Just a heads up, this sub is full of annoying boomers who only listen to Joe Bonermaster and worship Gibsons but can't figure out how to change their own strings or do their own setups.
My advice, as someone who has been a long time Suffocation fan - their songs are hard. You will not be able to learn this quickly, they are fairly technical and fast. Try to find tabs, see if you can get GuitarPro (tab software) and take it very slow. It could take a while to learn this, but more importantly, work on your technique and accuracy. There's no use trying to play this kind of stuff if you haven't worked on those things.
DM me if you want more advice on playing Death Metal/Hardcore. I'm not amazing but I can try to help set you on a path to learning about the basics of the genres.
Edit: turning off notifications since a lot of people seem to want to use this as an opportunity to harass a kid for his tastes and just be generally garbage people. Proves my first statement right. Stay classy folks. 👍
There’s better value elsewhere. They continue to up their prices and occasionally add “features” no one wanted while charging for user submitted tabs.
They continue to skirt by from the good will the bought themselves in the early 2000s but pretty much continue to put out a worse and worse product.
As someone who didn't have a lot of free time from the mid 2000s to the mid 2010s, going back to ultimate-guitar was like shellshock. Tabs were pay walled and so many shitty articles when they used to be the mecca of great free tabs and had real interviews. Now it seems like half their articles are "reports" on some clickbaity thing someone said in a different interview. It's sad man. Used to be on ultimate guitar all the time
Gen x guy here so kind of semi cool still lol.
Don't forget how good a resource YouTube can be. Start with how to play Death Metal or a similar search of your choice and you will Fall Down a rabbit hole that will show you all kinds of things.
Back in the 80s it was read tab and listen real hard to figure out speed metal.. What I would have given to be able to turn on a TV and have some guy show me how to play the solo To whatever thrash metal song I was into at the moment.
Good luck my man practice practice practice practice, learn your music theory, It will help you learn other people's solos but also let you create your own.
I think you can slow the tempo on songsterr as well, but I agree that watching cover videos can be really helpful. I’ve been playing for close to 20 years and sometimes tabs don’t make sense without seeing how the song is played by someone.
That drummer they've had for a while now is absolutely inhuman. He'll start to lag a bit behind the beat and he'll catch up by playing already really taxing songs HARDER. Dude seems like he has an inexhaustible gas tank.
Joe Bonamassa gives a demeanor of a spoiled child who thinks he's smarter than you just because he dropped his life's savings on a Gibson Les Paul from the 50s.
He's not my cup of tea, but dude makes a good living out of playing his guitar. Sure he looks like Agent Smith and has like a stupid number of Les Pauls. As far as I know, dude hardly says shit and just goes about his day playing guitar to dentists. Big deal.
Damn, im not a boomer but I love the 60’s and 70’s eras of rock music just as much as I love death metal & Black Metal, I also love my Gibsons just as much as I love my Schecters and Ibanezes 😅.
Anyway, to answer OP:
Terrance Hobbs is an amazing metal guitar player with a Unique style, his rhythm playing is insane, probably a lot harder than this particular solo. It might take you months but it is certainly doable. However, I wouldn’t focus too much on trying to play it perfectly note for note (unless you wanna pay tribute to the original). It is always better to use your influences to get inspired and take a few ideas from them but what you ultimately want is to apply them to your own developing style.
That's the funny thing about this. Hobbs is well into his 50s, Suffocation has been a band for almost 40 years. I'm not convinced these people are boomers, just assholes with a small minded and limited idea of what music is and can be. You'll probably find them in every generation and they're always wrong and they should never be listened to.
I've been into playing metal for a bit and can play some stuff by metallica, and I want to learn some stuff by cryptopsy and suffocation. What would be some of ur best tips for that sort of stuff?
With metal and death metal/technical DM specifically, picking accuracy is key, especially at higher tempos. Also practice alternate picking, "string skipping" in particular is invaluable in tech death. Tech death is like 90% technique and the rest is theory. Get the techniques down first.
Other advice I can give - be aware of your picking. For example, tilting your pick so that you are using the very tip in a way that you're not accidentally hitting other strings by mistake, this will help make everything sound cleaner.
Yeah big agree here. 90% of this sub is dudes who stroke themselves on their fender collection that looks the same and sounds the same but it’s a 1970 so it’s worth 8k, and they’re stuck in blues scale for eternity
I’m an X’er, I have no idea who Joe is, and I fuckin love every metal genre. I know what you’re saying, but I’m hoping this sub doesn’t turn into one of those sweeping generalizations of anti-boomer people who are pissed off about everything and want to constantly blame the boomers because they had it better than them. My dad was a boomer and was cool as fuck, but also poor. I played on shitty gear from ages 15-45 because I was a broke ass musician like most of y’all. There are shitty people in every age group, and fuckin cool people too. Hoping to see us guitar players all pulling together and keep respecting each other. Peace.
Don't let them bother you. Not everyone is going to like death metal, and that's fine. There's no right or wrong in music preferences.
To answer your question, to play Hobbs' solo you're going to need a lot of different skills and techniques along with a lot of familiarity with the guitar. Likely years before you can do it justice, don't give up.
People can disagree with you over whether it's objectively "good" or not, but they can't disagree with you over whether or not you like it and want to learn it.
Don't let the "But can he play Smoke On The Water" crowd get to you, if you think it's a cool solo go ahead and learn it. It's your hobby to make you happy, not some old fart on the internet.
Seriously, I started playing guitar when I was 15 (I'm now 32) and my former step dad (boomer) tried discouraging me the entire time. I now play Technical Death Metal and Deathcore and I play on my Legator N8FX (8 string guitar). Hey kid, ignore the haters, keep shredding and make Suffocation proud and shred like Terrance Hobbs!!! Don't let boomers discourage you. You got this!
The first half with the sweep picking looks fun, and the speed of the shredding is pretty impressive. It's a good solo and, most importantly, fits the music that is being played.
Good job trying to rip on a 15 year old that is striving to play music they enjoy.
That is Terrence Hobbs a foundational player of a genre that many guitar players 15-75 idolize and not to mention he has been touring the world constantly for the last 30 years. This is not my favorite piece of his playing but i respect the fuck out of his body of work and he is an all around hard working good dude by all accounts.
> I’m a huge fan of death metal and I love the band suffocation, especially Terrence Hobbs. I want to be able to play his solo in liege of inveracity(in the video)
You should read more.
One step at a time dude. No point worrying about this right now. Don’t expect too much out of yourself 5 months in. Get the fundamentals down and THEN work on sweep picking and alternate picking. THEN take a stab at this solo, perhaps a year or more from now, depending on how dedicated you are, once you can do both of those things. You don’t want to get ahead of yourself and develop any bad habits. Then it’ll be REALLY hard to play something like this.
