Ralph Macchio Classical & Blues

Crossroads (1986)

[@saintshaggy1372]

Mr miagi: hammer on, pull off.

[@jafetpadilla30]

Jajajajajaja

[@starkiller_9219]

Hahahahaha!

[@joshualessore7652]

Hahahaha

[@joshualessore7652]

Best comment on any Crossroads clip 😂😂😂😂

[@chrisw5742]

omg hahahahahaahahahahahaaaa

[@BlueRivers]

I’m a guitarist and it’s shocking how good Ralph does on guitar: that’s the best fake guitar playing I’ve ever seen. He’s playing the notes pretty close to the real tracks. Ralph is an amazing actor and you can tell he did his due diligence in actually learning the guitar parts. The skill it takes to play these parts is extremely difficult. He really makes it hard to tell that it’s not him. Astounding really.

[@aestefancuyos3123]

Im a guitarist too, but its pretty uncomfortable for me to see how his hands are moving while listening to the actual music, but since he's an actor, i guess he did a pretty good job at imitating and catching the audiences attention by his fake playing.

[@iamswag5387]

exactly

[@rockwillsaveyou102]

What song is it

[@aestefancuyos3123]

Turkish march and paganini 5th caprice

[@aestefancuyos3123]

The ending part was just a jam i think

[@absdyna]

What's funny is Mozart actually would have appreciated that kind of humor in all likelihood...

[@icekng456]

i guess well never know

[@deadchannel3274]

@Horus Skywalker What the absolute fuck are you talking about?

[@vanguard4065]

Horus Skywalker you speak truth my friend :)

[@TraeDSmith]

@Horus Skywalker are you saying there all fake men playing fake guitar??? FAKE NEWS!!!!

[@vanguard4065]

Trae D. Smith shut up China Virus

[@Szten]

The professor was lucky he didn't get a crane kick in the face.

[@dromeus21]

Thats Cobra Kai, he is Miyagi do

[@Szten]

@@dromeus21 No, crane kick was taught and maybe invented (not sure about this one) by Mr. Miyagi. Johnny just taught the move to Miguel to mock Daniel.

[@alxdrksoul]

He was lucky they didn't get him a bodybag.

[@Beeg05]

Idk man, william zabka is the real karate kid

[@_unknown0fficial_750]

Very

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I remember wanting to learn this as a teenager, so I taped it using a tape recorder while playing back the movie on my VCR, then tried to learn it note by note by playing the cassette back. Learned some of it but not all of it.

[@BradConroy_guitar]

I did the same thing!

[@ActionJotaPe]

​@George Frank He never said that it was him playing, he said he learned what was played by ear

[@ActionJotaPe]

@George Frank He never said ralph macchio was like a guitar god to him or anything like that he just said he learned a part of a song that was on one of the scenes shown in this video

[@vincentoconnor5640]

@George Frank Actually, Ralph Macchio could play guitar. He learned a lot of the basics for this movie. That way the guitar playing would be somewhat convincing for people who watched the movie. And obviously he can act, there's no question about that. You certainly wouldn't be able to act as well as Ralph Macchio. I don't see why you would belittle someone in that regard, when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. I don't even like Ralph Macchio, and I was able to figure this out with a quick Google search.

[@styleisaweapon]

@George Frank What a disgusting fuck you are.

[@paulsharkey6576]

I know he's faking it, but I can tell that he actually knows how to play.

[@EditHandIe]

Paul Sharkey definitely

[@tigerbalm666]

And he know Kung Fu too!

[@marcoscamillo6606]

@@tigerbalm666 karate.

[@ObscuredByTime]

It's excellent mimicry and clearly took a ton of practice. I'm impressed.

[@tigerbalm666]

Just like he can kick a real asian just like he knows Kung-Fu!

[@Dreveryn]

If you're a guitarist, you can tell which actors know how to play and which ones don't. He may not be actually playing the parts, but he definitely plays guitar enough to play these pieces if not as perfectly as you hear them. Fantastic job in these scenes.

