Top 10 Songs with Dueling Solos
Dueling solos are played by different players back-to-back, often taking turns several times. Dueling solos sound like one solo although it's played by two or more players, even on different instruments. Solos by different players that aren't consecutive, aren't dueling. For example, if there is a verse or chorus between the solos, they aren't dueling.Most often dueling solos are between:
1) guitar and keyboards
2) two guitars
Unusual combinations but there are dueling solos between:
1) guitar and violin
2) keyboards and bass
3) guitar and bass
Hands down. A great duel, almost 3 minutes long.
Guitar - Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards - Jon Lord
The moment I saw the title of this list I knew Iron Maiden would be here
Dueling solos between 2 guitars - by Adrian Smith and Dave Murray
Dueling solos between 2 guitars - by Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath
This duel is 4 minutes long and is perhaps my favorite. Very intense, very fast. I think it's Ritchie Blackmore's best solo ever.
Guitar - Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards - Tony Carey
That's an extremely fast dueling perfection (1 minute long).
Guitar - Yngwie Malmsteen
Keyboards - Jens Johansson
Awesome dueling solos, fast and technical as hell.
Guitar - Alexi Laiho
Keyboards - Janne Wirman
A song of 2017 by a unique band and what they did is, of course, something unusual: a solo on 3 instruments that are pretty unusual for soloing back-to-back, with this structure: Guitar - Violin - Guitar - Violin - Bass (fretless).
Guitar - Benjamin Baret
Violin - Tim Charles
Bass - Robin Zielhorst
Dueling solos between 2 guitars - by Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing
Really awesome, fast and melodic dueling solos between 2 guitars - by Magnus Karlsson and Alex Beyrodt. One of the best metal solos of the 2010s.
These fast duels sound pretty cool.
Guitar - Michael Romeo
Keyboards - Michael Pinnella
One of the first bands to use duo lead guitars
This is a lesser known Deep Purple song but I can't skip it because it has 5 solos on 4 instruments! Not all solos are consecutive though, only 2 are but the combination is totally unusual: between bass and keyboards. Great job, Deep Purple! Keep soloing! Your experimentation inspired so many rockers and metallers.
Keyboards - Jon Lord
Bass - Roger Glover
Insanely fast and absolutely awesome
