How To Solo Over 'Little Wing': 4 Levels - Beginner to Advanced Guitar

The feeling and soul you put in to every note is mind boggling! Great stuff!

Dude, this might just be the best soloing lesson ever posted on You Tube

You're an incredible teacher man, very relatable and NOT terrible to listen to, unlike so many others. Thanks!

RJ, I’ve been playing guitar for 40 years and this is by far the most concise explanation of the “how to” guitar soloing methodology! Thank you and I love your demo videos and vlog videos too! Thanks again 🎸🎸

Just FYI:
Level 1 ~ 2:15
Level 2 ~ 6:50
Level 3 ~ 11:45
Level 4 ~ 19:15
THANK YOU- THIS IS GREAT, I LEARNED MUCH BESIDES ONLY THE SONG!!

Just FYI:
Level 1 ~ 2:15
Level 2 ~ 6:50
Level 3 ~ 11:45
Level 4 ~ 19:15

I really like your playing and personality, been playing it for 25 years, various versions Clapton srv and Hendrix versions, then the various live versions. Thats all we had to go by in 90s. I love ppl like you giving a new generation the keys to the sports car and teaching them how to race it.

Wow, you could literally just use the soloing techniques in this lesson and be better than 90% of lead guitarists out there. This was amazing. The best and easiest to understand lesson I've ever seen on soloing. Just wow!

Fantastic lesson! I’d say the best sounding was level 1 though :) it’s incredibly hard not to sound cheesy playing nothing but triads / arpeggios over chord changes, especially in non-jazz context. I find the most satisfying approach (to my ear) is stick to a scale (either modal or pentatonic or both) in the key, then use very small bits of a triad (or even just a single not e or double stop from the triad) to emphasize a chord here and there, especially if that chord is outside the key (like F). But even when the Em first goes to G, because G is so harmonically similar to Em, it sounds awesome when you briefly take a break from Em pentatonic and hit the 1st and the 3rd from the G maj triad.

Loving your lessons, R.J. Your phrasing and note choice is impeccable! You've helped revitalise my guitar playing. Thank you !!!

This is such a very excellent lesson RJ. You communicated all the approaches in the best way possible, and the examples were spot-on. You totally deserve to be the guitar hero that you are on YT and in the rest of the musical world.

Thanks for this video, you gave me something new to work on. ALSO....., I need that Strat, but in regular right-hand form. IT IS B-E-A-U-TIFUL !!!!!!

Absolute gold standard for a lesson man! I've taken in person lessons and bought online courses that haven't had half the applicable knowledge you managed to fit into a 20 minute video. Love the way you highlight both the chord being played in the progression and the scale used to solo over it.

I've been obsessed with this chord progression for 40 years. If I'm honest with myself, I'm probably beginning level 3.
GREAT LESSON!

Thank you for this concept video sir! The lockdown on the 12th fret E minor pentatonic scale is finally lifted. Stay safe sir!
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Amazing lesson, RJ!!!! Please do a similar for 12-bar blues and the nuances of I, IV and V chords!!!!

Has anyone else ever seen a video with over 1,000 likes, and, knock on wood, NOT a single dislike. I’ve got get him on my Patreon support. So genuine and focused on the players in his audience of all skill levels. Amazing. Kudos

R.J. you're a true inspiration! Thanks for your awesome content.

This is gold content! Very enlightening, a super practical approach to soloing which is something quite frightening and confusing for beginners or even some intermediate players. To the point and well broken down. Awesome! Thanks RJ.

Great work man. Very clear and structured. I’ve always used the little wing progression for noodling but this lesson has inspired me to use it along with your 4 level breakdown as a new warm up exercise. Stay safe and healthy

This is an excellent video. Please take this concept and make more videos for other songs/styles. For example, make a video like this but in the style of B.B. Kings or John Mayer. I'd watch every one of those. Thanks so much...

I would give you 10k 👍if I could!! Best explanation of soloing over Little Wing on Clip-Share. Great job!!

