Legendary Licks You Think Are Hard (but aren't)

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  • @MusicisWin
    @MusicisWin  Před 5 lety +2857

    What are some more licks people think sound hard but actually aren't?

    • @michaelwebster1918
      @michaelwebster1918 Před 5 lety +229

      One, metallica

    • @JayFreely
      @JayFreely Před 5 lety +96

      Ain't talkin bout love

    • @ronnienose8608
      @ronnienose8608 Před 5 lety +38

      How about the solo on Extreme's 'Get The Funk Out?'

    • @MrBeetlefly
      @MrBeetlefly Před 5 lety +32

      I think Green-Tinted Sixties Mind by Mr. Big could be on that list too. Like Eruption or Thunderstruck it's one of those cool-sounding licks, that actually require just some feel for the rhythm and the groove. If you manage to get your fingers synchronized, it is really not that hard but sounds and looks awesome!

    • @benwaller4654
      @benwaller4654 Před 5 lety +28

      Byob

  • @dillonmacpherson3350
    @dillonmacpherson3350 Před 5 lety +11122

    I think what makes the free bird solo hard is that it's like 57 hours long

    • @minigungaming5915
      @minigungaming5915 Před 5 lety +710

      And half of it is insane bends

    • @metaltom2003
      @metaltom2003 Před 5 lety +635

      Yep. It's definitely an endurance solo.

    • @masondixon1718
      @masondixon1718 Před 5 lety +279

      Truth... My fingers were not ready to learn Freebird when I gave it a go. Took a lot of endurance exercise.

    • @yearginclarke
      @yearginclarke Před 5 lety +128

      I wouldn't call it exactly easy just because of all the bending. Knowing what to play is not that hard, it's just the bending. And you can't play the solo convincingly it you don't keep up that endurance level of bending ALL the time. At least that's how it is for me.

    • @Walamonga1313
      @Walamonga1313 Před 5 lety +77

      Yeah, it's got very repetitive patterns and licks so it's relatively simple but it goes on for quite a while so it gets tiresome.

  • @johnreiff1788
    @johnreiff1788 Před 5 lety +6767

    yeah... easy... *cries in smoke on the water*

    • @holycake3759
      @holycake3759 Před 5 lety +30

      John Reiff sameeeee brooo

    • @snowrider6669
      @snowrider6669 Před 5 lety +32

      John Reiff Can I play these drop D barre chords?

    • @vitorstreetboys
      @vitorstreetboys Před 5 lety +11

      sweet child of mine

    • @InternetHandle123
      @InternetHandle123 Před 5 lety +39

      lmao im just restarting playing guitar. all i can play is happy b day, smoke on the water n the riff for iron man by black sabbath lmfao. also i'm starting on a 12 string so this gonna be hard as fuck

    • @Do-lf8ne
      @Do-lf8ne Před 5 lety +4

      😂😂😂

  • @markronnell4283
    @markronnell4283 Před 4 lety +1491

    Eruption is actually difficult. The only part that is easy is the tapping section. Everything else takes practice. I finally nailed the full eruption solo today and I’ve never felt more accomplished.

    • @bigsquisums
      @bigsquisums Před 2 lety +44

      The licks, not the solo.

    • @krapiak
      @krapiak Před 2 lety +157

      and yet the tapping part is the only part that impresses non-players

    • @sandalnice3333
      @sandalnice3333 Před 2 lety +47

      The tapping part is still kinda tough though but still definitely the easiest part of the song

    • @Blake-od5mb
      @Blake-od5mb Před 2 lety +12

      First thing on guitar I learned was the tapping part I skipped smoke on the water only reason because people kept telling me no that I couldn’t do it but here we ate I agree the tapping is easy just takes time to learn that speed and keep up with it but the whole solo noooo way not a peace of cake at all

    • @Judas_Betrayalband
      @Judas_Betrayalband Před 2 lety +1

      @Coon Pooch k

  • @filipavsec1988
    @filipavsec1988 Před 4 lety +2260

    "Its easy if you know natural harmonics"
    Me, the very next second on youtoube: "how to do natural harmonics"

  • @RJRonquillo
    @RJRonquillo Před 5 lety +6682

    When someone asks for Freebird, I say "Sure!" and then play "Sweet Home Alabama". A lot of times they don't notice the difference.

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid Před 5 lety +99

      I saw "E" (Mark of the Eels) do that very thing opening for Tori Amos.

    • @nolly8202
      @nolly8202 Před 5 lety +4

      Lol

    • @randomguitarnote8887
      @randomguitarnote8887 Před 5 lety +238

      Lol true, i play “simple man” though for a better mind fuck effect

    • @SeamusFries
      @SeamusFries Před 5 lety +37

      RandomGuitarNote I think simple man solo is better

    • @jacksoncodey9442
      @jacksoncodey9442 Před 5 lety +21

      R.J. Ronquillo Guitar 😂😂 the funny part is it’s not fucking sweet home Alabama 😂 it’s simple man. All you people are dumb

  • @jeffbaker634
    @jeffbaker634 Před 4 lety +605

    The Freebird solo isn't just one guitar. There's three going at it. That's what makes it spectacular. For people who are just learning, the last thing they wanna hear is " this is easy or it isn't hard " just show them how it's done and with practice it gets easier. But you are very good. Thanks for sharing.

    • @guitarcomet5
      @guitarcomet5 Před 2 lety +27

      I played Freebird in several bands throughout my time in local classic rock bands. By the time I was in my mid 20s (playing for 10 years) I learned all the licks, but developing the strength and stamina to play the entire solo by myself took several more years. By the time I was 35, I had several people approach me saying I played it better than anyone they’ve ever seen. I guess that means it took me 20 years to play it all the way through during a 3-1/2 hour set of 35+ songs. When I played in a band with a second guitar player, they always wanted to play some parts of it…until they heard me doing it right. Then they backed down and let me do it…so it must not be “easy”….lol

    • @expertarcher8542
      @expertarcher8542 Před rokem +3

      I thought the free bird solo was 2 guitars and they played the same exact thing.

