Learning "Chimera" by Polyphia

[@thseed7]

One of my favorite things about Tim's playing is that he will do TABs for us. It is incredibly kind, uncommon and really inspires you to try to learn these songs that sound impossible, and yet makes them feel accessible. Absolutely love anything that makes learning stuff and progressing less painful.

[@carnifex8]

Not like he's doin it for free though.

[@hook4470]

@@carnifex8 its like 4$ tho

[@carnifex8]

@@hook4470 multiply it by thousands

[@littlegreenpills6773]

@@carnifex8 why don't you go do your job for free. your boss will sure appreciate it

[@carnifex8]

@@littlegreenpills6773 You have to differentiate between "a job" and a "side-gig" made out of thin air. Is it his job to provide us with tabs? Then i would say you are correct. But now? You need to rephrase yourself :D

[@a11pu1poj]

really cool to show us your process. way more fun than just doing a cover. always inpires me to go learn something new.

[@omamlac6294]

There’s a video of Tim teaching how to play goat that he plays some stuff differently live to make things easier. It makes sense that the tabs seem harder than what he’s playing in the pov video

[@arteezysecret1687]

In addition, you can compare the OD riff, the old video and new one, he definitely change some things.

[@Consolous]

That guitar sounds beautiful

[@rpf23543]

Nice to see that also someone like you is „human“ 😀 and has to learn stuff and struggles with the same things. But you learn it so quickly, awesome. Thank you!

[@adamrisberg6507]

The way Tim plays the ABC intro riff in his official YT video is quite different to their official tabs. I learned this the hard way, had to learn the riff twice lol.

[@Dicurious]

Such an awesome song and one of my favorites from Polyphia for sure. Good luck mastering this, seems like you´re learning it quite quickly!

[@12LongShot]

This was awesome to see your process of working through a piece. It was also nice to see that it is not much different than everyone else's even though you are light years ahead of some of us.

[@bigbearvenom6145]

Awesome really good to get it down in your time frame that you got it in. When I practice I always think that a song is more difficult to play I always think their is alot of trickery in the song. Once I play it, and once I get the tabs down as long as I'm slow it never seems correct playing the tabs. I always think the tabs are wrong, or their not giving a honest correct tabs to make it were I just want to quit sometimes. Amazing enough as I get faster, and I start hearing it sound correct and then I go back and play that riff again or note sequence that ended up sounding perfect I go back and try to figure out why that time it sounded correct trying to analyze why that time it sounded right and right on. Sometimes it because of cadence timing and sometimes it's because of technique on a specific note more of a hammer or pull off or vibrato or what ever. For sure the more practice you do on a piece your ear hears when it falls together. When I began never had a ear but now since I have a few years in I do have a better ear for music sure helps the more practice the better my hearing on being correct and discerning! I watch you play a lot and you are inspiring ! Takes me twice as long to learn pieces as you do. You got it going on.

[@chrisjude8794]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE 🎸👏👏👏👏👏Total RESPECT RESPECT Yous are simply the best👌👌🤘🤘😎 Always it super super helpful to watch the artist play the song . Learn so so much Glad you managed to get the better of the horrible OCD and Anxiety Wishing you all my best

[@timothygrossmann865]

Yes more of this!! Please learn goose purely because it is my favourite, but it also is really satisfying to play.

[@OrenZar]

That was great to watch, congrats on the new studio!

[@tonyg6158]

Here in Canada there was a band called Triumph. The guitar player Rik Emmett did an awesome guitar solo on a thin body classical guitar that blew me away. I never had the guts to do it live l have never played a gig with a classical guitar.

[@kevinjenkins2731]

This is awesome watching you try new things❤❤❤❤❤

[@yingtongtiddleyepo]

Listening to and watching you play is my therapy Soph❤

[@Zanooz]

"i think this is going to be a disaster" absolutely kills it, especially for being 43 minutes in. Great video!

[@eddyislas7756]

Awesome job! 👌

[@kennyroadknight1771]

Glad you got your freedom back❄️💎

[@speedy4767]

I LOVE YOUR POLYPHIA VIDEOS

[@xicanttl]

Like your new place! Anxiety sucks - thank you for talking about it. Guitar is both a blessing and a curse when you have anxiety. I used to play acoustic gigs with a friend at bars and events but the last gig I had was a private party and since he was late I was crazy uncomfortable and ended up leaving. Keep it up - I enjoy your journey.

[@DannyHood-j]

Natural ear, and blessed with timing instinct!

[@johnscott4369]

Keep on keeping on your amazing Sophie ❤

[@franciscojesusgonzalezolve8631]

When she said: is the pressure of the metronome. I really felt that

[@AlexSaheli]

Gotta start making these videos too

[@nickhayes5471]

lol I feel your pain, learning sultans of swing going from using a plectrum to playing entirely using my fingers is challenging but so rewarding 🎸🎸🎸🎸😊

[@GamingonFiction]

Really love the peek behind the curtain on your process! Thank you ❤

[@jeroen0011]

Love you are so open about your ocd and anxiety, restores my trust in humans and also uk lol, love you progressed so much throughout your life!