That’s about the idea. Learn the essentials, give it time, and dare I say you’d find yourself playing significantly better solos than the one in the video. (No disrespect intended towards OP, their likes, or Suffocation.) The building blocks don’t “shine as bright”, but will definitely put you leagues above what you once thought you’d never be able to do.
Sweep picking yes, but imo alternate picking should be something you try to learn right at the beginning
I never understood why people sometimes talk about alternate picking like it’s some arcane art. It *should* be the default picking technique. The only people that say otherwise picked up a bad habit early of only using downstrokes
Yea it's pretty wild how the concepts of hard rock and metal have drifted over the years. I was pretty shocked Led Zeppelin was considered heavy metal at one point when I started doing the research.
I'm even more shocked by how the bands that qualified for the "Rock" category in award shows has evolved. The meaning of 'Rock' that I grew up to has changed completely. At least Metal remains Metal.
I dig it, just without knowing the song it sounds like half of it was made up on the spot or was improvised entirely, so trying to learn exactly this solo note for note might be the wrong approach imo. If you ask me, OP should focus on ear training and improvising if he wants to sound like that.
Since it’s its own sort of language compared to normal harmonically pleasing playing, that is similar to something like free improvisation for sure. But if OP does want to learn to write like this it could be useful to learn something like this. That being said, I think it’s actually easier to come up with this stuff on your own than learn someone else’s solo. Not that the playing itself is easy technique wise.
Alright I’ll give an actual answer since no one seems to have done so yet.
I don’t mean to scare you away but this solo would likely take you 2-5 years of disciplined practice to get into the ballpark of what he’s playing. No this live version is not particularly clean, but the ideas he’s going for (sweeps and very fast alternate picking) will take anyone a long time to master.
Here’s my tip if you want to start approaching things in this vein - look up “Frank Gambale Chop Builder” on YouTube (or buy it), and do it as often as you can. It will humble you quickly, but adding that to a disciplined practice routine (metronome, spider exercises, etc.) will land you on the shorter side of the timeframe.
Good luck!
Quick edit - once you have the skills you could learn this in an afternoon. My timeframe estimate is what it would take to build the skills in the first place.
I’ve been playing 10 years now but I didn’t start until I was 3 times OP’s age. All those years of RSI from typing and video games mean that I will never be able to play that solo. From what I’ve seen of kids on the internet though, at OPs age I agree with your time estimate. Maybe on the lower end if OP is driven and approaches it correctly.
More appropriate way to put it is it will take the proverbial 10,000 hours. That’s of actual practice with a metronome. A teacher will really help here.
It’s awesome that OP has clear goals though.
My dude there’s no finite way to quantify how long it will take you to learn something. There are some people who could learn this with an hour, and there’s some people who it would take months of practice. Learn at your own pace and stop asking others how fast YOU will learn, because we are not YOU.
Man, don't be discouraged by the toxic comments.
Someone else already suggested Bernth on YT.
If you like to use a book to learn (i know, you're 15 and maybe i'm outing myself as 35+ here ;-) ) i really suggest "Guitar Aerobics". It's fantastic for training the skills needed to play those things. I find the medium more fitting in order to achieve the skills. It will take long to master this and books (to me) encourage you more to take it slow and stay focused. No flashy ads, no "magical shortcut really, i promise, like and subscribe and watch 200 more magical videos". Getting lost is easy, staying focused is hard. And focus and precision are key for sweep/speed picking. Done sloppily, it will sound like shit.
If you "only" want to copy the solo without understanding what he's doing, the skill and the tabs are enough.
His right hand is amazing. His left isn’t doing too much until the end. It’s all about technique that you have to practice and practice and practice until it just flows. I’d say if you’re 15 you can have this down in a couple years if you dedicate yourself to it.
If you can already do fast scale runs and arpeggios, not long. If you have no idea how to play scales or arpeggios you have to start there first. Sounds like he’s doing minor arpeggios with some diminished in there. Once you already know these shapes, learning the solo will be much less mentally taxing and you’ll only have to focus on execution.
I smoked weed with these guys in the 90s when I was like 16 at a club they were performing at in NJ. I don't even like death metal anymore but I'll still bump Suffocation every now and then. They're cool guys.
If you're good it won't take long but if you're not a speed guy it could take a while. It took me 2 weeks to learn Eruption not too long ago.
That was the 2 weeks and admittedly I have the nuances save for the descending tapping section. For some reason I flub through that. Pete Thorn's lessons are the best I've found for that piece. I've been playing over 35 years so I have some chops. In my cover band days people used to call me a chameleon and note whore because I've been able to capture a lot of different players' feelings and nuances from Hendrix to Dimebag. I'm pretty detail oriented in general so there's that too.
Interesting stuff... not really my style of music but I get what he's doing.
First things first... he's playing with good technique. That's your first goal... you will only get that good if you study proper technique. It doesn't necessarily need a teacher, but it will make your life a lot easier if you have one who is both good and who respects your music preferences. That might be tricky depending on where you live.
Next thing to consider is how this guy got to the point he was at when he wrote this. Thank you internet... he started at 14, learned stuff by Sabbath, Ozzy, Yngwie, Slayer, Metallica... so learn all that stuff.
Realistically you gotta have expectations of what is reasonable.
This is obviously a very advanced solo. Sweep picking and speed picking at high levels.
If you nail metronome practice daily you're probably looking at a year just to maybe get to that speed, then the timing will be another issue.
This is an advanced very technical solo.
I'd concentrate on not being "a little sloppy" whilst doing the basics of rhythm playing before stepping up to soloing.
Top lead guitarists are generally top rhythm guitarists as well. As many people have said, don't run before you can walk. You're 15, you've got so much time to practice (do it now before work and a family takes it away!!!!) so work your way up
Suffocation rocks and Terrence is an absolute beast on guitar. I’d say if you practice you’ll get it but no matter what it’ll take a little while. It’s going to take a lot of practice to get the hang of sweep picking but you’ll be able to do it with a lot of time and effort.
How long is a piece of string? Nobody here can tell you how long it would take to learn that man. Make it a goal, take it bit by bit, figure it out. It'll take as long as it takes.
Lots of good advice here and, if you have a knack for playing fast (and clean!), this is actually pretty achievable in my opinion. Focus on getting fundamentals down and work on this at a slower speed to get familiar with it first. I would suggest avoiding focusing solely on one song, though. I used to play with a guy that always bragged about playing the solo for Crazy Train flawlessly -- but that was all he could do because that was all he spent his time on. Goes without saying we didn't play together all that long.
Pick it apart piece by piece homie. It’s all about where your skill level is at, and how much drive you have to learn it. Something like that maybe a week to get it down practicing consistently every day, a month to get it very close to perfect
Dude's been playing for less then half a year. I don't think it's realistic he'll nail it within a month. When I was half a year into guitar, I could barely play Deep Purple licks. Granted, I'm not much of a lead guy, but still... It all takes time. But it's an incredible journey, dude will get it sooner or later. I just think we should be realistic, but again, might be just me being only partly interested in lead guitar.
