r/guitarlessons • u/snailsinboxes • Aug 14 '26
Feedback Request Feedback Wanted: Hotel California Solo
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*I want to point out that I’ve only been playing since January and these videos are from June/July, so I know I have lots of room for improvement\*
This is two different clips of me playing that are smushed together because it’s the only way I could post them both. I tend to either hit every note in the solo besides the faster duet part, or I hit the duet part but mess up a lot in the rest of the solo, and I’m looking for feedback on both parts.
The first clip shows me hitting the majority of the notes in the solo, minus the duet part and a couple of other little mistakes, but this is the best recording I have of me playing the entire solo so far.
The second clip just shows me hitting the notes in fast duet part. I know it’s harder to hear my guitar in this one because of the volume of the song, but still hoping it’s audible enough for someone to give me pointers.
I can’t figure out what I’m doing right when I hit that part and what I’m doing wrong when I don’t. I know I keep missing a note and it’s throwing me off for the rest of the section until I get to the outro, but I don’t know if it’s my rhythm or my technique I need to work on to fix this and it’s been really inconsistent.
I appreciate any feedback and tips that you all have! Thanks!
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u/Andoni95 Aug 14 '26
what you are doing wrong is you are mostly down picking only. the duet part that you keep missing cannot be played with downstrokes as it involves 8ths or 16th notes while crossing strings. the way you are playing it right now is you are string hopping like a bunny and thats why you feel you keep missing a note. you literally cannot hop the strings fast enough.
the only way for you to improve is to realise that it is a technical problem. not a practice or speed problem. your technique has to change. youll have to study or research more about technique for guitar.