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[@Soundman97]

What cat are you using?

[@Dampzombieslayer]

Garfielf

[@Grayham4]

CallumTheQuick *gardfiel

[@ewanmookhoek3146]

*gradfile

[@hand-heldmisfortune]

Ewan Mookhoek *graffllief

[@powerslave0606]

Ginger tabby (short haired).

[@royfablooo2810]

Rob: It relies on the Delay pedal so hard so you will need it. Also Rob: Makes a Accoustic version on Rain with some friends

[@SPFLDAngler]

It also took them 60 tries and hours upon hours only just getting it before they had to leave... so...

[@f1rebreather123]

Ursine Maximus I mean, still no delay pedal

[@ryanp7782]

Affordable lifehack

[@nickhagedorn1433]

A delay pedal is cheaper than 2 friends :)

[@savageboy22]

@@nickhagedorn1433 oof destroyed

[@IgorsMetallicaFan]

120bpm - Delay time 375ms

[@sapisappy]

You are a Hero man

[@IgorsMetallicaFan]

Thank you, my mom it's so pride of me right now

[@fuguking4709]

I might have understood this wrong, but what I got from Robs explenation, is that the delay should kick in at the upbeat of the next note (so essentially 1.5 beats later) So at 120 bpm that would make for one beat every 500ms; that times 1.5=750ms (exactly double of what you have) Have I got something wrong here? btw i dont have a guitar and amp available to see for myself, so thats why im asking

[@IgorsMetallicaFan]

FuguKing the delay start at 1.5, 1.5 - 1 = 0.5 (difference between the delay start mark and the 1st beat that is ignored), 750x0.5 = 375ms, I'm not sure about it. or it could be the just the tempo, the song actually in 60bpm but played in double tempo, it's a possibility too. IDK... Btw, trust me, delay time it's 375ms

[@fuguking4709]

Igor G. Sena Ok, cool thanks :D

[@RobLundgren]

I thought the guitar sounded good... then I heard the cat.. pur(r)e harmony!

[@cameronnorman291]

Rob Lundgren Live Vocals badumtssss.

[@jiqho6111]

OOOOOF dat pun

[@DoctorWho279]

Random Bands: Omg you covered our song, COPY RIGHT COPY RIGHT COPY RIGHT COPY RIGHT. Rob: It's so humbling to see people cover my songs, here's a lesson, and some tabs ❤️

[@MAD326minecraft]

Aidan Boyle the bands can't control that, but rather the record labels that they are signed to

[@The_JustJoshing]

Mitchell Djunaedi exactly. People blame the bands when it’s really not their fault

[@Awkwkwks]

Well also its not like Rob's song is easy lol gotta give them the credits

[@polpottopg]

Most bands actually do what rob does, rob is awesome but dont straw man bands like that

[@SPFLDAngler]

Blaming bands for record label execs money grubbing bullshit... not cool.. bands fucking love covers it's the ultimate compliment. Executives love money and hate people who try to take away their potential pockets full of it.

[@stephenstone9325]

i got 8 and a half minutes in and asked myself "why am i watching this, i don't have a guitar (i have a drum set)? who cares? all his videos are dope, so i'll keep watching".

[@piscesrain8882]

Stephen Stone I don't have either but I do a mean hum .

[@MeroPlata]

Get a guitar, just because of this vid.

[@Superior123123Cool]

The Richest Bum guitar is expensive and dificíl my friend

[@michaelholloway9936]

I don't have a delay pedal, but hey.

[@andrevinny1353]

I don´t have a pedal, i don't even have a eletric guitar, but u can play the song using a Acoustic guitar ou eletric, and there is a software called Amplitube 3, idk if its still free, it was free once but i think the developers are now seeling the newer versions, but u can find on the internet how to download the Amplitube 3, with this software you can simulate pedals ands AMP's its pretty cool

[@Dilidjent]

your cat is very djentle :)

[@lucassurgeon4122]

Dilidjent I see what you did there

[@bencoles4652]

O.M.G..........

[@TheGr0nch]

I like this =)

[@Jeb4100]

Yos

[@markeymalarkey7614]

Dilidjent how are you three years later

[@sadonEmsi]

So, my music teacher asked me to play some songs on a national celebration day at school. I went to the event's hall (where the celebration will take place) to practice the songs and warm up a bit. I started playing Rain because I was trying to learn it the day before and after a bit, I realised some people were sitting at the chairs watching me play and a girl told me that the song made her "travel out of this world" and it felt really good. Thanks for this tutorial Rob and the song. Keep it up and I'm looking forward to new tutorials of you!

