15 LEVELS of Polyphia

[@kawabata_vv]

OK, so let me explain why GOAT is higher level than ABC and The Audacity (w/ my terrible English) First, those levels don't show the difficulty of riffs itself but the one of techniques required in the riffs. In this point, I think that triplet > thumping > hammers. Tbh, the position of The Audacity is a play on words about 8string and level8. Btw I still think GOAT is harder than Audacity and ABC if you play in high quality. GOAT's triplet needs a synchronization of picking and fingering so this is harder to play in accurate timing. This issue will be happen even after you become very good at playing guitar. Difficulty of The Audacity is directly related to how you good at thumping. If you can do basics of thump, this intro riff has no crazy phrases. On the other hand, ABC has the abcdefgh lick. But most of the problems is probably hammers from nowhere (On the other word, all right hand has to do is a couple of hybrid and tapping, then single muted sweep) So if you focus to train your left hand and get strong hammers, it will be way better than you think. Of course, my tutorial must be helpful for you :) And sorry for my hardest riff #4 is wrong! It's not main riff but whole outro.

[@Lovell93]

Yeah G.O.A.T. Is definitely the hardest! It took me many hours to master it.

[@NiLutpal07]

​@@Lovell93try od

[@ApeirophobiaLee]

destroying peoples temporary happiness part 1:@@NiLutpal07

[@isaiahryman3470]

I personally thought 13 is the hardest to perform perfectly.

[@ForrestWhaling]

@@isaiahryman3470 agreed. Definitely the most chaotic.

[@Dinglechalk]

i was sitting here thinking "no way thats only level 2" and then i remembered the video was about polyphia

[@kritimisra-ez6rn]

LOL 😂😂

[@Manley156]

I mean its a fairly simple lead line utilizing some bends, nothing challenging persay.

[@lukro.]

it is extremely easy but trying to make it sound good is the hard part

[@the_gh6st]

It would be easy for a late intermediate or even a mid intermediate guitarist and for beginners, well it’s safe to say everything is hard for them lol

[@seanconnors1613]

It is if you put it in the context of that was from their "debut" Nearly a decade ago, holy crap

[@rafaborowczyk5744]

It's called ego death because your ego dies whenever you try to play it

[@roshiwiwi]

*your ego dies at the glimpse of the tab 😅

[@Wxrst377]

Fr. 💀

[@ExodiumPlays]

What? Champagne riff is easy lol (it's a good beginner riff if you want to learn Polyphia)

[@percival5697]

​@ExodiumPlays bruv what does that have to do with anything

[@ExodiumPlays]

@@percival5697 I accidentally commented under the wrong comment 😅

[@Adam_32]

I love how the other songs have interesting technique names like sweep madness, but OD literally needs you to learn teleportation, and ego death needs you to teleport while doing everything else.

[@Acer67]

You need to teleport with Steve Vai to play Ego Death

[@atlasboratok9954]

under lvl 1 gang here

[@KontrollaKid6969]

I think I could play lvl 1 if I tried but I’m lazy

[@calvinpetty343]

Yessir

[@JUSTLETMEHAVETGREY]

That's fine, guitar is supposed to be fun, the only person you should compare to yourself *is* yourself.

[@adeclent]

Im here 😂

[@cakesterrrr]

Ego Death just requires you to figure out how to ascend from the 3rd dimension and into the 5th

[@EfunMa]

that ego death was amazing wow

[@johnnyho1553]

Hand Teleportation got me LOL

[@chansmusic2969]

How is this guy such a chad? He records his guitar in DI tone and proceeds to play the cleanest cover ever.Absolute mad lad

[@desk-de9jl]

Played for almost 2 years consistently and my first polyphia song was 40oz which i got upto 85% ish speed. That last 20% makes it feel so much more faster than it is

[@Mythikal13]

Crosty is a good easy song of theirs to learn. Not as complicated as some of their stuff and feels great to play. It's mostly just sliding octaves

[@ethanko6684]

It should have been playing god, it's quite simple to start on, it took my 6 months to play it as a beginner.

[@michaelzarrad7332]

@@ethanko6684yeah it was my first song, still haven’t learned the arpeggio portion, but it helped me get a quick start after struggling so much

[@skivvytv6229]

7:30 Naaah not the whistle flex 💀 I feel violated 😭 😭 😭

[@knighthavok4161]

He needs to be stopped 😭

[@honordevs]

The arpeggios from Playing God still give me nightmares. Literally practicing them every single day at half speed and slowly bringing them up for months. Pain.