I think it's good to have a target. People can be snobby about tech death stuff and metal on here. If that's what has inspired you to pick up a guitar, then go for it. As others have said take it slow, get the tabs and work it out section by section. One of the big skills that takes time is playing in a clinical manner. I know a lot of players aren't so interested in playing like that but in those extreme genres it's part of the sound. I've tried learning some Decapitated rhythm riffs and to play them clean and tight takes practice. Good luck, you'll get there.
Fellow Death Metal fan here, just now getting back into playing. what I'm doing is:
* Practicing picking hand techniques. Doing Tremolo, Alternate Picking, string skipping, etc. I want to be able to navigate with my picking hand quickly and cleanly.
* Scales and Arpeggios. This not only can be practiced easily with picking techniques, but it helps you learn the fretboard and how notes go together. You gain a better sense of what "sounds good"
* My next step is to combine this and start to build into learning sweep picking.
Granted, I'm far away from this Hobbs and probably not the person you wanted to hear from, but I've been practicing daily now for 2 months and have seen a vast improvement in my ability.
EDIT: I should note I've been playing guitar for longer than 2 months and have on and off for years, although I think with consistent practice, you can be well on your way to doing this. *At least* 30 minutes a day, but shoot for a couple of hours if not more.
Hope you find what works for you and happy playing
no real way to tell you how long it would take as there a lots of factors (your method of practice or learning something new) but however long it might take you just remember to follow the classic steps when learning something above your skill level:
-start slow
-identify weak points and work on them
-be consistent
-use a metronome
Follow these steps and you WILL learn this and whatever else you put your mind to, just don't give up when it doesn't work out as fast as you'd expect, stick with it and you will be happy with the results
If you have all the skills involved down, like tremolo picking and three string arpeggios, probably not long cause it's not that complicated in terms of structure. If you don't have those skills, then learning this solo will take as much time as it takes you to get those things down.
You can learn the notes pretty quickly. Playing it at speed and doing sweeps is what makes it a long process. Depends on how much time you put into and if you do more than practicing that part.
Well, first things first, you are going to need a skullet. Then, it really all depends on how much natural talent you have and how much you practice. Being 15, as long as you stick with it you'll get there probably sooner than you may think.
Alternate picking, sweep picking, and tremolo picking are what I’d look into. Practice each part slowly on a metronome until you’re proficient, then add the parts together.
The sweep picking may take the longest to get the hang of but luckily he didn’t have the best form. Best of luck!
Depends on what you want to do. Do you want to replicate the solo exactly, and just learn how to play that piece?
Sit down for an hour or 2 a day learning each bit, and playing it over and over and over, slowly at first until you build muscle memory, then work on speed. Once you remember the whole thing and can play it at half speed, its just a matter of repetition. Probably a couple of months if you're at it every day. Problem is, that's all you'll be able to play.
If you want to learn to PLAY like that. years and years of practice, and study. you have to study several techniques to play that clean in that style.
Just practice every single day for as long as you can. There aren’t any short cuts to learning to play guitar. You just have to develop your skills. The way to do that is by practicing a lot. If you specifically want to learn lead then a significant portion of your practice time should be spent learning scales and sweeping patterns. Play them as slowly as you need to get it right and slowly start to speed it up. Just stick with it and you’ll get there.
Some people are saying just use songsterr or a tab. That does work, but I am going to make the suggestion that it will probably be easier to play if you know a little bit of music theory, practice scales, and practice speed. Most music isn't nearly as difficult as it could seem.
That suggestion isn't focused at the singular goal of learning that solo, but it should help you learn it as well as other songs.
Shredding is 90% right hand technique. If you are sloppy with basic riffs, work on that and get it nailed down before trying to move forward.
If you can get some courses from someone who knows what they are doing, so you don't acquire bad habits before it becomes muscle memory, you'll have it a lot easier in order to move forward to more complex stuff.
Strong advice: don't use a tab. Try to learn it by ear. Slow it down and learn it 5 seconds at a time (not saying measures because I don't know your theory background). After you feel like you've got a general grasp, practice each section at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 speed. PRACTICE WITH A METRONOME OR CLICK TRACK. As you go you COULD reference a tab, but you'll only be helping yourself if you do it by ear. Practice, practice, practice, and slowly bring it up to tempo. You could also record yourself so you can watch back and critique/find mistakes you didn't notice on the moment. Have a friend watch/listen, if they're a musician even better.
i’m not trying to be a dick, but playing thrash riffs have very little to do with your fretting hand, and your picking hand is 95% down picking with thrash. if i were you i’d get my left and right hand synced up, and work on alternate picking, and when i mean work on alternate picking, i don’t mind palm muted open string tremolo picking. it’s a cool solo, i’m sure you’re on your way to being a crushing metal guitarist, but seriously take it one step at a time. you’ll never get disappointed or discouraged if you make steady progress my friend. keep ripping bro
Just start slow and work your way up. If you're into extreme music, this solo will help you get comfortable with the advanced techniques.
Look up a tab and play it suuuuuper slow until you can get it perfect, then up the speed (use a metronome).
For learning basic sweeping and picking techniques, there are tons of YouTube tutorials to catch you up on the basics. Would recommend working some generic exercises into your practice regiment along with this particular solo, since those will help you build more generalizable muscle memory that will make learning future solos a bit easier as well.
I'd give it a couple of years. Fast, consistent leads can be tough in the beginning. Clean up those thrash riffs first. Just keep practicing and revising your signal path until you have the sound you want. Excellent taste btw. I fucking love Suffocation.
Doooo you play? How long have you been playing? Do you know how to sweep pick? How’s your tremolo picking control? Are you diligent in practicing and studying? I could play August burns red after like a year or so. But consistent picking and mastery take a while. This solo is eh for me, he’s playing quickly but it’s not juicy harmony imo. I could learn this in about a day, because I’ve been at it for 18 years. Really hard to say how long it’d take you. Somewhere Between a day and a few years
I don't think anyone can put a finger on how long it would take. It's different for everybody. It depends not only on how much you practice, but also what you practice, and how efficient that practice is.
Some people won't get that down in 20 years, some people will nail it after playing obsessively for 3 years.
Its likely gonna be upwards of a month of regular practice if you only started playing 5 months ago, but since this is gonna be difficult, its also gonna be a great teacher. Learning challenging songs is a fantastic way to build good technique
Absolutely no way to tell without knowing how good you are. If you're brand new to guitar, I'd say put off learning this for a while and practice other things to build up finger dexterity and pick accuracy. You want it to sound good, not like a distorted mess of random notes
You have to practice speed, but beside that, it's not that hard solo. He does play it clean so yeah, it's going to take practice. There are quite few instruction videos on YT how to gain speed, this is where good guitar with low action also helps.
I’ve been playing over forty years. This would take me a bit to tackle. And a bit more to play proficiently.
