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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@Deauxtje]

Yup that should include some Dream Theater riffs.

[@caretree578]

The fast part of Sweet Child O' Mine solo.

[@jacobgonet5071]

One

[@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

[@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

[@krishamot_o]

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

[@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?

[@Betterthantelly]

I love this attention to detail. Not everyone hears music in such clarity. Great job.

[@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.

[@MrTNT49]

0:00 Metallica 2:51 Smells like Teen Spirit 5:45 Waiting on the world to change 8:35 Seeet Home Alabama 12:35 Sunshine of your Love

[@ThePixelated_kris]

I think you mean sweat

[@ImNoName666]

​@@ThePixelated_krisI think you mean sweet

[@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

[@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?

[@facerip6814]

I always heard that sound in Teen Spirit when Kurt goes from 133 ADG (i don't know the names) power chord to the 466 EAD, but I always thought he slid from 355 EAD into the 466 power chord. Now that I hear it played with open strings, it puts something I've been wondering about for over 25 years to rest.

[@emmywillow6599]

You should be using power chords of the notes F Bb Ab Db (you can find that online). No real sliding happening

[@GdThngUrPretty]

@@emmywillow6599 Since the vid discusses it basically down to this level: the slide I think he's talking about is to get the "dah dah /open/ DUNduhduh" as you switch to the 4. He's saying he heard the open strings as a slide. Depending on how messed up Kurt was, it's entirely possible (same with that stutter, it's all flavor). I had the same issue early on, before I learned to... coordinate my hands. Haha. Basically, earlier on, you feel less safe about leaving the fretboard with your left. If you don't pick your hand up, your fingers will rub the string, which will most likely pick up the low-E over the A or D. Hence, a slide which sounds passable to newbies. And the song isn't really interesting after you learn it, unless you're into grunge. It's literally this riff and a phased 1-1 on the b-e strings. That's it. The whole point of grunge was to not be as intricate and "put together" as disco, hair metal, etc. Doesn't mean they weren't great musicians, or that it was just grunge that reacted like that. The Grateful Dead and Phish both do/did this. Pearl Jam. Philip Glass composed like this (as did his mentor, John Cage). Basically anyone you'd describe as "counter-culture". In the 90s they called it alternative, grunge when it was dirty and pop-punk when it was clean. Or, to put grunge in today's (10 years ago's) perspective: "It all sounds auto-tuned!" or "Music today has no soul!" That's a whole other topic though. Haha. (By the by, Phish became the most successful indie band in history a few years ago. They played a 13-night run at MSG and sold out every night. If you're looking for real music, it ain't on the radio anymore. Last was maybe Amy Winehouse? Even Adele gets pitch-corrected.) I would even put John Mayer in the alt category. He made his money playing saccharine pop songs, now he plays with Dead and Co. A lot of people hated him at first because all he could play was the pentatonic, and the Dead use... more than that. Better to have a jazz background, really. He still hits the "this isn't right" switch in my brain when he jams, but it works better if I think of it as a cover band, which it is. John, if you see this: good lord, learn how Jerry used triplets. That's what you're missing.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@thef-files2697]

Great video / lesson. I don’t even play guitar and you had me thinking I could pull them off. I can tell you’re a fantastic teacher. Cheers!

[@fgonzalez90]

"Legendary licks you play them wrong (because of the tuning)" Seriously, I've seen a lot of people tryin' to play songs like Yesterday, Kashmir, Come as you are, Sad but true, Toxicity, etc. as in the original recordings, but their guitars are always tuned to E Standard (or Drop D)... so, they get from pretty decent (but not correct) to horribly awful results...

[@jasonkim6710]

Especially GNR and ACDC

[@TheIcecreamtaco]

For the intro to sad but true, you can get like 98% precise tone color in drop D if you play the G power chord barred with your ring finger on the D note an octave up and same with your pinkie on the G an octave up. So the shape you use is basically a double power chord or you could say a two octave power chord. Use that shape for G and A flat power chord and the rest should be self explanatory. The bridge to the verse is the only annoying part because I’m not sure if the notes used with just drop D are 100% accurate but basically open D power chord, pull off from c to open on A string, pull off from 7 to 6 on the drop D string, then pull off from 5 to open on the same string and play the open power chord again. Then again I’m not in a cover band nor do I plan on it so idk if guys like that truly pay attention to the details when they learn songs

[@johndoe2883]

What tuning is come as you are in then smartass?

