CAN YOU PLAY THIS RIFF? Ep.16 GUNS & ROSES

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[@GuitarPilgrim]

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[@brianmiller6055]

Always loved the interplay between Slash and Izzy. Those two were magic together

[@russlgtr]

Myles is just a different high of awesome, Myles hits high notes and outsings axl in many ways. Axl is crazier - sorry was thinking Axl, Izzy Stradlin rhythm guitar , not Axl. But anyways, Slash still going strong with Frank Sidoris and Myles.🙂

[@iuricastro4690]

Slash and Izzy, what a time to be alive and catch that band in their prime.

[@SFCB1954]

What a pleasure to watch this channel and learn and understand better why these iconic guitar players are so good.

[@Fox-86]

Paradise City is one of my all time favorites! This is what turned me on to Guns n roses in the first place. I remember hearing it on the radio for the first time. I had no idea it was Guns n Roses. I discovered that only many many months after that. That song hit me like lightning! After listening to it I thought "this is the best rock song I've ever heard!" Absolutely amazing.

[@michaelmendillo7513]

I always luved that intro. !!!! TY Sir. As I always say,, you really know how to "pick". them!!!! 😎✌✝💕🎶

[@daniel_1969]

Best song of GNR and one of the best guitar intro.

[@ppvk2610]

One of the best debut albums ever With one of the best intros.. "Welcome To The Jungle"

[@barry1369]

Axl Rose is the reason I started learning to sing

[@CraigHollabaugh]

Laughing at the cat voice "but you sort of get used to it at the same time and you kinda like it". Classic comment. Thanks GP, I can start my day now.

[@ppvk2610]

Goes for so many singers ... Brian Johnson comes to mind (Heard someone say when playing AC/DC his son asked him if that was Donald Duck singing, now I can't unhear it..haha) But also Matthew Bellamy (MUSE) or even Mark Knopfler .. But with all its the total package that draws one in....

[@markorosic7827]

Your enthusiasm is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!

[@ppvk2610]

Ah Slash .. The Last Guitar Slinger-/ Hero After that it was over with guitar solos and all.. enter the hip hop era where rock had changed into grunge..

[@theclassicrock8644]

nice lesson song of guns and roses.loved to play the song.thanks a lot for such a melodious lesson song of g.n.r.🎸🔊🎵🎶.

[@briankierans2926]

Nice one! Very insightful as usual. Love your content.👍

[@addictedtoguitars4948]

A song that takes me back to Grade 8 when I was only about 12 years old.

[@superflea72]

I remember listening to a friend’s Appetite For Destruction album on my Walkman in the early hours on school camp way back in ‘89, and thinking that it was pretty cool…then this song came on, and I was like “Whoah!”, then the faster ending came on, and I was hooked. 😻 It took me a while to actually get one, but I HAD to get a guitar after hearing this - it really was the golden moment that sent me down a guitar playing path that continues to this day. I love it! 🙂

[@tonym994]

heard just a little of 'the Punk meets the godfather' there, whether or not it was intended. outstanding!!

[@markgardiner1767]

WHAT A GREAT MUSICAL INSIGHT AND LESSON...THANKYOU👍👍

[@budgetguitarherogeartv4143]

It was this song that made me want to play guitar 30 something years ago.

[@johnfrymyer8346]

OMG!!! Your humor and talent so very well complement themselves. I love your reviews and your style. I want to be you one day when I grow younger!!~

[@stratman9449]

those video clips from back "then" showed you all you need to know....Gun's a Roses were BIG...🙂 and they got my son finally into guitar....big time...haha...got to love them...

[@JimiHendrixEX]

Haha, your enthiusiasm is a very catching.

[@MrFloshizzle82]

Finally, GNR and Slash🤩🤩 Thanks!!!

[@warwicksmiley]

Yes it's a good intro. Somewhere on u tube Slash shows how he plays this intro.

[@jochem420]

Impressive that you kept your groove going with your foot on the intro, and didnt follow the drums. i cant help myself

[@Bitcoinzero]

Very well Commander Data 👏👏👏

[@tenlittleindians]

I have to agree his voice takes some getting used to but does suit the song. His voice always reminds me of Jim Dandy's voice with Black Oak Arkansas.

[@user-pp6cw6ye1b]

Guitar Pilgrim you are great

[@TheRob2D]

There's an interview out there on KZbin somewhere where Slash talks about this song. He says that intro was actually a bluegrass lick that they incorporated. He then proceeds to play it in the bluegrass style and it sounds great. This is an example of why Guns were so good. They really were a lot more sophisticated than all the rest of those 80's hair metal power chord bands. Although you may not think that when looking at young them hahaha.

