Hear the lick, play the lick challenge

[@waltuhhimself]

We all might know rudy as a comedian, but with that talent he could've been a guitar youtuber if he wants to

[@balajiedlyngdoh8366]

Bro

[@joshloaf89]

Rudy’s got the techniques. That picking and fretting is so smooth you can’t really hear unless your ears are extremely keen. The subtle difference phrasings made bro undefeated. Smooth as butter.

[@abashedstorm]

He is both yk. Like I remember following him, in 2018ish. And I subbed to his channel because of quite some important "backstage" tips and guides he gave. 😂 But I didn't unsub because of the comedy.

[@itsnicetoseeyou]

I wanna hear him make some midwest emo licks

[@DatHombre]

This is a joke right? I assumed so until the previous comments took it literally n now I dunno

[@Darko1.0]

The passive aggression goin crazy in this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@opart]

So uncomfortable.. could not figure out if it's just an act

[@Blob.fishmusic]

Istg this vid felt so weird to watch

[@akiroai6577]

i couldnt tell if they were joking or not 💀💀

[@opart]

@@akiroai6577 yeah. I don't like it.

[@charlehpock]

Pretty sure everyone was just messing about... do you not rip your friends like this all the time?

[@RaulRieraS]

"These are the rules...." Immediately after: everyone throwing the rules out the window

[@danieljensen2626]

I think they immediately realized only hearing it twice would be way too hard.

[@Enryu_CZX]

As the video progress It became more like learning than guess the lick lol

[@febcortes5878]

They just started teaching it to each other hahahahah

[@stevemuzak8526]

This is probably the best type of exercise for guitarists. You use your brain to figure it out right on the spot. No bs. You can tell that they were struggling playing out of their comfort zone.

[@7riXter]

You better practice this with non guitarist licks so you don't rely on fretboard peaking and shredding vocabulary and really use your brain instead

[@ezekielisaia]

​@@7riXtergood point

[@MrWholewheat]

Rudy, you're a great guitarist dude. You blow these kids out of the water. You're subtle, your tone and skill are on another level.

[@YagoShimoda]

Bro, Mendel was in Aborted, and his playing is technical as fuck

[@julienzimmermann]

Rudy is really good but Mendel is the best guitar player in that room.

[@bohoobah9518]

you forgot the 'unsubscribed'

[@Enethriel]

Someone having gay dreams about lebanon dick :)

[@torhast]

I feel like he was playing very outside of their styles and very comfortable on his, also there were a lot of unfair moments where they barely tried and lost but he tried a bunch of times and they let him win

[@bennybonilla2864]

This is really good. It keeps you guys sharp on the ear training

[@debomb721]

Agreed, most ppl couldn’t survive in something like this, including me

[@W4rriorOfLight]

This should be a weekly thing, it's crazy how good this is for practicing, you all did great guys!

[@goldiegolderman1842]

*DEDICATES LIFE TO GUITAR, GETS FAMOUS FOR ARAB DAD*

[@kolibrick4830]

Hunter must feel like a guitar student that didn't practice what he was suppose to practice for next week

[@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut]

That's me 10 years ago

[@rgvn5]

HAHAHA

[@rajeshprasad6016]

I grabbed my guitar along for this one and it was a lot of fun! I was able to play most of it quickly but had trouble with ones that go out of the patterns I default to. I’m going to try this with some Jam buddies!

[@BaenaCarcosa]

This was the most awkward moment of my life and it lasted 45 minutes

[@cosasDEguitarra]

7:12 The best moment of the video!!! by far!!! 😄

[@cicholasnage]

im convinced that he intentionally makes himself look like he's struggling to do some of the licks when in reality he could probably just do it on the first try.

[@LunatiqueRob]

This was both fun and revealing. People like to talk about the whole "Instagram guitarist" problem, and this game reveals just how important real chops that matter in musicianship is, versus short clips of someone shredding at neck-break speed because they practiced it a thousand times and captured that one take where they finally nailed it.

[@TinyBolts1]

this is why you gotta transcribe. you can train your dexterity all you want but ears are just as important (imo way more)

[@TheLadyBlerd]

We may never know Rudy's real accent... just here to enjoy the licks 😅

[@PooNinja]

Accent to who? Way to many languages for one planet.

