How to play ‘The Stage’ Intro Taps by Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Lesson

[@chaseostman4188]

Me: begins watching video Chris: "it's fricken hard" Me: I guess i'm done here

[@nopedefinitelynotnahthatsnotme]

ha, if he says its frickin hard we dont even try

[@jarisiponen317]

Devan I have played for like 6 months... Sections 1&2 were pretty easy but rest of the song can wait till next year😜😁

[@Reldvs1]

that damn string skip arpeggio has me stumped lol.

[@omen1784]

just play it slow then work your way up. the fingers on my right hand are in pain now from practicing this.

[@frankcarlson2900]

The only really bad part is that last section.

[@NickWeberMusic]

Syn Gates is amazing

[@allannava361]

At first I was like “I think I can do this” then Chris said it’s hard so my ass is going back to learning the solo’s from so far away

[@PeacedByMe]

Dude that's literally the exact same thing I did but so far away solo is still heckin hard

[@MahmutEbrarACIKVEVO]

@@PeacedByMe No, it ISN'T! Loser!!!

[@Chancechancechancechancechance]

You know it's hard when a shredlord like Chris says it's hard

[@gisavarela5119]

GOODNIGHT TONIGHT I' AM BURNING STAR IV

[@vidarnilsson816]

1:28 Section 1&2 4:32 Section 3 5:32 Section 4 7:20 Section 5 Have fun ;)

[@devonbeam4944]

Syn is literally the guy that I play to practice because every fucking song is a new technique to learn. The two finger tapping on a string skip arpeggio is gonna be a real treat to master

[@SimonGavriilidis]

22 frets saved me once again

[@ranajoyshil]

😂😂😂

[@iliasvelaetis9116]

ahahahahaha

[@jay4612]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@fumadordemakoncha]

Well If you skip this one note, nothing bad will happen ;)

[@killasjanitor]

Fr though lmao

[@XxRedxOathxX]

Chris, your a frickin legend for dedicating an entire video to this section of The Stage. Helped me out a lot, tabs just didn’t do it for me and then I came across this. Your always the number 1 for learning hard shit like this and solos etc. Thank you so much!

[@tylerwilson4951]

One of my favorite things is learning a song by ear, then learning how to properly play it. I feel like learning the song by ear gives me a great feel for the song, whereas learning the song from tabs or a detailed lesson like this gives me a much clearer understanding of the piece. Thank you for the videos, I really appreciate them.

[@beast1173]

"Hard" is subjective. Sure, I can't play it... yet. But remember that if its hard then there is something valuable to learn from it. Take it down to the slowest possible speed you can play it at, focus on playing it cleanly, and then over time the speed will come out - as long as you work on tapping in a variety of songs.

[@skrobie]

no

[@beast1173]

@@skrobie Willful ignorance won't make you better. However, if you have a method that works better than the one I described, by all means!

[@longwong1016]

Yeah thats what I'm doing. I'm going slow and taking my time with it. And its sounding pretty good so far. Its been my 3rd day working on it and I am making progress. I'm on the 4th section. Can't wait to be able to play it all together.

[@abellootje1237]

synyster gates is a fucking genius

[@johannunterlass1317]

2 months of straight playing and i am almost done.. i am really happy and really apreciate this lesson... ✌️ thanks a lot for this

[@RedGrimGuitarPlayer]

This has got to be one of the most difficult/challenging Metal Guitar intros ever. Nice lesson man

[@CodCrazyClipz]

might as well do the full song now

[@CJGamesEver]

Yeah hahaha

[@buzzkillington3354]

if people fund him properly on patreon he might

[@spongebobsquarepants675]

It's fricken hard!

[@MarkageAwesome]

RANDOM BRIAN I know right

[@oPosiidon2800]

Imagine me, just learning guitar and wanting to play this. I remember the first time watching you play this I didn't know what tapping was so I picked 9 with my thumb and hammered the rest. It wasn't till eruption did I realize what tapping was but now I can play the intro.

[@lazymandiass7413]

you're a genius, Chris!! this piece is pretty far off my skill set for now but watching you play it is a thrill in itself, and that goes for most of your other stuff. Kudos Mr Zoupa!

[@allen0026]

Chris man you seem so tired we appreciate everything you do tho man. And thank you so much for the uploads

[@allanv3237]

First ever episode of LTI (learn that intro). As promised sir i owe you $50, thanks again!