    • @marcoseduardodasilvabergam545
      @marcoseduardodasilvabergam545 Před rokem +2

      ​@@expertarcher8542 Allen Collins starts and holds the solo in one piece. Steve Gains was the second guitarist and he starts playing later (if you listen, for example, to Live at the Fox Theater - Version 1976, you'll notice it at 7:48. OBS: not talking about this period in this video. Hope u understand). The third and final guitar for the solo is by Gary Rossington and basically he's doing the rhythm. It is worth remembering that in the studio version, Allen plays one guitar on top of the other.

    • @expertarcher8542
      @expertarcher8542 Před rokem +1

      @@marcoseduardodasilvabergam545 thank you for clarifying. I don’t know where I heard that it was only 2 guitars

    • @nzo_6543
      @nzo_6543 Před 9 měsíci

      ​​​​@@expertarcher8542indeed three guitarist,
      Allen Collins - starts and holds the solo
      Steve Gaines - joins playing the solo later with Allen
      Ed King- former guitarist in the band before Steve joined in,
      Gary Rossington- lead slide guitar/rhythm when the guitar solo started

  • @oscarmcfadden6718
    @oscarmcfadden6718 Před 3 lety +509

    Freebird is like a rap freestyle. It’s not impressive because it takes the time to learn it, it’s impressive because someone clearly thought it up in the moment while jamming and it sounds great.

    • @tonyisnotdead
      @tonyisnotdead Před rokem +18

      rap freestyles are as impressive as speeches or debates

    • @confusedcat-sm9cy
      @confusedcat-sm9cy Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@@tonyisnotdeadrap freestyles are pretty impressive, it requires good imagination and speech to make a good and catchy one

  • @northernmilorsomething6351
    @northernmilorsomething6351 Před 4 lety +809

    Pretty sure he’s just flexing

    • @waynesmith8608
      @waynesmith8608 Před 4 lety +3

      You would say that

    • @MikeyFilmsYT
      @MikeyFilmsYT Před 4 lety +6

      @@waynesmith8608 but is he wrong?

    • @MikeyFilmsYT
      @MikeyFilmsYT Před 4 lety +1

      Yes

    • @sixstringmadness6426
      @sixstringmadness6426 Před 3 lety +8

      But can he play stairway to heaven? 😂😂

    • @toxic_oma__1207
      @toxic_oma__1207 Před 3 lety +2

      No but, he is a very good Guitar or the best player ever and he is teaching everybody. I am playing E-Guitar because he is the best teacher and he did it for us for his Community.

  • @prsmantse1
    @prsmantse1 Před 5 lety +2593

    Do an opposite video. "Licks that sound easy but are ridiculously hard" lol

  • @jmstampe
    @jmstampe Před 5 lety +1583

    I can’t listen to that thunderstruck lick without my mind pretending to hear drunk sounding Aussies going “Uh-ah, uh-ah ah ah ah uh!!”

  • @kimiixDD
    @kimiixDD Před 4 lety +508

    He looks like he’s wearing a crown. If you see it, you can’t unsee it. Haha.

  • @XJ_Josethie
    @XJ_Josethie Před 3 lety +732

    Eruption isn’t hard.
    Plays the single most easy part of the entire song.

    • @brettdelong6161
      @brettdelong6161 Před 3 lety +49

      That’s the whole point

    • @gorg996
      @gorg996 Před 3 lety +52

      I know the beginning of eruption. Aka the A power chord at the beggining of the song

    • @noam.yuvalor1381
      @noam.yuvalor1381 Před 2 lety +29

      That’s the most famous part, and also the part that people that are non guitarist or even guitarist will probably expect to hear when they ask for eruption….

    • @jordanraney7062
      @jordanraney7062 Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah, but it's also probably the most well known part of the song

    • @ethanpederson
      @ethanpederson Před 2 lety +26

      This series is legendary licks, not solos.

  • @NitemairMedia
    @NitemairMedia Před 5 lety +3680

    "Freebird solo is not hard" proceeds to attempt to play it and sounds nothing like the song.

    • @kenmoon2331
      @kenmoon2331 Před 5 lety +336

      That's where he lost me too.

    • @aaronrenslow7522
      @aaronrenslow7522 Před 5 lety +153

      Lmfao. Was thinking the same thing.

    • @FirstLast-vv6lv
      @FirstLast-vv6lv Před 5 lety +190

      its simple man

    • @KrushKrills
      @KrushKrills Před 5 lety +75

      @@FirstLast-vv6lv mama told me, when i was young

    • @chicosuman
      @chicosuman Před 5 lety +84

      I thought it was just me... There's no Freebird at all

  • @nicecatplays5922
    @nicecatplays5922 Před 5 lety +519

    *No, The wibbily ibbly dibbly part!*

    • @dreyn7780
      @dreyn7780 Před 4 lety +2

      Why are you even here gen Y?
      Did the big red wiggles car break down or something?
      Harry Potter not working out for you?
      You paid for nothing and got no friends!

    • @astora4671
      @astora4671 Před 4 lety +8

      @@dreyn7780 ?????

    • @dreyn7780
      @dreyn7780 Před 4 lety +1

      Hey, something real has just happened! The yellow wiggle fell down while on stage! Let’s go!

    • @drugtaker3283
      @drugtaker3283 Před 4 lety +1

      @@dreyn7780 Its called Money for Nothing for a reason, stupid boomer

    • @noturbrother
      @noturbrother Před 3 lety +1

      @@dreyn7780 ????????

  • @evanjamieson6638
    @evanjamieson6638 Před 4 lety +134

    The intro to Thunderstruck was like the first thing I learned on an electric guitar. Simple patterns have always been easy; almost to a fault since they get ingrained in your fingers and more creative licks can be harder to learn from so much repetition of the easier stuff.

