THAT Painkiller Sweep ANALYSED

[@ACMusic]

Thanks for watching!! What's your favourite Priest track!?? Don't forget you can book online video lessons with me. Details in description!! 🙂

[@kukkivindu]

a priest song:)

[@unclepecos7835]

Riding on the Wind!

[@glenb1189]

Turbo Lover. I know… much maligned album but what a song.

[@briantheiss2433]

Burning Up.. Off of Hell Bent for Leather

[@florentintise]

That was pretty clean … also easier to hear because it wasn’t drowned out by the band. Yup, that was pretty awesome 👏👏👏

[@ACMusic]

Thanks Florentin!! :-D

[@coldvoid]

If you want it clean just search "Painkiller solo isolated" and you'll have it 'clean' without a band.

[@JessieJames0317]

Painkiller is my absolute favorite JP song. Metal Meltdown would be a very close second. Such a cool intro and that whole song is just in your face the whole time.

[@robertmills2058]

Painkiller is the absolute most metal song ever recorded in this universe.

[@LEDZEP769]

Glenn Tipton is on the top of the list as one of the all time best metal guitarist of all time. His solo is nothing but mind-blowing!!!🤘🎸🤯

[@violenceunderground1318]

Painkiller is the most metal album ever created period Awesome video!

[@blivxz3688]

Rust in peace, holy diver, number of the beast.

[@PopUpPirate1975]

I mean, you can't beat Painkiller - and I concur with all you say! Well played as ever, too. From the same album, The Hammer And The Anvil is a lovely piece of harmony/melody metal!

[@ACMusic]

I took way too long to get into Priest. Even when I saw them I wasn't a massiva fan. I (should) see them again this year and am way more up for it!

[@jolo3741]

The Sentinel! 🤘

[@ACMusic]

Excellent choice Jolo!!

[@paulmdevenney]

my choice too.

[@Chaotist]

same 🤘

[@GarryParker]

I remember lying in bed in the dark listening to the Friday Night Rock Show on Radio One when Tommy Vance played the new single off the Painkiller album. It was Night Crawler and it blew me away. It was September 1990 and I had just worked all summer stacking shelves and spent every penny I'd earned on a CD player, so my brother had to buy the CD. It was the first one we ever owned. I remember having family parties with 10+ people all rocking out playing air guitar to the Painkiller solo! Wonderful times. Priest probably have the most diverse catalogue of any metal band. Victim of Changes is a riff fest, but I just love Blood Red Skies. I feel like I could conquer the world after listening to that song. Oh, and I love the applied theory lessons! I should really try harder with my sweep picking. Thanks so much.

[@ACMusic]

Thanks for watching yet again Garry. Family-heavy-metal-air-guitar-parties sound about as cool as it gets!

[@TheFlenen]

I'll fight you UNDER BLOOD RED SSSSSKKKKKKKYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSS!

[@stephenwinchester6668]

The first two true heavy metal albums I ever bought, bought them together were Judas Priest “Painkiller” and Megadeth “Rust in Peace”, the title track and Night Crawler” are my favorite Priest song, but that entire album is a masterpiece.

[@glennbriscoe4512]

A touch of evil is my favorite judas priest track.

[@ACMusic]

Nice choice! 🤘

[@breadyegg]

I remember as a young lad staying up late to watch "Raw Power" (I think it was called that) on Channel 4 and that track came on and blew me away

[@lomino6478]

Many favourites. Lots of favourite solos. Love rock hard ride free, you don't have to be old to be wise, desert plains, the hellion- electric eye........

[@stilts121]

You nailed the most important Glenn Tipton thing: the glare at 3:22 lol

[@cybermanne]

There are a few songs that could be argued to be the best ever metal song. And this is for sure one of them.

[@travisburnette2503]

Freewheel Burning, Painkiller, Hell bent for leather too many to pick just one! Great lesson.

[@ACMusic]

Too many riffs to choose from!!

[@LMDAVE29]

In the era of sweep picking, the trick was to avoid bar chord fingering to make it clean....BUT, Glenn Tipton actual embraced and perfected his bar chord sweeping (i.e The Sentinel, Locked In, Pain Killer). Thats what makes his sweeps different from the crowd at the time.