[@arul7467]

He didn't play a single note in the movie. He may play guitar but he definitely can't play any of these pieces otherwise his playing would look more real(not criticizing him he did a great job). Steve vai overdubbed every single note played in the movie

[@ihateidiots5705]

@@arul7467 no shit

[@arul7467]

@@ihateidiots5705 ?? did u read the comment above or u just wanted to comment something irrelevant?

[@jessehall5569]

Ralph Macchio did an awesome job on making it look like he’s actually playing. This is one of my favorite movies.

[@laika5757]

Crossroads was one of the best movies I have ever seen. Saw it 40 years back...and still remember it well..🎼🎵🎶🎸

[@timorean320]

I remember Trailer on TV where they showed Lightening coming out his fingers, which made me want to see, but that scene wasnt in Movie, but he was called "Lightnin' Boy"

[@gmr7494]

Macchio should've won an oscar for this fake guitaring....fooled me the first time!!

[@ElGrilledCheezus]

It's really good, I only figured it out when he shifted down to hit a higher string, even the thumb over the top was great. Also he made a few...peculiar looking chords

[@competetodefeat4610]

He's a top notch actor. The guy learned to actually play the guitar for this role and had high hopes of even actually being the one playing in the movie. Even though there was no way he was going to be able to get good enough fast enough to actually be the one playing the fact that he threw himself into the role and learned to play a guitar for it says a lot about him as an actor. Without that level of passion the movie would have looked very fake every time he played.

[@andrewjenkinson8948]

He did great, no doubt.

[@gavinterminie9146]

Yea didn’t Steve Val record all of the guitar parts for the movie?

[@andrewjenkinson8948]

Gavin Terminie - "didn’t Steve Val record all of the guitar parts for the movie" No.

[@Lespaulofdoom]

I find it funny when in movies these classical teachers get mad when a student adds their own flair to a classical piece. . Mozart wouldn’t find it disrespectful if someone added their own flair to his pieces, he would welcome it. Mozart was a child at heart and one of the most creative people on the planet.

[@blurelloh614]

That teacher was a joke

[@alanfender123]

@@blurelloh614 as was his bow tie

[@Caquinhocc]

Mozart was a joker himself. He used to mock those snotty classical shit and stuff. The film Amadeus brings us a little of his life, in this sense. I recomend.

[@quickstep2408]

that's great and all but any classical teacher would not give a flying fuck about that reasoning.

[@Bamboozaler]

Mozart would have liked the flair, but he was wasting the teachers time and the teacher had a right to get pissed. It was still disrespectful to the teacher.

[@gaboelexo]

Ralph Macchio made a pretty good job mimicking the actual play, such a great actor

[@freddybeer]

My God, Ralph is GOOD at mimicking playing! Really good! Basically, no, what you are hearing, Ralph Macchio isn't actually playing BUT what he is fingering is exactly the correct notes. Any guitarist can tell. He worked his ass off on this, otherwise any close ups of him playing simply wouldn't work.

[@holyswordStockholm]

Nonsense! He's not fingering the correct notes.

[@freddybeer]

There's an interview with someone who worked on the movie. A direct quote from the guy who tutored Ralph. I'll find it. But any guitarist worth his salt can see his fingers 'look correct.'

[@brokenredbench96]

Yeah but the close ups are from a real guitarist, I forgot who but it was classical guitarist kid.

[@brokenredbench96]

Also, he doesn’t finger everything correctly in the entire movie let alone this scene

[@freddybeer]

You know this is a non guitar playing actor playing a musicial prodigy, right? The work Ralph put into this was monumental. I think he does an INCREDIBLE job! Bottom line is, he sells it. You can watch this and believe he's playing it. So he did his job. Found this in the 'People Also Ask' section of Google : Is Ralph Macchio really playing guitar in Crossroads? '........the actor is actually playing note for note the music of Steve Vai and Ry Cooder........' I'll keep looking for the original interview I mentioned previously.

[@estofadodepollo16]

I just realized that Asian girl has an 8 string.

[@chaz_noize]

I peeped that too. Not only that but she had an 8 string circa 1986...

