What're some other famous licks that sound easy but are actually difficult?

@e5elite

5 жыл бұрын

Cafo - animals as leaders

@playforpassion7111

5 жыл бұрын

Hot for teacher (solely because of the stretch)

@donprater6944

5 жыл бұрын

Music is Win if you would have asked before this video I would have said "Every breath you take" brutal.

@lausymaus9856

5 жыл бұрын

im playing guitar for only about a year ( but all the time and by ear ). one of the first licks i taught myself to play is every breath u take, i play it on the strings E A G wich is not as uncomfortable!!! awsome stuff.

@fulcrumpointftt

5 жыл бұрын

intro to "my curse" from killswitch engaged. The chords themselves are easy but transitioning between them cleanly and the picking pattern is difficult, i have seen videos of Adam sort of botching it live.

Damn, Every Breath You Take gave me anxiety as a teenager. "Hey can you play that song in 2 weeks at your cousin's wedding?" - "Sure, sounds easy enough." Famous last words.

@lukasaoo88

4 жыл бұрын

B20C0 you’d have to be using a finger stretcher for those two weeks

@longjumpingad3721

4 жыл бұрын

were you able to end up doing it?

@eczenarosa4396

4 жыл бұрын

Who play's that song in a wedding?

@nickspirit2023

4 жыл бұрын

@@longjumpingad3721 still not

@ilikechicken8403

4 жыл бұрын

You should have cheated using a capo it's a very easy song that way.

I never thought "Snow (Hey Oh)" sounded easy.

@leonskum.5682

4 жыл бұрын

I agree that it sounds hard to pick but I didn't realise how hard the chords were aswell!

@somelifelessdude4491

4 жыл бұрын

It scares me whenever i see someone play it

@derekeleeson7194

4 жыл бұрын

When i first learned to play i i thought it was easy. I learned fast that i made a mistake...

@sorrenblitz805

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't have as much problem with the chords but when I saw the tablature for the snow hey oh main riff I was like this guy wants my hand to die.

@boseifrit5480

4 жыл бұрын

If u use a capo on 4th fret, it becomes easier. The picking pattern us still hard tho

Here’s the best one ever....literally ever. Play TNT by AC/DC and sing the “oy” at the same time. It’s an old Paul Gilbert exercise I do with my students sometimes. It’s a serious, serious mind melt the first few times you try it. But it sounds SO easy...

@JockbroGaming

4 жыл бұрын

bro that’s so true not enough people talk about that😂

@zubrhero5270

4 жыл бұрын

hardest. thing. ever. no. joke.

@dbuck01

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Tried it. Brutal. The problem is I can't really torture my students with this until I can do it myself...

@manifestgtr

4 жыл бұрын

PhabTribute Haha yeah man....and convincingly. There’s nothing worse than playing something half baked in front of students

@owenf2835

4 жыл бұрын

@Bird-Mans Music ... i hate whenever something isnt right about a culture it always means AMERICANS they might be but stop fucking assuming makes you seem so petty

Hardest thing to play: stairway to heaven in any guitar store.

@MishaDark

3 жыл бұрын

^

@mykilpee

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanlibertyreal honestly, I don't know stairway to heaven... I know the entertainer, and sandstorm on the guitar... But not stairway, and don't want to (because I'll want to play it at the store.)

@Swordonator

3 жыл бұрын

Kill the employees and youre golden

@BennyBeatz214

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@timbock3169

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanlibertyreal I don’t think you got the joke

every stretch you take, every ligament you break

@Cain_Abyss

5 жыл бұрын

MilesPerGaming Hahaha 😂

@benguitardrums9569

5 жыл бұрын

Stevie T😂

@wansyah93

5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha nice one

@redditshorts4151

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@otavio048

5 жыл бұрын

Stevie t

How do get a guitar player to stop playing? Give him sheet music.

@james6234

5 жыл бұрын

Haha. Exactly

@Chair400

5 жыл бұрын

Steven Anderson sheet music is for nerds

@noobplaysleague7552

5 жыл бұрын

How do you try to get likes? Use and overused joke.

@s1esteve

5 жыл бұрын

OH WE GOTTA TOUGH GUY HERE

@insomniostudios4359

5 жыл бұрын

@@Chair400 Most of the time is necessary if you want to play a song/piece in a very accurate way. Tabs doesn't really do a good job on setting note duration and "advanced" techniques used in the music

I may be stepping over my bounds here as a guitarist, but the intro bass line to 'I Was Made For Loving You' by KISS is quite challenging to play.

