O tiptop maestro Clay! Thanks a bunch for the video, good sir! Gee... that video was shot in some closet-like space at a friend's place in Mumbai. I was sick as a dog, fever and crap and hardly remember doing this, haha.

Without a doubt one of the most recognisable players to have ever picked up a guitar. One harmonic and you know it's him. Ironically, I think his great talent isn't his speed or his crazy clean playing, but his ability to play in rhythms that would short-circuit the brain of many other players. The guy has a brain like an atomic clock.

@anomymouse5043

Жыл бұрын

I find it (personally) quite challenging to play sweeps cleanly in rhythm. Starting them from off beat, trying to move between triplet - 16th note - quintuplet... Oh s**t. Many just train them with 'steady rhythm'. But here we see almost funky usage of sweeps.

He is a monster on guitar and the sweetest guy, have had the good luck of attending a workshop many years back.

Love Mattias, definitely a player who changed the way I see and play the guitar, he is truly a gift, we honestly don’t deserve him 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Finally someone giving IA the recognition he deserves!!!!!!!! Literally one of the best guitarists of all time and definitley the most underrated

I just want to say thank you for doing these transcription videos. Since you’ve started doing this video series, I’ve been inspired to play a LOT more guitar and revisit old techniques/ideas I’d kind of forgot about. To learn the cool licks I like and then make them my own and add them to my vocabulary. Having the tabs on the screen helps SO much too. Just wanted to genuinely thank you to let you know these videos are WELL appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

@poppsen4145

Жыл бұрын

100% can't overstate how helpful and inspiring this is. never would have thought something like this existed in this quality and number 😅

The amount of work Levi is putting out is off the planet. Transcription magician and showing many great players I was simply unaware of. Thanks as always really appreciative.

As soon as I saw Mattias on the thumbnail i clicked like. No one plays like him, his sense of rhythm alone is on another level :)

@cerveshred

Жыл бұрын

There's two player that come to my mind. Him and Ron thal.

@MrChrisRP

Жыл бұрын

@@cerveshred Maybe figure out something? ;)

IA is a criminally underrated player!

Mattias is the best guitar player you've never heard of. Can anyone do harmonics with such ease !

Loving the daily uploads Levi!

You have become one of my favourite guitar channels man, fantastic content and your transcription skills are just alien like

First heard him in a guest solo he did on Bumblefoot's 9.11 album, got 2 Freak Guitar album further down the road. His control is amazing, he can play whole melodies using whammied harmonics.

Discovered Mattias Eklundh around 15-16 years ago when I downloaded his song 'Insert Coin' by accident. Damn, that was the freakiest song I've ever heard. Been a fan since.

wow that a cool little video! great style, seemed quite unique to me

I love Satriani's pinch harmonic technique. He reaches over and depresses the bar with his fretboard hand, pinches the harmonic in the areas between the pick ups and lets the bar comeup or pull sit up and then relaxes it.

Sick style. Love it.

Excellent! Love Mattias, saw him and Freak Kitchen in Glasgow. His album The Road Less Travelled is utterly awesome, check out his unique take on Smoke on the water 😱, and his original tunes Little Bastard, The Road Less Travelled, Father and his covers of the Fletch Theme and Minor Swing 👌👌👌. Thanks for transcribing 👍🏻.

I love Mattias! There's no one like him.

I love your content man and while I already did knew like 98% of the time the cats that you are presenting this one is one of very few to me that is brand new and my goodness this is indeed one of the best that I experienced so far. Chapeau Bas my Man!

Fantastic guitar player !

Love it! I learnt pinch harmonic whammy bar drops from the great Dimebag. Such a fun trick to do if you have a floating trem.

I argue that the smile on Matthias' face is one of his strongest trademarks! You don't have to be always so serious as a guitar hero! Also, check his solo on latest Jason Becker album. Pure brilliance!

Mattias is still going strong! Nice RC ONE, I had a blue one.

