Learn To Play Guns N' Roses Volume 2
Song Lessons in this Course
This Course is Ideal for Players Who...
This course is designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists who want to master the guitar work of one of the world’s biggest rock bands. It is perfect for those who are fans of Guns N’ Roses and the legendary guitar playing of Slash.
Perfect for Guitarists Who:
- Want to learn the secrets behind Slash’s iconic guitar tone and technique
- Are looking to improve their hard rock soloing and rhythm playing
- Are fans of 80s and 90s hard rock and metal
- Want to learn how to play with attitude and swagger
- Appreciate melodic and technically impressive guitar solos
This isn’t just about learning songs; it’s about capturing the spirit and energy of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. You will gain invaluable insights into Slash’s unique approach to the guitar, empowering you to become a more confident and powerful guitarist. This LickLibrary course is your key to unlocking the music of Guns N’ Roses.
What will I achieve from completing this course?
By completing this comprehensive Guns N’ Roses guitar course, you will not only learn to play five more of their classic songs but also gain a deeper understanding of Slash’s unique and influential guitar style. This guitar lesson serves as a masterclass in hard rock soloing, rhythm playing, and creating iconic guitar tones.
Technical Skills You’ll Develop:
- Mastery of the minor pentatonic and blues scales in a hard rock context
- Slash’s signature phrasing, including his use of bends, vibrato, and legato
- The ability to create powerful and memorable hard rock riffs
- The use of techniques such as alternate picking, palm muting, and power chords
- An understanding of how to use the whammy bar and other effects to create iconic sounds
- Improved timing and rhythmic precision
- The ability to craft your own Slash-inspired solos and riffs
- A solid foundation for exploring other hard rock and metal artists
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Learn to Play Guns N' Roses Volume 2
Welcome to Learn to Play Guns N' Roses Volume 2! This interactive, immersive and intensive course offers a deep dive into the iconic guitar-driven sound that helped define a generation. In this module, with tutor Danny Gill leading the way, we will break down five timeless tracks from the legendary rock group: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Nightrain, You Could Be Mine, Civil War, and Rocket Queen.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
This Bob Dylan classic, reinterpreted by Guns N' Roses, is a fantastic platform to explore the use of power chords and barre chords. Our lesson guides you through the intricate layering of the song's guitar parts, which use predominantly open chords and a poignant guitar solo. This song features a variety of techniques including vibrato, alternate picking and slides, creating a texture that contributes to the song’s distinctive sound.
Nightrain
Next up is Nightrain, a song that exhibits the more bluesy side of Guns N’ Roses. This song includes extensive string bending and the use of minor pentatonic scales. With Nightrain, we delve into the skill of mastering power chords and octaves under the framework of syncopated rhythms. The solo is a meticulous exercise in precision, requiring confident legato runs, bluesy bends, and double stops.
You Could Be Mine
You Could Be Mine, with its aggressive tone, is a pure adrenaline rush. The lessons in this track deal primarily with palm muting, galloping rhythms, and the efficient use of power chords. The main riff demands tight rhythmic control, employing alternate picking for driving the pace. The solo presents a fantastic opportunity to delve into rapid hammer-ons, pull-offs and sweep picking.
Civil War
Civil War offers a fantastic journey through chord progressions, harmonics, and dive bombs. The acoustic intro is a great study in arpeggiated chord progressions and Travis picking, and then the song bursts into a powerful rock ballad. The lead sections offer a great opportunity to study the art of melody-making and the incorporation of whammy bar tricks into your solos.
Rocket Queen
Rocket Queen, our final song, is a testament to the stylistic range of Guns N’ Roses. Its prominent bassline paired with the rhythm guitar’s open-string riffs forms a solid base for the soaring lead lines. The lesson emphasizes on power chords, alternate picking and string bending. The closing solo showcases a great range of techniques from tapped harmonics to pre-bends and unison bends.
Slash's Contributions
The lead guitarist, Slash, brings his unique voice and style to each of these songs. His mastery of techniques such as legato, slides, vibrato, and string bending shapes the sound of Guns N’ Roses. His solos are characterized by their precision, intensity, and ability to convey emotion. These lessons are not only an exploration of Guns N’ Roses' music, but also a deep dive into the unique character of Slash’s guitar playing.
Guitar Techniques
At the end of the course, you will have a firm grasp of a wide array of guitar techniques and concepts. Here is a brief list of the techniques we’ll be exploring:
- Vibrato
- Alternate picking
- Legato
- Double stops
- Unison bends
- Power chords
- Palm muting
- Barre chords
- Chord progressions
- Pull-offs
- Arpeggiated chord progressions
- Hammer-ons
- Slides
- Open-string riffs
- Bluesy bends
- Octave melodies
- Syncopated rhythms
We hope you will enjoy this musical journey with us. From the iconic solos to the rhythm patterns, Learn to Play Guns N' Roses Volume 2 will bring you closer to the music you love and equip you with the skills to create your own unique sound.
About The Tutor
Tutor Profile
Danny Gill
Danny Gill is, without a doubt, the most loved tutor by our community. With an incredible array of DVDs and web lessons for LickLibrary covering a wide variety of topics all of which he covers with incredible detail, it's no wonder he carries as much respect as he does. As...