The Magic of Eddie Van Halen's Triad Tapping - Fretboard visualization secrets with Uncle Ben Eller

[@BenEller]

Thanks for watching!!! What other EVH secrets do you want to learn next?!

[@kaptainskarlett9927]

Ben Eller - how do you make harmonics scream?

[@ddaneh3090]

Ben Eller How bout bending then tapping and pulling off on that bend like in the Panama solo?, John Mayer also uses that trick a lot too.

[@tonyfondacaro1980]

The solo to “Romeo Delight.”

[@EivindFalken]

Yes.

[@aceguitarmethod]

Hey Ben, How bout tapped harmonics patterns?

[@fourground4363]

The fact that the world gave us uncle Ben for free is wild.

[@realtimerage6779]

True dat.

[@Fretfeeler]

@Frank Rottach if you hate Slavery, never vote Democrat. History is important.

[@ronaldwilliamsen7224]

uncle ben eller is an incredible teacher/ musician

[@markconroy9033]

Never cared for his rice dishes but his guitar lessons are second to none.

[@brettdalelio9379]

Lol Uncle Ben is the slightly hardass teacher that you think is trying to insult you at first but ends up being an absolutely amazing mentor and helping you unlock the secrets for yourself by pointing you in a direction that helps your progress grow. Thanks Ben. You are a huge reason for my guitar renaissance and certainly the main reason why I have made more progress on guitar in the last four months than I ever had in 10 years of wankery. Now I always have something to be thinking about, practicing, or trying to unlock on the guitar neck. You made a guitar neck a “big, friendly place“ for me Ben, something that I never felt like over an entire decade of playing guitar. Thank you for what you and channels like yours do for the love of this instrument

[@BenEller]

Happy to help, buddy!!!

[@joaov_ds]

I feel the same. I stopped having guitar lessons when I got into university and stopped practising. So I've been playing for 10 years, but I feel like I have the same knowledge and skills for 5 or 6. I don't have the money to get guitar lessons with the same teacher again, but I got the time and Uncle Ben is definitely helping me with my "guitar renaissance".

[@satyagraha3564]

I'm Eddie Fontaine now 58 and I met EVH at 15 yrs old ,Eddie Van Halen was 21 .DAt ,16 I joined Blue Cheer . Metals oldest band ..Never will forget it .Great lesson Ben brother .Eddie changed my life because I figured out what he was doing at a young age .Geezz I capitalized off it .Copy Cat me ,but I am an "Eddie" I got a lot of help outta this lesson .The major and minor difference . Excellent !!! RIP legendary EVH ..mix up the order .Gotta be happy to play demolished. ..\;;;;/ Hammers on bro ..

[@BenEller]

Haha awesome! Thanks Eddie!

[@lanatrzczka]

This was the best guitar lesson I ever had. Finding inversions by simple patterns. My mind is opened. Thank you!

[@darrylfranks6976]

Dude.... Really?! I gave up searching for tapping videos. Never could find a clear and simple lesson. I'm thrilled that I stumbled upon your video. FINALLY!! I can now visualize and clearly comprehend how to construct tapping patterns! You have won the Internet this week! Bravo my good man! Cheers!

[@dajoler]

Uncle Ben just casually putting out breakthrough lessons for free like it's no big deal. Freaking awesome.

[@BenEller]

oh you just wait. I haven't unleashed any of my REAL artillery for free yet. Planning on making some lesson packages that are going to blow minds.

[@wynnblevins2992]

This is the best lesson for composing two hand tapping licks on the fly I've ever watched. Thank you.

[@BenEller]

Wynn Blevins thank you!!!

[@eliassinervo680]

I love the fact how you included the number sequence (4,8,15,16,23,42) from LOST in 00:36. My all-time favorite TV Show. Lastly, great lesson and video, as always.

[@Munchvader]

THE BEST LESSON I've watched in a long time. Ben you ROCK

[@donniebrook9900]

When my mom asked if I wanted to take tap lessons, I wish I didn't misunderstand and it was this kind and not the one that got me into fights at school 😔

[@tomfoolery2082]

Lmao , O hell thats great !

[@ModernGolfer]

As long as ya WON those fights. You KNOW why they put those taps on the toes of the shoes, right? So ya could kick the bullies right in the 'prunes'! 😁

[@alancarlsonmd145]

Ben Eller is brilliant both as a musician and a teacher. I was privileged to attend a class he taught in Raleigh along with Andy Wood. I wish that I had this teaching 50+ years ago when I took up guitar.

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

EVH was so innovative. He deserves all the accolades and credit he gets as one of the greatest guitarists ever. Was there anyone else doing triad chord tapping before VH? If so, they were very few and far between.

