"Nobody" (Avenged Sevenfold) Solo Lesson/Analysis
"Nobody" by Avenged Sevenfold is a modern day classic and is already infamous for its insanely demanding technical requirement. This solo will test your economy picking and sweeping precision to its limit!
I used the official transcription from Synner as a base for this lesson, but fixed a bunch of parts to match the proper album version (the official transcription is the live version for some reason), so you can jam along to the original.
Also, if you're looking to spice-up your solos with some Jazzier flavors and are interested in diving into the world of chromaticism, this is actually an amazing solo to study. There's a bunch of insanely cool melodic minor/altered and half-diminished licks in here which can help you get to grips with this more "outside" kind of harmony.
Good luck (you're gonna need it) and don't forget to share your progress with everyone in the Discord server!
Comments (13)
FYI, in the GP tab file (and PDF), the one section is wrong. On bar 9, it should be 5 7 8 but you've got it 5 7 9. It's 5 7 8 in the video. Weird? Bar 2 is also wrong. The second grouping of 16th notes in bar 2 should be 15 13 12 13, not 13 12 13 15. Bar 4 is also wrong, he continues with the diminished scale, you've got him switching to minor. There's a few more quirks...gonna have to stem split the song to hear it better.
im kinda stuck at the swweping part on 0:08 would swapping out the 10th fret on the 5th string to 5th fret on the 4th string not make it easier?
This solo in 100 or 200 years is gonna be what an Etude is for us today. The way the phrasings lead into one another in the blasting speed it does is almost improvisational! I'm excited to go home and go over the solo!
Good luck Dan, you got this!
Nice, thank you Bradley!
Saw a cover of this from Simon Eichinger on instagram a few months back and wanted to learn it since then. He claimed it was the hardest solo hed ever learned and now Bradley too. Already knew it was a bit out of reach for me but now I know its more than a bit lol. Still adding to practice routine though. Look out for a 10% speed cover ine 10 years from me lol
Very excited to give this a go. I've tried a few half-arsed tabs online but imagine this will eclipse them all. This is one of my favourite solos of all time and stands tall alongside Friedman's best. The album is brilliant too. - I honestly don't care for A7x but adore this.
Not enough chest hair lol
just wow...
Sick
Gawd Dayum. You beautiful man
Bravo Bradley!!! This one looks like a motherfucker!
Cheers mate, it sure is!