i really suck at typing , but here it goes . i spent the first 5yrs learning bits n pieces of songs , ya know 25 or 624 , smoke on the water , the beginning of stairway to heaven ect......... the first songs i learned front to back were wasted by def leppard and breaking the law JP . my best advice is learn the whole song [ rythem first ] then try the lead breaks . i spent 10yrs as a strictly rhthem guitarist / vocalist . GT has opened up a whole new rhelm of learning guitar for me . i can play leads , remember Practice makes Permanent ! so practice , practice , practice ..............