# 18 Intermediate Guitar Solos to Learn Next > 18 Intermediate Guitar Solos to Learn Next: #1 is While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles, then Sunshine of Your Love and Bohemian Rhapsody. Canonical URL: These are the rock solos that two separate teacher-written intermediate lists (Guitarfluence and ArtistWorks) agree on: Stairway, Comfortably Numb, Hotel California, Sweet Child O' Mine, Sultans of Swing and Crazy Train. It runs from melodic, mid-tempo solos (While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Sunshine of Your Love) to the long, fast outros that sit on the edge of advanced (Free Bird, Crazy Train). Each video starts at the solo. 1. [While My Guitar Gently Weeps](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/) — The Beatles · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 2. [Sunshine of Your Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-sunshine-of-your-love/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1967 3. [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queen-bohemian-rhapsody/) — Queen · solo by Brian May · 1975 4. [Whole Lotta Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1969 5. [Gravity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-mayer-gravity/) — John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2006 6. [Comfortably Numb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb/) — Pink Floyd · solo by David Gilmour · 1979 7. [November Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-november-rain/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1991 8. [Enter Sandman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-enter-sandman/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1991 9. [Still Got the Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gary-moore-still-got-the-blues/) — Gary Moore · solo by Gary Moore · 1990 10. [Little Wing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-little-wing/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 11. [Stairway to Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1971 12. [Sweet Child O' Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987 13. [Hotel California](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-hotel-california/) — Eagles · solo by Don Felder & Joe Walsh · 1976 14. [Fade to Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/metallica-fade-to-black/) — Metallica · solo by Kirk Hammett · 1984 15. [Highway Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-highway-star/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972 16. [Sultans of Swing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-sultans-of-swing/) — Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978 17. [Free Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd · solo by Allen Collins & Gary Rossington · 1973 18. [Crazy Train](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ozzy-osbourne-crazy-train/) — Ozzy Osbourne · solo by Randy Rhoads · 1980 ## Quick answers ### What makes a guitar solo intermediate? Steady bends in tune, expressive vibrato, position shifts across the neck and short bursts of speed. These solos need all four, but none of them ask for sustained shred technique. ### Is Stairway to Heaven an intermediate solo? Yes, and both teacher lists we cite put it at intermediate. Most of it is minor pentatonic phrasing, and the hard parts are the fast repeated licks near the end and keeping it in time. ### Which intermediate solo should I learn first? Start at the top of the list. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Sunshine of Your Love and Bohemian Rhapsody are melodic and fairly slow, which leaves your hands free to work on tone and bending. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)