Deep Purple - Pictures Of Home - Guitar Solo Tab

Machine Head

1972 5:06

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About Pictures Of Home

From the 1972 Deep Purple album Machine Head, "Pictures of Home" is one of the band's most guitar-intensive deep cuts, built around Ritchie Blackmore's fluid lead playing in G minor. The song moves between hard-rocking rhythm passages and extended solo sections, so you need a solid grasp of both chunky power-chord work and single-note runs across the neck. G minor sits in a comfortable range for bending and vibrato on a standard-tuned guitar, but Blackmore's phrasing leans heavily on classical intervals and pentatonic-to-Dorian crossovers, which can trip you up if you are only thinking blues shapes. The transitions between rhythm and lead happen quickly, and keeping your pick attack consistent through both textures is genuinely tricky. Use the Practice Toolbar to isolate those switchover moments and run them slowed down until the shift feels automatic. The lead lines reward careful attention to finger placement more than raw speed.

• The song is in G minor, making Blackmore's lead lines well suited to exploring both the natural minor and Dorian mode across the fretboard.
• Rhythm sections demand tight power-chord playing, while the lead passages require controlled vibrato and precise single-note phrasing to capture the right feel.
• Looping the rhythm-to-lead transitions slowed down is the most effective way to build the pick-hand consistency the song demands.