Antoine Dufour - Inspirations

[@satanismybrother]

i dont know whether to sit back and contemplate or head bang to this song - awesome stuff

[@san84man]

I was starting to drift away from Antoine, but this ridiculously cool song has brought my attention straight back! Its such a privilege to able to watch him develop as an artist and to hear his music evolve. What a guitarist.

[@xHexagon]

so far, i think he's the best acoustic player i've seen so far in my life.

[@nancyl2]

A most p-o-w-e-r-f-u-l performance. ONE OF THE MOST fantastical this Master has done. As I closed my eyes to listen the first time without watching the artist--my chest + body vibrating with the resonance coming forth from this Work of "Inspirations," appropriately titled. In total Awe. To my Angel that shares these melodious gems; My Heart shouting THANKS to you over and over. 'I carry this in my Heart as I face my challenge Monday, Sept.13. :-) This will bring instant healing.

[@lidz1000]

never in my life have i heard a guitar sound as incredibly amazing as this guy makes a guitar sound. wow

[@andycockerill]

he was here at the end of september and i had the pleasure of chilling with him. Hes an amazing guy

[@byllsouza]

Absolutely Amazing!!!

[@kg207]

A fantastic piece.

[@xHexagon]

this video is very inspiring. No doubt Dufour named his song Inspirations. continue to rock on :)

[@og_jakey]

This guy has INSPIRED me , this song is amazing and the teqniques he uses are amazing! I lear fingerstyle aswell but this guy has influenced me to never stop!

[@plop200]

si oui, bravo man, t'est vraiment fort !

[@johved]

yeah!! helt enig j'adore candyrat music

[@revjwhit1]

ya, pretty AMAZING!! Thank you for that, nice work.

[@ivoria1]

Mind-blowing music.

[@gammeldansk]

This is now one of my favorite songs by Antoine

[@Karokabo]

favorite song of him!

[@HungarianGuitarist]

AT LAST I waiting for a long time this video INSPIRATIONS one of the best song what Antoine ever made! THX THE POSTTTTTTT!!!!!!! the album version a little bit faster :PPPPPP VERY NICE MAN beautiful pieces! 5*

[@Tuloisboss]

How can be someone so genius?

[@VCguitar1]

His technique is beyond flawless.

[@RayOutdoorsCamping]

this song shud have 25million views. 25million thumbs up

[@Outie1179]

Sweet lord I know alot of people comment about it but 2:00 -2:55 is the greatest fucking thing i've heard come from an acoustic. Its the most epic thing ever and you can tell antoine feels the same way about it

muy inspirador... to much inspiration for me

[@MikeMurdochMusic]

GOOOOOOOOD WORK ANTOINE ... well i shouldnt call it work ... but i love this one ... keep it up !

[@didujustfart89]

you are so right on that

[@EtherTrace]

I love that bass slap after the crazy fast progressing arpeggio...

[@GetnFunky]

I know what you mean, the triplet sounds he's making before slapping on the harmonic. He is slapping around the low E string with his middle finger, fallowed by his index.. the third beat of that is a hammer-on with his left hand. This is done very fast! xD Hope it helps.

[@EvilCracky]

damn i love when he does those big pull off things ~chime~ sounds awsome such a talented guy would love to see him live someday

[@nolono]

Wow Great song The part at 2.00 looks a LOT like spiritual groove These two songs are great

[@lapildapa]

Stupefacente:)

[@Raziel555666]

LOL! I think it's funny how if someone says something remotely negative, they get hate mail for days. That's devotion i guess... Aww crap please don't hate me! Antoine OWNS!

[@CLASSICBOB4200]

@bmxtra211 you have to accurately strike 12, 7, or 5 frets above the fret you are using. If its an open string slap 12. if you have the 5th fret barred hit 17th....so on and so on.

[@646879]

one of the best tappers....also look at adam fulara and carlos vamos

[@commandercody01]

i'm playing rylynn by andy mckee for my recital, and also learned dufour's tune spiritual groove - the technique is to slap the fretboard with your finger, but so fast that it hits the strings as if it were an artificial harmonic. sit there for about an hour and keep slapping the fretboard - thats how i learned it

[@Grimblenork]

so how was the recital

[@pamysh19]

pouah ! il déboite ce mec ! il est énorme .... j'ai l'impression qu'il a 3 bras ..... où ialors il a un orchestre qui joue derrière lui ....pfffffff il est trop fooooooort !!