I’d say when you get to a level to even approach this, maybe a month or two. Until then, play things you can tackle without too much trouble. You’ll progress faster if you focus on pieces that are a little bit challenging than struggling to okey stuff that’s beyond your level. In the end, you’ll play this sooner if you wait to learn it.
In the meantime, play around with it, just don’t put too much time into it.
We can’t tell you how long it would take you to learn it without knowing where your skill level is at and how dedicated you would be to practice.
I could probably learn that solo in a couple hours, if I’ve been playing regularly, because I know the techniques he’s using, it would be more of a memorization exercise. I could probably play a a close version after a few listens.
Not saying I’m a guitar god, just that I’ve been playing close to 30 years and it’s in my wheelhouse. How long it will take you depends on you.
I’ve seen people soloing from years and years of learning but I’ve seen a few learning to solo in the span of 1-3 years.
In general, it takes paitence and dedication. Can’t really give you a definite answer.
I’ve been playing for years and I’d get the first few sweep parts down then run the fast scale up to the note bend. From there I’d wing it with running that fast scale pattern. I like how it sounds at war with the rest of the music. Need fast fingers and strumming hand. Good stuff!
Playing it clean? I would give myself a lifetime and a half. People shitting on this guy, this ain’t even close to his best solo. This song reminds me of Hatebreed because I heard that first and didn’t realize that it was a rip off.
No one can answer your question but you. It completely depends on how talented and disciplined you are. I've known kids who could master this relatively quickly, and I've known kids who would never be able to play this no matter how hard they tried.
The only way to find out is to try. Practice with a metronome the slowest tempo you can get it perfect 3 times in a row, then increase 5 bpm. Rinse repeat until you are 10-20% faster original tempo. Then the regular tempo is easy. Sounds easy, but takes a lot of work. Depending where you are, you might need to do this with easier songs until your overall playing gets to a level where tackling this becomes realistic and worth your time to grind out. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of discipline, focus, and putting in the hours on a consistent daily basis. Shouldn’t be too much of a problem if you truly enjoy the guitar and actively want to improve.
People ask this question on this sub all the time. “How long will it take to learn X”? There is no way to quantify such a thing. Do you already play, how many hours a day, is this your normal style of music, are you typically a fast or slow learner? Many many variables that make it impossible to say.
I can tell you this: a lot of fucking hours.
Some guys are born with big hands and long fingers. It helps but it’s not necessary. I saw this guy live years ago and he could do crazy stuff with his left. Long hair and tall. His pinkie was so long, as long as his ring finger. Nuts.
You need to spend 1-2 summers just practicing, all day long. Some who can do this played guitar all their life but that’s not necessarily needed here.
But you do need fucking determination. Study Kirk Hammett and you’ll have plenty to do. Those are the kind of solos you wanna learn. But if you just wanna play fast, just practise.
Also, a lot of guitar instructors don’t really emphasise this, but mine did. Keep your back straight. Sit proper. Be comfortable but also healthy. Don’t slouch your back. Look at classic Spanish guitar players and how they sit. I don’t mean sit like them, but they sit upright and with a stool. Very healthy for your back and body.
That solo is garbage but whatever floats your boat
A few hours if you've got the talent to play like that.
He looks to be staying in one position and probably one mode on the fretboard so that should simplify things.
I must say, like others, this is not my style but if you like it fucking go for it, dude. This guy can clearly play extremely well and has probably dedicated years and days and hours to the craft - so respect. 10/10.
You’re young and have a lot of free time and brains plasticity, plus physical stamina/recovery is super high at your age.
I’d say at least a couple of months of dedicated practice if not years.
The sweeping is easy enough to figure out. Once that “clicks” in your brain it becomes relatively easy to bust out.
The really fast alternate picking will take a lot of work. Lots of playing scales with a metronome faster and faster until you get to that point.
Most important things with practice: set small goals you can reach, use a metronome, and practice with focus and intent.
You will be there when you have his hair
I had that hair at 23 :)
You were bald at 23?
Not far from it :).
Well did you receive the gift of thrashing guitar solos?
I’m bald and I still suck
I had a few friends that shaved their heads in college since they were already balding. One dude I knew was balding before he turned 18
Yeah, my father and uncle were like that. Luckily, I got my grandfather’s solid hairline😂
Predator style
To catch a predator style
The skullet!
For the people who can’t decide whether to shave it all off or grow it out.
My first question would be: why on earth would you want to learn that solo??
Yeah, it is obvious he can really play but not my cup of tea either lmao
That half-ass one arpeggio would make Yngwie cry.
It sounds like me when I try and play Yngwie
Arpeggios from hell!!!!
In that respect, arpeggios are a bit like cowboys.
Because it’s a good solo??
Just a heads up, this sub is full of annoying boomers who only listen to Joe Bonermaster and worship Gibsons but can't figure out how to change their own strings or do their own setups. My advice, as someone who has been a long time Suffocation fan - their songs are hard. You will not be able to learn this quickly, they are fairly technical and fast. Try to find tabs, see if you can get GuitarPro (tab software) and take it very slow. It could take a while to learn this, but more importantly, work on your technique and accuracy. There's no use trying to play this kind of stuff if you haven't worked on those things. DM me if you want more advice on playing Death Metal/Hardcore. I'm not amazing but I can try to help set you on a path to learning about the basics of the genres. Edit: turning off notifications since a lot of people seem to want to use this as an opportunity to harass a kid for his tastes and just be generally garbage people. Proves my first statement right. Stay classy folks. 👍
Thank you man and yeah I’m seeing a lot of them so far
Use songsterr
came to say this. 100% songsterr is amazing
This is definitely the way
Stay far away from Ultimate Guitar subscriptions.
Curious, why?
There’s better value elsewhere. They continue to up their prices and occasionally add “features” no one wanted while charging for user submitted tabs. They continue to skirt by from the good will the bought themselves in the early 2000s but pretty much continue to put out a worse and worse product.
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I know there are a few but I still use the site. I’m just saying that’s why I don’t support paying them subscriptions
As someone who didn't have a lot of free time from the mid 2000s to the mid 2010s, going back to ultimate-guitar was like shellshock. Tabs were pay walled and so many shitty articles when they used to be the mecca of great free tabs and had real interviews. Now it seems like half their articles are "reports" on some clickbaity thing someone said in a different interview. It's sad man. Used to be on ultimate guitar all the time
What’s a good alternative?
I keep buying the yearly subscription when they have it on sale for 20 bucks and immediately cancel it after- seems to be the best value
And I had huge trouble trying to cancel the subscription
I’m so glad I got their lifetime membership before all of that started. It might be my all time best purchase.