[@markskinner9239]

@@johndoe2883 serious question because I'm new and would love to know

[@ililiililliliill9498]

I think this is mainly a beginner problem in my opinion, but that is a great video topic anyway

[@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!

[@basiclee9602]

The way Tyler plays the opening to Sunshine of Your Love at 14:29 sounds better to me than the Clapton original. The crispness, attack, and tone in the way Tyler plays this opening part of the song take it to another level.

[@micahtandy4222]

Incorrect

[@stukjeappel2000]

Disagree

[@sholland42]

Wrong, not even close to as good

[@xamislimelight8965]

To be fair, there's decades of tech improvements between now and when that song was written lol I wouldn't say it's better, just has that "new" or "modern" touch to it. So, different, not better. I like it, too though lol

[@robertjohnson3855]

Thanks for the insights on many of my old favorite riffs. I always played by ear and hence learned many things wrong, so now that I am 65 old habits die hard, damn it's hard to believe I'm 65 years old but I've been blessed to live through some of, if not THE best and most influential bands and musicians of all time. Back when talent was less reliant on technology and gadgetry and more on creativity and pure raw talent. I Now realize how influential some of my guitar idols really have been. They gave others so much to build on and in many cases become even better. However many in this generation still seem to forget the original talent that sparked the many newcomers abilities to improve upon the old and create the new. I am grateful for all those who are willing to post their talents here. One day I'll break out of my introverted self and post my own improvements after 30 years of doodling on and off, now that I'm retired and have more time! Thanks again all.

[@tararay7007]

So we are ignoring the incredible tone of Sunshine Of Your Love? Ok

[@elijahg8281]

i was actually in the comments to try and find what effects he used for that song lol

[@humayunrashid4568]

Smells like teen spirit intro perfect details is found in a video by "art of guitar"..

[@humayunrashid4568]

@Novi yeah

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Art of guitar is a great channel but he got it wrong. The “Cobain chord” isn’t in teen spirit, he only hit the extra string accidentally live because he was sloppy. The studio recordings don’t have the “Cobain chord” because mistakes were edited out & a perfect take was comp’d. The “Cobain chord” isn’t something he did intentionally, they’re mistakes he sometimes (but rarely) made live. They’re not on the studio recordings.

[@humayunrashid4568]

There's a video named something like "best riffs ever written" by tyler..did he play "smell like teen spirit" intro exactly like the correct way mentioned in this video?

[@Me37368]

Humayun Rashid same with enter sand man

[@Samsarix]

The Cobain chord definitely is in Teen Spirit, the chord wasn't just a result of sloppy playing or of mistakes while playing live, it's just how he played bar/power chords since he never had a guitar teacher to properly instruct him and he found it to be easier. The Cobain chord just uses the index and ring finger to bar the strings, leaving out the pinky, which results in the distinct sound. When I first started playing guitar, that's what felt the most natural to me as well and it wasn't until I took lessons a few years later that I switched to the "proper" bar chord technique. Just listen to the isolated guitar tracks on Nevermind, it's everywhere (especially on the first 3 seconds of Teen Spirit).

[@nikhil79496]

You got enter sandman from the art of guitar channel, right?

[@javy13100]

Cought red handed? o.o

[@Secti0nn]

Well he's not wrong? That is actually how you okay Enter Sandman

[@javy13100]

Yeah, its fun to make up conspiracies though

[@nikhil79496]

Who said he's wrong I'm just saying someone already caught this nuance way back

[@jazzmaster909]

2:00

[@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 ?

[@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

[@AnimilesYT]

5:34: Let's see if I can recognise it. 5:40: I have absolutely no clue.. 5:42: I still have absolutely no clue... xD

[@OriginalKingRichTv]

Wow😰. John mayer was hot in 2000s

[@PetarBladeStrok]

Do more this videos! Brown Eyed Girl is one of the songs who everyone plays wrong. Money for Nothing from Dire Straits too! All Along the Watchtower, Hendrix version too. Nobody plays the intro rhythm and notes right!

