10 GREAT Songs That Taught Me Guitar (They'll Help YOU)

[@MrPolevaulter]

Check out more lessons: www.youtube.com/@ElmoKarjalainensGuitarLe-rd5tb Or some of my guitar covers: kzbin.info/aero/PLNaLwTdlpQNFywXvNTY6FFFbVuunBwvDM

[@adrian_V99]

For a KZbinr , Elmo can really play! How refreshing. Not just another salesman.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thank you :)

[@ksbkonto]

About singing solos..... I sang all the solos on Jimi Hendrix livealbum Band of Gypsys years before i took up electric guitar...an I agree - it helped a lot on the feel of pitch. It even helped me hit the right notes perfectly in a classical choir...

[@tiasuzelac2794]

Really nice video, when i was starting guitar, i literally played just Queen for 6 months or even more. Really helped me with bends, power chords and vibrato. Brian really used scales in solos, so it really helps. I highly suggest to play Brian solos with Queen with metronome, it is definitely game changer!

[@davidlalremruata]

For me, it was mainly local Gospel songs in the beginning. Later a bunch of us got together to form a band (our Summer of 69 thing) where wecovered everyone from Aluce Cooper (Be My Lover), Pink Floyd (Time), GnR, Aerosmith(Mama Kin, Dylan (Heaven's Door), Stones (Honky and Brown Sugar) Clapton's Wonderful Tonight....too many to mention. It's good your video makes me think of those songs I used to play. I was on rhythm guitar.

[@streetlegal008]

I can't play them myself of course - but a couple of guitar solos come to mind that I go back to listen to are the Moonage Daydream (Bowie) solo by Mick Ronson - and the lead guitar on Black Betty by Ram Jam.

[@castleanthrax1833]

I'm glad you mentioned the "aural" aspect and how important it is to becoming an effective guitarist. It also helped me no end, before we had the internet and KZbin. Music books were (probably still are) expensive, and it was so much cheaper to listen to a song and "work" it out, so you could play it. Very satisfying too. ✌️🇦🇺

[@javi5810]

Actually LISTENING to Texas flood and paying attention to srvs guitar work is probably the most important song to me. The song single handedly made me want to buy a guitar and learn how to play 3+ years after deciding I want to play guitar he’s still my biggest inspiration

[@cheenu711]

Great to see your channel grow. Deserves a lot more attention.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks 👍

[@MB-rc8ie]

11:55 such a great guitar sound!

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks!

[@Havanacuba1985]

It’s so cool to see you use that Jem Jr , it’s a nice guitar

[@MrPolevaulter]

👍

[@TheKimgower]

The switch to the SX vintage Ash at 7.35sec It does sound very good. I personally think it plays as good as a similar style guitar costing 3/4 times as much. I have the sx sst vintage 57 series and it also plays and sounds good. Thanks for the list Elmo.

[@sebastionhawk5565]

In 1982, one of the first songs we played in our band, "Ground Zero," was Sunshine of Your Love!

[@MikeJones-jr5hb]

I'm working on lynard skynard's sweet home alabama for my right hand picking practice but i like the Yngwie song you mentioned. Thanks!

[@MrTroy808]

Another excellent video.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ernieb3626]

Thanks Elmo been eagerly awaiting another video iand this one was worth the wait. I’m always in a hurry to learn and need to slow down. Helpful to hear about what helped you along the way. Keep them coming and thanks again

[@daniellarson3068]

Last week I wasn't in a hurry. I think I sat down and played guitars twice. I haven't been in a hurry and need to speed up. This video was kind of encouraging. It also made me wonder what those Queen tunes sound like when sung in Finnish by a little kid. Thanks for the videos.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Glad I could help 😊

[@MrPolevaulter]

I sang them in English 😊

[@cylonhibrid]

Great stuff, singing is great, I had a singing tutor, and we we was doing stuff like Miserables She would stop and say look, look Where is that note ect so I learned, really helped guitar playing, when I was learning a new song I knew which note was next, Massive break through. very good , Keep it up Elmo.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@lorinctelkes1046]

great content as always, Elmo! im really happy I found your channel, you seem to be such a cool and honest person. and a good teacher!

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thank you :)

[@activese]

Hi Elmo, hope you are well, In my case, the songs that pushed me to learn and hopefully improve a little :Parisienne Walkways, Still Got the Blues-Gary Moore, Brian May-solo You don't fool me, Whole lotta love, kashmir, Since I've Loving You - Led Zeppelin, Bistro Frada-Stephane Wrembel, When My train Pulls In-Gary Clark Jr., Looking For Love-Johny Lee, La Bamba-Los Lobos, One of These Nights-Eagles, Woman-Wolfmother, Evil Eyes-Yngwie Malmsteen. Thank you and take care.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cool 😊

[@MrTroy808]

I remember listening to Robert Plant sing in Led Zeppelin thinking he is singing his phrases like a guitar.

[@santrixhimself3679]

it seems sometimes that learning songs is surprisingly underrated. maybe it has to do with learning on youtube in times of copyright strikes. i remember when learning the saxophone my teacher was actually never really doing many dry exercises. it was more like half a page of execerise followed by 2-3 songs that actually incorporate the exercises. when i started self lerning the guitar learning through youtube vids kind of got me to a point where i knew all the finger exercises but no real songs. which is pretty unusable and not very fun.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah. I know what you mean.

