Dweezil Zappa and Rick Beato Just BLEW MY MIND

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This week, ‪@thedweezilzappa‬ made an appearance on ‪@RickBeato‬ 's channel to talk Van Halen and INSANE mind-blowing phrasing concepts! Here's what I took from it, and how you can apply it to YOUR playing!
Phrasing inside the pentatonic scale in groups of 5's and 7's might seem like a weird thing to do, but with a little bit of understanding, it can change the way you play guitar! These concepts don't have to be limited to Frank Zappa Freak Outs, you can slip them into your playing no matter which style you're playing: country OR western! I'm gonna show you a great way to implement these ideas into your playing, and give you a great lick to practice it with. Let's GET INTO IT!
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[@BenEller]

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[@leftofzeroofficial]

Dweezil is a monster player. Absolute stud. Doesnt seem to get the love he deserves.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Yeah I just realised that , seeing him in something last week. Something totally different. Clean bluesy jazz stuff....but first class!

[@chrisburzenski2317]

I watched the same interview and was intrigued by the same thing. I had no idea it was something as simple as fives and seven groupings. Reminds me of Eric J. Thanks Ben!

[@APK-pn4qh]

Dweezil is the real deal. Fantastic guitarist and great guy. His version of Eruption is second only to Ed's original. His Zappa plays Zappa stuff is mind blowing. 🤘😎🤘

[@DC11GTR]

I scoured the internet for tabs to Echidna’s Arf in the late 90’s and in the section Dweezil played in the Beato video, those tabs all had big stretches. Since I have smaller hands, I re-tabbed it and 25 years later, I see that Dweezil and I play it the same way 😂

[@TheAlexCruz]

I come to this channel to learn those English words that we were never taughts in school. My English has gotten more better...thanks Uncle Ben! 👍👍

[@BenEller]

That's great!

[@thetribalist6923]

Me fail English? That’s unpossible

[@64siskat96]

@@thetribalist6923im learnding

[@thetribalist6923]

@@64siskat96 and that ain’t not bad

[@fredericadda]

More better I don't know but more interestinger for sure

[@hotblackdesiato3451]

You need to do a deep dive into Dweezil's earlier work - check out his Confessions album for shreddy goodness.

[@bri114]

Listening to Frank Zappa you can hear how much he influenced Vai

[@BenEller]

Oh absolutely!

[@vaportrails7943]

“For The Love Of God” is very similar to “Black Napkins” by Zappa.

[@riffmondo9733]

Dweezil is a great teacher. Gets to the point without too much theory.

[@DemonauthorFilms]

Now transcribe "I Wanna Yacht!" one of my favorite Dweezil riffs from the 80's.

[@robertfisher4689]

DZ is absolutely no slouch. If you ever get the opportunity don't miss his Zappa show.

[@tomatopie34]

Man, no kidding. I caught the ATL stop (probably the same day they shot this interview) and if all they did was walk out, play the version of "Inca Roads" Dweezil arranged for this tour and walked off stage, I'd still consider it money well spent.

[@robertfisher4689]

@tomatopie34 they have Inca Roads down perfectly. It's definitely something. I got to meet DZ and the entire band here in St Petersburg Fl at Jannus Landing, downtown..

[@surfdigby]

@@tomatopie34 I saw ZPZ on the "Plays whatever the f*** he wants" tour, in the same building where Frank originally recorded Weasels Ripped My Flesh (which he played for an encore). All night I was going, "Damn, that guy on bass is good. Whoa, that was some impressive drumming. Hey, that other guitarist is killing it. Oh wow, Scheila is just incredible". There was so much talent in the band, it was mindblowing.

[@mikesurel5040]

I really want to see you and Rick do something.

[@patandmacmusic]

Dweezil absolutely wrecked me when I saw him on the Zappa Plays Zappa tour

[@BenEller]

Always an incredible show!

