Legendary Licks You Think Are Easy (and they are, but you play them wrong)

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[@ZacharyShade]

17 riffs you think are hard but are actually played on a tuba.

[@samoppedisano3994]

Zachary Shade lol

[@royalcat10]

As a Music Performance major... This happens A LOT.

[@SEiMEi_EXiSTS]

Havana

[@runtwer5700]

I think you meant to say on a tuna

[@Pannemat]

SOAD - Peephole. Love that song.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Someone told me about this video and how I was mentioned a ton in the comments. I’m honored. I’ll be making a video soon in response to all of this. 🎸👍❤️🎸

[@Koalaz1]

Is this self promotion

[@Goreuncle]

@@Koalaz1 Maybe so, but it's fine by me, Mike's channel deserves more subscribers.

[@julius879]

@@Koalaz1 if only you could add pictures in the comments...

[@psychosocial8035]

Aye I was one of them

[@jeffhoward162]

I was gonna bring you up, but I'm late to the party. Same goes to you though, I really prefer, both aurally and physically, the open chord way of playing enter sandman. I like how all the notes ring, without the unavoidable harmonics of fingered notes.

[@spoonrattler04]

17 riffs you think are hard but are actually played with mayonnaise

[@keegyweegy7803]

Five Stubbz 69th like

[@anavelgato]

poonis nice

[@carlyangel8332]

Five Stubbz 😂😂🤘🏼

[@jimboninja924]

Well mayonnaise is an instrument after all

[@James_Malek]

Five Stubbz a man of culture I see

[@bencebence4515]

It's 1:15 AM, and I'm a drummer. Tf am i doin here

[@noahreed4928]

fr same

[@bencebence4515]

@@noahreed4928 lmao nice

[@bencebence4515]

I started learning guitar 2 days after posting this lol

[@nf7548]

These comments are getting old...

[@bencebence4515]

@@nf7548 u right

[@meandthebirds419]

20 riffs you think are hard but actually are just pictures of different sandwiches

[@jurassicsurvivor9204]

👏👏👏👌

[@rhabdob3895]

I just spit out medium grade whiskey laughing at this. Thanks a medium, dick.

[@mitchellfrew8064]

Awesome! That twisted my brain sufficiently! Cheers.

[@FoxtrotOscar2011]

That made this video worth playing!

[@NextGenesis88]

20 Riffs That Are So Good Because You Actually Wrote Them

[@crazypomp927]

Legendary riffs that shouldn't sound good (but do) Think riffs in unusual keys or using unusual chords/notes that you wouldn't expect to work together but somehow do

[@sidhantsood5373]

Mark Pompeo so Opeth?

[@ithmiths]

Lithium

[@x12spm21x]

Plini

[@RenAlexander81017]

The Weezer riff?

[@MiBackpacking]

Just stumbled on your channel and I’m hooked. I’m picking up the guitar again for the first time in about 20 years and I’m finding I need to relearn pretty much everything again. Which is where you come in, I get to learn correctly this time around 🤘🏽🎸. Thanks for the excellent content bro!

[@keolamahelona5401]

I actually really enjoyed this one, some riffs become so familiar as you play them and you just turned them back into the original riff, can't believe I've been playing power chords in sunshine of your love for like 10 years

[@goonyougoodthing]

Legendary licks you think are guitars but are'nt

[@juriewel4461]

for whom the bell tolls intro(yeah the most guitar players know it the most other people not)

[@thebreakfastmenu]

I'll Wait by Van Halen

[@hailmary7283]

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

[@droobie_]

Michael Talley licks you think are a guitar but are actually a blind man

[@goonyougoodthing]

@@droobie_ You mean I've been playing an Umbrella for 30 years ?

[@DylanTrisko]

My guitar teacher taught me Smells Like Teen Spirit the correct way and for that I am very thankful.

[@janomendoza2810]

Upcoming next : Splendiferous Riffs you think are played in a major key but are in fact cantaloupes (and they will)

[@flynnkay]

You forgot about something with smells like teen spirit. The way kurt plays power chords. He uses only his ring finger for the 5th notes. Therefor he always accidentally or not always plays more than just the 3 strings played in a regular power chord. It adds a lot to the sound

[@ReferenceMA]

Yep that Bb on the 3rd fret of the G string is often subtly played on the initial F chord. He does that a lot with his power cords.

