Thanks for learning the essentials of DOUBLE PICKING! Grab the tabs, practice tracks, and part 2 bonus video here: www.patreon.com/posts/96737741?
@ampman507 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial. Seen your good mate , Andy Wood play this on a John Sykes owned Les Paul custom. Jaw dropping..👍🏻🎸
@TheK20sedan7 ай бұрын
Thanks dude, I always dug this part of the song
@bryanmcdermott42047 ай бұрын
The middle section of "Still of the Night" is one of the finest pieces of music ever composed.
@matthewearl98247 ай бұрын
Bark at the Moon chorus section has the most memorable double picking lick in it imo. I love both Sykes and JEL.
@nigelsmith7217 ай бұрын
Jake E Lee "Waiting for Darkness" is where my DP hell journey started,
@asafabraham7 ай бұрын
Same, Jake is the first person that pops into my head when I think of double picking
@Lordhumongus7 ай бұрын
Def a top 10 Ozzy track. Way undercover
@nigelsmith7217 ай бұрын
@@Lordhumongus I’d go as far as to say it’s his best solo effort by a long way
@Halenrocks51507 ай бұрын
Yes! What a great song and riff to practice!
@yourmomlovespenis4 ай бұрын
I don't think the abbreviation DP still means what you think it means...
@jamesdavis61867 ай бұрын
I’ve never used double picking until I tried to learn Oblivion and it felt oddly impossible. This is so smart. It makes the technique very approachable. Thank you dude!
@DonnyZofChaos7 ай бұрын
I'm struggling with the verses on Oblivion so this is really promising!
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
@@DonnyZofChaosthis is definitely a great first step to getting those Oblivion riffs down. Start here!
@jamesdavis61867 ай бұрын
@@DonnyZofChaosusing “Still of the Night” to get used to it is literally the perfect set of training wheels for this technique. Good luck!
@SpookyApparition7 ай бұрын
"Oblivion" is the song that made me learn double picking too. It still doesn't come naturally to me but it's easier after a lot of practice
@SuperSpear20097 ай бұрын
Mr. Ben Eller you have expertly covered all the components of Still of the night, however after years of inquiry you still have not shown the solo ,, you can't hide forever Mr. Ben Eller !!
@socialitisd92217 ай бұрын
Speaking of Jake E Lee, the double picking part in Bark at the Moon just before the chorus always gets me.
@electricgigolo7 ай бұрын
It's the hardest part of the entire song to nail, and it's played fast.
@BrandonEht5 ай бұрын
@@electricgigoloThe octave slides I screw up a lot. The double picking is easy
@portal4327 ай бұрын
Troy Grady should be entered into the guitar player HOF. He’s unlocked so many things for so many people.
@KingBeevr7 ай бұрын
Dude. You're supposed to play that with a bow. And John Sykes is one of the best rock guitarists ever. That sound is so compressed, but not in a bad way. Compressed like it's full of energy and it's about to explode through your speakers. Fun fact: when Steve Vai replaced Vivian Campbell for the following album and tour, he actually played that part of the solo with a bow during the live shows. I was there and it was amazing and awesome. Never mind the fact that he swung his guitar out over the entire arena, suspended by a cable, while it rang out the last deadly note of his solo. 🤘🎸🤘
@v3rlon7 ай бұрын
David Coverdale went through an embarrassment of riches with Guitar players. Vivian Campbell, John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Steve Vai, Dany Huff (session work), and Reb Beach, and that was all in addition to working with Blackmore and Jimmy Page in bands not call Whitesnake. Between Him and Graham Bonnet (adds Yngwie, Schenker, and Chris Impelliteri off the top of my head), you could re-write guitar history books. Add in Michael Jackson (yeah, I know, but Eddie Van Halen, Steve Stevens, Jennifer Batten, and Slash make for a pretty decent selection of 'guitarists who don't suck'), and you've got an encyclopedia of guitar knowledge. I mean - damn.