  • @MrTNT49
    @MrTNT49 Před rokem +52

    0:40 Freebird
    4:05 Eruption
    5:50 Thunderstruck
    7:45 Whammy bar stuff

  • @slayerandgreendayfanboy9242
    @slayerandgreendayfanboy9242 Před 5 lety +961

    They are really not that hard.
    Me: *Failling to play Seven Nation Army*

    • @AvanRoyOfficial
      @AvanRoyOfficial Před 4 lety

      Howowoaoaoao

    • @brettfisher3808
      @brettfisher3808 Před 4 lety +8

      As someone who started guitar three days ago and doesn’t even know how to read notes, trust me I struggled on it for those first three days but can do it quite well now

    • @brettfisher3808
      @brettfisher3808 Před 4 lety +1

      Lxrd Kami thank you I will try my best

    • @sstaners1234
      @sstaners1234 Před 4 lety

      Like...Me trying to perfect Metallica one opening solo.

    • @dreyn7780
      @dreyn7780 Před 4 lety +1

      I fly kites man! I’m topgun.
      I’m gonna be in the new movie someday! You watch me! I’m gonna come back and buy this town! My key will be on the type writer soon.

  • @KilljoyRPMX
    @KilljoyRPMX Před 5 lety +2221

    Legendary Lil Wayne Riffs You Think Are Easy (but aren't)

    • @IxLuckyxI
      @IxLuckyxI Před 5 lety +108

      Sad but true. He plays so wrong, itˋs tremendously hard to get his playing right

    • @lidokork
      @lidokork Před 5 lety +51

      Unironically difficult to be that trash

    • @mitchellcrawley6897
      @mitchellcrawley6897 Před 5 lety +52

      Killjoy he taught eddie van halen Steve vai randy rhoades and dimebag darrell how to play guitar

    • @davidevans1723
      @davidevans1723 Před 5 lety +7

      Killjoy the classic lil Wayne comment

    • @BoilingHotCoffee
      @BoilingHotCoffee Před 5 lety +6

      This is the first time in quite a while I heard anyone mention Lil Wayne. I don’t think he’s relevant anymore lol

  • @boomereater2232
    @boomereater2232 Před 3 lety +160

    “This is the first lick that really any guitarist learns” *cries in Crazy Train*

    • @onnikokkonen1901
      @onnikokkonen1901 Před 3 lety +15

      Crazy train is pretty Hard for me ngl

    • @Snavels
      @Snavels Před 3 lety +1

      My first riff that I actually learned was "In the Belly of a Shark" because drop D is my favorite tuning

    • @user-gr8uz6mn3t
      @user-gr8uz6mn3t Před 2 lety +5

      I feel like Crazy Train is definitely one of the first tapping licks everyone learns but it scares everyone off because of the last shred at the end of the solo

    • @faze-kii1135
      @faze-kii1135 Před 2 lety +1

      @@onnikokkonen1901 pero más difícil es tocarlo exactamente igual, llevo un año perfeccionando ese solo y apenas lo logré hace una semana

    • @2216sammy
      @2216sammy Před 2 lety +4

      @@user-gr8uz6mn3t No , the entire Crazy Train solo is easy . What makes VH so difficult is he doesn't play traditional scales and patterns he does it completely differently . That and his hand stretches are mind boggling .

  • @keymaster430
    @keymaster430 Před 3 lety +123

    Some drunk: "Play FREE BIRD!!!"
    Solo guitarist on stage: "Um, ok. I need a couple more guitarist up here with me..."

    • @Leatherface123.
      @Leatherface123. Před 3 lety +13

      Need 3 guitars a bassist drummer and piano then some weed beer and glue
      A 1958 Gibson Explorer which is at least $1 million so yeah your gonna need a lot

    • @Salty_Taco9357
      @Salty_Taco9357 Před 2 lety +3

      “Everybody just stay here we might be a while”

  • @semin811
    @semin811 Před 5 lety +1799

    my gf shall never watch this video

    • @ryanelison4539
      @ryanelison4539 Před 5 lety +13

      Omg.

    • @Preston_Rowe
      @Preston_Rowe Před 5 lety +20

      Haha my thoughts exactly

    • @alexbeattiemusic
      @alexbeattiemusic Před 5 lety +160

      A guitarist? With a GIRLFRIEND??? What is this madness?!?

    • @MegaRafamaster
      @MegaRafamaster Před 5 lety +82

      @@alexbeattiemusic Guitars get the girls, everyone knows that

    • @TheNomios
      @TheNomios Před 5 lety +9

      More like at least GIRLFRIENDS if you plan on being nice to them pal.

  • @SlimOnCod
    @SlimOnCod Před 5 lety +1342

    haha can’t get confused by scales if you never learned them 😎

    • @wickedbabushka3475
      @wickedbabushka3475 Před 5 lety +30

      trent.exe damn right my dude

    • @wickedbabushka3475
      @wickedbabushka3475 Před 5 lety +33

      Ladarius Johnson It’s a joke buddy, relax

    • @kikoredog
      @kikoredog Před 5 lety +5

      Ladarius Johnson reported 2 police

    • @jeffc4178
      @jeffc4178 Před 5 lety +1

      Pathetic.
      Geez 1967 Shelby
      YOU sound like the bitch.
      You always chime in on other people's conversations?

    • @sneal1313
      @sneal1313 Před 5 lety +4

      @@ladariusjohnson709 u cant even shred bro

  • @matty0000
    @matty0000 Před 4 lety +47

    Honestly no matter if it’s easier than we think, I will never forget the first time I heard Eruption. I will forever be blown away

    • @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn
      @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Před 2 lety +1

      Followed by that great version of You Really Got Me!
      What a perfect introduction to a band, great guitar solo, then a killer version of a song you already know. It's just a shame they went pop after that.

  • @noahtheyeeter7022
    @noahtheyeeter7022 Před 3 lety +36

    Tried the last trick, whammie bar immediately snapped

  • @falx94
    @falx94 Před 5 lety +678

    4:15 "This is the first tapping lick that really any guitar player learns..."
    NUH UH MINE WAS ON--
    4:22
    ...Oh.

