Hit Me With Your Best Shot Guitar Lesson - Pat Benatar

In this Hit Me With Your Best Shot guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play all of this Pat Benatar classic note-for-note.

The tuning is standard tuning.

Guitarist Neil Geraldo wrote many great guitar parts for Pat Benatar and other artists. Some of these can be pretty challenging to play including his solo for "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".

The main chord progressions are pretty simple to play for both the verse and chorus sections.

Within the second verse there is a quick little guitar lick that is easy to miss if you don't pay attention.

However, the real star of the show is the guitar solo. Neil Geraldo starts the solo with probably the most difficult lick of the song. It can be hard to perform that lick accurately jumping straight from a rhythm guitar part to alternate picking an arpeggio across the top three strings.

After that lick, he jumps down into a lower register then starts to work his way back up with a really cool legato lick.

Geraldo has a knack for creating guitar licks that are probably a little bit different than what you would commonly see from a rock guitarist. These licks always fit the song perfectly though and become an integral part of the whole track.

After the solo, there is a arpeggiated version of the verse which moves around pretty quickly as well. This is a great exercise in controlling the sound of the notes with pick hand muting.

After that verse we reach the final chorus which is altered eventually to bring the song to a close.

The very end has a free-time section with some half-steps bends and an E7 chord.

I hope you guys enjoy taking a crack at all of Neil Geraldo's really cool guitar parts for this classic song! #hitmewithyourbestshotguitarlesson #patbenatar #guitarcovers

Carl...

[JDuff]

Thanks for another fantastic lesson! I especially appreciate the clear description of the picking pattern part immediately after the guitar solo - I've been wondering how he played that for years!

[maiconjohn]

was the only one that I saw teaching this song correctly including the little lick that has in the middle of the verse!!!!

[kevinwaynant]

Great job - I toured with them in the 90:s and that's how he does it

[stevensass]

I always appreciate you noting and showing the little characterful nuance parts/fills. I feel I’m not giving a proper representation if they’re left out. So highlighting them is a big help!! Thanks!

[jordandelacruz]

Neil is such an underrated guitar player! Awesome player! Covering his songs, like Journeys and The Cars, requires, for the most part, note for note solos! Major ingredient to songs, just like on Beatle songs! Improvise on Nowhere Man? I think not! Cheers my man👍

[alchknight]

Been checking out your lessons here and there for a while... You'r an outstanding guitarists and a excellent teacher... Keep it up mate.... 🤜👍👏

[WheelDangleSnipeCele]

Cant believe nobody is talking about the tone!! Guitar sounds unreal

[jeffdubuque]

merry Christmas carl, thank`s for all the work you put into these vids.

[kylesponaugle]

A lesson on Going to California would be great! Thanks for all the hard work, Carl! Keep it up!

[angeleyez]

Carl where are you? Looking forward to your next video! Awesome job as always!

[Mando_calrissian]

Awesome lesson I have definitely been waiting for! Been watching Carl's videos for years now and have been making awesome progress but never comment anything. You are a legend!

[nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev]

Wow, can't believe you did this just a week ago and I have just looked for it! Thanks Carl.

[vekaplayz]

I knew how to play this when I started guitar now I forgot it but when I saw the first time you play the riff I instantly remembered how to play it

[Pstaines]

best solo lesson for this thanks. I finally got the start sorted out!

[livestrong]

You are the best thing to ever happened to YouTube

[barrymills]

Merry Christmas from down under. Love your channel. All the best for the new year

[ericd.]

thank you for explaining the solo beginning. i learn by ear but not that part ever i appreciate it very much even my guitar buddies improvised it when i would ask for a demo its a classic tune with an awesome solo it took me years of practicing boston piece of mind/more than a feeling solos and awhile for me to learn just what i needed cars solo this is a bucket list solo for me and i appreciate the technical but not over my head explanation of the where the notes on the fret board are .. awesome tutorial

[rowieme]

A great quality in your videos man! You explain so well

[RecordPlay]

I learn the songs from Marty (you know what Marty I mean) and then I enhance my skill and play it properly after listening to this guy

[lucasutimate]

merry christmas carl, thanks for all lessons!