@JackMcLeodJr7 ай бұрын
@@v3rlon Yes indeed, also Doug Aldrich! The only man who played Sykes stuff like Sykes could (Live In The Still Of The Night London 2004 concert highly recommended) and also with MJ Steve Lukather worked with him too, played bass and rhythm guitar on Beat It for example. Amazing resumès. Fascinating discussion, love it. Edit :- Almost forgot - Steve Farris and Warren DeMartini played with Coverdale throughout some odd lineup changes too... And not forgetting the late Bernie Marsden and Mick Moody from early Whitesnake. Perhaps unknown across the pond but essential to 60s and 70s blues rock regardless
@v3rlon7 ай бұрын
@@JackMcLeodJr Apologies in particular for skipping Moody. He doesn't get enough credit. I forgot about Lukather with Jackson.and just really didn't know about the others. All good stuff. I know Jackson has a much longer list of guitarists he has worked with. Really, with like 4 singers, you get a huge chunk of great guitarists. I take from this that great singers are hard to work with (except maybe Ann Wilson)
@JackMcLeodJr7 ай бұрын
@@v3rlon No apology required man, thanks for the response! Indeed the famous front man ego can no doubt be a nightmare to deal with lol. Crazy turnover of band members, though it's made for one heck of a resumè.
@jasonpitts83957 ай бұрын
I came here for the Mastodon. The finest band comprised of the most awesome musicians ever.
@shiningwizard2027 ай бұрын
Just learned that not only have I been accidentally double picking for years but I was doing it completely wrong. Thank you Uncle Ben as always.
@skinnygumbo95557 ай бұрын
I remember when this song came out, and everyone said there was no way this could be done without synth. Took me awhile, but I got it down. Great to see this passed on. Never knew other players used this technique
@olafburgermann8067 ай бұрын
Class tune. Great lesson. Proper upgraded tabs as well - even better
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Thanks a ton!
@PawpawJamz7 ай бұрын
Great video, Unc. His name is not mentioned nearly enough. Definitely one the baddest Hombres to ever pick up the guitar. That WS album is a veritable how to of blistering rock guitar.🎸🎸🤘🤘
@69nukeee7 ай бұрын
Yep, Uncle Ben is right! Have warmed up to the middle part of 'Still of the Night' for years and years, that built up my right hand chops to a happy place now (before it was a disaster!). Still do it to this day, even though sometimes I switch it to the rhythm section of 'Ember City' by Mastodon, which for some reason to me feels like the 'contemporary metal'-version of this most classic Whitesnake riff
@mclark52157 ай бұрын
"The angle of the dangle is proportional to the heat of the beat" -Uncle Ben
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Not just pretty words!
@sirtogii52166 ай бұрын
I mighty be wrong here but didn't Beavis say "Inversely proportional to the heat of the beat" . "Whoah Beavis! You're smart!" Regardless, worth an immediate sub, not only for the excellent lesson...
@jlatimer35477 ай бұрын
Alexi Laiho/Randy Explodes (oooooof), these guys influenced my doubles. 🤘
@mazklassa93387 ай бұрын
Much appreciated instructional video. You explain things with careful consideration, which implies care and empathy, which is encouraging for the student's skill development.
@TechTesseract7 ай бұрын
Just picked up guitar again after 3 or so years of not really playing and was stoked to see uncle ben still making videos! (best guitar teacher) Just subbed on patreon, thanks for the GP tabs! Time to practice so I can regain the respect of my stepdad!
@davidperezgonzalez18397 ай бұрын
That reminds me the lick from Waiting for darkness, the double picking thing, that sounds like short delay...
@willfletch58717 ай бұрын
Totally brilliant. Love this song. Just need to master the solo now. And the intro…
@Goose217 ай бұрын
This type of picking is in so many death metal songs these days at lightning speed but Brent hinds was way ahead of all of them with it
@wolf42i407 ай бұрын
I always think of the intros for Pariah from Lamb or Shedding Skin by Pantera. Both tougher curves to learn because of speed but some cool tunes to learn.
@cheenu7117 ай бұрын
It's about time you go over the solo in still of the night uncle Ben.
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
It’s getting to be close to that time hahaha
@camerondunsmore45867 ай бұрын
Dude...how do you know what songs I'm playing lately? This, the V.H. videos...weird. And mighty cool!!
@nc19697 ай бұрын
Awesome Lesson! You did it again!! Showcasing the monstrous talent of John Sykes! Sykes is such an emotionally deep player, with incredible phrasing, melodic composition, and seriously tight technique. His dbl picking skills are no joke. This is a great intro into the technique! Thanks again Uncle Ben! Please make a pt. 2 with insights into "You're gonna break my heart again" Thats a dbl picking extravaganza! or Billy from Blue Murder! Cant forget Jake E. Lee on Bark at the moon either!