[@vladobrunn]

Thanks man 👍 This is the guitar bible for me. The one and only guitar solo, beyond all the others that I love :)

[@ACMusic]

Thanks for watching!! Glad you liked it! 😎😎

[@connyjohnson855]

Super interesting! Thank you! I love to get to know the theory behind great solos and licks.

[@bradsweeney8695]

Check out Joe Satriani's Mind Storm song. It has a ton of elements from Painkiller but slowed down a bit. There is even a sweep picking part about 2 minutes into the song. I first realized this when I heard a Painkiller tutorial that was slowed down for practice and thought, "wow that's Mind Storm."

[@ACMusic]

I'll have to check that out!! Thanks! 🤘🤘

[@thomasprice1320]

My favorite is Ram it Down. Incredible leads by Glenn and KK!!

[@Eyeofdajjal]

I learned all the theory, then I forgot all the theory, since none I ever played with during 32 years ever knew or used it 😅 but tomorrow, which is in fact today, I’ll learn this darn solo. Very inspiring, thank you!

[@REIRBL]

well explained! congratulations! 👍👍👍👍

[@MaCNuTz-tu8ot]

Freewheel Burning is probably my favorite

[@ACMusic]

Nice choice!!

[@ukguitarnoodle]

Great video and info. Today my favourite Priest is The Ripper. 🤘🤘

[@ACMusic]

My dad gave me a cassette once and told me to listen to the Ripper. I was way too young and naive and didn't like it!! :-O I do now!

[@HughRBA]

I couldn't do the Emin shape comfortably in the F# so I resorted to string skipping and sliding because the barring is just so hard to get it clean

[@ACMusic]

It's horrible isn't it! As long as you get there, the technique you use doesn't matter!

[@axelbjork4670]

Thanks, Anthony. Very informative video! My favorite track is either The Sentinel or Reckless!

[@ACMusic]

Nice choices Axel!!

[@wildchild01]

Super nice video! Painkiller for me is in the top 5 heavy metal songs of all times

[@ZivaLuthor]

The second solo from Freewheel Burning is majestic af

[@chrismiles6694]

It. Is. RELENTLESS!

[@ACMusic]

It's incredible!

[@fredericadda]

I love Blood Red Skies. Such a powerful song!

[@ukguitarnoodle]

YES! underrated

[@rodovanra6783]

This video needs one more like.

[@NickVolk]

Glenn usta be THE GREATEST OF ALL with his "Painkiller" solo, let alone in "All Guns Blazing"☝

[@leerobbo92]

I think the best thing about it is that it's right on the edge of being clean: it's "almost" sloppy, but it's clean enough that it doesn't sound like modern Kirk Hammett sloppy, if that makes sense? It sets the tone for the rest of the solo, where it feels like it's riding right on the edge.

[@revensteed9539]

Well well ive been waiting for someone to mention this sweep picking. Its the best ever

[@RandyBakkelund]

More Music Theory, I love it man!

[@ACMusic]

More on the way Randy!! :-D

[@stardust_memories2260]

Beyond the Realms of Death is the best, especially the two solos.They accentuate the entire gist of the song incredibly well.🤘

[@thomasprice1320]

That solo is so tasteful!!

[@PopUpPirate1975]

Love these theory analysis vids. I know you're a Megadeath fan, how about analysing THAT transition at around 2m45 in Hangar 18?

[@ACMusic]

This Thursday, your wish is my command!

[@PopUpPirate1975]

@@ACMusic Yay, looking forward to it!

[@KRAZED.WE.FEEL.]

Hey bro, first video of yours I've seen, instantly got a new subber, really dig thr video, and could not agree any more. Fucking killed the playing bro!!

[@ACMusic]

WElcome to the channel Krazed!! :-) What guitar do you play?

[@Bezza_Rezza]

