Bye Bye Barre Chords - Unlock the SECRET to KILLER Riffs!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

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[@stephenh.litman2684]

Great tutorial - thanks! It reminds of a quote from an old Guitar Player Magazine interview where Eddie Van Halen was asked about his approach: "Usually, I just two-note it".

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Great quote! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@willdenham]

I, as well, love the intervals in Light Up The Sky. One of the best things Ed ever recorded.

[@HumblyServingGod]

I always loved Eddie’s rhythm even more than his leads, fantastic.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

For sure!!!

[@DKR-1881]

I agree. When you really pay attention and listen to Eddie's rhythm playing it's almost unbelievable that he came up with some of those patterns, let alone Dave coming up with these melodies over the top. Crazy good stuff.

[@krmhayes2893]

Eddie said once that he didn't like bar chords, because it didnt let the string "sing". He was right.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Really cool quote!!! Thanks for commenting!!

[@martyconroy3786]

Zactly, strings aren't meant to be muted

[@cleftturnip7774]

Fair enough. But it really depends on the sound you're going for

[@brushstroke3733]

This is one of the best lessons I've ever seen. Super practical and useful.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

What a great thing to say! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@donald-parker]

I always thought he approached rhythm guitar like the right hand of a keyboard player and did a really good job of keeping sonic separation between his guitar and Mike's bass. They had a huge sound for a trio and I think this had a lot to do with it. And it takes a lot of trust in your bass player to do that. Which speaks well to both Ed and Mike.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Very well said!!! Thanks for commenting!!

[@johnmorgan7947]

💥💥👍🏿💯

[@anthonyrichard461]

Michael Anthony enhanced Eddy's flow

[@hiramabiff2790]

Eddie won piano competition over Andover before he was 12

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

​@@hiramabiff2790 Who is Andover?

[@kenlelon369]

OMG Charlie, my hat is off to Edward VH for his spirit of innovation. Thank you for highlighting his expertise and finesse that too often goes unnoticed. I'm working on this!!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

BAM!!! I love it Ken. Get after it! As always thanks for commenting!!

[@gonicjon]

great lesson...63 and finally learning...thanks

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Love it!!! Rock on!!!

[@davidt9841]

Number 100 👍 Eddie was indeed ‘Masterful’ in every sense of the word. No One Like Eddie - Period! Thanks for what you’ve posted here!! RIP EVH!!!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

We owe him a lot! Thanks for commenting!

[@leechild4655]

wasnt sure i`d seen it before but i recently watched a show they did in the UK. Eddy was absolutely brilliant, as if he never was live. He was always on like white on rice@@CharlieLongGuitar

[@brainstain2904]

His chiming harmonics were iconic

[@butterflywing61]

Most excellent lesson Charlie ! Instead of just talking intervals you show just how they are used.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

So great hearing you liked it!! Go forth and ROCK!!!!

[@theoman6718]

Thanks for posting. Been playing bass for years and trying to learn guitar on my own. This really helps

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!!!

[@steveb4400]

Excellent tutorial Charlie. Thanks so much for giving me a little more to work on. I never truly appreciated the power of intervals until now.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Wow Steve - that’s GREAT! Thanks for taking the time to comment!!!

[@TheAxe4Ever]

It’s so cool seeing someone that knows some music theory actually explain all of these intervals. These are things I’ve been playing since the early 80’s but never knew the names of the intervals and how they work. I just figured them out, out of necessity. People would ask me how I was playing those riffs and I could never explain it because I had no idea. I always wished I could teach, but I’m no teacher. I wish I had a teacher like you back in the day. My path would have been quicker.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for the kind words!! So glad the video was helpful!

[@DavidShepard-ke9su]

Excellent and well done, Thank you! Yep, huge VH fan as a kid growing up. The car horn sound on "Runin' With The Devil," GOD. That Eddie's guitar mae the biggest sound ever.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

My pleasure!! Thanks for stopping in and commenting!

[@matthewlally2446]

Love how you break this stuff down. Removes a lot of the complicated "mystery" and makes playing this stuff more approachable at different skill levels. 🤘🎵🎸

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment Matt!!!!