Awesome player....looks like Benny Hill without the beard :-)

wow I only found this channel yesterday and before yesterday I didn't know this was all I ever wanted, such great content, feel like heaven man 😍

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

tell your friends!

@poppsen4145

Жыл бұрын

@@LeviClay naturally. already telling everybody I ever saw in the vicinity of a guitar, you really deserve more attention 👍😁

This is truly fascinating! i really enjoyed reading the tabs and watching his performance :) Thank you for explaining how to achieve those harmonics. I don't have a whammy bar but I can still gain a great deal from attempting to play parts of this piece of music! His sweeps look so easy! Thank you so very much ! :)

@Nickshreds890

23 күн бұрын

I would love to see some transcriptions of Thraikill! Though I believe he sells all of his sheet music and tabs. So I will most likely buy them . kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIya2tyIZ7Gzn9o.html

@Nickshreds890

23 күн бұрын

Also Paul Masvidal from Cynic as well as previously a member of Death is one of my favourite guitarists . His playing is really out there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIya2tyIZ7Gzn9o.html Anyway, I'm bot begging for anything. I just wanted to share some guitarists and music with not just you Levi but other fellow guitarists! :)

i love it !!!!

I’ve actually never heard of this guy. Pretty good shit right here

Great video. Quite a few, "what the hell was that?" Love the channel, Levi. Very wide selection. Maybe a Lenny Breau transcription?

Long time no see, Levi. It was not by deisgn or purpose. KZread suggested. I like the playing and video. Cool. Rock on.

One of the reasons Matthias is so rhythmically out of this world is his love for Indian music,- in particular the rhythmical measuring system for counting rhythmic figures Konnakol. Check out his own presence on YT,- he has several instructional videos about it. Practise hard and have fun. Enjoy

II rest comfortably in what I call the "Ozzie Free Zone" but you are an excellent instructor in multiple genres. This guy has managed to add some funk and bounce to the "chirp and squeal"!

His absurdly effortless style makes it seem possible -- Just like watching tosin abasi thump out chords looks totally doable until you try

Thanks for covering Mattias. Some of his Indian influenced stuff could be interesting to transpose. He is doing a lot of unique things

@martinpaddle

Жыл бұрын

transcribe

Cool!

I don’t know what I like more, the video or your old school Ozzy TShirt 🤘

That was fun

Woah, I have that Binding of Isaac tattoo of yours on a shirt. Really cool design, awesome tat!

Well that certainly was educational.

i had the 5string bass version of that guitar colour and all!

Wow so musical.

Cold as ice😎

I love IA!

Hilarious dude and amazing player!

Mattias 💪💪💪

pretty cool

Everyone needs to run out and buy Art Metal, an incredible album by Matthias, Hellborg, and Johansson.

And this why there are no mattias'songs Covers!

I love your work, but I do miss the rage time vids 🤣🤣😅 HESS FEST BABYYYY

That first riff fucks

I saw reb beach doing a similar thing in his live solo

I's not music I'll listen to more than once, but it is technically impressive and interesting to see the skill on display. Some of this stuff must be such a pain in the arse to tab on guitar pro though :D

What settings do you use to create this sound?

I dare you to transcribe the solo from amphibians night out 😎

He’s a genius

What about towards the end when he's rapping out of nowhere on like the 14th fret but shows it has an open note with no explanation. Is he just slapping the string to cause vibration?

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

It took me a while to work out what you were talking about. yeah, he's slapping the string to cause vibration. That was tricky to decide how I wanted to notate it, because the pitch heard is the open string, but it's obviously not plucked like normal. Pitch wins out though, because you have video! :)

This guy is so wacky, I love that he is able to translate that into his music.

Thank you again Levi for another phenom transcription and remember this all guitar fans: Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. Arthur Schopenhauer WOOF!

do you take requests? Paul Masvidal of Cynic would be a good segue from this for his jazz fusion feel

IA ❤️❤️❤️

I think he was the first guy I ever saw using mic'ed10 watt amp lol and sounded great! I think it was a gorilla?

