Do you know how to become a great lead guitarist?
Learn how to play great guitar solos.
Each solo you learn will teach you useful things about tone, technique, timing, and style.
Learning solos is how all the greats learned how to play. You’re not going to get any good at soloing unless you follow the same process.
You can’t fully understand lead guitar playing simply by learning scales, or studying theory, or practicing exercises.
You need to play actual guitar solos to see how everything goes together to make something musical.
If you don’t learn how to play guitar solos, your soloing will never take shape. You’ll sound like you’re just playing up and down scale patterns.
Music is Like Language
In order to master a new language, you need to do a whole lot more than just read a book about it. You need to immerse yourself in it. You need to speak it. You need to get to know all the common expressions and even the slang.
Guitar soloing is no different. You need to see how guitarists phrase and make use of common guitar licks.
You need to know which notes to bend, and when to use hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.
There is no better way to learn these things than to play guitar solos performed by some of the most influential players.
That’s why I put together this course, Play 10 Famous Guitar Solos.
The solos I have chosen for you to play are some of the best examples you’ll find in popular music.
You play the solos featured in iconic songs such as “The Thrill is Gone,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and “Comfortably Numb.”
You learn the licks and phrases of legendary players such as Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, and Dickey Betts.
I have chosen solos that demonstrate how to play in major keys, minor keys, and how to mix major and minor tonalities (a popular technique in blues-based music).
With these solos, you make use of pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, chord arpeggios, and the blues scale.
Get Expert Guidance
👉 Throughout the lessons, I discuss the fingering and picking options that will enable you to play the solos as smoothly as possible.
👉 I demonstrate how to control string noise so you get good note separation and produce a clean sound.
👉 I teach you how to tap your foot and find "anchor points" so your playing falls into place rhythmically.
👉 I show you how to break up your work into bite-sized pieces and then slowly put the pieces together to complete a solo.
The 10 Solos Include
- “Still Got the Blues” Gary Moore (Main Solo at 2:27)
- “The Thrill Is Gone” B.B. King (Intro Solo)
- “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” The Beatles (Main Solo at 1:55)
- “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin (Main Solo at 5:55)
- “Let It Be” The Beatles (Main Solo From Single Version at 1:58)
- “Ramblin' Man” Allman Brothers Band (First Main Solo at 1:12)
- “Comfortably Numb” Pink Floyd (Solo 1 at 2:04)
- “All Right Now” Free (Main Solo at 2:04)
- “Johnny B. Goode” Chuck Berry (Intro and Main Solo at 1:25)
- “Hard to Handle” The Black Crowes (Solos at 1:57 and 2:33)
Before you dive into these solos and begin lighting up your fretboard with awesome licks, you need to make sure you’re ready for this level of playing.
Here’s where you should be with your playing before enrolling in this course:
- You should have no trouble playing complete songs using open chords, power chords, and barre chords (like I teach in my course, Essential Skills Song Pack Bundle).
- You should know pentatonic scale patterns and have no trouble playing pentatonic riffs (like I teach in Fretboard Theory Chapter 2).
- You should own an electric guitar and an amp with overdrive.
If your playing meets these requirements, you’re ready to enroll in Play 10 Famous Guitar Solos.
The Course Includes:
- Over 17 hours of step-by-step online streaming video instruction
- Complete tablature for each solo
- Backing tracks
- Unlimited email support
- One-time payment with lifetime online access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Try this course risk-free for 30 days. If it doesn’t blow your mind, return it for a complete refund.
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Testimonials
"The Play 10 Famous Guitar Solos course is absolutely wonderful. Desi clearly explains how the song works, i.e., its key and the scale(s). The videos are clear and show the proper technique as well as the notation/tab which I think is crucial in really learning the song. The course has helped me tremendously with my timing, technique, and getting out of a rut. The solos have given me the confidence to play for friends plus it's SUPER FUN! I would highly recommend this course. You won't be disappointed."
- Farshid A.
"I’d had my eye on Desi's Play 10 Famous Guitar Solos course for several months before the time was right for me to buy it. Just a few days into it, I knew I had made one of the best decisions I’ve ever made to take my playing and my enjoyment of learning the guitar to the next level.
