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The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Jimi Hendrix
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with C♯ minor in standard tuning as a listening reference. Keep this short lead separate from the later overdubbed features.
Explore the solo scalesAC/DC · Angus Young
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic
Start with five notes. Listen for short bursts that leave room for the band.
Explore the solo scalesOzzy Osbourne · Jake E. Lee
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor · Phrygian
Start with D minor pentatonic, then add the two natural minor notes. Treat the longer runs as small groups rather than one long shape.
Explore the solo scalesMichael Jackson · Eddie Van Halen
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with the minor shape at fret 12. The guitar is tuned down half a step, so the home note here is E♭.
Explore the solo scalesJudas Priest · Glenn Tipton · K.K. Downing
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Use B minor as a listening reference. Work on the longer notes before comparing the faster answers.
Explore the solo scalesYngwie Malmsteen · Yngwie Malmsteen
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Harmonic Minor
Start with E♭ Harmonic Minor for the electric lead. Compare its raised seventh slowly before trying the faster lines.
Explore the solo scalesQueen · Brian May
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Major Pentatonic · Major
Start with E♭ major pentatonic. Then add the two notes that make the full major scale and follow the melody.
Explore the solo scalesDeep Purple · Ritchie Blackmore
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Blues · Natural Minor · Minor Pentatonic
Start with the G blues notes, then compare the longer minor-scale lines. Listen for repeated ideas that move up or down.
Explore the solo scalesPantera · Dimebag Darrell
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Use F♯ minor in standard tuning as a teaching reference. Match the recording’s pitch separately before playing along.
Explore the solo scalesPink Floyd · David Gilmour
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with B minor pentatonic. Listen to a held bend and its answer before trying the longer closing lines.
Explore the solo scalesOzzy Osbourne · Randy Rhoads
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with F♯ minor pentatonic, then add G♯ and D. The fast tapping still needs clear target notes.
Explore the solo scalesCream · Eric Clapton
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Major Pentatonic · Minor Pentatonic
Compare the brighter major pentatonic sound with the rougher minor pentatonic sound. Keep A in view in both maps.
Explore the solo scalesOzzy Osbourne · Randy Rhoads
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Hungarian Minor · Minor Pentatonic
Start with the unusual A minor sound in this solo. Compare D and D♯ before trying to learn the fast lines.
Explore the solo scalesJudas Priest · Glenn Tipton / K. K. Downing
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Minor Blues
Start with the small E minor pentatonic map. Treat the quick outside notes as something to check locally, rather than learning a new scale for every run.
Explore the solo scalesVan Halen · Eddie Van Halen
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Major · Harmonic Minor
Follow the tapped chord notes one group at a time. The harmony changes, so one fixed minor scale will not explain the whole ending.
Explore the solo scalesSantana · Carlos Santana
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with C minor pentatonic. Then add the natural minor notes and keep the melody’s longer notes in view.
Explore the solo scalesMetallica · Kirk Hammett
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Work on the closing solo by itself. Use B minor as a listening guide and listen for the places where the fast lines come to rest.
Explore the solo scalesLynyrd Skynyrd · Allen Collins
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Major Pentatonic
Start with G minor pentatonic. Compare the brighter major notes only after the main five-note shape feels familiar.
Explore the solo scalesIron Maiden · Dave Murray · Adrian Smith
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with E minor pentatonic, then add F♯ and C. Listen to one guitarist’s phrases at a time.
Explore the solo scalesFreddie King · Freddie King
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Major Pentatonic · Minor Pentatonic
Compare E major and E minor pentatonic. The shared home note makes it easier to hear the change in blues colour.
Explore the solo scalesDeep Purple · Ritchie Blackmore
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor
Start with D minor. Then compare C and C♯, and look at the chord notes behind the repeating runs.
Explore the solo scalesEagles · Don Felder · Joe Walsh
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Follow one guitar part at a time. Start with B minor pentatonic, then use the chord notes to explain why a phrase lands where it does.
Explore the solo scalesMetallica · James Hetfield · Kirk Hammett
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Natural Minor · Minor Pentatonic · Minor Blues
Keep the melodic interlude and the later fast solo separate. Start with the E minor notes, then listen to how each player phrases them.
Explore the solo scalesOzzy Osbourne · Randy Rhoads
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor
Start with the D minor shapes below. Then listen to how the notes fit around the chords. The first solo and the closing solo each have their own explanation and practice ideas.
Explore the solo scalesGuns N' Roses · Slash
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Work on the closing section by itself. Use B minor as the sounding-note reference on a guitar tuned down half a step.