[@arya6085]

And then everyone clapped Joking of course. Hope you had a great day

[@wikiwikiwee1]

I hope you're not lying

[@rigboners]

That happened but when did everyone clap and you two get married.

[@ranos9228]

Lucky boi!!!

[@programmingcafe7571]

Kostas T. Same lol, everyone loves this song

[@YousefAlghadouri]

The cat whispered these words in rob's ear Khajit has wears if you have coin

[@noahditto8298]

XD I’m dying lol

[@carmushroom]

*wares Wear is a verb, ware is a noun

[@legokid785]

may your road lead you to warm sands

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

xD

[@Bread__9999]

CatsLikeBoxes it’s a cat it doesn’t know

[@connorsmith75]

"Then I kinda ramp up the valume at the end" "Then ramp up the valume" "Then you ramp up the valume" "Start ramping up the valume"

[@MeroPlata]

+Nick Parsons i thought he's from Illinois...

[@anarmadillowithagun]

The Richest Bum we do talk like that

[@lucashernandez8146]

This was a prediction for a future video. :o

[@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar]

And "easing off on the pommuting a bit too"!

[@MarkageAwesome]

Volume

[@ThPid]

Playing this song is like rain. You just supply the raindrops, the effects make the rain bond together to streams flowing into each other, creating the puddle which is this song. Something like that.

[@FizzyK-45]

Your cat is so cute. Oh and great lesson too. xD

[@charlescampbell5894]

^_^

[@Fuzzymanpeach52]

he kinda reminds me of bob, if your from the UK you might know who im talking about

[@Cineastre]

nm5252 The books?

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

^_^

[@s108t]

^_^

[@zachsstrat7839]

It's so cool to have an artist run a detailed lesson on their own song with no strings attached. I respect that alot. That alone made me a fan. Great song too man

[@wokaroni]

i can see at least 6 strings attached

[@Tom-to5xe]

I think it's really cool, also love the cat

[@thelumberman]

12:01 “jeez I’m having trouble with this right now” *proceeds to it perfectly and beautifully*

[@jordanwalker8396]

"You will need a delay pedal to play it"... Or 3 guys with acoustic guitars and 60 takes

[@iavathar2120]

Lol

[@applepeel1662]

This song kinda changed me. I'm a bass player and I love it but when I played this on the guitar, I felt an immense sense of satisfaction and euphoria cuz I remember hearing this song years ago and thinking this was just impossible, back when I didn't play any instruments. But I actually learnt it man. Thank you so much for everything Rob

[@thepostfire]

Your kitty is so adorable!!

[@jtoohey12]

I find the fact that he can talk while playing the song the most impressive thing about the video. I've been playing guitar for 8 years and can't for the life of me focus on anything but the guitar while I'm playing without messing up.

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

8 years?? What? That's not good.. you should try singing and playing simple open chords. I'm 1 year and 2months in playing guitar, completely self taught online and I can play and also talk / sing, even while finger picking. Whatever you struggle with - do that more. I wonder in the two years since you posted this comment if you've improved. When you posted this comment I had never even held an I instrument of any kind.

[@beepst]

@@the_original_Bilb_Ono Why is not being able to talk and play at the same time "not good"? Some players don't even care about singing while playing guitar.

[@beefybread5769]

@@beepst because if you really have been practicing, muscle memory should kick in and you should be able to sing or talk while playing simple things. If you notice, lots of people while playing the piano will start off with some complex melody at the start and then switch to chords once they start singing. And you see the same thing happen when bands play live. The lead singer might play the guitar, but once they start to sing, they switch to normal chords. Now Rob Scallon's Rain might not be made of simple chords, but it is a pretty simple song, and he has played it enough to the point that its muscle memory.

