Best pentatonic classic rock solo to learn

Jalapeno

strummer said:

Alright Now easy and great licks you can use elsewhere..

Great advice.

Also anyhting by The Rolling Stones .....

xscaramanga

I agree with Comfortably Numb and AC/DC suggestions.

The second half of the Sweet Child o' Mine solo is full of pentatonic ideas you can recycle elsewhere. You don't need to play them as fast as Slash to sound good either.

BahHumbug

Another brick in the wall part 2 is another great Gilmour one.  Ooh, and Money.  Ooh, and..........

vasselmeyer

All Right Now, mentioned a couple of times above is easy to play in terms of the notes. However, you could work on the phrasing and vibrato which is just as much a part of a solo as the note choice. Kossoff, Gilmour and Peter Green are all masters of phrasing in fairly simple solos.

xscaramanga

None of these solos is actually easy. And I don't mean "the notes are easy but the feel is hard". I mean that after 15 years of teaching I've found all of these solos present technical hurdles for new players. Soloing is just tricky at first.

The BEST pentatonic solo for a newbie in my opinion is Gimme All Your Lovin' by ZZ Top. It's not purely pentatonic, but it's mostly within those five notes. There's nothing fast and no overly tricky rhythmic stuff.

Gassage

Two more DG's

1. Time- the definition of every single pentatonic lick ever.

2. On the Turning Away- all about voicing and control.

Others:

Supersonic- Oasis

You Do Something to Me; Paul Weller

Girl Like You- Edwyn Collings

Believe - Craig Ross/Kravitz

FelineGuitars

Gimme all your loving - ZZ Top

A masterclass in soloing over one chord and keeping it interesting

Sharp Dressed man and Got me under pressure too

SimonC

Thin Lizzy is an excellent source for this kind of thing.
Try the solos from Southbound and Dancing In The Moonlight for starters.
In fact learning the whole of Live and Dangerous is a worthwhile project.

Bellycaster

Original Whitesnake "Fool for your Lovin'" solo by Bernie Marsden.

2:46

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BCcjNHLEzo

Great solo.

djspecialist

Alive - Pearl Jam

viz

Gazza - I can’t wait until Tomorrow

3:00

https://youtu.be/QP9HlZ2MhtM

Kebabkid

SimonC said:

Thin Lizzy is an excellent source for this kind of thing.
Try the solos from Southbound and Dancing In The Moonlight for starters.
In fact learning the whole of Live and Dangerous is a worthwhile project.

Beat me to it and great call!

PonchoGreg

Stairway to Heaven
Hey Joe
Whole lotta love (soooo satisfying, even when butchered a bit)

Lev

SimonC said:

Thin Lizzy is an excellent source for this kind of thing.
Try the solos from Southbound and Dancing In The Moonlight for starters.
In fact learning the whole of Live and Dangerous is a worthwhile project.

Agree, the two solos from Still In Love with You are excellent for pentatonics, bending, vibrato, hammer-ons  - all essential techniques covered.