Hi everyone! A link to the tab examples shown is now also in the description. Thanks again to @Matas Berzinskas for pointing out enharmonic notation to me - I was focused on the tablature half and bumping fret numbers up and down and didn't realize MuseScore put in some very music-theoretically awful accidentals in there.

@matasberzinskas

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

I saw those Thom’s dance movements in Presen Tense. 👀

@zhezhang1124

4 жыл бұрын

ah i'm looking for this comment

@farmerBri

4 жыл бұрын

Same same 😊

@rizvanxd8724

3 жыл бұрын

Please 😭

@jager9022

2 жыл бұрын

@@arebabalouba9931 looks like someone is jealous of the peak male performance

Joe, I'll be deadly honest: I don't understand a single word you said. But you still made it really intriguing, and it was a really interesting watch!

@lunatunakitty

4 жыл бұрын

@lucy I was thinking the exact same thing. Lol I've had an electric guitar for years but I don't know how to play it. 🤷

@KentBuchla

4 жыл бұрын

Eschew cliché, especially when they don’t fit the purpose.

@plummetplum

4 жыл бұрын

It's just intervals and inversions of chords, easy to learn with some research.

@seanmichael2917

2 жыл бұрын

I never do too bud...but if i keep listening stuff clicks randomly while im playing myself....

The different chord inventions you did with Optimistic was a really nice example of how lowering or highering a note by an octave changes the sound of the whole song!

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Totally! Small changes make a big difference!

As a person who's both trying to learn more about music theory and guitar _and_ a Radiohead fan this was a godsend! It's really incredible how many insights I took from a quick 8 minutes video. You're doing an amazing work, for real, thank you.

Im a huge frusciante/Chili's fan, and I never clicked on the influence he had on Thom, but I really do hear it now, you learn something new every day.

me, a guitarist with small hands, watching all of you use your thumb: nice 👁 👄👁

@patricklewis4597

4 жыл бұрын

You can grab notes with your thumb over the neck no matter how small your hand is, it’s all a matter of the position of the wrist.

@Toppu

4 жыл бұрын

@@patricklewis4597 I disagree, if your fingers are relatively short, it becomes a real pain in the ass

@patricklewis4597

4 жыл бұрын

Toppu my fingers are short and fat and I have no issue grabbing chords. Sometimes it can be a pain tho. You can omit notes tho like the 5 in a barre chord if u can’t get it

@ricjenner1120

3 жыл бұрын

For me, it's all about finding the right guitar, the neck shape being the most important

@mattengland653

2 ай бұрын

@@Toppu well Thom Yorke has crazy small hands and short fingers - double trouble - and he’s one of the great rhythm players so it’s not something that you can’t overcome

thank you, how have i not seen or noticed this video in 2 years!!!

The whole Neil Young analogy just put everything into perspective. Amazing the subtlety in playing styles and how that drastically effects the outcome.

This was a great lesson taught by someone who knows and loves this music. Thanks for doing these. You have a way of breaking down things that just makes sense to me and helps me when I’m getting lost in the woods of trying to be Thom or Jonny or Ed. They’re all such unique players and so many lessons can be learned from what each one brings to the table. Thanks again Joe. You’re fantastic.

@michaelsydney6945

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent. 10/10. You’ve got a new subscriber

This is very high quality content. 🔥🔥🔥 As a 1 year guitarist who loves Radiohead trying to find my own style, I beg you to please continue the series. It is immensely helpful. I also second continuing the series with Paul Banks. However, more Johnny and Thom first. 😛

Easy to see why Thom cited Frusciante as the influence for Reckoner. That clean neck pickup tone with the hendrix chords is just ear candy.

I can’t wait for episodes on how to write strings like Jonny, how to play bass like Colin, and how to play acoustic and drums like Phil (a lot his solo stuff is actually solid).

You have awesome tutorials, keep up the good work along with Fluffy Momo!