[@dougc84]

Pro tip: if you have a delay that has a tap tempo with dotted quarter notes as a beat division, tap every other note. You don't need to rely on a specific tempo or BPM setting this way.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Wow. This "valume" that Rob talks about must be important

[@devennent5575]

It's Valium.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Alek D. Nuh-uh, it's Vacuum

[@MeroPlata]

+x1StapleGun it's Venus ya dingus

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

The Richest Bum Nope, it's penis

[@MeroPlata]

+x1StapleGun to be honest it's

[@IYEELALOT]

4:42 When he starts playing if you want to skip all the talking

[@kennethhealon21]

I'm not even learning the song. I'm just so interested in watching you play and explain music so well

[@Dead_ham]

You and a bunch of other musician KZbinrs have inspired me to try to learn to play guitar again. I have tried multiple times and wind up giving up and selling it. The last time I tried was a couple years ago, and I was starting to pick it up but I was also going through a bad addiction to a hard drug at the time so I wound up pawning all my gear.... But I am now clean and am more determined than ever to learn to play!

[@nesh-midwest]

I absolutely adore this song, I am planning on using it to audition for music college, Thank you so much for this lesson Rob 💙

[@loris6719]

so ! what's new ? did you use it ?

[@itswubbaidk4589]

This song is absolutely amazing and it's crazy to think that a year ago I heard this and wanted so badly to know how to play it, so I picked up the guitar and started playing and never had a good amp till a while back and it had a delay on it so I finally got to learn this song and it's amazing and your amazing and thank you for being such and inspiration to me and pushing my dream of getting better

[@Changeproductions21]

There's something utterly therapeutic about playing this song

[@sluggmeister7705]

Hey Rob, you inspired me to pick up electric guitar your song “rain” made me feel, I haven’t felt anything in a long time, wish you the very best. ❤

[@AnnaandStanleyFNF]

If you play rain on an organ whilst holding the notes in chords sounds really cool

[@chucklingpianofun]

This video has been out for 9 hours and only ONE person has pushed the dislike button. i dont think i've ever seen that before. just goes to show you how much the internet loves this man.

[@ZarkionUltimate]

Rob your songs are just breathtaking, I honestly find it pretty hard to be motivated to play guitar these days but after listening to your songs all I wanna do is play!

[@timraup4888]

There is a beauty in the simplicity of this song. Fairly easy to learn and play, but with very effective use of pedals to make it sound way more than what you're actually doing.

[@daithiod]

How kind and generous of you to teach your song to the masses. Good on ya!

[@JamiesonM]

Been a couple years but I still remember filming my version. I was so nervous and such. Great song...Great artist...Great cat. Simply amazing.

[@TSfish94]

I never really played with delay much until recently because I didn’t quite understand its applicability to give the guitar more presence. I got a DD-3 a couple weeks ago and have been digging it, definitely can’t wait to try this out on it. And as far as feedback on your lesson, it’s a lot to take in as a big picture but the individual chunks breaking down chord shapes and picking styles are coherent and easy to comprehend. To the point where I can probably learn this across the span of playing in a pit today just from remembering your explanations

[@enriquedv353]

my cat always does the same when Im playing guitar. gets on the neck of the guitar, my shoulder haha

[@MeroPlata]

Statistics show that the cat's hormones become very active when they see a guitar. Nobody knows why.

[@jpotts1515gaming]

Thats because guitarists get all the pussy!

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD adorable

[@cruz8343]

@@jpotts1515gaming okay so it's either i'm not a guitarist or i'm don't play well lmao

[@adude9610]

I love the little noise the pick does with the strings happening when you play without the delay.

[@NEM424]

i love your songs and i love the fact that u even make lessons about those, keep doing what y're doing man!

[@mattforster999]

im nearly 5 years late to the party here but thank you for this Rob! absolutely amazing piece of music

[@Juynx0]

i first heard a cover of this and fell in love ive been listening to it on repeat non stop its beautiful :D

[@rachelbraun8818]

I cry a rain of blood to learn this beautiful piece

[@vandenham3390]

Something i did to help me get the flow better was downloading a metronome app and starting at 80bpm and slowy increasing to like 120, it helped a good bit.

[@vincentruhl]

you're so great i enjoy your videos so much dude keep on rocking :) you're so talented!!

[@brendanderouchey1358]

So glad I learned this, havnt played in a long time and playing this makes me want to play more 👍

[@jeansilstudio]

I eared this song, when i meet u, and my mind it exploded, today, now that I play the guitar better, and apart I can learn from you, since I can understand you, I feel happy to be able to play this beautiful song, thanks for the lesson. Greetings from Chile :)

[@cerealnashta]

This song is so much fun to play.

