The Magic of Eddie Van Halen's Triad Tapping - Fretboard visualization secrets with Uncle Ben Eller
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Hey guys! Its your good buddy Uncle Ben here with Weekend Wankshop 257, in which you're going to learn the secrets of visualizing triads for tapping across the fretboard!!!
When Eddie Van Halen laid down the shred gauntlet with Eruption on Van Halen's debut album, the collective guitar world was in awe, especially of the dramatic, classical-style tapped arpeggios that close the guitar solo masterpiece out. 3 note tapping became a regular part of every player's vocabulary in the early 80's, and is still a major part of lead playing today!
But EVH wasn't just tapping random notes from a scale; he was outlining chord triad arpeggios! Major, minor, and diminished, to be exact, in all different inversions. But how can we learn to see these shapes across a single string and bust out our own tapped arpeggios? The secret is NOT memorizing long strings of random fret numbers or going on scavenger hunts looking for the right notes. Its all about the power of the 3rd!!!
The Major 3rd interval is equivalent to 2 whole steps. the minor 3rd interval is 1 and 1/2 steps. If you can visualize those jumps on the fretboard, its EASY to make any tapped triad happen!
Use these easy tricks and start shredding today:
Major: root note + M3 + m3
minor: root note + m3 + M3
diminished: root note +m3 +m3
And thats it! In this lesson, i'm going to show you all the basic interval shapes and how to link them up to create Major, minor, and diminished arpeggios, then take you through ALL the triads in G Major, and at the end, we will even get into understanding inversions and how to play around with them. Its everything you need to know for those classic EVH sounds!
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What secrets of the stars do you want to learn next? Let me know in the comments below! - Hudba
Thanks for watching!!! What other EVH secrets do you want to learn next?!
Ben Eller - how do you make harmonics scream?
Ben Eller How bout bending then tapping and pulling off on that bend like in the Panama solo?, John Mayer also uses that trick a lot too.
The solo to “Romeo Delight.”
Yes.
Hey Ben, How bout tapped harmonics patterns?
The fact that the world gave us uncle Ben for free is wild.
True dat.
@Frank Rottach if you hate Slavery, never vote Democrat. History is important.
uncle ben eller is an incredible teacher/ musician
Never cared for his rice dishes but his guitar lessons are second to none.
Lol Uncle Ben is the slightly hardass teacher that you think is trying to insult you at first but ends up being an absolutely amazing mentor and helping you unlock the secrets for yourself by pointing you in a direction that helps your progress grow. Thanks Ben. You are a huge reason for my guitar renaissance and certainly the main reason why I have made more progress on guitar in the last four months than I ever had in 10 years of wankery. Now I always have something to be thinking about, practicing, or trying to unlock on the guitar neck. You made a guitar neck a “big, friendly place“ for me Ben, something that I never felt like over an entire decade of playing guitar. Thank you for what you and channels like yours do for the love of this instrument
Happy to help, buddy!!!
I feel the same. I stopped having guitar lessons when I got into university and stopped practising. So I've been playing for 10 years, but I feel like I have the same knowledge and skills for 5 or 6. I don't have the money to get guitar lessons with the same teacher again, but I got the time and Uncle Ben is definitely helping me with my "guitar renaissance".
THE BEST LESSON I've watched in a long time. Ben you ROCK
Uncle Ben just casually putting out breakthrough lessons for free like it's no big deal. Freaking awesome.
oh you just wait. I haven't unleashed any of my REAL artillery for free yet. Planning on making some lesson packages that are going to blow minds.
I love the fact how you included the number sequence (4,8,15,16,23,42) from LOST in 00:36. My all-time favorite TV Show.
Lastly, great lesson and video, as always.
This was the best guitar lesson I ever had. Finding inversions by simple patterns. My mind is opened. Thank you!
I'm Eddie Fontaine now 58 and I met EVH at 15 yrs old ,Eddie Van Halen was 21 .DAt ,16 I joined Blue Cheer . Metals oldest band ..Never will forget it .Great lesson Ben brother .Eddie changed my life because I figured out what he was doing at a young age .Geezz I capitalized off it .Copy Cat me ,but I am an "Eddie" I got a lot of help outta this lesson .The major and minor difference . Excellent !!! RIP legendary EVH ..mix up the order .Gotta be happy to play demolished. ..\;;;;/ Hammers on bro ..