[@chucksaeger7500]

Very well done and it looks pretty tough!

[@Willyazaa]

He moved the second F shape up an octave from the tabs!!! I could never ever hit the harmonics into F into doo do do doo at the 17th/19th frets, and now I see this and I guess he couldn’t hit it consistently enough either😂

[@jessehutchings]

7:09 This is exactly why I never use tabs. I just learn by ear; listen, practice, listen again, wash and repeat over and over and over until I get as close as possible

[@Soren_Swanson]

This was mind blowing to me. I’ve recently been super interested in Tim’s songs, but they’re so damn hard to play! In the time it took you to play it full speed, I still was working on the first bar! It’s super humbling, to see, but I plan on saving for Tim’s guitar so I can actually reach the frets above 12 😅

[@martinrhodes1619]

Greatly appreciated your mental health advocacy.

[@Elias-qj7dq]

its just sad she did this in the context of promoting a scam company that takes advantage of mentally ill people in order to profit.

[@lyconxero457]

Good on you for trying to learn this song...and on Tim's signature acoustic! Sadly, hybrid picking is my guitar kryptonite so all I can do is sit on the sidelines and cheer you on with your efforts to learn this incredibly difficult song.

[@jarloftamriel9359]

Seeing another southern english polyphia fan gives me hope to meet others one day 😂 sick work dude

[@ericsampoll]

Love Polyphia 🤘🎸 Play some Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, or any John Petrucci Solo stuff next. 🙏 Please, I would love to see your process of learning one of his riffs or solos and apply your route between tabs and watching videos on my own learning process. As always very entertaining and informative, helpfull content, keep Rocking ✌️

[@mukeka21]

You are an amazingly talented player!

[@jawaunneal]

YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!! NICE!!!

[@sanyo_neezy]

Actually the only videos I ever watch are the "Sophie Learns Polyphia" Videos, so I'd also like something like: Sophie Learns [Intervals, Chon, Periphery, Ichika, Yvette Young / Covet] However I also really enjoy watch people write music and their unique approaches, bc I feel like that's where I can take away the most for my current skill level, so I'd be super down for a video titled *Sophie writes her own Math Rock Song*

[@anthonyshirah8330]

OK ! BEST VID THIS YEAR I CANT HEAR THE CARS OUTSIDE !!!!!!

[@elianebarreira2697]

This was amazing

[@bryondaiber5802]

Your one of the most beautiful people in the world. I am here in Tennessee. Need more women like you. You make a bad day better. think your one of my favorite KZbinrs now.

[@Halcyonwithotherletters]

Love this song, Great Video Too. Would be fun to see you try learning the Gargoyle by Paul Gilbert

[@anth5189]

You are incredibly talented and beautiful. Being an Aussie I am a fan of Orianthi, have you ever played any of her music?

[@Kevin-et5zs]

Thank you for sharing part of your story. It was also great to watch how you learn a piece! Considering the acoustic nature of this video, is it inappropriate for me to renew my request for the Randy Rhodes live version of Paranoid?

[@theweakphoenix7390]

I love how you can tell she was surprised she actually got it right at 04:28 lol

[@giovannimarcialego353]

my angel😊😊😊

[@beunkindrewind3737]

Excellent work on a beastly piece 😂

[@krishessler8527]

Give a listen to Vince Neil - The Edge (guitarist Steve Stevens) it's an excellent mix of acoustic and electric!!

[@angelcolonvazquez5574]

Weeepa! Entertaining!!! Hola Sophie!! Miguel From Puerto 🇵🇷 Rico! ❤

[@thomashoover9172]

=}

[@IRONBILL-ku7gk]

just doing Polyphia covers now. Great.

[@thomashoover9172]

For sure!

[@russandrews3078]

Wow! Thank you!!

[@douglastam183]

The thing you NEED to remember about the official tabs is that they wrote them how they USED to play it for recording exactly. But then they found more ergonomically correct ways to play it on stage and they aren't reaaaaaaaaaaally able to update all the tabs. For example, the tabs in Neurotica tell you to hit I think the 10th fret on the A string how ever on stage Tim will pick open D cause it's the same exact note. Hopefully this helps people 👍.

[@jogmas12]

Nice work Sophie

[@KALFU]

Feliz fin de semana ❤ SOPHIE 🖐🏽🌹 bendiciones

[@meminhoaguilar8292]

We love U❤

[@markmiguel2143]

its ky-meera sick playing tho i really enjoy these type of vids

[@Overgis4058]

Aye, you did a great job! Chimera is definitely not an easy song, it plays almost like The Worst's evil little cousin, but it sounds so nice! Do you have any intention on learning OD? I'm so close to finishing that one and I'd love to hear your take on it

[@MaqueeyDylan]

Upa el color de tu guitarra está hermoso combina contigo 😍y como suena ❤🇲🇽🎸

[@DimitryandAffliction]

Very cool

[@rockytheblackdragon]

Awesome 😯

[@KeithEndre]

What's really impressive is the height difference (hand size) between Tim and Sophie

[@kurd55]

You crack me up!