[@chriszoupa7898]

[e-mail] PAYPAL me!

[@tomihiltunen9846]

We need more people like you. I should be like you!

[@bk4242]

You are the man! Good lord those sweep taps are no joke.

[@chrisdavies875]

That was perfectly played, thanks so much for this. Your lessons are always right on point!!

[@rickypratamasidik3257]

Really love your work! I hope you can make a Master Class Synyster Solo soon💪

[@Grilla420]

When you didn't think you could find something harder than the tapping for eruption yet here you are

[@iangillies711]

I am a brave soul. Chris: "It's fricken hard" Me: BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!! *5 minutes later* Me: RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who attempts to learn this song will be a broken, defeated man after this, and I will certainly look the part.

[@kevinbuchanan5180]

Ian Gillies

[@billyanggranesta8722]

The hardest part was the intro and that sweep pick riff

[@sesarise]

Then you'll probably die if you attempt to learn Rick Graham, Jason Richardson and Tosin Abasi stuff...

[@justinbowen2003able]

I greatly appreciate this man! Directions are very clear and straight forward

[@juancarlosprevostzarate7077]

Thank you Chris... increíble... best cover and of great help..already working on this challenging solo

[@5urg3x]

I like how Syn plays the B string, there's a weird harmonic that you can hear sometimes and it gives it a bit of an eerie effect

[@alejandroenmanuelcabreraco9780]

Thank you for these lessons bro! I finally learned the whole song and did a cover,all thanks to you..congratulations for 100k!!

[@knox7737]

Great cover once again Chris, now all we need is the "outro" thingy after the 3rd sweeping solo.

[@kiznal1113]

Sounds amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@freddiefiddlesticks6913]

Please Do Show Me A Leader By Alter Bridge.

[@AerologyGuitars]

Agreed, if not Show Me A Leader I would love to see some more AB. But amazing lesson as always Chris and super helpful!

[@joes.1836]

man i need you as a teacher!

[@Storyofinsanity]

Also thanks very much Chris for the effort you put into these tutorials.

[@andyhong1131]

Was looking especially for that section 5, thanks Chris!!!

[@Yudagates]

Thanks for tutorial bro

[@avenged7x733]

dammmm Chris as much as I wanna play this I can't do it

[@Faolain_]

Learn all the notes and play it slowly until you can play it off by heart. Then just build up speed the best you can. Seriously, you will manage! It's better to know the solo and play it slow than not know it at all.

[@abandonallships14]

Never put yourself down!!

[@jorgemaciel6395]

man, you make the songs look easy lol thanks for the videos!

[@petervandenberg7514]

Awesome video man helped me a ton thank you!

[@TheSaCrEdSnIpErS]

I hope you know I watch most of your videos intros just to watch you play the solos lol. I dont have my guitar with me rn in college to try and learn

[@BlinkplusAvA44]

What a great tapping techinque!! Can you do a lesson of aviator solo by Polyphia? It also has tricky tapping parts

[@andrewpayne9670]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that immediately got discouraged when he said “this is fucking hard” 😂

[@khush_7x]

Thanks so Much for this Lesson !

[@Lele-ik3by]

thank you chris,you're the best!

[@Odinsli]

i don't even have a 23rd fret on my guitar

[@frankcarlson2900]

Saved by the 22 frets.

[@Downbythebay22]

Time to buy a Synyster Custom

[@laci4194]

@@Downbythebay22 Yeah that guitar is sick! :D

[@skrobie]

i just play 19-21-19 instead of 21-23-21

[@beast1173]

I also find it might be easier for some to play the main part more clean, by stretching with your pinky from 9 to 14 to stay on the same string, instead of 9 to 10 changing strings like he does

[@Thestarvoltage]

very nice tuto guys thank you !

[@igang1021]

Idk about y'all... but this is so hard for me haha, thanks for the lesson tho!! So awesome!! Is there a not ready to die by avenged sevenfold solo lesson? If not, can it be possible to do it? That would be so freakin awesome!

[@oscaralejandro5990]

Thank you so much Chris!

