What do you think the hardest song to play is? BTW: Make sure to go to www.audible.com/musiciswin or text musiciswin to 500 500 to get your free trial of Audible!

@jacksmith2617

3 жыл бұрын

Hardest songs for me would be technical difficulties (Paul Gilbert), or Rising Force (YJM)

@IliasFytrakis

3 жыл бұрын

No Polyphia? No Symphony-X? No Satriani? No Andy McKee? No LTE? No Archspire?This list needs serious upgrades ..

@Markothunder

3 жыл бұрын

Sultans of Swing

@mattfischer314

3 жыл бұрын

Hardest for me is everything because I'm new at it lol

@salatieljyrustumanan4929

3 жыл бұрын

Would go for Castles Made of Sand. Hendrix must've basically lived in the studio long enough to find a way to make his parts sound perfect in reverse. Oh, and can we have "Habits of Brian May?" or Blackmore?

Hardest song to play: anything once you start recording

@ZackSeifMusic

3 жыл бұрын

YES

@samwarrener8281

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment haha!

@pts5217

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahaha. So true

@ioannisdenton

3 жыл бұрын

Story of my Life

@macordgj

3 жыл бұрын

Facts 😂

Hardest song to play: literally anything after someone asks you to play something

@richardkarakozian3800

3 жыл бұрын

So true, but when you’re playing by yourself you pretend to play for a crowd of people

@jeroentenberg3791

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@blakeS819

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@blacklabelnic

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@comradeelmo1768

3 жыл бұрын

Gish 😳

"Stairway to heaven" is the hardest song ever. Its hard to play guitar while fighting the shop owner.

@jpwaitforit5801

2 жыл бұрын

No stairway, denied😎

@eetfuk3571

2 жыл бұрын

shoot for the double leg and transition into his back then go for a rear naked choke. then play the song while he's sleeping, works for me though.

@GaryScottPhotographer

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha true story

@walter7787

2 жыл бұрын

Weak.

@MaximeDELRIEU

Жыл бұрын

Along with Enter Sandman :D

With Hendrix riffs I think you have to go with something he said himself: "Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel". It's the same with Hendrix's riffs. A lot of them are easy, but to play them well you have to feel them, and Little Wing is no exception.

@tago69mago

2 жыл бұрын

What impresses me most about Hendrix is his composition. Truly inspiring and imaginative at times. Thats where I think his genius lies. The guitar was just his vehicle for expressing those ideas. Imagination cant really be learned i dont think.

@greatbingus

2 жыл бұрын

to play them well you need a fuzzface... facts there are harder songs to play from around that time and before especially with classical Barrios and Terrega like comparing how hard it is to roll a joint vs translate greek and arabic... faster, more technical, using more complex music, from all over stuff like Misirlou(greek, jazz, surf, rock, Dick Dale was also left handed like Hendrix but he left the strings reversed BB King style instead of fixing them around like Hendrix), you had guys like Jose Reyes & Manitas De Plata some of the greatest gypsy guitarists ever they combined all sorts of musical cultures and languages french, spanish, portugese, roma combined multiple styles of flamenco playing and invented abstract rhythms not found in flamenco before so many parts of the world with so many people making all kinds of attempts at greatness, gods envy men for we can truly fail and everything is more beautiful because we're doomed yet some still reach out and shake greatness.

@tago69mago

2 жыл бұрын

@@greatbingus didnt you mean Albert King?

@greatbingus

2 жыл бұрын

@@tago69mago yeah sorry about that Albert King and What I was trying to explain is Dick Dale and King would use lefty guitars strung up like a right, Hendrix would use a right strung up like a lefty like Paul McCartney

@tago69mago

2 жыл бұрын

@@greatbingus no worries. Prefer hendrix univibe sound personally and the backwards guitar sound which was a pain in arse to accomplish in those days

Hardest song is definitely Wonderwall. Everytime I try to play it everyone yells and cheers and it's hard to focus.

@peterbaan9671

2 жыл бұрын

Or Stairway to Heaven in a guitar store

@mik3ymomo

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterbaan9671 yeah it’s hard to play when people are grabbing at your guitar and screaming for you to stop!

@Alrukitaf

2 жыл бұрын

mik3ymomo yeah, I know!

@HarrisonBuck720

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterbaan9671 or smoke on the water

@stevesin3981

2 жыл бұрын

I play that in my sleep

"top 10 rock songs we think are hard because they're popular"

@jonathanrossmusic2509

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@eduardsusai559

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@patrikbodor4996

3 жыл бұрын

True

@itsmeyoufriend9401

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@johnballs0540

3 жыл бұрын

Factual statement

I'm sorry Tyler, but having never heard "This Charming Man" before just feels wrong haha. Definitely a classic. Johnny Marr did a lot for guitar in the 80s and his influence still carries on to this day with the plethora of quirky indie rock bands.

@MrXyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Жыл бұрын

I agree that it is not an especially hard guitar line, but a guy making a music critic video doesn't know one of the most famous Smiths songs, come on, how can I take you seriously.

@onyx747

Жыл бұрын

I'm a rather new guitarist (playing for 3 months) and I'm learning This Charming Man as my first riff GODDAMN IT'S HARD

@onyx747

Жыл бұрын

I love Johnny's playing

@Rokasmic

Жыл бұрын

This charming man has a a lot of subtleties and ghost notes which are particularly hard to nail. Never seen anyone play it exactly like Johnny Marr.

