Many of the best songs around today will have an awesome guitar solo being played in them. For those who are only just starting to learn how to play the guitar will wish to learn how to play an awesome guitar solo like their favorite guitarist. However, this is something that they won't be able to achieve overnight.

The first thing that you will learn is that it is going to take you quite some time to be able to master playing the guitar if you want to play it well. But once you have gained these skills then you will need to spend more time so that you can then move beyond the limits at which you play currently. There are certain things which you can do and these can help you to learn how to play an awesome guitar solo well and we show you what some of these are below.

1. At some stage of your the piece being played by your favorite guitarist they will begin to play it at a very high speed and anyone who is unable to play a guitar is often impressed by this. If you would like to be able to play an awesome guitar solo like your guitar hero then you need to dedicate time to learning and developing the correct legato techniques. For you to do this you need to dedicate time to learning and practicing the 3 note per string scales as well as the pentatonic scales.

2. It is crucial if you want to be able to play an awesome guitar solo you learn the finger tapping techniques that were pioneered by Eddie Van Halen. If you can learn to play 2, 4, 6 and 8 finger tapping techniques then this will bring your guitar playing to a whole new level. Also through learning 8 finger tapping the piece you play will sound more dramatic. But you need to learn to pay these techniques both on the upper and middle registers and this offers you the chance to combine them with each other. Another thing you need to do is learn to tap arpeggios as again this will give you more notes to incorporate into the piece that you are playing.

3. For you to be able to learn how to play an awesome guitar solo you have to learn how to shred and to do this requires you having a metronome. When purchasing this piece of equipment you have the choice of purchasing one that stands on its own from your local music store or from an online one, or you can download metronome software onto your PC instead. As soon as you have the metronome you need to start practicing a particular solo piece of music and increasing the speed as and when you feel comfortable. By the time you are shredding correctly you should be playing the 16th notes at around 200 beats per second.

As time passes your confidence in shredding the guitar will grow and you will find that not only can you play up and down the scales quickly but you can sweep the arpeggios and pentatontics scales fast as well. It is important that you need to find yourself a suitable book or online course that is able to teach you not just about diad's but also about arpeggios.

4. As soon as you feel more confident and comfortable with your guitar playing now is the time to step outside of your comfort zone and begin to experiment when playing a particular piece. If you do find yourself making some mistakes then don't be too concerned about this because they may actually be the right notes you are playing although they may not sound like it initially.

For you to be able to learn how to play an awesome guitar solo it is best if you stick to learning pieces of music that incorporate a very simple melody within them. Many of the pieces of music that you remember that incorporate a guitar solo in them will have the same melody running through them and it is this which makes them so memorable.

In the beginning when you first start to learn how to play the guitar you may become frustrated. This is because you want to be able to play songs just like your favorite guitarist but are not able to. There are many songs which you would like to play and which prove difficult, but there are also plenty of easy lead guitar riffs that you could attempt instead.

If you really want to be able to play easy lead guitar riffs well you need to learn how to read guitar tabs. If you don't have the ability to read guitar tabs then actually playing music on your guitar becomes more difficult. Once you have been able to master reading guitar tabs then you will find it so much easier to play the kinds of lead guitar riffs we mention in this article.

1. Smoke On The Water is a very popular guitar riff that people who are only just starting to play this particular instrument will attempt to learn. The reason for this is that this is a very simple song to learn.

First off you start by playing both the D and G strings open, which means that you will not have placed any of your fingers on to the guitars frets. The next thing you need to do is you place your index finger on to the third fret of the D string and your middle finger of to the third fret of the G string. Before you actually play these two strings together you need to make sure that you have positioned your fingers correctly and then play them only once before moving on to the fifth fret. Then you need to leave these two strings open once more before you then move back to the third fret and then fifth fret again. It is best when you are learning how to play this lead guitar riff you do so using the index finger and thumb of your other hand rather than a pick.

2. Hells Bells by AC/DC as well as being a rock anthem classic is also one of the simplest of all lead guitar riffs that you are someone just starting to play the guitar can learn. Be aware that you may find that you have problems playing this particular riff simply because the tempo (speed at which it should be played) is quite fast. Normally this piece of music when played by AC/DC is played at 96 beats per minute.

So if you really do want to learn how to play this riff well then you should start off playing at a much slower speed than it would normally be played. The best way to do this is get yourself a metronome and then use this to slow down the beats per minute at which you should be playing this particular lead guitar riff. Only when you start to feel more confident in your playing skills should you then begin to increase the speed at which you play it.

3. Another lead guitar riff that you could learn to play is Love Me Tender which really isn't classed as a rock riff. But when you are first learning how to play the guitar this is a simple one for you to attempt. For you to be able to play this song you will only need to use your middle, index and ring fingers. However, don't expect to actually be able to get your fingering position correct straight away it will take lots of practice before you find yourself playing the notes in this song the right way.

Above we have looked at three easy lead guitar riffs that you will find details of how to play online and which are worth you thinking about learning when you start playing the guitar. But in order for you to further improve your guitar playing you will need to dedicate as much time as you can to practicing what you learn including easy lead guitar riffs.