[@WPGBored]

once upon a time, a genius was welded to an acoustic guitar... here is it!

[@coconejococonejo]

I loved the ending.

[@Simyo69]

The part from 2:00 to 3:00 is the best one... MA THE ENTIRE SONG IS AWESOME... I should go to sleep, and I won't.... I need to listen to more !!!

[@AaronSmith92]

@lprocker189 true to that; this is real talent right here

[@CristyS89]

well, CGCFA#D is the same with DADGCE as far as how the strings are tuned to each other. Antoine uses the first one on the album version and the 2nd on this video. they are the same thing, CGCFA#D is just a whole step lower.

[@HungarianGuitarist]

amazing

[@connormallory]

@bmxtra211 its just something that comes with practice... cause ur supposed to flick ur wrist at the right spot to hit the strings, but not touch the fret board

[@drdread]

full length videos for candyrat artists *e.g. Antoine Dufour, Andy Mckee* with videos in this studio for songs in each album were available just around the time the videos appeared on youtube *last year november-ish*. I used to have the full art of motion vid *with all the songs back to back in one whole vid* but I seem to have lost it :(.

[@SilensLethargus]

I just love how he can play so softly and gentle, then straight up ROCK the fuck out. :D

[@JHJH007]

that pause at 2.25! amazing...

[@OlivierJ_61]

Moi je suis définitivement Fan m'sieur Dufour ! :))

[@YoruTaro]

Its probably part of a DVD that he released so they only released like a few of them to give you a taste so you would buy the DVD for all of it...

[@Miarchieve]

awesome rhythm always!! someone tell me the material of that rings? maybe 2rings influnce his right middle attack technique?

[@gurreu]

The tapping part reminds me of spiritual groove! This one rocks!

[@jenniferreid8515]

yes... its totally the same.

[@rogacien666]

and don't be surprise if it doesn't sound as clear as Antoine harmonic... He's godly with that... Just look at the slapping harmonic he pull off!

[@bjerkeaa]

Come to Norway, s'il vous plait, Antoine!:D

[@MetalAddict247]

Just wow, how do you do that?!?!

[@drumbassguitar]

did he call it inspirations because it shows where he got his inspirations? or because he knew that after we watched it playing like him would become one of ours. never heard anything like it this guy is amazing

[@kg207]

Oh yeh true genius.

[@Outie1179]

SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD TRY!!! put this song on your ipod. get expensive sound canceling headphones. listen to it everywhere you walk. you subconsciously feel like a total bad ass >:D

[@EtherTrace]

If you're talking about what i think you are, then I believe he's tapping the (open) string twice very quickly to add a triplet beat.

[@Rael0505]

@connormallory - you DO have to hit the fretboard actually. Directly on the metal fret. Just hitting the strings won't do anything! I have no idea how Antoine is able to do slap harmonics with his index finger... I can only get them to ring out when I use my middle finger like Andy does.

[@Tuloisboss]

@zabman23 Yes but I don't think he use baritone guitar. On the album he use CGCFA#D Thare is one tone up, so DADGCE.

[@JonnyCrash]

Actually, the tuning is about a tone lower, but he's playing it with his higher-tuned guitar, and he doesn't tune this guitar as low as the regular tune for this song.

[@drdread]

very interested! :D

[@grayzbeardz]

@bmxtra211 make sure you slap it right at the fret, not in between, and make sure you're hitting the right fret-i mess this up when i'm playing chords and the harmonic isn't at the 12 or 7

[@1stdeadpresident]

holy shit.!!!

[@WillGuitar96]

I've watched lots of his videos and this guy's rather unique compared to the other guitarists @ candyrat. He likes to use harmonics a lot :D And I think it's awesome.

[@YoruTaro]

The best places for Harmonics are on the 5th, 7th, 12th, 20th, and 22nd

[@hourcide]

this is fucking amazing. so good i HAD to swear

[@andycockerill]

heart of the matter aint really a technical song. it was the first one i learnt off his new album and i did it all by ear. when you listen to songs like reality and hiding place for the moon. then it gets technical

[@Rickardius]

2:00 is awesome.

