50 Easy Guitar Solos + TAB

Gear used: Fender Stratocaster '79 US, DiMarzio FS1 pickups, DOD250 (Modest Mike's Mods), Marshall YJM100, 1922 and 1960AX cabinets, Shure SM57, Sennheiser E906, Neve 1073DPA, API525, Apogee Duet 2, ProTools.

Other easy guitar solos to learn and practice: Moonflower (Carlos Santana), Un Autre Monde (Téléphone), Still Got The Blues (Gary Moore), Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma), Orion (Metallica), Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash), Zombie (The Cranberries), And I Love Her (The Beatles)…

What other easy solo would you recommend to practice for beginners and intermediate levels?

Tracklist:
0:00 : Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)
0:32 : Top Gun Anthem (Harold Faltermeyer)
1:04 : Parisienne Walkways (Gary Moore)
1:41 : Let It Be (The Beatles)
2:10 : Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day)
2:38 : Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
2:57 : Animal (Def Leppard)
3:12 : Lost Wisdom (Burzum)
3:39 : Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones)
3:59 : High And Dry (Radiohead)
4:19 : Ain’t Talking’ ‘Bout Love (Van Halen)
4:34 : Lookin’ Out My Back Door (Crosby Still & Nash)
4:53 : Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
5:13 : Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
5:47 : Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
6:12 : Back In USSR (The Beatles)
6:24 : Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
6:33 : Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
7:10 : The Unforgiven (Metallica)
7:38 : Apache (The Shadows)
8:24 : Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
9:05 : The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie / Nirvana)
9:50 : Holiday (Green Day)
10:09 : ’74-’75 (The Connells)
10:38 : Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Guns N' Roses)
11:10 : Master Of Puppets (Metallica)
11:49 : Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
12:05 : Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N' Roses)
12:37 : Come As You Are (Nirvana)
13:07 : Don’t Stop Me Now (Queen)
13:26 : Afraid To Shoot Strangers (Iron Maiden)
13:59 : What’s Up (4 Non Blondes)
14:16 : We’re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sisters)
14:44 : Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)
14:53 : Nivram (The Shadows)
15:39 : Fix You (Coldplay)
16:34 : It’s A Heartache (Bonnie Tyler)
16:55 : A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum)
17:20 : Oye Como Va (Carlos Santana)
17:42 : Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
18:03 : Love Her Madly (The Doors)
18:26 : F.B.I. (The Shadows)
19:16 : The Wellerman (Traditional folk / Brian May)
19:56 : Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson / The Blues Brothers)
20:02 : Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
20:19 : Nuages (Django Reinhardt / Patrick Rondat)
21:07 : Geronimo (The Shadows)
21:42 : The Godfather Theme (Nino Rota / Guns N' Roses)
22:25 : Sleep Walk (The Shadows)
22:49 : Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits)

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[PaulGamer]

How is nobody talking about how he did all of these in one take?? It's incredibly difficult!!

[Kleppie]

Even though these are the easier solo's, don't underestimate how much you can learn from it. <3 Nice vid.

[mattgee]

I hope I'll get to a level one day that I can call these "easy". Awesome work!

[docwillis]

Aside from being a very accurate and informative video, it also demonstrates how the strat can do it all.

[GuillaumeVrac]

Tracklist:
0:00 : Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)
0:32 : Top Gun Anthem (Harold Faltermeyer)
1:04 : Parisienne Walkways (Gary Moore)
1:41 : Let It Be (The Beatles)
2:10 : Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day)
2:38 : Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
2:57 : Animal (Def Leppard)
3:12 : Lost Wisdom (Burzum)
3:39 : Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones)
3:59 : High And Dry (Radiohead)
4:19 : Ain’t Talking’ ‘Bout Love (Van Halen)
4:34 : Lookin’ Out My Back Door (Crosby Still & Nash)
4:53 : Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
5:13 : Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
5:47 : Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
6:12 : Back In USSR (The Beatles)
6:24 : Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
6:33 : Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
7:10 : The Unforgiven (Metallica)
7:38 : Apache (The Shadows)
8:24 : Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
9:05 : The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie / Nirvana)
9:50 : Holiday (Green Day)
10:09 : ’74-’75 (The Connells)
10:38 : Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Guns N' Roses)
11:10 : Master Of Puppets (Metallica)
11:49 : Brothers (Yngwie J. Malmsteen)
13:02 : Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
13:18 : Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N' Roses)
13:50 : Come As You Are (Nirvana)
14:20 : Don’t Stop Me Now (Queen)
14:39 : Afraid To Shoot Strangers (Iron Maiden)
15:12 : What’s Up (4 Non Blondes)
15:29 : We’re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sisters)
15:57 : Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)
16:05 : Nivram (The Shadows)
16:52 : Fix You (Coldplay)
17:47 : It’s A Heartache (Bonnie Tyler)
18:08 : A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum)
18:34 : Oye Como Va (Carlos Santana)
18:56 : Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
19:16 : Love Her Madly (The Doors)
19:38 : F.B.I. (The Shadows)
20:30 : The Wellerman (Traditional folk / Brian May)
21:09 : Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson / The Blues Brothers)
21:15 : Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
21:32 : Nuages (Django Reinhardt / Patrick Rondat)
22:20 : Geronimo (The Shadows)
22:55 : The Godfather Theme (Nino Rota / Guns N' Roses)
23:38 : Sleep Walk (The Shadows)
24:01 : Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits)

