Wish you were able to play guitar solos with speed and musicality like the pros?

It’s not as unattainable as you might think.

Consider this:

Even the greatest shredders of all time were once at your same level or lower.

Mastering guitar solos takes more than just playing a solo over and over until it clicks.

Yes, this will eventually work.

But wouldn’t you rather learn how to play guitar solos with speed and accuracy quickly rather than eventually over the course of months (or even years)?

Thought so!

That’s why this article focuses on tips to help you solo with speed in no time.

Apply these guitar speed soloing tips into your playing now to get big results:

 

Step One: Break Down The Guitar Lick/Solo Into Very Short Parts

Shortly after picking the guitar part you want to get better at, practice it into small divisions of just a handful of notes per part.

The following are some straightforward ways to understand where to divide groupings:

By guitar lick

By the kind of technique being used

By grouping 2-4 notes at once

By the particular time a phrase happens in the solo (for instance: [1:00 – 3:47]

Practicing a guitar solo like this helps you play it with tons of speed faster.

Why?

Due to the fact that it makes the notes less complicated to mentally examine so you don’t become overcome by mistakes or pass the time continuously beginning again from the start or playing ideas you already can play in your sleep.

 

Step Two: Set Up Your Practice For Each Section

Most guitar players would work on everything at once a few times, then ultimately become unmotivated if they don’t pick up the solo immediately.

Let’s work with a more effective method.

Since you have the solo split into parts, begin to laser-focus on individual notes to perfect them separately, before blending them all together.

For the next week, arrange one or 2 segments each day to work on (depending upon how many sections there are, you may add more per day).

Let’s say your guitar solo is made into 10 parts of 5 notes per division.

Here is an illustration of what your practice itinerary can look like:

Monday– Practice segments 1-2

Tuesday – Practice segments 3-6

Wednesday – Practice segments 7-9

Thursday – Practice segments 1-2

Friday – Practice segments 8-10

Saturday – Practice segments 1-2

Sunday – Practice segments 3-6

What you work on most will be based on which parts of the guitar solo you have problem with most.

Be sure to keep improving by not always spending the majority of your time on the licks that are easiest or the most entertaining. Pay attention to what forces you to improve your playing ability the most, then you get driven as you see big results (which is truly entertaining as well!).

 

Step Three: Practice Each Section To Get Better At It Using A Special Practice Approach

Note: you don’t need to devote numerous hours into practicing each section of the solo daily to make lots of progress.

Improving your skills with circuit practice (work on something a few minutes, then quickly move onto something else for a few minutes, then another thing, etc.) is a terrific way to rapidly learn anything.

Use this circuit practice method (every step is to be practiced for 1 minute) with each guitar solo item to play with faster speed and precision:

1. Play the segment somewhat faster than the speed of the solo using the brief burst method seen in this video: