It's so cool to know that this song is still one of the gateway songs for guitarists. I learned this when I was 12 back in 1985 but things were a bit different then. Besides the the fact that we wore duct tape for shoes and walked to school uphill, both ways, in a snowstorm, there were no apps and video references were not universally available or in the abundance there are today. We had to painstakingly hit play and rewind on a tape player until we figured it out only after we bought the entire recording with money that our parents said "didn't grow on trees". Many times the tape would get "eaten" by the machine (You haven't truly lived until you hear your favorite album get shredded by a cheap tape mechanism). The tablature of the day was horrible, exclusive and expensive. Kudos to you for making a kick-*ss app and showing people HOW to learn. This is a streamlined, intelligent way for sure. Geez I feel really old now, I'm gonna go eat some Geritol and take a nap... JK, LOL. 🤣 Yes more videos like this!

My vote is for these to be a series! 👏👏👏

This was a lot of fun! Minor addition if you are learning along, for the riff at 04:07 you can slide into the first note (9 on the G string) and then also slide from 7 to 5 on the D string at the end of the riff. Here's a link to the loop for the riff in the video: www.looper.tube/?v=FLTchCiC0T0&s=0&e=58.8&spd=1 Let me know what other riffs you'd like me to try in this format :)

@NexxuSix

Жыл бұрын

2:28 @Rachelf, yeah, you can use the tonality of the note to figure out which “version” of the note is being used, especially if you don’t have a reference video to work with. I have used this method several times as well. But, sometimes its easier to play the “equivalent” note, simply because it might be physically closer or easier to play. Nice video and love the reverse engineering =)

This is one of the earliest riffs I learned. It's good for learning to switch between strings.

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

The string skipping is definitely a good exercise!

I really like your looper app, it helps a ton! Great lesson!

I didn't know you had an amazing website to learn songs!! You're amazing Rachel, keep it up! Cheers.

I used to play this song back in the '80's when I was in a metal band. This was our last song of the set. You pretty much nailed it. There's so many changes in this song it took us weeks to get it right.

Great job Rachel ! Awesome you've gone from just learning your self to helping others learn ! Its great to learn like this by really using your ears. It's really good ear training 🎸

Rachelf: Once again, an amazing video and what a great learning tool you have provided for your many followers. Brava, brava, brava! Cheers.

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁🎸

Your looper app is really good, I used it a lot last October when I was learning the lead parts of don’t fear the reaper; I struggle the most with playing lead so I used that song to try to improve my playing, and your app really helped me. I have a similar feature on my positive grid spark amp’s app but I think I like your app’s UI better, it’s very easy to use. Thanks 🙂👍🎸

Just wanted to come on here and thank you for that looper website. I feel it's something a lot of guitar players wish they knew about earlier (at least I did)!

I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you again for all the help and motivation.

thanks for starting with something easier. sounds great, definitely got to check this one out.

This is great, Rachelf! Please do more of these!

Great job Rachel, and an awesome song choice!!

And that's how it's done. Great insight on learning by ear. Well done!

Great classic metallica song and lots of fun to play I have been playing that song and riff for well over 20 plus years now keep rocking!

More please! You're a great teacher - clear and concise. Thanks for the looper too, so useful for learning new songs

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Hey Rachel! thanks so much for this video! Seeing how you do it gave me a boost of confidence, and I even transcribed half of it on my own and was surprised that it's possible! And your Looper tool is so helpful! thank you for creating it!

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome to hear, thank you for sharing! 😁🎸

Great lesson Rachel!

Thanks Rachelf great riff

Nice Rachel! Your videos are always good. Have a good one!

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Definitely, make it a series! You’re awesome!

I love this concept , and I don't see other KZreadrs doing this so I think you should make it regularly. I have been playing for 7 years now, and always I have been super dependent on tabs and just now I am starting to shift and focus on , learning notes on the neck, + music theory + doing it by ear. 😊

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, yeah I really enjoyed making this video so I'm planning on trying more like this! I tend to learn by a mix of ear/watching video lessons/covers. I definitely need to work more on my music theory/note knowledge more as well :)

nice tool, I will definitely use it

I was learning this song but gave up halfway. Maybe I will start learning it again. Great video!

I love these videos they really help me. I reckon you should try the solo🤘

Love it. Thank you

I'm old, so youtube wasn't a thing when I was learning. I used to learn techniques by going to local shows and watching guitar players fingers, and then try to learn riffs from songs I liked by ear at home and my mistakes became riffs for my own songs. Your videos are fun to watch because you're basically doing it the same way I learned and it reminds me of how fun the process was.

@mariannskears1733

5 ай бұрын

Thank You. Kirk rules.

@mariannskears1733

5 ай бұрын

Definitely subscribing.

Rachel, thanks so much for this looper app; it's a game changer for me! I didn't take up guitar till after age 60 and at 63 my progress is much slower than I'd like. My ear only tells me it's wrong. Slowing and looping is a BIG help!

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that it is helpful! 😁🎸

Nice job Rachelf! You got it down. I like you teaching.

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love this

Really love your videos. You've been such an inspiration to me. Love your smile and positive attitude. Please do more lesson videos.