[@anc2242]

Classical Djent

[@hhectorlector]

Arrow 33155 I take it you don’t know what the extra could are for....

[@benblexbenblex]

Asian AMERICAN

[@F0nkyNinja]

Asian ASIAN

[@epyscrivano3145]

Wow! I've always loved Ralph Macchio, but now that I know he plays guitar like a boss I love him even more! Pluckin' my heartstrings!

[@joshua-de8ip]

Can you believe it's all fake? Idrk if that's even more impressive than actually playing

[@tbagspecialist8497]

I can't believe my man was 25 at this time. He looked like he was 14💀

[@matheuscruz8574]

And today he's older than Miyagi was in the '80s

[@TheMegaGamingWizard]

@@matheuscruz8574 yet somehow still looks 40 hes 59 almost 60 i guess he just has good aging genes.

[@veerchasm1]

Sweep the Frets!

[@634983]

put him in a body bagg!!!

[@chrisflores8362]

veerchasm1 hahahahahahaha “I hate this stupid guitar”

[@marksnexus]

veerchasm1 no mercy...

[@P.Whitestrake]

YES, MAESTRO!

[@TheApocalypseHorse]

Hahahhahaha i thought of Cobra Kai instantly. Such a good comment. You have my like

[@gfx2943]

Interesting thing is - I have been playing guitar for 23 years and building guitar pedals for over 10 years now - and I remember watching this way back and thinking that the classical instructor was a dick - but the reality is I never appreciated the fact that the "Lightnin'" character actually loved the blues and wanted to play and be appreciated and jam. His classical teacher ultimately told him to explore what he loves and understand that the world of classical music is very much a rigid and stressful environment lacking the fun or "joke" that he revealed in the exam/performance. Looking at it now I see the teacher as really setting the player free to go where he really needs to go - doing what he loves.

[@osyenorzoss7311]

That's deep bro

[@Soy.danielreyes]

That kinda the the story of my life

[@juliustherenaissanceman1900]

You're a luthier? I am so subscribing to your Channel

[@linchen008]

Yeph, that's what a good teacher does: to show you the possibilities, the decision is up to you.

[@joekirby3027]

What do you expect from Maj. Sidney Freedman?

[@kennethfurlong8922]

ive playes guitar and written songs and sung them for a living for 25 years it takes time its a will i cant stop

[@TheSalobon]

Боже, ну это шедевр … вернулся в детство. С этого фильма начал играть

[@ThiagoOliveira-pe8pr]

He is the best student of the world! First on Karate, now on guitar!!!

[@court.rosejj]

BROO no joke this showed up in my recommended and i watched this movie not even 2 days ago, thats crazy. love the movie

[@eeshsinger]

Mr Ralph macchio one of the rare actors who can easily mimic playing a guitar that looks like he's actually playing the guitar

[@Guitar387]

One of the greatest films ever and sorely underrated

[@davespringer777]

I agree completely. Amazing movie.

[@radodzi]

What's the name of the movie?

[@jvirg]

@@radodzi The Karate Kid

[@BoundInChains]

Air guitar on an actual guitar! 😜😁

[@Nostalfag]

🤔

[@Dewitt-b8n]

Steve Via played all guitar parts for this movie

[@kingshiro2748]

mikey1974 hetfield - its not steve via dammit Steve vai*

[@Dewitt-b8n]

Calm down. I made a mistake. @@kingshiro2748

[@o-REDBEARD-o]

Gotta say its much better than most

[@ObscuredByTime]

Macchio deserves some respect for his excellent mimicry of what is being played. He may not be playing it, but it still took a lot of practice.

[@skylarmccloud4080]

I loved this Movie. Ralph Macchio's movies really makes you respect older people and what we could learn from them

[@abuyco]

Yes, put that blues in there! Nice... I think it shows great respect!

[@rayberczik5654]

After watching this movie I ran out and bought me a guitar and now I can pretend to play almost as good as him!!!!!!! Life is good!!!

[@ro3784]

Instructor: it was a crossover to show expressive talent that most humans fear in doing that is not truly harmful in nature to his fellow human beings. His luv for various styles is true and very heartfelt.

