I STILL Don't Understand How This MASTER Of Fusion Guitar Plays Like THIS!

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Greg Howe is a monster player I don't understand!
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[@tonepoet]

Greg's playing is melodic, unpredictable, technical, and always rhythmically locked in. Just bought tickets to an upcoming show with Stu Hamm last night, looking forward to getting my face melted.

[@guthrie_1]

“Introspection” is one of the greatest guitar instrumental albums of all time.

[@orangelambo5324]

greg is one of a kind, you almost have to be an advanced player to understand how good he is

[@kadourimdou43]

A massively underrated Guitarist.

[@kadourimdou43]

@Spectacular Spectacular Yes....are you?

[@kadourimdou43]

@Spectacular Spectacular Because he’s not as cited/appreciated by a larger community as some other good guitarists. I didn’t say specifically by other guitarists.

[@kadourimdou43]

@Spectacular Spectacular Of course. But the video feature was on Howe….

[@theharvardyard2356]

His "claw grip" left hand style always looks so uncomfortable to be with those crunched up fingers. But I can't argue with the results!

[@introspectionacademy]

Thanks Levi for featuring Greg again on your channel ! Greg deserves the attention ! He has indeed a few special picking and fretting "systems" going on and a big bag of long sequences that translate well to different sets of strings and CAGED positions so you can't "catch" him using those more than once ;-) Add to that that everything is working together beautifully well and an out of this world "musicality" and you got in my opinion one of the best musicians/guitarists on the planet. Been transcribing for more than a decade ;-)

[@Name-ej4ex]

True

[@MattLewisGuitar]

Oh man I’ve been listening to Greg since I was 11, that was 21 yrs ago! He still blows my mind and he seems like he would be so fun to just hangout and have a beer with 😎

[@GeorgeLifterMann]

These daily transcriptions are so inspiring Levi, thank you so much for your hard work!

[@philiplombardo249]

Great work! Greg Howe is really something. I’ve been listening to him for about 25 years and I’m always amazed by his creativity and technical skill.

[@meungawa]

This is awesome! Thank you Levi for all of your hard work on these transcriptions! 🤘🏼

[@Swpb666]

Greg has refined his style over and over and I wouldn't be surprised if he did it again and sounded even better

[@ivorytower5847]

I share your confusion in regard to his fingerings/phrasing. Makes for a pretty unique sound. The great fusion guys have really identifiable characteristic idiosyncrasies, almost like a fingerprint, and Mr. Howe is no different. Thanks again for the great content.

[@lordstanley34]

Greg Howe fan going back to the 80's; dude was a huge influence on me wanting to play the guitar. So smooth, fluid and tasty in his phrasing. I like that he doesn't always have to go right to speed; sometimes using it sparingly to build tension first and then introducing something blistering to finish a thought. Yes, of course, the speedy stuff was en vogue in the 80's and he's got his share, but his overall body of work is way more than that.

[@80sShred]

Greg is a beast. Creativity is off the charts.

[@ShpookyMetal]

🤠👾💯👋👋

[@jonnydubai]

I absolutely love GH’s playing. Great work mate.

[@tonyhills2112]

I was fortunate to take some lessons from Greg a few years back. Incredible player and a super nice guy!

[@NeilTurnbull007]

Greg had been one of the best for a very long time. Love his unique style .

[@jamesnorton7601]

Dude's been getting ripped off for years and everyone one else has been getting the credit.

[@JOExAUDIO]

Howe is a beast!

[@healthypostnatalbody]

When High Gear (Howe 2) came out I was amazed at how good Greg was, if not that original on that album. Then when Tilt (Kotzen and Howe) came out it was genuinely next level stuff.

[@scirasco1]

Greg has a own style of all of that im just as usual waiting for the govan fans to get once again very insecure….im waiting

[@biscobisco1882]

@@scirasco1 You're waiting for what exactly? I think you'll find Greg Howe and Guthrie Govan have a LOT of overlap in their fanbase.

[@romansingleton8831]

Great work! Been listening to him since the 80's, a true master. Finally saw him live a few years ago, was awesome.

[@EricBourassa]

greg is TOTALLY unorthodox. been taking private lessons from him for 10 years and he's totally changed the way I think about the fretboard (still nowhere close to as good as him, though LOL). PS love your content and sorry about the Tom Hess (2 words one name) years. We were all brainwashed by his nonsense (though I did learn some important business skills from him I must admit). Most of us escaped his program a few years ago

[@ShpookyMetal]

🤠👾💯👋👋

[@brodycobbguitars]

I've always felt that Guthrie has borrowed a lot from Howe... He never mentions it, but I seriously hear a lot of similarities between the 2.