[@TheJaysimus]

People getting Money For Nothing wrong hurts my soul

[@danielerhard5456]

I play those songs right, and I hate people who don't, they are really easy

[@The12thAvenger]

Don’t forget this is the guy who gave Mark Knopfler a 6/10... so idk about him doing money for nothing

[@Deauxtje]

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

[@janomendoza2810]

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

[@GartasABV]

Muchas gracias , me enseñaste a tocar como se debe y puedo decir que eres de los pocos verdaderos guitarristas que hay en youtube

[@daverc51]

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

[@MrParkerman6]

Korn?

[@ryanriggs9963]

Fuck yeah

[@edizzle445]

I usually play Enter Sandman with a lightly picked open G. It sounds nearly identical to the recording and it's easier than the reverse power chord method

[@TheRealCowlick]

Legendary licks that you think are played on a guitar (but actually are on a bass)

[@RyanChaos.0]

Dr. Rick Titball doesn’t really exist

[@diegodelacuadra2617]

Royal blood

[@Johnbovii]

For newbies, for whom the bell tolls

[@236problems]

Rotten Apple by AiC

[@Markle2k]

PJ's Jeremy intro

[@stephenwells6434]

That pause in Teen Spirit that you noticed, I actually saw a KZbin video that picked up on that as well. It was called the 7 Levels of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

[@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.

[@gamedemon24]

When he told me to guess by the intro I was soooo confident it was Say It Ain’t So.

[@renebeaulieu3688]

Holy shit me too! Haha glad I’m not the only one lmao

[@CMHobbies]

Same

[@edyoung4450]

Had someone tell me once I was playing teen spirit wrong with the open strings. Spent an hour of my intro to guitar class debating it with our class. I won

[@MrParkerman6]

All the extra strings Kurt played were incidental.

[@icevelvetzen]

Smells like victory

[@johncress4517]

Cobain started with an up stroke in the smells like teen spirit bc right before he started he was setting a spoon that he was holding down on the coffee table

[@tomsmith184]

Wonder what the spoon was for

[@holyhawks6794]

@@tomsmith184 crack

[@artmpowers]

@@holyhawks6794 heroin

[@landonbailey]

Metallica, John Mayer, and Smells Like Teen Spirit are three of my favourite licks of all time! 😳🤪

[@Richardyu678]

"Metallica" or "John Mayer" or "Smells like teen spirit" are not licks

[@jland12]

John Mayer is but you have to replace the 'L' with a 'D'

[@butitsthecurrentyearjim2799]

Richard Yu It was obviously a joke

[@landonbailey]

@@butitsthecurrentyearjim2799 exactly! Metallica is my least favorite lick of all time!!

[@popelanedafirst]

@@Richardyu678 go he a smartass somewhere else no one asked for your negativity

[@oviler-]

this video helped me play my favourite song (teen spirit) from not knowing it to knowing it more than i could have ever asked for. favourite music youtube channel. keep it up mate.

[@TheJackal917]

As much as I like your vidz, you're wrong, Art-of-guitar examined Smells Like Tenn Spirit very thoroughly.

[@pacovl46]

I hear lots of fret buzz on that Danelectro. 😜

[@thecooltable9481]

I just found your channel and it's awesome! I've been playing for 23 years, but I'm completely self taught. I found that the way you played the Enter Sandman riff is absolutely correct, but I prefer to just play the g string open instead of playing the 5th fret on the d string. Then I don't have to twist my hand into a crazy shape to let that note ring and it also lets the 7th fret 5th string note to ring as well. Without professional instruction it took me forever to understand good hand placement and economy of motion, but those two things make a huge difference in actual consistent performance. The easier a movement is to do the more consistently you will do it correctly and thus have less to think about while playing. That extra time can be spent improvising or just focusing on keeping your timing right if you play with a band. Great channel, great content! Liked and subscribed!

[@beanlegume9965]

Jesus Tyler, your tone is so good, man.

[@bizichyld]

This is my favorite legendary licks entry. Thank you sir!

[@thesaj1110]

This is possibly one of the most useful videos you ever made, LOL please make more of them.

[@mattybold6726]

"7 levels of Teen Spirit" is a video that covers all this little parts

[@samkupper]

The-Art-of-Guitar showed the space thing and the upstrokes you talked about with Smells Like Teen Spirit back in January

[@kojigray]

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

[@SuperSaber9]

after watching a whole lot of your videos over many months, i've finally subscribed. the reason for being so late is that i didn't want to see a cocky guitarist in my feed everyday. but now i'm sure that you're greatly talented and humble at the same time :)

[@JayTB123]

Quickly becoming one of my go to guitar channels, vids get right to the point and have a good balance of humour and info. Already learned a lot over the past couple of weeks going through the channel.