[@ericheine2414]

I'm 61, started playing before my fingers were big enough. Actually started playing when I was 13. We just played whatever we had to because we were off the farm. It's fun seeing how young popular guitar players do it. At this point in life it's just another thing you know how to do. Thanks for the tips..

[@TropicalReflections]

Awesome visualization method to tap major/minor/diminished triads! Thanks Uncle Ben. You Rock!!!!

[@lcobb5214]

This simplifies things for when one is enjoying whiskey and feels the urge to rock out

[@zspalding06]

It's amazing how you always take ideas that seem so complicated, all of the sudden seem stupid simple. Thank you!

[@johnbuell8035]

It’s all of a sudden. Stupid simple.

[@hardygeoff159]

Most is simple , its the god damn speed of freaking light that he played that keeps it stupid complicated

[@scarmyguitar]

this is the best Ed lesson ever! Thanks Unk!

[@SDH2023]

Wow. This “penny dropping” lesson was a great big Xmas gift, wrapped, tied with a bow, and delivered on time. Best gift ever. Thank you!!!

[@lucindairis8085]

Sixth Sanctum Media Thats great 👍 it doesn’t happen to all of us 😉

[@blakegilliam8223]

Ben, besides saying a bad thing about you a while back, I find you to be an excellent teacher that teaches on many levels but specifically to my level beginner/intermediate. I wish I had started a while back with you instead of trying things that were over my head but couldn't admit that. Really appreciate all the things you put online

[@BenEller]

Blake Gilliam well thanks man, happy to help!!!

[@melodygrim471]

I am SEVERE ADHD and you just explained this in a way that my brain was FINALLY able to process it!!! I am AMAZED! (Instead of just DAZED!)

[@melodygrim471]

@Dalapetus Peters I guess you would! So he helped you, too?

[@babycheesus666]

amazing. You've blown my mind with this stuff. Its like finding gold that was right in front of you this whole time

[@ricstormwolf]

This has to be the best video I've ever seen on tapping. I understand it a lot more now.

[@MusicisWin]

Did someone say triads

[@BenEller]

Music is Win it’s like when two notes that love each other invite a third party into the mix to shake things up.

[@davideggenberger8090]

Youre both here.... Awkward. Im waiting for the catch a cheater guy to kick my bathroom door in

[@boufd2008]

@@BenEller lol Very cool , 2 of my favorite channels in the comments

[@kuntymckunterson]

Holy macaroni this made me laugh. Thank you gentlemen.

[@ver-loren9224]

fancy seeing you here

[@erikhelkimo]

Great video as always. I’ve always viewed it as: 3 frets between root and major 3rd 2 frets between root and minor 3rd

[@toemanification]

Said it before sayin it again, you are by a loooooooooooooooong distance the ABSOLUTE best teacher on the web, not to mention you crack me up too...and at my age I can use all the crackin up I can get ……. THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU for being whom you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelkirkinen1363]

good shit, I'm 65 these days and back in 69 there was not much going for tapping...appreciate your skill, thanks

[@KowboyUSA]

Public schooled here. Trying to mathematically traverse the fret numbers still sucks.

[@SuperHorsecow]

You'll realise how ineffective that method is once you manage to break from it.

[@MetallicAAlabamA]

All I have done is self teach myself on alot of techniques with the watching of Uncle Ben's porn stash(Makes my wrist and forearm extremely strong) I know alot of people who are still in the prehistoric era of guitar playing because of trying to be more mathematical or more music theory when learning. I figured I would learn everything by eyes and ears,with as much repetition as possible,then I will learn the theory of it all. It just seems like the theory would be easier to learn that way,mabe I'm just different. I'm still not where I wanna be,not even close. But days go by,and I can tell I'm getting better, faster,and more precise in note/finger changes, and hand synchronization. And my friends notice it, they are like "What note are you playing?" I'm like "I have no freaking clue, I just hear a certain tone! G mabe,E. Lol"

[@ModernGolfer]

Ya gotta use that 'new math'... 1 + 1 = 3.26934758 ➗ 🚲... 😁

[@subzero8679]

Math is for losers. Just experiment with the guitar. Don't think about the numbers.

[@michaeld2716]

Thank you for your time and generosity.

[@BenEller]

And thank you for watching!

[@Maltese280zx]

So glad to have you around Uncle Ben.You are THE best in my book!

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

My favorite tapping warmup is minor 3rd-major 3rd. Then I sub a major 4th for the major 3rd.

[@stanstolarski8325]

Appreciate this lesson Ben. It clears up a few things for those of us who have always played by ear & are lesson-less & never had music theory in a way that makes sense. All the best & stay well !!!

[@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203]

0:36 42nd fret, lol!! 3:15 F# demolished. Always a classic! 4:17 the bowl, cereal, milk, and spoon analogy is awesome!

[@ShawnGamesDrunk]

Thank you for verbally explaining to me how my brain made this work to begin with. I'm self taught/learning, and couldn't connect the dots any time before when I pieced together these scale structures.