  • @fiveish77
    @fiveish77 Před 5 lety +182

    One of my older bands learned free bird before a big show and inevitably someone shouted “play free bird” and we did. People were pretty mind blown and it really isn’t that hard of a song. Just very long.
    Also, another pretty easy double tapping lick is the beginning of the crazy train solo. That was my first tapping lick.

  • @chpke7750
    @chpke7750 Před 4 lety +47

    A riff that never fails to impress a crowd is *smoke on the water* . Trust me, although it looks quite intimidating to most guitar players, it's actually very simple when you get the hang of it, and it's even more impressive to play in front of a crowd!

  • @Leatherface123.
    @Leatherface123. Před 4 lety +106

    Eruption is actually the hardest song to play on guitar
    The live version with all of the whammy dives and tremolo picking and

    • @TheFReeFRiesss
      @TheFReeFRiesss Před 3 lety +9

      Maybe for you. Just keep practicing and you'll be laughing at yourself for saying that one day

    • @Leatherface123.
      @Leatherface123. Před 3 lety +15

      Not just the tapping part
      The whole 10 minutes of eruption live

    • @Untoldanimations
      @Untoldanimations Před 3 lety +2

      Tapping a triad on one string is the easiest thing you can do on guitar

    • @mulfss
      @mulfss Před 3 lety +8

      @Ayda Sh you know eruption isn’t just tapping right?

    • @mulfss
      @mulfss Před 3 lety +4

      @Ayda Sh but he said whammy dives and tremolo picking which isn’t in the tapping part

  • @viammortis
    @viammortis Před 5 lety +1066

    Timestamped riffs:
    1:59 part of the solo from Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (he goes on about that one for a while)
    4:07 Eruption - Van Halen
    5:53 Thunderstruck - AC/DC
    7:47 not a riff, just a whammy bar dive (like the end of Cemetery Gates by Pantera, or any power metal solo)

    • @PioloAskal2009
      @PioloAskal2009 Před 5 lety +59

      Yey it's you again. Thank you for also timestamping the other video.

    • @dirtyharry1881
      @dirtyharry1881 Před 5 lety +41

      Thank you for saving me 10 minutes. Time is a precious commodity

    • @Kazzzy03
      @Kazzzy03 Před 5 lety +6

      your a legend

    • @nick260682
      @nick260682 Před 5 lety +3

      powergamer6
      I guess it depends if you just want the list of what he considers not as hard as it sounds, or the explanation; which is the whole point of the video.
      If you just want the list, why bother timestamping it?

    • @whosaidthat84
      @whosaidthat84 Před 5 lety

      You are the real music is win!!

  • @mraBJJ33
    @mraBJJ33 Před 5 lety +315

    Your pick hand raised into the air as tribute to the gods or rock is the only acceptable way to play thunderstruck, change my mind.

    • @gremlin9870
      @gremlin9870 Před 4 lety +6

      Thunderstruck is played with alternate picking *drops mic

    • @brettski3152
      @brettski3152 Před 4 lety +3

      @@gremlin9870 not live it isn't

    • @gremlin9870
      @gremlin9870 Před 4 lety +11

      @@brettski3152 in the music video it's played with hammer on pull offs. In original recording it's alternate picked

    • @06AngusSG
      @06AngusSG Před 4 lety +2

      Even live Angus picks it... I've personally seen him do it 5 times. Just sounds wrong with hammer-ons.

    • @hichigoshirosaki3665
      @hichigoshirosaki3665 Před 4 lety +7

      @@06AngusSG you're all dumb asses just enjoy the fucking licks

  • @Paulkuriansunny
    @Paulkuriansunny Před 4 lety +35

    Legendary licks to try out in a guitar store to impress those employed there.

  • @xXB1ueNnjaXx
    @xXB1ueNnjaXx Před 3 lety +21

    Is it just me or could anyone else hear the “thunder, Ahh ah ah ah ah ah ahhha” at 6:30

  • @argie9914
    @argie9914 Před 5 lety +1520

    8:52 imagine not being able to get harmonics on all frets
    This meme was made by the bass gang

    • @guitardude125
      @guitardude125 Před 5 lety +21

      From my knowledge, any basic guitar you have can only have harmonics on like 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 etc.

    • @jbisch272
      @jbisch272 Před 5 lety +27

      Peyton Wilson 2, 3, 15, 16,

    • @bynosaurus4024
      @bynosaurus4024 Před 5 lety +107

      Imagine having to fret a string to get a separate note.
      This post was made by the harp gang.

    • @guitardude125
      @guitardude125 Před 5 lety +6

      @@jbisch272 depends on how good your pickups are. Singles dont do much, my emgs dont get 2 or 3

    • @ujjwaltyagi3030
      @ujjwaltyagi3030 Před 4 lety +2

      Someone explain me the joke

  • @PooDotStinkPants
    @PooDotStinkPants Před 5 lety +761

    Very impressive, now do it all again on a 12 string acoustic.

    • @Max-dr6rz
      @Max-dr6rz Před 4 lety +26

      make the string action very high

    • @ItsRevival
      @ItsRevival Před 4 lety +25

      With a Floyd Rose

    • @salatieljyrustumanan4929
      @salatieljyrustumanan4929 Před 4 lety +5

      Or on my telecaster(It has .012s and sky high action)

    • @manan-543
      @manan-543 Před 4 lety +4

      Omg epico. Slap like now if you want him to do this challenge

    • @alex-ir9uq
      @alex-ir9uq Před 4 lety +4

      12 string acoustic whammy bar

  • @arbuthnotmumsboy8178
    @arbuthnotmumsboy8178 Před 4 lety +11

    I actually got asked to play freebird just the other day by a plonker. I started playing Blackbird and he said "no man, thats not it" so I started playing High flying bird."No. man, that's not it". So I then said "sorry man, guess I don't know that one". I need to learn more songs with the word bird in the title.