[@TheLadyBlerd]

​@PooNinja um true yet it wasn't meant to be that deep... was merely referencing a moment at start the video @ 0:26 more than any commentary on the flaws of linguicism.... but if the point needed to be made👍

[@BarrackObamna]

@@TheLadyBlerd”linguicism” holy fuck I’m tired of hearing about any kind of ism.

[@chattymime]

New to ur channel frm seeing ur comedy vids, its cool to see ur guitar skill and i appreciate that you’re actually very earnest about it and want other ppl to be great w u. Just nice to see, too many ppl are weird and jealous w it, cool to see you want to better the ppl arnd u. props.

[@JanRodriguez1]

Rudy's dad: this is what you do with your free time?!?!

[@_charsto]

you mean: zizziz watshudu widshur fri taim?

[@AdiAdi-bf6sj]

these are all great players, but its amazing to see they don't hone in on the subtleties like less attack, slight pick raking, more/less vibrato, or pre bends like Rudy does. that's what separates Rudy as a fantastic player

[@jimthethirdprobably]

They've only got under a minute to learn it, it's unreasonable to expect someone to pick all of that up that quickly after only hearing it a few time.

[@bykush8572]

@@jimthethirdprobably This is not what he's talking about. They don't really understand how the licks work. You can see that, they only play riffs and they get fucked up trying to play licks.

[@andrewnicon]

Holy crap, a guitar video from Rudy. It must be 2022 all of a sudden.

[@Dellvmnyam]

Wake up, it’s 2020

[@L0uisRp]

dO i HaVe tO pLaY sHitTy bLuEs sTuFf??? Proceeds to get annihilated.

[@anuvette]

this was really fun to watch and listen. pls do more of these

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

Habibi your improv is pretty dope ! You’re such a funny man we forget you actually slay at guitar 🤘 🎸 🎶 🎵 I started doing this call and response exercise with my self a while back and it’s improved my playing 10 fold

[@kebry1496]

danm this challenge really exposes a guitarists weaknesses

[@chillipepperoni]

I truly agree. This really motivates me to keep training the ears AND practicing rhythm as well. We don't wanna get shamed on the gig right?

[@an_38kitkashyap]

My man Rudy is becoming more and more majestic looking. Good job bro. Keep it up bro

[@LesterMitchell]

Haha dude this is awesome. Would love to see more of this in the future.

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

"That's the f*cking lick!" *and we all laughed. Good moment.

[@godsmacking99]

This kind of stuff is what exposes who does ear training and who doesn't. I remember doing the same exercise in music theory class except we had no visuals to go off of though. Somebody would play something with their back turned and we'd have to copy them just by listening with the whole class passive aggressively watching to criticize you when you can't get it. Such an important and underestimated skill to have, being able to play what you hear and translate that to the fretboard. What ends up happening once you get good enough at it is you memorize where the notes are on the fretboard and at that point, you can learn anything. No longer need to rely on tabs or lessons or anything to learn a song, just your ear.

[@Darko1.0]

I'm I the only one feeling the tension between some of these folk, gotdamn!

[@chattymime]

i think could have been the pressure of competing and being on camera and shit, plus i think most of the guys were kind of insecure abt their skill and were defensive after making a mistake, even tho rudy was really down to earth abt it

[@randomsubscriber100]

I feel so bad for everyone in this room 😂 Seeing the smiles slowly fade and replaced with forced fake smiles is soul twisting😂. I feel the second hand cringe, embarrassment and passive aggressivness

[@teazhe78]

Most fun guitar content I've seen. Loved it

[@itisWhatitis12345]

This is actually a great practice technique. I'mma try it out with my buddies

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

I was screaming the whole video "NOOOO" but that's because I can hear the lick, I just wouldn't be able to play it. I think this was the most impressive thing about this video. Guitarists aren't singers and they aren't pianists, and rarely are they music theorists. Rudy plays something unconventional in the guitar world and guitarists (especially noobs) have no idea what's going on. This is why we need Adam Neely up in here. Or, heaven forbid, Rick Beato. That would be a fun battle.

[@jaguarandi2]

I don't understand.

[@ryan_alexander]

god, leave boomer rick out of this

[@sangera]

I know it's been said a lot, but Rudy has made his whole brand about not playing the guitar, but it's so mesmerizing watching and hearing him play.

