EPIC RIFFS | Is this the hardest riff to play on guitar? - Frusciante
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- Is this the hardest riffs to play on guitar? I read this on the internet, so it must be true... or is it?!
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I honestly thought I would never be able to play this. And here we are, 5 years later, I was right
ha ha ha, hang in there !!
Brilliant reply, we've just gotta keep trying till we thrown it across the room.................then pick it up and try again. No better time to say something good about lockdown than 'at least i learnt the riff to snow'!!
i think i love you...
How the Fu** did I get it after one day?!?!
@@victor_4435 You're a genius, mate. You should definitely be a musician.
John's probably like "ohh so that's what I did"
Lmaoo
Lmfao😂😂
deep cigarette inhale*
@@chinaski_sounds HAHAHAHAHHA
With all due respect to both, pretty sure John knew what he was doing. He is a genius
It's the fact he can sing backing vocals as well that makes him truly extraordinary
John Frusciante is definitely a genius musician. Not because his riffs are very hard to play, but because he turns conventional guitar playing inside out & upside down in such a uniquely melodic style. Have a very, very close listen to Blood, Sex, Sugar, Magic....... bloody epic!
Or his solo stuff❤
The hardest thing about this riff is definitely endurance
Try master of puppets ;)
@@joshdougherty1574 yeah master of puppets is really demanding if you downpick everything, but if your wrist gets too tired you can always slip some alternate picking in there and gets waaaay easier. From snow there's just no escape, you have to keep going and maintain the fast pace of the riff for a long time
@@grigno97 You're totally right
Tension
@@joshdougherty1574 I've learned both songs years ago, and I am 100% confident that playing Snow all the way through is harder than master of puppets (still a very challenging riff no doubt). I haven't mastered Snow yet, it's literally a physical issue with the muscles of my hand at this point. With Snow it's my left hand that dies, while the other one kills my right wrist
Definitely thought it was gonna be Neon until I heard “while singing backup vocals”
Why would I make the same video 2 times?!
I thought John was JP
same here lol
lol, i thought it was neon too. and i also thought why is he making the same video again, because; okay, snow is hard but not as much as the title says
EXACTLY what i thought...
The thing about this riff is that it makes you feel like your fingers are becoming creatures of their own and are doing the opposite of what your brain tells them to do
in "c'mon girl" flea makes me feel the same
I agree. My fingers feel like they're alive and doing their own thing when I play this. The second I start trying to think, they stop obeying me.
Who else remembers thinking "i might learn snow today" and 15 minutes later thinking "actually no I won't! :D"
I learnt it in a week 😅
I learnt it in 2 days (2 months if you count the days before i gave up the guitar and picked it up again)
I tried and gave up on this song years ago , then put the guitar down for years/ but decided to pick the guitar back up and start playing again and this time I learned this song. mid life crisis i think but wanna actually learn how to play guitar this time.
Alternate picking:
James hetfield has left the chat
Hetfield: "if it's physically possible to downstroke the whole song, bitch I'm doing it"
CuriousTaco what a nerd 😎
@@TonyNaber - To be fair though, downstrokes sound different from alternate picking, and if that's the sound you're going for..
Also personally enjoy the challenge of playing something like Master of Puppets in Hetfield mode. :p
@@TheMrVengeance yes you're right
I'm %100 sure James would downpick the everliving fuck out of this riff.
This guy's videos are just different in a unique way.
His voice also is so soothing
Your voice is even more soothing
Rules to learn your favorite riffs:
1. Exercise your picking and fretting hand every single day.
2. Learn first your chords and scales.
3. Play every day.
4. Play every day.
5. Play everyday.
6. You guessed it...
Remember good guitar players weren't born with a guitar in their hands. Mastery requires practice.
Learn to love the journey of learning.
Love you all, keep it up.
Can this be learned at any age?
