UCL2 - WEEK 4
​"SWEET CHILD O MINE - SOLO"

This week you will put your solo techniques into practice and explore the solo part for, SWEET CHILD O MINE by Guns N Roses. This section contains a number of effects such as bends, slides, tremolos and hammer-ons and try out a new finger gym exercise to prepare those fingers for moving about the fretboard un-chromatically using notes from the C Major scale. 

SOLO 

You may find it odd learning the solo before the song, but sometimes it helps to get the trickier parts into motion first. You will be happy to know that the song itself only consists of 4 basic chords, but more on that next week. 
Watch this Tab video to listen to the full 16 bar solo section at 80BPM speed:

AUDIO TRACK

Have a listen to the solo part a good few times and once you are familiar playing it at a slow speed, use this audio track to practice gaining speed control.  It starts at 70BPM and goes up to 110BPM. 

VIDEO TUTORIALS

Video Tutorials will be available within 24 hours of your class session taking place. 
SOLO - PART 1 (Bars 1 - 8)
SOLO - PART 2 (Bars 9 - 16) plus full solo play along at 80BPM

MP3 DOWNLOAD TRACK

Download the track with all parts at full speed to help with home practice:
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