"Lady, you ain't seen SHIT."

That smile shows he's fully aware of his badassery.

@yakamarezlife

3 жыл бұрын

I met roy in the early 80s he still had it

I guess she wasn't ready for that yet. But her grand kids are gonna love it.

@DogDamour

6 жыл бұрын

XDDD

@alexandersgardencare7802

6 жыл бұрын

LOL!!

@gianluca_zed

3 жыл бұрын

Loved this comment!

@boke75

3 жыл бұрын

Women just don't appreciate shredders, I guess.

@glizzygladiator8055

Жыл бұрын

Great-grandkids* this is timeless. Shoooot, my kids will listen to this.

I fail to see how a comparison to Van Halen is silly. He's doing with a uke what Van Halen did decades later with a guitar; same level of virtuosity, same level of re-understanding what can be done with the instrument. Incredible stuff and very entertaining.

Eddie van halen, RIP, brought me here, to see the OG tapping.

This guy is so metal.

@pelumaad331

7 жыл бұрын

This is a real musician....everything metal ISN'T.....

@roywasilco6524

7 жыл бұрын

You do realize most the good metal guys are classically trained right? Like Yngwie Malmsteen is a popular example? Playing many metal versions of famous composers such as Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, etc. When you make such sweeping statements on a genre based on technical proficiency, and odd time signatures, you show yourself to be ignorant putting all metal in the same category as disturbed. And yes, this guy is flipping insane.

@pelumaad331

7 жыл бұрын

Roy.....I used to see Malmsteen hanging out in Guitar Center in Hollywood, FL......All that impressive technique and NO soul......

@Yadooba

7 жыл бұрын

Soul? That was a term I never understood, it was made up for people like Jimmy Hendrix to explain his mistakes and call it "soul." the classically trained for as long as music has been around apparently have "No soul." that is working music down to a science and perfecting it so there are no "bum notes" or imperfections.

@pelumaad331

7 жыл бұрын

"Soul" as you probably know it is a marketing device made necessary when the designation "race" records was no longer PC. ....long before Hendrix. In the big band era...musicians were said to swing..or to not. Basically, it's about that old African feel and spirit. Have you ever listened to any Manding jaliya? Try Toumani Diabate...

This is the best ukulele playing I have ever heard

This is a guy who loves what he does, and it shows, not just through his smile but the fact that he got that good at the ukelele

If anybody tells you, "The Ukulele is a Toy!" Please show them this clip!

@tazmon122

3 жыл бұрын

if anyone tells you "the Ukulele is NOT a toy" show them Amanda Palmer's Ukulele Anthem.

For what it's worth, Roy Smeck was also a top rated guitarist and banjo player. He and a guitarist named Nick Lucas are said to have been the first two guitarists to have endorsement deals and signature models, back in the 30's.

@jimivibes609

7 жыл бұрын

Kohntarkosz by

In case anyone is having trouble following the melody due to unfamiliarity, here is the original piano version of this semi-classic, the "Melody in F", Op. 3, No. 1, by Anton Rubinstein, from 1852. This piece became world-famous over the next 50 years, and by the time of Mr. Smeck's performance was already a much-parodied "warhorse / chestnut" in the classical music repertoire, fair game for all sorts of musical monkeying. Even 20 years before this, in the ragtime era, composer Nat D. Ayer and lyricist A. Seymour Brown ragged this piece in vocal-ragtime (ragtime song) format with their song "That Loving Melody Rubinstein Wrote" (1910), and Charles L. Johnson ragged it in instrumental form with his "Melody Rag" (1911). But anyway, here's Mr. Rubinstein's original score interpreted by Balazs Szokolay at the piano in a lovely version: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGaJrLqnYMm0mZc.html

Roy Smeck and Eddie Van Halen had that same trickster smile when they played.

Little did Roy Smeck know that his playing would one day influence a guitar god of the modern age.

Roy was obviously a total speed freak. Smokin' gak and playing the ukulele -what a combo.

Song he's playing is "Melody in F" alias "Ragging Rubinstein's Melody"!

@noone8627

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I Instantly had a spark in my mind : Eddie Van Halen would put tapping on his Electric Guitar 60 years after this...😱😱😊

NOW DO ERUPTION!!

