Learn Slash's All-Time Classic Solo For "Patience" by Guns n Roses!

This Country-style solo has loads of techniques to put into practice!

This lesson will explore the intro and main solo in Patience by Guns n Roses on the guitar. This tutorial on Slash's guitar solo suits Grade 4+ guitarists - it's an Intermediate lesson with loads of techniques going on!

💡 This is the last bit of my Patience song lesson mini-series. If you haven't already - check out Part 1 for the chords and Part 2 to add rhythmic tricks.

Slash plays some slides, Country licks, full bend in, and semitones bend. You'll also encounter some Finger Rolling, which might be a new technique for you.

🔑 Make sure you don't overdo it with too many embellishments. Listen and learn from the original recording - it'll help you keep balance.

Use transcribing software to learn all the little bits to sound exactly like the original recording. You'll be able to slow down the original recording to analyze what's going on in different parts of the song. The process of transcribing is a great way to build your musicianship.

Learning From Great Guitar Solos

Patience is an acoustic masterpiece from back in the '80s. This guitar ballad showed a more vulnerable and soft side of Gun's N Roses, but the guitar solo is powerful!

What's impressive about classic guitar solos like Patience is that you always remember how the harmony goes. It has distinctive parts that brilliantly flow together and are rhythmically solid. This is part of what makes this song timeless and musically relevant years later. A true sign of a great solo!

There's a lot to learn from this all-time classic guitar solo, so make sure you understand beyond the chords and rhythm. Try to absorb the essence of the melody and how to convey emotions with a song.

I'm a big Guns n Roses fan! Are you too? Check my Sweet Child Series out! :)