[@Rael0505]

@ox0Jason0xo ooh! Hostile? I'm just saying I'm used to practicing the way Andy does by hitting them with my middle finger instead of my index finger. I figure it doesn't make a difference because you get the same sound either way, I just find I get more power with my middle finger. and I was still right in correcting connormallory about hitting the fretboard. Thanks for being so friendly ;)

[@Sn1p3rSh4wn]

awsome

[@grygrskls]

I think this song name should be the song name to every song from every CandyRat Records artist.

[@jimmys.progress]

@yenrayNg Nah, this song at least deserves 5000 trillion views.

[@EugenePoluyachtov]

Shit, how does he did it? Great style Mr. Dufour, keep it up

[@guitarguru186]

The middle section is actually inspired by a Mike Portnoy drum groove :) But he certainly draws from Hedges as well!

[@Rael0505]

@mycahman You have synesthesia? That's awesome. Must make listening to the Candy Rat guys a really amazing experience.

[@KwanzaaJuice]

much better than the studio version!!

[@Rael0505]

@xXxGoyexXx there aren't, but you can find free fan-made tabs on ultimate-guitar(dot)com. The guitar pro tab is excellent!

[@NedMcPhie]

@markusthefarkus And you just gained a follower in your Crusade. :)

[@Elviolli]

I'm hearing a lot of different Don Ross song parts that are slightly modified and then arranged into one song.

[@fila365]

Woah! where did you get this!?!? Awesome piece

[@Game-WarpDrive]

according to the official tab it's actually CGCFA#D i think..

[@sporkfist]

im pretty sure candyrat had it up before and took it off; so presumably, this guy ahd downloaded it before they did, and re posted it. maybe?

[@feal2]

Can only say, min. 2:00 -> incredible

[@edispageti2]

the easiest way to find harmonics is to just put your finger on one of the strings(without pressing it to the fretboard) and go up the string while strumming it till you here the harmonics clearly.

[@connormallory]

it's also the same tuning as Development

[@squish21]

yeah thats what it sounds like to me too. kinda like he consolidated the best parts into one

[@MorelloZzT7]

@GizmoGuy77 YEAHHH!

[@xXxGoyexXx]

@seanhiphop905 There are tabs in candyrat of this magnificent piece?

[@ForsakenGod23]

Dans 50 ans, nous dirons que c'était le paganini de notre époque , pour l'instant , il n'est l'apanage de quelques connaisseurs disséminés à travers le monde.... In 50 years , we'll recognize him as the paganini of our time, for now, he's only admired by a bunch of connoisseurs disseminated around the world...

[@og_jakey]

Can someone message me or reply to this comment ... At 00:13 and at 00:34/35 he make this wonderful high-pitched twang noise .. its brilliant and i was wondering if anybody knows how to do it? If you can could you message me or reply to this comment ... Thanks :)

[@jenniferreid8515]

I mean from 2:05 to 2:52 that part sounds a lot like spiritual groove.

[@AaronSmith92]

@edallencompassingly is he like, double tapping with his right hand on the higher frets? cause i can't even tell

[@Ramon1233]

What song of his isn't great?? They're all great!

[@DragonsSpirit]

That guitar is just as amazing as he is...If I was a guitar, I would kidnap him and force him to play me

[@Blatio83]

rpoland is the owner of Candyrat Records. That's the secret :P

[@Tinhamodic]

The dislikers are probably people who have 10 thumbs for fingers and are jealous!

[@salah580]

Ahahahah AWESOME!!

[@JasonHallsUK]

@Rael0505 lol i dident mean it to sound bad i just thought you were saying that you couldent do it and all you need to do is practice i get real annoyed when i see ppl on youtube saying they cant do stuff because they can i learnt this song 2day(hence being on the vid gotta play along with the master =P )but as much as i love antoines music all his stuff is easy to play but just not easy to master and play like him but it just takes practice try slapping harmonics with ur index ull get it easy

[@MorelloZzT7]

I think the title should Great Father Dufour just like diekey108 used in the description

[@mykey4d1]

Nice. He's in dadgad tuning i thnk. Its inspired by michael hedges for sure.

[@racketman90]

nothing against Gorthon but that ending is just hammer ons and pull offs. honestly what i find difficult is syncopation between either 2 strings or 2 fingers just cause it's completely different tempos...its not about how fancy or fast something looks but how much you have to think in order to play it

[@og_jakey]

OKay , ty for the reply but , when i put my fingers near the string or just bearly touching it , it doesnt make a sound at all :S