[@jordanpeacock8774]

Hands down my favorite Ralph Macchio movie

[@eilyn510]

One of my Ralph Macchio's favourite movie!

[@stepitupandgo67]

probably the greatest air guitar playing of all time...

[@vmcelvis]

All props to Mr Arlen Roth the man behind Macchio appearing to be playing. Arlen is an amazing and soulful player in his own right

[@peterwinters8587]

Macchio definitely top 3 guitarists of all time

[@josephpigg5887]

One of the best movies ever .. they just don't make them like this anymore

[@AddeeK]

Really love this clips, best guitar movie in my opinion. Ralph Macchio did great, you can tell he put a lot of effort into practicing the guitar to be able mimic the actual playing.

[@ThePocketbass]

Yeah...no music teacher in the world would have had a problem with that ending. They would have laughed and then said, "just don't do it on the Juilliard audition."

[@chinto50]

Not a classical teacher in an institution such s they portrayed.

[@joeblankenship377]

Yeah they do. I got shit when I was in college because my "vibrato was too modern." Apparently, music is about playing what you feel so long as you do it like an 18th century robot.

[@kylezo]

@@joeblankenship377good God that is the most self absorbed note from a music instructor I've ever heard. Hope you dumped that trash

[@kingvkelly2313]

great film

[@roberthulen5162]

Crossroads is the best musical movie ever. Steve Vai, and Ry Cooder absolutely rock.🎸🍻

[@grm3789]

Best guitar movie ever

[@guillermobermudez4258]

Los dos estilos (clasico y blues) son poderisisimos!

[@alejandramarquez235]

Thanks a million! Great quality. I woke up at 5 am being a kid just to watch Ralph Macchio on the cable back in the day. On KZbin the movie is not well downloaded.

[@MOSHAEMUSIC]

This movie changed my life in the early 80s

[@lucabrito]

Dude i play the guitar and I can tell. Thins kid can fake like a pro! He almost tricked me into believing it was him playing. He trained a LOT for sure. Edit: it was a typo.

[@guitarj3570]

lucabrito Good call. I think he knows some blues and he is playing some of the easy parts of the classical piece. The arpeggios he was faking but faking well. That is certainly the best Hollywood has done with faking guitar.

[@elvisleeboy]

Why didn't you just correct the typo with the editing facility?

[@namenotfound34]

It's Steve Vai playing everything including the classical parts

[@joshuasiefring5810]

@@namenotfound34 false.

[@AziizNamantino]

When you want to play classical but the blues keep kicking in.

[@ericscaillet2232]

Yep....never underestimate the cool factor😒

[@princeicio]

He did a great job, mimicking the movements. It looks like he does actually play the guitar

[@1sirgrandmastermrkingrober216]

YIKES, chops! Lol. Good work!!!!!!!!!!😇👍❤🎵🎼🌈📀🔒🔐

[@davidr1620]

I’m a guitar player and although I can tell Ralph was not really playing this, he did a phenomenal job mimicking real playing.

[@David-fn7ro]

This a scene from the movie "Crossroads" around 1980 and also features Ry Cooder and Steve Vai, a great story, a good movie!

[@likefaker494]

For me after many years this was my first seeing a acoustic mashup

[@nedalhubhub1851]

The Best Scene, that Transformation from Classical to the Blues is Immaculate, so TASTY!

[@frankpaws]

You have to hand it to Ralph. He really studied the positions, shapes and frets to achieve probably one of the best fake guitar mimes there has been.

[@natemickens88]

Scales and riffs, Skills and spliffs Blues vs Classic Karate Kid does it all!!!💪

[@retroaf7652]

At first when i started playing guitar, blues was an obsession, literally loved it with all my heart but now when i hear it, it makes me wanna throw up. With all do respect.

[@alexsaucedo8032]

Awesome kick ass movie. Oldie but goodie here. Love this old gem 💎

[@dannyatkins1964]

The last piece...short but WOW!!