@wackojacko39627 ай бұрын
@ 18:26 , Lovin Every Minute Of It! 🤘
@Sankeyite5 ай бұрын
Thanks man.. day 3 of this lesson for me,and can now play it with you. Only a novice but having a butt load of fun learning this one!
@wm-nu1yf7 ай бұрын
Really need the solo to this one.
@Hawkspring7 ай бұрын
Perfect lesson at the perfect time for me. You cannot cover too much Sykes.
@olivergarner17467 ай бұрын
I was just watching your video on still of the night from 3 years ago when this popped up. What a pleasant thing to happen.
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Haha great timing
@nicktshredz6 ай бұрын
Love the Cynic mention! Paul's music has been the back bone of prog since 2008.
@vitobrattaforever4027 ай бұрын
Great lesson, Uncle Ben!👍👍🎸🎸
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@michaelduncan29954 ай бұрын
Thanks Ben, your, to me, the best teacher on you tube for 80's guitar!
@ginopanteristabootpim73467 ай бұрын
SYKES IS MY KILLER TONE,THANKS FOR YOUR LESSON
@karlwiebe38067 ай бұрын
Ben. You have some of the best lesson content out there as it is, but this one is brilliant. Instead of an entire song all at once, which can overwhelm, take one section of an awesome song that's familliar and make the song the example of the technique itself as opposed to just a technique with zero context. Plus you learn parts some would find challenging on their own. Legato sections etc would work really well with this concept. Awesome!!!
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@karlwiebe38066 ай бұрын
Your welcome. Look forward to more😉@@BenEller
@denmalski7 ай бұрын
COMPUTER GENERATED TABS!!!!!!!!! Did Bradley get to you 😂,
@denmalski7 ай бұрын
Never change To Uncle B, love your work 👍
@brandonjackson58657 ай бұрын
I was going to say the Still of the Night is the gateway to double picking its not very hard to get under your fingers it sounds awesome and people will instantly recognize it. All the ingredients to build confidence as well as a sweet technique. Love how Sykes just throws double picking here and there like it’s an up stroke or something. The chorus of Bark at the Moon has some nice double picking in it also. Double picking done right has always sounded like a violin or cello very cool technique to add some pizazz to your playing.
@MoCatt2 ай бұрын
"Billy" from the Blue Murder debut album has some good double picking in it too. Sykes is a monster player.
@lamont50507 ай бұрын
Thanks for this lesson helped a lot. This will help my picking. Need you as a teacher
@smithrob1717Ай бұрын
Thanks Ben really great lesson. Very helpful.
@jsmithnurev7 ай бұрын
A great lesson with an aptly-placed soaking reference! Never thought I'd see the day. Hats off, sir.
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Hahaha had to do it
@jsmithnurev7 ай бұрын
@@BenEllerSometimes you just gotta leave it in.
@JJohnson6167 ай бұрын
"Why take it out when you can leave it in?" Thought for sure you were gonna say something about my mama!
@Brent-Nelson686 ай бұрын
Such a great teacher.
@artyomloukashov6367 ай бұрын
Awesome and concise! Ty. Another killer dp riff for further practice is Ever Dying by In Flames.
@IngloriousKam7 ай бұрын
Oh yeah That Riff in Megalodon, nightmares during the 00''s for me
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
That’s a BRUUUUTAL one
@reckless-5757 ай бұрын
Fantastic lesson! Thanks uncle Ben! 👍
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@FerdinandEphrem7 ай бұрын
That is amazing! thanks it puts together string skipping, double picking and speed and pick holding... WOW
@dickcheeseaccumulator73257 ай бұрын
Also part of the solo of “Mr Rainmaker” from Warrant. It’s killer!
@jaredwilliams10317 ай бұрын
I always think of that riff from ABR's 'Meddler.' The string skipping is pretty brutal but it sounds good.
@josemorales26246 ай бұрын
Thrive by The Contortionist did it for me. Never could play that smooth
@kevongordon26757 ай бұрын
Oddly enough I legit just started learning this whole song on Christmas
@raffaele.eleonorafrazzi63877 ай бұрын
A great class, as usual ! Thank you! 👍🏻
@brettschaumburg39947 ай бұрын
Always valuable advice! Love me some Sykes too Unc!