@xxskiwater

Жыл бұрын

@@onyx747 youll get it down. it is a bit tricky but its so rewarding to finally play it.

It both crushes my soul AND makes me as proud as a Father can be that my 14-year-old son can play quite a few of these Little Wing (S.R.V Version), Eruption and The Cliffs of Dover (intro...he's working on the rest!) The kid is a true virtuoso. Loaned him my acoustic a couple years back and told him I'd upgrade him if he stuck with it (He had been playing Bass since around 10 when he asked for one for his B-Day that year and got pretty good!) I've since bought him a new Fender acoustic...a Strat w/tube amp...and gave him refurbished a Sigma acoustic I got for $5 and a 12 String Yamaha I had given to me. He comes to my house every 2 weeks and shows me what he's learned in that time frame. Unfookinbelievable.

@BlakeSpohn

Жыл бұрын

Radical, but all of it though? When i was fourteen i could remember playing the entire tapping part of eruption, but not the beginning, anyway your kid seems to be good, So tell him i said good luck!

@Cobyc5150

Жыл бұрын

Dude I wish I had started learning that young! I just started a week ago with an acoustic guitar from the pawn shop😂 I'm 22

@dlc435

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Hope he keeps going with it!

@stevenweint7893

Жыл бұрын

My 14-year-old son is better than your 14-year-old son.

@smoothduck7151

11 ай бұрын

Be there for your son more than once every two weeks time is the most important thing

“Has to be a difficult song entirely not just the solo” “#1 is a solo without a song”

@lablondejames200

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@WUSCWorldsUltimateShredCollab

3 жыл бұрын

Title says songs, not solos

@johnrin8423

3 жыл бұрын

If only the comment were a joke

@alexcannon9098

3 жыл бұрын

that’s what I thought, it’s like saying O Baterista is the hardest song to play on drums

@assmosis4573

3 жыл бұрын

This is pure ignorance. The solo rolls into You Really Got Me. Fool.

Guy at a party: I know a really hard song to play **puts capo on the second fret**

@tishaanants

3 жыл бұрын

Em7

@simoncoulston7223

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, we’ve all met that bloke. That arsehole gets everywhere. Cheers, Si.

@jamesmoeller9366

3 жыл бұрын

Glen Campbell, Chet Atkins used a capo, Frets are closer together, easier reach for a smaller hand?

@user-gr7ki6iq4k

3 жыл бұрын

WoNdEr wAlL

@jeremyharmon4107

3 жыл бұрын

Here’s the thing. You must do it at this point

I remember 'Hot Kross Buns' and 'Merrily We Roll Along' were two REALLY hard songs back in 1st grade music class.... much harder than all these.... its why all these songs have been covered, but nobody has EVER covered either 'HKB' or MWRA', they are just too hard so nobody wants to take on the 'Hot Kross Buns' challenge and inevitably look stupid.

@85geoffm

Жыл бұрын

Lmaooo my daughter brought a recorder home from school this year and I had to hear those fucking songs everyday, and as you can imagine, not tremendously accurate. 😂 Great comment. I got a good laugh out of it lol.

@themittenkitten_wastakenfromme

Жыл бұрын

Very easy on piano.

@vicarialsteak3771

Жыл бұрын

i had no problem with those two. it was "it's raining it's pouring" that was THE hardest song ever.

@Llama_charmer

2 ай бұрын

@@85geoffm Atleast you dont have to listen to 30 of the buggers playing it all at once but somehow none of them are in sync

I love his guitar, has such a nice clear but deep sound and the design and colour is lovely.

@FriskTheFallen

Жыл бұрын

Agreed I hope to acquire one of these paul reed smith guitars.

'Top 10 rock songs we found on google that we can't play'

@deathbypotato5030

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@dontusethischannelanymore8873

3 жыл бұрын

Loool

@cameronj6161

3 жыл бұрын

👍

@missedtheapexracing3787

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@AJEDDY97

3 жыл бұрын

"Top 10 songs on guitar that *SOUND* hard to play"

“Ive never heard this charming man “ : indie kids preparing to dislike -_-

@kjoc70

3 жыл бұрын

"indie kids" Do you mean "indie middle-agers?"

@LunatiqueRob

3 жыл бұрын

That was me. LOL I grew up in the 80's and The Smiths were huge in the modern rock genre--like often ranked #1 in various lists. Johnny Marr was one of my early guitar influences, along with John Squire of Stone Roses, Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins, Edge of U2, etc.

@oscar_anderson_beats_4399

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao very tru

@iTzAtaXi

3 жыл бұрын

I like Tyler but how can he not know about The Smiths? 😂

@MrJlc93

3 жыл бұрын

I was throwing up when he said that! 😩

I’ll always say Never Going Back Again, at a pace that is so incredibly hard to keep up with, It’s basically playing 2 polyrhythmic guitar parts on one guitar with lots of accents and a beautiful blue grassy/swing feel to it

@brandoncooke6564

Жыл бұрын

YES YES YES! The first time I heard that song I had only been playing for about 2 years and I was like, I am pretty sure if I practice this song a lot I can play it..... NOPE.

@UR_Right24

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was going to write. That Merle Travis picking pattern and syncopated rhythm along with chords that are an uncomfortable stretch and position especially for those with smaller hands. And Lindsey Buckingham sang while he was playing it. That's one of those pat your head while rubbing your belly at the same time kind of songs.

