first solo in Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. The second one is a bit nuts, and a hell of a lot longer. I know it isnt metal but its some pretty fuckin masterful soloage.

Also, I like to look into opeths songs because they play a lot of riffs which are basically solo licks, but not as hard. Serenity painted death, and black rose immortal both have a few i can think of.

Anywayz, good luck with it dude.

this guy knows his shit