  • @eustishyre5850
    @eustishyre5850 Před 2 lety +11

    This is so absolutely important for young musicians. When I was teaching myself electric guitar as a teen (pre CZcams) all I saw was tabs that seemed like completely random fingers and strings. I never understood how patterns are linked together to actually learn these rather than just hard memorization note by note. This are downright impossible if you're just staring at the tablature and see numbers everywhere.

  • @xxplayerbloxx3052
    @xxplayerbloxx3052 Před 5 lety +264

    7:53 Hiroshima during WWII

  • @tradeka4206
    @tradeka4206 Před 4 lety +25

    The only hard thing about the free bird solo for me is playing the whole 10 year long solo

  • @JW29967
    @JW29967 Před 4 lety +16

    4:45 I doubt it was coffee that Eddie was taking to get that effect haha, Awesome video!

  • @gearandoutdoorger.3935
    @gearandoutdoorger.3935 Před 5 lety +355

    "this is so easy!"
    My finger: what the...?

    • @dreyn7780
      @dreyn7780 Před 4 lety

      I just bought the Spider-Man outfit!
      I’m now making webs and fighting crime right here!

  • @danh5150
    @danh5150 Před 5 lety +105

    Just a quick note on the Eruption tapping pattern; Eddie isn't tapping a simple triplet pattern on each triad (as 95% of guitarist do, including myself for years). What he does is tap and then pull off on the 'highest' note on each shape [w/ right index finger] while his left index finger holds the 'lowest' note, THEN hammers and pulls off on the 'middle' note on each shape [w/ left ring or pinky finger]. This actually gives a 4 note repeating pattern [high-low-middle-low] instead of a triplet [high-middle-low]. With the combination of the delay and the speed he's changing shapes on the record it can trick the ear into sounding like a 'triplet' tap without delay. It's actually a little weird to play at first, but you can definitely hear a difference. Props to anyone trying their hand at Eruption! ;o)

    • @milooksala4544
      @milooksala4544 Před 5 lety +3

      Oh, I actually thought that thats how you should tap any song lol

    • @aaronhill8464
      @aaronhill8464 Před 5 lety +3

      danh5150 Eddie is the king after all 🤘🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @seungwonlee4449
      @seungwonlee4449 Před 4 lety +5

      danh5150 i thought its high low middle, not high low middle low or high middle low

    • @programmer1840
      @programmer1840 Před 3 lety +1

      Are there any videos showing this? All the CZcams videos seem to be showing it the 'wrong' way, using triplets.

    • @danh5150
      @danh5150 Před 3 lety

      @@programmer1840 I've seen some people on CZcams play it like that, but they never talk about it. They just play it like they assume that everyone taps it like that. I first notice it the VH I transcription book (Hal Leonard or Cherry Lane; can't recall the publisher).

  • @pauldaily2448
    @pauldaily2448 Před 3 lety +14

    I laughed really, really loudly at "no, the wibbly dibbly dibbly part" lolol

  • @2girls1coop
    @2girls1coop Před 4 lety +192

    “Ever wonder why so many people pick up the guitar to learn how to play but don’t?”
    Uhhh because it’s not an instantly gratifying video game? It’s dedication people, learn it. I’m so sick of these damn ads.

    • @qualitytrash2257
      @qualitytrash2257 Před 4 lety +5

      Brandon Cooper I know right like fender play and shit it’s so annoying

    • @joebroaol
      @joebroaol Před 4 lety +1

      rocksmith baby lol

    • @2girls1coop
      @2girls1coop Před 4 lety +2

      The Last Petik oh I Rocksmithed for a little bit (Steam winter sale), and it has some really great tools, but excitement can run out on that too

    • @educatedcanadian7408
      @educatedcanadian7408 Před 3 lety

      Yup. Takes years of.practice to play something like fade to black all the way through. But video games do help hand eye coordination.

    • @JeighNeither
      @JeighNeither Před 3 lety

      Ugh, I hate all those fucking predatory ads, or rather "teaching corporations". And I promise you the people that fall victim to them, will still never learn a thing, just like I predicted all the comments to this video would be the typical -You say it's easy, but I'll stick to learning green day or some stupid shit like that.

  • @slickbackjack
    @slickbackjack Před 5 lety +40

    7:13 made me sub

  • @eriklundstrum4656
    @eriklundstrum4656 Před 5 lety +464

    But can you play the intro to smoke on the water?

    • @unclemarshall2220
      @unclemarshall2220 Před 5 lety +104

      I'm convinced its impossible. My great grandfather was a guitar god. He had mastered such legendary songs as "Smells like teen spirit" but when he attenpted smoke ons the water. He had a heart attack.

    • @biologicalstepdad9082
      @biologicalstepdad9082 Před 5 lety +5

      please stop lads. they're old and unfunny.

    • @danielschyttelvik6104
      @danielschyttelvik6104 Před 5 lety +8

      well, the funny thing is that 90% of you fucktards out there, plays it wrong.... this comment is just sad

    • @joshuaoliverie9801
      @joshuaoliverie9801 Před 5 lety +20

      Daniel wildlife R/whoooosh

    • @topbrasstv8867
      @topbrasstv8867 Před 5 lety +4

      @@danielschyttelvik6104 dude the joke is that it's an easy riff. Dont be mean.

  • @zekeisunique1128
    @zekeisunique1128 Před 4 lety +8

    God your setup is literally my dream

  • @sierraparker8779
    @sierraparker8779 Před 4 lety +2

    I love it! Watched three of your videos in a row on a night when coworkers saw me carry my guitar into the restaurant. Of course I was assaulted with the usual... can you play this? Will you play me that? I ain't a jukebox people! I love that you debunk the stuff everybody... even us guitarists think is hard. I love also that you point out the easy sounding stuff that really is. If I play my original stuff for a non musician they are so not impressed. I don't know many who can follow it. Even just hanging out in the box. There are so many nuances that make a piece ones own that simple is anything but. I love watching you explore that! Keep it up!