[@matthewlally2446]

You are welcome. Would love to see some future breakdowns of Elliot Easton and The Cars stuff too. @@CharlieLongGuitar

[@MrCalenture]

Wow where have yo been Charlie... Never seen anything like this video and I've seen hundreds!!! Really like what you're doing sir!!!!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for the great comment!!! 🎸🔥🎶🔥🎸

[@twiggyb67]

Great Lesson!

[@dust17111]

I love that the title mentions his smile , cause honestly he has got that smile of a 10 year old boy that saw a guitar for the first time everytime he plays , love that about eddie!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

I think when he had the guitar in his hands he was truly at peace and joyful. Thanks for commenting!!!

[@dust17111]

@@CharlieLongGuitar definitely

[@jimmcdougall9973]

I’ve just turned 60, and have been playing Holdsworth type of chords to play all the EVH songs. I’ve been torturing myself all these years… You have a new subscriber. Thank you.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Hey Jim!! Glad you could use it!!!

[@pattayaguideorg]

Hey man, this is one of the best lessons I've ever watched, what a treasure trove of info for rhythm guitarist like me, I'm in, subbed.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

So glad you dig it!!! Thanks for letting me know!!!

[@grooveroid]

New subscriber. This is an excellent tutorial, thanks Charlie! I worked it through twice to make sure it went in.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Love it! Best wishes for your playing! 🎸🎶🔥🎶🎸

[@michaelcraig9449]

Chalie, can you post up a lot more of this kind of rhythm playing? I am totally sick of power chords, bar chords, and open cowboy chords!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Yep Ill do some more of this kind of thing soon! Thanks!

[@donaldbutcher1260]

I wish I had a nickle for every YT lesson on triads and shell voicings I could by that vintage guitar I have been wanting. 😊

[@ratonelmutante]

Even If you don't understand the theory behind this or even the name of the notes this is actually really easy to understand and simplifies the process of creating your own riffs. But if you only learn at least the names of the open string notes and the intervals, (those two things are actually pretty simple, this coming from someone who for the longest time didn't want to bother with learning this stuff) you will understand it even better. Great short lesson. Thanks for this!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

You’re welcome! Glad it helps!!!

[@davidng7319]

Excellent lesson. You explained a lot of what I was missing. Thank you.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Makes me happy to hear that! Thanks for watching and commenting!!!

[@JimBobSmithJrIV]

Love the page!! Thank you for your efforts 👌

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for the awesome comment!! 🎸🎶🔥🎶🎸

[@obiem9319]

Eddie and Jimi played riffs and chords way differently any guitarists. Intervals and triads. 🔥

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Right on!!! So much to take away from those 2! Thanks for commenting!

[@ronnielee8616]

Great fing lesson brother!!! Thank you!!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the awesome comment!!!

[@lingostart4610]

Your entire content is amazing. Thank you

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Wow - thank you for the support! So glad you like it!

[@imannonymous7707]

Kinda cool lesson, more of an example of possibilities...but enlightning for sure

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for checking it out and taking the time to comment!

[@lawrencegress9831]

Great stuff! Really approachable and easy to understand.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Awesome! Thanks for commenting!

[@RealRichLong]

That Light Up The Sky bridge thing is indeed a very cool riff (amongst many)

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Sooooooo so good. Never get tired of hearing it

[@timemerson2691]

Fantastic video Charlie. Really helpful stuff.

[@leechild4655]

Man you nail those Eddy riffs right on the head. wtg!

[@leechild4655]

also, i think Eddy avoided bar chords and played the partial chord, he let the bass play the bass parts and together it works. not sure that was his thinking but it seems logically he did.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Yeah man Ed is very special to me - wanted to do it right! Thanks for commenting!!!

[@leechild4655]

you either have a great ear and/or watched alot of tape to see what he was doing. i think we all were. what the hell is he doing omg @@CharlieLongGuitar

[@michaelcraig9449]

Hey, do you know how to play the double stop intervals like this, in Harmonic and Melodic minor scales? I was trying to figure it out but it was not right. I can not find a single video on youtube on how to do that!