The song selection is fantastic, with solos that are familiar and fun to play. But the best part is the way they’re presented. In true Desi fashion, everything is explained clearly and fully with just the right amount of detail. Each solo is broken into logical, manageable chunks so I never feel overwhelmed, and the additional resources (backing tracks, tabs, and links to the original recordings) have really helped me get these classic parts under my fingers. Finally, when I needed a little extra help to nail a particular passage I was struggling with, Desi was readily available to help.
If your playing is at the appropriate level for this course, I couldn’t recommend it highly enough! Not sure if you’re ready for it? Just ask Desi. Much to his credit, he’ll always give you an honest answer rather than selling you a product that’s not right for you."
- Nick C.
"Desi’s advice about learning solos from songs instead of doing exercises is just about the best advice I’ve ever heard. So much better and sooooooooooo much more fun! Going through all of these solos is just an amazing workout. I’m developing the muscle memory needed to get better at lead guitar."
- Jay S.
"There are a couple of things about Desi's teaching style that stand out to me. First, Desi installs a problem-solving mentality in his students. He doesn’t say you must play it this way, with your thumb exactly like this on the back of the neck, and with these fingers. He shows you multiple ways to do everything and explains why/in what situations one way of doing something might be preferable to another, but always encourages his students to experiment and figure out what works best for their unique attributes. This is incredibly freeing, because it encourages you to stop worrying about playing things exactly like someone else, and embrace playing them like yourself.
Finally, Desi does a great job of helping you keep your forward momentum, by breaking things down into easily digestible bites, and consistently reminding you it’s not only okay but productive to move on before you’ve completely mastered something, when you come back to it, you’ll be even better because you’ve improved your overall technique while practicing other things.
I could go on, but you get the idea. This course is more than worth the price of admission. Get it, you won’t regret it."
- Josh M.
"It feels like I am in the room with Desi when I view his online video lessons. It's as if I am having a conversation with him."
- Jay A.
"This course has helped me get out of a rut. I was playing scales to backing tracks and seeing no improvement because I was just playing the same things over and over. This course helped me to focus on actually learning to play solos to songs. In doing so, I have added new licks and skills to my playing, and I have learned how to interpret tab better.
If you want to take your guitar playing skills to the next level, stop noodling, and play with purpose and passion, this is the course for you. Desi teaches in a way that it feels like he is in the room with you helping you each step of the way. The course has been a great investment."
- Caulbert S.
"I have only one word: Fantastic!"
- Khaled J.
"I appreciate several things about this guitar soloing course. Desi has chosen pieces that are all very familiar to us as guitar engineers (Desi’s description). The format is very user friendly i.e. the course starts with the easiest solo and progresses to the most challenging. Each solo is broken down into segments and instructions that are very user friendly. Desi describes in detail not only how to practice the solo but why the original artist composed the music so the student has a grasp on the history of the solo which is very important to many of us. Very professional; the notation and tablature are exactly correct. I have not seen anywhere online or in books this quality of teaching."
- Derek E.
"I've played rhythm guitar for a few years. All my attempts to play lead have sounded like scale exercises using pentatonic patterns. This is a master course in using slides, bends, hammer-ons, and pull-offs as you move up and down the fretboard. The solos are from some of the greats, and they are challenging (at least to me), but Desi does a superb job of presenting them in bite-sized servings. He also tells you what you are doing, e.g., tonic to minor 3rd, so you can use them as tools in other solos. Frankly, this course was just what I was looking for. "
- Ken S.
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Your Instructor
Hailed as a “music-theory expert” by Rolling Stone magazine, Desi Serna is the author of several instructional guitar books and video courses. He hosts one of the most popular guitar podcasts on the Internet and has millions of views on YouTube. Desi is known for his practical, hands-on approach to music teaching, with a focus on the guitar fretboard and emphasis on popular songs. He honed his craft through decades of teaching, performing, and publishing. He lives in the Nashville, Tennessee area, and works full-time managing his GuitarMusicTheory.com website and related content.