Haha awesome! Thanks Eddie!
This is the best lesson for composing two hand tapping licks on the fly I've ever watched. Thank you.
Wynn Blevins thank you!!!
When my mom asked if I wanted to take tap lessons, I wish I didn't misunderstand and it was this kind and not the one that got me into fights at school 😔
Lmao , O hell thats great !
As long as ya WON those fights. You KNOW why they put those taps on the toes of the shoes, right? So ya could kick the bullies right in the 'prunes'! 😁
EVH was so innovative. He deserves all the accolades and credit he gets as one of the greatest guitarists ever. Was there anyone else doing triad chord tapping before VH? If so, they were very few and far between.
This simplifies things for when one is enjoying whiskey and feels the urge to rock out
Ben Eller is brilliant both as a musician and a teacher. I was privileged to attend a class he taught in Raleigh along with Andy Wood. I wish that I had this teaching 50+ years ago when I took up guitar.
It's amazing how you always take ideas that seem so complicated, all of the sudden seem stupid simple. Thank you!
It’s all of a sudden. Stupid simple.
Most is simple , its the god damn speed of freaking light that he played that keeps it stupid complicated
Awesome visualization method to tap major/minor/diminished triads! Thanks Uncle Ben. You Rock!!!!
0:36 42nd fret, lol!!
3:15 F# demolished. Always a classic!
4:17 the bowl, cereal, milk, and spoon analogy is awesome!
Dude.... Really?! I gave up searching for tapping videos. Never could find a clear and simple lesson. I'm thrilled that I stumbled upon your video. FINALLY!! I can now visualize and clearly comprehend how to construct tapping patterns! You have won the Internet this week! Bravo my good man! Cheers!
This has to be the best video I've ever seen on tapping. I understand it a lot more now.
I'm 61, started playing before my fingers were big enough. Actually started playing when I was 13. We just played whatever we had to because we were off the farm.
It's fun seeing how young popular guitar players do it. At this point in life it's just another thing you know how to do. Thanks for the tips..
amazing. You've blown my mind with this stuff. Its like finding gold that was right in front of you this whole time
Wow. This “penny dropping” lesson was a great big Xmas gift, wrapped, tied with a bow, and delivered on time. Best gift ever. Thank you!!!
Sixth Sanctum Media Thats great 👍 it doesn’t happen to all of us 😉
I like the idea of practicing this in every chord of the scale.
It's always that 42nd fret that gets me almost every time.
My favorite tapping warmup is minor 3rd-major 3rd. Then I sub a major 4th for the major 3rd.
good shit, I'm 65 these days and back in 69 there was not much going for tapping...appreciate your skill, thanks
This is the best explanation of tapping I have ever seen!!!
I've said this b4 but I'll say it again...YOU ARE AN AMAZING TEACHER!!! You are brilliant!
Said it before sayin it again, you are by a loooooooooooooooong distance the ABSOLUTE best teacher on the web, not to mention you crack me up too...and at my age I can use all the crackin up I can get ……. THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU for being whom you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow-Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have cleared so much up uncle Ben it is really appreciated. A lesson on how Eddie utilizes chords would be great or a lesson on the song 5150!
Solo to the amazing song- One Foot Out The Door..Damn-chills just thinking about it
When you said "can you mix up the notes" I said absolutely out loud and then you said it in the video and I laughed haha
You made this so much easier then how it was explained to me. !!
I mean I’ve been wanting to learn this for years. It you made this so easy. I got it within minutes. !!
Mahalo from Hawaii !!
Thanks for showing an easier way to look at this arpeggio technique. This visualization will help to more easily learn the fretboard whether using 2-handed tapping or any other style.
Another lightbulb moment. Thanks Uncle B
Well done, Ben! I like the way you presented this to a guitar player with very little music theory knowledge! Also like your dry sense of humor!!
Appreciate this lesson Ben. It clears up a few things for those of us who have always played by ear & are lesson-less & never had music theory in a way that makes sense. All the best & stay well !!!
