Hit a plateau

[jjw]

Heh, my guess is that those solos are too hard for you. It’s not just what level you might be, but also what skills you have developed along the way.

You might want to check out this thread, which deals with learning solos:

Do solos get easier?

I guess this is a bit of a rhetorical question but… I remember when starting that chords were really difficult to learn. Where the fingers go on each fret/string, how much pressure, trying to move from one to another etc. But over time it got (very slightly) easier Is learning solos etc the same? I know it’s similar in terms of remembering where the fingers go then move to etc so are there comparisons? I’m trying to learn the solo in Dont Look Back in Anger and it’s painfully slow going

Especially helpful ( ) was the following comment:

Do solos get easier?

I’m not a lead player by any means, but have tried my hand at learning a few solos. Two things that were important to me: Learn some lead guitar basics first (as @Richard_close2u is implicitly suggesting above). Minor pentatonic, played at a decent speed with alternate picking. Learn some common melodic figures, i.e. licks. I did this by following Justin’s Blues Lead modules. When you are ready to attempt a solo, pick something easy! I did a lot of googling to find suggestions for easy sol…