[@DylanTrisko]

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

[@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.

[@JD-pw1ww]

I truly feel like enter sandman is the metal version of smoke on the water. Damn near everybody plays it different than each other but nobody ever plays it the right way

[@XleperXmessiahX]

I’m 30 and remember when I was 15 getting a danelectro pedal. And I see you playing a danelectro guitar. My, how times have changed. Never would have thought

[@TheKnightLikeGamer]

3:48 Art of guitar saw it

[@bonusduckmann9997]

Classy_Productions he probably found all of these examples. This guys been ripping people off and taking credit for years now

[@psychosocial8035]

Actually there's a lot of live footage of James using the reverse power chords. The art of guitar channel covered that already. Actually the Art Of Guitar covered most of these... Go check his channel out

[@Hennu_TRM]

Yeah. Also, the way this guy calls it an "inverted power chord" bothers me. An inverted power chord would be a perfect fourth. Why can't he just say "play a minor third with your middle and pinky finger?" Inversion is an actual musical term, throwing around like that is incorrect and could confuse people.

[@forgetful9845]

@@Hennu_TRM Yeah, it's a guitarist thing

[@GdThngUrPretty]

@@Hennu_TRM You're getting your theories mixed up. He's talking a fretboard inversion (which is a technique) vs your musical inversion (which is a composition tool). I took two years of theory, I feel you. But... you must not play guitar. Or at least not in a way where the music is verbally communicated vs written. It starts out as "You just sorta, flip it around, like, reverse it, so it's like, kind of, I don't know, an upside-down power chord?" I literally remember having this convo with my jamming buddy on my back deck, learning mandolin (which, like a violin, is an upside-down lower-four-stringed guitar). "Play a power chord, now reverse fingers" is confusing. "Play a power chord, then have your fingers change places on the frets, so your pinkie and middle finger are fretting and your ring and pointer are free" is obviously much too much. "Play a power chord, invert it, then use your first and third fingers on the third and fifth frets" is a complete explanation of the riff, concise, and most guitarists would get it. A composition inversion on a guitar would be playing CAGED for any given chord, each form is an inversion. That's clearly not what we're talking about though (licks v chords), and I've played with much more professional musicians who use the same terminology. (An inversion, played on a piano, is basically the equivalent of inverting your fingers on a fretboard from a purely technical standpoint. Musically, obviously not, but. Yeah.) So what Forgetful said, just more. Haha.

[@Hennu_TRM]

@@GdThngUrPretty "Fretboard Inversion" sounds like the business jargon of the music world. It's like, "How can I say more syllables to sound smart?" "Apply a fretboard inversion to a power chord for this section." "How 'bout I just play a minor third eh?" I get it, I understand it, maybe it helps some guitarists communicate with each other, but I think you gotta have your head pretty far up your guitar's ass to think that terminology is gonna benefit your overall music vocabulary.

[@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 ?

[@deanpolis4516]

Wow i actually learnt the sweet home alabama lick right that whole time. What a relief! Haha

[@capt_starfish1812]

I'm in love with that blue Gibson 🤘🏼🔥

[@flonthill8841]

I’ve been playing smells like teen spirit since I first started playing... and it’s been wrong all this time... songs that you think you play right but actually change your view of your usefulness with simple guitar skills

[@Razoredge]

Well, you can just say that you have compiled a lot of "art of guitar" videos in just one.

[@JxyDBD]

Tyler please do a guitar vid on your dread machine solo please!!!!

[@rionbaruah2076]

Yeah!

[@MattduCouloir]

Tyler’s solo was really perfect after Stevie T’s more technical stuff. Good duo ! I like Jared Dines but they should have left his solo off it did nothing for the song.

[@JxyDBD]

@@MattduCouloir I thought he just thought of that off the top of his head im talking about Jared Dines is a good guitarist but that solo was not made for that song in my opinion

[@acoffeewithsatan]

I know it's a bit off-topic, but that Danelectro is buzzing like crazy, I don't know if that's some odd personal preference but maybe it's time to also send it to Mr. Phil McKnight... ;)

[@offsetb]

Good lesson but I can't even focus on that 1st part of the video because the buzzing is so distracting. The strat is being compressed way too aggressively with low action buzzing also. Where's the tone?

