"Nathan McDonald's Guitar Solo Lesson -- Learn To Shred Guitar"
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This insane guitar solo lesson will reveal how to shred guitar in the style of Nathan McDonald. Learn to use sweep picking, finger tapping, and fast chromatic scale licks.
In this shred guitar lesson, we combine all the impressive feats of shred guitar techniques into one big gigantic guitar solo -- in the style of Nathan McDonald!
Learning how to shred guitar takes lots of practice. You need to now things like finger tapping, sweep picking, and common guitar scales to do it effectively.
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Guitar shredding -- So how does Nathan do it?
Nathan McDonald has been playing guitar for a long, long time. But he doesn't claim to be better than anyone else. Just unique. But so is everyone. The whole point of this crazy guitar solo lesson is to learn from it, apply it to your own unique style of playing guitar, and develop your skills as a musician.
Your goal is to be your own best guitarist. Not to be "better" than someone else. Learn from those that inspire you. Apply what you learn. Inspire others. That is what Nathan wants to accomplish with his own guitar playing, and it's what he wants from you too.
Let's look at some features of Nathan McDonald's guitar shredding style that you will learn in this guitar solo lesson:
Sweep picking: Sweep picking is integral to shred guitar. It's extremely hard to learn, but effective once you grasp it.
Finger tapping: Another common feature of shred guitar solos, finger tapping allows you to play really fast notes without picking all of them.
Odd time signatures: You have to open your mind to playing in time signatures like 15/16 and 7/8. Believe it or not, 15/16 can feel natural with practice.
Using guitar scales: Knowing guitar scales is essential to playing guitar solos. You can even make up your own scales these days!
OK, ready to learn the solo?
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The ultimate lead guitar essentials package is here: Four complete lead guitar lesson eBooks covering all your guitar soloing needs.
We cover everything a lead guitarist needs, from just starting out playing guitar solos all the way to advanced lead guitar technique...
- 9 Complete Guitar Solos
- All The Right Exercises For Building Speed and Strength
- Learn To Improvise Your Own Professional Solos On The Spot
- Master Every Mode
Guitar solo lesson -- Insane guitar solo
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This guitar solo starts out with some depressed whammy bar action and a fully diminished arpeggio.
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Feel like sweep picking in 15/16 time? Didn't think so. But in this next lick you have to! The final measure is back in 4/4 time and there is some fast finger tapping.
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The main riff is played in 15/16 time. Play the riff over and over again until it feels natural to you. It's not an easy time signature, but with practice it can become more natural. The more natural the better, because you are about to solo over this riff.
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This next theme is played using a sort of hybrid scale. The key would be Eb minor, but the scale uses a raised sixth at some places and a raised seventh in other places. There are also lots of chromatic notes mixed in.
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The next bit goes into 7/8 time with a similar hybrid/chromatic scale lick. If you thought playing a solo over 15/16 was fun, you'll find soloing in 7/8 to be a breeze!
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The following theme uses what I call "piano style" triads going up the scale in C minor (the frets look like C# minor, but we are down a half step). Spread your fingers out so you get good reach across the fretboard.
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This next lick modulates to the relative major of our previous key, which was C minor. Now we are in Eb major.
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Ready for some fast finger tapping with lots of left-hand legato? Here it is in the next theme:
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The final passage of this guitar solo features lots of chromatic, palm-muted low notes. Make sure to pick cleanly when playing this fast, using alternate picking.
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The unique part about the very end of this chromatic frenzy is that you have to slide your tap finger. You'll notice that each string has a pattern that your tap finger slides from 16-17-16. You have to execute this really quick.
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Now get all 4 lesson eBooks for the price of a single guitar lesson!
...do your fingers a favor and collect them all!
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The ultimate lead guitar essentials package is here: Four complete lead guitar lesson eBooks covering all your guitar soloing needs.
We cover everything a lead guitarist needs, from just starting out playing guitar solos all the way to advanced lead guitar technique...
- 9 Complete Guitar Solos
- All The Right Exercises For Building Speed and Strength
- Learn To Improvise Your Own Professional Solos On The Spot
- Master Every Mode
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