[@frankvaleron]

Nice video. I agree Slash mainly does think minor pentatonic (or the rock scale as he calls it 😎) but he very often uses the flat five and the major 6 as well. So the Slash scale is a kind of dorian / blues mashup. There are some solos where he outlines the chord changes heavily, like November rain, and his playing is always beautifully melodic and committed.

[@alex_lgrd]

He uses the harmonic scale as well

[@barry1369]

If you watch live you’ll see the riff in the sped up bit is played on the 10th fret of the A string

[@antonioribeiro3297]

Hi Pil...great video!

[@MixolydianMode]

I really like this format. Could you do other great guitar songs in this format?

[@GuitarPilgrim]

Sure, any suggestions?

[@iuricastro4690]

@@GuitarPilgrim "On the Hunt", "All along the watchtower ", "Pride and joy", "Machine gun man", "Bad penny"... anything from Govt Mule!

[@MixolydianMode]

​@@GuitarPilgrim The Black Crowes - Sting Me

[@crazydiamond3403]

@@GuitarPilgrim I read this comment in your happy voice 😂😂

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup for this.

[@motopazury]

❤ I Love it

[@aleksandrsbaranovs2861]

Вах! Красиво! Спасибо! Снял урок.

[@themusiccovenant]

Guitar wizard

[@jordo2323]

I wanna be best friends with Thom.

[@alainbrisebois8334]

ha......I thought it would be Sweet child of mine.

[@germanlopeza]

Hi!! Could you do a tutorial on Toto's song Live for Today? Regards from Mexico City

[@hiepke1]

For those who wanne play along....tune your guitar a half step down... ;)

[@DeltaLimaBR]

Excelente

[@seadrifter8975]

Great tutorial demonstration video.main riff sounds suspiciously like The arcade game King fu master released in 1984?

[@thelonewolf8333]

SRV and Hendrix might be at the peak of the mountain of greatest of all time guitar players but Slash is on a peak of his own as one of the best guitar melody players out there

[@stratman9449]

and never mind Axel and how he "sounded"....He was the right man in the right place...!!...🙂

[@gitaaa7740]

Sorry Tom never a big GnR fan. I liked Slash better after he left GnR. Saw him with Slash’s Snake Pit. It was awesome!

[@kamranwani8117]

That funky variation riff during the verse is Izzy playing not slash.

[@rickdoldersum1338]

Good channel! I was wondering: are you dutch?

[@tenebaum6595]

Hello! Can you please do some “how to play “ Buckethead riffs?

[@yaucheewei1737]

4:05 Black Sabbath record :)

[@DanielAlvarez-sl6yh]

Yea I Found You 🙏💯💯💯

[@tonypurcell1049]

"Slash is just a pentatonic guy who can occasionally play fast"........Oh dear! I think you've just upset millions of fans with that description, but still a great breakdown for beginners. I would recommend you look at some of his more recent work with SMKC ;)

[@mr.romantiko392]

what scale was 9:20?

[@fernandoguizzardivaz4613]

A minor pentatonic guy. It's exatly what I am. Me and thousends and thousends outhers. In fact, it is pretty dificulty attack the guitar with out thincking like a rock player. It is a great mistery for me how to play out of this. How can I take a simple backing track and play like a jazz player for example.

[@frankvaleron]

One suggestion I'd make here is listening to slower sax solos and trying to transcribe some lines from them. There are no "scale boxes" on the sax, so the lines will force your guitar playing out of patterns and into following your ears. It's not an easy thing and it's a life's work really, but the more you do it, the more the familiar guitar patterns become an aid and not a prison

[@fernandoguizzardivaz4613]

@@frankvaleron Thanks for your suggestion. I will put it into practice.

[@brianstitt4161]

I'm just playing for fun

[@marcofearg9956]

Your tone sounds better as the one from the tune

[@Markothunder]

Oh no. Axl Rose might have this video blocked

[@sunchasertommy4776]

Can't download this. Make it happen. I am cancelling all channels I cannot download. My work requires me to be in the bushveld often. There is no reception. I can't lose another General.

[@oddjob1932]

The long intro makes for a very poor karaoke song. I sink into my seat whenever someone chooses to 'have a go' at singing this 😳

[@louisn660]

Bro you'r a great guitar player! Why lower yorself now? Slash? Please! Mediocre at best. Ever hear of Michael Schenker and Gary Moore? They're true great guitar players!