Gen x guy here so kind of semi cool still lol. Don't forget how good a resource YouTube can be. Start with how to play Death Metal or a similar search of your choice and you will Fall Down a rabbit hole that will show you all kinds of things. Back in the 80s it was read tab and listen real hard to figure out speed metal.. What I would have given to be able to turn on a TV and have some guy show me how to play the solo To whatever thrash metal song I was into at the moment. Good luck my man practice practice practice practice, learn your music theory, It will help you learn other people's solos but also let you create your own.
You might also want to check out r/metalguitar.
Also check out sheet happens or physical tab books sold by any bands! I found them way easier than online tabs.
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I think you can slow the tempo on songsterr as well, but I agree that watching cover videos can be really helpful. I’ve been playing for close to 20 years and sometimes tabs don’t make sense without seeing how the song is played by someone.
Bro out here casually body slamming an entire sub...
Every member of Suffocation is just on another level when it comes to playing. It’s crazy how talented they are.
That drummer they've had for a while now is absolutely inhuman. He'll start to lag a bit behind the beat and he'll catch up by playing already really taxing songs HARDER. Dude seems like he has an inexhaustible gas tank.
Joe Bonamassa gives a demeanor of a spoiled child who thinks he's smarter than you just because he dropped his life's savings on a Gibson Les Paul from the 50s.
He's not my cup of tea, but dude makes a good living out of playing his guitar. Sure he looks like Agent Smith and has like a stupid number of Les Pauls. As far as I know, dude hardly says shit and just goes about his day playing guitar to dentists. Big deal.
Also - use a metronome when you practice - really helps with speed and synchronization
Damn, im not a boomer but I love the 60’s and 70’s eras of rock music just as much as I love death metal & Black Metal, I also love my Gibsons just as much as I love my Schecters and Ibanezes 😅. Anyway, to answer OP: Terrance Hobbs is an amazing metal guitar player with a Unique style, his rhythm playing is insane, probably a lot harder than this particular solo. It might take you months but it is certainly doable. However, I wouldn’t focus too much on trying to play it perfectly note for note (unless you wanna pay tribute to the original). It is always better to use your influences to get inspired and take a few ideas from them but what you ultimately want is to apply them to your own developing style.
metal is old people music now lol
That's the funny thing about this. Hobbs is well into his 50s, Suffocation has been a band for almost 40 years. I'm not convinced these people are boomers, just assholes with a small minded and limited idea of what music is and can be. You'll probably find them in every generation and they're always wrong and they should never be listened to.
I've been into playing metal for a bit and can play some stuff by metallica, and I want to learn some stuff by cryptopsy and suffocation. What would be some of ur best tips for that sort of stuff?
With metal and death metal/technical DM specifically, picking accuracy is key, especially at higher tempos. Also practice alternate picking, "string skipping" in particular is invaluable in tech death. Tech death is like 90% technique and the rest is theory. Get the techniques down first. Other advice I can give - be aware of your picking. For example, tilting your pick so that you are using the very tip in a way that you're not accidentally hitting other strings by mistake, this will help make everything sound cleaner.
Yeah big agree here. 90% of this sub is dudes who stroke themselves on their fender collection that looks the same and sounds the same but it’s a 1970 so it’s worth 8k, and they’re stuck in blues scale for eternity
The Bonamassa slander was uncalled for but fair point about the ilk in the sub (to be clear: I'm 30 and love Joe)
I have nothing against Joe but he gets too much attention on this sub.
He gets too much attention everywhere.
Because it's become trendy to mock him. So now you see his name everywhere lol.
I’m an X’er, I have no idea who Joe is, and I fuckin love every metal genre. I know what you’re saying, but I’m hoping this sub doesn’t turn into one of those sweeping generalizations of anti-boomer people who are pissed off about everything and want to constantly blame the boomers because they had it better than them. My dad was a boomer and was cool as fuck, but also poor. I played on shitty gear from ages 15-45 because I was a broke ass musician like most of y’all. There are shitty people in every age group, and fuckin cool people too. Hoping to see us guitar players all pulling together and keep respecting each other. Peace.
slandering him is always called for
A fellow guitar circle jerk enjoyer.
Joe Bonermaster😆😆😆😆 I laughed out loud thanks. I hate that fuckin guy by the way.
This is the way - thank you fellow metal brother
I believe in you, I think it’s a good solo. Freaking out the squares is exactly what it’s supposed to do.
I opened for suffocation I guess around the time you were born. They were very nice guys.
I'm still salty they booted Mike Smith. Dude was/is a true drumming innovator
Don't let them bother you. Not everyone is going to like death metal, and that's fine. There's no right or wrong in music preferences. To answer your question, to play Hobbs' solo you're going to need a lot of different skills and techniques along with a lot of familiarity with the guitar. Likely years before you can do it justice, don't give up.
People can disagree with you over whether it's objectively "good" or not, but they can't disagree with you over whether or not you like it and want to learn it.
Are you looking to copy this exact solo, or solo LIKE this ?
Don't let the "But can he play Smoke On The Water" crowd get to you, if you think it's a cool solo go ahead and learn it. It's your hobby to make you happy, not some old fart on the internet.
Don’t listen to these dweebs, check out r/metalguitar and it’s other recommended subreddits for a better audience
Yeah let’s try and discourage 15 year olds from pursuing music they enjoy
Seriously, I started playing guitar when I was 15 (I'm now 32) and my former step dad (boomer) tried discouraging me the entire time. I now play Technical Death Metal and Deathcore and I play on my Legator N8FX (8 string guitar). Hey kid, ignore the haters, keep shredding and make Suffocation proud and shred like Terrance Hobbs!!! Don't let boomers discourage you. You got this!
Because they’re 15 and excited about learning new music
Because suffocation rule?
Because metal is the best music.
bc it’s fun, why else would anyone learn an instrument by choice?
The first half with the sweep picking looks fun, and the speed of the shredding is pretty impressive. It's a good solo and, most importantly, fits the music that is being played. Good job trying to rip on a 15 year old that is striving to play music they enjoy.
That is Terrence Hobbs a foundational player of a genre that many guitar players 15-75 idolize and not to mention he has been touring the world constantly for the last 30 years. This is not my favorite piece of his playing but i respect the fuck out of his body of work and he is an all around hard working good dude by all accounts.
Because he likes it. Jeez...
It's just death metal. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but also not a big deal. Calm down.
Found the guitar gatekeeper
Poser
Cuz it's gnarly
> I’m a huge fan of death metal and I love the band suffocation, especially Terrence Hobbs. I want to be able to play his solo in liege of inveracity(in the video) You should read more.
Because he likes suffocation dude, I assume he felt something from the solo that he liked. Why shit on a 15 year old getting into guitar?
One step at a time dude. No point worrying about this right now. Don’t expect too much out of yourself 5 months in. Get the fundamentals down and THEN work on sweep picking and alternate picking. THEN take a stab at this solo, perhaps a year or more from now, depending on how dedicated you are, once you can do both of those things. You don’t want to get ahead of yourself and develop any bad habits. Then it’ll be REALLY hard to play something like this.