[@aprilharper2687]

You learned this soooo fast 😭 I wish I learned that fast

[@helenodetroyo7035]

Wife Sophie is learning a new song.

[@j.alfredfernandez950]

I love you sophie 😊

[@leonardogallotta8086]

fantastic Good music

[@alex.mielus]

Try playing another Intervals song, I love that guy. The first guitarist after Satriani who made my soul ... sing. ♥️♥️♥️

[@andrewpaul1207]

that was fun . hehe. good work.

[@nitaindria5283]

Check out the song Chimera - Polyphia, cool Sophie, you are really diligent in studying it

[@tiborkovacs5317]

Very good vid thanks.

[@martyrey8063]

Nice one! :) have you ever played Joe satriani's Midnight, it's a 4 finger tapping piece!

[@thesambongodragon1057]

Tim Henson would be proud such a stylin gal

[@derekpetersen7571]

If anyone can learn this you surely can I am truly proud of you for getting through your OCD I have it but very mild I can’t stand to see anything that’s not straight or not in the right place even the soap at the kitchen sink or towels in the bathroom I wked on 9 million dollar yachts that has something to do with it I was always pressured of having everything perfectly in place I Fished for a living professionally for 35 years my hand hurt all the time so I didn’t spend enough time on the guitar I was pretty good but no where near you love ya my beauty Queen

[@JamoZNL]

That`s one long sentence my man. Punctuation might help...

[@YOLOFLOW_7]

I clicked to see if she could do it. And THEN. She plays it ONCE and then KNOWS IT. WOWWWWWW

[@metaliobovinus3254]

I almost always would learn the music unplugged by ear then flip my headphones down when I plug in the electric and listen for string differences. Tabs was almost always disastrous because fingerings vary. Plus some weird sections may be in a different tuning that are not always blatantly obvious. Using just the music and you ears is often the fastest way thru.

[@123chubz321]

Gerudo Valley - Zelda Ocarina of Time This one would be a lot of fun to watch!

[@thomasbuck6250]

Hey Sophie, I saw your video for Playing God and now Chimera. Bought the TOD10N lately too and hope, that this Nylon-Monster get's me back into creativity. Your videos are definitely helping. First Song that I've learned was Hell on Nylon by Unprocessed. Did you correct the action on your TOD?

[@RoofsHobbyGuitar]

What are your thoughts on the Warning? 3 young girls from Mexico rocking the socks off the world at the moment. I love these girls. It's not technically insane like Polyphia lol But it's great arena filling rock. Check em out! I just covered the latest single.

[@colindakers113]

They were shit when they supported Muse

[@JamoZNL]

@@colindakers113 Explain?

[@mastershredder5123]

Sophie, you're so great! I know you're making a video and talking to the viewers, but do you talk to yourself while playing alone? Or is that just me?

[@grant1133]

Looking at the video from Tim's perspective, I think polyphias style is like a super sped up version of Billy Talent/Ian D'Sa style..

[@timwindsor03]

Keep the faith hun. Thanks for sharing. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible weekend. Much love. Hugs

[@syalda0001]

Da best British teeth in the whole wide world!!!! 🔥

[@petruccifanboi]

@5:13 Farts lol😂😂

[@Whatsacody]

Try Ocean by John Butler!! Put that 12 string to use :)

[@lordalex9009]

Were can i get the tabs?

[@stuartrawson5057]

Very fast learner Sophie

[@Crazy_Dave]

Nailed it. Damn you're good and you make me sick. I could never play that.

[@gruubysasquatch]

I’d like to hear you play Goose

[@chayquang3493]

Love 💕💞💕💞💕

[@lontonggorz]

Loved watching your thought processes. Okay but fr, frm the time you posted this to the shorts you posted of chimera it was 2 months. How many million times did you have to practice it with the metronome to nail it like that? Send help haha

[@Nestosix]

Check out my latest guitar riff !

[@emiliomanuel_98]

please do bloodbath next

[@Battshimself]

Jesus that is so wild you can do that so fast....

[@TheSpirit0704]

Sophie can you drop the tabs?

[@deadcannotdance9761]

do you have the tabs bro?

[@ChicagoCubbieBear]

Learn Chimaira the band 🤘

[@Zacck_1]

Can i have the tabs please

[@luisalmeida5831]

Sophie my sweet ❤if you learn some Scott Joplin (on guitar) you will b the best for a while , everybody´s is doing the same thing , dont follow , just lead , GOOD VIDEO IT SHOW´S HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES TO PLAY GUITARRA 😘

[@afugrey]

should i buy the guitar?🤔🤔been wanting nylon guitar for a while

[@Elias-qj7dq]

its not as loud as a traditional nylon and the neck is overall not as wide as a classical nylon its an inbetween of electric and nylon so the string spacing feels pretty natural even if you never touched a classical nylon before it also sounds and plays phenomenal and looks beautiful aswell. if you have any interest in buying an electric nylon guitar the tod10n is probably the best choice

[@afugrey]

@@Elias-qj7dq 🫡🫡🫡thanks for thr info

[@lehighstar474]

Love you Sophie,,,,let me know if your ever in need of a drummer