How to learn a metal-solo. Advanced Level.
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Do you have some solos suggestions?
Tough to answer without more detail about where you are. Your profile says youāve been playing 4 years, so Iāll assume you have a decent set of ārhythm handsā and want to move into lead work.
Start with an easier solo. Ballads are usually a good start. Syn makes some reallyā¦ UNIQUEā¦ note choices in his lead playing. I never really noticed it until I started learning some of his parts. Heās really unorthodox (in a good way), so you may want to consider outside of A7X or DT to start with.
Either way, break the solo into the easy parts and the hard parts. For harder parts, start by just playing the notes, at whatever tempo it takes to get it (or āno tempo at allā). This is just to āget it under your fingers.ā Get the harder/faster parts to where you play them exactly the same every time.
Once youāre there, start working with a metronome at REALLY slow speeds. when youāre comfortable at that speed, tick the metronome up a notch. Do this with all the parts, until you can string them together at one tempo. The slower parts may seem boring at this tempo, but stick with it.
If your overall skill and dexterity are being built at the same time, a difficult solo can take weeks or even MONTHS to get. Patience, and knowing that when you get it there, the effort will make your next challenge easier.
Good luck!
Start with an easier solo. Ballads are usually a good start. Syn makes some reallyā¦ UNIQUEā¦ note choices in his lead playing. I never really noticed it until I started learning some of his parts. Heās really unorthodox (in a good way), so you may want to consider outside of A7X or DT to start with.
Either way, break the solo into the easy parts and the hard parts. For harder parts, start by just playing the notes, at whatever tempo it takes to get it (or āno tempo at allā). This is just to āget it under your fingers.ā Get the harder/faster parts to where you play them exactly the same every time.
Once youāre there, start working with a metronome at REALLY slow speeds. when youāre comfortable at that speed, tick the metronome up a notch. Do this with all the parts, until you can string them together at one tempo. The slower parts may seem boring at this tempo, but stick with it.
If your overall skill and dexterity are being built at the same time, a difficult solo can take weeks or even MONTHS to get. Patience, and knowing that when you get it there, the effort will make your next challenge easier.
Good luck!
When I first started doing metal solos, I started with Metallica. Some of their stuff is pretty simple but good for building up chops. Fade to Black, Enter Sandman, Unforgiven, and Creeping Death are all pretty good.
For A7X stuff, I agree with other people. Really gotta practice it slowly a lot to get it into muscle memory. One way Iāve done it is just sit down with a metronome, play it starting at 60 bpm, and when you donāt make mistakes, increase it by 5 bpm. Do that until youāre up to full speed. It takes time but itāll get you there!
For A7X stuff, I agree with other people. Really gotta practice it slowly a lot to get it into muscle memory. One way Iāve done it is just sit down with a metronome, play it starting at 60 bpm, and when you donāt make mistakes, increase it by 5 bpm. Do that until youāre up to full speed. It takes time but itāll get you there!
An amazing Avenged solo to start with would be Warmness on the soul. That is one of the first solo I learned. If you are having trouble because of speed in these solos though donāt forget to just slow down. It is important to remember (since I seem to forget all the time) you can probably play that solo if you slow it down and grab a cup of coffee. I suggest making a pot of coffee and practicing it in chunks slowly until you have play a chunk slowly all the way through. Once you can play all of the chunks go ahead and move to putting them together slowly. Then you can speed it up over time, this will also help you learn some new techniques and get better. You might also feel better after playing something like beast in the harlot or afterlife.
My Level of playing is at the point before those fast solos like Beast and the Harlot. Solos like that first one from Seize the day is no problem.
Well, this website is, in a way, the answer to your question. E.g. the sweep picking IV Etude helped me do the arpeggios present in the chorus of Welcome to the Family and Lost.
Hell, if you can play seize the day, maybe you can play the nightmare solo. The fast runs are short, which makes them more manageable.
Hell, if you can play seize the day, maybe you can play the nightmare solo. The fast runs are short, which makes them more manageable.
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