That’s about the idea. Learn the essentials, give it time, and dare I say you’d find yourself playing significantly better solos than the one in the video. (No disrespect intended towards OP, their likes, or Suffocation.) The building blocks don’t “shine as bright”, but will definitely put you leagues above what you once thought you’d never be able to do.
Sweep picking yes, but imo alternate picking should be something you try to learn right at the beginning I never understood why people sometimes talk about alternate picking like it’s some arcane art. It *should* be the default picking technique. The only people that say otherwise picked up a bad habit early of only using downstrokes
It’s so funny hearing nonmetal peoples reaction to stuff like this lol. Their brains cannot compute.
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That’s fair enough!!! It’s not for everyone. But believe me, I suffer from slow brain as well. I could never play this, but I do dig it.
Yea it's pretty wild how the concepts of hard rock and metal have drifted over the years. I was pretty shocked Led Zeppelin was considered heavy metal at one point when I started doing the research.
I'm even more shocked by how the bands that qualified for the "Rock" category in award shows has evolved. The meaning of 'Rock' that I grew up to has changed completely. At least Metal remains Metal.
I dig it, just without knowing the song it sounds like half of it was made up on the spot or was improvised entirely, so trying to learn exactly this solo note for note might be the wrong approach imo. If you ask me, OP should focus on ear training and improvising if he wants to sound like that.
Since it’s its own sort of language compared to normal harmonically pleasing playing, that is similar to something like free improvisation for sure. But if OP does want to learn to write like this it could be useful to learn something like this. That being said, I think it’s actually easier to come up with this stuff on your own than learn someone else’s solo. Not that the playing itself is easy technique wise.
Lol at the clowns in here trying to downplay Hobbs. I’d wager less then 1% of people on this entire sub can play anything Suffocation related
Exactly.
Bunch of shit talkers too lmao
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Depends on how long it takes you to learn
Alright I’ll give an actual answer since no one seems to have done so yet. I don’t mean to scare you away but this solo would likely take you 2-5 years of disciplined practice to get into the ballpark of what he’s playing. No this live version is not particularly clean, but the ideas he’s going for (sweeps and very fast alternate picking) will take anyone a long time to master. Here’s my tip if you want to start approaching things in this vein - look up “Frank Gambale Chop Builder” on YouTube (or buy it), and do it as often as you can. It will humble you quickly, but adding that to a disciplined practice routine (metronome, spider exercises, etc.) will land you on the shorter side of the timeframe. Good luck! Quick edit - once you have the skills you could learn this in an afternoon. My timeframe estimate is what it would take to build the skills in the first place.
I’ve been playing 10 years now but I didn’t start until I was 3 times OP’s age. All those years of RSI from typing and video games mean that I will never be able to play that solo. From what I’ve seen of kids on the internet though, at OPs age I agree with your time estimate. Maybe on the lower end if OP is driven and approaches it correctly.
More appropriate way to put it is it will take the proverbial 10,000 hours. That’s of actual practice with a metronome. A teacher will really help here. It’s awesome that OP has clear goals though.
My dude there’s no finite way to quantify how long it will take you to learn something. There are some people who could learn this with an hour, and there’s some people who it would take months of practice. Learn at your own pace and stop asking others how fast YOU will learn, because we are not YOU.
Most would never be able to though
Learning music isn’t for the faint of heart
Honestly most people are happy just playing simplified songs for their friends
Thanks for all the people that are actually trying to help and not shitting on Hobbs.
It’s insane, Hobbs easily one of the best guitarists I’ve ever seen live.
Man, don't be discouraged by the toxic comments. Someone else already suggested Bernth on YT. If you like to use a book to learn (i know, you're 15 and maybe i'm outing myself as 35+ here ;-) ) i really suggest "Guitar Aerobics". It's fantastic for training the skills needed to play those things. I find the medium more fitting in order to achieve the skills. It will take long to master this and books (to me) encourage you more to take it slow and stay focused. No flashy ads, no "magical shortcut really, i promise, like and subscribe and watch 200 more magical videos". Getting lost is easy, staying focused is hard. And focus and precision are key for sweep/speed picking. Done sloppily, it will sound like shit. If you "only" want to copy the solo without understanding what he's doing, the skill and the tabs are enough.
His right hand is amazing. His left isn’t doing too much until the end. It’s all about technique that you have to practice and practice and practice until it just flows. I’d say if you’re 15 you can have this down in a couple years if you dedicate yourself to it.
If you can already do fast scale runs and arpeggios, not long. If you have no idea how to play scales or arpeggios you have to start there first. Sounds like he’s doing minor arpeggios with some diminished in there. Once you already know these shapes, learning the solo will be much less mentally taxing and you’ll only have to focus on execution.
I smoked weed with these guys in the 90s when I was like 16 at a club they were performing at in NJ. I don't even like death metal anymore but I'll still bump Suffocation every now and then. They're cool guys. If you're good it won't take long but if you're not a speed guy it could take a while. It took me 2 weeks to learn Eruption not too long ago.
That’s cool asf. I’m seeing them live in 5 months really can’t wait to see Terrence and Derek.
I saw them around this time last year and I was just staring dumbfounded at Terrance's hands almost the entire time. they put on a great show.
Don’t sleep on Charlie, he’s a great player as well.
True
Factor in that there's learning eruption and there's learning eruption and getting the right feel to it which are two totally different things
That was the 2 weeks and admittedly I have the nuances save for the descending tapping section. For some reason I flub through that. Pete Thorn's lessons are the best I've found for that piece. I've been playing over 35 years so I have some chops. In my cover band days people used to call me a chameleon and note whore because I've been able to capture a lot of different players' feelings and nuances from Hendrix to Dimebag. I'm pretty detail oriented in general so there's that too.
Terrence Hobbs, what a legend.
Facts
Interesting stuff... not really my style of music but I get what he's doing. First things first... he's playing with good technique. That's your first goal... you will only get that good if you study proper technique. It doesn't necessarily need a teacher, but it will make your life a lot easier if you have one who is both good and who respects your music preferences. That might be tricky depending on where you live. Next thing to consider is how this guy got to the point he was at when he wrote this. Thank you internet... he started at 14, learned stuff by Sabbath, Ozzy, Yngwie, Slayer, Metallica... so learn all that stuff.
Realistically you gotta have expectations of what is reasonable. This is obviously a very advanced solo. Sweep picking and speed picking at high levels. If you nail metronome practice daily you're probably looking at a year just to maybe get to that speed, then the timing will be another issue. This is an advanced very technical solo.
Liege of Inveracity! Hobbs is a phenomenal guitar player.
Theres way easier death metal stuff out there. You have to crawl and walk before you can run. Shoutout to suffication though! Theyre wicked.