[@jacobkasper-i9o]

Good stuff. You’re a great teacher!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!

[@petersaccoccio1664]

Great lesson that I will revisit a few times. Eddie was a great rhythm player and this breaks down his thinking . Thank you!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

So glad you liked the video and thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@JeromyBranch]

Excellent explanation sir! I love me 3rds n 7ths that's why i selected your video. And Ed? The GOAT. Period. Even Les Paul said so and I aint arguing with Les Paul. I agree with all the comments here that Ed's rythm was the highlight of his music. And I agree with your favorite, mine too. May he rest in a din of hot guitar. Screw peace.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

AMEN!!! 🎸🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻🎸❤️🔥

[@carlsylvester425]

Charlie, this is amazing. Watching this was SO eye opening, I almost cried. There's so much I've learned watching this ONE tutorial, and I'm 60 this year, and Arthur is setting up in my joints...so I don't need to tell you that chord formations on the fretboard are not only frustrating, but painful. Voicing out these phrases while not needing to be a phalangeal contortionist will be bringing me SO much joy for my degree of noodling. And while EVH will basically remain Royalty of this type of playing, I'd urge you to open up Dirty Weapons from Killer Dwarfs, and give Mike Hall a quick listen. These types of 3rd fill rhythms are all over that record, and sound no less awesome. From the bottom of my ❤; thank you..for opening up a very easy to comprehend tutorial for this ol' noodler... (I'm linking this one to my brother, who is also an aspiring noodler😉)

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

So great to hear!!!

[@j3ffn4v4rr0]

Thanks, I listened to Dirty Weapons based on your recommendation here...that song kicks ass! And yes, a great example of those same types of riffs. Sorry to hear Arthur wants to move in...he's a bad roommate. I just turned 56 and know a little about joints...if there's anything you can do to minimize systemic inflammation, it can really help! 🎸🎸🎸

[@freegee3503]

Arthur hates curcumin! What is curcumin? It comes from the spice, tumeric. It is a great supplement to take for inflammation and as an alternative antibiotic. I get the NOW brand on amazon. 👍 Hope your jointers are feeling better soon.

[@mastermollica2669]

Cool lesson. Thanks for the insights

[@Havanacuba1985]

That was brilliant , thank you

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thank YOU!

[@michaelaiello9525]

So great to have this framework. Most of us have likely done some of this, but aside from feeling like a cheat because it’s so technically accessible, I for one have never fleshed this out and exploited it. But Holy S###, if this is what Eddie was doing aside from tapping and shredding, I am down. I will never belittle the double stop interval again! Thank you! Another brilliant lesson and spot on take!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for this comment and all the best with your playing!

[@SteveJones379]

Great lesson!! Thank you 🤘

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Love hearing that! Thanks for commenting!!!

[@wcbibb]

Good information! Thanks! Very helpful.😊

[@rustysilk685]

Wow i just sub'd this is so cool i love this lesson Edward is my absolute guitar hero of everyone i really miss him seen him many times even named my son after him (Edward) so anything on his playing i love. I am a guitarist of course and Edward and i were born same year . You taught me great things here today about his amazing playing as there is so much more to his playing then solo's. Thanks much my friend💚💚🤎☕️☕️😎😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤘🤘🤘🤘🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

@@rustysilk685 hey my pleasure!!! Edward is truly missed! 🎸🎶🔥

[@traviseiland1739]

Amazing video, lots to practice! thank you

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for taking the time to comment!!

[@t9620]

Great lesson! Thanks so much! Really appreciate it. 🙏🎸

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

I appreciate you commenting!!!

[@lylewallace9022]

Been watching . Thank you. Be.nice you put song complete to detail. Nice. I like finish we hat you start . Starting to see the thirds . Thanks again

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate it!!

[@mediamogul6643]

Great tutorial, and glad to see you are a fan of British amplification! Is that a Lacey VC50? I had one in my giggling days, it was a bit of a monster but after upgrading the tubes and speakers it screamed so sweet ;)

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Good eyes - that is indeed the VC50. Longtime Laney user, and have had several Marshalls also. Thanks for commenting!!