"It wasn't my greatest solo." I like that quote RJ! Seriously though, I liked the last section a lot. My girlfriend is always playing this song on her big D28 and it drives me crazy. Now I can perhaps show her the possible solo concepts. Me too, really useful video man. Thanks

Love the way you emphasize that more melody comes out when playing slower and still the faster part sounds great as well and the way you mix it up a little.Great lesson!

Outstanding! Thank you so much for covering so much useful ground in a pragmatic and practical way!

Nice lesson. So much covered so well in one shortish lesson - thanks :-). Great explaining and showing what the soloing options are. I used to play more bass where its more about triads and matching them with the chord being played. Recently I've been following lessons where its more about just picking one scale, so it's good to see these options.

Utterly fantastic. This video should be required watching as an introduction to soloing. I was really hoping to see you just utterly destroy this chord progression as inspiration at the end but I'll take what I can get.

thank you for the lesson. It's very amazing

Nice! Those are exactly the methods I've been learning in my guitar class but over a simple blues track. I will try little wing too.

Another brilliant video! Thank you! Also, beautiful guitar, man! ❤️🙏🏽

I agree... this is one of the best classes I’ve seen on Clip-Share! Keep up the great work man!

Such an eye opening lesson, beautiful sounds and mesmerising guitar...thank You!:)

That one time Clip-Share recommends was spot on! New sub! Really informative lesson to help me soloing in general. These 4 steps way of teaching is awesome, gives me a natural progression in practicing :) How can I practice level 3.2 of staying in the same position for all chords?

Great video and great idea to teach soloing! Please do more like this :)

Wow, what a masterpiece lesson on the subject!!! To me by far the best on YT. Thanks so much from the bettom of my heart RJ!

Thanks RJ for an excellent and comprehensive summary of how to solo with scales and arpeggios. Frankly, one of the BEST I've seen on the net. This is a video I can keep coming back to as my skills progress. I really like that you overlay the chord and scale in the upper left hand corner. Good "training wheels" to have as I explore what works over the chord. Great song choice as well since it includes the first six chords of the G major scale, a passing chord and an non-scale chord to boot. PS Bonus points for the matching guitar and strap. I see what you did there... ;-)

You just took my 25 years of guitar playing to the next level in 25 minutes. Thank you!

Well, everyone said it, amazing video, thanks for the great tips! also one of the best teaching videos I've seen. You're a great teacher!

That was a great lesson RJ. What I found interesting was that Level 1 could sound as good as Level 4. I am overwhelmed with Level 4 now and it was kind of a relief to realize that. Love that shirt by the way!

Brilliant lesson. Thank you. I have subscribed, great stuff, so enlightening.
Thanks again

Dude this is absolutely incredible. Best lesson you’ve ever done and maybe even the best lesson on this subject ever done. This really strings together a lot of concepts I’ve been trying to work on. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this man. You really went out of your way and it shows. I just want you to know that you definitely helped someone!

Thanks for this amazing lesson! It's one of those rare "24mins of lesson, 12 months of pratice" moments. I've restarted guitar after a 10year pause, and I'm currently struggling at level 1 to have melodic solos. It's nice to see the road ahead !

Awesome lesson, keep doing more of this! 🤘🏼

This is a super helpful lesson! I've gotten stuck doing the same old, repetitive minor pentatonic scales until I watched this video haha. Thanks!

That is an amazing lesson!! Wow....prefect amount of words and demo by an I instructor! Lots of info tied together in a perfect fashion...amazing!!!

This was so great, tone , guitar, explaining and awesome playing again!!! Thank you!

Great vid very helpful. Great explanation of theory tips. Something I'd have liked early on when I was learning guitar. Killer strat too 🤘

Brilliant lesson - thank you! (I made it to level 3, which I'm happy with, and your explanation of level 4 is vry useful as something to work on!)

I've been looking for a lesson like this for ages, so easy to follow and super instructive!

Really nice soulful playing! Loved the lesson!