[@thehelpdesk4051]

Love Macchio...saw him in 92 on his greatest hits tour... Greatest concert of my life The greatest guitarist who ever played....respect

[@GuitarSlayer136]

This movie fundamentally changed my DNA at 14

[@luisloya1120]

Ralph Macchio is incredible. A karate champion and a classical guitar prodigy.

[@sunburstmike8745]

I've been playing git fiddle for 45 yrs. and I'm a good player ... NO WAY I could fake that well! He DEFINITELY CAN play to pull it off. I would like to hear his playing. I thought it COULD BE him. I had to check it out, for sure.

[@brunocpimenta]

Imagine the girl who went after him interrupting the professor's complaining blasting some gnarly Djent in that 8 strings xD

[@franklinjackson3637]

I have loved classical guitar all my life because of this clip. Learned to play it all because of this movie I think

[@andrewaguilar9236]

Now we have movies about rap,technology progresses while morals,creativity and human intellect decline,I'm afraid popular mainstream music will never recover from the dumbing-down we now see in American culture,The 80's were very special in popular music😥

[@cameronpeterson6734]

I think every guitarist should learn different genres of music like classical or blues or metal. They are all so different but so incredible

[@Bbbbbbread]

all music is same

[@ALWAYStheEIGHTIES]

"Put him in a guitar bag!"

[@fergaldonnelly6204]

😂😂😂

[@lucid685]

I was having a shitty day till I read this. Thank you

[@TheJofrica]

Hahaha nice one

[@TheJofrica]

Like your username too btw

[@jasbak5701]

Stop it. Lol!!

[@clipcalhoon]

Seriously one my fav movies

[@bisket2003]

such an amazing movie.

[@alexcaruso7590]

"Key on, key off."

[@stefanhamilton8713]

Hammer on, pull off.

[@einc70]

Smash on rip off

[@huynhngocnamgiang]

Lol!!!

[@quickstep2408]

that would be funny if the teacher just karate punched him in the stomach afterwards

[@kermitefrog64]

The Classics can be played in any style. I have heard whole concerts of Bach played in the style of Jazz and it is incredible.

[@elyacaphyisrael2108]

One thing about music. I have a appreciation for all of it.

[@lexburnett5970]

The duality of man my friend.

[@chrisnorton4517]

its called the flood its an old blues melody from the road the ended alot of road songs with it but after the 50s were over nobody played it ever again untill this part in the movie

[@NozarMortazavi]

Chris Norton precious inf. Tnx

[@naegleriafowleri76]

u got a tab my man? KLMAO

[@lesliethompson4039]

Wow

[@TheKnightLikeGamer]

The classical part is Ronda alla turka

[@AlexMorrison56]

What’s the band

[@charlesyoung9980]

Actually, I don't know if Ralph could play guitar in 1986. But, there's a video of him playing guitar just recently and he can play

[@edwinrivera2887]

Yeah but he's good, very good

[@Geekybros111]

There are a lot of actors that will catch onto hobbies from the movies they star in. Ik that paul newman picked up playing pool from starring the color of money. Maybe macchio was inspired from this movie

[@markjohnston3790]

Ed Jones Where is this Video of Ralph playing guitar?! 🤔

[@halconamediass]

i read he learnt how to play the guitar for this film

[@ryant3600]

Yeah for this he doesn't play any of this. He just learned how to "fake" it to where it looks like he's playing. the guys that did the actual guitar recording. Ry Coode, Arlen Roth and Vai are incredible musicians that have been playing they're whole lives.

[@algrundau9441]

....and yet it was Eugene'e "classical priorities" that won the final battle vs Jack Butler. No matter how much he was frustrated with his classical "roots" and wanted something else. Likewise Willie Brown in this Movie was desperately trying to forget his, yet knew he also had to return to them for resolution. This movie is excellent and has a lot of layered meanings if you look deep enough. It cover's a lot of subjects. .....plus the Music is awesome.

[@davidcoronel4791]

Beautiful movie

[@Plymouthmusicschool]

Bill kanengiser played this for the movie. He’s an amazing classical guitar player

[@Plymouthmusicschool]

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[@Matheus-ki9zo]

0:21 Oh man, if the original song ended like this... it would be so fucking stellar!

