Guitar Week 3 | Metallica is very hard :)

More crazy progress. Some stuff is gonna take A LOT of time tho haha
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[@TheRooster1337]

First one is obviously The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring Good job George!

[@drzwicharliego4458]

YOUR NAME IS SO LONG HOWWW

[@waste4245]

its poking into the recommendations

[@viperzap720]

Your comment at the end about learning by playing along to songs speaks to me. That's mostly how I learned to play drum set. Having to keep up with the song really improved my limb independence more than just doing exercises on the set

[@TNT23104]

Solid job, keep growing! I remember when I switched from bass to guitar and it was an entirely different world, taking it slow and easing into what I wanted to play

[@odyn152]

For three weeks this is really great progress. One advice I would give you is to use your strumming technique not only for open chords but also for not muted power chords like in Kids Aren't Alright.

[@elihodges5593]

There's another youtuber that's been around forever. He's in that animator circle of youtubers, but he *shreds* on guitar. His main channel's Wrath Club, but he started up a channel called Sounds Goodish about guitar stuff, so you might want to check him out. Once upon a time his channel was called guitarmasterx7

[@antisolcial]

I use the songsterr app for tabs and play it likes its guitar hero. After some years im very good with sight reading tabs. It's a lot of fun. Helps learn stuff fast for me.

[@despacito2271]

Letssss goooo I'm learning guitar too I haven't seen your vids in so long

[@Smackattackk]

it's been months but DON'T GIVE UP UKOG DADDY OOOPSS I MEAN DADDY OOOPSS I MEAN HEEEYYYYYYYY BOO BOO GUITAR WOO I LIKE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT OOOOOHHHHHHH OOOOOHHHHHHH OOOOOOOOOOOO;) just trying to make you smile... cheers mate!

[@Ewokean]

that is amazing for 3 weeks

[@zombiejt208]

You should eventually learn Ram Ranch

[@kyematthews816]

😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@youtubs3]

1:11 Bryan Adams run to you?

[@tazzza]

With the power chords on The Kids Aren't Alright, you can use your index finger to mute all the other strings (by just resting it along them) so you can really bash the chords out Sounding great btw!

[@xRingo10]

Can't wait to hear Slow Ride my dude

[@Colair122]

Me too. I can't take it easy not hearing it.

[@laurensvanminnen9550]

Week 7: shredding with john petrucci at this pace

[@benjaminaulestia1107]

Waiting for “through the fire and the flames” 😩❤️

[@heliqs_]

its gonna be the final song he learns im calling it rn

[@Cool70sfreak]

2:30 I recognized Good Riddance almost right away 3:38 Master of Puppets, of course. 3:59 Let It Be is usually a piano song George :P

[@TheJumboBurrito]

the fact you have a specific practice routine so early on is fantastic! you should incorporate some string muting exercises to make sure that when you’re fretting a note you don’t let other strings ring out. it’s still a bad problem for me and i’ve been playing almost 10 years because i let it be a bad habit. overall, fantastic progress!!!

[@mrsoupley4368]

Instead of that excercise at 1:52, you might wanna give the one in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJLChZWHfK1prck a shot! It's better balanced between changing strings on upstrokes / downstrokes, thus more bang per buck of practice!

[@shinigamiking69]

I heard some green day in there as well as some blink 182

[@gareththerrien3473]

"Time of your life" was definitely a thinker

[@shinigamiking69]

@@gareththerrien3473 thats the one that i knew was green day i just couldnt remember the damn name of the song lol

[@traixxe8649]

This is really impressive for only three weeks. I couldn't alternate pick for at least 2 and a half months. btw your taste in music is on point my man 👍

[@trendkill3333]

He did mention in his first video that he’d been sort of playing it on and off for like 7 years but he never properly tried to practice so he already had at least some experience. He wasn’t starting from complete noobie

[@_.Mercury._]

I’ve been playing for 3 years and still can’t alternate pick.

[@PeteSolar]

Dude, I'm an experienced guitar player who has watched your channel for a while and never commented! What you're doing is great and I support you fully, I'll even give you free lessons if you ever need help on something, I'm truly looking forward to watching your progress

[@Cassadin1883]

2:11 Whats my age again - Blink182

[@Galishouse]

It makes me happy seeing a guitar hero legend learning guitar ❤️. Master of puppet it's pretty hard haha, try the part with clean arpeggios, it's the easiest part and it's beautiful. Don't forget to practice fingersyle sometimes, i can use my index fingernail like a pick so I don't rely entirely on having a pick to play(if it occurs an occasion in wich you don't have a pick for example hanging out with your friends), but I love both, classical with fingers and shred with pick the same. It's very impressively for only 3 weeks, it would awesome if you keep it up for three years at least. Btw, some parts like 1:30 sounds a little bit out of tune.

