Guitar Solos
Learn lead guitar step by step, from bends to blues solos
Guitar Solos is a step-by-step guitar soloing course taught by Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor. You start with the core lead techniques, like bends, slides, vibrato and hammer-ons, then add phrasing, harmonics and double stops. From there you learn the pentatonic scales, melodic soloing over chords, triad arpeggios and blues soloing. The course has 47 video lessons, about 4 hours in total, in seven modules with jam examples and a 98-page PDF book.
What Guitar Solos is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course, talks about guitar solos and sound, and shows how to extend the major pentatonic.
Course intro: Introduction · 2:18
Free preview lesson: Guitar Solos and Sound · 4:26
Free preview lesson: Extensions on the Major Pentatonic · 3:57
Is Guitar Solos right for you?
- Players new to lead guitar. The course starts with muting, the picking hand and positions on the fretboard.
- Players who know a scale but can't make music with it. Lessons on phrasing, dynamics and chord chasing show how to shape a solo.
- Anyone stuck in one pentatonic box. You learn all positions of the minor pentatonic, the major pentatonic and how to expand both.
- Blues and rock players. A blues module shows how to combine the major and minor pentatonic over blues jams.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Play hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills, slides, bends and vibrato
- Use reverse bends, half-step bends, blues bends and 3-fret bends
- Add palm muting, dynamics, double stops and natural and pinch harmonics
- Play the positions of the minor pentatonic scale
- Expand the pentatonic scale with the 9th, the 6th and blues notes
- Solo melodically by chasing chords with the major scale
- Play major and minor triad arpeggios and use the CAGED system
- Combine the major and minor pentatonic in a blues solo
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Learning to Play Creatively
Sound, muting strings, the picking hand and fretboard positions, then hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills, slides, bends and vibrato, with a jam in A minor.
Adding Creative Elements
Palm muting, dynamics, whammy bar, double stops, natural and pinch harmonics, open strings, practice tips and phrasing.
Pentatonic Scales
The positions of the minor pentatonic, the major pentatonic, and expanding them with the 9th, the 6th and blues notes.
Melodic Soloing
The diatonic major scale, melodic soloing and chord chasing, and soloing over chords outside the key, with a jam in G.
Intervallic and Linear Concepts
The CAGED system, major and minor triad arpeggios, 2-1-2 patterns, string skipping and horizontal playing.
Blues Soloing
An introduction to blues soloing, minor and major blues jam examples, and combining the major and minor pentatonic.
Final Words
Planned solos versus improvisation, and soloing in real playing situations.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 98-page PDF book, Jam tracks. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"Steve Stine is the teacher that I have been looking for a long time."
Jimmy H.United States
"I discovered your courses. I find them great. It's a complete guitar journey and I learned something every week."
Philip M.United States
"It made the fretboard much, much simpler and easier to understand than I have imagined it to be."
Geoffrey E.United Kingdom
"I'm amazed with just how much improvement I've seen in my own guitar playing."
Don B.United States
"What I'd really say is definitely take Steve Stine's course. I think you would find it really, really beneficial."
Demetrio G.Canada
"One major problem that I had was just being lost. Steve helped me find the way."
Jared H.United States
Guitar Solos questions
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Where to go after Guitar Solos
Expressive Soloing
Learn phrasing, melody, embellishments and how to develop ideas, so your solos sound more melodic.
Chord Chasing Mastery
Learn to solo over chord changes with note chasing, chord tones, arpeggios and the CAGED system, in blues and pop/rock.
Blues Soloing
Learn blues rhythm, progressions, scales and bending techniques, then solo over ten jams in different blues styles.
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