@jazzram_

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@emmysgaminghub7978

2 жыл бұрын

Try Muse's Hysteria Bassline at 100BPM (The original is 85-ish)

@bearflores4433

2 жыл бұрын

Emmy's Gaming Hub learning that right now. True agony

@TannerBartko

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you play that turkey to begin with?

@schizophreniathesociopath400

2 жыл бұрын

With a pick, yes. Fingerstyle, it’s fine I hope I didn’t just miss an obvious joke

this man sold his soul to fender play

@jds2056

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Brown really?

@livewire5208

3 жыл бұрын

Fender play is youtube but only guitar videos and you have to pay for it. Just use KZread!

@cattamalon

3 жыл бұрын

nah he sold his soul to PRS

@johndorcic4488

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he should be living in Mom's basement, trolling youtube videos and moaning to his friends about musical purity as they sit huffing glue in a 92 corolla with no 2 doors the same color. THAT"S where it's at.

@andrewbrown1936

3 жыл бұрын

@@johndorcic4488 haha 😂 that actually made me laugh out loud

Wtf where's smoke on The water?

@prophet8087

5 жыл бұрын

Antek K factssss

@asherb4032

5 жыл бұрын

Antek K you saying smoke on the water is hard?

@momsspaghetti7874

5 жыл бұрын

@@asherb4032 it's a fucking joke you normie

@TimTrOn3000

5 жыл бұрын

@@momsspaghetti7874 you're a fucking joke, because your comedy sucks really bad. Hope you play better than that at least

@TimTrOn3000

5 жыл бұрын

@@momsspaghetti7874 "I retell other people's bad jokes because I'm too stupid to realize I'm lame, and derivative."

“so stay tuned.” *PUN INTENDED*

Here's a really REALLY cheap trick for Every breath you take: Use a capo on the 2nd fret It's really cheap but it works.

@strowbowse

3 жыл бұрын

It's not cheating. It's smart ...

@sib1272

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Linus

@rizvanxd8724

3 жыл бұрын

@@strowbowse c’mon basically every indie band lmao

@hatchlingone

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to capo cheating

@joshhuffman6826

3 жыл бұрын

I do the exact same thing because I have small hands😂😂

The Snow riff is what made me want to play guitar 6 years ago. Still cant play it consistently.

@maksimkirandziski9660

2 жыл бұрын

damn, you must suck ass at guitar

@user-qz5jj3nv3r

2 жыл бұрын

@@maksimkirandziski9660 Broo💀💀💀💀💀

@fourstarshit

Ай бұрын

based joeyy fan

John Frusciante is a masochist to come up with that for a ballad. He could have played quavers in an arpeggio. Maybe that's why he's a legend.

@leetledrummerboy

4 жыл бұрын

@Jugizet the vox rhythm is right on top of the guitar. this song is deceptively easy to sing and play at the same time

@WiseFoolTrades

4 жыл бұрын

leetledrummerboy agreed it really is, once you’ve got the guitar part down, you could sing the lead vocals whilst playing the lick if you really wanted to.

I timestamped the riffs for people who just want to get to the effin point: 1:09 - Snow - RHCP 5:05 - Every Breath You Take - The Police 7:55 - Back in Black - AC/DC (bridge riff) 10:12 - For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica The hardest thing for a guitar player to play is playing "nothing" and he says it at 12:29. He was trolling.

@JT_1

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm, is it just me or does for whom the bell tolls sound a little bit like Tom Sawyer?

@gblopes000

5 жыл бұрын

Real MVP Right here y'all

@frippyyy1021

5 жыл бұрын

I bet you're fun at parties

@PatricHerrera

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was getting tired of hearing this dude suck himself off.