@darrenstopper1806

Жыл бұрын

Listen to (big love live the dance)just Lindsey Buckingham on stage and his guitar.Definitely a phenomenal guitar player

I think the hardest part of playing Master of Puppets is the constant down picking. One of the first songs I learned (in case that sounds impressive, I still suck at guitar, lol). New to the channel, but I love it!

@dlc435

Жыл бұрын

People always focus on shredding as the "hardest" part of guitar playing, but everyone underestimates the endurance you need to play stuff like James Hetfield's Metallica riffs.

@EmpyreanLightASMR

8 ай бұрын

There's footage of James (making of Death Magnetic I *think*???) where he tries downpicking like in the old days and can't do it, and he says something like, "Man, I need to learn how to downpick again" or something. It's funny

Number 1: Smoke on the water by Deep Purple. Tyler: "Now this song takes years ... decades ... centuries to master. Many have tried and more have failed.

@coffeeenjoyer9099

3 жыл бұрын

The song actually has some tricky parts in it. It’s just the intro that’s piss easy

@omgvague

3 жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenjoyer9099 Idk man... that 0-3-5 is easy enough but then they throw that 6 near the end and I'm like WHAAAT???

@lancewoodrum7455

3 жыл бұрын

It is not as easy as it sounds

Half of this list are actually hard songs The other half are just tricky

@elpolitemexa2272

3 жыл бұрын

More like 1/3 is actually hard

@Sanctifiers

3 жыл бұрын

AAL is CLEARLY the hardest out of this list. And of course they go with some normie b.s. like Eruption as #1

@Sanctifiers

3 жыл бұрын

@@elpolitemexa2272 Megadeth's Tornado is harder than most of them and it's an honorable mention. WM is normie crap so I'm not surprised although CAFO was a surprise I wouldn't have thought they'd include it.

@MalFunktion2024

3 жыл бұрын

my boy, dance of eternity is more than just tricky, lmao

@pawnhearts8785

3 жыл бұрын

@@MalFunktion2024 I know. The ones I consider hard from this list includes the Dance of Eternity.

I really like how you mentioned how genesis flirted with the idea of tapping. A lot of people don’t realize how great early genesis was.

Johnny Marr (This Charming Man) flew under the radar with The Smiths. Not top difficult, but fun stuff. Master of Puppets... downpicked, properly, can get tough. Fun stamina exercise, not particularly hard to play.

@Ranselmo333

2 жыл бұрын

Simple song if you can down pick. If you can't? Forget it..learn! Other than the right hand being the whole song itself. That's all...very easy

@euphoriam4020

Жыл бұрын

Yeah aside from the Kirk solo near the end, the real challenge is just down-picking at such a constant speed.

@bigblackdrummachine8250

Жыл бұрын

I think if any smiths song should be on here it should be girl afraid. Even watching people play that makes my fingers start sweating😫

@ryplay08

Жыл бұрын

It’s not one of the most difficult, but it is if you’re not good at downstrokes

@jimmy22605

Жыл бұрын

I think they should've considered to put either Creeping Death or Blackened up there instead of Master of Puppets, Love the song but for me personally the other 2 are way more difficult than Master of Puppets imo.

"hardest rock songs to play on guitar" > Discovers prog metal

@ancasterguitar8171

3 жыл бұрын

Best day ever 😳😄!!!

@MyNameIsBucket

3 жыл бұрын

Number of prog metal guitarists who have as much talent and skill as Robert Fripp: zero

@mattandwill2151

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyNameIsBucket a challenger appears from the mist: MISHA MANSOOR - father of djent 🙏

@barackobama9552

3 жыл бұрын

Fusion...

@Master5

3 жыл бұрын

@@ancasterguitar8171 life change moments hahaha I discovered asking "who the hell is JP and DT?" I didn't knew what I was about to discover hahahahaha

This list is more just like “10 random tricky songs, of varying difficulty, in a random order”

@treystone1993

3 жыл бұрын

As with so much art, it can be very subjective. They gave it a shot and made something for us to watch and discuss for fun anyway ☺️

@hawk1093

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! That is a perfect title xD

@James_Dawes

3 жыл бұрын

Also anything heavier than blues seems to be considered rock to them

@kyranstoecklin726

3 жыл бұрын

@@treystone1993 very subjective? When it comes to technique there is not that much space for subjectivity.

@treystone1993

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyranstoecklin726 Space for subjectivity? I'm assuming you mean debating what can be difficult for one artist vs. what can be difficult for another. You may disagree. You are entitled to your opinion. That is the point. It's what makes the whole thing interesting.

Love ur studio!

I SO appreciate this breakdown. THANK YOU

No Lil' Wayne guitar solo? For shame WatchMojo, for shame.

@christianjunegregorio3053

3 жыл бұрын

The guitar god

@johnrin8423

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly though it could be difficult to get a perfect bad tuning and hit those horrible bends exactly. Just seems... unnatural.

@jordanmurray410

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah its pretty hard to suck that bad, I couldn't do it

@kyleheaser351boombaby

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@johancarlberg1530

3 жыл бұрын

Lol lil wayne, never gets old😂😂😂😂😂

Playing Master Of Puppets with all downstrokes is a rite of passage for guitar players

@iMMORTALDemon666

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine doing solo only downstroking xD

@11DNA11

3 жыл бұрын

Pfft. Overrated skill.