Awesome lesson, crystal clear! Thank you :)

Let's forget how good the lesson content is for a second and celebrate that glorious tone.

this is such a great lesson thank you! , it opens up the fretboard soooo much for soloing if you follow the excercises.

Thanks R.J. I wish I had seen this video 30 years ago. This is a seriously great and important lesson for any young (and old) aspiring soloist.

You're an amazing guitar player man! Thank's for sharing your knowledge and your tips!
Sorry for the bad English,
From France🇨🇵

Great lesson. I always look for different ways to teach improvisation. This way of teaching was very good. Congratulations!

Great explanations. You articulate these concepts very well. Keep it up!!!

Thank You very much for this lesson. This may be the best lesson I have seen on Clip-Share, EVER! I have been playing for 40 years and you knocked it out of the park!

You are simply a great teacher!

RJ!!! Holy cow! This is the best lesson I’ve ever seen to get me solidly out of that level2-3 area! Thank you for all of your great content but please keep these lessons like this coming! This is By far the best “playing over the changes” description and exercise on Clip-Share and with a great example song!

Best guitar lesson i've ever had, although i know what you've said, but this can be a great practice routine over any progression from level 1 to level 4. I am always think about level 4, but level 1,2,3 are as much important to level 4. Thanks a bunch man, it worth millions.

RJ great video as always! I'm playing bottleneck/lap steel guitars and trying to recreate whammy bar strat sounds with the slide. Do you have any tips or videos showing how to get realistic tremolo arm bends? I want this technique for some Hendrix & Jeff Beck tunes.Any help greatly appreciated, regards Steve, Brazil.

Wow! Thanks you made some basic concepts that all my life since I was a teenager have been told, but never clicked until now. Much love bro. Great exercises for me to practice

Thanks so much, I think I went through a hundred other lessons on soloing concepts and here, in 25mins you made the pieces od puzzle fall into place. Thank you, awesome material!

this was really usefull! I've been looking for a good explanation of how to put down a solid solo, and this is a really good video for that exact thing!! thanks:)

Legit your first basic solo over the pentatonic scale made me tear up, I love it bro I can’t explain how this sound makes me feel. Every single time I listen to it, and that’s multiple times a day, I just see myself playing that live for people and letting today’s world hear it tooooo, I know I’m a few years out but I will learn to enlighten people just like Stevie and Hendrix! And I will show the world this beautiful noise 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

Wow! This is exactly the lesson I needed to "level-up" (aka. get out of the rut I was stuck in with my playing). Liked and Subscribed to your channel... I'm your new biggest fan! Keep em coming!!! HOME RUN with this one!!

Congratulations on posting one of the very best if not the BEST video on How To Solo Over Little Wing. You passion, desire, and expert playing of Hendrix’s music really shines through. R.J., this should be one of the best guitar videos of the year on Clip-Share, seriously. Fantastic job. You set the bar on this video. Pagbati

realizing, yet again, how important it can be to learn your scales. Thanks for the great lesson, R.J.!

This is a great lesson sir, lots to think about here. Thanks for the clear explanation of how the theory actually applies itself to the music, a step that gets lost in a lot of lessons. Cheers.

More solo lessons please 🙏🏻

Fantastic lesson!!! First time for me to see how to approach pentatonic scales in context with soloing AND chord progressions. Also, to combine the soloing practise with learning different scale positions is awesome. Love your videos and playing. Greetings from southern Germany.

Great editing, articulation, and solid information. Stoked to think you learned so much making this. Would love to see you talk a bit more about hearing and learning through hearing and articulating phrasing with inspiration from content and song ideals / other live influences etc.

Great video! Need more stuff like this without getting too wild with it. Thank you!

Great lesson and explained very well!

Wow, absolutely brilliant lesson, about the best I've seen on this subject. And some really tasteful playing as well. Thanks!!

i'm a professional teacher myself mainly piano and keys but loads of people still want to play bass and guitar.....infact there are far more prospective students for the stringed things....anyway I just want to say Your delivery and teaching method is Wonderful , I'm so pleased I stumbled upon this fabulous lesson and your good self Thanks RJ !!!