[@Sku11zDude]

Don't worry they gotta practice the songs they make too

[@Sku11zDude]

Learnt playing God and goat and played them whenever I was bored, after a long break for exams I forgot them... everyone gotta practice to maintain skills 😅

[@Sku11zDude]

Just like hitting the gym

[@MichelLedig]

That was a wholesome video man passed by like seconds. Good job organizing and presenting this stuff for us

[@aaronnunez3985]

My mans casually played through the entire discography. Cool collection of guitars too man. Hoping to see more vids from you 🎉

[@Reaper7mk]

Dude these are so damn clean! That’s hours of drilling that shit to get it that perfect! Good stuff man!

[@ralphbarrameda9571]

the "Hands Teleportation" got me HAHAHAHA and also the whistle at the end HAHAHAHA I always whistle that too HAHAHAHA

[@elemasterplayz5512]

2:40 bros fretboard is wider than my future 💀

[@artun42]

first time seeing pink frh played by someone! great video btw :D

[@1MyPli]

killed! i love tim's champagne part

[@diosnuumngwa1098]

Can we get 15 levels of Animals as Leaders?

[@booblaa9734]

Level 1 is already too hard

[@DanielsFreeStep]

Hold on, bro, I got u soon

[@se7enthsoul]

It's all lvl 15

[@hootvarious1748]

Definitely Ego Death showcases EVERYTHING Polyphia is lmao. Nice job performing one hell of a demonstration of all that Polyphia is.

[@Lovell93]

That Charvel you used is dope! One of my favorite guitars, especially for Polyphia songs!

[@わか-b7s]

うますぎます！

[@RandomUser198]

loved the background music at the end lol

[@eviculum4518]

well done on the goat riff dawg

[@Ssek16]

bro got a guitar for EVERY MOOD

[@geno_purple]

This is such great inspiration for what to learn next

[@malevolent5496]

absolutely incredible playing

[@Wabu]

3:31 i really love this Goose part

[@boblodiablo]

Let’s all be very serious about Polyphia for a moment. No matter who you are or where you are from on this planet. You must agree however they are doing what they are doing, they are the future, they are far far far into the future if I’m Being honest. There’s maybe 5000 guitarists that can play Polyphia on the planet like KAWA can. I want you all to do 5000/9000000000. These guys are doing something that has absolutely never been done. And then you have to look at what it takes to write these songs at this speed. Writing these songs seems even rarer than playing them. Think about that for a moment. You literally have to be able to teleport to write these. Tim looks and plays the way he does Because he is possibly the furthest from an average person you can get on this planet. Whoever is driving the writing is on a completely different level than anyone now or to come for quite a while I would say.

[@Jamm_Seshh]

I managed to get through a couple riffs on the violin…..if you look at some of videos you can see a distinct change in playing. I had to become better 😂😂😂

[@FiyaEmblem93]

The scottie solo on ego death is just so amazing, and you played it very well

[@zukoHD]

Learning to play tim hensons riffs is alot like learning to play the drums tbh. You have to get it on lock, make it muscle memory, if you think about it too much you end up messing up. Great playing brother.

[@malachikomisarek835]

Amazing video would love more breakdowns of specific techniques used by bands / musicians laid out with examples like this. Very high quality video

[@AAIVE]

hand teleportation 😭😭😭 this was so fun, thanks for sharing!! ☺️✨

[@Nisshin_Maru]

Fantastic playing, great job!

[@Blue_Wing7]

Much respect for being able to play all that

[@Vidarr90]

I feel like the crush solo needs more attention, wasn’t only done flawlessly but the tone was literally perfect

[@evonai]

This is wild, congratulations🎉

[@mrconan400]

this is so accurate, ego death is on another level. 17 years since the first time I touch guitar, at lv 13 now 😢

[@HeftyVAL]

legend doing these levels

[@nicktodorov669]

being at level 9 from the beginning makes me feel much better about myself but also makes me realise i have a lot of way to go

This was amazing! Very nice, dude!

[@ProducedBySoren]

Youre the 🐐

[@SUPERxSOAKER]

Damn that was so sick dude thank you for this video. Inspiring! Polishing Goose level 10 gang 🤘

[@e11ilio63]

Keep posting content like this and your guaranteed more subscribers

[@danchokovachev4278]

Bro ur so clean i swear u kill 99% of germs on ur guitar just by playing on it😭

[@lyconxero457]

Tim did make a video with a title stating that O.D. is actually the hardest Polyphia song so it being almost at the top makes perfect sense when you consider that the song above it is Ego Death and that's not actually a song that they play live.

[@shirosflower]

This is so impressive 🔥 great vid

[@DistortedV12]

everyone just sleeps on symmetry

[@migloww]

Lol actually yes

[@syd1.26]

youre literally the goat

[@riji7513]

I agree to this and also for saying to buy Polyphia tabs! Well done!