[@jimbaxter8488]

Shawn Lane was doing this in late 70’s

[@JaMeshuggah]

At like 360 bpm and 400 lbs lmao

[@Ottophil]

The same 12 notes as everyones been using ? Lame its only cool if you invent new notes

[@JaMeshuggah]

I want to clarify this is not to disrespect Shawn. Rather it highlights his talent and ability even more that he could play what he did even with his medical issues. F for one of the greatest to ever do it.

[@MickH60]

@@Ottophil It's scale mate, it's the way you use it that counts !

[@MuditBadlani]

Came to the comments to say exactly this! 😀

[@asherplatts6253]

Sick. Rick Beato always says to do this in his lesson vids, but he never dove deep into it. Be sure to end this video by saying "Like that".

[@soundbites1152]

Almost sounds like a Xylophone. Cool stuff, Uncle Ben!

[@fromulus]

4:48 Peter Frampton intro get out of my head!

[@todds5956]

Exactly

[@staatsanwaltschaftemskirch4709]

0:44 he just didn’t use the word „freak-out“ lol

[@lueysixty-six7300]

I commented the same thing! 🤮

[@dimitriid]

I thought the same thing: You would think that one of the most stereotypical sounds you can get out of playing guitar is just doing minor pentatonic but what Dweezil was showing was basically just how much phrasing radically changes how everything sounds. Also reminded me a lot of how extremely different Guthrie Govan can sound for example with very unique phrasing as well.

[@randallhaney7909]

Thanks Uncle Benny Bob. No lame attempts at humor from me this time.. Just Wow, Young Mr. Zappa is awesome... With all the Terrible weather in Tennessee, Hope you and your family and all the folks in your world; are safe and well

[@70zenboy]

I did a pre show guitar workshop with dweezil couple of years ago here in Oz. Genuinely funny and nice guy and a hell of a player. His approach to guitar practice was interesting, he envisions the guitar as being in the key of A, and think in two string pairs when dividing up the neck, fretboard.

[@BenEller]

Interesting!

[@harvestersorrow9120]

There’s something reminiscent of Frampton in the example licks your using too.

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Ben is there any chance you could get an interview with Rick? I'll vouch for you, you're funny, you know stuff, you play music. How bout it??

[@BenEller]

I’m sure! We talk pretty frequently and he’s just a few hours from me.

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

@@BenEller Nice! That would be EPIC!

[@basementrocker2764]

Beato is getting better and better at interviews, he lets his guests talk without interrupting all the time. And ben, why dont you let yourself be sponsored by anyone? You deserve it, i dont care about watching 30 seconds of express vpn or war thunder commercials in your videos. Just keep doing what your doing 🤷‍♂️

[@alwilliams1997]

Shawn Lane was the master of mixing odd note groupings - let's have some Shawn Lane coverage please - a Memphis Legend

[@cfaibah]

Shawn was THE guy when it comes to that but let's be real he's probably the most intimidating guitar player ever. Paul Gilbert's words, not mine

[@JayBigDadyCy]

I watched Dweezil years ago cover Eruption and it sounded exactly like Eddie. I had nfc until that moment that any of Frank's kids were so talented

[@TheGergeDIY]

That was a great interview, and for the Eddie Van Halen fans, it was about as good a EVH story as we're going to get. DZ is an incredible musician.

[@ryanbotoy]

Thanks uncle Ben, try to get these under my fingers later

[@braxal6983]

Great video Ben. I cannot wait to work on this today. Hey, you ever going to do that Way Cool Jr video I asked you about at the Dallas Guitar show back in May 2024? I know your the man to do it right!!!

[@BenEller]

Haha man I sure will!!!

[@braxal6983]

@@BenEller I take it you caught the Ratt refence to the song lovin' you's is a dirty job. haha

[@Evan-vj2li]

we NEED more Zappa lessons!

[@skipneumann1]

Must see- Dweezil playing his Shabat Signature guitar.. sick playing a great guitar

[@RJsCave]

Dweezil was great. His comments about having his own EVH doll were priceless.