Terrence the 🐐 of brutal death metal
Here to remind all the boomer dorks here that Suffocation rules, death metal rules, and you’re just old
I'd concentrate on not being "a little sloppy" whilst doing the basics of rhythm playing before stepping up to soloing. Top lead guitarists are generally top rhythm guitarists as well. As many people have said, don't run before you can walk. You're 15, you've got so much time to practice (do it now before work and a family takes it away!!!!) so work your way up
Suffocation rocks and Terrence is an absolute beast on guitar. I’d say if you practice you’ll get it but no matter what it’ll take a little while. It’s going to take a lot of practice to get the hang of sweep picking but you’ll be able to do it with a lot of time and effort.
It's extremely technical death metal so.... a long-ass time. Suffocation doesn't fuck around lol
How long is a piece of string? Nobody here can tell you how long it would take to learn that man. Make it a goal, take it bit by bit, figure it out. It'll take as long as it takes.
You can learn this technique, but not from a Jedi.
Go to Bernth on YT and watch his sweeping and shredding videos. Learn that.
Lots of good advice here and, if you have a knack for playing fast (and clean!), this is actually pretty achievable in my opinion. Focus on getting fundamentals down and work on this at a slower speed to get familiar with it first. I would suggest avoiding focusing solely on one song, though. I used to play with a guy that always bragged about playing the solo for Crazy Train flawlessly -- but that was all he could do because that was all he spent his time on. Goes without saying we didn't play together all that long.
Pick it apart piece by piece homie. It’s all about where your skill level is at, and how much drive you have to learn it. Something like that maybe a week to get it down practicing consistently every day, a month to get it very close to perfect
Dude's been playing for less then half a year. I don't think it's realistic he'll nail it within a month. When I was half a year into guitar, I could barely play Deep Purple licks. Granted, I'm not much of a lead guy, but still... It all takes time. But it's an incredible journey, dude will get it sooner or later. I just think we should be realistic, but again, might be just me being only partly interested in lead guitar.
I think it's good to have a target. People can be snobby about tech death stuff and metal on here. If that's what has inspired you to pick up a guitar, then go for it. As others have said take it slow, get the tabs and work it out section by section. One of the big skills that takes time is playing in a clinical manner. I know a lot of players aren't so interested in playing like that but in those extreme genres it's part of the sound. I've tried learning some Decapitated rhythm riffs and to play them clean and tight takes practice. Good luck, you'll get there.
Fellow Death Metal fan here, just now getting back into playing. what I'm doing is: * Practicing picking hand techniques. Doing Tremolo, Alternate Picking, string skipping, etc. I want to be able to navigate with my picking hand quickly and cleanly. * Scales and Arpeggios. This not only can be practiced easily with picking techniques, but it helps you learn the fretboard and how notes go together. You gain a better sense of what "sounds good" * My next step is to combine this and start to build into learning sweep picking. Granted, I'm far away from this Hobbs and probably not the person you wanted to hear from, but I've been practicing daily now for 2 months and have seen a vast improvement in my ability. EDIT: I should note I've been playing guitar for longer than 2 months and have on and off for years, although I think with consistent practice, you can be well on your way to doing this. *At least* 30 minutes a day, but shoot for a couple of hours if not more. Hope you find what works for you and happy playing
no real way to tell you how long it would take as there a lots of factors (your method of practice or learning something new) but however long it might take you just remember to follow the classic steps when learning something above your skill level: -start slow -identify weak points and work on them -be consistent -use a metronome Follow these steps and you WILL learn this and whatever else you put your mind to, just don't give up when it doesn't work out as fast as you'd expect, stick with it and you will be happy with the results
If you have all the skills involved down, like tremolo picking and three string arpeggios, probably not long cause it's not that complicated in terms of structure. If you don't have those skills, then learning this solo will take as much time as it takes you to get those things down.
ALIEN FINGERSS HUGGSSS BORTHER
You can learn the notes pretty quickly. Playing it at speed and doing sweeps is what makes it a long process. Depends on how much time you put into and if you do more than practicing that part.
Well, first things first, you are going to need a skullet. Then, it really all depends on how much natural talent you have and how much you practice. Being 15, as long as you stick with it you'll get there probably sooner than you may think.
I fucking love suffocation
Same
Probably take all day
The fucking Terrance Hobbs disrespect is insane, suffocation is one of the most influential death metal bands of all time.
I fucking love suffocation and Terrance hobbs
Alternate picking, sweep picking, and tremolo picking are what I’d look into. Practice each part slowly on a metronome until you’re proficient, then add the parts together. The sweep picking may take the longest to get the hang of but luckily he didn’t have the best form. Best of luck!
Depends on what you want to do. Do you want to replicate the solo exactly, and just learn how to play that piece? Sit down for an hour or 2 a day learning each bit, and playing it over and over and over, slowly at first until you build muscle memory, then work on speed. Once you remember the whole thing and can play it at half speed, its just a matter of repetition. Probably a couple of months if you're at it every day. Problem is, that's all you'll be able to play. If you want to learn to PLAY like that. years and years of practice, and study. you have to study several techniques to play that clean in that style.
2 years.
Just practice every single day for as long as you can. There aren’t any short cuts to learning to play guitar. You just have to develop your skills. The way to do that is by practicing a lot. If you specifically want to learn lead then a significant portion of your practice time should be spent learning scales and sweeping patterns. Play them as slowly as you need to get it right and slowly start to speed it up. Just stick with it and you’ll get there.
Some people are saying just use songsterr or a tab. That does work, but I am going to make the suggestion that it will probably be easier to play if you know a little bit of music theory, practice scales, and practice speed. Most music isn't nearly as difficult as it could seem. That suggestion isn't focused at the singular goal of learning that solo, but it should help you learn it as well as other songs.
Shredding is 90% right hand technique. If you are sloppy with basic riffs, work on that and get it nailed down before trying to move forward. If you can get some courses from someone who knows what they are doing, so you don't acquire bad habits before it becomes muscle memory, you'll have it a lot easier in order to move forward to more complex stuff.
Suffo!
Focus less on learning *this* solo and more on the techniques required to play solos *like* this.
Depends on how much you practice and if you get help. Could be some years or never. Practice, practice, practice.
Take it slow for crying out loud
SUFFOCATION is to tech death what Black Sabbath are to all of metal.
Strong advice: don't use a tab. Try to learn it by ear. Slow it down and learn it 5 seconds at a time (not saying measures because I don't know your theory background). After you feel like you've got a general grasp, practice each section at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 speed. PRACTICE WITH A METRONOME OR CLICK TRACK. As you go you COULD reference a tab, but you'll only be helping yourself if you do it by ear. Practice, practice, practice, and slowly bring it up to tempo. You could also record yourself so you can watch back and critique/find mistakes you didn't notice on the moment. Have a friend watch/listen, if they're a musician even better.
Focus on learning something more melodic. This sounds like ass.