[@ChrisLonski-y4l]

Btw, that last arpeggio you weren't sure what to call is just a B Maj7 it goes 3rd, 5, 7, Root. It's just unusual in an E minor progression. Usually that would be a B7 so it would have the flat 7. Maybe he's getting this from the bebop dominant scale(1,2,3,4,5,6,b7,7 or B,C#,D#,E,F#,G#,A,A#). Not sure but it sounds good, so that's all that matters.

[@shreyanshbhargava4510]

Chris you the best!

[@Iherbalessence69]

Awesome shit dude. Thanks for ur time and effort

[@Storyofinsanity]

You have to remember that Syn is probably drunk on vodka when he wrote this so it's gonna be pretty crazy lol

[@SachinAgarwal17]

Thanks Chris!!!

[@Synyster07]

I m amazed at synyster and angry at same time for making. A good intro so hard imagine the solo lol

[@sergimartinez7060]

Something from Killing is my business?? Or maybe some Vektor!! great video as always!

[@Bleepoh]

3:37 closes internet browser and ponders about life and how come i suck lol.

[@jackthewalrus2332]

Hey Chris just letting you know that you can do the intro taps all on the b string, you don't need to use the g and b strings! :) I play it starting out with 5 7 12 then figured it out from there, hope that helps, it's a lot easier. But whatever way is comfortable for you is how you should stick with it.

[@andyhong1131]

I figured it out the same way man; taps on the B string. But Chris said Syn did it on the G string w/ the weird tap on 10 of the B string in between. Chris is right, i went and watched a live video. You can totally play it the way you're saying, Chris is just giving us the artists' actual interpretation.

[@cameronnaidoo8564]

Andy Hong Yeah and maybe it's done on the G string to make the E string taps more accessible

[@MrTaylorKenny]

can you also check out the outro melodic sweeping part? after that I'll finally know how to play the song 100%

[@brunodeoliveira1367]

The progression is Gm - Eb - F - D, in different shapes, My tab is under review in the ultimate guitar, released when I post it to u

[@brunodeoliveira1367]

tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/avenged_sevenfold/the_stage_ver2_tab.htm Here

[@MrTaylorKenny]

Bruno de Oliveira sick man, thanks!

[@Reldvs1]

The "Cheeky lil lick" you talk about.... when I do the string skip part I keep having a problem with the note change 8 11 16 on the third. the 16 ringing over the string skip to the 11 14 19 on the first. any suggestions? or do you even understand what I'm trying to say? it's section 2 on tab I believe. I keep getting bleed over now from the final note on the third string 16 fret as I'm skipping the string to do the hammer on for the 11 14 19 on the first string.

[@Ananda_a.k.]

Thank you very much. Fix, i am done here! Its so fu*kn hard

[@danitexsan]

Yo Chris! Awesome vid as always man. Do you think you could do a solo lesson for the song Are You Kidding Me? No. by Destrage?

[@yoffo_]

seen it on sunday live, and it was so fucking awesome

[@Chancechancechancechancechance]

Awesome video! Totally gonna start working on playing this. Could you maybe do a tutorial for the solo (or whole song) of Ten Speed (of god's blood and burial) by coheed and cambria?

[@nevermindthebull0cks]

Awesome man.

[@vaylesmith9607]

Please do the rest!! Much love

[@lelogas22]

man thank you man thank you!!

[@jorgemelo94]

wow the final part is really hard, what exercise do you recommend for get better in multi string tapping??

[@uhhhahhh4793]

where i don't have a pedal and my amp is smaller, it's hard for me to hear the tapping, is there any way i can make it louder like a certain adjustment i should have the setting on my amp into, bc it's very hard for me to hear the tapping when i play it and yeah skkskkskk

[@biggiesmallsgamerle4she276]

get a real amp you wuss

[@eleven2many270]

That moment you don't even have a 23 fret... ☹️

[@speeddude5326]

Thank you sooooo much would not have gotten it off of tabs alone

[@gregtheflyingwhale]

Tapping is the hardest for me here. HOW DO I NOT TOUCH OTHER STRINGS WHEN MOVING TO THE 1ST STRING!!??!!

[@acDCZepplen]

this song is fun as hell to play

[@andrewo.g.803]

Are you like, muting the g string after pulling off on your way up the string-skip lick with a little flick/tap of your middle finger? It's hard for me to tell bc it's quick, but if so that is slick

[@dashking5059]

In the string skipping arpegio, To tap the notes on 1st string, i use my ring finger..I becomes a bit easier to tap and mute the strings..

