How to play Adrian Smith's solos #4 The Wicker Man (with tablatures and backing tracks) 

one of the best build ups ever made

Easily the best tutorials for Smith/Murray solos. Thanks for taking the trouble to film this, tab it and share it.

Great tutorial. The degree of clarity is stellar.

Excellent! And really helpful to see the tab as well.

Awesome. I urge anyone who hasn't heard it to check out the rare US promo version of this track, with extra vocal harmonies by Bruce. I wish that version had been on the album.

Great job and always perfect sheet music, Thank you!

Thaaaaanks for sharing tabs!!! Best regards from Barcelona!

You have the best solo toturials on RU-vid dude i learned so much from your videos keep it up

Wow amazing job and thank you for this!

This is the Way!!! Excelent Work!!! Thank you!!!

This is great! Thanks a lot for the effort and sharing all that stuff! Keep Rocking! \m/

Absolute DYNAMITE!!

Fine job, and thanks so much! You're a good man!

Merci beaucoup mec, c'est le tuto le plus précis que j'ai trouvé pour ce solo

parfait ca ! Ca m'a beaucoup aidé merci !

Clean performance, great job!

Great job man! Thank you so mutch!

Short and solid. Thanks!

very well played.Great lesson

Really useful and accurate tabs man!!! Greetings from Barcelona!

Merci pour le partage, super qualité !

Nice! Always had trouble picking out the diminished-sounding lick that Adrian usually changes for live peeformances. Thanks for sharing!

Well played! Subscribed.

holy shit man sounds great

nailed it

The Wicker Man ! Je m'attendais pas à celui-là ! :D

Salut Steph, Travail impeccable qui est une source d'inspiration pour moi. Félicitations

Awesome!!!

Dude your playing style reminds me a lot of Brian May, like the way you hold your pick and move your picking hand and how your fretting fingers move as well. Its really cool, you play like one of my favourite guitarists while playing my favourite bands music.

Very well played and showed... (even with no description) Congrats pal!!!

Many thanks my friend!!!

C'est vraiment super. Non seulement, c'est la meilleure transcription que j'ai vue jusqu'alors, mais en plus, niveau pédagogique, avec les backing tracks à plusieurs vitesses et tout, c'est vraiment top. Bravo

You sick man🤘

Awesome video. Great now I have to learn this. Lol. Not enough time in the day. Been working on Hell Bent for Leather this week. My band wants to cover it.

thanks for sharing.

Tnx bro.

So grateful there are guys making videos like this, helping others to play solos they thought they'd never learn. You make it look so easy in slow motion. Thanks dude 🤟

2:02 damned phrase! It's taking me forever to learn it!

Hey thanks

Top ! Obrigado!

Encore un solo magnifique! Il va falloir que je me mette à le bosser, mais j'étais sur Rime of the ancient mariner en ce moment. Continue, c'est super ce que tu fais!

C'est bon ça !

C'est propre 😀

So I finally got around to learning this had some time over weekend. Pretty much have it. Only issue I'm having measure 25-27 can decide if it should be legato with hammer one from nowhere which sound sloppy when I play or alt picked.

Cool mec ! D'habitude quand je fais un cover je fais à l'oreille mais là je vais l'apprendre à l'aide de ta vidéo ! Ça me fera gagner du temps lol

Adrian sinistro demais 👊🏻☠️

Top, mec!

every Adrian's solo is a song in the song 👍

Show!!!!

Pre-solo: 1:14 SOLO ADRIAN Part 1: 1:53 Part 2: 2:02 - 2:11 Part 3: 3:28 Part 4: 2:21 Post-solo: 2:30

I've been wondering this: what's your opinion about Janick Gers? A very good video btw, thank you for the upload :)

Do you make your own backing tracks? They're amazing

Amazing solo, I think that Smith’s solos are more interesting than Gers’s and Murray’s soloing. It’s melodic, shreddy and kinda bluesy, just love it! And I think that Smith is really better at “serving the song” than others Maiden guitarists

Great!!! Thanks for this vid.