[@train-addict4656]

You are the most down to earth person on KZbin , Watched this video 30X.

[@Grommie122]

Hell yeah great vid! The other cool thing, is when you do covers for ppl, you can do the correct version up front and then do the "wrong" way mixed in there, and give a little sonic variety. The listener probably won't know, but your fingers will look different and look like you're doing the more.

[@LopedeCrypto]

4:52 "and... following uP!" *uncorks a bottle*

[@johnmichael5664]

Does any one else notice how often Tyler touches his volume knob

[@redd8500]

Jack Lynch ifkr

[@anvil_production]

He likes squeezing nipples

[@sohji9412]

If its distorted, you have to turn it down unless you want constant feedback from any small movement

[@metacob]

Yeah he'll go blind/grow hair on his palms if he keeps doing that!

[@Enginecastgaming]

I do that all the time, switching the pickup to the same position that I already wanted, make sure the volume is all the way up, tone all the way up. I do that all the time

[@MOTIG1]

0:01 Enter sandman 2:51 Smells like teen spirit 5:36 Waiting on the world to change 8:36 Sweet home Alabama got bored

[@PinballCollection]

12:32 Sunshine of Your Love

[@lucasponce7201]

5:17 on the B flat and the D flat , Kurt also played with his ring finger pressing down the D , G and B strings.

[@citizenerazed5539]

Wow. I love this video. Yep, little differences make thier songs more brilliant.

[@jacobynt6851]

I'd say most people play Money for Nothing slightly wrong, if you revisit the video you might want to do that one

[@TheProbstX]

Everybody except for Mark Knopfler plays Money for Nothing wrong

[@theoddplayer9091]

As soon as I saw that I was doing Enter Sandman wrong I immediately whipped out my guitar an started copying what he was doing

[@shekelboob]

THEODDPLAYER some people are saying that it was played with an open g in the recording

[@renebeaulieu3688]

Holy shot man you don’t even understand, I haven’t even picked up my guitar in months, and I literally was like wtf! I need to do this now and did the same, got up went and found my guitar and started trying, shit it’s hard but damn makes so much sense and sounds so much better! It’s inspired me to start playing against my start really learning new stuff and techniques and stop playing the same shit I learned 10 years ago over and over lmao

[@Pronxno]

Same dude

[@arronstanfield1212]

Riffs that were played by artist who weren’t in the band 🤯

[@MrParkerman6]

Primus- Mama didn't raise no fool.

[@harrisonkelly9964]

Arron Stanfield money for nothing? Is the riff played by sting or mark

[@elidolo6993]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps -The Beatles/Actually Eric Clapton?

[@harrisonkelly9964]

Arron Stanfield Stevie ray Vaughan’s version of superstition, Eric Clapton magnolia is played by John Mayer, old love clapton is played by Robert cray

[@peterwinters8587]

Whole Lotta Love. The 5th fret D note is slightly bent up while then open D is played giving it a chorus effect

[@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

[@regolithia]

theartofguitar’s channel has lots of videos with the “7 levels” of riffs.

[@AerialImagery]

Yeah, I think it covers all of the points about teen spirit mentioned here and maybe something extra. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpLQk55nf9CKqKc

[@gforcerecords3521]

Art of guitar covered all Of these details

[@FreakRagnarok]

I can't believe i've always played Sunshine of Your Love correctly, thinking that I was doing it wrong

[@justcruising7523]

Learning guitar is fun but, all I have is a guitar and KZbin/Google for information, and courses are too expensive and slow... Could you do a video or two of: (The Basic Chords and Strumming), (Picking, and Finger Picking) styles? A quick 2 video training guide would be great to watch and rewatch millions of times.