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
He’s the best!
@user-gk9vq1ru6x5 ай бұрын
The sounds is amazing
@slappywag72107 ай бұрын
I was just listening to screaming Blue Murder this morning and now this video. 🤘🤪🤘
@allboutthemojo7 ай бұрын
Great lesson 👍 . Was just thinking of learning this entire song! Thanks Uncle!
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
I’ve got a lesson here on my channel for ALL the rhythm guitar stuff, check it out!
@allboutthemojo7 ай бұрын
@BenEller yes, I've seen that, and it's great. The lead is where he's done some voodoo riff magic with that fast run. Hopefully, that will be on Patreon soon ! 😀
@stefanokrivtzoff15937 ай бұрын
Great lesson Ben!! Sykes is king!!
@eddiejr5407 ай бұрын
I love anything alternate picking and pick slanting…I work on this stuff ceaselessly 👍
@SkeeterMcBeater7 ай бұрын
Thanks uncle Ben. Now I might be able to approach some of those Molestodon riffs. Also, stepmother says hi.
@JJDon51507 ай бұрын
Uncle Ben always coming in hot with these lessons! Ghost also took this section from Still of the Night and put it in "Respite on the Spitalfields."
@Wyldwulf7 ай бұрын
Indeed. It's almost..litigatable?
@ingeniouswild7 ай бұрын
@@Wyldwulf they do a lot of those small tributes to rock classics all over. the same song has fragments of The Final Countdown as well 😃
@enjoyguitar7 ай бұрын
Another cool Sykes tune (more difficult) to practice this with is Billy off the Blue Murder album..............and jake E Lee in Waiting For Darkness
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Good choices!!!
@leaharrington44727 ай бұрын
You're so correct, "It's really important to take breasts." Yes, I lolled and backed up.
@donvape3367 ай бұрын
I'll say in just a few days my double picking speed has increased exponentially by doing these runs.
@DreidMusicalX7 ай бұрын
Damn Ben I am loving that Jackson!
@donvape3367 ай бұрын
You're a mind reader. I was working on the beginning yesterday. Wow
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Oh wow!
@jacobwithak82167 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! That Megalodon riff has eluded me for years... Been practicing a lot of How Could I by Cynic to work on it.
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Be sure to scope the Patreon video! Got tabs for Megalodon and more in there!
@Deltan19677 ай бұрын
This album elicits so many memories for me, just bear with me. Deep Purple splits up (WTF? Yeah, I know). Some go to Rainbow (R.I.P. R.J.D.), some to Whitesnake - completely different to this Whitesnake, but still awesome - e.g. check out "Would I lie to you". Randy Rhoads dies (Forever bereft. R.I.P. Randy) but then I discover Jake E. Lee for some reason. This album arrives, and being an old fan, I decide to check it out... and all of it, is history.
@BCarpenter23147 ай бұрын
I somehow start alternate picking that section at some point every time I try, just out of habit. More practice!
@ClassicPass_7 ай бұрын
Just waiting for my favorite Robert Plant clone to come over the top of that with some sweet love-makin sounds!
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
You and me both!
@bretttrommler7567 ай бұрын
Originally played with a bow like JP, but still sounds amazing double picked. That Whitesnake album was the very first CD I ever bought back in 1985. I have a really nice bow that I bought many years ago and I use it on my 25/50 Anniversary Les Paul. Oddly enough, I’ve never tried to play that song with it.
@NubsWithGuns7 ай бұрын
I do something like this with MoP on the A string, just cuz it sounds cool. Not sure if you will look but I may have done it in a short.😂😅
@richardcameron11707 ай бұрын
It never occurred to me to think of double picked as single eighths. Doing so also helps with playing tighter.
@emgex4 ай бұрын
Bark at the moon chorus parthas good double picking patterns for learning/practice
@ImPoopnRightNow7 ай бұрын
*UNCLE BEN!*
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
HELLO!
@themightymcb73107 ай бұрын
Been trying to learn this off and on for a while now, inspired mostly by Fit For An Autopsy. Those dudes have serious chops, might even be worth covering some of their riffage for those in your audience with 7 strings!
@rferguson37 ай бұрын
Recommend some songs. I’ve slept of those dudes, way too long. I’ve heard some pretty badass riffs, randomly & have realized I really do need to give them a fair shake.