@baartbman2390

5 жыл бұрын

@@PatricHerrera Haha, I think you speak for many of us! :D

Snow has really forced me to decide if I want to be a guitarist or not

@juanpablogaleano5559

2 жыл бұрын

Snow made the decision easier for me: I mastered it in a couple weeks

@Thisisnttravis

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of it gets demystified over time but it can look daunting. I found strengthening my pinky and ring finger was a big step to holding those kind of positions and doing triads. Do pull offs and hammerons with just the pinky and ring finger, or get the finger exerciser on Amazon

@DavidSantibanez111

2 жыл бұрын

@@juanpablogaleano5559 probably sounds like booty

Legendary licks that make her eyes roll bac- sorry, my bad, wrong site

@Os0911

4 жыл бұрын

Kono Dio da

@adithyaanil2823

3 жыл бұрын

at 9:47 he does a good imitation!

@kentvincentllano

3 жыл бұрын

Give us the site or you wont get the like

@vr-virtualreality8875

3 жыл бұрын

@@kentvincentllano He is obviously talking about p sites.

@fourstarshit

Ай бұрын

@@vr-virtualreality8875pick? ive lost all my others please let me know the site

With "Every Breath You Take", it's all muted so you can individually fret each note without having to maintain the chord. You can play it like a scale.

@ozekistyle

5 жыл бұрын

That's how Andy Summers plays it live

@blockhead-gm5ry

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that I have freakishly long fingers that I can play this with ease, in fact I can play from the 1st fret on the low e to the 7th fret on the a sting.

@Myhabbonameisjer6000

5 жыл бұрын

@@blockhead-gm5ry what the fuck

@blockhead-gm5ry

5 жыл бұрын

Minor Second 😂😂😂

@jaylinsa

5 жыл бұрын

You mean, like an arpeggio...

Great video. I'd really like to see you do one about Legendary Licks that you think are hard, but really they are hard, but you think they're easy, and really they are easy for that guy who used to live down the street from your apartment when you were going through that ugly break-up with that crazy girl who stole your tv and then called the cops and then the cops took your side but turns out you had an outstanding warrant from 2 counties over from that one time your ex-best friend took too many xanax and punched a glass window out and since you were drunk you got charged with disorderly conduct but you never showed up for court because you couldn't take off work and really you didn't have any money to pay the fines anyway. I know that video has been done to death on KZread already, but I'd be interested to hear your take on that classic concept.

@annaholland1777

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@willbezerra7416

5 жыл бұрын

We gotta get him to actually do this one lmao

@zapantalambda

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaa

@7James77

4 жыл бұрын

Someone's speaking from life experience

@ICDedPeplArisen

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh, who hurt yo... Oh, wait. I know...

1:05 Snow (Hey Oh) 4:50 Every Breath You Take 7:26 Back in Black 10:05 For Whom The Bell Tolls

I’m sure someone else has mentioned this, but Andy plays “Every Breath You Take” in a very easy way. You just don’t barre and hold down all the notes in the chords...simply fret the low notes on the 6th string with your index finger, then move the index fingertip from the 6th string to the 3rd string to complete the arpeggio and then back down to the 6th string to start the cycle again. It has puzzled players for years, but Andy revealed this simple trick long ago...the same trick applies to “Message In A Bottle”...

@jaguarcarrera

3 жыл бұрын

Not so secret though... It's clearly visible in the official video. Andy looks in the camera when he plays it.

@AllenGarberGuitarFun

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaguarcarrera Exactly, yet time and again for decades, the overwhelming majority of people fail to play it correctly. There are umpteen live examples as well, including the Synchronicity concert video and the reunion tour, but nearly everyone still fails to play it right.

@GertvanderDoes

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say that. Andy moves the index finger for the arpeggios. But the Fm9 still kills my hands because it's still a 4 fret stretch at the long end of the board and all of them are still hard to play cleanly. So to say he plays it in a " very easy way"... Not really.

@AllenGarberGuitarFun

2 жыл бұрын

@@GertvanderDoes It’s easy for me I should say. I’ve never had a problem playing it as Andy plays it. For me, it is a very comfortable and easy way to play it.

@bach5150

2 жыл бұрын

here's the thing though...YES..we see him move his fingers around in the vids and live performances... and there is no doubt that he plays it that way to save hand strength...BUT...... when you listen to the original recording, you can clearly hear that the lower notes have RING on them indicating that they are being held throughout the chord. i suspect he recorded it with the full chords and made the decision AFTERWARDS to try to economize the way he would play it for live performance. so both ways are COMPLETELY in play here...

No idea how anyone could think any RHCP song is easy. John Frusciante is a goddamn maniac.

@Kapodastr18

5 жыл бұрын

Californication?