[@theojmandude3995]

"are you listening what I'm playing?" "No." 🤣🤣🤣

[@yeruchemrischall6682]

its so weird to see guys able to play these super complcated metel riffs but get lost on some basic "jazzy" licks

[@maxmordon7295]

Not that strange really; it shows they lack intuitive ear exploration and are mostly good at memorizing certain musical patterns...

[@FATBS]

12:57 The best and honest advertisement that I ever seen in my live 🤣👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 It was fun to watch this battle!

[@ceciliamaestas5362]

@RudyAyoub my son and I enjoy your content. More of the PG content, because his age, but especially your music. I was curious, if you've ever considered creating and offering a course specifically for the younger guitarist? My son is gifted and autistic, so he struggles with the social aspect of any type of lessons. Since you've already peaked his interest with your music and his use technology to learn new skills, I feel he and others would benefit immensely from being taught your music language. I hope you'll at least consider, offering a course with the basics for the youngest guitarist with an even bigger impact then embracing and developing another's gift of unique music?

[@RudyAyoub]

Thank you, i have an introduction course for the guitar fretboard, its also in the description

[@HeathHashGuitar]

Bro like just do this at all kinds of different places. This is supreme guitar content

[@restlessbean4635]

This gives me hope for my career as a guitarist

[@AnthonySL11]

Rudy cocky yet humble at the same time

[@patrickflores518]

Dude this was so much fun!

[@omar.r.d9016]

man I really enjoy watching this, I wish I was there

[@maxs.3238]

As a german i really felt that "HÄ?!" at 04:35

[@Ipokeyouwithastick8]

Sounds more dutch to me 🤔

[@NickodemusBigotes]

"That's too long"...says the guy who just swept the whole f*ckin neck with a "lick"

[@makotounagi434]

Bro more importantly are you doing well after that crash?

[@RudyAyoub]

Doing physical therapy habibi

[@makotounagi434]

​@@RudyAyoubtake care habibi 👍

[@Dellvmnyam]

@@RudyAyoubwas it a real crash?

[@makotounagi434]

@@Dellvmnyam bro not everything is AI generated

[@Dellvmnyam]

@@makotounagi434 isn’t it?

[@Kabz8]

This video is doing Rudy's ego no favors.

[@darshankumar2717]

It was a lot of fun playing along.

[@anmoleskay6592]

Imagine Tim Henson playing this game. Or like Tim Henson Vs Tosin Abasi

[@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517]

poor Tim

[@johnrefe]

love how Agufish is like confused with all those questions and just slams in with an epic riff :D

[@r0bophonic]

This is what playing music with friends is all about: 🐉 *MORTAL KOMBAT* 🐉

[@trippwilsonphoto]

lol the intense scary feeling when you're around other guitarists is real w this one

[@sylvanomangano8453]

17:20 This dude changed his lick completely after the first take lol

[@alexanderbreems2921]

I don’t think he himself remembers what he played the first time 😂

[@LesMetalleux321]

The licks are just so good

[@serengazer3465]

love seeing andrew baena in here, that guy is fantastic.

[@JGerFuentes]

Yeah man, Carcosa is sublime!

[@FoivosApostolou]

Rudy sometimes plays a riff and then changes it the second time, haha. Great video

[@UnderWaterFilms3Sock]

This was legit uncomfortable to watch, that passive agressive was wilddddd

[@gigglesmcfun]

I have the impression Rudy is a huge fan of Opeth, or at least that he drinks from the same fountain as Åkerfeldt. I am not a guitarrist myself but my musical ears allow me to understand what's going really well, i would say, and on that, it's nice to see the more unconventional choices of Rudy kinda mindbloggling the other fellas in the video.

[@RudyAyoub]

Honestly bro I havent listened to opeth much

[@gigglesmcfun]

​@@RudyAyoubi see some similar patterns here and there, quite enjoyable ones. If not the same, very similar fountain of inspiration, at least.

