Whether you call these solo ideas minor blues or embellished pentatonic/blues scale, the effect is the same, freeing you up from established patterns to hold your audience's attention ...

“Yeah, Take A Bow is another good example of that, where the solo section just ebbs and flows and crescendos,” he nods. “I’ll ...

As long as rock’n’roll continues to thrive (which it will) the guitar solo will never die. There’s nothing quite like hearing someone absolutely tear a guitar to pieces mid-song. The sensation of ...

There’s a few schools of thought regarding writing and crafting a lead guitar solo. The first is taking a more free-form approach by noodling around and improvising until something that sounds good is ...

Ace Frehley, the iconic founding lead guitarist of the legendary rock band Kiss, has died at age 74 on Thursday, October 16, 2025. Best known for his melodic yet explosive guitar solos, Frehley fell ...