Additionally, both Thom and Jonny usually play minor chords with 3 notes without octaves. E.g. 5-x-x-5-5-x for A minor. Sometimes without 5th: 5-x-x-5-x-5 as in There There and Go Slowly. Sometimes they add a 6th or 7th on D string, and/or 7th on high E string, and/or constantly change the bass note as in the intro of Paranoid Android.

I play and sing Thom’s parts in a Radiohead cover band. I always have a hard time with the chords in which he uses his thumb, so I try to adapt them as I can. I love his use of melodic parts incorporated in his playing, and how they somehow go against what he’s singing (in Bodysnatchers and House of Cards, for example).

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Gui Porto do what you gotta! It’s all good. And yeah I love that too.

Far away from UK or USA, in Indonesia we are highly appreciated their music, so when you make this video, many people wanna know Thom's secret Thanks!

@relaxedphylax

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I watched your Yorushika Itte cover the other day and here I found you on a Thom Yorke tutorial video lol. I'm Indonesian too, it's nice to find fellow countrymen who likes Radiohead as well.

I've never noticed the Hendrix influence in Thom's playing until now. Great vid. His playing in "Airbag" is great, too.

This is brilliant. All your vids are. You should have at least a million subscribers

Dude your guitar tone is bang on! Great vid :)

Great job! I would love to see some piano tutorials. Thank you brother.

dude is so competent, cool and stylish thank you for this video

Thanks for a great video as usual. One thing I would like to add to Reckoner, is that watching Thom playing it live, he (as he does quite often) doubles the root note using his thumb (plays it twice very quickly) at each chord change. It creates an interesting dynamic/rhythm.

This is such a masterclass, there are many years worth of great technique & theory to study from this short clip.

This is an outstanding explanation on York's most angelical inspiration as it is reckoner.

you should also consider touching on Thom Yorkes acoustic guitar style!

@matthewmartinez5021

3 жыл бұрын

Or also songwriting tips!

What you call the Frusciante I call the Reckoner interval. Love the out-tro to that song. I’m a massive Radiohead & particular a Johnny Greenwood fan, but the whole band are excellent musicians. Nice to see their song writing is appreciated in USA.

I understand enough about music to just barely understand all of what you are saying, but not enough - yet - to put this wisdom to use.

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Benjabola music is a process of experimentation, not calculation, so don’t worry! Just keep exploring, learning and trying whatever sounds good!

Love you so much man. i periodically come back and watch this one to refresh my memory about new rhythm guitar ideas. I really wish we could get one for the rhythm guitar work on the smile album!!! Thanks Joe

Nice work, fella! Glad you are doing well.

Great work man

This is incredibly high quality and thorough. Love this channel

Wow, amazing stuff. I'll suscribe. Thank you and keep posting things like this, please!

Thanks for explaining how he plays. I’ve been a fan since the mid nineties and play rhythm guitar and have never quite got my head around his style. It makes sense that it developed from being in a three guitar band

As always, insane attention to detail! Thank you for your service!

Great video, Joe. Subscribed.

you're the best musical content i've seen of radiohead. keep it going!

Well I'm in love with your craft. Time to hit Rocksmith..

Probably my biggest influence on guitar, when I think about it. I’ve always loved the “less is more” approach to riffs and progressions in music, shredding doesn’t really do anything for me (except when Jonny or someone like Robert Fripp/Geordie Greep does it)

really educational video, thanks joe :)

made my night dude :D thanks so much for this

Black Swan seems like it would be a fun one for you.

I didnt even know I needed this. Thank you, well done. Liked and subscribed.

I need how to produce like Nigel Goodrich. Nice video.

ohhh i was really hoping you'd use True Love Waits as an example the whole song revolves around chords that all have little variations to them and most of them are open chords but it still makes a beautiful and interesting song (i'm talking about the acoustic 90's version of True Love Waits) great video too !

GREAT TUTORIAL!!!! PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING. THEY ARE AMAZINGLY HELPFUL

For the level I’m at this was an eye opener! Love how you played different variations to demonstrate the difference. More Yorke/Radiohead stuff please! - wait I saw you have lots of Radiohead stuff. Nice one.