[@galelongputt]

I think you meant to say "even more farther!" 😂❤

[@brokenSceneVids]

HIGHly recommend 420 and watching at 0.5x speed 😮😳

[@KingBeevr]

You had me at interestinger. Meanwhile, when is Rick getting you on the channel?

[@Mudder1310]

When you play over a regular beat it sort of sounds like triplets, it adds some swing.

[@BKF0]

That 5+7 idea is the same rhythm concept from Schism by Tool

[@badscrew4023]

Blues Stepdad hurts even more than Blues Lawyer!

[@jwallguitar]

Mathamagical 😂

[@vince1229]

And he uses a big ass thick triangle pick like Gambale.

[@BenEller]

In the interview, he talks about using really thin picks now!

[@chucksaeger7500]

Good to see you again and hope everything was ok during the hurricane? Excellent licks and I’ll be printing the tab shortly. Thanks so much!

[@BenEller]

Man, it totally avoided Knoxville. We are very very fortunate.

[@grandarchon6969]

5's and 7's is also a Rusty Cooley thing.

[@JimDewdGuitars]

Those licks and how dweezil explained it taught me more in that video than years of lessons. He just makes it so easy and fun to learn. His evh stories were amazing too!

[@stevecaststringtheory8691]

These licks are somewhat Mustainian as well

[@fredericadda]

The German interval: the Nein! 😂😂😂

[@todds5956]

Step Dad speed. I like it

[@todds5956]

Peter Frampton all over that 7

[@umyes5246]

I loved the way Dweezil emphasised how he practices, full on effort!

[@BenEller]

Couldn't agree more!

[@j1shot2]

So a 3, 5, 7 pattern would make 16. Going to give that a whirl

[@BenEller]

Exactly!

[@a.phakic4854]

3 + 5 + 7 = 15

[@PawpawJamz]

Killer phrases, UB. That was a rad interview indeed. I saw where someone mentioned getting you on with Rick. If I may opine, You, Senior Wood and Rick would be a veritable Bang Gang of music theory and intervalic wizardry by 3 incredible guitarists. Let's get that going! 🔥🔥🔥 /Edit Good to see you folks are intact after that nasty b**** rolled through.

[@omsk13]

The Nein! 😂

[@bradfordeffingleigh96669]

Now this is some gasoline

[@GeneralTHC]

Dweezil is great player for sure. I can actually remember seeing his video on MTV as a young teen--My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama. And his EVH stuff is great. He NAILS Eruption. But that stuff you're talking about is noise. If you wanna see people screaming for the exits that's the stuff that will do it. 😂

[@davidsummerville351]

Good stuff here, that was a great interview, so glad you did this!

[@BenEller]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stepitupandgo67]

Thanx uncle Ben

[@ramseyomery]

that was an awesome interview. I have a short attention span and I still got through it. The best part for me was when they talked about two hand tapping how Eddie tapped up and Dwezil tapped down. My tapping sucked because I always tapped down to avoid strings. I started tapping up and my tapping took off. Also I love the very Zappa playing riffs with xylophone accents in the beginning. Lol got the reference/homage. really enjoyed the lesson, always look forward for more.

[@anthonycosta2662]

Was very good

[@sarty23]

Yeaah! Let's WANK again, like we did last summer, Let's WANK again, like we did last year..

[@standard_tuning]

Would love for you to break down Dweezil’s solo on “Let’s Talk About It”! Lots of memories from the “Havin’ a Bad Day” album.

[@creepyboy6593]

Nailed it!😊

[@djkolcun]

You deserve a gazillion subscribers! Thanks Uncle Ben - great vid/lesson!

[@paulmayon8821]

That dwezzil interview was amazing. I grew up near him and nuno.in boston. But I fell off the dwezzil train, a long time ago. Was great to hear from him again. Really cool to hear/see you give him credit

[@jasonclark4680]

that Dweezil clip was, imo, Rick's best interview; thx Ben for expanding on it.