@izukumidoriya6757

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes my warm up

@uchihamadara7248

3 жыл бұрын

@@11DNA11 no

@devo3243

3 жыл бұрын

@@11DNA11 depends. Can I do it just sitting at home? Yes. Could I do it at the end of an hour long set? Fuck no, I'd die quarter of the way through

I love how he’s like “Charming Man isn’t really that hard” and still messes it up. I think it earns its place at #10

@TurfShifter

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. And of course it is hard to come up with the riff in the first place while reinventing guitar music at the time. I felt he threw a lot of shade on Marr with the disrespectful way he treated that song.

@mrbreadsticks6195

2 жыл бұрын

but for TOP 10? lol NOOO

@TheSteinbitt

2 жыл бұрын

@@TurfShifter He played it at first try, not exactly hard.

@droideca88

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSteinbitt he played it very wrong on first try

@TheSteinbitt

2 жыл бұрын

@@droideca88 yeah ok, almost perfect on second try lol like that makes it any better.

I beg to differ. Eddie Van Halen did NOT invent fret tapping. It has been used for many years (even in classical music) and by many different players and I don't mean just one wayward note.

@nicoinformatics

Жыл бұрын

Please watch the video again, also maybe the video about the origins of tapping in rock. What he said was, Eddie did "invent" tapping as to how it is used in modern rock songs. It's a similar baseline technique but much different in practice compared to what's done in music prior to that, especially in classical.

tremoulo picking

@kodak1969

3 жыл бұрын

Saw the comment right as that part came up 😂😂

@ciprianocaius7767

3 жыл бұрын

tremoulo is a common technique here in Mojovia.

@ianduncan8404

3 жыл бұрын

?

@bobmathers4124

3 жыл бұрын

I remember having a conversation about tremoulo with a drunk man in a bar a couple of years ago while a Steve vai song was playing... 9/10 would recommend

@alezsides

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianduncan8404 watch the video my guy

hearing the smiths with a distorted guitar isn't something that i though i'd hear today

@jackmeoff2376

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr always has (at least a little) drive on his tone.

@tobylewis6442

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackmeoff2376 does he? Or is it just loud P90s on a rickenbacker tuned up a whole step? I thought he famously didn’t use drive but I could be wrong

@keirsmith2189

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobylewis6442 He's described his tone as having a bit of "attitude" - think Fender-breakup tone, but back on the Smiths debut he was using some pretty sparkly clean tones through a Twin/JC-120

@mcbrodz1663

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobylewis6442 yep he didn’t use drive unless it was natural. He used ricks fenders and 335s

@brisleeadams

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure there's some sort of drive in "Panic".

Love your channel Tyler. I heard in an interview that Eric Hohnson was wearing his high school band jacket in that performance.

You mentioned Hendrix Castles made of Sand. That happens to be my favorite Hendrix song. I've never learned how to play it. Often times I seem to find myself subconsciously gravitating towards softer songs with hidden complexity like that one. I knew it was more difficult than it seemed, just not that I was among the hardest to play so now i want to learn it, thanks for the inspiration.

This Charming Man is tricky, but Johnny Marr’s greatest accomplishment was being patient with Morrissey’s passive, frail whimpering.

@lukedunlop8692

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahhahahaha

@Cloudroth

3 жыл бұрын

Oh so much whimpering

@logan-wq5ub

3 жыл бұрын

its tricky but i feel like getting the same tone is a lot more difficult

@6nosis

3 жыл бұрын

Some would counter passionate, emotional, crooning.

@6nosis

3 жыл бұрын

Not me mind you but some

The hardest guitar song is tears in heaven because playing while crying is hard

@franklingauthier-parker7253

3 жыл бұрын

Needs more likes

@dime4ever546

3 жыл бұрын

True

@igorrodrigues7382

3 жыл бұрын

You said it!

@brandonweinmann5700

3 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck im dying

@philiprea8540

3 жыл бұрын

i am hysterically laughing while i know pure sadness and deep depression is to folow. i cannot will not and do not ever listen to that song ever. ever. EVER.

Great guitar skills, Thanks

I definitely struggled to play Master of puppets when I was 16. The list was appropriate but you could put hundreds of other songs on it and it would be valid.

Johnny Marr’s guitar writing is so beautiful and all of the layers he does make a big and warm sound.

@andrewfaucett6915

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely an original. His book details how he approaches writing. Fascinating.

Not heard of this charming man! Johnny Marr may not be massively well known outside the UK but is a legend here.

@dimefan1178

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe if they wrote some good music, they might be more well known! Just kidding UK, but they ain't no Iron Maiden.

@lovroknezevic8555

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! All of his stuff is genius and tricky, especially "Girl afraid"

@Donutsmasher1

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone knows Marr around the world. It’s just this dude

@ah7027

3 жыл бұрын

@@iliketrains3495 oasis is more well known in the US. I hadn't heard of the smiths at all either. Not a big name over here really.

@Forest_Fifer

3 жыл бұрын

If he's good enough for Hans Zimmer... To be fair on this one, it's more "intricate" than "hard"

cool video review...was surprised about not knowing about taps before eruption part tho

3am by Bert Jansch was the hardest for me, the first alternate thumb picking tune I tried to learn, easy now but made my brain melt at the time

"Every Breath You Take," by The Police, should definitely be on this list. Andy Summers' guitar part is not fast, nor is it very technical, but it is a crazy stretch for over 4 minutes. I have been playing guitar in all genres for over 40 years, and that song still hurts my left hand to play correctly all the way through.