[@richardhenley817]

I'm pretty sure Eddie and many other guirarists wrote those greatest riffs ever without knowing music theory. I must admit you really know what you're talking about... Awesome break down by the way. Thanks.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for the kind words!!! Rock on!!!

[@richcharvel7162]

Cool video and nice guitar. I've always loved King Edward's rhythm guitar playing too. He just dug into those strings. Which VH song is that from 2:18 to 2:40?

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

That’s the bridge to Light Up The Skies

[@Flyit37075]

you open doors in my mind to new rhythm chops, thank you !

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Love hearing that! Makes the work that goes into these videos worthwhile!!

[@6stringbulldog]

Thanks for this video! Very enlightening I subscribed and will be watching more in the future 🙏🙏🙏

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@kojam1]

Even as a youn'un I always said there's something diff about how he and Hendrix played. They weren't chugging bar chords like most other players, but I couldn't put my finger on explaining what i meant. I wasn't till I was older where I could explain exactly what you're talking about. These 2 guys made me always try to NOT play straight bar cords when I was trying to make up my own music. Nice vid! SWEET TONE! What's yer set up feller?

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Cool comment - thanks!!! Tone is coming from Tonex…. That “capture” is from a guy called Top Jimi…. Specializes in VH tones.

[@peterland001]

awesome - great stuff, thankyou

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

My pleasure! Thanks for taking time to comment!

[@johnolivier1]

Eddie did swing. I love the Full bug.

[@carlosgoyeneche6315]

Great lesson, and awesome tone! Loved every note you played here, thanks!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for the kind words and taking the time to comment!!!

[@aliceborealis]

That was a great lesson! Thanks!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thank YOU for watching and commenting!

[@462rob]

Really interesting video and lesson...

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!!

[@Pushyhog]

your good for novice beginner as me!! Keep the colored finger positions pop up cards on vid please.

[@ManuelSurgenor]

Awesome teaching man! I’m so glad I stumbled upon your channel. Fun fact, I have a nephew named Charles Long and his son is my great nephew named Charlie Long. 😂 Keep bringing the great content! Triads for the win.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much!!!! All the CL’s - fun fact indeed!!

[@kenny3485]

Thanks Charlie!!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@vespass225]

Fantastic lesson. And gorgeous tone...! What does your signal chain look like roughly ?

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thank you 🙏. I’m using Tonex from IK Multimedia. Very realistic to my ears. Thats paired up with some reverb in my DAW. Killer tone and the tech has made my life very simple

[@vespass225]

@@CharlieLongGuitar Tonex Pedal, or Software only ? For sure sounds very, very good. Thanks !

[@jamesankiewicz3141]

Excellent lesson!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!!!

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

8:30 sharp 5 or augmented 5 or min 6th

[@dirktucker77]

Very helpful thanks!

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

So glad you’re getting something from it!!! Thanks for commenting!

[@williambock1821]

Ever notice how great guitar parts feel good to play? Like they make sense to the muscles in your hand ? Every time I learn a Zeppelin song ,that’s the first thing that jumps out at me. The chords and fills are like elegant equations in physical space.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Very cool observation!! 🎸🔥🎶

[@DKR-1881]

So on the "Feel Your Love Tonight" riff, when you say full on the 3rds, I don't quite understand. Are you playing the major 3rds of each note/chord you move to in the riff progression? Thanks

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

Sus2 interval 5:32 (Major 2nd interval)

[@utherpendragon4227]

Fantastic

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much!! 🙏

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

6:52 different combos of 4th intervals to get darker sound

[@congamike1]

Wow! Thanks

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting!!

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

11:13 feel your love tonight by EVH

[@mdub1762]

nice work Charlie.

[@HigherPlanes]

Spectacular lesson, my dude.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Wow spectacular reply my dude!!! Rock on!

[@etobicokeguitarschool]

Great tutorial Charlie, I dig the breakdown and practical application! Makes you realize there's much more to Eddie than his lead playing (though there's a LOT to that as well, as I'm sure you well know)

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Yeah man!!! Thanks for taking the time to comment!!! Ed had such a killer groove and his rhythm parts were like little songs unto themselves

[@juliodefreitas157]

Absolutely awesome ❤️ 👌

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

You’re awesome for checking it out and taking the time to comment!!

