Help me in this solo

[Rute Rodrigues]

So I started practising the solo from the day that never comes from metallica, and it is ALMOST done, but I still sound weird to me. I want to play it better. At this time im playing it like this : https://youtu.be/T6qlEtx09z8 but I dont feel like it is good already. It is a the original tempo, but not good… Can you please tell me what Im doing wrong and how can I improve it? Thank you in advance!!

 

[Cedric L]

First of all your cover sounds really good! In the beginning I could not understand what you don’t like about your cover.
But I think in some places you do not hit the notes exactly at the right time. And I guess that’s why you don’t like it.
In these two parts (0:16-0:19 & 0:23-0:28) I could hear that you are getting a little bit out of the tempo. But the rest sounds fantastic to me!
To your question how you can improve yourself:
Just take a metronome and play these parts slowly. Than gradually increase the tempo

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

the part from 0:22 needs work. Its a truly difficult pattern to play at such high tempo. But once you nail that absolutely beat by beat, it would sound a lot better. rest sounds perfect to me

 

[Jak Angelescu]

I think the biggest thing that stuck out to me was the attitude behind your playing. I’d like to hear a little more attack with your picking hand, and through some raw vibratos in there. If I listened to just the music track, I’d be able to tell it was just a guitar player playing on their bed in their room. But I think you should keep practicing this to get it more comfortable and put some punch behind it to where it sounds like a shredder performing on stage.
You’re very clear with your notes. However in some spots (starting at around 0:20 in) your hand-to-hand synchronization seems a little off. Get a little more fierce behind what you’re doing and it’ll be awesome in no time. Great work!

 

[Rute Rodrigues]

Thank you every one!! There is very good advices and ill try it. This solo is kinda hard and is very annoying to record, cause Im always doing mistakes. But ill keep practising!! Thank you all!

 

[Ethan Keeling]

sounds great! I dont know this solo so i gave it a listen. Like others said it was out of time at some stages, but only by a second or so, so this is an easy fix if you really knuckle down and focus on it. As Jak said, a little more attack in your picking will add attitide and a heavy, thick tone to your playing, which will help you with alot of metallica songs. Also, when you first begin a new “section” of the solo (if u know what i mean) you are sloppy on the first not or two and then its as smooth as anything.
Overall, a great cover with some minor issues, but I would be very happy if I were you, this is great work! It’s just little things like the ones explained above which turns something from good to great. This was a great, great cover tho!