[@jameshang673]

Now that's perfect playing in a beautiful guitar

[@alessiomontresor7258]

Great Greg ❤️

[@marcblum5348]

Been following GH since his very first recording came out. His phrasing and fluidity is phantastic.

[@miotubo839]

Fantastic! Any chance you can do the intro to the "Hot Rock Licks" video? He played much more Van Halen oriented there and less "fusion" back then. I liked him even more.

[@sasgayable]

I must have made some very early brain connections because Greg Howe playing reminds me of marble garden and hydrocity zones in sonic 3.

[@alvich]

Damn Levi youre on fire lately! Awesome content!

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

I don’t know about unknown, but he’s earned his session stripes in Justin Timberlakes’s live band, back in the day. Seems to be quite common with 80s shredders, especially the Shrapnel stable… Brett Garsed with John Farnham Nuno with Rihanna Andy Timmons with the late great Olivia Newton-John Ritchie “lock up your daughters/wives/mums 😂” Kotzen with Poison & Mr Big

[@Passion535]

There it is! There's the sound that every up and coming guitarist should focus on? Sort of like, it has a little bit of everything needed to be a Great guitar player! Got the Funkiness, blues/jazz, arpeggios you need to keep you busy! There's not only one genre there! I can only imagine "how many hours he had put into his playing to get to that level"? Maybe about the same amount of hours a professional basketball player has to practice to get into the professional league?

[@ShpookyMetal]

🤠👾💯👋👋

[@kevinstewart8120]

My guess as an explanation for what you were talking about with the way Greg frets certain passages, is that perhaps because he is a self-taught guitarist, doesn’t read music, etc, is that he has ways he learned or taught himself how to play over certain chords from a certain position, so he’ll move around to accommodate his own vocabulary, whereas another guitarist might try and do something about a chord change in the same part of the neck. Just my guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@bes5164]

He is one of my favorite guitar heroes.

[@CMM5300]

Greg uses a lot of 1st finger position shifts. He developed his own way with a lot of techniques.

[@kojam1]

Man! Levy! Ur hitting all the right buttons! Here's another guy that I expected to be huge. When he first came out I was just floored! But I got to admit, even I forget about him sometimes. It's a shame! It's a crime! This guy is a phenomenal talent!

[@DaveDurango]

His fretting hand looks almost arthritic. what a beast

[@nakinaki7991]

And this was on of his simple ones 😂 Greg rules

[@danthegeetarman]

Levi, do you have any courses or tips for being able to ‘hear’ different rhythms at fast speeds. For example, once it gets into shred territory, it’s hard for me to ‘hear’ whether it’s 32nd notes or 16th note triplets - stuff like that. Thanks. And cool video as always 🙏

[@orshy1]

I've heard it referred to as "chunking". You basically practice to recognize the note groupings as their length in relation to a beat. So four 16th notes is one beat. If you focus on feeling/hearing that group of four 16th notes you'll be able to more quickly parse the music or to set your playing more towards "auto-pilot" as it will be based on feel and counting groups of notes instead of individual ones.

[@danthegeetarman]

@@orshy1 yeah good point. Definitely curious if Levi can jump in with any other pointers too

[@angelperezmonarrez9892]

Wow, inspiring. Gonna tackle this baby

[@guillotinedeath]

Such a great style complex for my understanding!

[@JamesBegley]

My 2nd favorite player ever, my profile pic is me with him if that says anything, so I love to see him get any love at all, much less someone with your skills, knowledge, and eclectic musical taste and background, cheers! 🙌

[@guitarttimman]

Don't you all get it? ANY guitarist whose last name is Howe is going to be phenomenal at it. Isn't that funny how he and Steve have the same last name, and they are both awesome. Could Steve do this if he wanted to? Go watch Steve Howe performing for Les Paul. If he can do that, then you know that he can do anything with a guitar. I'm a fan of them both.

[@dtrule1228]

Thank you very much! Brilliant job! Yes, understanding his uncoventional guitar playing is quite challenging. In this case (video) is straightforward what is right and wrong, but tabbing out songs like this from an audio track leaves a transcriber no other choice than just guessing and providing at least a coherent, plausible (even if not "right") interpretation. Right and wrong about trascribing... interesting topic indeed!

[@lilkujo]

It would be dope to see some Rory Hoffman tabs! Some of the chord stuff he does is literally impossible for even the best of guitarist. Would love to see how it looks :)

[@Swpb666]

Rory Hoffman is severely underrated. That man is a legend in the flesh

[@GooseGumlizzard]

love Greg's playing, super technical but very tasty

[@redachraibi5993]

Sounds so Guthrie-ey

[@davidderoux7552]

I believe it's the other way around...