[@kevinking2468]

This is a total a-ha moment lesson!😊

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

This comment is the reason we make videos!! So happy you got something from it!

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

7:37 5th interval (C5 power chord)

[@yjmsrv]

I've known all the intervals for years and years all over the fretboard- but APPLYING them like this is so much more valuable and not something I've done much of- thanks for this! Also- what's your signal chain here? You're getting great EVH tone at what seems like reasonable volumes. What pedals/amp did you use for this?

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much for the kind words!!! I’m using Tonex for the tones - specifically a “capture” by a gent that calls himself Top Jimi and he has all the same gear Ed used on the first few records

[@mikenukem]

Excellent video and content.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Rock on! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!

[@charliesmith9528]

I have a 100 amp fender combo amp,,how can i get it to have the rock sound like joe walsh or do i need a pedal,,'

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Hey there Charlie! Which model amp do you have? 100 watts can get crazy loud so you’re probably going to need a pedal for some grit (if you don’t want your ears to bleed) 🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻

[@charliesmith9528]

@@CharlieLongGuitar Fender champion 100,,its very powerful..loud enough to use in a club no doubt,,store had it on markdown for 249 with free shipping so i couldnt resist,,i had been looking at amps awhile and this one is usually 399,,it came with a foot pedal and guitae center for some reason shipped a cover with it so im happy,,im a 66 year old band guy who played drums in local bands since i was 12 but have always wnated to learn guitar,,always get aggravated with bar chords etc..i dont have long fingers so i struggle but im hoping with you tube videos and some patience i can learn some scales and learn some nice blues riffs to paly along with tracks,,i have a studio in my garage with my drums so i can still play with my buddies on occaison but im wanting to stick with it this time and learn how to play FINALLY..

[@dan_kay]

I always find that anything played beyond the D string sounds screeching, especially on a strat model

[@sethryan_music]

where did you get that SRV print?

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Unfortunately I don’t know - my kids gave it to me!

[@Sam-n2f5q]

Not many people show this. Help me heaps. Thank u

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Cool comment! Thank you 🙏

[@fabtone1]

Goooooold !

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@gunsandguitars6678]

Rock on brother ☆.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

You too!!! Thanks for commenting!

[@mudskipper6702]

I Love You #19 by Daniel Amos

[@jamesdickinson4186]

Great lesson, thank you

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

My pleasure!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@CHIG5748]

Sure is weird hearing someone in tune on KZbin. 👍

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Ha!!! Thanks man - I try!! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@felixdias4611]

are they double stops?

[@dividedwords]

What track is the riff at 02:18 from, anyone?

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

The bridge to “Light Up the Skies”

[@dividedwords]

​@@CharlieLongGuitar Ah! Not one I know. Off I go to listen. Many thanks! (Edit: 14:05 - I just could not wait.)

[@martymcbride3234]

RATT.. WAY cool Jr..🤘

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Killer riffs!

[@charlesfellows8130]

This is gold.

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thank you!!! So glad you’re digging it!

[@michaelaiello9525]

Can I have a do over? I began guitar in the dark ages too. No videos. No iPhones. Just albums, the radio and your ears. Yeah and emphasis on barre chords with lame books that had tabs which didn’t sound like what was actually being played. . Give a kid a crap a## guitar with high action and heavy strings on a fat neck , then make them think they need to hold a fully barred F chord for multiple measures.That’s one way to lose enthusiasm.

[@creamofleek]

5b interval sounds George Lynch

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Yes!!! Love George!!! 🎸🎶🔥🎶🎸

[@strato4925]

super .

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Thanks so much!!

[@paulshaude8631]

Thanks allot! Now I have to watch live without a net! Jesus! Here I am just minding my own business looking to check out a tutorial or 2 on how to play guitar, I click on your shit and here we go. lol

[@CharlieLongGuitar]

Sorry not sorry LOLOL. Thanks for watching and commenting!