Sweet child o' mine scale

Em-C-Am fit into the G major scale, but with the music centering on G's 6th degree, E. This makes E Aeolian mode, better known as the E natural minor scale. You use a combination of E minor pentatonic and G major scale patterns.

1. What scale is Sweet Child of Mine solo?
2. Is Sweet Child of Mine solo hard?
3. What tuning is Sweet Child O Mine in?

What scale is Sweet Child of Mine solo?

During the first half of the guitar solo from the Guns n Roses classic track Sweet Child O'Mine Slash uses the E harmonic minor scale almost exclusively.

Is Sweet Child of Mine solo hard?

It's pretty easy except for that slippery little run as the soll shifts up a gear. The Stairway Solo is easy because it's predictable, all the notes fall in logical sequence, same goes for Hotel California.

What tuning is Sweet Child O Mine in?

Finally, on the original recording Slash tuned his guitar down a semitone to Eb standard tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb), but we've stayed in standard E tuning (EADGBE) for convenience.