@skeletor8169

5 жыл бұрын

Klio Life Don’t forget “Desecration Smile”

@eshaman3334

5 жыл бұрын

maniac..

@luispaez5728

5 жыл бұрын

Cool response and everything, but notwithstanding how good Frusciante is, he himself woould call himself a minimalist in many of his approaches, and, sorry to tell you, that means it ain't that hard to play.

@sephiroth666zack

5 жыл бұрын

some are , but you are right, he is a goddamn legend.

Funnily enough, the "play nothing" thing is also a huge part of AC/DC. Lots of guys just want to fill in the empty spaces with random blues licking but the songs really call to back off now and again.

@MrJohnlennon007

5 жыл бұрын

420weedwizard69 Let There Be Rock is a perfect example

@austinsadler1403

5 жыл бұрын

The thing that separates AC/DC from all the hacks who think they can play AC/DC because it’s just three chords is that phrasing and sense of space.

I just discovered this channel a few days ago and I’ve been watching a lot of them. Not only very entertaining with some great humour, but this guy is an amazing musician that’s for sure. Congratulations on all of your success,Tyler

"To play nothing is the most difficult thing to play on the guitar" True words.

*Oh man now I have to try*

@EddieB-ready

5 жыл бұрын

He's officially an anime character

I gotta say I have very small hands and I never found the chords used in Every breath to be difficult. And I'm talking so small that some girls I know have longer fingers than me. But I make up for it by having a tiny penis as well.

@THX-vp9fz

5 жыл бұрын

However, size dusnt matter, its whatya doin withit ;)

@zanechaos

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaahhaahshshahahshshaha

@swapode

5 жыл бұрын

@Fernando Cunha You know what they say about chicks with big hands...

@twiv1312

5 жыл бұрын

yo wtf ur literally me lol

@topnug7626

5 жыл бұрын

@@swapode Big feet

"So, just get the rythm down!" * Reggae version of Snow (Hey Oh) kicks in *

Lmao my guitar instructor made me learn message in a bottle on acoustic so basically I am an octopus now

@ryanboshell6124

4 жыл бұрын

Goat that’ll get ya

@nehemiahzo_

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@harleck9119

4 жыл бұрын

I learned that riff on an accoustic first and that's when I discovered my long-stretching ability

@randomguy263

4 жыл бұрын

I feel you, I've been trying to learn Every Breath You Take on classical guitar

@nehemiahzo_

4 жыл бұрын

Random Guy oof

Through the fire and flames looks easy when you play it on hard difficulty.

@josh5041

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@thaedleinad

5 жыл бұрын

Damn nigga, you are everywhere

@themetalmemeboi5429

5 жыл бұрын

Anus Repair Man ur everywhere man

@Bafooba

5 жыл бұрын

through the fire and flames looks easier when you play the smash hits version.

@FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not saying it's easy, but it is not nearly as hard as guitar hero makes it seem.

The hardest lick for any guitarist is sight reading.

@vegaslowblower8781

5 жыл бұрын

Sight reading becomes useless when you can pick up the song by ear

@blockhead-gm5ry

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly thou, you right. 100 percent

@didds8869

5 жыл бұрын

got any tabs for that lick?

@BrianBadBass

5 жыл бұрын

@@didds8869 that would be cheating...

@nathannguyen4440

5 жыл бұрын

Or reading sheet music

You're actually playing the bridge section just like Angus Young, good man

“Stay Tuned” definitely a pun that I never heard of before about a million times already

@goobersquad6008

4 жыл бұрын

Ser Dawg what’s the profile pic? I always see people with it, but what is it, what does it mean? Whoever answers my question will get a gram of cocaine shipped in the mail for free

@DannyBoi2112

4 жыл бұрын

@@goobersquad6008 The Real Background KZreadr MaximilianMus started the trend when uploading a video to KZread meme-ing how to be successful in life and in all your ventures.

@DannyBoi2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@Happylink75 well??

@DannyBoi2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@Happylink75 my free gram of course😂

Snow is the horror for a debutant who thinks that's its simple

@th3gr81

5 жыл бұрын

paul khederchah I play the bass line, it’s super easy.