@dushk0

3 жыл бұрын

now imagine playing something more challenging for over 4 minutes, how hard would that be! xD

@CaesarDarias

3 жыл бұрын

I would add two Police songs- “Bring on the Night” and “The Bed’s Too Big Without You.” I believe Sting’s “Fragile” is also an advanced guitar song.

@WillieD7

3 жыл бұрын

That song and Message In A Bottle have crazy finger stretches that go on for the whole tune. They might not deserve a “hardest” ranking but neither is easy to play.

@augustwest5273

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry, out of the worlds catalog, over a hundred years or so or when the guitar was invented, you say that? Every breath you take? That’s extremely narrow. I don’t mean to be harsh and I’m not. The backwards playing song and chord progression from Hendrix or other prodigies not even mentioned here like buckethead or page , srv, flamenco greats, yngqwie Malmsteen, list goes on. Just for fun search KZread for Buckethead and say thank you later

@TheGuitarman1968

3 жыл бұрын

@@augustwest5273JustTo be clear. I was actually looking for a song that is "deceivingly" hard to play (endurance, not technical ability or speed). All of the guitarists you mentioned are truly great, but everyone knows that a lot of stuff they play is mildly to very technical, especially Malmsteen. I am also very aware of Buckethead and his playing abilities, and have been for quite some time. No argument from me there. I listen to, teach and play many genres of music, and there are dozens of Guitar players we could add to this list, from Eddie Van Halen, Roy Clark, Al Di Meola, Brad Paisley, George Lynch, Dave Meniketti (my personal favorite) and Jimmy Page, etc. We both get that. However, saying, "I am not trying to be harsh" is like saying, "I am not racist, but......" lol. Thanks for your input though, my friend. I am always up for a good discussion about music and guitar playing, and everyone is entitled to their own opinions. 🎸

He definitely did not nail this charming man, but I have to give credit that he learnt it from ear and in half an hour or so and it sounded similar. Still can’t believe he hasn’t heard this charming man or the smiths

@pcs6905

3 жыл бұрын

@@chosenideahandle nah he’s a massive Metallica fan he was jk

@juanpabloduarte2001

3 жыл бұрын

@@chosenideahandle R/WOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH

@travisdelee8647

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know the Smith's either. I listen to a vast amount of music, but it never hit my radio I guess.

@alessandrocappiello112

3 жыл бұрын

@@travisdelee8647 please check them out

@veljovarava521

3 жыл бұрын

Typical metal/rock licks is pretty straight forward - The Smiths/Johnny Marr style is whole different animal. You can't say "nailed it" if you did get the notes / chords right :)

Ik he’s probably 15 years older than me and has been playing guitar 20 years longer, but I wish to be this good at guitar one day to just so I can sit here and play a song that I’ve never heard ever before by ear lmao. Him and Stevie T are the best KZread guitarists of all time and are the only reason I’ve gotten any type of halfway decent at using my guitar since I started playing when the pandemic hit 2 years ago. Thanks for not only the excellent playing, but the ability to simplify music for a smooth brain like myself who barely has time to play for an hour or two a week let alone go to multiple hour long classes a week and pay 100’s of dollars for them.

Great analysis¡ you got yourself a fan¡

I didn’t even play guitar the first time I saw this video but hearing you nail the intro to castles made of sand inspired me and I’m now on my 3rd month of playing!

@TheFukkface

2 жыл бұрын

Rock on brother!

@jamescoplen9309

2 жыл бұрын

How’s the progress so far?

@draykogaming

2 жыл бұрын

I am also on my third month of playing! I just recently learned the goat riff by polyphia and in practicing it and perfecting it! Hopefully I'll be able to play it perfectly in a month! I'm learning pretty quick lol.

@busgroyper580

2 жыл бұрын

LETS GOOO

@randomcarguru388

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, dude! Almost three quarters of a year in, how’s it going?

Seeing CAFO, and going "...okay what did they rank harder than CAFO?" and immediately seeing Sultans Of Swing after, I almost threw my fucking phone.

@nathandiefenbach1274

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. That was maybe the worst part of the list.

@stevenholst

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathandiefenbach1274 @Sterling Glover Then you probably don't realize how difficult it is.👍🏼

@Hail_Hydreigon

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenholst Neither song is easy, and Mark is a legend, but Tosin absolutely blows him out of the water.

@happythoughts700

3 жыл бұрын

Musicality vs technicalities. Fewer musical guitarists than technical one. So not too surprising to me

@AyoGrog

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenholst Its only hard if you cant play fingerstyle.

16:33 Ace Frehley did it live in 1974 or 75 before Van Halen was around. I think he can be seen doing it during Kiss's performance on the Midnight Special.

@reineh3477

2 жыл бұрын

There is a clip on KZread where a guy play tapping in the 60's.

You have great string chops

“Castles made of sand is much harder than little wing.” -Tyler Larson Hey, you said it.

“#1 Smoke on The Water. Many fans have talked about how hard this song is and many consider it the hardest”

@jhonnykarisma2489

3 жыл бұрын

What about Wonderwall?

@Abc-vc4ml

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm

@IndependenceGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Smoke on the water is literally the hardest song to play on KZread. If you even try to play it, you get struck down into oblivion... which is a much easier song to get away with.

@mir2678

3 жыл бұрын

Ive seen this joke since 2009 and im still wondering how people dont cringe on it

@hawk1093

3 жыл бұрын

@@mir2678 The funny thing is, it's harder than you think if you're playing it correctly and complete lol it's more than just a chorus riff ;)

I was thinking of Eruption. Love the sound of your version. Felt kinda bluesy to me.