[@MoiseDosSantos]

Yoo i could instantly tell that you have been practicing and playing a lot over the last 2 weeks ! Keep it up man its cool to see you progress like this :) ill come by the stream when i have more time soon!

[@TheLoweGaming]

At 3 weeks you’re pretty much where I was at like 3 months lmao. Super impressive! A steady practice routine does wonders. Excited to see your progression :)

[@Bingabopper0]

The first is The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring you did awesome on that song keep growing and improving my guy :D

[@PuppetzYT]

I have been following you for 5 plus years because i love guitar hero, it's one of my favorite childhood games but as a guitarist myself i feel really happy that you started practising so much, you're great george, i can't wait to see more of your progress, love you man

[@JoseCruz11123]

These are so cool to see! I don't play guitar but I do have a degree in music and it's super interesting to see your progression, struggles, and how you overcome them from the perspective of a complete beginner. 6:30 GOOD MAN! No matter how good you end up being, don't ever stop working on your fundamentals. Every song is essentially built on fundamentals. Focusing on getting a solid foundation in your technique, good playing habits, scales, chord shapes, and knowing your way around the neck, you will find yourself already being familiar with everything technical aspect a song when you go to learn it. Definite yes on playing with a metronome. Every profession musician I've ever spoken to pretty much said this is a must. You're never too good for a metronome. Awesome job and I'm looking forward to seeing you progress further and further!

[@ChrisPBacon-pb6kq]

Its said that guitar hero makes you learn actual guitar faster than someone who hasn't played guitar hero and now we're seeing it first hand

[@cream864]

not gonna lie for a second there i thought the first song was a simplified version of the devil in i by slipknot

[@bleachfan9000]

At this pace you'll be playing Jordan by Buckethead in no time 🥳 Keep up the amazing progress, it's a real good motivator to us all!

[@premiumwater3525]

Ukog honestly I've seen insane amounts of improvement keep up the good work!!! Honestly I dont remember my 3rd week but I never advanced as much as you did in three weeks keep it up good job

[@Novaprotocol]

Seriously, great job mate - every time I watch these vids I just wanna pick up my guitar and learn something! Definitely invest in an amp, or pick up a phone-to-guitar cable (there are tons of apps), it’ll make what you’re playing sound and feel more like it’s supposed to be, and it’ll open up loads of other fun techniques like pinch harmonics 🤘

[@KentRoads]

The kids arent alright! Get a Boss Katana Mk2 for like £200 its amazing!

[@osqh]

Oh man this gives me flashbacks from when I tried to learn Kickstart my heart for the first time and it definitely sounded much worse lol. One thing to keep in mind is that when you practice with the metronome and the pentatonic scale you are using in that one exercise you should set the metronome to a pace where you can play the notes clear and so that they ring out until you play your next note. To make the notechanges to seem effortless you could almost say. Good work dude, keep it up!

[@brunoceros]

You might wanna invest into a metalzone someday aha ! The king of the guitar pedals! And damn ! I wasn't able to play that metallica intro full downstroke until I reached like 4 years of practice... Gg !

[@GeoTheZodiac]

He might wanna look up how to use the metal zone and how to get good sound because if you dont get the proper sound on the metal zone it sounds horrible

[@brunoceros]

@@GeoTheZodiac fully agreed

[@danieltaylor6019]

Run to you was one of the first songs I learned keep it up dude :)

[@Lilhawke]

Offspring! Hell yeah!

[@Jackjewicz]

You're making great progress. Seeing those vids every week helps me keep myself motivated to practice too

[@PurpleTectonicc]

Really proud of you man! Inspires me to pick my Les Paul back up..

[@flamingeternity4706]

Kick start my heart is such a fun song to play. I’ve been playing fir 15 years and my man you are making some really good progress don’t let that fire die out your note clarity is really good so keep up the great work man

[@TPD]

KILLING IT GEORGE U DA MAN

[@Homie3794]

A good way to use the metronome is to build speed and accuracy. If you practice something till it becomes second nature, raise the BPM by a few and do it there (I usually do it in increments of 5, but you could do 1 or however many). Next thing you know you can play a lick effortlessly at a higher BPM

[@danuzz_]

was the one around 3:00 kickstart my heart by motley crue?

[@renyuuzu]

You're doing great man, that's actually making me wanna start praticing again. (Sorry for my bad english, it needs some improvement too :v)

[@AblissMusic]

It's so much fun watching your progress, man! As someone that plays instruments, including guitar, I always love seeing people learn a new instrument. I'm glad to know that you're still having fun! I can't wait for the day that we see you play TTFAF haha. Keep rocking out, dude! 🤘

[@MrElectricNick]

Downstrumming all of Master of Puppets, the way god intended.