[@GaryBook]

Love the cat!! Makes the video; my two favorite things in the world, cat videos and the Beatles; can’t get better than that!!!

[@robertduckyyt4367]

this video is awesome and funny. rob reactions to stuffing things up is great. was a very helpful video. thank you rob

[@planespeaking]

Love that open C.

[@defantohanifyoranda9118]

Im here for the cat

[@BeruDeWitt]

Really thank you so much Rob to show us to play this song yours. It's amazing and it has been very helpful ;)

[@titusjohnson4863]

That new guys who has never seen a delay pedal was me, when my friend showed this to me a while back lol. I also love the cat.

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

I do love simple musics to play that sound amazing due to ingeniousness

[@darkwolf1273]

It's because we can feel your love for the song... Emotions, the part of playing no one can teach XD

[@ItsHarrySpeakman]

Your lesson quality is much better Rob, love to see more

[@appleslayer3337]

Hi, 14 y/o guitarist here, I know you will probably never see this, but I just wanted to say thank you. I've had a terrible past few weeks and even the past months have been really harsh and difficult for me. I saw one of your videos on my recommended page and I clicked on it, I've been watching a lot of your videos and I love them. But today, I found your original, Rain, and I fell in love. I quickly searched for a lesson and I found this, I spent some time learning it and getting the delay right on my amp, and I finally learned it. I must've sat in my room for hours just playing Rain on repeat, its the most beautiful guitar work I've heard in a while. While I was playing it I felt calm and just really relaxed in general, which I haven't felt for a while now. The music made me feel like I was a baby being cradled by my mother, just the soft delayed notes echoing back through my ears, it was truly beautiful. I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you for writing this song, let alone even taking the time to make a tutorial. I feel better after just sitting down and playing this, it's quite possibly now one of my favorite songs to play on guitar. Love your music Rob, keep going strong. Peace.

[@SgtMacska]

That is awesome! Hope you’re doing better now, dude/dudette

[@teamcats1700]

Best of albums are so fun to make.

[@jackcarle2323]

That cat how it climbed on his shoulders that was sooo adorable

[@AaronKaiMCDNLD]

this is pretty much my go to song to play on the Delay pedal.

[@marionhofbauer9344]

Rob your lesson is great and makes fun too. The cat at the beginning of this video is so cute. She invites for hugging.

[@gwalon9580]

this song is just so fun to play. makes you feel a lot better than you actually are lmao

[@JustinSteereMusic]

That must be a Tabby Cat's trait because my Tabby would do the exact same thing and just chill on my shoulder and purr loud as hell. Tabby's are the best.

[@pranshukumar3145]

honestly, this song is a great exercise as well!

[@lukescholler3383]

Rain is the prelude no.1 of guitar

[@abegreen99]

This song is awesome rob.

[@tunedinsharp5641]

thank you very much for the lesson Rob, it was very helpful and a hell of a delay ride for me.. love and respect

[@itzghost5276]

I’m starting to appreciate the vid u did in ur main channel without the delay....

[@22nthn]

Love this song!

[@dub_2953]

13:17 Great you caught that, it would suck to have finished recording, (or *not* finish recording, technically) and realize your camera was off half of the time lol.

[@aprilgallant2625]

THAT'S SO CUTE YOUR FREAKIN CAT LOVES YOU SO MUCH AND HE'S ADORABLE . Also I like the song!

[@gabypb7532]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR 4 MOUNTH AND CAN PLAY THIS AMAZING SONG NOW

[@АлександрШабалин-е8д]

Your cat is awesome!:)

[@loschain2224]

confirmed this is the cats channel now

[@revontheus8249]

I would love to watch a tutorial video of your "to zanarkand" cover too! I know there is one but you should make an other one where you go all the way through it

[@Mars-pc8zl]

I'm so jealous of all your epic guitars, thanks for the vid!

[@MrDoboz]

A few years ago I had a cat too who didn't let me play guitar.. but I miss her so bad.. think I'm gonna cry..