You have a great ear and i am learning alot

They’ve never heard of math rock

@danthemusicmannew

3 жыл бұрын

Uncultured swines. Japanese instrumental math rock or death.

@tonybell7267

3 жыл бұрын

Dillinger escape plan room full of eyes 👍

@joshthsu

3 жыл бұрын

@@Esb906 English second language?

@joshthsu

3 жыл бұрын

@@Esb906 why’d u delete ur first comment buddy?

@aaronsirkman8375

3 жыл бұрын

@@Esb906 Cool, that's a fair opinion to have. It's not an objective thing you can just say as fact, but if you don't like it, that's reasonable.

WHO THE HELL PUTS SULTANS OF SWING AFTER CAFO, JESUS CHRIST

@jacee8094

3 жыл бұрын

The dads at guitar world 😂 just for context, any metal video on guitar world gets a dumb amount of downvotes like Rivers of Nihil and Black Dahlia Murder even though they’re ripping it up. But I can picture someone in that audience being like “he has not feel, he’s just playing fast, unlike MARK KNOPFLER”

@duykhanghehe

3 жыл бұрын

That’s my go-to song to test every guitar, even acoustic. Shouldn’t even be on the list

@davidzagar6

3 жыл бұрын

Knopfler is dynamics master best of his kind in the world few can copy that kind of playing so that beats meaningles arpeggios and scales at 300 bpm,in any means.

@brassplayer8359

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacee8094Maybe more like: Mark Knopfler knows what „dynamics“ mean 😅

@jacee8094

3 жыл бұрын

@@brassplayer8359 CAFO is not a good example, but Tosin absolutely knows about dynamics. Listen to The Brain Dance or the woven web. But the whole point was there’s zero reason that Sultains of Swings should be put above cafo on a list of what songs harder.

I love the smiths and Johnny marr is an awesome guitarist you should cover more of his stuff. not insanely difficult but some awesome melodies and songwriting

Laughin at this when playing flamenco guitar and jazz

The this charming man part hurts so bad.

@discofudge

3 жыл бұрын

¥ Plays a song that vaguely resembles This Charming Man ¥ "Mastered it!"

@greenfly1264

3 жыл бұрын

Terrible wasn't it.

@joaquinmombergbarria516

3 жыл бұрын

@@discofudge yeah it was very cringy.

@pacosala5853

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean that he played bad? Or that the song is not that difficult?

@Xero6969

3 жыл бұрын

@@pacosala5853 he played it wrong and said "nailed it"

I do appreciate that they at least went for that particular live version of “Eruption” rather than the album version. That live version has so much more to offer.

@CoolVIguy

3 жыл бұрын

WatchMojo often does that, for copyright reasons. Live shit is not usually under the the UMG, etc umbrella.

@16:42 a little more research would've helped you out a bit. Eruption came out in 1978. Queen's song "It's Late", written by Brian May and released in 1977, had a killer 2-handed tapping solo!

Nice video, your playing is great Btw

Sultans Of Swing IS hard to nail precisely though... Look up the covers on KZread, not many up to par with Knopfler’s style. And you wanted rock instead of metal so it’s a perfect choice.

@theisgunvald4219

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, It’s not that hard. Just dont ever use a pick. Though the thing is the amount of feeling in his playing.

@jonathanguitard984

2 жыл бұрын

Sultan's is like 25 or 6 to 4. Easy to learn the notes, nearly Impossible to really play it right.

@jeffhoward162

2 жыл бұрын

Frog Leap did a metal cover....it's truly enjoyable, everything sounding lke it should but with....more. It's at least one hgher.

@malcolmhart5951

2 жыл бұрын

All their songs are hard, but I wouldn't put this one as the hardest.

@nickk1406

2 жыл бұрын

Nuances and finger picking the solo like stop and feeling its unusual song

top 10 hardest rock songs to play: All the songs that are actually hard: Metal. Fucking Mojo.

@davidoo05_28

3 жыл бұрын

Have you forgotten about cliffs of Dover. to play it the way Eric does is incredibly hard

@abrahamrodrigues1049

3 жыл бұрын

Dissing mojo ? Im in

@maxbeene927

3 жыл бұрын

Metal is a genre of rock

@james-en8yn

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxbeene927 metal is it’s own genre

@maxbeene927

3 жыл бұрын

@@james-en8yn it’s a genre but metal was derived from rock

You are a great guitar player!

4:58 My choice would be May This Be Love. Deceptively simple. 16:26 Sure. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Free Bird during the final solo, 1973. 18:26 Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes Not easy in any sense, at least for me.

How have you never heard of The Smiths? Johnny Marr is an icon (Cries in Mancunian)

@t_mac41603

3 жыл бұрын

Im shocked he’s never heard it.

@Motownisyourtown

3 жыл бұрын

@@t_mac41603 I'm not.

@conormcguire3265

3 жыл бұрын

i know yeah i’m mind blown haha

@jamiemacmillan4056

3 жыл бұрын

They'll definitely be a band that's bigger in the UK but Tyler's taste is very diverse so I was surprised he hadn't heard of them with Johnny Marr being one of few innovative alt rock guitarists

@conormcguire3265

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiemacmillan4056 Johnny Marr was responsible for so many other musicians aswell

"hey guys, a little break to talk about the spons-" *skip skip skip skip skip skip*

@davidjameschamberlain

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@JackCarroll1998

3 жыл бұрын

And the mans still gets paid

@emailneilmurray

3 жыл бұрын

I would upvote but you have reached the magic number...nice

@ThatRipOff

3 жыл бұрын

Go grab yourself the SponsorBlock extension. It's life changing. Just as valuable on KZread as a regular adblocker nowadays.