[@maxsearle5044]

I thought this was going surprisingly well, until I realised I don’t even have enough frets to play it

[@lockie9341]

A quick question Chris, hopefully you see this lol, but how can you keep the other strings muted while doing the string skipping arpeggio part? I'm slowly getting the tapping down pat I just keep getting heaps of interference with the other strings, thanks!

[@Tabraqz]

hell yeah! i've been waiting this for 4 years xd

[@Tabraqz]

just kidding

[@leoleoleonor]

when his face playing through it is the "fuck its the 70th take", you know you have to click out of the video

[@chupachupah9419]

Thanks man

[@rileyjelinek3235]

Thank you!!!

[@nicktodorov669]

can you give me some tips please i cant get the string skip bit to sound clean. Im trying to mute but i cant seem to get it

[@MagnusBusk]

How do you guys deal with the arpeggio in the last section? Are you just tapping it or playing it? I know Chris is using his finger nail, but I prefer playing with a pick

[@sebastiansuarez9883]

Yo man thank you so much for this now i can get most of the tricky parts down! Do you think you can do the crazy sweeping part during the bridge right before the last solo? 😆😆😆

[@3xodus]

Sebastian Suarez He already did

[@brunodeoliveira1367]

The progression is Gm - Eb - F - D, in different shapes, My tab is under review in the ultimate guitar, released when I post it to u

[@brunodeoliveira1367]

tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/avenged_sevenfold/the_stage_ver2_tab.htm here

[@divided123]

Bruno is correct here. Keep in mind it follows that progression but the chord shapes do not repeat on the second time through. The entire section ascends throughout the chord progression and ultimately ends on the same diminished shape that is used a few times in the song. (17-14 on the high e, 16 on the b, 17-14 on the g, then back up)

[@brunodeoliveira1367]

Yes, that's it! I had forgotten. in my tab it is written the diminished notes on the last shape, thanks for reminding

[@gaget5455]

Hey Chris can you do a lesson on the acoustic parts on the stage by A7X cause I mm having trouble getting it down

[@noahzappanti9753]

Hey Chris do you think you will do the acoustic ending

[@hafidhzhp6373]

Thanks!!!!

[@howlinhirshy8358]

Sounds like Syn listened to some Guthrie Govan on his way to the studio

[@jakemullins3755]

hey man this is another one of your great lessons but I keep getting stuck with the tuning of my amp...can you explain how I should go about settings and effects ..thx

[@DROP_DEAD_1989]

Could someone please tell me what that strap is on the first fret? Is it used to dampen reverb or something? I’ve seen them before but not sure what they’re called

[@mario50000]

11:22 how to make bends that sound like that

[@aaroncall5274]

First off, thank you so so much for this lesson and tan. Been grinding on it for a few hours and have everything down. Now just need to get to tempo. Just one question though. I tried to play along with you slowed down and it looks like it’s being played so fast that the a minor arpeggio is almost being skipped. Is that intentional or is it just me? Thanks!

[@Guitarmachine115]

Cool

[@sangitasingh8292]

Sir I'm stuck at the tapped string skipping arpeggios Suggest some exercises

[@hubertgagne3628]

Please zoupa a lesson for dyson sphere by allegaeon!

[@ajdumapias8319]

what is that band thing at the top of his guitar? what does it do?

[@Cringebrudi-x2q]

I've seen this before but what do you use in the third fret? Isn't it for a cleaner sound?

[@settratheimperishable4093]

If you have big hands you can make the third bar easier by not having to use the b-string (I actually don't use the b-string at all in the intro)

[@Loipoy]

What do you have strapped to the neck?

[@juliusnisonen2431]

That fast part, I'm playing with my second amp because the other one is broken, so I can't get a powerfull pull off "out of nowhere", can you play it someway differently

[@stonedaliens104]

what's that thing called on your neck, I just use a sock but is that thing like something you bought?

[@cameronfarrellguitar]

Stoned_ aliensss a company called Gruv Gear makes a thing called fret wraps and that appears to be what Chris is using could be a dif brand tho but same idea

[@stonedaliens104]

Cameron Farrell cool thanks man.

[@kalebwhite3210o]

Stoned_ aliensss doesn't matter basically. just use your mom's hairband. lol