Explore the solo scalesMetallica · Kirk Hammett
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Natural Minor · Minor Pentatonic
Start with one small B minor listening map for the later solo. Work on the tapped notes slowly before connecting the longer runs.
Explore the solo scalesBlack Sabbath · Tony Iommi
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic
This solo is a good way to hear E minor pentatonic across the neck. Start with the complete box at frets 12–15.
Explore the solo scalesGary Moore · Gary Moore
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with A minor pentatonic, then add the notes that connect the melody. Let the longer notes ring before adding more.
Explore the solo scalesIron Maiden · Dave Murray · Adrian Smith
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Natural Minor · Minor Pentatonic
The three lead breaks share a B minor reference. Follow one break at a time and notice how the phrasing changes.
Explore the solo scalesStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble · Stevie Ray Vaughan
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Major Pentatonic
The guitar is tuned down half a step. Start with the E-shaped box at fret 12, whose home note sounds E♭.
Explore the solo scalesDio · Vivian Campbell
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor · Minor Blues
Start with A minor pentatonic, then add the two notes that make A natural minor. Keep the bends clear before trying the runs.
Explore the solo scalesThe Jimi Hendrix Experience · Jimi Hendrix
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic · Major Pentatonic
Start with the B-shaped blues box at fret 7. In E-flat tuning the home note sounds B♭.
Explore the solo scalesSteely Dan · Elliott Randall
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Major Pentatonic
Start with the brighter A major pentatonic map. Keep the opening lead separate from the later harmony parts.
Explore the solo scalesOzzy Osbourne · Randy Rhoads
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Harmonic Minor
Compare E natural minor with E harmonic minor. Listen for the pull from D♯ into E in the repeated figures.
Explore the solo scalesUFO · Michael Schenker
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with E minor pentatonic, then compare the wider natural minor map. Follow the studio break in small sections.
Explore the solo scalesLed Zeppelin · Jimmy Page
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with A minor pentatonic. Then add F and listen to how that note fits the chord beneath it.
Explore the solo scalesRainbow · Ritchie Blackmore
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Phrygian Dominant · Phrygian
Compare the close C-to-B sound with the two different thirds, D and D♯. Keep these local colours separate rather than calling the whole solo one scale.
Explore the solo scalesGary Moore · Gary Moore
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor
Start with A minor. Then compare the seventh note when the chords pull the music back towards A.
Explore the solo scalesDire Straits · Mark Knopfler
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor
Start with D minor, then listen for short phrases that follow the chords. Knopfler’s touch is as useful to notice as the scale names.
Explore the solo scalesCream · Eric Clapton
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic · Major Pentatonic
Keep the same home note as you compare D minor and D major pentatonic. The change in colour matters more than speed.
Explore the solo scalesGuns N' Roses · Slash
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor
Start with the minor pentatonic shape at fret 12. In E-flat tuning its home note sounds E♭, even though guitarists often call it an E minor shape.
Explore the solo scalesMegadeth · Marty Friedman
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Use E minor as a starting map. Listen for the bends and note endings before trying to classify each quick run.
Explore the solo scalesStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble · Stevie Ray Vaughan
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Major Pentatonic · Minor Blues
Start with the G-shaped blues box at fret 3. With the guitar tuned down half a step, its home note sounds F♯, also called G♭.
Explore the solo scalesDio · Vivian Campbell
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with an E minor listening map. Follow one short phrase before comparing the longer runs.
Explore the solo scalesB. B. King · B. B. King
Theory: beginner · Playing: developing
Minor Pentatonic
Start with B minor pentatonic. Listen for how much B.B. King says with a held note and a pause.
Explore the solo scalesIron Maiden · Adrian Smith · Dave Murray
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic
These lead breaks need separate home notes. Start with the E minor map for the first, then compare A minor for the second.
Explore the solo scalesPink Floyd · David Gilmour
Theory: beginner · Playing: intermediate
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with F♯ minor pentatonic. Add the two natural minor notes when you are ready to follow the longer melody.
Explore the solo scalesMegadeth · Marty Friedman
Theory: beginner · Playing: expert
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with B minor and find its chord notes. Listen for how Friedman aims a phrase at a note as the backing changes.
Explore the solo scalesIron Maiden · Adrian Smith
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Natural Minor
Start with E minor, and give the repeating groups a steady pulse before trying to play them quickly.
Explore the solo scalesLed Zeppelin · Jimmy Page
Theory: beginner · Playing: advanced
Minor Pentatonic · Minor Blues
Learn E minor pentatonic, then add the blue note. Leave enough space to hear the band answer the lead.
Explore the solo scales