@sombal1999

5 жыл бұрын

its also really exhausting

@maxonmendel5757

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds super easy cause it’s in the key of Am which is good for beginner guitarists and it sounds like just arpeggiated power chords with added 7s on top of the chord Guess it’s not in Am. I was wrong. But it is a pretty simple four chord progression

@westinmcclister1507

5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who heard it and thought it would be brutal?

@ionianblue31

5 жыл бұрын

Westin Mcclister No. When I heard it for the first time, I thought it was going to be tricky too. And oh it was! I STILL have a hard time with it. I think part of what makes it a challenge is, in addition to alternate picking it, which is how John Frusciante played it, it's the hammer-ons and pull-offs. I tend to think of it as quarter note triplets superimposed over 16ths. Challenging still is how to get the right feel and keep it from sounding like straight arpeggios.

I find Mr. brightside to be incredibly tough. The picking takes some time, but its these super unusual chord positions that go from cramped hand to over stretch that I personally really struggle with. My drummer has been asking for it for years....

@reevesyboy5581

5 жыл бұрын

The JMR Experience I know!! It’s harder than every breath you take for me

@psychedpanda3333

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

@telebruel

5 жыл бұрын

had to do this in a band I was in and I found the same was such a hard chord hand set was sooo hard - I had said the same comment before reading down so glad I wasn’t alone

@Bigheadgamer-df3uo

5 жыл бұрын

The intro or the whole song?

@beeeennnnnnn

4 жыл бұрын

Wow I never even really thought about it but just thinking about it, it does sound tough

When I first kinda got into guitar a long time ago, I remember thinking snow sounded hard, but figured it wouldn't be too bad cause I played a lot of metal. Woo boy was I wrong lmfao

Honorable mention, Shape of my Heart by Sting. The chords position and progression are hard 😆

Oi look at that. Someone played something besides the Solo and intro of Back In Black.

@maddenstutts2953

5 жыл бұрын

Chris Fusina that part of the song is the best part

@2k13Ghost

5 жыл бұрын

I got attached to that particular part because of Muse doing it after they perform Hysteria, and eventually performing it with Brian Johnson. Bridge still cooler than Back in Black's solo and main riff imo

@cofiddle

5 жыл бұрын

_proceeds to play back in black intro_ 9:20

@dismountman3932

5 жыл бұрын

@@2k13Ghost MUUUUSE but yeah, the performance with Brian Johnson is glorious

4:24 now play it while you're singing .. God, i sweer frusciante is son kind of cyborg !

@leetledrummerboy

4 жыл бұрын

u could seriously probably do it bro the rhythms are right on top of each other. The fucked up songs to sing and play are things like the tragically hip where the vocal rhythm has nothing to do with the guitar work

@thegangbrothers1700

3 жыл бұрын

Singing isnt hard if you get the rhyrhm

I’ve only been playing guitar for about a year and I learned every breath you take cuz I thought it was a cool song. so to hear you say it’s a challenge made my day haha

I feel kinda proud after seeing this. I taught myself that Metallica riff with tabs when I was much younger. Not saying I'm any good, because I can't play at all, but I did manage that riff which is kind of cool looking back. Sweet vid!

Brilliant video concept. Also that strat is 😍

@renthlei6282

3 жыл бұрын

Omg i am a huge fan of yours🤩🤩

@anishkarnik

2 жыл бұрын

Aayooo huge fan Sir

Next up - licks that sound hard..and are! First nomination: Spirit of Radio - Rush

@floki1715

5 жыл бұрын

Jm - neon !

@YepMarko

5 жыл бұрын

Nice idea, Yes-Clap mine suggestion.

@rzultypies

5 жыл бұрын

@Shrill Bear the first tapping part ain't difficult, but later.. oh god

@Marie-qv6on

5 жыл бұрын

Zomby Woof - Frank Zappa

@TundraCH

5 жыл бұрын

Intervals - Fable main riff

When you said at the end "this is the hardest thing that guitarist deal with" and the yousician play along ad came along... I almost died of laughter hahahaha

The minor add9 chord is my favorite chord, without a doubt, it sounds so hauntingly beautiful.

Good idea for a video man. Pretty sure Andy played Every Breath without barring though. It’s all palm muted so when I do it, I fret every note individually. Makes it easier

@robin_holden

5 жыл бұрын

From the live footage I've seen, it seems like he keeps the same hand position around the different chords, but uses the first finger to alternate fretting the bass note and the major / minor third.

5:23 Me every day.