[@AM-bo2ns]

good god i'm glad i'm not the only person to notice that the smells like teen spirit riff has the open strings fill between the power chord switches, i could always hear it plain as day in the recording but you NEVER see anybody commenting on it in videos about the riff

[@fallvos]

I think some of the reason smells like teen spirit is actually so much different than what we all learned is because Kurt cobain always said he played kind of sloppy and said he didn’t actually know all that much about guitar, and I think some of that rubs off in his music. Not to take away from him, amazing artist great band.

[@capt_starfish1812]

I'm in love with that blue Gibson 🤘🏼🔥

[@Slippindisc]

Sunshine Of Your Love is one of the coolest intros of all time

[@Seijakukun]

great video. I literally fell asleep while you were chanting that ad at the beginning

[@Seijakukun]

you also got smells like teen spirit wrong

[@spanishdragon5063]

Brother..... you are one unique honest individual, it's refreshing to see someone who has a sense of humor as well as being egg-headed, in other words, you're smeert, lol. Have a good one, hope to see more of your videos, excellent job by the way.

[@ktsproductionstudio]

For ES you can also just use your ring finger to hold the 7th fret and skip a string to play the open G while using your index and middle finger for the 6-5 on the low E, makes it so much easier and still the right notes

[@rebd00mer93]

its amazing how many ppl fuck up SLTS even though its super easy to play. ive also noticed many people dont play the open chords in between but if you watch kurt play live he starts each chord with an upstroke and plays the open notes in between

[@jordangrant582]

I'm surprised you didn't point out the fact that John Mayer almost exclusively uses thumb-grip, Hendrix-style chords in favor of traditional barre chords. And this is certainly the case on Waiting On the World to Change

[@swollenapocrypha]

7:24 that guitar's body looks really nice from this angle.

[@jam9200]

For the Enter Sandman riff. For the third note, why can’t you just play the open G string

[@mazy3600]

More work, the best way to play is to be lazy

[@okamuspanulirus9614]

Not the same sound

[@ryanriggs9963]

Sounds kind of lifeless

[@leedress2187]

I always thought there was a trill from F to F# on those last notes in sunshine of your love. that's the way I always playerd it.

[@fluffskunk]

The John Mayer improvisation in that key also works as an intro to "Lights" by Journey.

[@bastianjeanneret]

Sex on fire! The most of people play it wrong! There's an anacruse. Check the video of Paul Davids

[@laketownmusic]

Jim Morrison's beard and Robert Smith's hair I actually learned the correct way because of his video

[@nicktaylor1902]

Anacrusis? I can't remember

[@davesims7917]

I can vouch for that...it’s actually one of the key reasons my old band broke up

[@bastianjeanneret]

@@davesims7917 WHAT ?! For that ?!

[@bastianjeanneret]

@@davesims7917 Were they bad-faith ?

[@Sergeant_Blain]

OOUUUFF that CREAMY sound on the CREAM song!! very cool sound!!

[@Sergeant_Blain]

Maybe you could do a video on those pedals etc. for that sound, atleast if you got nothing else to make sometime :D it can be your backup ;)

[@sumo-ninja]

I think the word you were looking for with the Sunshine of Your Love picking is staccato

[@wildrea]

Master of Puppets too... You don't slide on the chorus, you just use a finger individually on the strings (watch live JH play in Lollapalooza for example)

[@HiltsyAdventure]

Sweet I've been playing Enter Sandman right! Maybe because I learned how to do it in the '90s, I don't know

[@blakemildon9689]

WIND OF CHANGE ON AN ACOUSTIC!!

[@ChipsNeeson]

Nice. I'm not a musician, I'm a drummer, but I knew there was always something missing in the guitars when jamming on Enter Sandman in my old high school band.

[@w4lr6s]

I play Enter Sandman wrongly and I find it very hard to correct myself on that one.

[@Ameen2310]

Make a video titles "Legendary Licks that you think are hard, because they are, so here's slightly easier ways of playing them" Worthy inclusions: 1. Neon (I'd rather play it traditional fingerstyle) 2. Stop this train (the verse has some massive stretches nearly impossible with the thumb) 3. Snow (John Frusciante alternate picked it; I can do it but it's just easier to play it arpeggio style)

[@Duskusbunny]

That headstock is so clean

[@archerbrown8733]

legendary riffs that you think are easy but they are actually on drums

[@bluwng]

Holy cow, what a cool guitar, Danelectro.