Holy hell brother. That was awesome. Making the difficult easy, not just seem easy, but with a little practice just plain easy. Thanks Ben!!!
lol 13:50 - " F # demolished " on top of being an amazing teacher here, Ben always dips in great sense humour too! Thanks for a great lesson like many others you make it simpler to learn and it it sticks! Greetings from Portugal. happy Xmas mate
Thank you for verbally explaining to me how my brain made this work to begin with. I'm self taught/learning, and couldn't connect the dots any time before when I pieced together these scale structures.
Thank you for demystifying the tapping thing. As no old-head, I didn't grow up with that stuff, but I'm often asked to play that technique. Now i can work on it from a sensible framework. Still learning after playing 50 years.
You're such a good teacher. Excellent.
Cereal analogy = Mind blown. ;)
Excellent as always
Ben, you’re awesome, but your lessons remind me of how little I’ve learned in the past on guitar playing. I was in absolute awe of EVH in 1978 when VH first hit the scene. Wish I had taken lessons much earlier!
So glad to have you around Uncle Ben.You are THE best in my book!
Great lesson!!!
Excellent. So lucid and yet so comprehensive
What a fantastic teacher!
Good stuff as always.
Well delivered, mate!
Brilliant lesson! Thanks
Resurrecting your best evh videos. Man, there are a lot! Might be worth curating them into an EVH Playlist!
this is the best Ed lesson ever! Thanks Unk!
Thanks for this lesson Ben.
Excellent as always Uncle Ben!! Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant lesson
Brilliant breakdown! Thanks
Love you for making this uncle ben
This was excellent Ben! Thank you!
Awesome lesson man!
Awesome!!
Thanks for posting this
wow...mind blown. Great vid bro . There IS light at the end of the tunnel and its not a train. Thanks so much for posting.
What a great teacher! Love your vids!
Best breakdowns as always!!!!!
Wow. How did I miss this. Thanks Ben!
Great lesson mate, thanks!
Fantastic video!!
Puzzle solved!! Thanks Bensta!
Thank You! Uncle Ben and Happy Holidays!
Nice that was the best lesson I have seen on youtube woke up at 4 am this morning I dont no how i ran across this vidio man I lucked out I would of never known thank you and keep on rocking. Roland from Magdalena New Mexico usa.
Very informative Ben. Cheers!
Great video as always.
I’ve always viewed it as:
3 frets between root and major 3rd
2 frets between root and minor 3rd
Exceptional instructing talent, Uncle Ben!!! 🙌
What an awesome approach to this topic. Great job!
Great lesson.
Yer awesome Ben, a great teacher you are!
Great vid!
Thank you uncle Ben for this tutorial ! !
pls post more of this tapping lesson if you can.
Thanks, just found you man. learning guitar at 62. This is so clear I feel smart now. Thanks again
This is such a good lesson and you make it fun and easy to follow.
You are an amazing teacher. Your analogies are spot on. Great stuff.
Thanks Uncle Ben!
Nice lesson UB, Thanks!
Great explanation simplified. Thank you
Thanks Ben! Excellent Job! Great Tutorial!!!!
Thanks for all you do Ben. Bless
This is a great lesson, thank you Uncle Ben
Thank you Uncle Ben!
Brilliant, Absolutely love the Lesson, Keep Rockin Ben, Cheers
Great explanation to easily visualize
Thank you ! I`ve been looking for you for years !!! Great lesson !
Great lesson! Thanks!
Hey Ben. Great lesson. Easy to visualize! Thank you so much for all your great lessons and hard work!
Greetings from Melbourne Australia Ben! Absolutely brilliant lesson - thank you 🙏🏻
Great lesson Ben! You really explained it in a way that was very easy to understand!
Good explanation, thanks Uncle Ben
This is really good Ben, nice to see a well explained 'simple' lesson that I've already found useful. Thanks 👍🤘
"Less clickin', more pickin'" I need that on a T-shirt 😉 That's one of the best lessons I've ever seen. Tapped arpeggios always made my eye twitch, now they are super simple. Thanks a bunch, Ben. I've also got a hankering for some cereal, spoon first 😉
This is a really good explanation. Great job.
I really love your way of thinking!