@PremonitionGamingVid

3 жыл бұрын

@@emailneilmurray magic number 109?

Love to hear you do a Jazz guitar version of this.

Tbh, eruption is the only song/riff/solo on this list I know how to play, not like perfect and 100% up to speed super clean, but you know. It’s just the guitar hero memories that drove me to learn it. Currently working on Dance of eternity

Starting the clip with Jason Becker and Malmsteen, then going immediately to The Smiths is a huge bait and switch.

You should do a video about Johnny Marr’s playing, such a unique and cool style but not massively known outside of the UK

@jones848

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr simply is one of the best imho

Love Eric Johnson! There is a wonderful live musician!I’ve seen him with Starring, Satriani, yeah and Steve Via

There is tapping at the end of the solo for Black Betty, by the Ram Jam Band, came out a year before eruption. Watch the video.

For number 10, ‘The Smiths’ ‘This Charming Man is played with a capo on the 2nd fret in it’s original key.

@neekbot

3 жыл бұрын

One of the first songs I learned 💀

@ch1nmus1c16

3 жыл бұрын

Best way to play is with f# tuning

@cheeseball4421

3 жыл бұрын

this charming man is played tuned up a whole if it's in original key

@aaron4757

3 жыл бұрын

@@neekbot highly doubt it “💀”

@neekbot

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaron4757 okay weirdo? I started playing because johnny marr is a big inspiration to me. I didn’t say it was my first song I learned but one of them

Tapping was not invented by Van Halen. It has actually been used by violinists for centuries, and was used extensively by jazz guitarists in the 1950s and 1960s.

@bobajob13

3 жыл бұрын

Van Halen himself said he was inspired by Steve Hackett who was doing it in his guitar solos before Van Halen existed as a band

@ilhamakbar5482

3 жыл бұрын

@Emanuel Schuh that ukulele guy is not Van Halen's dad, the guy's name is Roy Smeck🤦🏻‍♂️

@prestonsucks666

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to comment this. Not sure why he said tapping wasn't around before Van Halen because it absolutely was.

@brettadkins4698

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilhamakbar5482 Lmao, that shit had me cracking up. I remember watching that Roy Smeck vid, and some people commented it was Van Halen’s dad. Apparently some people actually believe that.

@nlon10

3 жыл бұрын

Wait wait wait there a minute sir. How do violinists use tapping?? I mean, they use pizzicato, but i don't think that the violin has any tapping techniques. Again, maybe the left hand pizz, but i'm not seeing it as tapping.

This Charming Man sounds easy, but for me to learn it perfectly with all the right staccatos and everything took me like 9 months (to be fair I have OCD though and that makes mastering anything on guitar tricky, but still)

@tasosdiaforetico7377

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with taming OCD, it took a while in the day, I worked it out from rank Smith's live album, meet Mr Marr in Manchester too.

@douglassmithe9799

2 жыл бұрын

@@tasosdiaforetico7377 Thanks mate

@MusicisWin aparently 'Eruption' was made when he was a teenager, suposabily - from a little 10 minutes of looking at the band and gatherd some history...

Me: watch “Eruption” be number one Watch Mojo: number one “Eruption” Me: OH MY GOD I WAS JUST KIDDING!!!

@frlong1

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing ...

@nickwooden5661

3 жыл бұрын

same

@JensenBade

3 жыл бұрын

Same😂

@garygrinkevich6971

3 жыл бұрын

All Gary's are psychic

@RD3_R88

3 жыл бұрын

I know kids that took lessons for less than a year that can play this

3:44 Did he say Lil Wayne?! Truly a guitar god for the ages to recall.

@jimmyliddell2072

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mixalhsellada I know, I was joking, ha ha. I was just referencing the absolutely awful Lil Wayne guitar solo from some show he did.

@jimmydavis9639

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyliddell2072 it's a Stevie Ray Vaughn (one of the greatest of all time) called: "Little Wing". Lil Wayne, you guys are too much. All though Lil Wayne is definitely one of the best (easy top 5), in his genre.

@jimmyliddell2072

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmydavis9639 I was just joking, ha ha. See my follow up comment.

@jimmydavis9639

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyliddell2072 I didn't catch that part ! That makes it all the more funny, now that I paid attention and read your follow up ! Some times we just have to slow down a bit, right kid ? Have a good one Jimbo...

@Idolikethis

2 жыл бұрын

Little wing. Look you're looking at the album cover

After watching the list I think some ac/dc riffs should be there like thunderstruck. It seems easy but once you start playing, it is pretty damn hard to keep the fretting hand and the alternate picking in sync through the entire song.

I’ve watched this video numerous times, and “James plays it on the 12th fret, bro” cracks me up every time.

I’m honestly and genuinely surprised that they didn’t put Thunderstruck on the list

@SethWorsham

3 жыл бұрын

For endurance, yes...only on the B string part. Not technically challenging though.

@ol0022

3 жыл бұрын

@@SethWorsham He mentioned it because people that dont play guitar think that it is hard but it is easy in reality

@vzhdnrx2773

3 жыл бұрын

@@SethWorsham R/whoosh

@angarcm23

3 жыл бұрын

Repent! The Kingdom if Heaven is at hand. Jesus loves you, He can save you to eternal life and break the chains of sin in you. Yeshua is coming back very soon!