5:24 is the moment where he realises he needs a thumbnail.

5:57 he’s pointing the middle finger

I remember being a beginner looking up the tab to snow (hey oh) and I was like wtf is going on here

@danwhitehurst9592

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too. Totally put it in the “well, I’ll never play this riff” catagory. Came upon the tab 7 years after starting and it’s now in the maybe I’ll play it catagory.

The intro to "This Charming Man" sounds pretty cheap and easy but is surprisingly difficult to count and leads into a really busy verse line. It's great.

@L34VITT

8 ай бұрын

Johnny Marr has a lot of really good licks that are harder than they seem for sure

Every breath you take brings back memories. I remember that chord. Jez what a stretch to get it clean. I wasn't the best guitar player but I eventually got it and like anything else you put the effort into it became second nature. Gave up guitar completely in my mid twenties and never really touch one again for a quarter of a century but two weeks ago I suddenly had a notion for playing again so I bought a cheep little Tanglewood acoustic, my fingers are in a hell of a state lol. It's amazing what pops into your head again after all these years but I tried that chord again and was no where near it lol.

"This is the hardest thing to play" * ad starts immediately after* hahaha that was great timing

The Lil Wayne-Solo sounds easy... but its not, Only Lil Wayne can pull that one off ;)

@epicmonkey3347

5 жыл бұрын

can't*

@davidtilling2614

5 жыл бұрын

Yuporn Fukadong Hes like.. Above us, like a god or something.

@634983

5 жыл бұрын

The notes are easy. But getting that of timing feeling makes it really hard, 😂

@riccardosantoro1346

5 жыл бұрын

It's so hard to get his time, and even his way to play. Is too easy but because is easy it becames hard...

@jibraeeldanish5121

5 жыл бұрын

Well there is some major syncopation and hammer ons that are very complex so........Yeah

Every breath you take is the og for this video. We all thought it’d be easy before we learned the chords

I remember trying to learn Snow (Hey Oh) back in highschool, thinking it sounded cool and not to hard, I had just learned how to play too. It drove me absolutely nuts.

You actually made Snow look easier than it sounds. How?

@tms1305

5 жыл бұрын

Thats what years of practice looks like dude

@uncomfortableshirt3870

5 жыл бұрын

That riff has never sounded difficult.. because it's not.

@bobwilkinsonguitar6142

5 жыл бұрын

It took me 3 years to get this up to tempo

@aj1533

5 жыл бұрын

@@uncomfortableshirt3870 it isn't easy at all

@uncomfortableshirt3870

5 жыл бұрын

@@aj1533 If you're a regular guitar player, and learning "snow" is hard for you... you need to practice a lot more

When you played snow I thought you played the studio recording

@topnug7626

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah even the subtle palm mutes are there.

@anthonyschultz296

5 жыл бұрын

fr tho lmao it sounded amazing

@Punttipate62

5 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyschultz296 for real tho laughing my ass off it sounded amazing?

@j_freed

5 жыл бұрын

It's a cool tune. I do like Castles Made Of Sand better. That one is hard to nail!

DUDE! My parent's went on a cruise for a week when I was in high school and somewhat new to learning guitar. My buddy brought his half stack over and we jammed the whole week and learned back in black (with my keyboard as drums) and For Whom The Bell Tolls. I was tasked with that riff and it's just weird but I got it after a couple days!

Licks that sound easy but are hard: back in black was a difficult one. Licks that sound hard but are easy: ERUPTION.

@mulfss

3 жыл бұрын

The only easy part of eruption is the tapping even tho most people do it wrong anyways

@lucascruze416

3 жыл бұрын

huh eruption is easy ? bruh

@andymandy8862

2 жыл бұрын

In what universe is eruption easy bro?

I always notice that there seems to be this prevalent fallacy when people discuss Rush: Alex just plays basic guitar and Geddy is the one playing all the hard riffs. Try out some of those arpeggiated chords Alex plays; they aren't easy to memorize. The guy is a low-key genius.

@MongerOfStrings8222

2 жыл бұрын

I never thought of Alex's playing as basic

Every breathe you take - If you watch the original video, through the main riff, you can see Andy summers move his main finger between two positions as he plays, INSTEAD of barring the chord. Really interesting, check it out.