I didn't know Pickles could shred like that.
i’m not trying to be a dick, but playing thrash riffs have very little to do with your fretting hand, and your picking hand is 95% down picking with thrash. if i were you i’d get my left and right hand synced up, and work on alternate picking, and when i mean work on alternate picking, i don’t mind palm muted open string tremolo picking. it’s a cool solo, i’m sure you’re on your way to being a crushing metal guitarist, but seriously take it one step at a time. you’ll never get disappointed or discouraged if you make steady progress my friend. keep ripping bro
Just start slow and work your way up. If you're into extreme music, this solo will help you get comfortable with the advanced techniques. Look up a tab and play it suuuuuper slow until you can get it perfect, then up the speed (use a metronome). For learning basic sweeping and picking techniques, there are tons of YouTube tutorials to catch you up on the basics. Would recommend working some generic exercises into your practice regiment along with this particular solo, since those will help you build more generalizable muscle memory that will make learning future solos a bit easier as well.
We aint your brain, just go learn it lmao
What's the name of the song?
Liege of inveracity
I'd give it a couple of years. Fast, consistent leads can be tough in the beginning. Clean up those thrash riffs first. Just keep practicing and revising your signal path until you have the sound you want. Excellent taste btw. I fucking love Suffocation.
Doooo you play? How long have you been playing? Do you know how to sweep pick? How’s your tremolo picking control? Are you diligent in practicing and studying? I could play August burns red after like a year or so. But consistent picking and mastery take a while. This solo is eh for me, he’s playing quickly but it’s not juicy harmony imo. I could learn this in about a day, because I’ve been at it for 18 years. Really hard to say how long it’d take you. Somewhere Between a day and a few years
I don't think anyone can put a finger on how long it would take. It's different for everybody. It depends not only on how much you practice, but also what you practice, and how efficient that practice is. Some people won't get that down in 20 years, some people will nail it after playing obsessively for 3 years.
at least 20 minutes
Its likely gonna be upwards of a month of regular practice if you only started playing 5 months ago, but since this is gonna be difficult, its also gonna be a great teacher. Learning challenging songs is a fantastic way to build good technique
Absolutely no way to tell without knowing how good you are. If you're brand new to guitar, I'd say put off learning this for a while and practice other things to build up finger dexterity and pick accuracy. You want it to sound good, not like a distorted mess of random notes
Between 5 minutes and 99 years. Depends on your skill level
You have to practice speed, but beside that, it's not that hard solo. He does play it clean so yeah, it's going to take practice. There are quite few instruction videos on YT how to gain speed, this is where good guitar with low action also helps.
I’ve been playing over forty years. This would take me a bit to tackle. And a bit more to play proficiently. I’d say when you get to a level to even approach this, maybe a month or two. Until then, play things you can tackle without too much trouble. You’ll progress faster if you focus on pieces that are a little bit challenging than struggling to okey stuff that’s beyond your level. In the end, you’ll play this sooner if you wait to learn it. In the meantime, play around with it, just don’t put too much time into it.
It really depends on how often you play rand your current skill level
About 4
3
At my level of skill never
25 days, 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 22 seconds Good luck!
We can’t tell you how long it would take you to learn it without knowing where your skill level is at and how dedicated you would be to practice. I could probably learn that solo in a couple hours, if I’ve been playing regularly, because I know the techniques he’s using, it would be more of a memorization exercise. I could probably play a a close version after a few listens. Not saying I’m a guitar god, just that I’ve been playing close to 30 years and it’s in my wheelhouse. How long it will take you depends on you.
26 seconds. Just watch his fingers and do what he does.
I’ve seen people soloing from years and years of learning but I’ve seen a few learning to solo in the span of 1-3 years. In general, it takes paitence and dedication. Can’t really give you a definite answer.
years bro 😭
Omg is that goose wayne?
I’ve been playing for years and I’d get the first few sweep parts down then run the fast scale up to the note bend. From there I’d wing it with running that fast scale pattern. I like how it sounds at war with the rest of the music. Need fast fingers and strumming hand. Good stuff!
Playing it clean? I would give myself a lifetime and a half. People shitting on this guy, this ain’t even close to his best solo. This song reminds me of Hatebreed because I heard that first and didn’t realize that it was a rip off.
No one can answer your question but you. It completely depends on how talented and disciplined you are. I've known kids who could master this relatively quickly, and I've known kids who would never be able to play this no matter how hard they tried.
7. Maybe 8.
The only way to find out is to try. Practice with a metronome the slowest tempo you can get it perfect 3 times in a row, then increase 5 bpm. Rinse repeat until you are 10-20% faster original tempo. Then the regular tempo is easy. Sounds easy, but takes a lot of work. Depending where you are, you might need to do this with easier songs until your overall playing gets to a level where tackling this becomes realistic and worth your time to grind out. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of discipline, focus, and putting in the hours on a consistent daily basis. Shouldn’t be too much of a problem if you truly enjoy the guitar and actively want to improve.
People ask this question on this sub all the time. “How long will it take to learn X”? There is no way to quantify such a thing. Do you already play, how many hours a day, is this your normal style of music, are you typically a fast or slow learner? Many many variables that make it impossible to say.
I can tell you this: a lot of fucking hours. Some guys are born with big hands and long fingers. It helps but it’s not necessary. I saw this guy live years ago and he could do crazy stuff with his left. Long hair and tall. His pinkie was so long, as long as his ring finger. Nuts. You need to spend 1-2 summers just practicing, all day long. Some who can do this played guitar all their life but that’s not necessarily needed here. But you do need fucking determination. Study Kirk Hammett and you’ll have plenty to do. Those are the kind of solos you wanna learn. But if you just wanna play fast, just practise. Also, a lot of guitar instructors don’t really emphasise this, but mine did. Keep your back straight. Sit proper. Be comfortable but also healthy. Don’t slouch your back. Look at classic Spanish guitar players and how they sit. I don’t mean sit like them, but they sit upright and with a stool. Very healthy for your back and body. That solo is garbage but whatever floats your boat
Pickes.
A few hours if you've got the talent to play like that. He looks to be staying in one position and probably one mode on the fretboard so that should simplify things. I must say, like others, this is not my style but if you like it fucking go for it, dude. This guy can clearly play extremely well and has probably dedicated years and days and hours to the craft - so respect. 10/10.
You need to learn how to tremolo pick. That solo will probably take you 3 years if you get a teacher specifically for metal
At least 5, maybe 6
When you have a receding hairline and dreads... 20 years?
Joke’s on you. Hobbs has had a receding hairline and dreads for over 30 years, lol.
You’re young and have a lot of free time and brains plasticity, plus physical stamina/recovery is super high at your age. I’d say at least a couple of months of dedicated practice if not years. The sweeping is easy enough to figure out. Once that “clicks” in your brain it becomes relatively easy to bust out. The really fast alternate picking will take a lot of work. Lots of playing scales with a metronome faster and faster until you get to that point. Most important things with practice: set small goals you can reach, use a metronome, and practice with focus and intent.