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Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Guitar Tab

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About Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2

Few guitar solos in Pink Floyd history are as immediately recognisable as the one David Gilmour plays here, built on a laid-back D minor blues feel sitting right on top of a four-on-the-floor groove at 120 BPM. The song is in D minor and stays there throughout, which keeps the harmony simple and puts all the focus on phrasing and tone. That solo demands careful attention to Gilmour's behind-the-beat phrasing and his wide, slow string bends: rushing either of those will break the spell. The Progressive Rock context might suggest complexity, but the real challenge here is restraint, playing fewer notes and making each one land with weight. The rhythm part is equally worth learning, a clean, repetitive four-bar riff that teaches you how groove and space work together. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the solo slowed down so you can hear exactly where each bend peaks before you try to replicate it.

  • The famous guitar solo is built almost entirely on the D minor pentatonic scale, making it an excellent vehicle for studying expressive bending and vibrato.
  • Gilmour's tone on the solo is a core study in sustain and compression: replicating it rewards attention to picking attack and amp settings rather than speed.
  • The rhythm guitar riff repeats with very little variation, so practising it to a click at 120 BPM will quickly reveal any timing inconsistencies in your right hand.

How to Play Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2

Tuning: E Standard · Key: D minor · Tempo: 120 BPM · Difficulty: Medium

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 120 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
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Fender Stratocaster

Gilmour's 1969 Black Strat is his primary instrument, offering glassy neck pickup tones perfect for his singing bends and the warm, rounded character that defines Pink Floyd's melodic solos without harsh brightness.

Fender Telecaster
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Fender Telecaster

This workhorse guitar provided Gilmour with a brighter, more cutting tone for rhythm work and alternative textures, offering the snap and clarity needed for Pink Floyd's diverse sonic palette across studio and live performances.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

Gilmour's 1955 Les Paul Goldtop, fitted with original P-90 pickups, delivers the thick, gritty midrange essential for iconic solos like Comfortably Numb's outro, providing tonal weight and sustain that Strats cannot match.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Gibson Les Paul Custom

Though less documented than the Goldtop, this model would offer similar thick, sustained tones with enhanced versatility through multiple pickup switching, supporting Gilmour's need for varied textures within complex Pink Floyd arrangements.

Fender Twin Reverb
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Fender Twin Reverb

Gilmour used Twin Reverbs for their exceptional clean headroom and built-in reverb, creating spacious, shimmering textures that complement his delay-heavy effects chain and define Pink Floyd's atmospheric, three-dimensional soundscapes.

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Dunlop Cry Baby Wah

The Cry Baby opens Gilmour's effects chain, allowing expressive vocal-like phrasing on solos, integral to Pink Floyd's emotional delivery and creating dynamic dynamic tonal sweeps that enhance the band's psychedelic and progressive character.

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