@@korkunctheterrible4302 you are never too old to play music
This is a beautiful comment
Yep, agree
I quite easily got the gist of blackened intro riff, but just after a few days of not playing it i couldn't play it at the same tempo i could play easily before
Guitar takes looots of different practise, barre, power, open, 7th, inversion chords, alternate, downstroke, upstroke, speed and inbetween-the-strings picking, different strumming and different modes, scales and keys, all this needs practise or else you fall behind
Or use simply guitar
The riff is easy to learn but very hard to master, especially the endurance
Also, I've met/seen a lot of people that can "play this song" but often it sounds like shit or much more "clumsy"
You stole that
It is quite easy. This guy just uses an awkward technique to play it called string hopping. With circular motion you could play it twice as fast (if you can move your hand that fast).
Yeah, it's easy to do it multiple times, it's playing it throughout the whole song that's the issue. John definitely is a master, cause he's singing at the same time and everything. Gotta respect the man
Paul: Click that like button, do it gently.
Davie504: SLAPP like NOW or I will call the police!
i am a guitar player, am i allowed to like this comment?
@@BigSh00tsie You're not even allowed to read it. I hope you didn't read it?
@@BigSh00tsie bass with 6 string player*
@@ezet OH-EM-GEEE, i read it... call the police!
Can y'all just kindly fuck off with wannabe Pewdiepie in this comment section thanks
I thought this rift was amazing before I knew all John was doing, but now I know just how godly this was. That’s why josh had such big shoes to fill. John made technical challenging, complicated rifts like this into hugely popular songs. It takes a master to do this.
Did Josh play it the same way live as John did?
@@rogerpbsmusic no he didn’t. I saw the peppers at lollapalooza when josh was playing. Josh was ok. He could play the big hits, but he couldn’t improvise and jam the way John did. For most of the set flea was leading things. I saw the peppers years before that with John. Him and flea improvised and jammed between the big songs. And John didn’t play every song exactly like the album version. He would embellish or mix up the solos, and randomly play covers during the set. I don’t dislike josh but the band just had a different vibe with him in it.
@@maxhocks2006 ..but Josh did play this song & more. He knew all of BSSM since his teens & knew b-sides too. He really did his homework. It also became kind of tradition that he got an encore spot pretty much every show where he played a cover..probably played more covers than John ever did at that point haha
This riff is sooooo satisfying when you actually get it right and play along to it for 20 seconds or so that first time. Such a fantastic riff.
I do really love his high camera quality, his camera angles and his jacket
And probrably his penis
And his beard
Just wanna take this comment to appreciate the work you do here In allowing us the explore deeper and more complex music, whether that'd be a riff, lick, or song! Really amazing work here as always!
RC32 Dude, get a life, I‘m seeing you under every damn guitar related video.
@@christoph.schneider But that means, that you're under every guitar related video as well, isn't it?
@@christoph.schneider As you must be. But unlike you? RC32 isn't a misanthrope. He wins.
@@christoph.schneider I don't see that to be a problem quite frankly, unless I am in some way causing harm to someone else
@@christoph.schneider Is just mad that he can't play the riff 😂
You’re a wonderful guitar teacher. I’ve been teaching for almost 20 years now and I’m inspired by your approach. Stay cool ;)
8:41 was so satisfying. The build up of the explanation paid off beautifully. I involuntarily smiled when he launched into the whole riff.
1:17 I really hate when people compare Jesus and Frusciante, like yeah, he's cool and all, but he's not Frusciante.
Okiyoto bitch u stole that comment the fuck up
@@hmm4959 grammar, please
Yeah yeah 😂😂😂😂
@@joejohnson974 what?
There are very few original comments. People constantly regurgitate other funny stuff they see or hear. No shame in that. Good artists borrow, great artists steal.
It's taken me flippin ages to get this riff to sound recognisable. Yet John just probably picked it out the air and nailed it straight away.
The guy is a genius.
You're a genius
@@luisaucedo you’re a genius
@@draedeltoro6542 youre a genius
@@gherburger you're a genus
@@sergiomartinez5946 You're a genius
I think there is still one part missing: After the last pick of every chord, John lets it ring while he is continuing to play the next chord. It's so hard to get this right..