"He's very nice indeed" He is SUPERB, biatch!

One of my all time favorite performers, his uke playing is just part of the story. The man was phenomenal! Thanks for posting it!

I would say... best top 50 uke players ever seen! And at #1 ROY SMECK!!

Roy Smeck was tapping in the 1930's and Black Night Club dancers were Moon Walking in the 1930's so don't let any modern entertainers say they invented those things. You know who you are Eddie and Michael !

@AdamSpade

3 жыл бұрын

Oh you can see tons of tap influence in MJ's moves, but Michael sure made that moonwalk look good, and he brought it to a new generation that wasn't exposed to all of that tap. What an entertainer.

Great math rock moments of history

This is simply 'SUPERB' 👏👏👏

Absolute master and genuis. Period. Ripping and showmanship on a ukulele (I think!)

Steve Vai brought me here.

@frostinfy169

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that he was tapping that early on and in an Ukulele it's astonishing...

EVERYONE if ur reading this comment, im watching this video at year 2023, its now 2023 i repeat its 2023, and im still listening to this master piecce, i love "Leroy Smeck"

Thanks you tube, first time seeing Roy Smeck.

Great for beginners ;)

"That's very nice indeed but, can he play Wonderwall?"

@INDYOSKARS

4 жыл бұрын

Well I saw someone playing "Blue Jay Way" on the Uke one time

@LinkMcStink

3 жыл бұрын

He could probably play it with his feet. Shoes on.

@jaimeperezmoreno6561

3 жыл бұрын

that´s good but can he play ramones solo i wanna be sedated?

@rhubarbdude3347

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaimeperezmoreno6561 probably not

@avns4910

2 жыл бұрын

Nah man it is too hard for him

That was wicked! I thought it was gonna light up on fire!

That's very nice indeed.

welcome SLAPPERS!

Kids back then: This is so cool! Kids in 2019: This is fake.

Epic time traveling at 2:10, as you can see, there's an LCD flatscreen in the back.

I laughed so hard when I found out why you said it's a Van Halen training vid :') It's like Eruption, but then the Ukelele version or something xD

@rifqioktario5546

3 жыл бұрын

Hii how are you

@DarkAngelEU

3 жыл бұрын

@@rifqioktario5546 I'm doing well, and you? :)

@ImJeff-pd3hd

3 жыл бұрын

Damn bro from your comment 11 years ago!

@axlrosegod.6623

2 жыл бұрын

Épic

Wonderful! What a wizard........thanks for posting!

He was the best!!!♥

Wow, to be that good. Practice practice practice people!!! :)

BRILLIANT !!!!!

Watched this in class today. Jeez if they find this comment during class, I’m gonna die of embarrassment.

I'm so glad I found this

superb musicianship and showmanship. great video.

God damn this is entrancing to watch, the way he plays those strings is like nothing I've ever seen before

@daveemenheiser7690

3 жыл бұрын

And the chord progression is so so sick

Jazz guitarist Roy Smeck was seen in the 1926 short film His Pastimes, was an early popularizer of tapping. EVH popularized it for sure BIG TIME but I wouldn't go as far to claim that he invented this technique per se.

I think he practised a lot. Thanks for posting this.

Hammer on, Smeck!

1:45 if you like that part, click that a million times

@sivvansharma3023

3 жыл бұрын

Saw your channel. If you play that one part that would be the coolest thing ever. I’d sub if you did that!

@RyanMartinezUkulelelessons

2 жыл бұрын

@@sivvansharma3023 asking me to set my hands on fire huh?

I play ELECTRIC UKELELE,...I put in a transducer and run it through an old Boss OD1 I altered with lower input impedance, and a Boss DD3 delay, then usually through a Danelecto amp with the 'Dirty-Sweet' on 11...I have jammed out this year with the MH Blues band with this rig! You should hear my I wanna be Yer Dawg wit dis thang!!!!!!

I love this guy in Little Britain...

At 2:01 it looks like Pete Townshend learned a little something as well !

Confirms my suspicion that there was always something very vaudeville about Metal bands and guitar players.😊

A natural talent!

oh my goodness...amazing!!!

Who's here bc of Steve 👇

1920's punk rock!!