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it! 😁🎸

@vintagetrk

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar I really dig your content and your guitar journey. You have advanced so quickly. I'm an old guy 55 that cant practice as much but I really love watching you play and I'm so very glad that your starting to produce lesson videos.

@vintagetrk

Жыл бұрын

Do you do any AC/DC songs I would love to learn them from you.

Awesome Job! Somehow I lost your channel in my subs but +1 again! Was listening to some Ghost and said... "Wait, I haven't seen Rachel in a LONG time" Looks like you're coming along nicely. Got a lot of videos to catch up..

liked this video rach! It was great!

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Smiling Honey-Pony is back! How about learning some 311-Riffs next time? "Down", "Come Original" or "Visit" are sick! Hard Rock with Reggea!

Me- struggling with songs I have tabs for from 2019. Rachel- meh, let me listen to a song and learn it today. Lady, you would easily make Jack Butler cry!!

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

😄🎸

Do the Led Zeppelin riff from Black Dog !

Great video 🙂 I had this riff stuck in my head annoying me a while back so i had to learn it, its great and you have to then the rest of the song.. Just checked out you Looper app it looks fantastic and user friendly and i will be definitely be using it a lot in the coming future. Keep up the good work and great video's

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁🎸

@gprguitar9076

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar Dragonforce - "Through The Fire and Flames" is my Riff suggestion for you to do as a video using your app 😎

good job bro~~~~~~~

Could you do the same tutorial for Accept's Balls to the Wall. It has some cool riffs. Loved this video!

Thanks for teaching this epic riff. Have you already checked the Amp 1 iridium from BluGuitar? It sounds amazing. Best regards Clemens

Casting my vote for this being a series. :) "Prayer" by Disturbed, would that be a cool song to learn?

Nice 👍

Does wearing shorts help with learning this song? 😊 Regardless, it's a cool song to learn. Thank you, Rachel! 👍👍👍

Rachel, have you considered live-streaming as well? What do you think? Like Ola Englund's Live-streams, anything, a lot of ideas, track making etc...

Can you learn jump in the fire !!

I'd like to see you try 'Then Comes Dudley' by the Jesus Lizard. It's a bit outside of what you normally play. Duane Denison did a video describing what he does, but it is still hard, because it is very unlike what you would hear a metal player do. Trying to master this song definitely taught me a lot.

Awesome video. Been watching your channel for awhile. I was wondering, did you ever study any music theory while you were learning guitar?

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

I've learned some basic theory, but it's still an area I need to explore much more!

@sublimetrance

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar Ditto...

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you made what ? :D YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOUR WEBSIDE CHANGED MY GAME :D

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that it is helpful! :)

Hey Rachel, I wanted to maybe perhaps give a little feedback about your loopertube site after using it for a while. I've been using it ever since you first mentioned it, but sometimes I use longer videos and it's hard to use the duration slider and be precise down to the second. I was wondering if you'd possibly look into an option that would let us enter a starting/ending timestamp manually..? I thought I'd offer a tiny amount of feedback now that I've had some time to use it frequently. It's been quite useful. 🙏

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! That definitely is an issue right now. I am thinking about ways to improve that experience (like maybe letting you zoom in on the timeline or set times specifically with text). Need to experiment with it a bit more to see what feels best, but will try to improve it somehow!

@microsoftpain

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar Thank you for the reply 😃 It is very much appreciated! I think a text input might be easier at least from a user standpoint, but definitely experiment with it and do what you think is best. I'm not really over the beginner hump when it comes to programming, lol. Nonetheless, I'm gonna keep using it. Thanks so much! 😃 Oh, also, I am not really sure what the higher speeds are for (above 1x), unless someone decides they want to play even faster? I suppose the website can be used for other things unrelated to instruments.. I don't know, I'm just thinking about it all from a guitar mindset.

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

@@microsoftpain Yeah, the issue with the text input option is that it takes up space and can make things feel more cramped if you are using it on a small screen/on a phone. But I need to mess around with it a bit more to decide! The more than 1x speed I mainly just left in because KZread has it, but yeah I could see people potentially using the app for different purposes where speeding it up could be useful. I've also sometimes (rarely) gone above 1x speed when learning a song on guitar to make 1x speed feel easier 😄

@microsoftpain

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar That's understandable! I forget that going above 1x can help trick the brain a bit when it comes to making 1x easier. I should probably do that more. Thanks again. 😃🙏

I watch this and I don't have guitar just I wish I could have a one

Awesome app, Will there be a pitch control on your looper?

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

The looper uses the embedded KZread player's built-in speed control feature which already handles keeping the pitch consistent across different speeds.

@thedirtyknobs

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar hmm when I slowed down it all went low ..

@KevinBeswick

Жыл бұрын

@@thedirtyknobs It might sound lower, but if you watch your tuner it is the same note. If not, try restarting...

@RachelfGuitar

Жыл бұрын

@@thedirtyknobs I think the pitch correction just isn't 100% perfect so it gets a little weird sounding at really slow speeds, but for learning songs I've always been ok with it!

@thedirtyknobs

Жыл бұрын

@@RachelfGuitar I probably went to slow out of the gate😉🤘

Can your website change pitch or song too? For us Floyd Rose mfs

🤔impressive

Why you pretending you can't play it to start with?