[@Classic_DionysuS]

I remember when I was learning guitar getting all the REH videos... and Greg's (also Garsed) were the two I just couldn't make use of. The fingerings and the timing!!! were soooooo outside of like... everything. I couldn't do it.

[@guitarking8366]

when i heard Introspection...my life changed

[@mdm73100]

Levi…Can we get a transcript of Ronnie LeTeko’s Saphire it’s a solo on the tell no tales album it’s a 2 minute face melt piece with of the coolest playing I’ve ever heard I actually emailed you also Thanks

[@LeviClay]

Cooper. I responded to your last comment. You need to learn how to carry yourself, acting like I’m a child isn’t the one. And because of that I won’t even consider it.

[@theshogos]

transcription level : GOD

[@woodward_alan]

I've never heard of this guy...wow!

[@mayorrodgers7446]

Genuinely one of my favorites. Played live for Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake interestingly enough. Recorded two albums with Richie Kotzen. Think about it. Richie Kotzen and Greg on one album trading licks. Who thought to do that? One of those players on an album is scary enough. Two of them? Absolutely frightening.

[@GhostGuitars]

your beard is looking great

[@elpolitemexa2272]

His solo on another year by DarWin is incredible

[@user-kp7ls7ml1h]

his left finger press so hard omg

[@patrickbarnes9343]

Just like Gilbert Greg has gotten even better with age

[@jamesschultz3164]

What is meant by C7#7?

[@LeviClay]

it's a typo - should be #9 like all the others

[@Groovemaster2000]

He has the most awkward fingering ever. I have been fascinated by that since I saw him the first time long ago. I couldn’t understand what I heard and process what I saw. Nevertheless he is an amazing guitarist but has a tricky way to play things. It looks in some ways impossible and a stupid way to fingerling things, but it works. I saw him live not to long ago with Simon Philips and it was hypnotising to watch him play and it was a subject for conversation in the car on our 2,5 hour drive home. Amazing player.

[@danmar007]

It looks like work, even for Greg. 🙂

[@KevinSmith-em7zk]

is that secret lab chair for your gaming?

[@LeviClay]

I don’t game on my PC

[@Turbominchia2]

...but he uses a string dampener!!!!!1!!!!!!11!!!!!!1!!! 😵😵😷😭

[@albertorocha8024]

C7#7? O.O

[@LeviClay]

oops! good spot!

[@christian-van-e]

HOWE does he come up with all this? ;-)

[@ShpookyMetal]

🤠👾💯👋👋

[@sleyeminizo275]

That thing you can't understand is "soul"! 🙂

[@LeviClay]

I play professionally is a SOUL band 😂

[@TheGazDooks]

Can I download this tab anywhere?

[@LeviClay]

Patreon

[@TheGazDooks]

@@LeviClay 🤦🏼‍♂️ of course. On it 👍 thanks

[@TheGazDooks]

@@LeviClay joined 👍 looking forward to it 🙂

[@LeviClay]

@@TheGazDooks welcome!

[@juanfelipearteaga9022]

It’s as Matteo Mancuso🤔

[@donricchio4817]

Lega o

[@AMgangwolf]

really good playing but his hands looked so stiff, guess thats just a unique aspect of his playing

[@shawnstarks1743]

Practice

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

I'm pretty sure this must be a new record for the ratio of pointless rambling to actual music in one of your videos

[@LeviClay]

pointless? I'm literally explaining how this is different to other things I transcribe. Sorry the solo is short... that's the length of the solo. Don't comment here again, go and watch other videos.

[@ZachCanPlay]

He’s a fucking transcriber describing what it’s like transcribing Greg. Levy is a badass and helpful as all get up. You’re a sour boy. Can’t expect a passionate player and transcriber to not break down shit. -Zach

[@DaveDurango]

anime avatar 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nckhed]

​@@LeviClay Why are you telling him to comment elsewhere and watch other videos? People are allowed to express their opinions, right or wrong, without being shooed away by some kind of wannabe authoritarian. Responses like this from KZbin creators is why I hardly subscribe to any of you. Y'all must get off on being able to silence people and their opinions. 🤦

[@en5490]

@Levi Clay he came off like an asshole but he has a point. We love your content and your discussions prior to each piece because it provides background and context which we appreciate. With that said, I think that section of the video could be more concise. Just a 2 cent opinion, take it or leave it.

[@aleaallee]

Howe does he do that?

[@gpudick]

Wow! Now that I like!

[@rigelloar7474]

Howe's a great player, but damn that backing track is obnoxious as hell, ugh.