[@FiresAndFoxes]

K

[@eutytoalba]

Play guitar as a dare to her spirit to come visit you. 🤷‍♀️❤️ The friend who started teaching me guitar passed away before I could learn very much.... Been continuing to learn ever since, not just because I still want to learn but also to honor his memory.... He was only 47 at the time and there was no forewarning; more or less, a sudden heart-attack. 💔😭 Gavin Dunne's (aka Miracle of Sound) song "Convalescence" (written in memory of his dad) was a great lesson in how music can still connect us to loved ones we've lost.... Even cats. 😻 My border-collie was of course too large to climb up on my shoulders, but he used to lay next to my guitar stand like he was toying with me about maybe knocking it over. 😹 I miss that tuxedoed furball too... 💔💖💔 😔

[@MrDoboz]

@@eutytoalba That's a really heart touching story. Thank you for sharing it.

[@mataneshel1744]

amazing song and amazing lesson

[@thepartaychicken492]

You are an absolutely stunningly amazing guitarist, keep up the good work!

[@soledezruiz2860]

Man... Thank you for sharing this.

[@limalongkumer4397]

Uff tried to learn this but my amp delay is just trash 😭 without a proper delay pedal I don't think I could evn scratch the surface of this song. But thank you for the tutorial rob ❤️

[@JacksonTheEpic]

Your cat needs his own channel

[@ScratchdHelp]

rob is magical

[@loudspeaker003]

I screamed with joy when the cat showed up. :)

[@garaseer584]

Magnificent lesson- thank you.

[@SteveoRay]

Great song. Love the shapes!

[@EricVellekoop]

Tuned my B to a C. Snapped it. Fantastic.

[@DrayMartinez]

Imagine

[@rit1701]

i like how he acts like everything is going to plan when the cat pops up

[@lucasmark6179]

love this Rob!!!!! you're a master

[@napalmjack]

If you're using software like amplitube 4 the rack setting I used were Digital delay: mode LR, Delay time in 356ms, feedback 20%, filter 9577Hz, mix 55% and volume as it is when you first put the rack into the setup. I'm using the CFH collection Jazz 120 with the Gates clean with the chorus on and the speed and depth at 5. Amp settings below Volume 2.8 Trebble 7.3 Middle 6.3 Bass 5.2 Distortion 0 Reverb 3 With the bright channel on. Cab settings are Stock for mic placement Both speakers are the Brit T12G Condenser mics in a venue setting spaced at 60% width Mic 1 vol lower 5 Mic 2 vol lower 5 Room vol lower 20 DI 0 Main vol centered at 0.

[@Kevin-hx3ec]

I love how Rob just let Ike climb all over and didn't really notice it

[@michaelbailey797]

Do you stream ? Holy shit i've known about you for years but finally watched your videos. currently binge watching all your videos. please make more and more and never stop

[@KingMickey358]

Great lesson Rob! I feel like this video was the appropriate length for a lesson video. Thanks a bunch! :D

[@oedipascourage6262]

You and your cat just made my day. Ty :)

[@JoshRiffMonster]

This is the closest think to be a guitar class with Rob Scallon

[@Sourcecode01]

Wow, what a great lesson!

[@frankiehadwick9956]

YOUR LITERALLY MY IDOL!!!! - To the cat

[@rohanjeetdas5707]

Your dog looks weird dude.

[@ilikemetal2910]

Rohanjeet Das best comment ever

[@aestethical2221]

Rohanjeet Das, lol I get it because it's not really a dog, but yeah it is a weird komodo dragon

[@darcoyouknow8573]

AESTETHICAL, lmao you're hilarious! But i know, its actually a snail, Have a great day man, you're hilarious!

[@crowz7733]

Isnt that a parrot?

[@floridamen2228]

Stupid

[@Hilariumosis]

I don't have a delay. So I sort of created a similar effect just as if the delay was more instant by doing double strums on each string combined with palm muted open strings and "note kills" meaning I mute the string to the point of no note being played by just having enough pressure on the string with the finger when the string is as close to it's action as possible. Sounds really cool but a lot more technical. And I'm just an intermediate/camp fire level guitarist who just learns everything I like by ear :) I havn't even properly looked at his playing, I just get an general idea of his hand placements and figure out the myself from there because it's more fun for me.

[@CatsCoffeeGuitars]

DistroKid is absolutely amazing! ^^ And thank you for this lesson! I'm right in the middle of covering one of your songs and I hope I'll do it justice :)

[@senza4591]

Thanks rob! This is the song that taught me how to play to a click track!