@slicknicdwyer

Жыл бұрын

Yep, think this is probably the video you're talking about (skip to 2:25 where he runs down his "monster rig"): kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKylktqvg63Vmto.html

This transcription is really useful, for that one guy who'll spend 5 years trying to play this stuff

How'd you get Dimebag on the show?

I close my eyes... for a moment... is this guitar or some disco mix? You are right! \m/ edit+ 4m: It's really hard to control all that "harmonics"... really amazing!

Mr Clay ,how about transcription to marty robbins sing the blues.If possible with the ,slide parts.Common man!

@megarxidas17

Жыл бұрын

Please pretty please

@megarxidas17

Жыл бұрын

If possible the steel guitar parts too.If you want me to pay for it no problem.

Ok, first off I am not negging here at all, but am I right in saying that the harmonic thing, is somewhat similar to what Reb Beech do in his video?

@treeforged9097

Жыл бұрын

It is but, this is just a level more extreme. Reb picks the harmonics but Ia literally just slaps them with one hand, which is way harder. Also the playing normal notes while the harmonic is still going on is something I've only seen Ia really do.

What are the song name? :)

Ah, the Guru.

Very nice and refreshing. Not just another YT wanker showing off exercises. Thanks for this very cool video.

Les Claypool on guitar, lol! Cool.

2:10

Noise

N I C E

he is like the swedish version of vai

His technique is amazing. But the music is crazy.

I'm guessing this guy loves Steve Vai.

To hear Steve Vai, Steve Vai listens to Mattius.

IA is the master of the Nokia tricks if I remember correctly ❤

True temprament frets help get these harmonics out nicely. I wish these were the norm for the guitar along with a 4th tuning, but too late now.

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

TT frets have literally nothing to do with harmonics. Harmonics don’t use frets to sound… you can do them like this on a fret less guitar

@richardmartin862

Жыл бұрын

@@LeviClay kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmx5zKWNkpuen6Q.html

@simonhughes-king8493

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps you mean "harmonies" and not harmonics....TT guitars being actually in tune with themselves means better harmony?

that was dimebag's technique first

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

very different thing. Both are harmonics, but how they're executed, how many of them are executed, and how they're used couldn't be more different.

@pro42opureblood

Жыл бұрын

@@LeviClay maybe what the guy actually played in the clip later lol but what you explained was 100% his first

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

@@pro42opureblood again, no it wasn’t. Dimebag picked his harmonics. And played the 3 easy ones. That’s like looking at malmsteen and saying “yeah, but Chet Atkins was sweeping before him” It makes you sound stupid.

@saltmountain

Жыл бұрын

​@@LeviClay Dime has videos where he explains this exact technique, and he didn't just play the "3 easy ones". e.g. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZoRqqa2LepvZZs4.html You can see in the video he does not pick the notes (around 1.30-1.50). He does multiple different harmonic squeals in Floods for example, harmonised. There's stuff from Pantera's glam metal era that uses harmonic squeals with taps. His collaborations with Anthrax - I could go on. It's definitely a technique that Dime brought to the fore and was known for.

@treeforged9097

Жыл бұрын

@@saltmountain Did you even watch the vid you linked? Dime in his own words "flicks off the g string" and then hits the harmonic. This means there is an open string between every Harmonic. Ia literally just tapes the harmonic with one hand and the harmonic sounds. There are no open strings involved and he can play harmonics continually that way and much faster. If you got out your guitar and tried actually doing yourself you would see how different they are and much more difficult Ia's way is then Dime's is. Dime is a great player, it does not distract from his playing that this guy does a more extreme version of what he does, especially considering he started doing this stuff after Dime had already gotten famous for what he does.

Steve Vai’s step child?😝

@MMAFAN-de9kt

Жыл бұрын

😝😝😝😝😂😂😂😝😝😝

@MMAFAN-de9kt

Жыл бұрын

Joe Stump’s stepson 😂😂😂

Lots of swoop picking in here

Dude, check this man scott mishoe..