[@kennethhoneycutt4513]

Yeah I think it would be really cool if you were to do another one I actually learned a couple things I just so happen to stumble upon you and this channel a month or so ago and I really enjoyed watching

[@douglasarthur2673]

I heard Johnny Marr interviewed and he said of The Smiths he would have to work out what he was going to play live as opposed to merely playing a guitar line he'd put down in the studio. But then he was the sole guitarist. Guess 'no change' when it came to the lick but then he rarely used a 'lick' as such.

[@slowdosee]

do more of these sir

[@degrassi420]

You’re Smells like Teen Spirit parts sounds an awful lot like “Seven Layers of Smells Like Teen Spirit”

[@thereisnotryv1971]

I could listen to you embellish around Waiting on the World to Change (among plenty others I'm sure) until the end of time. Love your knowledge for music and your implementations of it. Respect subscribe

[@GuitarHackery]

Playing Metallica on a Danelectro? Burn the heretic!

[@hotman718]

It was the clean part. O_O

[@ablackroseformylove]

most of kill 'em all guitars where single coiled strats, 'nuff said

[@anastashstsk8634]

Alessandro Tabanelli wrong

[@rafaelcarmo5562]

I play it on a stagg statocaster

[@jonahwizard1]

Yeah, well I play djent on a First Act.

[@Semicon07]

Enter sandman can also be played in an open position. This makes it much, much easier.

[@Donkpuss]

Please post vids of you playing all these

[@xBUMSKIx]

Outstanding video

[@omerz6182]

sweet child of mine. where?

[@kaleblangenegger3893]

That is how I learnt to play it in the first place

[@andrewwoodcock7358]

I always just played yhe open g on the g string forb enter sandman

[@might_e]

Fuck that finger gymnastics for Enter Sandman, i add in my thumb to make it way more comfortable

[@russrowell4968]

Enter Sandman: you can keep that G ringing without giving yourself hand cramps by playing an open G string instead of fretting the note on the D string. I see that James frets the note, but playing an open G is way easier while allowing the note to properly keep ringing.

[@benjefferson]

legendary licks that are easy (but they're not) and you are playing them bad but they're legendary licks not easy I promise

[@aaronbirkholz3365]

Yesssss first chord rest

[@aaronbirkholz3365]

On Teen Spirit

[@aktheg3nius]

You've been learning from Art of Guitar too?? 😂😂

[@camdendavison4637]

I have been playing for 6 months and that’s how I play the opening riff for enter sandman

[@supersophisticated9943]

For the John Meyer song, did anyone else hear weezer?

[@robertl1367]

"Well there's a lot of little things incorrect in the way that i played that " understatement of the entire video

[@stephenlancaster]

Enter Sandman can be simplified even further with a better ringing G. Just play the open G instead of fretting it.

[@Frogthroat1]

Smells Like Teen Spirit has strange chords. Well shown all those little nuances, but I think there is one more little thing to mention. It sounds like he is using power chords initially, but presses down the rest of the strings with his index finger as well, so the first one is just a F minor. But the second chord sounds like A#sus2. It sounds more like he is playing Fm-A#sus2-G#m-C#sus2.

[@MusicQ1984]

Was surprised bark at the moon never made this video haha

[@metalslinky4582]

Legendary lick that you thought were easy (but you are wrong because of guitar hero)

[@laslalal8451]

Legendary Licks you think were played a Gibson but were actually played on a Epiphone

[@user-el5mg4it9t]

Next up: Easy legendaries you think are licks (but aren't)

[@masoncarter2834]

Legendary riffs you think are hard (but are actually played on a unicycle)

[@CelestialCimmerian]

I learnt to play the enter sandman riff by just playing the G string. I like the sound more to be honest, though they are quite similar

[@joshuamathews4653]

U could do a video like this one the old legendary licks u play the wrong way and make one for PANTERA walk and also cemetary gates and cowboys from hell please please!!!!

[@themcnaughty736]

Enter Sandman - Or y'know... You could just play the G string

[@joerensh8463]

Wrong texture though init

[@VV-ky1gz]

@@joerensh8463 still, you could play both strings abd just let the g ring, best of both worlds

[@joerensh8463]

@@VV-ky1gz wrong texture though init

[@johnwidner7687]

Exactly

[@shawsmith5521]

sounds better using an open e chord mixed with the gutter up the neck part after the first few reps

[@shuruff904]

I swear that John Mayer lick was Weezer Say it ain't So.... (Or heartbreaker? God I can't remember, too many drugs and drink 😁) It would def work

[@tuamamekiere]

the steve vai joke always kills me

[@thebookofeli849]

Hahahaha I play the riff in smells like teen spirit correctly yes I got really irritated thinking I would have to RE learn it

[@rodrigogulbis4390]

He actually played smells like teen spirit wrong

[@pablosanches2397]

And with the arm pick-up eww

[@JakesyDude]

The very beginning (F and Bb chords) was wildly out of time when he played it. He's right that there's a rest, but he did the rest and went pretty much right to the Bb chord, even though there's still a palm mute section there.