  • @greatfella4996
    @greatfella4996 Před 5 lety +792

    When u said Eruption tapping is the first tapping solo anyone learns, I was like haha my first was Metallica One. Then u said or either... )

    • @gothammetal5811
      @gothammetal5811 Před 5 lety +7

      lol same

    • @benjob3840
      @benjob3840 Před 5 lety +11

      Paschendale by iron maiden was my first attempt at tapping

    • @acidburn1783
      @acidburn1783 Před 5 lety +7

      My first tapping attempt was Winter Madness.

    • @greatfella4996
      @greatfella4996 Před 5 lety +3

      I didnt even want to learn tapping. I wanted to learn One) eventhough solo in general was too hard for me

    • @WooWhoo8
      @WooWhoo8 Před 5 lety

      Yeah same here lmao

  • @thereallbking
    @thereallbking Před 5 lety +516

    How about a 'licks/riffs that sound easy but aren't' video?

    • @markbyrd7710
      @markbyrd7710 Před 5 lety +32

      For me pretty much any John Mayer song.. Especially when trying to play and sing.

    • @TheZooropaBaby
      @TheZooropaBaby Před 5 lety +5

      *everything Pat Metheny plays*

    • @jonahwizard1
      @jonahwizard1 Před 5 lety

      @Mehmet Bozkurt Beating Around The Bush

    • @djimmish
      @djimmish Před 5 lety

      @@notmozart8866 Ehhh, not that hard for a solo especially if you have a Wah

    • @piacere_lore
      @piacere_lore Před 5 lety +19

      I'd definitely add Snow by RHCP on that list

  • @masteroftheheadcrabs3123
    @masteroftheheadcrabs3123 Před 4 lety +40

    How TF was that the Free Bird solo?

    • @V2ULTRAKill
      @V2ULTRAKill Před 4 lety +4

      That was the iconic lick....done in the wrong key

    • @DJxSlacker
      @DJxSlacker Před 3 lety +5

      @@V2ULTRAKill yep probably because Skynyrd are youtube blockers like Zeppelin and AC/DC

  • @nikolaimikhail7774
    @nikolaimikhail7774 Před 3 lety +11

    When people think of Eruption they think of the easiest part of the entire solo

  • @yodasupernintendo
    @yodasupernintendo Před 5 lety +126

    Insert Li'l Wayne joke

    • @pkwiva
      @pkwiva Před 5 lety +1

      Dew doodo do dew. Dew doodo do dew.

  • @thedickens6490
    @thedickens6490 Před 5 lety +292

    kinda glossed over the fact that, while Thunderstruck is technically easy, it gets increasingly difficult throughout the song...staying on time is harder than the lick itself. for me anyway

    • @MetalRob81
      @MetalRob81 Před 5 lety +9

      Yea.. What a great hand exercise to build stamina.

    • @meadish
      @meadish Před 5 lety +27

      The descending run is difficult to pick cleanly several times in a row at original speed - not Steve Vai difficult, but difficult for the average intermediate guitar player.
      During the recording, Angus taped up the high E and G strings to stop them from ringing.

    • @MetalRob81
      @MetalRob81 Před 5 lety

      @@meadish I read about that many many years ago lol

    • @thedickens6490
      @thedickens6490 Před 5 lety +15

      timing+stamina=realizing what it really means to be "rhythm guitar."
      it was one of the most important lessons I learned. and when you screw up in front of even a handful of people, it's humbling...and very important to getting better

    • @matheusmoreira9951
      @matheusmoreira9951 Před 5 lety +3

      It's an easy as hell lick. But it's hard to keep it consistent.

  • @chriscoop6852
    @chriscoop6852 Před 3 lety

    Dude, I love your videos. Thank you

  • @m1trek860
    @m1trek860 Před 4 lety +28

    8:47
    Me after I listen to pantera once:

  • @tigsb13
    @tigsb13 Před 5 lety +6

    One of the funniest people to watch for guitar stuff, he just always makes it exciting 😂

  • @akshaykumar_r
    @akshaykumar_r Před 5 lety +88

    Thunderstruck with legato doesn't sound right, ya know? I feel like there's a lack of that "bite" in the notes, and it sounds a tad less energetic.

    • @gavinchambliss8576
      @gavinchambliss8576 Před 5 lety +2

      Akshay Ravi Kumar nah

    • @steelwarrior105
      @steelwarrior105 Před 5 lety +7

      He just does it for looks, it wasnt strict legato on the record

    • @akshaykumar_r
      @akshaykumar_r Před 5 lety +6

      @@steelwarrior105 Yeah I know :D you can hear each note being picked in the recording. What I'm saying is, sure it's okay when people use legato to play it, but it will sound weak to my ears. (unless their hammer ons and pull offs sound as good as their picking, in which case, holy heck they must have strong fingers)

    • @petarmilic9729
      @petarmilic9729 Před 5 lety +8

      Oh trust me if you play it live one hand is the way to go

    • @akshaykumar_r
      @akshaykumar_r Před 5 lety

      niko nikogovic haha yeah i can picture that xD

  • @Proximo1776
    @Proximo1776 Před rokem +1

    Love this Video! Thank You for being AWESOME!!

  • @richharris2669
    @richharris2669 Před 2 lety +2

    Love this! Thank you so much for explaining the whammy bar harmonics! I've always wanted to know how to do it. Also loved the eruption part.

  • @potatosan4250
    @potatosan4250 Před 5 lety +5

    Im so glad to stumble across your channel! I just picked up my first guitar coming from the realm of production and engineering. Theres definitely a lot of stigma in the guitar community, but just wanted to say thanks for making quality hilarious videos!

  • @Bravo-Too-Much
    @Bravo-Too-Much Před 5 lety +411

    When did Steven Crowder start playing guitar?