[@nonta111]

おいおい、野生のティムがいるんだが・・・ うますぎだろ、そしてもっと伸びろ Mr. KAWABATAは何者なんだ？

[@capybleppa47]

casually played most of the Ego death song at the end. Cool

[@CactusPin]

Level 14 Hands teleportation is the most accurate name for that song I've seen so far👍😵‍💫

[@skypatchOfficial]

you have just earned a sub my friend

[@HugoShubert-g6h]

DAMN THAT ABASI LOOKS NICE

[@puffballbk2186]

Very surprised at drown harmonics riff being so high. It’s literally the only polyphia riff I learned in less than 15 minutes

[@iBoss818]

This made me do a stank face. Very impressive dude!

[@mrtoast244]

I learnt the Ego Death riff on my 6 string acoustic guitar and it wasn't actually that bad, maybe because I learnt it fingerstyle. I've never used a pick so imo the 40oz sweeps are a lot more intimidating to me. The Playing God arpeggios were so good though, I kind of like it more than the original riff. I might learn it as a warmup since I have nothing else besides Spider walks lol.

[@etanmine1136]

one day i will be strong as you. I promisse

[@isaachester8475]

the guitar was ok, but that whistle cover at the end was legendary

[@HoangPahm]

That some decication my friend, respect

[@TetraShot]

wow you're really good at guitar

[@lobs7628]

Ego Death is insane bro

[@Johann_F]

so proud to be able to do only the level 1

[@nikanj]

Boy... That escalted quickly.

[@NINJED1]

lv 15 is off the hook good especially on the Vai solo!

[@daraabasiofficial]

This video is underratedddd

[@ramonveracruz7511]

Is that the Rick Graham sig Charvel? Man, I want one so bad. Can't wait to be back in the market.

[@bdurushia]

Currently been learning Hand Teleportation of O.D. Sticking to around 85/90bpm for now.

[@walkertheofiles1992]

Great vid! Wish you included the time signature too

[@Swishy7734]

i think O.D. is easier to play than the ending of playing god tbh

[@foxbravo158]

Icronic on lvl 7 is scary for the rest of the video

[@umu5037]

I can confirm O.D is tough asf but putting level 14 doesn't feel fair at all, 40oz, the audacity,playing god or neurotica are way harder

[@pugund5566]

Talented!

[@HarrisonThomasC]

I was just sitting here amdiring the guitar playing but had a stroke seeing that cable management

[@XeinXtinas]

bros hands was shaking

[@zbest-one]

I'd LOVE to download those QC presets you made if possible

[@VoltskkiGaming]

I'm 4 months in guitar and here I am playing a bit of goat

[@randomguitarist9228]

learning that must have been painfull lmao

[@JPdraws_]

I need Polyphia to drop guitar only versions of their albums

[@Zergbad]

Try hannabach 815 Silver Special's on the nylon it will fix all that buzzing trust me. I wont use anything else on that guitar anymore

[@Classic_H_Radio]

fuckn goddamnit. lvl 1 is my lvl6

[@_f_r_]

6:19 he flipped us off 😂💀💀

[@xErupTioNzZ]

40 oz sweep was rough lol, you were playing it on a super clean tone though so understandable. part of what makes that riff sound so great is the reverb and the harmonies you get from the notes slightly ringing out. playing it on the clean tone even played perfectly isnt going to sound as good

[@Steffouf]

AMAZING! I might be level 0.005 on this scale!

[@Six3rdy]

Holy shit........... You should do a feature with them for real, for real.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

So we just declared Ego Death to be Polyphia's hardest song? lol

[@Metalwolf765]

Someone else said it, but Tim Henson is your favorite band’s favorite guitarist.

[@cptnsparky]

I'm gonna stick to drums I think

[@x_potato4081]

how do i max out at level 5 but can somehow play the goose riff as well

[@vapingcringe]

id argue some of their first ep is hard from a different standpoint

[@LeonardoLavallee]

Never realized how hard the playing god arpeggios actually are

[@DiegoTorres-iw5kn]

Thanks ichika Nito for making the final level "everything" on all the level videos

[@fburon_]

The Abasi guitar gigachad

[@EricJ.EstradaSamaniego]

Coincido con el nivel 15, es el más difícil, pero el nivel 79 es tocar la canción completa

[@MSA]

Love the bread guitar

[@skrullboy9019]

Barring an 8 string guitar is crazy

[@lamtungbenny6214]

In my opinion GOAT is easier than ABC, I can only play short thrills when playing fast and cannot keep up the consistent speed like in ABC

[@ramanpreetsingh2206]

I think 13 should be higher. While I get your argument, you were able to kinda nail the lvl 14 but not 13. I respect your opinion either way. Great playing!