How I Learned To Shred In A Month (And You Can Too)

[@MainPrism]

Shouldn't this be named "How I learned to tap in a month"?

[@SilentStorm03]

we call it shredding now, it appears 😂

[@guitarplayer1495]

@@SilentStorm03 tap, sweep, alternate picking are all "shred" techniques.

[@shanewalton8888]

On my gravestone, hopefully it will read: “Here lies Shane, he could shred.”

[@MrPolevaulter]

:D

[@peterkelly8357]

Shred or Dead

[@MainPrism]

Yea... I'mma need one of them too 🤣😂

[@dunki-dunki-dawg]

My stone will say ''Here Lies Rusty'' ''And Why Not''.

[@impossivel2006]

I play guitar since 1995 and still can't shred. I'll give it another month

[@marcoalexanderwinthermikke9132]

I believe in you! Put in as much time as you can everyday and practice mindfully and with purpose. Happy Practicing!

[@impossivel2006]

@@marcoalexanderwinthermikke9132 Thanks man.

[@luca_milla]

Ayo good luck, come back next month and let us know how it went!

[@impossivel2006]

@@luca_milla Come January I'll be the Fred Astaire of the fretboard

[@Sirtmen]

Come on! It’s impossible.

[@Nimzo2005]

A local library with Eruption tab? Where do you live? In Shredland?

[@MrPolevaulter]

Haha :D

[@thatderek]

If you don't have a high gain amp I'd also recommend a good COMPRESSOR pedal.

[@ibzmav]

except an Overdrive pedal is a better "compressor" pedal. You'd learn it later on.

[@wesd3370]

Compressor into overdrive… now we’re talking

[@LocrianDorian]

Yeah, tapping is definitely a bit of a "hack" when it comes to playing fast, basically you get an extra independent finger for free, which means you can play certain patterns much faster instantly, especially as usually they would also involve string changes. I used to be a little bit snobbish with tapping and considered it a "cheat" but I got wiser over the years and nowadays I consider it a very important tool in the toolbox. Helps that I got a lot more into Van Halen about a decade ago too.

[@paul-d-mann]

Shredding… tapping… I don’t care which it is, bloody it’s awesome!!

[@zharya73]

Shredding ❌ Tapping ✅

[@scottgroves5204]

Wow...Love the disappearing Pyramids Ibanez!!! Awesome

[@scottgroves5204]

Elmo...I got this message in my email to text you via Telegram, that you wanted to chat with me? I can't get Telegram to work! Hmmmm Anyways...Did you really wanna chat with me??? You know how the internet is . I would be honored to chat with you ! Until... -Scott PS...Just noticed it today so I'm not sure how old it is!!! Sorry E :)

[@Pavel_Franta]

this is shred? :D This is tapping :D

[@thebluesrockers]

One thing I love about your playing style. You know how to attack the guitar to shred and you know how to let notes breath. I know how to do phrasing but I can't play very fast at all. Meiotic solo's I can do. Not to many tricks in my trick bag, and not very good at alternate picking. So damn frustrating too. I was wondering if you had a lesson you could point me to so I can learn some guitar runs? Maybe if I had three or four to practice, I could start improving on my picking. Any Zeppelin solo's or classic rock solo's that would be good for someone to try? Sorry, just at my wits end with it. Thanks again for the lesson. Peace.. Joe

[@pschlosb]

I love the video and it has helped me improve my speed however I still can't tap. Is there a reason my guitar will not allow me to tap?

[@darkestfugue]

what a nice fellow, i will give this a go

[@maryalferez4204]

.....Sir, thank you, from the Philippines, for you kindness for sharing how to shred.....

[@gbaumann440]

I have a Mesa Boogie amp that's almost exactly like the one in the background of this video. I have sn 212 and I believe it was made in 1972. I get the feeling yours is a year or 2 newer. Mine has a beige mesh instead of black. I've had it for 30 years and, until now...I never saw another one like it. Awesome amp, right?

[@GreenpointRemembers]

That looks like it takes 10 minutes, not a month! Imagine what a month could do.

[@tweakrr99]

Beautiful guitar! I love the 80s shred style Ibanez RG x70 series and the Jem models. Great tips as always!

[@algreen1231]

I'd like to know the model. I can tapping but shredding is another league. Nice video as always.

[@carman6665]

Thanks Elmo, very inspiring and a good practice ,have a great day

[@BJJandBS]

i always struggled to mute the high E when playing that B string

[@shanewalton8888]

Awesome green guitar!

[@MrPolevaulter]

It sure is!

[@Blackout0O0]

Is that a Steve Vai Universe Ibanez? It looks like it glows in the dark: really cool guitar

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

​@Blackout0O0 I think they glow under a blacklight. I have a flourescent pink JEM Jr and an RG1XXV 25th Anniversary RG in flourescent yellow, they both glow under a blacklight.

