Eye of the Tiger Guitar Lesson - Survivor

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When "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor was written at the request of actor Sylvester Stallone to be the theme song for Rocky III, no one knew just how big of a smash hit it would become.
Due to it's iconic opening guitar riff and big rock anthem chorus, "Eye Of The Tiger" ended up topping the charts all over the world.
In this Eye Of The Tiger guitar lesson video I will demonstrate how to play the entire song note-for-note.
Luckily, those memorable guitar riffs are relatively easy to play so just about anyone gets to try to learn this one. It actually may challenge some beginner guitar players, but that is a good thing.
Throughout most of the song's verse and intro sections we have a constant 16th note pedal tone being played. That riff is just a guitar overdub though. You will want to play it between the chords in the opening riff to make it sound close to the recording, but if you are playing the song by yourself it will be impossible to recreate exactly due to that overdub.
After the initial power chord opening, the song moves into a triad version of the same riff. It creates a nice segue into the verse since this riff sounds more open and looser.
The chorus uses a couple barre chords, some diads that require a rather large shift and a short single note riff to close it out. Because of all these techniques, I would say the chorus will probably be the most difficult part to play for most players. That doesn't mean that it is very hard to play though. :)
Other than that I also cover the little guitar harmony section found during the second verse. I will demonstrate how to play that little harmony section of just one guitar.
So whether you are a diehard Rocky fan, want to show off for a few friends, or a beginner guitarist who wants a great challenge, learning to play "Eye Of The Tiger" should make for a quick and enjoyable experience.
OK that is enough talking for me! Enjoy the lesson!
Carl...

[@amm0gamm0]

0:51 that eyebrow raise tho

[@akshadjha7935]

Agreed lol

[@LucM36]

Actually 52 Lol

[@I_still_use_winamp]

Hahah only noticed it cause you said it

[@turdmanjones59]

The eyebrow lift says it all lol "yea I did that ;)"

[@martym9269]

My son got a Guitar Hero Drum kit for Christmas and wanted me to play guitar along with him to Eye of the Tiger. Now I can. Thanks Carl. Like they say in Guitar hero, You Rock!

[@couchcommander3096]

And here i am playing eye of the tiger on an acoustic guitar

[@novembergold4144]

That's so me

[@triavesta3957]

Me too

[@turkeyman6791]

G2 sucks C9 ✊

[@nitinkarki4145]

same

[@diptendramukherjee4461]

I can feel the pain 😭

[@DavidDiMuzioLessons]

My biggest complaint ...Too many great lessons!!!! haha, now I can never decide what I want to learn everyday because I want to learn ALL of them :) ...You're the best Carl! :)

[@baterai3414]

Podo lek, marai bingung arep ajar sing Endi. Tapi matur nuwun , njenengan jos

[@bricago2302]

Thanks for this tutorial. It sounds great. One note about the rhythm at the beginning: At :27 there's a half rest on beat 3, giving the riff some syncopation.

[@samvallongo9214]

Absolutely awesome iconic riff and lesson ty Carl

[@budandbean1]

Great one Carl! I remember when Rocky III came out and remember hearing the song well before I heard it on the radio. It's a sweet song but you are certainly correct about needing several guitars.

[@Se7enFootNinja]

I LOVE THAT STERLING! I'm going to get for xmas this year...the Jp100D-Koa top. Sterling Guitars play incredible!!!

[@Henry-k8j]

cheers carl. one of my favourite songs. amazing singer..

[@metalrhythmguitar1474]

Thanks for this lesson mr carl brown. Really appreciate it.

[@jxbusic]

Consistently excellent. Thank you.

[@Orlaiscity]

Thanks dude! I've always wanted to play this song

[@mislavgleich279]

Thank you very much! I love your lessons, cheers!

[@micahjones7837]

After an intense training sequence, I am now able to play this song like a champ!

[@sparkshadowtiger]

Now will this work on acoustic as well? Ive been playing this song with 2 strings without any chords cause i didnt know how to do the chord mapping with fingers. Thanks for the lesson will be useong chords now sibce i kbow what im doing

[@Scias]

Awesome I'll teach this song soon too nice tone breh

[@magnummesiona72]

Thanks a lot..... it really helps me learning guitar...