You nailed the explanation and demo of these concepts, great job!

I've played this song for years viewing it from a straight pentatonic perspective and in 24 minutes you've blown my mind with the alternative options on approaching the lead. RJ, Thank You

Man, those tips & tricks are awesome! Thanks so much! When I do the progression between the Bm and the Am I do a B major flat. That probably ruins your trick lol but that's probably just me playing it wrong. Thanks again!

I don't know if this is the best guitar instructional video on Clip-Share ... but it is definitely in the Top 10 ... should be required viewing for any student of guitar ... doing a few of these each year would be priceless and invaluable ... well done!

The first video I watched you play was the If 6 was 9 fuzz demo from Solidgold fx, where you played a solo over Little wing. That was I guess 5 years ago. Your playing there blew me away....the dynamics, technique, playing through chord changes...for me your playing was and still is out of this world. And 5 years later, you are showing what you actually did in that video. Thank you so much RJ

Incredible lesson! We just covered this song on our channel, just wish I had this insight before we did haha
Great work RJ, keep it up!

R.J. this has to be one of the best lessons on Clip-Share! Great job man!!

RJ, you delivered this lesson PERFECTLY. Incredibly concise and eloquent. I hope to see more of this in the future! Hopefully one for rhythm playing!

I loved your playing, tone and the lesson. Some concepts and things to take from each level even for a theory Luddite like myself

What a fantastic player you are!!! And also what a fantastic teacher you are!!! Thanks for sharing with us all these gems!!! I'll study a lot during this XMas holidays!!

Thanks for explaining using Mixo over the F - makes sense. Super clear demonstration of playing with the chord changes. And SO musical as well - makes me want to play

What a fantastic lesson! RJ your tone is incredible, and you make it easy to tell it’s in your fingers. Thank you!

Nice one man!! DO you know a fuzz that would sound good for that lead tone 😂

That was the best Clip-Share lesson I've ever seen. I've been trying to learn Little Wing on and off for about fifteen years! I've really struggled with repetitive solo's. But you've just explicitly stated the "rules" in a twenty five minute video based around one of my favourite songs! Great work mate!

Jim Haubert here not Lisa, thanks for this, I teach guitar and this is so refreshing to pass on to my students, the complex simplicity of this and how to approach playing is just an understatement!!! Great lesson here with how to think and approach playing with the relative major and minor scales, big fan R.J. It's as plain as the nose on your face, you just have to look, you're a pro, thanks!!!

OMG - sooooo good - love how he gently built into modal playing over the changes. Yes! Mixo over that F!

Level 5: When playing major triads, add b3 and slightly bend up to major 3rd, add the blue note, superimpose upper extensions on chords, add chromatic movement to get jazzy :)

Great lesson - little wing is the song that that even the pros butcher when soloing - srv and hendrix are really the only two who properly grasped it from a phrasing and melody standpoint, but I would say you could go on to be the third if you recorded a full version!

R.J. firstly, a massive thanks! This video is nothing short of phenomenal - and from many different perspectives. I've been learning the CAGED system (after many years of playing) and this video for me really pulled a LOT of things together and really contextualized many concepts. Truly, I can't thank you enough. Next step for me is going to your Patreon page! Well done.

I've been playing for 50+ years and even managed to steal a living for a few of them and only just found your channel by accident. This was a great tutorial and despite having played over these changes more often than most people have had hot lunches I got some terrific ideas from it. I will be seeking out your other work. Thanks so much for offering new inspiration.

Best lesson, great tone! Thanks

Cool video! Helpful to push players to think about outlining chores through arpeggios. My take (FWIW): try to play l what you hear in your head, or sing it to yourself as you play. It sounds simple, but it can make your playing pop and, hopefully, get YOU interested in the notes and where to go next

This lesson is a masterpiece Thanks so much!