[@TheCheddasIncredda]

What's My Age Again is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to play. GG dude, keep up the grind!! 🤟🤟

[@WarrenIrelandUK]

With how easily this seems to be going, I bet it won't be long before you're asking why you didn't do it sooner. GH did the same for me over 12 years ago, and it's honestly such a ride. Not to mention, GH will have sub-consciously taught you about tempo and time keeping. Probably why you're bossing chords and songs already pretty happily. Keep up the solid work man. You will not regret it!

[@desireonyoutube]

its been about a year, how was the kfc? also mad guitar skills dude

[@THEJustinOfAllTime]

Not sure if George will end up reading this, but, as a guitar player of about 5 years I have a small piece of advice. First up, great improvement George! But I totally recommend you start putting that pinky of yours to use! Playing without the pinky is a super bad habit to get into and limits you as a player later on. Imagine playing guitar hero without your pinky! But seriously good job man, I love to see people picking up the instrument :)

[@RockingDyde]

If you want to get to metal or even just rock music, I would suggest you to learn the difference between clean tone and a high gain tone, because the way you sort of need to handle the strings is very different for high gain that it is for clean/no gain at all. Clean is bit more forgivable for bangs and clonks and other tiny extra sounds what might come along when you play, but high gain tone is going to amplify EVERYTHING, so that's why it's important to learn to mute your strings very well. So start working on your string muting techniques as well :)

[@doledipp3rs238]

very impressive for 3 weeks! can't wait to hear more :)

[@Kevonehits]

To see the genuine joy of progress is great. I had the same feeling when I first started to play. Harder to get it now compared to back then but its awesome seeing someone get into guitar again! Keep up the good work! You're on a good path!

[@sebastiansilva2129]

Dude you sound really good for only 3 weeks. But a huge thing that helped me when first starting is to be confident, even if you are wrong. If you mess of confidently, then you will learn from it. But if you aren’t confident and you stop and try it again, most likely you will mess up the same thing. Just a tip from a guy that’s been playing for a bit :) have fun

[@jjvshreds]

I also started playing guitar i am on my 4th day I'm still a noob tho

[@PuppetzYT]

in my opinion i think the ways you are practising are perfectly fine. if you wanna play metallica though you should set a metronome at a speed that you're comfortable with and just grind palmmuted downstrokes, and when the speed feels to easy, you up the speed. do this and until your hand cramps and you will be a downpicking god just like Mr. Hetfield

[@estebanpaunero91]

Guitar 101: -Tune your guitar :P Jokes aside, you play too well for being a novice! Great work man!! Keep playing! With that base skills (more than all novices i've ever seen) you will improve in no time! Good luck :)

[@DeathBaseTURBO]

Reminds me when I started playing, only problem I have is that I could never up pick very well, and the first song I learned to play was master of puppets, that isn't an easy song nor is it to down pick the whole thing

[@solluna9853]

Not to discredit you by all means, just giving advice. Metallica MOP is much easier to nail (but stressful on pick hand) if you just do downstrokes

[@Smackattackk]

hey buddy.... just popping up again asking how you are doing... I know you were going thru somethings but just remember all of us are here for you my monkey Friend:) much love to you from the monkey familyxx!

[@thehunter7422]

Been a while since I watched your vids . Didn't know you were practising guitar . Keep it up man . You'll soon be playing Through the Fire and Flames in know time 😁😊👊

[@smolpp5316]

Hey ukog, you're progressing quite well, I think you'll be improvising jazz solos in no time

[@thewhalenorman]

Don't lean on the guitar body with your fingers when playing power chords/rock-metal riffs! Trust me, you're gonna regret it. It cuts your attack and agility.

[@midnightblade861]

damm George I see u. good job working on hard practice ur nailing it already much love bro keep it up

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

4:00 Ukog is the new George Harrison confirmed?

[@BrandonWingerAir]

I think just gotta strum/pick a bit more aggressively (Careful not to scratch guitar of course). I’m guessing that could be habit from not wanting to break GH controllers so understandable, I’ve gotten back into both awhile ago as well :)

[@brunoceros]

I guess i was better when I started playing the electric guitar BUT, it must be due to the fact that I played the acoustic for 3 years before starting! And quick tip, if you have any timing issues during a practice session, just come back on it after ending the song, and play the section you're struggling with over and over again multiple times, so you get used to it...

[@MattMcConaha]

You should look into a book called "Guitar Aerobics." It's a book full of technique exercises so you can always have something new to practice. The book is written in a "one per day for a year" format, but imo just set your own pace.