It's all Eddie Van Halen licks and he does it well

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

Post me a link to Eddie van Halen sweeping. We’ll wait.

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

Oh look… he never came back

@deebop4904

7 ай бұрын

​@@LeviClayso sweeping makes a guitar player ? How about I post a link to his 100+ million album sales denimstain. You really are a perfect a**hole.

Cant play anything close to that

Dimebag Darrell he isn't!!

Sounds to sqaukey for me

Wow......imitating Mario Brothers video sounds......collecting coins, running super fast, etc....

Mattias is a bad, bad man. That poor guitar is going to need therapy after that session. I know I do--anybody wanna buy a few guitars? :,(

1:47 wtf is this noise lmao brbrlp brbrbrlllp

Are you really saying we have never heard of EDDIE VAN HALEN? Go watch Live Without A Net, my little ill informed one.

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqxspbmqidyxnto.html tell us you're an idiot without telling us you're an idiot :)

@deebop4904

7 ай бұрын

​@@LeviClaynice way to address your comment section leviturd. This guy is mediocre at best. Oncewasgolden is 100% correct. Do you know what jake e lee, zakk wylde, nuno, mick mars, ritchie kotzen, phil X, satriani, steve vai, paul gilbert and every other guitar player all have in common ? They are all on record saying Eddie was the best. Now go learn 5150 little informed one. I will make sure to block your uniformed click bait channel so I'm not subjected to a cat walking across a fret board.

EVH made music with his harmonics. Live without a net. This guy doesn't have the tone, plus he's sitting down. Eddie was never even on 2 feet doing his acrobatics. Theres a reason they call him the king.

It sound to me like the guitar is a few cents out of tune. Great playing though.

@ParmesanGeorge

9 ай бұрын

Its actually a few more cents in tune than the average guitar due to the squiggly frets, which make the intonation of the instrument closer to Just Intonation. The reason it sounds out of tune is because you're used to the equally out of tunedness of normal guitars.

@goldendragon759

9 ай бұрын

@@ParmesanGeorge That's fascinating, thanks for taking the time to explain.

@ParmesanGeorge

9 ай бұрын

@@goldendragon759 no problem

Don't care for it at all.

Good. but to be honest it sounds like robotic machine, and not really listenable. I cannot lie.

Nothing new. ahem Steve Vai

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

Cool, educate us all. Post a link with a time code. We’ll wait.

@youropionmattersnot

Жыл бұрын

@Levi Clay like I should go through that to prove the obvious. Anyone that had listened to and played guitar for 45 years would know. Oh that's right. You haven't been alive that long. Enjoy your channel and the pay it brings for you to not play guitar. Proud new un subscriber

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

@@youropionmattersnot it’s so obvious… you could have posted a link and a time code in less time than it took you to write that Butt hurt comment. 45 years… and that’s all you got 🤦 YIKES

@youropionmattersnot

Жыл бұрын

@@LeviClay Hold your breath.

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

@@youropionmattersnot well done, I thought you couldn’t possibly post anything less useful than your original comment… but you topped yourself! 🙌🏻

boring

Passion and religion

Levi, you should reach out to Linus 'Mr Gul' Abrahamson, Ia's transcriptionist. Really lovely guy, and no slouch as a player himself. Actually, as I typed that I remembered theres a vid of him and Mattias having a chat you (as a transcriptionist) should love, about how transcribing Ias stuff was not exactly straightforward, lol. Got it, 'A notation conversation' 2 years ago. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWiIu86mm5rUnrw.html Hope you enjoy. :)

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

I’ve known him for about 15 years 😂

@robp775

Жыл бұрын

@@LeviClay Then I apologise for interrupting your channel with an unnecessary shout out. All my best, thank you for the reply.

@LeviClay

Жыл бұрын

@@robp775 Not at all dude! Linus is the man!