Ok in one of the licks (2:22) doesn't the 22 fret goin into major sound a bit weird. I've never noticed it before listening to the song but now when I slow it down I kind of hear it too. I don't know anymore. Is my mind playing tricks on me?

Awesome , can you do wasted years next???

Great lesson! I have the official Tab book of Brave New World album, but I think there are a lot of mistakes in The Wicker Man's solo.

Been having trouble trying to play that last quick section of the solo, i never know when it is to hammer on or pull off or if it is to pick everything

Fantastic tutorial! Even though there are some obvious mistakes like the B: 17-19-21, which should be 17-19-20

Merci ! C'est vraiment cool... Tu pourrais faire Caught Somewhere in Time un jour ?

I learned wicker man's solo and hallowed be thy name too, and i am still asking this question, what gear do you use to record maiden solos?

How do you get your guitar tone.

🔝🔝🔝

i love you

hey bro could not download gp5 file is there any chance you still have it? thanks

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what do you think is smith's best solo?

Could you share the backing track?

Steph, peux-tu nous dire qu'est-ce que tu utilises comme ampli et/ou pédale? Merci bcp

salut. je viens de découvrir ta chaine il y a une semaine en cherchant un tuto de solo de THE WICKER MAN. ET LA JE SUIS BLEUFE !!!!! Le tien est très bien expliqué mais mes doigts de 43 ans ont un peu de mal à suivre ne seraiT ce que déjà le début. je suis du note à note à la tablature en dessous et je suis toujours à la bourre pffffff. trop speed pour moi à certains passage ... J'ai déja enregistré tout le reste du morceau de A à Z (hormis le solo) et j'aimerais bien le mettre sur ma chaine RU-vid mais sans le solo ca crains boudin quand même... mdrrr Si je te mets le morceau sur ma chaine youtube, tu crois que tu pourrais m'y coller un solo dessus stp? bien sur je te nommerais dans la réalisation de cette reprise, ca te fera de la pub. Mais la franchement, le solo est trop speed pour moi . Merci de ta réponse.

2:11 Now this..

Please dont hate me, - but did you get this from the tab book, or figure it by ear? - I've seen in live shows he plays the part at bar 25, by holding 2 on the e and hammering 4-0 on the b; then moving to 3e/5b; then 5e/7b; and 7e/8b... - Not sure if he changed this up after many years and you've got the studio-version, or if it's just your preference.

Salut Steph ! Excellente cover encore une fois ! Je n'arrive toujours pas à placer le plan juste avant le shred... donc je fais ce qu'il joue en live, hammers et pull offs... Voilà ce que ça donne : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WFw66-RxquI.html Je ne sais pas si tu as vu mon commentaire sur ta vidéo du solo de Wasted Years, mais j'adorerais trop qu'on se fasse une collaboration un jour ! Dans mes vids je reprends tout de a à z (sauf s'il y a un backing track batterie tiré des albums originaux, sinon je programme la batterie...) Peut-être à bientôt si tu es intéressé ! En tout cas je matte souvent ta chaîne, ça défonce ! Sam.

the part around 0:40 is awesome but it's definitely NOT what adrian plays. i can't find the video (it's what brought me here in the first place) but he showed the "trick" and it's deceptively simple

bpm?

Salut Steph, Encore merci pour ta vidéo qui m'a grandement aidé pour travailler ce morceau. Voici ce que ça donne en partant d'une version sans guitare : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ltSYsERbVMw.html Up The Irons

You have a particular interest on Smith's guitar sound, Don't you? I mean... I've noticed you have a Jackson like him and the most of your covers collab you perform Smith's solos

What witchcraft is this ?

Hey merci Steph pour tes vidéos leçons je m'en sert régulièrement pour réapprendre mes classiques ! J'ai fait une petite vidéo de ce solo ou je me suis inspiré également des versions live, n'hésites pas à me dire ce que tu en penses :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ntfwb4ygTL8.html

At minute 0:38, does a person have to have Parkinson's disease to play?