Hi

Hi,

I'm not exactly new here but a layoff from my job a while back caused a rut in my life that I couldn't play guitar that much or go through the full access part of this website.

But i'm back and eager to learn lead guitar and touch up my rythem

My favorites include Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Oasis, Acdc, The Beatles, Pink Floyd... just to name a few. I really want to dig into these types of styles of guitar playing like the bands I listed.

Hmmm So where to begin...

Hey, Nick! Long time, no talk. :)[br]

Originally Posted by: NickFerra[p]But i'm back and eager to learn lead guitar and touch up my rhythm ... my favorites include Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Oasis, Acdc, The Beatles, Pink Floyd... just to name a few. I really want to dig into these types of styles of guitar playing like the bands I listed.

https://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=rock1

https://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=rock2

And start learning songs by your favorite artists.

https://www.guitartricks.com/artists/The-Beatles-Guitar-Lessons

https://www.guitartricks.com/artists/Stone-Temple-Pilots-Guitar-Lessons

https://www.guitartricks.com/artists/Tom-Petty-Guitar-Lessons

https://www.guitartricks.com/artists/Led-Zeppelin-Guitar-Lessons

And practice a whole lot. :) Have fun!

Hi Christopher,

I remember you. Thanks :-) I will get on it.

I actually have 3 weeks to learn some basic guitar leads because my band lost our lead guitarist and we have shows coming up haha

Originally Posted by: NickFerra

Hi Christopher,

I remember you. Thanks :-) I will get on it.

I actually have 3 weeks to learn some basic guitar leads because my band lost our lead guitarist and we have shows coming up haha

We had a conversation about how to play the leads to some of your band's songs a while back.

https://www.guitartricks.com/forum/thread.php?f=3&t=45193&pg=1

If you have only 3 weeks to learn lead guitar from the ground up, then you better get to practicing! :) Have fun!

Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel

Originally Posted by: NickFerra

Hi Christopher,

I remember you. Thanks :-) I will get on it.

I actually have 3 weeks to learn some basic guitar leads because my band lost our lead guitarist and we have shows coming up haha

We had a conversation about how to play the leads to some of your band's songs a while back.

https://www.guitartricks.com/forum/thread.php?f=3&t=45193&pg=1

If you have only 3 weeks to learn lead guitar from the ground up, then you better get to practicing! :) Have fun!

ahhh yep, I remember. I wasn't able to get to those lessons but I will this time. I am pretty eager to learn this time. I'll record our show and post it if you wanna see how good, or bad, I do. I'll be the only person playing guitar. Our bass player might help for a couple of songs but it'll be mostely me

Hi Christopher,

Can you help me with one song of ours?

This is what our lead guitarist recorded for our CD on our song starring at the sky. Of course he's no longer with the band and I was trying to learn how to play his intro and see what scales he was playing for the solo. It's over a D and C chord progression.

Our CD isn't out yet so all I have is the recording from the radio. We were In a contest and got an interview and our song played on live radio.

Anyways here it is

https://youtu.be/Ek1Emjc-MSs

The song starts at 2:50 I think. The rest is just the interview.

I tried the d minor pentatonic scale and it's just not working very well.

Any help in translating the intro and whatnot would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by: NickFerra

I tried the d minor pentatonic scale and it's just not working very well.

Any help in translating the intro and whatnot would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

That's all basic D minor pentatonic blues based rock licks. Some of it might be at the 5th & 7th fret. And there are a couple of lead lines overlapping (overdubs?). Some of it even sound like he's using a slide. But, this roughly what I can hear.

|------------------------------|------------|[br]|------------------------------|------------|[br]|-----10/b(12)--12/b(14)~|~(14)----|[br]|-12--------------------------|------------|[br]|------------------------------|------------|[br]|------------------------------|------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--12-10--------------------|-12/b(14)(12)-10-------|

|-----------12-10--12~~~-|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|[br]|------------------------------|-15--------------------15b/(17)-----|[br]|-----10/b(12)--12/b(14)-|------(14)(12)-10------------------|[br]|-12--------------------------|----------------------------------------|[br]|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|[br]|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|------------------------|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------------------|[br]|-12/b(14)(12)-10--12--10----|-12-10---------------|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------12-~~~---|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------------------|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------------------|

Welcome back, Nick! Have fun!

Originally Posted by: ChristopherSchlegel

Originally Posted by: NickFerra

I tried the d minor pentatonic scale and it's just not working very well.

Any help in translating the intro and whatnot would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

That's all basic D minor pentatonic blues based rock licks. Some of it might be at the 5th & 7th fret. And there are a couple of lead lines overlapping (overdubs?). Some of it even sound like he's using a slide. But, this roughly what I can hear.

|------------------------------|------------|[br]|------------------------------|------------|[br]|-----10/b(12)--12/b(14)~|~(14)----|[br]|-12--------------------------|------------|[br]|------------------------------|------------|[br]|------------------------------|------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--12-10--------------------|-12/b(14)(12)-10-------|

|-----------12-10--12~~~-|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|[br]|------------------------------|-15--------------------15b/(17)-----|[br]|-----10/b(12)--12/b(14)-|------(14)(12)-10------------------|[br]|-12--------------------------|----------------------------------------|[br]|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|[br]|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|------------------------|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------------------|[br]|-12/b(14)(12)-10--12--10----|-12-10---------------|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------12-~~~---|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------------------|[br]|-------------------------------------|------------------------|

Sweet! Thanks! I'll try and mess around with it today. It's kinda hard to read cuz the lines are a little out of porportion but I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks again for your help!!

Nick

Originally Posted by: LisaMcC

Welcome back, Nick! Have fun!

Thanks Lisa! Love your lessons!