[@bmdshred77]

First song I learned was Nobody’s fool by Cinderella. Guitar teacher showed me that and shake me intro on first lesson. Haha he was obviously a fan and wanted to skip the boring stuff. I was 8 years old

[@WizardOfArc]

I used to sing along with Steve Vai’s guitar lines in Skyscraper

[@OutsidethePot]

I just picked you up. I wanted to say I'm liking your videos, you have great skills witch I commend you on, but I don't always agree with your product reviews. I'm listing on a fairly good system and sound quality could be better. Your videos are easy to watch and listen to. You're a young guy why all the classic music? This music was popular when I was just starting.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks! What do you mean about the classic music? I try to play a fairly wide variety of stuff. And I'm 42, so a lot of the stuff I play was popular when I was a kid.

[@ricbrunner3880]

@@MrPolevaulter yes and that is me Mark from the first message. I’m answering from my work phone witch is under another name.

[@petekent794]

Hi Elmo, what is the advantage of the scolloped fretboard. Love ur vids.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks! I have a video where I talk about them. You can try looking it up. Basically it makes bends easier.

[@balajibala6606]

Your videos are worth watching, what is your opinion about black star 100 wats amp?

[@MrPolevaulter]

Haven't tried one.

[@balajibala6606]

Can you able to make one video about black star 100 wats...

[@MrPolevaulter]

@@balajibala6606 Maybe at some point, but I have no plans to do so in the near future. I have tons of gear videos done, or waiting to be filmed.

[@Jaanis_Stepanovs]

Awesome songs! I think those are quite complicated and hard as beginners songs. Respect✌️👍

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@RickMichaelis63]

Thanks for the video Elmo!!!!!😎🎸🎶✌🏻

[@MrPolevaulter]

And thank you :)

[@shanewalton8888]

Elmo's little boy voice ROCKZ!!

[@MrPolevaulter]

😀

[@RomainG6409]

I am late ... but hey, better late than never, right ? 😉 I love your channel and your videos, still, I am definitely not into schredd music ... I am more a guy who is into Led Zep / Clapton / Stones / Knopfler / JJ Cale (yes, one of my favorite guitarist on earth) kind of speed ... So I would like to know, what were the 10 songs/solos you've learned (and that you recommend) at a lowest speed when you began to learn guitar ... 😁🙏

[@Necromanos]

My learn to play guitar album was Judas Priest's British Steel. Damn I'm old, lol.

[@WizardOfArc]

Is that Ziltoid next to Elmo?

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah :)

[@WizardOfArc]

@@MrPolevaulter ☕️

[@brucechavez9535]

Your guitar looks really amazing to me. The color contrast of the top body, the white pickguard, and the fretboard are attractive. May I know the name of your guitar (one with large headstock, Strat-like), Sir ? What's the name of the color of the top body, is that like brown or chocolate in color ? Thanks so much in advance for your honest answer...😎

[@MrPolevaulter]

It's a mahogany Strat made by a friend of mine who's a lutier.

[@MrPolevaulter]

If you look for mahogany Strat on KZbin you'll find a video I made of it (ages ago).

[@patlav3848]

Me too big trouble with David lee Rooth the best years for Steve VAI....Yankee rose....

[@medicinemann8844]

👍🏼always great Lessons 👍🏼🎸😊

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks!

[@zeppo20]

You are a very good guitar player, and very funny person.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers! 😊

[@Cherry_Sunburst]

EXCELLENT. 😉

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Is that a new guitar body, or different guitar than you normally play? I mean your custom strat?

[@MrPolevaulter]

The Strat is the same, except for the SX Strat I used for one bit.

[@shanewalton8888]

Yngwie Strat!!!!!

[@patlav3848]

Big trouble please

[@myerkord]

Why do you have a scalloped frets guitar🤔

[@MrPolevaulter]

I like scallops.

[@damasterkarej]

You could do a playthru all your amps and different guitars. It would be funny to see you rocking a Explorer into Vox or something :-)

[@zeppo20]

All from Led Zeppelin, Deep Puple and Rainbow.

[@MagisterTuomo]

Ojoj. Viktiga låtar. Borde kanske tas på engelska för att facilitera samtal till den stora massan 🤔. 1. The Mechanix by Megadeth/Metallica is the one that got me to change drums for guitar. That "CGDC"-intro followed by a riff that was cheekily lifted from Detroit rock city by KISS is one. 2. Always enjoyed fingerpicking of the aggressive kind so the intro to Zakk Wylde's "Machinegun Man" when approached live is a big one. 3. For the love of god. Steve Vai. Big one. Not maybe for style or technique as much as an elevated acknowledgement for tone. Those would be 3 that affected me in different ways. But I could go on for quite some time. Tosin Abasi, Josh Martin, Yngwie, IA have all come up with truely inspirational stuff. Bra diskussion. Övningsaspekten är fortfarande min favoritdel av kanalen. Även om jag naturligtvis ser värdet I allt det andra också. Well done, Elmo The Coach Karjalainen. Och jag älskade inte Ronaldo i helgen 😉

[@MrPolevaulter]

Haha 🤣 Ronaldo räddade ManU. Dåligt spelat annars (förutom Fred av alla mänskor).

[@MagisterTuomo]

@@MrPolevaulter Håller med. Tycker att Spurs rullade bollen på en högre nivå. Men Ronaldo är Ronaldo. Den mannen är unik. I mitt tycke den som kan utmana Maradona i titeln om tidernas bäste.

[@shanewalton8888]

It' s Yngwie J Malmsteen so we don't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens in the world.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Indeed 😀

[@artwhat..]

E,,I feel like I now know the real you, that's okay I guess, ha..

[@gopilotmusic]

I've always thought of my guitar, not as a guitar first, but as a drum first, and a paintbrush first. Elmo, (and all), ever use a helpful metaphor for what you feel your guitar is?🪘🖌🤔

[@MrPolevaulter]

Not really.