[@mittjoshi6011]

Awesome buddy!! Thumbs up.

[@makevlog4623]

Hello its me having a Bad Day 365 but not anymore thanks to you teaching me this Bad ass riff!

[@zigzagbigbag]

Adrian!!! Adrian!!!!

[@davidizgozzy9309]

THANK YOU CARL.. how do find the time? You're a Great teacher.. MUCH APPRECIATED👊🏻

[@jamieseiple]

There is a 16th note rest on the 2nd set of intro riffs on 3. Listen close to the song you will hear it :-)

[@globalnova]

there is but it's just there to fuck up everyone's timing

[@hadeseye2297]

0:50 Hahahaha. I can't for this eye brows. What a self adoration. Thanks for lesson.

[@jan-oleniedringhaus3094]

I find it very hart to play the bass line in this tempo. Do you have some tips for me?

[@weelsbandrasika3452]

Thanks brow ❤️ ❤❤❤

[@jaden6755]

This is the only Video on youtube that sounds exactly like the record How to you DO IT?

[@baberahamlincoln3095]

Jaden Allen he literally taught you to in the video

[@nexion2406]

@@baberahamlincoln3095 I guess maybe he's on about the tone

[@baberahamlincoln3095]

spencerwds04 with a guitar, sir

[@geraldhoffpauir5048]

I think he uses a helix for his tones...i seem to remember him saying that on a video once.

[@kristoferkalinauskas5800]

I had this Song requested every day on my birthday

[@tomdrowry]

Best part is where the main guitar riff goes up to E flat - A# , it sounds discordant in a good way and really drives the song along, do you know the music theory why that change works so well?

[@gautamparanjape5567]

Which pedals do you use for this song?

[@mybluemars]

Thank you Carl. Your Amazing!

[@claytonteixeira5396]

vc e o melhor

[@rogeriorock11]

a guitarra limpa tem delay ?

[@thakyou5005]

You can tell he totally likes this song. He enjoys teaching it.

[@Skiroy]

What are you using for the tone? Love this. Sounds just like it.

[@coppereddie4199]

What Is your Amp?! Its Amazing!

[@amac8237]

“ And pretty much through the whole song we’ve got a straight ”....( starts alternate picking the A string) The face of enthusiasm 😂😂

[@shelbyfair7839]

Cool man and happy

[@aakashpandit2002]

Which guitar model is this ?

[@Sharktank830]

Can u do a video on how your amp is set up for this song

[@adisankar119]

it's on distorted

[@johnsavage490]

How much are chords needed? I am playin' guitar for one year.and i learned all songs i like.and still dont know any chord....

[@_oldgamer30]

Very good. :)

[@AKM99733]

awesome

[@kurodetenshi1092]

do a lesson on it for classical guitar *^* please

[@enzocarranza]

awesome :D

[@ArBon747]

you sound like if you made that song. Good job!!!

[@liamporter1054]

How do I do this

[@noctiluca_x]

can you please make a guitar lesson for crown of thorns by black veil brides????

[@mediumsoftdrink2866]

He only does good music, m8

[@noctiluca_x]

yep. hence the suggestion. :)

[@mediumsoftdrink2866]

I don't think Black Veil Brides contributes to any of the music he has played/taught.

[@NobodyNewsNetwork]

Idk how to transpose, I'm playing this in drop b the same way. Sounds heavy!

[@darrylharden203]

I always wonder "Who dislikes these?"

[@JohnCena-dm8rf]

me

[@RigbyTV]

John Cena DA DA DA DAAAAA!!!!

[@kevindelk]

Darryl Harden jealous idiots

[@yariqus]

Because he is a bad guitar teacher who always plays out of tempo with wide range of dirty sounds.

[@prussianangler]

yarikus Talking shit bro

[@joshellingham2484]

hi there what are your amp settings?

[@krisjingle]

Just throw your amp to clean. on your pedals a little reverb , dirty distortion / and overdrive tweak it in where it sounds good

[@TheKojootti23]

I dont understand what is that note in 2:30. I am beginner and I cannot really see where your fingers are.

[@marcuswilliams1235]

i found that you can play this song all on the e string just by doing 12 12 10 12 12 10 12 12 10 6 is this a good way too?