Thanx man, I finally got to figure out Snow :) I think keeping the rythm in this part is somewhat challenging also, practicing it with a metronome helped.

Watched this video 3 years ago, and am finally coming back to it able to play every riff showcased. :D

Snow sounds so sick the way you play it, good stuff dude

Snow is such a beautiful song. Definitely wanna learn it once I get some more experience under my belt.

The algorithm is really putting i. Work for you, your videos have been at the top of my recommended a couple weeks now

this man relaxes me. thank you.

The Metallica riff is actually a version of Tony Iommi at the end of Fairies Wear Boots. I loved that riff the second I heard it in '70. The guys in Metallica must have also.

@boohiss

5 жыл бұрын

Totally right. I never put that together even though those are two songs I've loved since I was about 12 or 13.

@metal4lifewp

5 жыл бұрын

Yes they loved the fuck out of Sabbath

@brianelkins8604

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I noticed that to way back when I learned them. But I learned them both in 7th grade and never found either one hard.

@The_blindpizzaguy1300

5 жыл бұрын

Elix Tido and what’s funny in Black Sabbath version of it is even faster and it’s in the key of G.

@brianelkins8604

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Williamson's blind adventures Gm, but yeah it is a lil faster but I always thought was easier.

3:44 no kidding my left pinky started to hurt when you said "the pinky holding the heaviest string

I guess the hardest thing to do for a guitar player is reading sheet music

So cool having the car “Kit” from knight rider behind you When you’re playing guitar. 💪

I was hoping I wasn't the only person who thought that For Whom the Bell Tolls riff is difficult even though it sounds easy. It's the first riff I thought of when I saw this title, and I'm glad you included it. I still mess it up to this day. The length of how long Kirk does it doesn't help.

Although I'm a bassist, not a guitar player, I would say the song that drove me insane was Get Lucky by Daft Punk. I agreed to perform it with one of my friend's bands for a show they were doing. I'd only been playing bass for less than a year, but I thought it was an easy riff and that I could learn it in a few days. Oh boy was a wrong. Part of the difficulty was the fact that I also was supposed to sing it because the singer of the band said that he just couldn't hit the high notes, but it was so difficult to focus on playing this bassline I barely knew and singing the song. The funny thing was, the show was cancelled last minute due to bad weather conditions, so after hours of me stressing out and trying to learn the part, I didn't even get to play it.

@psm914

5 жыл бұрын

damn!

@donmanuel8917

5 жыл бұрын

Post a video cover of it while singing man!

@stevstrums23

5 жыл бұрын

post a cover haha

@FrancisVincent967

5 жыл бұрын

got me curious how hard could it be so I searched for a video and dang... + singing? I commend you kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKuHls6RYLOWXbQ.html

@josephbenedictlacerna2945

5 жыл бұрын

Singing while playing bass is hard af mate cuz u using ur pulse.

Entertainingly funny and educational. I watch ur videos. Keep it up!

Great video man love it

Just watching how you played "every breath you take" hurt my fingers

I like the sound of the strat he is using

@Beserker3737

5 жыл бұрын

I have this exact same Strat. I love it!

@milesswigart8727

5 жыл бұрын

@@Beserker3737 is it an American Special? just curious, i love the 70s head stock?

@ohmyprettygirl

5 жыл бұрын

agreed. I couldnt help but get distracted by the thought that I absolutely love the sound of that first guitar he was playing

@mylesthebot8924

5 жыл бұрын

Yea me too I’m not really big on fender either

@behindthen0thing525

5 жыл бұрын

Я like the sound of you shutting the fuck up

I 've been trying to play that Snow (heyoh) song at its supposed speed many years now with no success...

Nice sounding strat, Tyler!

There is a misconception that Andy Summers plays this with a rigid left hand, he doesn't. He moves his index finger to reach the first & last notes making the riff 1% easier than a rigid hand.

Who would ever assume that Snow is easy? Even in high school I was impressed to see one person able to do it at full speed.

I’ve been working on Snow(Hey oh) for over two years now. Just can’t seem to get the endurance to accurately do that for roughly 3 mins straight basically. Frusciante is a wizard Harry

Loved the Steve Vai style voice change at the beginning, that really took me back. Great video throughout though, good content.

Keep up the good work I love ur videos great to watch before school and work.

@bestpasswortinworld

5 жыл бұрын

MRSAVAGE -56 and before playing guitar as well?