[@_____8106]

Bro, I'm finding it very difficult to do two-way pick slanting while palm muting I can do it fine without palm muting, btw im facing this problem while playing songs like technical difficulties and many other songs where we need to palm mute and do two-way pick slant, can someone please give me an advice, there is no video on anywhere about this am I the only one that is facing this problem ⚠️ 😢

[@humphet]

been watching rick for a long time. great t see you're a fan too!

[@reverb.deluxe]

The thing that freaked my mule was the Dweezil number system. Whaaa? Hope I get a chance to see him play.

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Right on! Yep, you crossed my mind when i saw the interview😅 i figured you'd be on it like snot on a glass doorknob!

[@bryanmcdermott4204]

Outstanding breakdown

[@BenEller]

Thank you!

[@ZIGSVIDS]

Stop watching shit and get to Helloween , after all the beard straightening I did for you too....

[@nerdhalen]

Such a rad video Ben! Thank you!

[@BenEller]

Glad you liked it!

[@KrwiomoczBogurodzicy]

[01:09]

[@vincentl4691]

Hey Benn, I'm curious do you use a thin pick? I saw in the Beato video with Dweezil that he talked about Eddie using thin picks. I've always used medium picks and I feel like it's holding me back.

[@BenEller]

Usually an .88 for me

[@surfdigby]

I thought Eddie used metal picks, as he claimed that holding them in his mouth while fingerpicking or tapping in the studio is what caused his cancer (he believed the metal acted as a conductor for the electromagnetism surrounding him). A metal pick would be brighter on pick scrapes, but also be harder.

[@HabAnagarek]

​@@surfdigbyimmediately what I thought of, but Eddie was really full of b.s. for many years

[@vincentl4691]

@@surfdigby Now that you mention it, I definitely remember hearing from friends long ago that he used a metal pick and that's what caused his cancer, but Dweezil definitely said that is why Van Halen had so many picks on his guitar because he would break them so often.

[@surfdigby]

@@vincentl4691 different picks for recording with and playing live with, maybe?

[@QBtracksandstuff]

Rick's channel is awesome as is yours Ben 👍😎

[@asherplatts6253]

Saving this video to watch later

[@Kevin-nr9lj]

Thanks Uncle Ben. Very cool idea at the end

[@markproctor3100]

He is definitely his father's son 😏🤘

[@surfdigby]

Those are the interestingest licks I've ever heard.

[@JeromeBrown-l3t]

Sevenths 🤔 huh.. Thanks!

[@nikblanchard9510]

Great video. thank you

[@kevinwood3527]

**aggressively takes notes**

[@littlejimmyyouman7201]

:22 reminds me of Frampton, too

[@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith]

Band Maid deserves more love

[@RonaldFrey-w7m]

Thanks great ideas..

[@TheMiddleAgedMusician-mc6xo]

More Zappa, please

[@implayingsomebass4753]

The NEIN

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Dont say "freak out". 😶

[@rubicon-oh9km]

You’re thinking “freak off”

[@brownsfan7753]

Love this!!

[@johnp.johnson1541]

*Pentatonic Frank.* Overhyped like way too many. He was no Yngwie.

[@Hegder]

As a player, sure. But as a composer, he was doing things nobody else was. It’s the combination of his strict compositions and his very free soloing that makes the magic.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@Hegder Granted, Frank invented Psychedelic Rock and Prog Rock, long before Sgt. Peppers, etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jF7Op31_oL-YhKc

[@hon8177]

​@@Hegder best comment.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

Yeah. Zappa's playing blew me away

[@kinkinmyslinky967]

Love the opening music. Very WDWVH.

[@kinkinmyslinky967]

Sorry Knuckle Ben, but I think you meant “Freak Off”. Current you will stay. Mmmm.