[@johnhuteson4779]

You made this so much easier then how it was explained to me. !! I mean I’ve been wanting to learn this for years. It you made this so easy. I got it within minutes. !! Mahalo from Hawaii !!

[@ruudkempe2956]

This is the best explanation of tapping I have ever seen!!!

[@toddstapley7185]

I know this sounds corny and you've heard it before but you are a great guitar teacher! Probably the best on the web.

[@randal_gibbons]

Not a guitar player, but a fan of -VH- since 78. Your teaching style held my attention to the end. I even understood everything. More knowledge for me 💪😉. I'm definitely be coming back for more.

[@BenEller]

thanks for watching, man! Lots of other EVH content here on my channel.

[@CindyDaisyPeanut]

Best Training Video I've Seen. Thank You

[@douglascook258]

Thanks for showing an easier way to look at this arpeggio technique. This visualization will help to more easily learn the fretboard whether using 2-handed tapping or any other style.

[@hyacinthferrao]

Excellent. So lucid and yet so comprehensive

[@mrk4510]

Thanks Ben. Really appreciate you taking the time to do this. I leaned something. Which is always good. 👊😁

[@miaoupha2370]

You're such a good teacher. Excellent.

[@RC-Heli835]

I like the idea of practicing this in every chord of the scale.

[@agentcalm]

wow...mind blown. Great vid bro . There IS light at the end of the tunnel and its not a train. Thanks so much for posting.

[@rolandjgutierrez5839]

Nice that was the best lesson I have seen on youtube woke up at 4 am this morning I dont no how i ran across this vidio man I lucked out I would of never known thank you and keep on rocking. Roland from Magdalena New Mexico usa.

[@getenlightened]

This is great! I've been playing triads all over, but not on the same string. This helps to visualize things in a new way, plus, I get to learn tapping. Sweet. Thx.

[@The.Adam.D]

Thanks for all you do Ben. Bless

[@gehringfamily4513]

Bravo! Well played! (Dm) The saddest of all keys. 😂 (Spinal Tap). Great stuff here. I've been playing for 30 years and appreciate the way you think about shapes or distances rather than calculate the formula. I've never noticed that before. Brilliant.

[@erock.steady]

d minor really is the saddest of all keys. this one's called lick my love pump. -nigel tufnel

[@bartcrawford8462]

erock steady ha!

[@phillipclayton7951]

MAN!BRAINS TALENT AND SUPER funny! $$ coming Soon to you! YOU ARE A GREAT SOUL!

[@jeremyswalley8625]

G is the happiest!!

[@zapantalambda]

Thank you uncle Ben for this tutorial ! ! pls post more of this tapping lesson if you can.

[@ericcarpenter3263]

Holy hell brother. That was awesome. Making the difficult easy, not just seem easy, but with a little practice just plain easy. Thanks Ben!!!

[@StockDoc1]

Well done, Ben! I like the way you presented this to a guitar player with very little music theory knowledge! Also like your dry sense of humor!!

[@guylaurent8138]

I have been tapping by ear this is really helpful thanks.....

[@timn6811]

Thanks, just found you man. learning guitar at 62. This is so clear I feel smart now. Thanks again

[@agateenchantmentrockwizard5969]

Really excellent tips, made simple to understand and implement

[@jameswillis494]

this stuff is gold and ive been playing for thirty years

[@TarshishedCactus]

This video is awesome thanks so much for your great teaching.

[@raumarottweiler82]

Wow man! This is the first lesson of tapping that came through. Thank you dude!

[@tammyjodolan8533]

I love your videos Ben. Thank you for helping us. I love you and your the Best!

[@macjam9090]

excellent lesson. Picked it up straightaway as you explained it in simple terms. Thank you very much indeed.

[@JamiePittsSCM]

Resurrecting your best evh videos. Man, there are a lot! Might be worth curating them into an EVH Playlist!

[@robquinn3584]

I really enjoy your videos , Ben. I have been playing guitar since the beatles came out. I can play pretty good and can read the treble cleff. I am 69 years old. In all my years, I have never tapped or studies tapping. I think with your video help, I will be adding a new dimension to my guitar playing abiliites. You explain things in a way that starts to make sense to me. I am going to take notes of your videos make diagrams on the staff or tab and relly study what you are saying. Much aprreciation.

[@CustardCream515]

My favourite example of this is in Trapped in a Corner by Death. The song gives the second guitarist ages to solo and go ham, so he does. He messes with pedals, extreme bends, plays with some whacky scales and patterns for like a solid minute. Then Chuck comes in and plays some simple taps for 30 seconds and its 100x better. The hype is unreal, feels like the dam has broken and you can't help but smile at it.