[@ImmortalIdeas]

Man I've always dug this movie. Inspires!

[@specialtyc.s.2725]

this movie made me picked up a guitar, till this day I'm thankful I did!

[@bronktug2446]

Don’t you DARE implicitly call my BACH, cold, mechanical, soulless,

[@wellesradio]

0:50 Mozart would have been making faces behind this man's back, mimicking him, and giving him the finger.

[@perfectbeat]

lol

[@susanthefish8940]

You seem to know Mozart very well huh. When did you mean em?

[@wellesradio]

@@susanthefish8940 We went to college together.

[@susanthefish8940]

@@wellesradio Aaah I see. Didn't know Mozart went to college but okay.

[@TacticalJay62]

@@wellesradioit was a honor to teach you two

[@Long_Bottom_Leaf]

To embellish on what another artist has done is not disrespect it is praise

[@Max-dr6rz]

He went from classical songs to the blues. Reminds me of me, I love classical music and I play it everyday but then I go on my electric and play blues

[@AnK11Morrison]

Man this kid can play guitar and kick karate butt! Is there anything he can't do?

[@GigaBraumChad]

Et_Tu_Sahu bring Mr Miagi back to life

[@ronniebrown5769]

Ben Richards ohhhhh shit

[@AnK11Morrison]

@The Metalhead so much hate just 'cause he has better pentatonic scales than most metal guitarists.

[@Norman-Bates]

@@AnK11Morrison The blues scale isn't a Pentatonic it's a Hexatonic.

[@roberthunt1540]

"Dammit Jim! I'm a karate expert, not a musician!"

[@michaellittlepage4314]

My dad and I watch crossroads on DVD together and he has it

[@dufourrichard856]

You can thank Ry Cooter who played behind the scenes while the karate kid was faking it. And yes, 'feelin bad blues' (song played after the girlfriend left) was Ry's song, and he was playing that too. Still one of my all time favorite movies.

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

I love the subtle foreshadowing here that you see Eugene practicing Paganini’s Fifth which he uses later in the film

[@francoisona]

'Danosan! Focus. Your best guitar playing still inside. Now time let out!'

[@DrkngelDelossantos]

How i remeber it music is music no matter how it is

[@puturro]

The whole reaction of the teacher is well done, cause I've heard a thousand stories like this one happening in Juilliard, when a student wants to play something more modern.

[@KevinToine]

The sad thing is: most classical guitar teachers can't even improvise properly in an a minor blues.

[@aaraamasreesreekumar7783]

This is actually very true xD

[@KevinToine]

liamsimpson1994 classical musicians can only play fugues after learning it note for note. Not the same as improvising, which is a lost art among classical musicians.

[@KevinToine]

@liamsimpson1994 I'm not looking down on it, I just think it's sad that the art of improvisation is lost in most classical musicians

[@se7son]

So you think... I disagree :)

[@ljorgw]

@@KevinToine Because they don't improvise, doesn't mean they can't. It is not feasible to improvise when playing classical music with an orchestra, for example and it takes years of dedicated practice to be reliable enough to do it. However there are many classical musicians who can improvise without any trouble. The art of improvisation is not lost at all and most classical musicians would be excellent improvisers.

[@grantrogers1858]

HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE?!?!?!?

[@michaelworse6034]

Because you are one of those 90s ashole kids , know what I mean ?

[@bryanmannoia8410]

it hasn't been in print for a long time. I just got a copy off ebay. it's a classic.

[@danielaleite377]

Sentiu saudades do meu ai do meu ui da minha respiração ofegante. Robôs igual ao seu rosto o meu país e o melhor.

[@ivantorres433]

I guess you're not ready for this yet ... but your kids will love it.

[@Tolentino687]

Imagine If he would have started Playing El Gross 2nd Requinto🔥

[@user_dudeman3]

I need Stevie T’s approval for liking this

[@londonblusion1001]

He deserved an Oscar !!

[@everysingleguitars]

One of my favorite guitar scenes EVER........ A Classical Teacher disrespecting the Blues....... JEEZ......