Superb content from a true musical master. Thanks Joe!

Now we just need an Ed O’Brien tutorial! Your awesome man! Ps I think I ran into you at the EOB show in February Monday night in manhattan

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

andrew lipari thanks! It’s definitely forthcoming! Ah yeah, I remember, good to hear from you! ☺️ Just got my Earth vinyl and gave it a spin.

I might be wrong, but I doubt Thom knows all of the technical side of what he's doing in the way you explain it. I think it's just his natural style/playing/arranging with a good ear. I don't think it's theoretically calculated. He doesn't even know how to read music! I think he just plays what sounds good to him. He always says Jonny is the member with the real deep understanding of music and music theory. Interesting video diving into it none the less !

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

For sure, I think the same and I believe the ear is always the most important thing! I’m far from a theory guru myself, and I believe theory is more descriptive than prescriptive, so I’m mostly curious in analyzing and describing in musical terminology what the artist did that made it impactful to me, rather than suggest they are that calculating up front. Probably should have been a little more clear about that here 😅

@Jasonlimitless

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 I get you totally, it's great to know that something sounds good but it's fascinating to understand 'why' it sounds good !

you play beautifully joe!

love the details you didn't miss. haven't heard such a cover like this before :)

Got the only thing I need right now. My guitar!

This was very interesting to watch and I personally think these kinds of videos would make a great series, seen a few Interpol comments regarding Paul's playing style as well as Ed's from 'On a friday' and would love to see how you approach those too

Thanks Joe for another great video. Much appreciated 🙏

Great video man, love Thom Yorke's solo and band stuff! If I had one suggestion, it would be that there's a hell of a lot of explaining, when all I wanted to see was you actually demonstrating it on the guitar. Starting off with actual guitar playing might hook people a bit sooner on as well, instead of talking. Keep up the great work though, fascinating insights!

Nice work, thanks

@craigwood8862

4 жыл бұрын

So those 10ths are really a shape from the fingerpixking of Paul McCartney's Blackbirds. Thanks for the reminder...

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Craig Wood another great example!

Have watched most of your videos in the past half year but never commented. Great channel :-)

Beautiful guitar man

Nice breakdown! It’s interesting to hear things explained like this because we can all get a little insight into our own playing. At least I did. I play the exact same way, seeing as I like my chords to be more articulated, rather than having that lush, folky sound, which can be nice sometimes, but more often than not I choose very carefully which notes I allow into a chord progression. The kicker is, I didn’t really know it was a thing until watching this video. I just use my ears, which I’m sure is what Thom is doing. It just makes sense. Cheers!

I'd be interested to see how you play "There There" my favorite part is the chorus: A7- Dmaj9/F#-Gmaj7-G6...the tension builds and then the A7. What effects does Thom use? Sounds like a bit of delay and slight overdrive but could simply be a specific pedal. I can almost replicate it with a tube screamer (low drive settings) on a clean tone Marshall 15watt.

the tone is perfect

Step 1: be a musical genius Step 2: profit

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Nick E. You forgot 1b ???

@thalamusDecimation

4 жыл бұрын

What i find the funniest is that the people who say Thom Yorke is a musical genius are generally the people with least knowledge of music theory. Stop imitating what everyone says and start having your own opinions man

@nicke.424

4 жыл бұрын

@@thalamusDecimation I call someone a musical genius when they make fantastic music, which thom does. Thats my opinion, man

@metrosuez7475

3 жыл бұрын

@@thalamusDecimation not only is that a really pretentious thing to say, but you’ve also based that opinion off of absolutely nothing😂

Great lesson!!!

Great video! Noticed the move you did just like Thom before starting to play The Present Tense haha

Excellent job. Well done man.

Cheers for name-dropping Neil Young and Frusciante

this series is spectacular!

Brilliant thankyou very much for making this

It was really interesting! It’s something I never considered but can see myself using. I’ll experiment with this concept.