[@GdThngUrPretty]

The basic chords: Look up videos on the CAGED system. Has nothing to do with the word, just easiest to write like that. (Short version: every chord is a form of the open chords you learn at first. Easiest is E. So that E-chord shape, move it down a finger, so instead of "middle/ring/pointer", use "pinkie/ring/middle", move it up a fret and barre-- lay pointer finger down across all strings-- and that's an F chord. You can do this all up and down the neck.) Why: Root of the chord = how you know what chord it is. CAGED, the roots are ("fret" on "string"): *C* - 1 on b, 3 on a; *A* - 0 on a; *G* - 3 on both e strings, open g; *E* - open both E and e strings, 2 on d; *D* - actually 3 on b and technically open d (more on this in a sec). Also, fat E-string is usually upper-case E, while skinny one is usually lower-case e. Ok, so once you get that: the D form is actually technically a modified C-form. (If this gets too complicated, don't worry. You'll get it later.) The D form is the C-form moved two frets upward. So think of a C chord, then slide it up two frets. You have to barre the open strings though. So, an *E* chord in the *D* form is this, from E to e: 4-7-6-4-5-4, with the fourth fret barred. If you try and play this, you'll notice it's SUPER awkward. Hence, the D form. Most people only play the top (highest in tone) 4 strings. So that E, when used in a song, is usually X-X-6-4-5-4, or even just X-X-X-4-5-4. Power chords are just, like he said, "root and fifth", so a G power chord (G-D-G, it sounds complete and isn't assigned a flavor, so it can be happy or sad or angry or whatever) is 3-5-5-X-X-X. The roots are your pointer and ring. It's based off the E chord form. Works with roots on the E and a strings, after that, the b string makes things a bit funky. (You can also do drop-D tuning-- tune your low E down to a low D-- and just push down with your fingers. That's basically how you play metal, though it's used a lot elsewhere too.) Picking: You get good at picking the same way you get to Carnegie Hall. Practice. I learned G and C chords from playing "Love Me Do" by the Beatles over, and over, and over, and over again. After that, it's basically training your right hand. I air guitar a lot, mostly for right hand practice (this is what he meant by "coordinating your hands", I often yell at my right to catch up with my left). The picking patterns for each song will be different, possibly even from measure to measure. Example: I did the exact same incorrect riff he did for Sweet Home Alabama. I went and listened to the song, sure enough, this stuff was there. But I also just played through the song. The verse part for the rhythm guitar (again, don't worry if this doesn't make sense, it will) is just a D basic-blues form, except it holds on the G. The rhythm, however, is the same as the main riff. If you can pick the intro, you can play enough of the song for you or someone else to sing with. "Picking" is using a pick, "finger-picking" is using picking with your fingers. Again, it changes song by song, so you have to learn each one individually. "Palm muting" is putting your palm on the strings to stop them vibrating and making sounds (hit a string, then touch it; that's muting). As you get better, you can start coordinating hands and use your left hand to mute as well. This is a lot of words, I know. But I meant to give you kind of a base to start with. It can seem overwhelming. What you should focus on is this: it takes a few days to learn, but a lifetime to master. Huge difference between the Beatles and, say, Santana, but neither is better than the other, and each sound different at different points in their careers. Best advice: play what you like, learn it as intimately as this. You'll find out that "theory" (the formal stuff, which I kinda talked about here but not really, like how and when to use which chords) is stuff you already know. Like, when I took college-level music theory, one thing we did was interval training, which is learning the distance between two notes. I could *not* do it, until I started putting it in my head as riffs. 1 to 5, for example, is the "duhhhhh duhhhhh" at the beginning of the main Star Wars riff. 1 to 4 is "to you" in "Happy birthday to you" or the first two notes of the Wedding March. (This is probably super confusing, but think of a piano. Put your hand on just the white keys. Thumb-ring is 1 to 4, thumb-pinky is 1 to 5. It'd be more confusing if I explained the guitar version at this point.) SO: What vids should you look for? Start with CAGED vids. Then learn an easy song you like. Play it until your right hand cooperates (it will take awhile). You can learn riffs if you want, but they'll only be specific to that song until you get into theory a bit deeper (theory lets you transfer CAGED into any key, and also tells you what notes to use in a solo). I'd say it's good to learn a few, but focus on chords for the moment. Learn the fretboard and the roots. Avoid "scales" or "modes", that's wayyy too advanced right now. Another good thing to watch: just watch your favorite guitar players in non-band settings, like testing guitars or something. They often drop knowledge while they do this, and you can see exactly what they're doing. Even interviews. If it seems out of your depth, just pick another interview/band. Steely Dan, for example, is almost unintelligible to me because they are deep into jazz theory (well, the keys guy is; the other guy is pretty chill). I just watched a whole bunch of videos from Joe 5, the guitarist for Rob Zombie. That dude can play just about anything on a guitar, but he can also explain it in an understandable way. Maybe put this comment in a note or something to look at later? It should help you at basically each step you're gonna hit a bump. Other advice... yes, it hurts. Keep playing. It hurt all of us. Your hands will grow calluses. The more you play, the better you'll be. I started this habit where I try and find something useful in every song, even if it's like "why is this pop song so popular?" Katy Perry isn't exactly a virtuoso, but there's stuff to learn musically from her too. People have liked the same music for at least 5000 years (we know the 1-4 chord change goes back to at least Ancient Greece). Nothing is new except the instruments and sometimes the order we put things in. (Also, set realistic goals. Jimi Hendrix didn't play like that from Day 1. Like, have dreams, play shows, do whatever. Just realize you're starting a journey that never really ends. The riffs in this video, just as an example, I learned over a period of about 5 or 6 years of playing various things. Once you learn it though, it's muscle memory by that point. Like riding a bike.) Hope this helps! Sorry it's such a long answer, but your question was deceptively deep. Good luck on your journey! And feel free to message me if you have any burning questions you need answered.