Probably just one of his effect pedals
Not really that hard, you just have to be precise when fretting. Finger tips straight in. This is how you play classical guitar where the action is much higher. Practice this on a guitar with high action.
@@bjorngot73 so much this. We snagged up a worn out, cheapo, yard sale acoustic and had my 9yo learn some basics. 6mos later got him a 3/4 Ibanez and he had Thunderstruck nailed in an afternoon. 👍
6:48 Don’t listen-trying to reach that g-string was what got me 2 years in prison.
LOL
Peope trying to play snow: Omfg that fukin picking!
Me: *laughs in fingerpicking
Lol
Hahahahah i can relate
Same !
Yeah but if u want to play it accurately u gotta use a pick sooooo
SuperPig *plays stairway with a pick
that c chord n00bs comment had me laughing out loud in my local coffee shop. Thanks for that, Paul! Keep up the awesome work.
lmao me too
Me too. Hilarious 😁🤣
There are just a few teachers who are able to describe all the particular nuances in such a manner. Without any doubt - Paul Davids is one of the best!
Thank you, Paul.
I really love how Paul really is breaking down these songs, he gives me very useful Information that I cannot find anywhere else here on CZcams
James Hetfield will do it only with down picking :D
To this day i still dont know how his arm can handle that amount of down picking!
That's how I play this...and that much downpicking isn't THAT difficult with practice to build up your stamina (although Papa Het is a technical BEAST when it comes to how amazing his palm muting is, how accurate his picking and fretting are, and the fact he's singing at the same time).
Racer X
HAHA probably the best comment so far. You made my day bruh!! 😂😂😂
Tom Delonge would like a word with you
Guitar skills? Scratch that, I've always knew Paul had this in the bag. But the amount of hard work and meticulous editing skills that have been put into the video is amazing! Keep it up my man
For someone who is struggling here’s a tip you may like:
play the first note with the pinky at the 5th string. This allows to change the chord way easier by just sliding it.
Paul..From a fifty year old man’s perspective I feel you have an incredible gift for conveying information not only about “end game” guitar but also musical and life philosophies extremely well. Another excellent video! Keep it up!
Paul you're gonna get copyright striked by playing that accurately 😂
Even a beginner trying to play that riff would get copyright striked at this point.
I remember, back in highschool we all played metal riffs as the epitome of guitar technique, and I wanted to learn this riff just for fun, and because we loved that song. I thought I really suck at guitar becasue it was so hard for me to play it correctly - especially at the right tempo -, and I couldn't comprehend how on earth could it happen when I can play those tricky metal riffs quite easily. Well, now I know :D Thank you Paul!
Hands down my favorite guitar instructor. I appreciate you so much.
What do we want? More Frusciante lessons! When do we want them? Now! 😂
“ only Jesus can play this riff” Well, he does have a beard and a gentle demeanour....just saying 😆
John Frusciante is jesus
And his middle initial is H
SMPMS8389 Jesus h Christ 😂😂😂😂
I can not play this on a guitar..as i only play a harp. On the harp i can play it much faster..
Even Jesus can't play this riff. He's ain't Frusciante
Who is here because John Frusciante is coming back to RHCP?
Iqbal Satrio Nindito yeah
Yups
Google is tracking us...
Hell, I’m listening to Snow on Spotify at the moment and this video popped up.
Haha........ yeah you got me. Guilty as charged.
This song was the song that inspired me to pick up the guitar in high school. I spent over a year trying to play this song while learning other songs at the same time. Never got it right
7:32 last scene of a high school football drama show where the second string quarterback throws the final touchdown of the game to win the championship even though they’ve been through unimaginable turmoil
Your videos are literally ASMR with a guitar soundtrack, I love it
Thank you for this, it's these little details about John's style of playing I love to learn about. Videos like yours really make people think about exactly why some of the songs we like are so good and helps us appreciate the details you might not think about at first
You're like the chillest guitar guy. Much appreciated. Thanks for the vids
DUUUDE! HOW in the FFFFFF.....am I just now finding your videos???? You have the absolute best, common sense breakdown and LITERAL itemization of every segment of these songs. It's ridiculous. Keep it up!