@themightymcb73107 ай бұрын
@@rferguson3So many good songs by those guys! Honestly, anything off the past three albums (Oh What The Future Holds, Sea of Tragic Beasts, The Great Collapse) will guaranteed rip. The older albums are also good but the songwriting is just super tight on the new stuff. As far as specific tracks, I'd recommend Hydra first and foremost, that song is just so much fun and it really displays their core sound. There's also Warfare, Black Mammoth, Heads Will Hang, Savages, Shepherd, Mirrors, In Shadows, etc.
@rferguson37 ай бұрын
@@themightymcb7310 Right on. Appreciate ya man. I’ll def hit those up as soon as I get a chance.
@richgh49057 ай бұрын
Thank man hey go's bless brother my right hand works again brother no more nerve damage I can play again . Thank you
@swektmaico2 ай бұрын
Funny. I learned to play the Still of the night lick years ago and can easily play it, I have struggled a little with pick slanting playing faster stuff but had a close look at how I play this and sure enough. It's in and out ever so little and I wasn't even aware of it. Stuff comes together.
@linorawr7 ай бұрын
I love how you mentioned Cynic! Getting that double picking riff on Veil of Maya clean is hard! Didn't know it was considered a technique 🙀
@leavingweakness99274 ай бұрын
The entire guitar style of the band Cynic is based on this style of picking! Great music
@jerry50bmg657 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Thanks
@reaperskeeper82597 ай бұрын
Great lesson but I do have to say, that is a beautiful color on that Jackson.
@sorenahlback7 ай бұрын
You are great at teaching guitar! /Stepdad
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
I appreciate that!
@jamwayofaiken-augustarockb76433 ай бұрын
I am a John Sykes fanatic, especially the blue murder stuff. By the way, doesn't that still the night riff? Remind you of loving every minute of it by lover, boy. Yeah, brother Ben. I'm sorry you'll never be able to unhear that now
@tedisakoolkat7 ай бұрын
Still waiting for the still of the night solo lesson 🥶🥶 Sykes remains undefeated
@esp9017 ай бұрын
Another cool example for this technique is "one step into paradise" from pink cream 69, although I am not sure, if the intro part is really played with double picking or by delay pedal. Either way.... Very cool sound.
@francescocagnacci7 ай бұрын
hell yea uncle ben!
@martynspooner58227 ай бұрын
A great vid cheers
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@timbrownhill72727 ай бұрын
Tobias from Ghost clearly likes that riff, as there's a part in a song on Impera that's very similar.
@Rockstardave-497 ай бұрын
Uncle Ben, please do the legato fast lead guitar solo from Still Of The Night!! 🤘🤘
@RancidDragonProductions7 ай бұрын
Just come play in my band already, Uncle Ben. You're already not terribly far. Then I don't have to learn this stuff and can go back to my bass.
@williambrown14513 ай бұрын
a lot of the songs on the Obituary Cause of Death album are good for practicing this too, quite a few are pretty slow (or have slow sections) and cool variations
@GregMerritt-ws8tq7 ай бұрын
Still Of The Night is a great training ground for a ton of different techniques.
@aerosmith71757 ай бұрын
Hey Ben great lesson Sykes is a killer player!! Could you please consider doing a lesson Guthrie govans funk technique and exercises for it as I’m really looking to get it down!
@thrash83157 ай бұрын
It is safe to say that I will Google "soaking" when I am away from the work computer.
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
Hahahaha
@marcinmcula997 ай бұрын
This technique is synonymous with dragonforce for me, though they play it at insane speeds. I'm noticing progress but I still have a long way to go
@Slayer8217 ай бұрын
Great lesson. I need to practice my alternate picking, It's easier for me to just down pick it all.
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
That’s half the battle! If you got good downstrokes, insane Alt picking is just around the corner. Be sure to watch last week’s video too!
@RiffsAndBeards7 ай бұрын
Sykes is the GOAT
@BenEller7 ай бұрын
The real ones know!
@MyCrazyDogs327 ай бұрын
"The angle of the dangle is inversely proportional to the heat of the beat." - Beavis
@Gez_Fez7 ай бұрын
Leave it in, don't pull it out during DP, just like your step-mom, great vid again uncle Ben 👍