[@yjjeeper1]

@@JakesyDude I thought so, I'm glad someone else saw the same thing

[@esmoratheexplorer8250]

It's the grunge spirit

[@brankoradusinovic6658]

On studio version it sounds like hes playing the first chord with the G string, i mean 1333 instead of 133

[@Crowbar11115]

Legendary Licks You Think Are Riffs (but they're actually Licks)

[@josiahralya2160]

Oh wow. I clicked on this video and a youngsician add popped up. And I skipped it in the middle of the enter sandman riff. Only to be greeted to ypu continuing on the riff

[@ozzibloke1276]

Legendary licks u think r riffs but was a solo, then u found out it was a riff, but u played it wrong, which made it a lick, which made it a solo.

[@mriveraucelo]

I do the intro to Enter Sandman on the first two frets... Easier to get that G note to ring on... because you just play the open G string. To me it just sounds better

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Yes Yes .....but why don't you feature your wife anymore?

[@RyanChaos.0]

Neil Aspinall because she’s only in the comedy videos

[@Neil-Aspinall]

You do realize *insert that you didn't actually offer an answer?

[@fiddygd8304]

She got Pissed off after the legendary licks only my wife can do video

[@benkerr6812]

Or for Entersandman you can just hit the open G instead of the 5th fret on the D string

[@MrSchism]

Ironically, you screwed up Smells Like Teen Spirit.

[@wateristasty3198]

On number 3 I thought it was where is my mind?

[@freeelectron8261]

I love the touch of smug megalomania. :)

[@jvnicholas]

really educative! love it! Many thanks.

[@tugsman5]

"Dirt shuffely"...the word you're looking for is "staccato" haha

[@jacksonbrooks4347]

17 legendary licks that are actually *smoke on the water*

[@2006ドイツ語の]

Dirty Window by Metallica

[@goner.9989]

Some kind of monster by metallica

[@cornball2448]

Now: Legendary licks that sound like the SpongeBob theme, because it is the SpongeBob theme.

[@adolfohuet3974]

That would be the drunken sailor

[@nashbueno]

so, 10 minutes of SpongeBob guitar playing? I like you.

[@Jahu-qs2us]

Legendary licks but its the Bee Movie

[@thedutchhusky4842]

I think you're on the wrong channel, this sounds like a Kmac2020 video

[@Photologistic]

Awesome show idea.

[@PsychoCerax]

Man I can't wait to see Legendary Licks You Think Are Easy But They're Hard But You're Playing It Wrong So They're Actually Easy Besides The Part Where They're Hard Which You Think Is Easy in 2020

[@PizNeyWorks]

Omg lol

[@seanlanders4180]

Oh its the d-d-d-d-d-d-DAAAA d-d-d-d-d-d-DAAA-DAAAA part from One

[@baxtronx5972]

What was that middle part?

[@rexmaddox6419]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@WhiteCranK]

Dudeee hahaha xDD

[@alexanderthered5603]

3:48 The-Art-Of-Guitar's seven levels of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Just saying.

[@Gabriel.s1019]

Big Red yep

[@nickmaille5951]

I litterly haven heard of this soda since ij use to drink it as a kid

[@nickmaille5951]

I remember when i was so hyped when big blue came out and dissapointed when i drank realized they taste perfectly the same just one is blue

[@reymhd7655]

Nick Maille wtf big red and big blue taste so fucking different omfg

[@sirturd2954]

He covered the enter sandman one as well although that might’ve been after this video was posted.

[@davidealessandri2893]

legendary licks that you think are hard (because you play them wrong)

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Ottima idea; non ci avevo pensato ;)

[@AtlasGuitar]

I think that the way he played the For Whom The Bell Tolls lick would fall into that category.

[@ryndanriley5348]

So like they're easier than you're making them? Like maybe under the bridge, thunderstruck, etc?

[@Dizastermaster.]

@@ryndanriley5348 definitely thunderstruck stop picking and just hammer and it gets so much easier

[@fiddygd8304]

He's done it

[@francismcalister7811]

Next up: "Licks that are so hard to play they will make you want to put down your guitar (and they will)"

[@cornball2448]

Smoke on the water

[@yalikejazz4380]

You mean Shawn Lane's entire collection of licks?

