Estranged is one of the longest songs you will hear in your life, at over nine minutes long. The song is also known for its epic video, which fans watch even to this day to cherish the old-school rock by Guns and Roses. Estranged is part of an album called Use Your Illusions II, and even though it is more than nine minutes long, it still comes second to another song named Coma, which is also present in the album.
The song has lots of verses, and there is no set chorus; you are going to find a number of epic guitar and piano solos. The liner notes present on the album cover give thanks to lead guitarist Slash for his fantastic guitar melodies. It is true that because of Slash, the album has a number of epic guitar solos. To record his part of songs, Slash, the lead guitarist of Guns and Roses, used Les Paul Gold Top, in addition to rhythmic pickup, and he made sure that the tone of the guitar was turned all the way down.
In one of his interviews, Slash said that the song Estranged came up when the whole band was rehearsing for a much extended period in Chicago. On the other hand, the frontman Axl Rose said he wrote the lyrics of the song when he was facing a shallow point when his marriage with Erin Everly was annulled. According to Axl Rose, the song is similar in terms of meaning with November Rain where he talked about how he does not want to be in a situation where he had to deal with unrequited love. In Estranged, he wrote the lyrics with meaning that signifies his acknowledgment of unrequited love and trying to figure out what he has to do with it.
For this guitar song lesson, we have Bill Peck, he is an Orlando-based guitarist who, in his career, had the opportunity to record music with some of the best musicians of the rock and roll era. He was the lead guitarist for the “Exit the Ride” band, which had a significant influence on the rock scene of Floria during the 8 years of their running. Bill has divided Estranged guitar chord lessons into 14 different segments, where he shows you all the necessary skills required to play each solo, progression and guitar chord using the song.
Once you are done with the Estranged chord lesson, you can move to other similar songs, such as Feelings by Morris Albert, Fire by Jimi Hendrix, and many more from our English song lesson repository. Apart from guitar song lessons, at Torrins, we also provide guitar tutorials, bass guitar lessons, and even piano lessons that any person can access once they sign up on our website. Some of the best musicians teach our music tutorials turned teachers in the world, so you will be getting tips on how to play specific instruments from real artists who have played in recordings and live concerts in front of thousands of people.
