"Holy Wars" (Megadeth) Solos Transcription & Lesson/Analysis
Added 2024-03-18 16:04:15 +0000 UTCIt's one of my missions as part of the Guitar School to accurately transcribe all famous and highly requested Metal guitar solos, so that you guys have peace of mind when learning them and don't have to deal with dubious online tabs.
I'm also incredibly eager to get through ALL Rust In Peace solos as soon as possible, so next up we have all 3 legendary Marty Friedman solos from Holy Wars!
These 3 solos are a very typical Marty affair, featuring arpeggios-a-plenty, extremely original phrasing and some huge bends to boot! The 2 electric solos are nowhere near as difficult as Tornado Of Souls etc though and shouldn't pose much of a problem for the intermediate players among you. The acoustic solo, however, is quite a challenge due to it's "free" rhythmic nature and demanding chromatic licks - so best of luck with that one!
Good luck and don't forget to share your progress with everyone in the Discord server!
0:00 Playthrough
0:50 Intro
4:10 Acoustic solo
12:34 Electric solos rundown
14:48 Solo 1 (bars 1-2)
19:16 Solo 1 (bars 3-4)
21:11 Solo 1 (bars 5-8)
27:34 Solo 2 (bars 1-4)
30:32 Solo 2 (bars 5-8)
Comments
Awesome! Thank you..
Paul Pirozzi
2025-04-16 14:12:30 +0000 UTCNot having 24 frets on my guitar is like trying to play fetch while on a leash.
Mike Stec
2024-12-03 15:47:31 +0000 UTCi really need full song tut, i watched ur entire rust in peace in one take video, and ive been playing this shit wrong all to time
Juho Tiihonen
2024-10-22 20:25:28 +0000 UTCcan you also please transcribe the very last solo dave plays
Backwardseven
2024-04-18 00:16:28 +0000 UTCAwesome, first time trying to play this. excellent breakdown, on my way to black fingertips!
Earnest Sandoval
2024-03-31 01:01:14 +0000 UTCMan, I really want to learn that absolute abomination of a solo (and I'm saying it in a really good way) but can't figure it out. 😞
Arman
2024-03-24 12:53:20 +0000 UTCThanks 👍
Adrian Randis
2024-03-23 18:52:35 +0000 UTCBend on the 17th fret on the B string instead!
Bradley Hall
2024-03-23 18:42:21 +0000 UTCAfraid not haha
Bradley Hall
2024-03-23 18:42:06 +0000 UTCI don't think there is any other ways to play the 24th fret bends on the first solo if there is please tell me. I only have 22 frets
Adrian Randis
2024-03-23 17:30:47 +0000 UTCNo Dave solo ? 🥺😞😞😞
Arman
2024-03-23 15:31:24 +0000 UTCI’d love to see some early Metallica solos (Lux Aterna aside😈) but I feel Kirk doesn’t get enough credit for his early solos which are really good tbh, it’s just shadowed by his I’m in the biggest metal band in the world so I don’t care if my solos suck I make money either way attitude. But the first solo in fade to black is perfect imo and for fast solos that sound amazing I love the creeping death solo or both solos in blackened, and Sanitarium and all three solos in one hit so well! So yeah I’d love to see some early Kirk or James solos that were… actually really good! 👍 also thank you for this lesson I learned the acoustic solo for the first time and realized I was playing the first solo so damn wrong luckily I was accurate for the last solo, and Dave’s solo is only really playable note for note towards which has some pretty awesome lines! Also as much as I love every single song on rust in peace, most of countdown and youthanasia and KIMBABIG and peace sells and almost every Megadeth Album minus like 3, I’ve always said that Holy Wars is there best musically written song it is a perfect song imo, it’s written like a musically orchestrated metal encore that somehow can take two different songs mash them together and make the best metal song ever made! Also the rhythm guitar parts in this song are so fucking good the verse especially it’s harder than intro (like Jesus the verse is tough) plus the small breakdowns in between the riff right before the verse are so cool! I’d recommend any guitar player to not just learn these solos and learn the entire song lead and rhythm and you’ll be happy you did!
Miles Barsness
2024-03-22 18:06:46 +0000 UTCBONUS: How to play Dave’s solo, minor pentatonic shred between the 12th and 17th fret and you’ll be good 👍
Miles Barsness
2024-03-20 17:20:55 +0000 UTCBest Guitar patreon fr
Alex Jones
2024-03-20 01:41:47 +0000 UTCGreat Lesson ! Ever considering including tutorials on Dave Mustaine's solo sections in Megadeth songs. Seems his parts are less touched on by most youtubers.
Kenny
2024-03-20 00:55:56 +0000 UTCMost likely yes!
Bradley Hall
2024-03-19 22:57:28 +0000 UTCAmazing video ! Are you planning to do Hangar 18 as the next Megadeth solo analysis ?
Ino
2024-03-19 20:52:58 +0000 UTCanother day's solo would be cool
Gabriel Armando Madrid
2024-03-19 02:54:43 +0000 UTCYESSS!!!!!!
Alex Jones
2024-03-18 23:32:26 +0000 UTCMan that solo on invincible shield is mint, deffo one I’d like to see you do in the future 🤘🤘 loving all the megadeth ones too dude
Anthony
2024-03-18 22:45:18 +0000 UTCIt'll be added to the post tomorrow! You'll get a notification
Bradley Hall
2024-03-18 21:39:15 +0000 UTCHaha great timing!!
Bradley Hall
2024-03-18 21:38:58 +0000 UTCYeah it's pretty sick!
Bradley Hall
2024-03-18 21:38:50 +0000 UTCHe updates the videos when they’re ready this is more a preview
Miles Barsness
2024-03-18 21:22:20 +0000 UTCWhere's the lesson video? Did you upload the wrong one? 😂
Christopher Fox
2024-03-18 20:34:16 +0000 UTCI was literally trying to learn this 2 days ago I couldn't figure out tge pentatonic riff in the first solo. This is great
Luis Bonnin
2024-03-18 18:18:59 +0000 UTCMint 💪 have you checked out any of the new priest album Bradley?
Anthony
2024-03-18 16:49:42 +0000 UTCI Was Actually waiting for this, it's a must, thanks Bradley!!!!
Johan Morales
2024-03-18 16:19:24 +0000 UTCFuck yes!
Paul Baglio
2024-03-18 16:12:01 +0000 UTCSick, thanks for posting!
Jason
2024-03-18 16:07:03 +0000 UTC