[GuillaumeVrac]

For those who think some "easy" solos are too hard, i would suggest you to select a bunch of really easy ones like "Wake Me Up...", "Fix You", "Love Her Madly" first and then go with more complex solos like "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Californication" and increase the level step by step. "Sultans Of Swing" (bonus) / "Master Of Puppets" should be practiced when you have done all the previous easy solos. These latters are more intermediate level solos (like i precise on the description: there are some more intermediate level solos in the list).

Some tips:

- Slow down the video if it goes too fast by using the YouTube parameters.

- Practice with a good guitar teacher.
This video can't replace the benefit of a musical education course.

- Don't be obsessed with perfection first, play the overall idea of the solo and add the details afterwards. The goal is to learn and have fun, not to play the exact note for note guitar solo.

- If you have purchased the pack you can focus on some more tricky parts, isolate them, slow down the song (on Guitar Pro) and repeat several times until it sounds right. The PDF sheet music helps for matter that as well.

To answer some questions here:

- The pack available for purchase gives you a PDF, isolate backing tracks and extract with solo audio files, and the Guitar Pro file with all the other instruments (but only the extract with the solo on it).

- "Seven Nation Army" is not played with a slide on purpose, it's an adaptation to make it easier.

- If you have suggestions of other easy guitar solos, please share them in the comment section. I could make another video of easy guitar solos if needed.

- These are so far the easiest solos that i know (that i found still interesting) that helped me to improve my guitar playing, i'm opened to discover new ones.

- "Brother" by Yngwie J. Malmsteen contains three guitar tracks, so it's normal if i don't play the diminished arpeggios as it's played by another guitar.

- Of course i know the track "Top Gun Anthem" in its entirety.

- Yes "Purple Haze" is between an intro riff and a solo, "Paint It Black" is more an anthem melody, still IMO they are useful to learn the vocabulary of a soloist.

- I've played the full track back to back file in one time using Guitar Pro at the same time but i've edited the audio afterwards in post production i admit.

- The Strat is a made in USA model from 1979 loaded with DiMarzio FS1 ("Fat Strat") pickups, so they are not the typical strat pups (David Gilmour, John Norum, The Edge, Mark Knopfler, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Rory Gallagher used to have them).

Thanks for the overwhelming reactions.

Pick up your guitar, practice and have fun!

[FrostByte]

Finally: someone with the good sense to putting the names of the scales in the solo!

[AndyD]

Nice to see The Shadows getting some coverage. My late father's favourite band (Apache played at his funeral) and my first inspiration to play guitar.

[topgunmaverick]

Dude mad respect for doing top gun anthem

[noelleblanc]

Guillaume Vrac is a name to remember. I feel so dumb when I see such talent.

[JonnyCrackers]

I really love how these tablature videos have taken off recently. It's so nice to be able to read the tab and also see it being played at the same time.

[rodrireviglio]

Beautiful video! I love that you have indicated the key of each song and its scale. I'm your fan. Eternally grateful!!!

[mgtow]

I just can't believe you put "Lost Wisdom (Burzum)" between these other musics, I though I was the only one to know this kind of music and also appreciate more "commercial" ones. Most of extreme metal fans just listen to extreme metal

[vierkp]

All solos I‘ve ever learned are amongst those listed here. None of them felt easy to learn for me #coldhardtruth 😉

[juliolopes]

O melhor vídeo de solos de guitarra que já vi. Execução perfeita de cada detalhe.

[labsounds-musicpublishers]

Other "easy" Solos: Hotel California (Eagles), Easy Lover (Philip Bailey), Listen to your Heart (Roxette), Crazy little thing called love (Queen), Sometimes Salvation (The Black Crowes), Wind of Change (Scorpions), Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi)

[ZUKD]

The amount of information in this video is overwhelming. Thank you.

[lana]

Time stamps for myself:

0:00 : Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)
4:53 : Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
5:13 : Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
13:50 Come as you are (Nirvana)

[pabloybarra]

Very comprehensive and informative to any guitarist. From easy to intermediate playing, you do a great job. Thank you for your input and contribution.

[ashleyharper]

I think if I started to learn these now I would still not master them in 3 life times. Excellent video and amazing playing.