[@protoplast.youtube]

thats TAPPING

[@ThePedroDB]

A fabulous - and rare! - Universe UV777GR you have there 👏 I recently bought a UV777P-BK to (finally) replace one I regretfully sold nearly 20 years ago. Fantastic guitar. Absolutely loving it. Back to tapping....

[@MrPolevaulter]

It is really a good guitar 😊

[@walterdelmar9977]

Thank you

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Nice Ibanez Universe! Always wanted one since Munky and Head from Korn had them back in the day.

[@tuukkaluoma4063]

That is beatifully colored guitar. I like when guitars have odd colours and multiple different colours in them.

[@giovannidaminato1717]

Ottimo! Grazie, Elmo.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Grazie!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Nice one! 😎👌 I tap the exact same way - middle finger pulling inward. Most people I've asked, use index finger pushing outward. but that feels weird to me. I bit like pouring custard in my ears - which I probably do too often. 🤔

[@MrPolevaulter]

🤣

[@fazefusion2220]

When I do tapping I flick downwards instead of upwards on my right hand is that a bad habit?

[@MrPolevaulter]

If it works, it works.

[@yahaguitars]

Обожаю эту гитару, храни её друг!

[@zerep11]

I always enjoy Elmo's excellent videos that usually contains certain levels levity, from light to hilarious. Hence, starting at about the 2:40 minute mark, the two notes Elmo played sounded nearly identical to a German Polizei Vehicle's Siren ... Hilarious! Thank you Elmo for both the excellent instruction AND levity.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Danke 😀

[@zerep11]

@@MrPolevaulter Bitte Schön 😁

[@christiantaylor4027]

Wow that almost sounds cooler slow.

[@MrPolevaulter]

👍

[@hilltroneye]

Hi Great video , Thank you Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

[@andrewz.3432]

Thank you for sharing this. I've been playing for a while now. Sometimes, it's good to go back and get reminders to fix bad habits. One of my habits I'm still struggling with is tension in my arm, I can't seem to get around it. Great content, by the way. I went ahead and subscribed. 🤘💀😎🎸🎶

[@ey870]

Learning at 14 is very differnt from learning later in life

[@dunki-dunki-dawg]

I couldn't learn to play fast in a month. Well I tried but I sounded really bad with double picked notes, squawks and squeaks between notes, fumbled and bumbled lines and the list went on. I was playing fast but I had to abandon all that and learn how to practice with a regime. I singled out and pinpointed all the places where it felt too hard and devised rotational licks around those areas. I also followed the Vinnie Moore chromatic picking regime and boy did that help. There are some things however that are still hard to play after even 10 yrs. And some things that never get easy. Every instrument has this going on. The best thing to do is learn how to practice so you are not creating muscle memory based on mistakes. When you noodle around this is exactly what you are doing Build muscle memory at a slower speed ,so that what you are playing is brutally accurate. These things are mentioned in various old VHS instructional videos like the McAlpine, Vinnie Moore ect but people don't listen do they?

[@despot3880]

Thank you ❤

[@emingmann1400]

How do you have your notes ring clearly and loudly like that? That and how you keep it ringing for that long? I'm assuming it's amp settings as I've gotten the tapping pretty down pat but I've always been lost on this part.

[@brozio77]

i am happy of my playing when i do riffs and melodic slower solos but i've never shred. i will try for sure these tricks with tapping. sweep picking is too much for me but i think tapping is possibile even for a crappy player as me :D

[@rajranjitkar07]

for a second i thought triple h was playing guitar

[@blackie75]

I seen the thumbnail and yelled to my wife "come quickly, they've made a video about you".

[@EdKidgell]

Good one, bru!

[@RickMichaelis63]

Thanks for the review Elmo 🎉🙏✌️❤️🎶🎵🎼

[@georgerumija1806]

could you please tell me, what do you think is the best electric guitar under 200 US dollars???

[@drkethereal5805]

How do u make it sound like that

[@fazefusion2220]

Im not a shredder yet but I’ve been playing for about 5 months and I can play decently fast for how long I’ve been playing I can pick 16th notes at around 100-110 bpm

[@mattdylan664]

That ibanez is gorgeous but i"m confused i thought Gem models had a monkey grip , is it a modded RG550 or a different model? Thanks, and thank you for a great lesson!

