How I Learn Guitar Solos

Hey all! This is a follow up to my previous video on How To Learn Songs by ear which seemed to resonate with a lot of you. In this video I’ll be discussing how I learn guitar solos or lead guitar parts by ear using a real world example and how I go about transcribing it. I’ll be using Greta Van Fleet’s The Weight Of Dreams to demonstrate. This song has an epic 3 minute guitar solo, and although I don’t transcribe the whole thing, I show you my process in real time.

00:00 INTRODUCTION
01:13 FIRST LISTEN TO THE SOLO
01:59 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO LEARN BY EAR?
02:56 STEP 1 – SETTING UP YOUR SONG FOR TRANSCRIBING
05:15 STEP 2 – FIGURING OUT IMPORTANT SONG INFO
12:24 STEP 3 – DETERMINE YOUR TRANSCRIBING METHOD
14:32 STEP 4 – WATCH ME TRANSCRIBE!
27:17 RECAP OF STEPS
28:17 THE WEIGHT OF DREAMS ISOLATED GUITAR SOLO

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