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Guitar Solo Mastery - Master Lead Guitar Playing (Udemy.com)

Learn how to solo like a pro over any backing track in any key. Learn all fundamental scales and techniques.

Created by: Mark Shian

Last updated April 2026

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What you will learn

  • The main goal of this course is to teach you how write, construct, and play improvised guitar solos all over the fretboard
  • You will learn essential guitar theory to prepare you for your career
  • You will learn how to navigate your fretboard and solo wherever you like based on your solid understanding of guitar theory.
  • You will learn how to memorize your fretboard notes as this allows you to jump around and play solos all over the guitar
  • You will learn how to combine your knowledge of scales with these solo techniques to create dynamic and meaningful melodic solos.
  • You will learn the essential scales needed to play and create epic guitar solos
  • Learn all the important techniques: legato, bends, vibrato, note stacking, slides, hammer on and pull offs, that will breath life and expression into your solos
  • You will learn advanced techniques such as sweep picking, cascading scales, and arpeggios

How it compares

Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 3% of them
  • Reviews801#22 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length10.3 hourslonger than 89% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2026more recently than 92% of them

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Course Description

Welcome to The Complete Guitar Solo Mastery Course!

Do you want to be a great guitar solo player?

How would you like to develop the ability to solo all over the fretboard like your favorite guitar legends?

This course has been specifically designed for those at the beginner and intermediate stages of electric guitar playing who want to master the art of being able play and improvise dynamic guitar solos all over the fretboard.

Not only will you learn how to solo all over the fretboard, you will gain insight and understanding on how to be a unique, melodic, and inspiring guitar solo artist. 

In this course, your knowledge and ability in guitar soloing will be built from the ground up.

With over 10 hours of video instruction, here's what will be covered in this course:

You will learn the notes on your fretboard and and essential guitar theory to ensure you have a strong foundation for guitar soloing all over the fretboard.

You will learn fundamental techniques such as how to pick correctly and different picking styles for maximum speed.

You will learn the most essential scales that the majority of all guitar solos ever played are built on.

You will learn all the essential guitar solo techniques such as bends, vibrato, sliding, hammer-ons and pull offs, note stacking, etc. to create expression when soloing.

You will learn how to combine your knowledge of scales with these solo techniques to create dynamic and meaningful melodic solos.

You will learn tons of licks in the "Lick Library" which will teach you how to combine different scales and techniques to create cool phrases. This also acts as "Vocabulary" when you are improvising and writing your solos.

You will improve your dexterity and technical ability in soloing as you work on the scales, exercises, and licks.

You will learn how to navigate your fretboard and solo wherever you like based on your solid understanding of guitar theory.

You will learn Songwriting. This is where you gain understanding of how to put it all together to write inspiring guitar solos. My goal is to make sure you become a dynamic guitar soloist and not a guitar scale robot!

I will walk you through one of my new songs and explain every step of the way to help you gain understanding and insight of how a full guitar solo is constructed. This will be a valuable experience to help teach you how to create your own guitar solos.

You will learn advanced scale techniques that will set you above the crowd when playing guitar solos.

You will learn advanced concepts such as how to solo over difficult chord and key changes.

You will learn how to solo in different keys and gain the confidence by practicing over backing tracks in different keys.

And much more!

Along the way I will also share unique insights on guitar playing and help to steer you in the right direction!

With a Full 30 Day Money Back Guarantee on Udemy, what do you have to lose?

Try it out today and begin moving closer to your dream of being able to solo like a legend!