[@gareththerrien3473]

Love this so much. The way you hold a pick could be improved, but Ive been holding a pick for so long that its hard to explain, but your wrist looks uncomfortable

[@4pThorpy]

The stepping through the strings was a really good speed for the cleanliness and accuracy, in 3 weeks that's really impressive! You'll be sweep picking arpeggios in no time ;) maybe Trivium will hit you up again Ain't talking bout love by van Halen is a nice sounding and not too difficult one, same with welcome to buckethead land and binge and grab, also crazy train (all not too fast, alternate picking)

[@Gavinjim]

So sick man, I’d recommend play Beatles and Nirvana stuff it’s super simple. Do more chords and strumming and your melody with the right hand will come. That’s probably the thing I see the most on beginners is they have a really weird way of picking, it definitely take practice tho. Super sweet to see man. When I was three weeks in I was on barr chords and stuff but ur doing pretty good for just three weeks

[@devinvenne]

Hey man you're doing great! May I suggest trying out the Ignore Emissary amp sim? It's free, sounds great and you just plug in your guitar straight into your audio interface. You just need a DAW to run it through. You can use Reaper free for 60 days and you can decide if you like it or not. Cheers man! Keep up the hard work!

[@mrsupertom]

I've played guitar on and off for years and your up/down picking (e.g. in What's my age again) is already leaps ahead of mine. Keep growing dude, well done 🤘

[@notacpu5321]

Learn to read music, my man. Memorizing is quick and easy, but doesn't help in the long run.

[@CommanderdMtllca]

Dude awesome!! My only piece of advice right now is to use your right wrist less to strum. Use your whole arm!! The muscles are much bigger, much more efficient, and can handle the extra stress!

[@JensunPlaysGuitar]

HELL YEAH I love it hahaha always wondered when you'd begin playing

[@jacestephenweatherall1732]

Ukogmonkey on guitar acai on drums and jasonparadices on bass

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

I mean, Metallica has such a varied difficulty curv on all their songs that you could probably go from a complete novice to a pro guitar player just by playing Metallica.

[@AlexFromTheVoid]

I'd recommend you to learn how to play notes palm muted and also to turn up the gain on your amp so you can do some nice palm muted notes. You need to feel the speaker move / push out air to do the nice metal riffs like in Master of Puppets. :)

[@Natedogg3100]

Seeing all these positive comments must make George happy cuz he was expecting hate but all i see i support. Lets go ukog!

[@iamacharliest]

Something which you could do now which would save you a chunk of time in the future is to try lift your previous fingers off of the fretboard when doing those runs like at 2:00. So when your middle finger goes down, lift your first finger off etc etc. I'm currently going through the stage of trying to unlearn keeping it pressed down which I've been doing for years and it's a total pain in the ass to try and change what has become so natural. If you embed it into your playing now your finger dexterity will be awesome in no time and you'll be able to play for longer as it decreases tension in your hand muscles loads!

[@ISethirothI]

The best tip I can give anyone learning any instrument. Play and have fun. At first just learn the things you want to learn. Dont try and force yourself to do things you dont want to do. Those things will come in due time. If you want to play songs exactly. Then play songs exactly. If you just want to jam along then do so. If you want to learn those scales so you can shred. Then start there.

[@Nettacki]

So when’s Smoke on the Water Kappa

[@Phantheman90]

One thing you should be happy about when it comes to starting playing is that you're used to how your hand bends onto the neck because of guitar hero. Oh boy, it was painful the first couple of months starting with guitar.

[@guitarherojay]

I will pick something harder challenge

[@jessierangel8959]

I’m also learning guitar so I’m learning with you!

[@rockbandftmfw9]

Biggest thing to me are weeks where I'm not playing as well as usual and struggling to keep at it. Just getting through that and holding up until that feeling passes is huge and I always see myself coming out of it with a new technique or just an easier time playing overall.

[@EderSkynyrd]

Week 7 playing through the fire and flames with Herman Li

[@ikilyuu5630]

This is great for 3 week! ive been playing for three months and if you want a good song to learn multiple chords i say try so far away- a7x that was my first and still my go to warm up

[@syrup9229]

Prob get a guitar with humbuckers for metallica

[@SimGunther]

I can hear The Offspring through your earbuds in the first clip :)

[@akosangel1575]

the first song is the kids aren't alright by the offspring!

[@EpIcHoBoGuY]

you are doing really well George, great job :D one of the big things i notice in your playing is you are playing too hard both in how hard you are pressing on the fret and picking, just like with guitar hero the speed and accuracy go hand in hand with being relaxed, its really hard to do when starting out, but its really important to learn it early and not allow it to become habit like i did, from experience i can tell you its much easier to just learn than it is to have to unlearn and relearn good luck you are doing great

[@trevanimationandgaming400]

You should get rocksmith it’s a fun way to learn guitar and it has a bunch of songs dlc

[@フの丂んノ丂丂フ]

Metálica it's very hard for everyone in my opinion

[@thenotoriousg6030]

Loved that Bryan Adams- Run to You bit. Banger of a track

[@zombie314_plays_guitar]

Nice tune guitar ukog keep it up on guitar lessons on rock Smith

[@cvek9156]

The kids aren't alright les goooo🔝🎵🎸