[@marumaru2105]

Marcus Williams I don’t think so. That would be in a different key and it’s harder than the way shown here

[@LiamGallagher-ts2vu]

Can you please teach a lesson for Burning Heart by Survivor?

[@gingerboy358]

Does anybody know how to set my amplifier for this song? Please!!!

[@adisankar119]

put it on distorted

[@bobbrow4831]

Adi Sankar well what about the bass setting, the treble, the gain, the presence, and the mid

[@victorachim3951]

Alex are you Romanian? Defapt sigur ești

[@adamsouthall4359]

what settings????? i have gain,equalizer presense and reverb

[@lukerees281]

Adam Southall max gain, rest doesn't matter if it doesn't sound bad

[@loganschimpf]

What pedal are you usin?

[@j3rbearbearj3r44]

I use the DS-1 Boss but im not sure if it's right

[@crimsonstargaming3228]

My guitars in standard but it sounded correct in drop D

[@VulcanJedi2006]

thanks--

[@DazedGD]

i don't get how to do power chords please help me :)

[@thecourierNCR]

Really....

[@amrtamer9763]

Mute the E,B,G strings when playing

[@dkrawk8309]

You shouldn't be watching those videos in that case brother.

[@domsarigawanich5426]

thank you .

[@Riti-uk1tp]

How do you mute a guitar string?

[@syonparambat2652]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/epKoi4N4a7N8Y9U Hope this helps!

[@ginopuccini5606]

Great, but is the key correct? Is this guitar in standard tuning or not?

[@briansmith4520]

Survivor is tuned slightly sharp

[@AishnaSingh]

Anyone else who came after supernatural when dean sings this on his impala?

[@Vehlix]

damn that was a long time ago

[@AishnaSingh]

@@Vehlix that moment never dies uk

[@habibmuzaffar786]

the best of times solo pleasee :'(

[@youstinktv]

I can’t believe he did a tutorial on this

[@ediz3698]

What is your guitar?

[@Francesco99109]

What is the name of the guitar? 0.0

[@terobinuya4810]

yea

[@slokeband5583]

mantap

[@salilb7832]

Hi Carl.

[@LucM36]

The person on this looks like Tom hanks

[@JohnCena-dm8rf]

can you like seriosly like teach me how to play

[@scotts1833]

Simple, ya right. That I believe was number 1 for like 7 weeks.

[@JohnCena-dm8rf]

witch cord are you holding e cord or a cord

[@wildglorypsn]

It seems as if you are completely new to guitar...I would suggest you to first learn all the open/barre chords before attempting these riffs/songs...that would make it much easier for you to understand whats happening...

[@terobinuya4810]

yea agree, not even trying to be mean, it just makes guitar 100 times easier to know every string and as much chords

[@davidbolha]

85 people looked too deep in the eye of the tiger... got shredded to pieces ? 😅😆

[@TKD187]

I love the internet. I'm playing guitar and think to myself how in the hell do you play eye of the tiger and boom it's in front of my face . Back when I first started playing you had to listen to the radio or a tape you had a hundred thousand times trying to get every cord correct lol if you've been playing guitar for at least 15 years you know what I'm talking about lol

[@mk11fan87]

This is metal

[@tazztazz5004]

GG

[@shinehoonewah]

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[@amedeonasorri]

oh finally i'have got found the truth Rif

[@ashlantarang4498]

fit

[@chewyflossaraptor1184]

When I was walking around my pool and listening to this song I passed by a rock and it turned into rocky balboa xD

[@janerikmellesdal571]

thought this was in A?

[@Cuhhstian]

It's hard because I never learned power chords

[@dasjake116]

It's been 8 months... idk if youre on youtube anymore or if youre even playing guitar, but I hope you are. And if you still don't know how to play a power chord, look it up on yt. Id reccomend learning smells like teen spirit.

[@christianruiz4829]

+Jequisha that's the first song I learned haha

[@markprocter3620]

.

[@davidmagana7600]

When you learn guitar

[@gautamkumud415]

You can easily replace Paul Walker in Fast & Furious series ... Perfect lookalike

[@clipzzbtw6583]

People who can’t do a power chord 👇

[@user-yx6ju2yl6c]

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