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Instructor Details

Mark Shian

Mark Shian is a musician, teacher, recording engineer, and recording artist based in Ellenton, FL. Mark had quite a journey in his music career having trained in classical, blues, and jazz. He eventually decided to focus on his passion in modern contemporary and worship music. His long and difficult journey of discovering his musical identity and learning all the tools needed to launch his music led him to create courses to help people shorten the process of reaching their musical goals and dreams. His courses are known to take the average musician from beginner to professional levels in a very short period of time compared to classical and conventional music education. He teaches primarily based on the understanding that people ultimately want to be able to discover their greatest potential to express their hearts through music. In light of this, his teaching style is more focused towards accomplishing the goal of musical expression instead of excessive focus on music theory or scales. His courses all include foundational levels to help students understand important basic theory fundamentals to prepare them for the completion of the course. The teachings that follow are usually musically empowering and special in its approach to helping students adopt concepts that set them above the crowd. Mark's courses represent some of the best accelerated music courses found on the internet.


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Reviews

4.2

801 ratings on Udemy

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By Patrick J King on 2/2/2026

Any "intermediate" guitar player who doesn't already know the information in the first six videos is a beginner, not an intermediate.

By Manjula pichai on 10/24/2025

the first 10 subject of the course were really easy to follow and understand.. however in thr later lessons it becomes quite difficult to see the instructors finger placement clearly .the video angle and blocking make it hard to catch exactly where he is pressing ..there is no tablatyre provided ..its challenging to follow along .I often have to focus very closely which causes eyes strain and head ache

By Emma Van Niekerk on 7/25/2025

I 100% recommend this course it’s well worth the money spent I’m currently half way through and have learnt so much The lectures are broken down and in depth to get greater understanding on each topic And there’s a lot of guidance on questions and willingness to help wherever needed I am so grateful I stumbled upon this course and appreciate it. I’d like to say thank you so much Mr Shian you are an amazing teacher and an awesome person altogether :)

By New Jerusalem on 2/26/2024

Yeah but still struggling to visualize flet board and how to play around different keys like G F C B

By Nick P on 12/7/2023

Almost at the end of the course, I can say that this guitar course has a lot of value. I am not a beginner by any means, I've been playing for 20 years but never took the time to learn the theory behind it. So, it was really great to learn and follow all of Mark's lessons. I definitely would be interested in checking out his other course out after I finish this one.

By Surya Putra Dwi Lambang on 9/9/2023

Trainer Still Need To Practice Finger and The He Spoke Not Clear

By Humayun Omar on 8/25/2023

Awesome Course. Great In-depth knowledge, I got to learn so many things, and the instructor also clearly has great guitaric wisdom. I am amazed on how he made concepts look so simple, plus great soul in his music. I have learned more about soloing from here, than any other videos on other platforms. Highly recommend this to anyone who wants a melodic soloing career

By Peter Rawlinson on 2/25/2021

This is a great course! I've been playing guitar and bass in bands for years and I loved this course, I was never really interested in soloing but decided to take this course for fun and to help my knowledge around the fretboard (I've always been a bit lazy to learn the theory!) This worked a treat, Mark's teaching is easy to follow, fun and it comes across that he is passionate about his playing so you learn to play and not become just a 'scale robot'. Thank you for this course and good luck.

By Benjamin Pompas on 6/2/2020

First of all I would like thank Mark for this marvelous course. I've been playing the guitar for more than 15 years and this course has really been an eye-opener for me. It's the best course on the internet: everything is well-explained and clear with nice video's and sheets. Mark is a great musician and has a lot of humor. I really enjoyed it and it was above my expectations. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone (beginners to advanced players). I wish I had this course from day one when I was learning the guitar back than :) Thanks again Mark! I wish you all the best and keep rocking! PS: I'm into your piano lessons now ;-)

By Rajesh Raman on 4/12/2020

Finally, I have hit the gold mine. A complete course in terms of content & structure. A sincere teacher who has a purpose, building you from the ground up, to songwriting and more, nothing is left unturned here. Each module leading to another. Great course. I think Mark Shian's two guitar courses on Udemy so far, the Guitar Solo Mastery and Chords Mastery can be the building blocks for people who are serious about learning guitar online. I thank Udemy for making this course accessible to me.

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