[@FuriousGeorge_]

I listen to opeth a lot and didn't hear an ounce of similarity aside from the fact that opeth occasionally plays blues style riffs in their solos(like everyone else) and Rudy palayed some shitty blues riffs too. Perhaps your very well trained musical ears can elaborate

[@familiarstranger9617]

I'm disappointed no one threw in polyrhythms to challenge Rudy

[@BuddyNova]

This is great! Everyone wins essentially. Try this again but next time, same rules apply with the addition of: play back to back and call out your starting fret and string, for the more advanced players just play your phrase. Fun video dude ❤

[@damnedbelowjudas_]

Such a tense video

[@ASLUHLUHC3]

11:28 This therapy session bro

[@gilbert3768]

We made a game called RIFF which was similar to the basketball game HORSE. I play a riff, and if the other guy cannot play that RIFF within some sort of tolerance, then he gets a letter. This reminded me of that game that we played maybe twice because we suck and have limited riffs we can use l EDIT: This might be the improved version since you're using licks which make way more sense

[@atharvachoudhary6974]

The other guitarist is left handed!!!!!! Being one myself I love seeing someone play it that way

[@end_musix1636]

atleast rudy was willing to play at there level of guitar

[@Aporiaofficial]

The tone coming out of the Strat style Ibanez is a war crime to the ears.

[@slazper]

This made some really decent guitar players look like beginners 😂

[@floralfire]

Most hostile video you’ve put out Rudy! Keep it up!

[@wacky.racoon]

crossroads duel : bootleg version ( Clarke is the devil )

[@nicolagiordano2612]

It's weird how nobody played "the" lick

[@JarGuitarOfficial]

06:56 When you feel frustrating with a lick and your friend tries to calm you🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@antoniobar4330]

I would love to see guthrie govan play this game

[@alexmeier19]

I want to see you against The Doo... should be a challange

[@REDW1NG94]

Ah yes, the human tape recorder

[@oversoon4910]

I had no trouble following any of Rudy's licks. I have no idea what these other guys were doing.

[@mattatta]

Last time I was this early, I... hm, I can't think of a joke right now.

[@HazyOddMan]

do the part 2 please that was really good

[@cameronblaylock]

no one gonna talk about how insecure and petty the first guy was?

[@cameronblaylock]

6:00 is the funniest minute of the video that just sums the entire thing up

[@padre4785]

If they keep doing this the other guys are going to improve A LOT! This was the first time too, so its obvious it was going to be uncomfortable. They clearly weren't prepared but they have will improve and this could become an amazing series

[@killerDcruz]

17:01 Rudy I need more of this man

[@TurkishSupremacy]

Yay! Revstar! I have one of those!

[@chroni.kel20]

rudy is holding back a LOT

[@RudyAyoub]

U kno it

[@damnedbelowjudas_]

Congrats on 1 million

[@ejnova7215]

Rudy coaching the other guitarists is just awesome 👍🏾

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Great video, definitely gonna use the code for the course! 🎸👍

[@itsnicetoseeyou]

More of this format pls

[@strudel9706]

I guess SLOSH was too scared to show up!!!!

[@PunKtuRed_Jazz]

Rudy and Mendal are both two insanely talented guitarists. Kudos to Lyle, Hunter and Andrew but, just different worlds to you two, great competition though

[@sanyo_neezy]

Yo, this video idea was very cool and I really enjoyed it :) Love goes out to my boy, Rudolph Adobe

[@dieguis6598]

Yes, finally a youtuber I like using a Revstar

[@christianfserna]

Bro starts a video called hear the lick, play the lick and then says….i don’t have licks prepared

[@RudyAyoub]

Ever heard of improv?

[@Cheximus]

Sheesh, the tone from the first guy is absolutely horrific.

[@ontune1715]

3:17 sounded like the final fantasy 7 theme

[@AnxietyAddict]

17:16 guy stares at his non existent watch Nah wait Rudy had it 19:32

[@NDNdivergent]

I'm also a guitarist and This was pretty cool!

[@Cheximus]

Damn, feel bad for the third guy, he legit looks like he's gonna cry after going in guns blazing!

[@Abukhaled640]

ive got a better idea for next time, bring all of them let them sit in circle or whatever is better give each one a guitar let them bring their own, and start from right. the starter does a lick and from the first time each guy gets a try. guy who got it gets points and if another listen is needed the starter or whoevfer has to play it again and so on

[@funghoulms7389]

rudy you definitely should make your own YT channel!

[@caseypnw]

When I first started seeing the “Arab dad” shorts pop up on my feed I did NOT expect to also find a video with Mendel. What a wild life 😭

[@vaiisgod8]

I enjoyed this video so much. Thank you bro

[@bliss_gore5194]

i'll be honest i was here ever since you were praising the masterpiece known as rust in peace. I just stayed because arab dad is hilarious lmao. keep makin funny shit

[@Swaps2]

wow I was literally just thinking about that there should be a video like "guess the beatboxer" videos but guitarists.