Now try singing the back up harmonies while playing that riff. Hence why john is guitar jesus
Frusciante is great, but John Pertrucci is guitar Jesus
It was well over a year before Klinghoffer could play it and sing at the same time
@@AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken84 Nah, JP is a wizard. JF is Jesus
Hope you ment Mayor lol
@@richikdadhich2914 so ur saying John Mayer is a guitar Jesus😂
I've pressed the like button "djently"
Super video Paul Davids, very sympathic
...........sympathic?
Not trying to be a jerk here, I literally don't know what word you were trying to say lol
@@travistotle hmm it's from google translate
look here:
www.dict.cc/?s=sympathisch
@@WhiteCranK Nah buddy, it's not a word used in English speaking. Even in that link you provided, it shows "rare, obsolete" next to sympathic. Again, not trying to be a jerk, if English isn't your first language I'm just trying to help you out. "Sympathic" isn't really a word in typical English language.
@@travistotle wow you are late but yes, it's my fault, it should be "sympathetic" ?
translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&tl=en&text=sympathisch
funny that you repeat that late... it was very important for you, right?
Paul: incredible precise and calculated micro movements for picking
Me, who uses fingers: *interesting*
Playing it with fingers makes it much easier indeed... Even if it does not work sound the same it sounds better then playing dead notes or the wrong tempo
Thanks for this walk through. I really like your in depth explanations. I had been sweep picking before and muddling the notes a bit.
I've been playing acoustic for 13 years but decided to make the shift to electric and bought an electric guitar just a week ago. Playing electric for the first time can be quite daunting! I've decided to make Snow my first song goal and have been working solely on that and some scales for the past week. So it's really quite cool that this video comes out at this very particular time!! Quite encouraging and insightful video! I will definitely keep at it. Thanks for the good videos.
So did you do it?
@@merijn4440 I did but I only got to about 80% speed. I've moved on to other things but I still want to come back at some point and get it to 100%. Looking to do the nextlevelplaying course once I'm done with studies and have bit more time.
@@dirkiemyburgh6499 good luck!!
Thx
When they say "john" and "tempo" I was thinking of belief
Belief is pretty easy neon is much more of a struggle
@@vulgr5076 anyone who says Belief is pretty easy doesn't play it like John.
@@emmanuelakena5365 true i probabbly dont play it like john but.In terms of complexity i dont think its as hard to master playing it like him,than neon or this song
@@emmanuelakena5365 Belief is also particularly difficult to sing while you play the riff since the rhythms clash.
@@brandonthemuso8238 oh thats another pair of socks.Singing with that kind of rythm is super hard.i cant even sing with a easy chord progression let alone something else lol.
Bro, really epic lesson... you absolutely nailed the main points and the intricacies... I started playing guitar 30 years ago (but mainly a drummer) and i was a bit lost in the beginning of this lesson. I replayed it quite a few times and paused it, and the flow absolutely came to me once I practiced the mechanics several times. Brilliant! Keep up the good work 😎
Excellent and clear tutorial as always Paul, thank you so much.
Paul low key flexing that sick jacket
This is my new favorite section! My favourite was "big love" by lindsey buckingham. You motivated me to learn that song, so thank you very much! and keep it up! Greetings from Argentina! 😎
For some reason I was thinking this was the riff you were going to play before I even clicked.
You are just amazing! I love to watch you play! And even though I'm nowhere near your level, I learn so much from you! As a matter of fact, you helped inspire me in writing the music for the first song I wrote on guitar( as opposed to piano). The first video I saw you do was about a 1- 2m-5 chord progression, & I started fooling around with it, built on it, and came up with a great chord progression for some lyrics I wrote, as a tribute to Bowie🥰💖
Ik vind je echt de beste gitaardocent op youtube, werkelijk waar. Je lijkt altijd echt veel moeite in je video's te stoppen en ze goed te editen. Buiten dat kan je extreem goed gitaar spelen en kom je heel fijn en rustig over. Ik volg je al een aantal jaren dus ik vind het leuk om te zien dat het zo goed gaat met je kanaal nu! Ga zo door man!!