[@Manley156]

that's a universe

[@mattdylan664]

@@Manley156 Thanks for that info, i had never heard of that model before, i just now looked them up on Reverb, specifically Ibanez UV777 GR 1991-1993 Steve Vai Signature - the asking prices are between $6,913 USD (+ $145 more for shipping!) all the way up to $20,000 , think i'll be satisfied with my RG550 Gensis for now 🤘

[@mattdylan664]

@@Manley156 thanks i wasn't familiar with this signature model before,seems they sell on the used market for between 6-20 thousand...think i'll just be content with my RG550 for now 🙂

[@TintedST214]

This is tapping, a very simple technique which is not by any means considered shred. Shredding requires alternating picking and pentatonic scales and is much more difficult and complicated

[@kicsisziszi]

Shredding technique is one side the other is theory behind it.

[@schidig1]

Thanks Elmo, very inspiring video. I was wondering is it easier to do it on an ibanez-like guitar than a stratocaster or a telecaster?

[@RoonerTheLooner]

OMG! It looks so easy, but it is impossible for me. However, i can speak Thai fluently though. 🙂

[@shock_6680]

This is not shredding this is tapping

[@WorldsOkayestSorcerer]

Is that an RG 550?

[@ev25zv]

It's a UV777

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah, a Universe.

[@WorldsOkayestSorcerer]

@@MrPolevaulter It’s gorgeous! That neon green has a special place in my heart as someone who grew up in the 80s.

[@tymanngruter1808]

But you are Elmo the fast! 😅

[@AlexSaheli]

Why do we learn to tap in a shred video? :>

[@bigdaddyfilmmaker]

Holy click bait. Tapping is NOT shredding.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Likes vs dislikes ratio is 97% likes, so most people seem to disagree with you.

[@bigdaddyfilmmaker]

@@MrPolevaulter Irrelevant. Most people also think there is an invisible man in the sky watching every thing you do.

[@bobbysays]

@@bigdaddyfilmmaker I'm watching you Big Daddy, I'm watching You 👻

[@jakeqwaninne8502]

i just went with the crystal meth option, you simply have no choice but to shred on that shit

[@theartfuldodger935]

Um, that's tapping, not shredding.

[@Domn879]

Cool! Can you play the rest of eruption? Me: Yeah…i just need to get something from my car first though. I better take my jacket and guitar. Back in a minute…

[@JohnFenlon]

🤣

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

🤘🤘

[@MrPolevaulter]

😊

[@ray.a7343]

Tapping is sacred its Eddie.!😮 tap differently. It's like dancing like Michael Jackson you just don't mimic it!

[@thegeezers6219]

video starts at 2:03

[@stephaniemariemcdonald9096]

🎉

[@yngwerhappen]

After one month I have to learn guitar first and then I can probably shred in one month. The tone is very important, how to bend correct, some scale safety (that I have from bass, but on guitar is it different). What I don´t like are studied teacher who told what is the perfect right hand technique for shred and give you not the simple things to learn more efficient. They often criticize Malmsteen, Jake E Lee, Van Halen for their bad technique... I don't want to play like Michael Angelo. Playing very fast, but not a good guitar player.

[@ComboNinja06]

Personally bends for me where easy to perfect and the Michael Angelo joke made me laugh

[@vintagetone22]

O waw.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣amazing.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@philnicol8072]

I've always stuck to legato. The cheaters method. 🙄

[@MrPolevaulter]

:D

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

Surprisingly Easy, are you joking

[@vahidhoseini2080]

That's not shared old man

[@G0R3_H0R3]

BRO SHUT UP AND PUT THE FRIES IN THE BAG

[@katherineb.9445]

This is tapping. It's a cool extended technique, but it's not shredding. The online guitar community needs to be pickier about the quality of online instructional content so we can stop wasting young musicians' time with bad or incorrect advice. I'm a trombonist of 15 years. If I put a video on KZbin called "how to articulate fast on trombone" and gave a lesson on flutter tonguing, that video would get critiqued into oblivion. It's the only way to ensure consistent quality on a platform that lets anyone present themselves as an authority on a subject.

[@Olek283]

Bruh... it's not shreding... It's actually tapping

[@serega4087]

В траве сидел кузнечик…

[@MyChannel-uq2ot]

This guitar technique is definitely not for everyone. You may try to learn it but if there's no progress it's better to abandon it and not waste your time

[@Manley156]

Scrubt dubby

[@jsonslim]

But it's not a shred, dude. Show how you can shred using alternate picking or at least compine it with tapping

[@jsonslim]

@@bobbysays sorry, now I understand that my comment was a bit off, or pointless. Don't remember how I wrote it :_)

Ehh... how to learn... tapping??

[@uraymeiviar]

u lied, there is no such thing as tab in a library, you made it up

[@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399]

I disagree. Not everyone is as talented as you.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Talent has very little to do with it. Hard work has much more to do with it.

[@francoisthibeaux-brignoles8399]

@@MrPolevaulter That's %100 true too, but hard work can give better results if the person has "the right stuff". I'm not arguing with, you, it's just my personal observation.

[@craigirving4100]

Yawn 🥱