The "For whom the bell tolls" lick is actually quite easy if you play it the 'Tallica way :D Start with your pinky fretting the g string at the 12th fret and go from there. No issues with the palm mutes and bared notes on the same frets.

@dylanadams1455

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. I always had trouble with it cos the tab I was learning from did it the way he did in the video. Then I saw footage of Kirk playing it with the lowest note on the g string, and it was much simpler.

@kkarx

5 жыл бұрын

John Sullivan Oh these tab books are full of flaws. Sometimes it feels like a guy who made them never really sat down and tried to play the songs. They usually make stuff much harder sometimes even unplayable for some reason.

@kevanbaconofficial

5 жыл бұрын

@@kkarx Yup, as a bass player I agree: I've seen tabs that go all the way up and down the fretboard, when the song is played by going up the strings without moving your fretting hand at all.

Wow, what a guitar player you are! I have a strange fascination for guitar videos even though I can't play a note....er, a lick. Though, with your videos I keep getting distracted by all those flashing, flickering LED lights on your keyboard. The sequence blows my mind!

This charming man by the smiths. Brutal for a lovely song.

@matthewdavidklein

3 жыл бұрын

Ryan Kelsey A lot of Johnny Marr’s guitar work sounds simple but is deceptively difficult

@daviddockery8962

3 жыл бұрын

Think that’s hard? Try playing the Headmaster Ritual

Did anyone really think Snow was easy? GTFO.

@all_invite_0hm

5 жыл бұрын

Uhhhhh how long have you been playing, cowboy? lol

@cmolty9582

4 жыл бұрын

@@all_invite_0hm even for experienced guitar player it's no seven Nation army.

@savingark1528

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, yeah. If you already have good alternate picking it doesn’t sound very difficult because what’s hard about it is the chords which you don’t really recognize just hearing it.

@someperson9052

4 жыл бұрын

What does gtfo mean?

@NeoN-PeoN

4 жыл бұрын

@@someperson9052 It means Get The Fuck Out.

I can’t believe anyone thumbed this down. Dude, you kill it.

you are one cool guy,. i listened to you all eve. last night a lot of fun tks. Ken...

Each chord change changes which direction you pick, thats what got me. First set starts on a down stroke, second on the up. Break it down real slow and get the feel for making sure you alternate pick every picked note, you play with the most efficient path, and you can go faster.

@ericfreack

Жыл бұрын

Assuming you are talking about snow: you can always start on a down stroke because the hammer on pull off thing is twice as long as the other notes so you start and end that part with a down stroke

The main riff from UFO's "Rock Bottom". The Intro to Mr. Big's "Green Tinted Sixties Mind"

When you see the SG, you know that AC/DC is coming

@bastianjeanneret

5 жыл бұрын

Or the doors 🎸

@adamrees400

5 жыл бұрын

Weirdly as soon as I saw the SG, highway to hell started playing in my head. I wasn't far off 🤘

@metalslugfest

5 жыл бұрын

I guessed back in black as soon as I saw it, but I thought it was gonna be the main riff, not the bridge. Getting the main riff's bend so close to the nut was super difficult as a new player

@TRex266

5 жыл бұрын

All the delay and reverb he put on it wasn't very AC/DC-like though... They usually just crank up their amps and that's it

@leochang3328

5 жыл бұрын

Radiohead :) but thom doesn't do hard licks so

I love Snow its gotta be one of my favorite songs. Cool video! I play bass but my dad plays guitar and he loves these ones

Great video man 👌

every breath you take "this is the nine here" - it's the third, actually. andy summers doesn't play it like this. he doesn't stretch his fingers that much, but rather lifts his index finger.

Having learned most Dave Matthews songs (I was in high school) I've become I immune to my fret hand burning after a few seconds seconds. Cry Freedom and especially Crash into me.

aahhhh the magic of editing. great vid and great playin

Actually if you watch Wendy play her part of Purple Rain, it’s intense on your fingers if you play the Eb portion as x681086 because you’re barring the 8th fret with your second finger and trying to arch your pinky enough to get the 10th fret. Even if you tried to fret the 8th string notes with your second and third fingers, then the pinky, it’s intense. Not only that, she has a funky F shape she only plays once in the song at the beginning THATS a stretch as it’s 135211. It’s mostly because the song was written on piano.