The tricky part for me is change the chord after the hammer on. at that speed it can be pretty difficult. oh and you forgot to sing while playing! haha
Anyway, great video as always.
I love this video. I remember watching it when it first came out and me practicing for hours but I couldn't get it down. Now after alot of improvements in my playing I tried the riff once again and my god I can play it!
Your videos are very informative. And the way you deliver speaks about your experiences. You inspire me to play guitar again.
This riff: I’m the hardest
Neon: Hold my beer
Exactly, this riff doesn’t hold a candle to Neon
More like Neon - I sing like I’m constipated. Snow = great song. John Mayer - suck ass song
@@JohnClark03 Irrelevant comment since we are discussing the guitar parts.
Nope neon is actually pretty easy for people that plays slap bass cause their thumb are coordinated
it’s all relative to be fair. some people find this song harder because of the alternate picking. some find neon harder because of the difficulty of the coordination. personally they’re both challenging but I find snow slightly harder because the riff is harder to maintain at its set tempo.
Can’t wait to see the next level!
This is the first video of yours Ive ever seen and I subscribed right away. Man the way you break this stuff down is helpful in a way I havent seen before. Very practical and details in a way that is extremely helpful.
Another sweet video--nice job Paul!
The best tutor in the house ❤💗... Love the way you break things down, making it so easy ...🖤
I thought it would be Smoke on the Water until it said "John sings the back vocals"
Yeah, billions of guitarists think they can play this. But it must be hard because only one guitarist can!
Amazing teacher. I love the breakdowns and explanations your amazing 👏
Thanks Paul Davids for a BRILLIANT, meticulous analysis of a a very difficult guitar piece. Your comment about the importance of “strict alternate picking” throughout and the syncopation of accenting the 2nd and 4th beat truly taxes the muscles in wrists and arm☹️. This is truly important advice. One must NOT tense up for nearly 5 minutes☑️. There is a sort of cheater’s method! CAPO the 4th fret and fret an E minor chord shape and you’re straight into G#minor without having to barré the 4th fret and move to other difficult chord shapes. I have yet to see such a brilliant and musical analysis on CZcams. 👏👌👍
When you were showing those 3 comments I was like "it's neon, John mayer"
The thing is: it's hard for the whole duration of the song to stay perfectly clean, and singing it along is very hard (I play and sing simultaneously and we never covered this song with my band due to this)
Just make a loop ;)
Guillaume THOMAS ahaha that is a CHEAT 😂
I think the hardest part is following the chorus where you go from struming back to the picking
I think once you mastered the guitar part, the singing isn't too hard. It's mostly muscle memory and the singing melody corresponds very well with the cord changes.
Oliver Zendejas maybe I just need to practice. Charlie is also hard to sing and play along, the tempo messes up my head
Thank you man, i have recently discovered you and i love the way you speak and discuss about guitar and all the things about playing it! You always put the topics from a particular point of view which is totally different from the stuff someone can find on CZcams!
Keep on rocking! \m/
Paul, love your CZcams videos! You are such a likable person across the web! Thanks!
I love the thousand ways good ol Johnny F. can make the FOUR CHORDS sound beautiful
Guys I'm doing it!!! It's been 1 month and I'm already at 90 BPM and all I have is my acoustic. I'm so happy with my progress and don't be afraid, once you learn the picking pattern it's just ingrained in your mind.
Thank you 😊 May the force be with you
This is hands down my favorite edit in any guitar related video
I’ve been playing for 3 years now and started it just a year ago when I first learned my Em chord. Now I’m able to play that and even more improvs and I couldn’t be happier with myself.
When I first learnt this riff I thought it was supposed to be fingerpicked! I am amazed at how fast Paul picks and how clean the tone is. I have decided to challenge myself to play it with a pick.
