Guitar solo songs

With in the vast Guitar Tricks array of songs which are the best for solo guitar with no backing. Both acostic and electric.

Thanks Don

Hi chub33,

We have a ton of great songs with solos. But I have to say that all of our songs have backing tracks on them!

I would look up anything from Hendrix, SRV, Clapton, BB King, etc, any of those blues guys because that's my background. But I would say it really depends on what you like and what you're trying to do.

What type of music are you into?

Best,

Billy

Hey Don,

It sounds like you're looking for songs that can be played instrumental, just guitar, no singing, no backing. Melody and chords all in one. Is that right?

This one is pretty advanced, but Anders did a version of Sting's "Fields of Gold" which is pretty cool!

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=15925&s_id=1150

Otherwise, I am sure we have some other things like that. It's just that it tends to be on the more advanced side of the spectrum, since you're basically doing two things at once. (Melody and chords).

Anders gets into that stuff a lot in his Acoustic Course. It tends to be on the sort of "Ragtime" side but it's all good stuff!

-Carl.

Hey, Don!

Originally Posted by: chub33

With in the vast Guitar Tricks array of songs which are the best for solo guitar with no backing. Both acostic and electric.

As Carl mentioned that's usually pretty advanced material. So a great deal of that will depend on your skill level. But it's very rewarding to be able to play solo arrangements. With all that in mind here are some options!

To begin, what you are describing is essentially classical style guitar. I have a lot of classical guitar tutorials from simple to advanced all listed here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/forum/thread.php?f=36&t=28987

The ability to play solo arrangements is also used in jazz & is usually called chord melody. I have some of those types of tutorials listed at the bottom of this page.

https://www.guitartricks.com/forum/thread.php?f=36&t=36491

Anders does a great job of showing how this works in a ragtime style setting.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=975

And some Robert Johnson blues.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=853

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2002

On the simpler side is his arrangement of this pop song.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=23594&s_id=1920

Tom does a great job with these tunes. The first one is a favorite of mine! Doc Watson's 'Deep River Blues'.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2082

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2280

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2300

And he applies it to some Robert Johnson blues songs!

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2145

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2146

And Muddy Waters.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2172

Here are some Chet Atkins style arrangements. Also require some practice & skill. :) But great tunes & a great place to start with chord melody.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1284

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=736

Finally, the Acoustic course is a great place to work on the skills required to play Atkins style or solo acoustic guitar in general.

https://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=acoustic1

Hope that helps!

I forgot to mention my Blues Orchestration tutorials! Those are a lot of fun & can show you how to start to get a handle on solo guitar ideas for blues with a bass line & uppoer register chords tones & parts.

https://www.guitartricks.com/search.php?query=%22blues+orchestration+series%22