Was nice to come across this ... I remember when I first came across this track as a kid and today it sounds as good as it did the first time every time I heard it. As a budding guitarist, I HAD to know how the hell he executed that opening, and yes, it is the best opening to a guitar solo there's ever been in Metal. It then continues beautifully, perfectly phrased in every part .. that wonderful kinda chromatic/bluesy climb to THAT legato part ... it just takes the piss ha ha I must say though, I think KK Downing comes in after that section and I am not particularly keen on that part of the solo, but either way .. doesn't change the fact that this is the most complete metal song ever IMO, and weirdly at same time, I would never have considered myself a Priest fan really. I am often staggered at how many people disagree with me over this track, though, particularly musicians. But anyway, Glen Tipton one of my heroes just for this moment alone Think many folk just take is as over-the-top Spandex instrument gymnastics, but so what! ... it's so much more than that. Priests' new album, I must mention it. What an effort. I was genuinely impressed.. don't listen to metal as much these days but always go back to the old classics once in a while and it was nice to hear them still releasing and playing inspired. My hero growing up was DImbag Darrell, I think he was the best player in the genre overall, that man played with fuckin' soul and it is tragic he was takn from us in such a cruel way too soon. But that track, I agree with you completely that this has always been the perfect example for METAL 🤣 Played a bit of guitar myself in the past and had classes with likes of Paul Gilbert and such guys once before, so always come back to my old faves on a nostalgia trip, and was nice to see someone break this down so well. Wish I could have watched something like this when I was 12 and trying to figure out what the hell he was doing on my Rhodes Jackson V really got an itch to pick a guitar up now ha ha

[@cybermanne]

Super interesting style of video. Keep it up.

[@paulmdevenney]

I would have said "The Sentinel" as the blueprint, but we're still talking about Judas Priest either way! It has everything in it (the live version from the 80s that you can find is just incredible). Hi echoing screams, amazing riffing, drama, the lot.

[@vzRevenge]

When i barre and sweep across it doesnt sound as clean as how you play it! Great playing :)

[@iduncanw]

This is another one I'm late to the party on listening to. With limited exposure to Judas Priest, I'm going to say Breaking the Law because it's one of the first few songs I could play along to the intro. Yes I like music theory, the more I learn, the more I want to learn 🤘🎵🎸 There is heaps of KZbin content on technique, but not that much that helps you learn what to do with it.

[@ACMusic]

I was a very late comer to Priest! I had a lot of catching up to do!

[@JD-vj4go]

You got way closer to figuring it out than i did lol. When I figured it out I played 3 note per string sweeps. Fm 1st inversion, Fm 2nd inversion, D 1st inversion. I was so far off and I played it that way for months until I saw Priest live on the Painkiller tour and thought 'uh oh' (in my defense, I don't think anyone ever noticed and I am a tone deaf moron). The Sentinel is my favorite Priest tune. Defenders of the Faith was my first and will always be my favorite Priest album. Awesome lesson. I like the music theory stuff. Please do Alex Skolnick's intro solo to Trial by Fire. I shudder to think how far off I was on that one :D

[@ACMusic]

I nearly went with the 3 string sweeps actually!! Then I cheated and watched the video and saw he did a tap in the middle somewhere!

[@JD-vj4go]

@@ACMusic I completely missed the tap when I "learned" it until I saw him do it. I guess at that tempo you can just get close.

[@masterandkerranginparticul4324]

my favorite song by JP is "traitors gate" from the firepower album which I think is absolutely amazing.

[@matveyosekin8905]

my favouirite priests song is run of the mill thsnks for the video

[@adamr8878]

Electric Eye

[@ACMusic]

Way up there as one of the best for me too!

[@mrsmith7939]

Great stuff! Favourite JP track? Too many and depends on mood at the time! Special mention though for Let Us Prey and Raw Deal. Thank you for this video!!

[@alfredoverton9649]

Rabbits. Rabbits with Electric Eyes!

[@ACMusic]

:-D

[@chrisday4845]

I'd say theory trumps technique by a huge margin. Something I long to understand is why the slow lead of Megadeth's 'Good Mourning' is so hauntingly beautiful. What magic is Chris Poland weaving through my ear-brain?

[@ronny12tech]

Great analysis

[@judaspriestly88]

This guy: What's your favorite ╚╬╝JUDAS PRIEST╚╬╝ solo? Me: Yes

[@ACMusic]

🤣🤣 All Guns Blazing has to be way up there!

[@JayBirdGuitars]

they even have a bass player too!!!

[@SamPlaysBass49]

Favorite song is probably Victim of Changes

[@hotman718]

Everyone plays this solo differently. I tried to learn it note for note like on the record so I slowed it down and tried to pick out every note. It's actually hard to hear it because the tone has a lot of chorus and reverb on it. It's hard to distinguish individual notes, especially at that speed and with the effects on the guitar tone. Even when it's slowed down. I had to settle for close enough.