True. It's easier to play snow fingerstyle than with a pick.
Great analysis. Been practicing this wrongly for months and after watching this video made much progress. Now I see a path to success!
This is amazing. Didn't like that song that much but actually understanding the artistic craftsmanship put into this makes you instantly appreciate it more.
Tosin abasi: "you say what ?"
Impossible guitar parts -
Fractured - King Crimson
Frame by Frame - King Crimson
Fripp is an alt pick beast
Larks tongues pt 1, I've played it live before but definitely not perfect
Larks Tongues In Aspic P.III Intro czcams.com/video/C2MY5UA-NLg/video.html
Fracture came to mind immediately for me too, this was very interesting but seems more doable than the Fripp riffs noted here. I think of Fracture as simpler on the left hand and just blazing on the right hand. Larks tongues pt1 and pt3 cover so much fretboard the left is super demanding too. I've never pulled any of them off. I'd love to see Paul breakdown these.
Great breakdown and analysis. Thanks!
Great video! Perfect balance between showing how hard it is to play the riff and not taking motivation from the audience to give it a shot.
I remember having a hard time when learning this back in the day, and would probably have to practice a bit to get it back since I haven´t played it in years.
It would be interesting to know your opinion on other "hard" riffs in fairly well known songs explained in detail like this.
After 4 years of practice I can finally play that song. Was it worth it? Yes. Just keep. on. practicing.
Great content as always! It takes some practice but theres sooo many harder guitar riffs, but the avg person doesn't get exposed to them.
dude, great job. Very well made video. This is my first, I'll watch more.
JOHN IS BACK!!!!
No one believes me when I tell them how hard this song really is. Glad you made this.
Thanks for your videos! Really helpful and enjoyable!!
I don't mind the title, i loved the break down of the riff. Thanks mate 🙏
Knew this was about Snow as soon as I clicked lol
Very nice your a master
The intro to spirit of radio by rush still tests me and I've been trying for 30 years.
I did that song for my grade 8 rock guitar. Completely fluffed that bloody intro riff!
oh my god yes
that riff makes me want to burn my guitars
Thank you for encouragement!
whole production on this video was awesome!
I've been playing for 20 years; I learned Snow in 2007.
I've been returning to try to master it for the past 14 years.
It really is that tricky.
The core notes are easy enough to get down, even the tempo isn't the worst thing to nail really. For me, the absolute hardest thing about this riff is returning to the chord shape of the beginning of the riff in time with the tempo consistently. The chord shape on this is way more difficult than it seems like it ought to be once you start trying to fall into a groove with it.
To this day, my performance of this song is still underwhelming. I can do all sorts of crazy flamenco strumming, I can play metal on a grand concert style acoustic without a pick; I can do things one "doesn't do" with a guitar essentially.
All the same, simply playing "Snow, Hey Oh" is still beyond me. I remember when my friend taught me to play this lick for the first time. Once I got it down more or less, I said "Damn!"
He looked back at me and praised Frusciante: "How does a person even begin to write a lick like that?"
Still totally outside my ability to comprehend. Frusciante is amazing.
This was a great video.
Play some jazz for awhile then come back to it... just need to be familiar with or as comfortable with those cords as you are with others...
Ya this is what gets me about this riff. Changing chord shapes in time is hellish
makes me feel better about still not having this perfectly down after over a year and a half of practice lol
I got its down in 15 minutes and can play it in speed and I’m 14 it’s not too hard
@@ryankafi2907 sure you did
I do economy picking for the first 2 notes of each chord: so I do not have to do inside picking and the 3rd note is up picking
(Down, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up)
I personally find it easier to play at high speed than alternate picking all along
+1 if it helped you to play this song faster ;)
It's definitely easier, but the notes don't ring as evenly, or at least the attack on the strings is different so some may not think it sounds as authentic to the original, but on the other hand, it's barely noticeable so who cares it doesn't really matter.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
I really enjoyed watching that. You’re boss!
Mans gotta point. This riffs a pain in the arse.