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    • #18079
      superblonde
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      Who has some examples of shred speed solos in different genres which still rock, and might also be interesting general purpose exercises?

      Guitar World has a nice article on this all time classic solo and it’s one which always made me go “yea!!”

      https://www.guitarworld.com/lesson-videos-rock/how-play-danny-cedrones-blazing-rock-around-clock-guitar-solo/29284
      How to Play Danny Cedrone’s Blazing “Rock Around the Clock” Guitar Solo
      Posted 06/20/2016 by Guitar World Staff , photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

      Guitarist Danny Cedrone was born June 20, 1920. Whether you realize it or not, you’re familiar with his work.

      Even in these post-Van Halen, post-Yngwie Malmsteen, post-everything times, Cedrone’s guitar solo on Bill Haley & His Comets’ 1955 hit “Rock Around the Clock” is still a certified jaw-dropper.

      Cedrone—a Philadelphia session guitarist who used a 1946 Gibson ES-300 and a 1×12 Gibson BR-1 combo for the legendary track—opens with a furiously picked line, then suddenly works in some tangy half-step bends and slick, jazzy phrases and caps it off with an insanely fast chromatic flurry that encompasses all six strings. Cedrone was paid $21 for the solo. A little over two months later, he died after falling down a staircase. He never knew the impact his solo had on the world. He was soon replaced by guitarist Franny Beecher (pictured above), who had played sessions with Haley before Cedrone’s tragic death.

      The interesting thing about this one, is that it is a chromatic scale, I found a very detailed web page on it recently (but forgot the link). That page also pointed out, that Cedrone had re-used this similar scale run on other songs (I forget which), so basically, maybe it was an exercise he had practiced 1,000x 😀 then re-used it in several songs.

      The other interesting thing is that, it might be one of those solos which is a good one to practice because it is so close to being a scale-type, all-fingers riff. Not unlike Speed Kills 3, Ex. 4 “The Riff” ?

      This is a really good tutorial on it


      “Rock Around The Clock” guitar solo lesson with Damian Bacci

      Hmmm BTW the wife beater is optional 😀 I hope.

      I'm an intermediate student of Metal Method. I play seitannic heavy metal. All Kale Seitan! ♯ ♮ ♭ ø ° Δ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
      And on the Seventh Day, Mustaine said: ∇ ⨯ E = - ∂B / ∂t ; and there was Thrash; and it had a ♭3; and it was good.

    • #18080
      safetyblitz
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    • #18081
      superblonde
      Keymaster

      nice! one lesson on this solo says, “use a lot of compression and this helps because it uses a lot of pulloffs .. there’s tons of legato here so the compression will help even it out” Not sure how the bpm translates to actual picking speed after taking into account the legato. just watching it, does not seem very fast on the right hand.

      then, it also uses hybrid picking which is.. hmm.

      I can only guess why he is going to pour a glass of water on the fiddle player.. maybe hinting that he is on fire..

      I'm an intermediate student of Metal Method. I play seitannic heavy metal. All Kale Seitan! ♯ ♮ ♭ ø ° Δ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
      And on the Seventh Day, Mustaine said: ∇ ⨯ E = - ∂B / ∂t ; and there was Thrash; and it had a ♭3; and it was good.

    • #18082
      safetyblitz
      Participant

      “use a lot of compression and this helps because it uses a lot of pulloffs .. there’s tons of legato here so the compression will help even it out”

      Play it without compression. Boom: legato workout.

    • #18088
      MotleyCrue81
      Participant

      Hehe, I suppose that 1955 song is “jaw dropping” for way back in the day, but by today’s standards, it’s pretty weak. Crazy how much the bar has been raised for guitar in only 60 years!

      Bring hair metal back!

    • #18092
      Guitarsmurf
      Participant

      Jerrys Breakdown, check out Chet Atkins sweeping in there

       

       

    • #18094
      Guitarsmurf
      Participant

      My attacment didn’t work 🙁

    • #18107
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      My entry to this thread – Wes Montgomery’s Canadian Sunset.

      The fast part isn’t very long, just a few bars into the solo – but bear in mind that this is all and only thumb picking. Wes used his thumb for everything and he could do down and up thumbs like no other guitarist; it was a trade mark of his playing and his sound.

      This may not do much for exercise purposes as indicated on the first post, but here’s my notes:

      While this has a fast section AND improvised … “fast” is never the subject. Throughout the whole tune Wes is telling a story.Whenever I listen to him (or Coltrane, for instance) I never thing about guitar playing (or sax playing) I just feel the music. And this one makes e feel good like no other!

    • #18152
      superblonde
      Keymaster

      Jerrys Breakdown

      This one?


      JR and CA doing Jerry’s Breakdown on Pop Goes the Country 1975

      I'm an intermediate student of Metal Method. I play seitannic heavy metal. All Kale Seitan! ♯ ♮ ♭ ø ° Δ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
      And on the Seventh Day, Mustaine said: ∇ ⨯ E = - ∂B / ∂t ; and there was Thrash; and it had a ♭3; and it was good.

    • #18156
      Doug Marks
      Keymaster

      Metal Method Guitar Instructor

    • #18165
      pipelineaudio
      Participant

      La Bamba

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