Comments on: Tips on Improving Your Solos http://www.guitarpug.com/2008/06/tips-improving-solos/ Sniffing Out All Things Guitar Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Moore http://www.guitarpug.com/2008/06/tips-improving-solos/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Keith Moore Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:06:26 +0000 http://www.guitarpug.com/?p=354#comment-133 Far out, someone read my guitar ramblings! Thanks for stopping by. ;) Far out, someone read my guitar ramblings! Thanks for stopping by. ;)

]]> By: Ian Tan http://www.guitarpug.com/2008/06/tips-improving-solos/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Ian Tan Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:20:21 +0000 http://www.guitarpug.com/?p=354#comment-132 Awesome! I suspected there was some freeware out there that did something like that! Awesome! I suspected there was some freeware out there that did something like that!

]]> By: David Buntsma http://www.guitarpug.com/2008/06/tips-improving-solos/comment-page-1/#comment-129 David Buntsma Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:37:08 +0000 http://www.guitarpug.com/?p=354#comment-129 Here's a great free open source package that is good for learning songs. http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/ You can load a track into it (accpets cd, mp3 or wav from memory) and slow it down, speed it up, or even pitch shift it up and down. Here’s a great free open source package that is good for learning songs.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/

You can load a track into it (accpets cd, mp3 or wav from memory) and slow it down, speed it up, or even pitch shift it up and down.

]]> By: Ian Tan http://www.guitarpug.com/2008/06/tips-improving-solos/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Ian Tan Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:36:05 +0000 http://www.guitarpug.com/?p=354#comment-126 The key here is practice, practice, practice. Start slowly. The most important thing is ACCURACY, and not speed. If you play fast but make lots of mistakes, each time you repeat that mistake, you're actually reinforcing a bad habit. Also, you learn a lot by trying to learn a classic solo note for note. I started with something easy like Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight'. Also, there are products out there (eg. Tascam Guitar Trainer) that can slow down songs making it easier to learn solos. The key here is practice, practice, practice. Start slowly. The most important thing is ACCURACY, and not speed. If you play fast but make lots of mistakes, each time you repeat that mistake, you’re actually reinforcing a bad habit.

Also, you learn a lot by trying to learn a classic solo note for note. I started with something easy like Eric Clapton’s ‘Wonderful Tonight’. Also, there are products out there (eg. Tascam Guitar Trainer) that can slow down songs making it easier to learn solos.

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