[@SuperMozzman]

Another lightbulb moment. Thanks Uncle B

[@tubeboytom]

Thank you for demystifying the tapping thing. As no old-head, I didn't grow up with that stuff, but I'm often asked to play that technique. Now i can work on it from a sensible framework. Still learning after playing 50 years.

[@MPBushman]

OMG! What an insanely easy trick! Not being much of a shredder, this gives me some hope.

[@Maltese280zx]

Thanks for the video. Very easy to follow.Very instructive.

[@lvgeorge]

How Cool and Easy is This Lesson!!!! I am going to Learn this, Pronto! Thumbs Way Up Ben!

[@barrypalmer8621]

Thanks for the video. Home schooled player here ; I learned the tapping intervals by ear and accident years ago. Now I know what they are actually called. Good work Ben

[@deanvaughan8477]

That was an awesome lesson. Just would never have thought of exploring triads like that. So simple and good lord…so much more to learn than just tapping!

[@SsWargazmSs]

Thanks for the video. You post really useful effective stuff without causing any information overload. Keep up the great work. 🤘

[@christopherboxford26]

Ive always known this but I never realized that was what I was doing. Thank you Uncle Ben.

[@perrytaylor6388]

Magic revealed! Great subject! Thanks.

[@ajlug]

Wow-Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have cleared so much up uncle Ben it is really appreciated. A lesson on how Eddie utilizes chords would be great or a lesson on the song 5150!

[@jimmpanik3402]

What an awesome approach to this topic. Great job!

[@dougarnold7955]

Good stuff as always.

[@briandietrich1373]

Thank you Uncle Ben!

[@chrisanderson2099]

Ben, you’re awesome, but your lessons remind me of how little I’ve learned in the past on guitar playing. I was in absolute awe of EVH in 1978 when VH first hit the scene. Wish I had taken lessons much earlier!

[@Terrysoddy]

Great lesson, I love it when things are simplified. Thanks

[@adamthornton5883]

It's always that 42nd fret that gets me almost every time.

[@toddinrancho290]

i always find it useful to think of diatonic pairs, so in this case Ben is teaching us to stack two diatonic pairs, thirds on top of each other....very cool.

[@mattswannie6651]

Greetings from Melbourne Australia Ben! Absolutely brilliant lesson - thank you 🙏🏻

[@jalmodov7817]

Amazing lesson, you just changed my life. Thank you!

[@ZanderSumner]

Absolutely brilliant lesson

[@rudyrodriguez3125]

Solo to the amazing song- One Foot Out The Door..Damn-chills just thinking about it

[@BodhiSoftMobileApps]

Cereal analogy = Mind blown. ;)

[@MrArtist1971]

Wow. How did I miss this. Thanks Ben!

[@TemsNokdir97]

Uncle Ben you are the one who makes things simple and easy to digest. Thank you so much for the wonderful lesson.

[@garylisbon8933]

Wow so simple! Thanks again! I am always searching for notes (which isn't a bad thing). What a great shortcut. I added either half or whole step pull offs from the root for that nice melodic 7 chord vibe. I almost skipped over this lesson, glad I didn't!!!

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Great lesson, very handy. Thanks uncle Ben.... Cheers mate.

[@schitzorage]

Great lesson!!!

[@gregcastdrywall1645]

I've been working on intervals lately and this really helps. Yes I did get caught up with you calling 5Th a minor 3rd or vice-versa but I see how you explained it. Just to look at the steps instead of the numbers on a fretboard or even the intervals makes it simpler. It's pretty cool how the guitar is coming alive once you know the notes on the fretboard and intervals and what makes a major or minor chord is the third. Thanks for the I practice my tapping tonight when I get home. You're an awesome player and great teacher.

[@aaroncole7736]

Thanks for explaining, I was confused also when he called it a 3rd. I was thinking he meant a 5th but like you said he was talking about intervals.

[@mdnghtrdio]

Uncle Ben, thank you, You are a great teacher

[@teriakamoto]

Thanks Ben ! If I can get it, anyone can. I've always been a natural at tapping (for fun only), but now I understand what and why which makes me and others better guitarist. Isn't Tapping just extended scales or arpeggios ? It's just good clean fun thats all I know. People like Ben that help other people are awesome. It's like having good karma in the bank every time you help someone. True story.

[@WazzupWill]

Brilliant lesson! Thanks

[@williamking8033]

I knew that there had to be a logical explanation on how to properly finger tap. Thanks!

[@jillybabesno1]

Man thanks! I officially just opened the door to tapping... I owe u..

[@griceldaaguirre8425]

This is what I was looking for, thanks. Very professional.

[@danilobatista1329]

lol 13:50 - " F # demolished " on top of being an amazing teacher here, Ben always dips in great sense humour too! Thanks for a great lesson like many others you make it simpler to learn and it it sticks! Greetings from Portugal. happy Xmas mate