Well, there's my evening planned. Thanks!

Love this series!!!!

For Climbing Up The Walls, I've seen a bunch of performances where thom plays the root with his thumb, the 5th with his ring, and the 10th/3rd with his first

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Gitai Vinshtok very possible/probable (the Reckoner fingering)! He mixes things up from time to time too.

Really cool as always! It would be great if you do a How to sing like Thom Yorke. Keep it up! Nice work!

This was amazing thank you 🙏

These videos are great! Thank you so much!

Thanks Joe 👍

If you did a podcast Id listen to it.

Awesome video man, I really enjoyed it, thanks for uploading. Would be cool to see a similar video on Yorke's acoustic playing and interesting chord changes such as on songs like Exit Music, Karma Police or Last Flowers to name some. :)

Yeah, that Present Tense got me. Well played, bud.

Sounds like Thom's guitar too. I'd love to get an SG, they just got a certain sound.

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

The Agenda it’s a lovely guitar! I like the thicker neck profile mine has.

I might be wrong, but Thom already played Present Tense at the 2009 latitude festival, before Jonny used the chords for the movie Norwegian Wood.

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

anujbeatles you may be right, the timing is close, maybe the soundtrack came out in 2010 but Jonny had written it before too? Not sure. Either way, both are so cool!

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

David Einhorn I could have sworn I saw a light comin onnnnn

Nicely done,

So well explained! 👍🏻

Black Swan is a great song too.. Good work Joe. Stay safe.

To be honest I play with minimal chords cause barre chords were hard for me early on and ever since then I’ve just played them like that

Can you do JG's part in the numbers. The Thom and Jonny and drum machine??? Please...ive been trying to figure this out

This was great 🙏

How to play like Graham Coxon please 🥺🥺😩

The thumb on the root note is a technique used by Jimi Hendrix, influencing John Frusciante to play in this way that influenced Thom Yorke. It’s not a John technique but a Jimi technique, just an addendum. O polegar na nota raiz é uma técnica usada pelo Jimi Hendrix, influenciando o John Frusciante a tocar desse jeito que influenciou o Thom Yorke. Não é uma técnica do John mas do Jimi, só um adendo.

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Victor Almeida yep, that’s why I mentioned Hendrix-style! John was all about Hendrix, and it shows in his playing for sure

@javiceres

4 жыл бұрын

The Hendrix school :)

Great!!!! Well done

Te ganaste un suscriptor. Saludos desde Argentina!

SUBSCRIBED!!!! this is really cool and interesting!

Saludos desde Ciudad de México!!muy buena clase,..lo pondré en práctica,...👍

@MrJorge212

4 жыл бұрын

Ojalá y toques reckorner completa!

This is so good, it would be interesting on how you’d approach on playing like Matt Bellamy

That Gibson reminds me that happy and dancing Thom from In Rainbows

can you make present tense tuto? there's no present tense tuto (without use of Capotasto) on youtube.thnaks in advance

@winterwonderland7445

4 жыл бұрын

You can use the tab

@Insidia85

4 жыл бұрын

@@winterwonderland7445 the tab cover 1/6 of the song

Let your hair grow for a few months, then you'll look well like Jonny.

Of all his songs, I find The Clock the most difficult to play clean. Would be interested in knowing what song or songs of Yorke /Radiohead you find the most challenging. Jigsaw Falling Into Place was also frustratingly difficult for me.

@JoeEdelmann3

4 жыл бұрын

Jigsaw is definitely a tough one! (especially to play and sing) For me, as only an intermediate pianist, I find any of the ones where I've tried to play and sing pretty tricky (like Subterranean Homesick Alien or playing Jonny's Karma Police part while singing, or Thom Yorke Suspirium with its tempo)

@Samael-Metzger

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 Joe, thank you for taking the time to reply. I am inspired by your talent and look forward to learning more from your KZread contributions. Best of Luck.

@mammothpool

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 And don't forget pyramid song!

Makin me want an SG 👀