    • @roggie77777
      @roggie77777 Před 5 lety +12

      Change my mind

    • @ninetoedlizard6650
      @ninetoedlizard6650 Před 5 lety +16

      Steven Crowder is better than literally all of us at guitar Change My Mind

    • @ninetoedlizard6650
      @ninetoedlizard6650 Před 5 lety +2

      @Thomas Sowell it's a meme and they call it a ROYALE WITH CHEESE

    • @RustyWalker
      @RustyWalker Před 5 lety

      When Chuck Norris told him to play Freebird

    • @koa_tk5163
      @koa_tk5163 Před 5 lety +11

      change my mind: he doesn't look like Crowder

  • @games4nerds777
    @games4nerds777 Před 4 lety +13

    7:52 Fuel live with an orchestra and Kirk being badass colorized 1999

  • @sierralewis
    @sierralewis Před 3 lety +35

    “eruption is easy”
    *continues to play it wrong*

    • @Happylink75
      @Happylink75 Před 3 lety

      How the hell did it play it wrong

    • @lzasyr
      @lzasyr Před 3 lety

      copyright

    • @BeniRey32
      @BeniRey32 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Happylink75 The original phrase goes 12-4-7, not 12-7-4

    • @joekillion7427
      @joekillion7427 Před 3 lety +1

      So accurate. Tap pull hammer, not tap pull pull.

    • @jez_77
      @jez_77 Před 2 lety +2

      Same with Freebird, maybe notes were correct but the timing and general feel was nowhere close to the original

  • @P1K3L
    @P1K3L Před 5 lety +37

    I did "seven nation army" two weeks after first trying a guitar, and it blew my mom's mind.

    • @belle-jg7jj
      @belle-jg7jj Před 5 lety +11

      Our moms are always our biggest fans

    • @brianwalendy3735
      @brianwalendy3735 Před 4 lety +6

      @@belle-jg7jj mine told me there's no future in music, and that I should give up on my dreams.......

    • @miguelnogueira9988
      @miguelnogueira9988 Před 4 lety +6

      @@brianwalendy3735 my mom told me that I sucked at guitar :(
      And I do suck

  • @shaymc1977
    @shaymc1977 Před 5 lety +59

    Have you heard the expression it's easy when you know how..

  • @epiphone278
    @epiphone278 Před rokem +2

    Great video! When you started the into piece to Freebird, I was liking that too, lol wish you’d shown more of that. But yep thanks for showing those licks!!

  • @scottd.1700
    @scottd.1700 Před 3 lety

    Love your trick videos.

  • @cbjonsey5785
    @cbjonsey5785 Před 5 lety +20

    We guitarists make the weirdest faces when we are really rocking out

  • @kipblass2131
    @kipblass2131 Před 5 lety +60

    was expecting to see the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine

    • @tedpoland7650
      @tedpoland7650 Před 4 lety +2

      I can play all songs try the song one by Metallica

    • @sierraparker8779
      @sierraparker8779 Před 4 lety

      Wanna see a drunken longhair play the intro on acoustic in a basement?

  • @chasewillian9010
    @chasewillian9010 Před 3 lety

    Dude. I love your channel.

  • @davidfenderson7751
    @davidfenderson7751 Před 4 lety

    Love your channel, love your vibe, dig your chops

  • @dadeo8957
    @dadeo8957 Před 5 lety +481

    Wow! If you could actually get Freebird to sound like Freebird, now that would be cool!

    • @Diego-fp7kd
      @Diego-fp7kd Před 5 lety +39

      Dad EO funny how he said its easy but cant even do it himself

    • @patrickrosington1174
      @patrickrosington1174 Před 5 lety +27

      @@Diego-fp7kd right. His freebird literally doesnt even sound like freebird. What a hack

    • @stevehansen1701
      @stevehansen1701 Před 5 lety +12

      I agree. I was waiting for something to sound anything like Freebird, but it never happened.

    • @Johnny1.0
      @Johnny1.0 Před 5 lety +22

      Freebird Solo is a few ancient blues licks put together he just broke it down to its simplest form for noobs and (cough) drummers lol. You do realize he does shit like this on purpose to troll the trolls. It took me to see him on other channels to realize that A. He has a dry sense of humor and a closet wise ass and B. He is way too thorough and detail oriented to let things fall through the cracks. Now I have to watch every vid and comments as people lose their shit lol. I could be wrong but like my ex used to say "your such a know it all" So it must be true. Lol.

    • @stevehansen1701
      @stevehansen1701 Před 5 lety +5

      My point is, to claim that something isnt hard to do and then not be able to show that it isnt hard to do, by doing it yourself, makes for a failure video.

  • @allenjones1947
    @allenjones1947 Před 5 lety +79

    That guitar probably costs more than my car....

  • @TommyT067
    @TommyT067 Před rokem

    Oh my God I been watching your videos all morning, you are a genius your videos are great you’ve got nothing on Rick Beato, you have a new subscriber

  • @centroko212
    @centroko212 Před 4 lety +1

    This video gives me hope

  • @pancakeshredder1176
    @pancakeshredder1176 Před 5 lety +53

    SWEET TONE DUDE

  • @swampybogard9368
    @swampybogard9368 Před 5 lety +50

    The Eruption tapping isnt very difficult, but its a serious feat to be able to play the rest of it accurately. Myself included, most people look at the tab and try one of the picking licks, then try some fast 2 note or 3 note pattern and tell themselves "I mean, that basically sounds right" and it really doesnt.

    • @sooparticular
      @sooparticular Před 5 lety +3

      best comment here....to play it all like evh is rare I have only heard it done once or twice Theres a reason hes top 10 rock guitarists all time on every list

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus Před 5 lety +3

      Agree! I saw the thumbnail and thought he was going to try saying the WHOLE of eruption is easy! Just figuring out the notes is a nightmare, let alone the phrasing 😂

    • @LordFingers1
      @LordFingers1 Před 5 lety +1

      Swampy Bogard - agreed, I want to see him play the entire solo because its so easy for him. Its very hard to nail that solo. This guy is really arrogant.

