Van Halen - Jump Guitar Solo Lesson - Famous Solos

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In today's "famous solo" lesson we will take a look at one of the most well known a beloved solos every written, the solo for "Jump" by Van Halen.

Eddie Van Halen actually refers to this solo as the greatest solo he never wrote. He said that because of the way he writes and records his solos is to play through the solo section multiple times just improvising. After he thinks he may have enough takes he then goes back a "comps" together the actual solo by using the best bits a pieces from all the improvised takes in a matter that creates the final solo.

Since the solo is written in this fashion, it can seem like you are jumping from one musical idea to another rather quickly. It also makes for a highly musical and unorthodox sounding solo that is very unpredictable.

In this Jump Guitar solo lesson, I will break down all of those licks note-for-note and phrase-by-phrase so hopefully you will be able to understand everything that is required to play this solo correctly.

The techniques you will be using in this solo lesson include slides, bends, fast legato, pinch harmonics, tapping, large fret hand stretches and more. As always, if any of these techniques feel awkward to use I highly suggest spending as much time on each individual phrase by itself before combining them to play the entire solo.

I would definitely put this solo in the advanced category, but that shouldn't stop a good intermediate player from trying to take a whack at it. If anything is studied correctly it can be accomplished and hopefully, after watching this lesson, you will know how to properly practice it.

Well that is about all I have to say about this short but sweet yet legendary guitar solo. Oh and talk about impressing your friends! I don't think there is any person on the planet, at least one that listens to rock music, that isn't familiar with the solo for "Jump". It was an instant classic when Eddie Van Halen recorded it 30 years ago and it still remains that way today. Enjoy!

Carl...