@zamsden

3 жыл бұрын

@@ol0022 not when you realize it isn't pull-offs but it is all alternate picking

Cliffs of Dover or Sultans of Swing for me. I have learned to play both as of now, but those two alone taught me a lot about what is even possible with a guitar.

@arpitadutta4073

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh Sultans is way easier than Cliffs of Dover...

@RC32Smiths01

3 жыл бұрын

@@arpitadutta4073 I would like to think both are difficult for their own unique reasons.

@arpitadutta4073

3 жыл бұрын

@@RC32Smiths01 Yup definitely! I didn't intend to hurt you at all😇. Sorry if my comment wasn’t appropriate... But yeah everybody plays Sultans of Swing in their own different way. The chords are normal but the way everybody plays them or I should say embellishes them is totally different. Even soloing is a big aspect too. I've understood why you’ve mentioned this song in your comment. Have a nice day!😄

@RC32Smiths01

3 жыл бұрын

@@arpitadutta4073 No worries! I don't mean any harm either. I agree that people can play the songs in their own ways, but to keep the foundation and feel of the song is definitely not easy.

@jwaj

3 жыл бұрын

You have to remember mark knopfler plays the lead guitar while singing too!

"Winter Madness" by Wintersun. "Appassionata" by Exmortus. Damn near anything by Symphony X. Also look up Eternity's End, lots of amazing stuff. Listen to Helloween's "Eagles Fly Free", then listen to bassist Markus Grosskolf's cover from his solo album Bass Invaders. The whole song including the guitar solos all done on Bass!

There's a difference between something being hard when you FIRST try to play it, and you just need to get better at it, and something that is hard no matter what.

Hardest to play: Stairway to Heaven in a guitar store.

@o.g5211

3 жыл бұрын

Not funny

@Langennutbm

3 жыл бұрын

Overused lol

@redautumn5441

3 жыл бұрын

very overused

@sbc9003

3 жыл бұрын

I actually just went to guitar center and played it on max volume. Nothing happened.

@lucaedmondson3369

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

“Top 10 hardest rock songs that we heard were hard from our coworker’s 12 year old”

@damienbell5854

3 жыл бұрын

HAHHAH

@dropkickpherby6994

3 жыл бұрын

Yes officer, I'd like to report a murder.

They are all hard for me 😢. Surfing after a guitar dream to find a progression. I found it right before this. But saw the video, watched, appreciated.

How do you not know this charming man ? If you know Jonny marr, you know this charming man.

I’ll just add that Fracture by King Crimson is what Robert Fripp says is his hardest song to play and takes so much concentration he can’t always play it without being in the right mindset

@chairmankaga101

3 жыл бұрын

And if Fripp says something is hard to play... it's hard to play.

@jehzir2015

3 жыл бұрын

King Crimson is a blocker. No way would I risk losing money by stating an opinion list.

Herman Li is cool af, feel like he embraces the fact that dragonforce has been one of the older internet memes

You are hilarious! Nailed it!

Playing Tender Surrender the way Steve plays it. That live version, man...

Let’s not forget, this is the same channel that said “Avatar Aang” the way Shyamalan had it.

@mileschow5961

3 жыл бұрын

Avatar Ong

Hell I have never played guitar a day in my life,and I could play every song on that list on air guitar.

@christianjunegregorio3053

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

I’ve always been impressed with Mediterranean Sundance when Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia done live. I think the hardest song was done on an acoustic.

@shiftxrqt

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, try playin a Paco song- all of these would be beginner to intermediate compared

@RogerBarraud

Жыл бұрын

@@shiftxrqt Supposedly the list was about *Rock* songs.

@beanlegume9965

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, especially if its played on acoustic, and the frets aren't constantly buzzing and the player's fingers aren't constantly scraping against the .052 E string.

Interesting list. This Charming Man? I love the Smiths and love Johnny Marr but I'm a really crap guitar player and I learned that song.

Me: skips the audible ad break KZread: oh no you don’t “discover audible with a free audiobook on us”

@RobbieFitzgerald

3 жыл бұрын

I listened to him talk about it and then youtube gave me an unskippable ad.

@lka1988

3 жыл бұрын

*coughs in Vanced*

@RobbieFitzgerald

3 жыл бұрын

@@lka1988 I use Vanced normally.

Chet Atkins fingerpicking is super intense. The melodies he plays aren’t exactly my flavor but anyone trying to advance their game in fingerpicking would definitely see how he may be the greatest fingerpicker probably ever. Another great video man, thanks!

@scottvail1437

3 жыл бұрын

Man Les Paul , is insane with his fingers.

@lancewoodrum7455

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@ThatRipOff

3 жыл бұрын

Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, etc. All them old fingerpicking legends could be on a list like this. Granted, the video was for "Hardest Rock (but mostly metal) Songs" so it makes sense they weren't in that particular video. Definitely worthy of a "Hardest Country Song" list though.

@TIPPYtoeup

3 жыл бұрын

All good points guys! Thanks

@Kaduyx

8 ай бұрын

Steve Howe was largely influenced by them. I mean the guy who won best guitarist by his peers in Guitar Player poll 4 times in a row and was declared Hors Concourse.

I know this an old video but you gotta listen to more Smiths songs. Johnny Marr is a very imaginative guitarist and I think his style is like nothing else I know of really. He was also in Modest Mouse for a time.