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Guitar Grammar: Learn to Write Guitar Solos

Guitar Grammar: Learn to Write Guitar Solos

How to write guitar solos for the modern song writer
Created byDave Kirby
Last updated 6/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn to write guitar solos for modern commercial music
  • Explore the different roles that a guitar solo can play in your song, and how that role might shape your solo
  • Think about guitar solos from the perspective of a song writer, without thinking about music theory or focusing too hard on note choices
  • Experiment with the dynamic shape of a guitar solo to write something appropriate for your music

Course content

7 sections7 lectures36m total length
  • Introduction0:58

Requirements

  • Students should have access to a guitar and a beginner level of experience

Description

This course uses the analogy of language to discuss the function of guitar solos in modern song writing.  The too often under appreciated guitar solo is in reality a valuable tool for any songwriter.  A well written guitar solo can accomplish things that additional lyrical content often can't, and this course takes a look at some best practices for writing a great guitar solo.  This course stays away from theoretical musical lingo in favour of the more accessible metaphor of language.  It discusses things like inflection, phrasing and even swear words and their role in the construction of a guitar solo.  After all, music is a language and once you begin to draw the comparison, as this course shows, it is hard to un-see.  If you are a song writer who is looking at ways to involve instrumental elements like guitar solos into your writing, this course provides a song first look at some practical approaches you can take towards writing your first guitar solo.  I hope that this course helps you to better understand guitar solos, and I am sure that you will get a lot out of it.  I hope to see you in the course, and I look forward to helping you improve your musical fluency and learn more about the guitar!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for song writers who are looking to incorporate guitar solos into their music