That is made of awesome.

i live roy smack. :P

Jeez that lady is a tough critic!

amazing!

Oh My God. Part of me wants to give up the uke, part wants to try harder. What a genius.

@janetschwartz1790

2 жыл бұрын

Don't give it up. I've managed to learn how to read tabs and have managed to get some of his music off the internet and I've actually found it not too difficult. Magic ukulele waltz is lovely to play. Obviously can't play it like the wizard but it still sounds ok. You only get out of music what you put in and that's practice. It's easy to get disheartened when you see others play to perfection but persevere and keep enjoying playing. Don't be put off as music is a good therapy no matter how well you play.

Wow!!!! I'm speachless...

Eddie van Hallen brought me here

Now we know Eddie wasn't the first string tapper

I do like this

wow that was amazing :O

Oh, yes. Very nice indeed.

Muito fodaaaaaaaa !!!!

Bravo!!!!!!

DAMN I have got to practice more - and more! Wow

I want to see the whole reel, GDMIT!!!!

It's very nice indeed.

Now that's entertainment!!

JE JE JE VERY NICE.....

Reminds me a lot of Roy Clark 1:26 the tapping is notable- ridiculous technique all round :P

@dannainan

2 жыл бұрын

He stole that from Eddie Van Halen 😅

@mortix3039

2 жыл бұрын

@@dannainan No, he didnt. Roy used that before Eddie was born...

@dannainan

2 жыл бұрын

@@mortix3039 Note the smiley face indicating I was joking.

There's a reason why the ladies love a dude with dexterous hands!

he was shredding that shit!

Roy smeck is a hilarious name.

Now play Eruption. DO IT, ROY!

Absolutely amazing! I need learn how to strum like that!

@elvbig2077

4 жыл бұрын

Have you learned :)? I really want to know ahahah

@TravisStine808

4 жыл бұрын

elv Big nope! But I try my best 😂

@elvbig2077

4 жыл бұрын

Travis Stine 😂 i wish you all the luck travis !

@Sam_May

2 жыл бұрын

I learned it, and now it’s the only way I know how to strum

@Sam_May

2 жыл бұрын

I learned it, and now it’s the only way I know how to strum

Eddie van halen vs. this guy FIGHT Eddie still win thought

Epic. nat-f a show stopper!

Didn't know Fred Frith was THAT old... :-P

I'm just here cause Steve.

Just for the record, Floyd is a guitarist, the band he was in 80's, Q5, actually released two albums. And I do believe Floyd used his own invention on his guitars.

Indeed

Amazing ukule player. I have to rehearse more. Does anybody know from which movie this scene is?

If you mean the "tapping" part of the video, due to the tension of the instrument's strings, it's more of a "pizzicato" type effect, actually. It is known that Niccolò Paganini, in addition to being famous for his prowess with the violin, was very skilled at playing the guitar, the mandolin, and other stringed instruments. It is also well known that he used these and other techniques well over 200 years ago, so the whole "Van Halen invented tapping" thing is just hilarious, at best.

'Eruption'... Roy Smeck style

totally kick-ass!!

i wish i was a radio wizard of the screen

Ladies and gentlemen Mr Conway Twitty. Seriously though what amazing talented, I saw a finger and mistook him for Reinhardt for a moment

"Radio Wizard of the Screen" LOL

Did you notice that he is using a baby "soprano" ukulele with only 12 or so frets? His right hand equals Jake Shimabukuro's speed, his tapping is clean as Van Halen, rhythm and meter are perfect & his embellishments and percussion "schtick" are great. He didn't get the effect he wanted however when he rubbed the back of the uke, it was supposed to sound like a fart, ha, ha. I've seen guys do it with their forearm on an acoustic guitar. Dazzling! Johnny Pal, MangoDaville

Run that through a 100 watt Mesa boogie head and an old Marshall 73 4x12 slant speaker cabinet.

This video was really great,but to read these thoughts on it made me real sleepy.Maybe you could keep your thoughts to yourself from know on.Dan

♡

this is tapping!!

@shadowstealer5

5 жыл бұрын

Yes Joe

That was great. Jack Pepper was also a great player. Have you seen any footage on him?

yeaah!

Name of the song: Anton Rubinstein - Melody in F