    • @DerpMuse
      @DerpMuse Před 5 lety +1

      He didn't do the tapping correctly either, he skipped the Emaj triad. the 5-9-12 tap to the 5-8-13 tap part on the ascension. If you follow the chords of the arpeggiated tapping you can tell he doesn't have eruption learned correct. its either learned by ear. or just plain wrong. idk how this video can be taken serious

  • @willardschultz6074
    @willardschultz6074 Před 3 lety +9

    9:15 Yoko Ono in the studio be like

  • @Dr.SemNome
    @Dr.SemNome Před 4 lety +28

    9:13... I’m pretty sure that if I do it to my whammy bar, my guitar will never be in tune again lol

    • @vibecheck4581
      @vibecheck4581 Před 4 lety +1

      He has locking tuners on his guitar i think you can get them installed

    • @stemplayeredits5006
      @stemplayeredits5006 Před 4 lety

      ayyyy viva la vida is like my favorite album ever

  • @noahr4951
    @noahr4951 Před 5 lety +157

    Sweet vid. Now do the opposite, songs that sound easy but are actually really hard.

    • @enricopersia4290
      @enricopersia4290 Před 5 lety +4

      Cool Idea! There are lots of them, for example, everyone plays wrong the intro guitar chords of Runnin With The Devil by Van Halen. It's not that hard, just an example of misconceived guitar playing^^

    • @e7c816
      @e7c816 Před 5 lety

      UP!!!

    • @lidokork
      @lidokork Před 5 lety

      I see many master of puppers riff mistakes in vids

    • @failtolawl
      @failtolawl Před 5 lety +1

      Moonlight Sonata

    • @aldenroswell8504
      @aldenroswell8504 Před 5 lety

      RHCP would defenitly be on therr

  • @dansmithdottinsondickinson9800

    That was the riff to Simple Man not Freebird (the "lick" b4 you went into the "iggly wiggly" solo part LOL).

  • @mr.stealyourgrill1190
    @mr.stealyourgrill1190 Před 3 lety +4

    I learned white stripes 1 cord riff yesterday. Time to learn eruption lmao

  • @bradseeker
    @bradseeker Před 4 lety +8

    "if you don't have a whammy bar it may be impossible"
    ruban neilson has a thing or two to say

  • @kissthesky40
    @kissthesky40 Před 5 lety +3

    Nice set-up dude. Love the guitar face too. You’re hilarious.

  • @ianross6446
    @ianross6446 Před 5 lety +6

    I love the new word! "Guitarsenal" Definition: super-amazing-nuts, songs/riffs you can play on the guitar.

  • @truescotsman4103
    @truescotsman4103 Před 2 lety +18

    eruption is actually about highly advanced technique and strength and a very unique approach to playing. you don't just play eruption you have to take time out of your life to study the techniques he used to get the sounds he got in that piece of music. it's not just guitar playing it's next level technique muting hammerons and pull-offs special techniques that have their own special sounds.

  • @Enucleator
    @Enucleator Před 3 lety

    love yur videos man

  • @StaffordsStudio
    @StaffordsStudio Před 5 lety +5

    Your modern rock techniques course is great I highly recommended if you want to learn some of those tricks

  • @danielskrivan6921
    @danielskrivan6921 Před 5 lety +118

    4:40 one of my martial arts students, a 7 year old girl, had a cut on her middle finger. I was giving her a bandaid and I told her to give me her finger. She held all of her fingers out, so I couldn't get the bandaid around the finger that was cut. So I told her to curl her other fingers back. She curled her middle finger back with it and made a fist, and was giving me this look of dread. So I told her "ok, it doesn't mean anything right now, just stick your middle finger up so I can put the bandaid on it."

    • @Carbon2861996
      @Carbon2861996 Před 5 lety +19

      Bloody hell, that's adorable.

    • @m0j0b0ne
      @m0j0b0ne Před 5 lety +10

      So she flipped you a free bird?

    • @totalreactivity8234
      @totalreactivity8234 Před 5 lety +2

      I love how innocent young kids are, won't find that in my dumb generation.

    • @Bravo-Too-Much
      @Bravo-Too-Much Před 5 lety +1

      Dumb fucking kid stories, almost as unbearable as having to look at pictures of someone’s kids that they insist on showing you.

    • @nasanka7428
      @nasanka7428 Před 5 lety

      @@Bravo-Too-Much just don't fucking read it lol

  • @jakegingrich7214
    @jakegingrich7214 Před 4 lety

    Not sure if I ever thought these were hard but they are just very pleasant to the ear and songs non musicians like myself love to hear.

  • @robinmeyer1325
    @robinmeyer1325 Před 3 lety

    I freaking love you, man

  • @MarkZabel
    @MarkZabel Před 5 lety +56

    "What's that internet troll? It's picked?" LOL! Totally relate. I got that in a bunch of comments too. Great vid!

  • @meyep585
    @meyep585 Před 5 lety +13

    “So learn it this way, it’s better”

  • @rodterrell304
    @rodterrell304 Před 5 lety

    I am amazed! Great Video. Thanks for posting.

  • @albertarguelles3262
    @albertarguelles3262 Před 4 lety

    Awesome lesson !!

  • @acoffeewithsatan
    @acoffeewithsatan Před 5 lety +8

    These are a great safeswitch when you're playing for non-guitar player friends. If they're getting bored and not giving you any attention, time to surprise everyone with the intro of Eruption, followed by Thunderstruck! When everyone's in the ecstasy of an eargasm, finish it off with the harmonic dive bomb trick, instant respect! Then you can even play Mary Had a Little Lamb they won't ever dare to look away.

  • @lukefeister4068
    @lukefeister4068 Před 5 lety +3

    4:22 this is so true! my first song with tapping that i learned was "one"

  • @jdcreations9790
    @jdcreations9790 Před 4 lety

    Great content Man! Keep on shreddin!!!

  • @SimonMac
    @SimonMac Před 2 lety

    Very cool - thanks for this video; now back to practicing...