[@ACMusic]

That's true! But I think it's cool how it gets interpreted in different ways. 🤟

[@Chaotist]

Favourite Judas song is The Sentinel 🤘 and many many animals have great ears actually, check out Earthsounds documentary series. I've just been watching it, what a synchronicity hell yeah tell us all about music theory on such examples forever

[@ic_1234]

should i read the hellraiser books or watch the movie first?

[@ACMusic]

I love the first book! Definitely read it.

[@stevai6732]

The ending of this vid is me when I'm sick of playing guitar because I've zoned out and I'm not even feeling like playing but I picked it up out of habit. When you're purposefully making anti music when no one is around for a laugh you know you need to put the axe down 😆.

[@jaytee6960]

fav JP tracks: 1. Painkiller; 2. Hell patrol

[@thomasprice1320]

Glenn was a master of solos. KK too. The very best.

[@Marsha11man]

Reckless coolest song

[@fabiocene]

As iconic as the Final countdown solo.

[@azgast]

I don’t know about the “blueprint of Heavy Metal”, rather the “perfect result of over 20 years of product development”.

[@epiliriumguitar]

The Sentinel!

[@johnjohannesjuan]

Wow! So much going on in that intro pattern alone. Glenn Tipton is a true guitar god. From a technique and theory standpoint he's up there with the likes of Randy Rhoads and EVH. He seems to be flying under the radar of a lot of people tough, sadly. Pretty low down in many top guitarists lists if included at all. Maybe that's just because the people who are in the business of ranking guitarists only know one or two Priest songs?

[@thebricklord1577]

I think he likes Hellraiser

[@przemyslaw1235]

mr Bean can play guitar😳😳😳😳😳i like him even more🙂

[@ACMusic]

Haha, I've been called Mr Bean since I was about 8! :-D

[@beanbison]

Dang thats tasty!

[@ACMusic]

It really is!!! Insane solo! 🔥🤟

[@aledrinker666]

02:00 wasn't Richie Faulkner the replacement for KK Downing? Would have though Andy Sneap now fills in for Glenn Tipton 🤔

[@perroborrego]

That's the magic of Tipton's hands. The notes are correct but he has a blurry way of playing them that is impossible to replicate. Playing the solo in a Ritchie Faulkner or Paul Gilbert way does not make the cut. Check the intro of "Heavy Metal", you can tab the notes but you can't sound the way he does.

[@a.g.4843]

true, the song has 3 sharps = f# minor

[@a.g.4843]

True, he touches the D (fret 22) after fret 21 in the first Arpeggio

[@ToMeq87]

Dude, are you Paul Gilbert’s son?

[@ACMusic]

😂😂😂😂

[@wernerhedgehog3627]

The reason it’s so hard to accurately work out the notes is because he’s double tracked it, and is playing it slightly differently on each track.

[@triceratops1988]

больше полусотни комментов, но ни один не написал, что Ричи Фолкнера наняли на замену уволенного К.К. Даунинга, а Гленна Типтона на концертах сейчас заменяет Энди Снип... охренеть фанат конечно...

[@joeciarlette2296]

True, but now Faulkner takes the Tipton leads once Tipton stepped aside. No way in hell Sneap could replace Tipton. I mean, no one came, but Faulkner is a beast. Who else can have their heart explode on stage, I think during Painkiller, and complete the song?

[@stefaneriksson2172]

Tyrant

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

I’m “clahhhs”

[@JohnDoe-bw3tz]

Well, if he doesn't know wether he's Claus or not, how should we know?

[@slymebuoy]

Imho you need to have a feel for this stuff when writing i reckon, all the technique in the world is worthless without some understanding of song writing theory (Brown long- eared bats have amazing hearing btw, they can hear a spiders leg move on a leaf 👍)

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

I gotta say that I disagree hard here. The solo intro to Stargazer is far better

[@ACMusic]

That is an excellent choice!

[@vincenzabenvegnu9876]

Am I forced to choose just one Judas Priest song as my favorite? So I choose "One Shot at Glory" (obviously combined with the intro "Battle Hymn"); in my opinion, it is a song that represents very well all the extraordinary qualities of Judas Priest: great atmospheres, powerful melodies, superlative vocals, granite rhythmic guitars, solos that take no prisoners, and lots and lots of positive energy!

[@ACMusic]

Nice choice!!!