[@jjdubois6101]

There’s a hint of sus4 action in the Nirvana riff which I guess you could attribute to Kurts sloppy (yet awesome) guitar work.

[@alonradvan5648]

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

[@whatarewedoing0]

the rest in teen spirit tho......thank you every time someone teaches it just keep the hand motion going it kills me inside a little bit

[@royalcat10]

To be totally honest, the reason it's has that rest in the recording is most likely a mistake. Kurt wasn't a very good player from a technical standpoint in any sense of the word. *But* the entire feeling of the grunge era is general untidiness, for lack of a better word, so while it does make it sound more technically correct without the rest, it does lose a bit of the spirit (heh) of the song. But then again..... It could be argued that adhering directly to the recording and playing it exactly as is IS ALSO losing that spirit (heh) of sloppiness. Remember, Kurt rarely ever played a song exactly the same in any live performance. If you truly want to play like him, DON'T always play the rest. Change it up.

[@LewisGale]

I always played sandman down near the nut using an open G string. Super wrong!

[@prsmantse1]

Dude me too

[@squatch570]

It's not "super wrong", it's the same notes but they produce a bit of a different feel. Doing it with the open Emin though, eliminates the missing ringing G note issue.

[@fatesmessage3271]

It's not super wrong. That's how you play it. Doing it this way with the "inverted power chord" is just an idiotic over-complexification of something that doesn't need it. And if you're gonna tell me that's how Kirk does it, it doesn't even need to be said, but I'll say it anyway: Kirk isn't a great guitar player.

[@bryantorre813]

Sunshine of my love riff always morphs into Funky Town in my head 😂

[@bluwar89]

Do more of these, I need to absorb all your knowledge

[@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.

[@Thomas-by1oh]

Wait... So are these easyer than you think because you play them wrong or do you play them the easy way while they are actually difficult?

[@jurnelissen7261]

idk

[@Joe.Howard11]

You think they easy, and they are easy, but you're still playing them wrong

[@andreaanesa5954]

In the case of Nirvana is hard beacuse you have to play like a guy who wasn't able to play

[@josep43767]

the real version is also easy, a lot of people just play it wrong

[@_JayRamsey_]

@@andreaanesa5954 He couldn't play like Segovia, but neither could Segovia play like him. I'm paraphrasing Cobain, if I remember correctly the interviews I saw as a teenager.

[@confidare4974]

Is mayonnaise an instrument I can play these licks on?

[@camronthomas5087]

the whole reason i searched through this comment section, and to find were people point out the buzzing on the first one.

[@fiddygd8304]

I think you can play smashing pumpkins on it.

[@imdone8243]

I play Mozarts etude in it.

[@adamdoang]

No Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument. But you do can lick it

[@k.krzyzaniak]

@@adamdoang well, mayones.com/ :)

[@adamvanklink6696]

During covid I bought a guitar because I watched ur videos but never had a guitar, you made me wanna learn

[@NinerFourWhiskey]

Nice job. Those subtle differences are what make songs great and what makes bar-bands that are "almost right" so fatiguing to listen to, even when you can't quite put your finger on why.