[@blitzkrieg-9570]

Cliffs Of Dover

[@francismcalister7811]

@Aniq Iman Beh, si. È una bestia quell'uomo

[@Robert-ew4jk]

Every Dream Theater riffs

[@MetallicAAlabamA]

I thought the thumbnail said "MetallicA smells like John Mayer."

[@keyboardkushington4065]

MetallicA AlabamA LMFAOOOO

[@baileysmith4744]

metallica probably smells like axe spray.

[@rtadeo_]

Lol

[@peterveres2942]

😂

[@lukasaoo88]

Unfortunately Metallica probably smells like expired goat cheese

[@MrMonkey2732]

do riffs that we pretend were playing right but we know were avoiding a very difficult section of it

[@TheRealSplexy]

yes, this should be a video

[@fiddygd8304]

My life

[@dohoeijmans2432]

Yup that should include some Dream Theater riffs.

[@caretree578]

The fast part of Sweet Child O' Mine solo.

[@jacobgonet5071]

One

[@travis6339]

Fun licks you think are fun (because they're fun)

[@danielerhard5456]

Tom Cello Fun licks you think are boring (because they are boring) Idk if that makes sense or not lol

[@travis6339]

lol I get it

[@TallicaMan1986]

the riff in Tornado of Souls is really fun.

[@kojigray]

This whole video is just being the “actually” guy.

[@cameronsterling3446]

The guy looks like Steven Crowder with a guitar

[@andramedrega8222]

I agree hahah

[@h3rtzen]

Cameron Sterling really under-appreciated comment

[@cameronsterling3446]

Alexander Makogon thank you, thank you

[@mitchconner2165]

Holy shit. I wonder if he knows his dad..

[@unfortunate27]

so that’s who he reminds me of.

[@TheBlundert4ker]

Legendary licks you think are hard (and they are, but you play an easier version)

[@upsidedownguitarist6803]

Hahaha so true with modern guitarist these days

[@magnuslikestanks6044]

Thunderstruck.

[@rileyhedgecock4102]

I always get exited when I see a new Stevie T video :)

[@alifayman6860]

😂

[@cornball2448]

Damn

[@MusicisWin]

Exit is on the left

[@darren334]

Music is Win lmfao

[@geesauce3850]

@@MusicisWin love your videos, Jared, keep up the good work :)

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Notice how every single player from Clapton to this guy shows John Mayer the utmost respect.

[@Matt_10203]

Its because he is really good, and deserves all the respect he gets, contrary to the belief of some.

[@o9rag]

despite being a pop star, which many guitarist don't like, he is a guitar god who has composed so many amazing guitar riffs and melodies, like in neon

[@bootyspoon4675]

He may be a good guitarist, but his dick is a white supremacist.

[@judicaelverger7122]

@@bootyspoon4675 yeah a white supremacist who live by the blues, respect a lot BB king and had an Asian as a teacher. sounds kind of Nazy for me

[@benkraze3103]

@@judicaelverger7122 who hurt you?

[@simonholmqvist8017]

"barchords are easy!" Me: "Ahhhhhhh!"

[@Uber_Versace]

When I started learning bar chords I thought I found a good cheat then someone watched me play and complemented my technique for Hendrix's bar chords.

[@kirkswahpedal3467]

I know right

[@kirkswahpedal3467]

@DEEJMASTER 333 kinda I cannot do bar chords to save my life on acoustic

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

Legendry licks you think don't be like it is but it do

[@angryhobo212]

Underrated comment 🏆

[@SatanAzerath]

Agreed

[@blacklotus3205]

“People don’t think it be like it be, but it do.” - Legend.

[@SNSCoastal]

Beautifully said

[@quingkeso]

911 he's having a stroke

[@dohoeijmans2432]

Title should be: Riffs I Played Wrong And Finally Know How To Play Them And Im Going To Show You

[@robertl1367]

and still playing them poorly **

[@mytorment]

You're playing them wrong

[@AlpcanAras]

This video is the art of guitar channel in a nutshell

[@miggy01_]

Haha he has no credit to the owner of the content

[@fooball4589]

Miggy Tenorio art of guitar doesn’t own guitar tutorials

[@daverc51]

5 legendary licks you thought were played on a guitar but were actually played on a Bagpipe

[@MrParkerman6]

Korn?

[@ryanriggs9963]

Fuck yeah