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SOLO MISSIONS

Welcome to the mega TG lead soloing feature. Over the following fifteen examples we are taking a whistle-stop tour through contrasting mix of musical genres of the 21st Century, with the aim of identifying just what has made these styles and their solos so great. Work through our tab examples and you too will soon be soloing with confidence in a variety of musical settings. We’ve ordered our examples roughly starting with the easiest to play, so why not challenge yourself to work through them all and see how far you can get?

To keep you on your toes we have used a variety of keys and time signatures, keeping our examples stylistically relevant to the tracks, bands and genres we’ve referenced for inspiration. For example, you can

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