Someone said it before on a different Tool lesson of yours, but your attitude towards teaching is great, you tell people to play it however you want, you are a musician and it's your guitar.
I’ve been playing for 3 years and within the first 6 months I tried playing this song, and could get all the way through until that VERY LAST riff at the end, last night I was finally able to conquer it. Thanks Greg for these videos, I probably wouldn’t be playing guitar today if I didn’t learn Tool from you so early in my playing
I've struggled learning full Tool songs because of all the variations and always found it tough getting it right. These videos have helped me nail these songs and faster than I ever thought I could. So 11 years later, thank you for these amazing videos 🙏
im intermediate so i just keep forgetting which part comes next which is odd because i’ve listened to vicarious at least 4000 times. I just get dumb when i play
Thank you for putting out this vid. I figured out all the parts of the intro riff, but I didn't exactly know the pattern and how many time I needed to do certain parts. This helped a lot.
I've to thank you for this channel. I've owned a guitar for 20 years but not really played much in the past 18. I picked it up during covid and thru this channel I am by far the best I have ever been. I was terrible in high school but could play some basic chords and Doors Songs. Even though I only play Tool songs, I can play entire songs for the first time in my life ( !! ) and its awesome to pick up a new skill like this at 37. And it actually feels easy.
If Tool were to ever need a replacement guitarist, I'd be pretty stoked if they chose you. You're killer at guitar man, you taught and covered this song perfectly.
WOW! I sit around watching videos of covers and "learn to play"'s all day while looking up tabs and what not to learn how to play songs. Usually I have to take a little from everywhere to get the sound from the song, but this is by far the best guitar teaching video I have seen, and Ive seen thousands. Thank you for your time to put this up. I love Tool and I love this song, been trying to get it just right for awhile and your video explained it perfectly.
Thanks dude, awesome video. Never appreciated how awesome the guitar was in the chorus until watching this video, always overlooked in favour of riff 2 and didn't really notice because of the singing. Amazing.
I've been a TOOL fan since the early 2000s and recently i picked up learning guitar. I've always wanted to but never had the guts to try it. Now after 3 months of watching youtube & justinguitar beginner courses i've found myself watching your videos. Thank you so much for these videos! i'm learning a ton and having a blast while doing it. As i'm quite new, i find it difficult to match the tones from your videos, could you perhaps make a beginner friendly video on how to use an amplifier? I've messed around with gain / treble / bass and there are hundreds of effects on this thing i have but i don't know where to start.
@PeachesAndSkeet The coolest concept they implement in that song is the main riff and how the meter changes 9-8-7. The different polymeter and swing feel in the breakdown can be tricky if your unfamiliar with it. Thanks!
@Allitnils Thanks a lot. Certain songs are more difficult to retain than others. This one has a lot of variation and parts so it took a little bit longer than usual.
@atomiicx Absolutely! People can get so picky over the tiniest details. I don't think they realize, as you said, all the nuances and variations that go on.
Amazing video. I just discovered this video yesterday and now you have taught me to play my all time favorite songs on guitar in under a day, thanks a million.
@chuzzman42 The perfect example is the solo for Stinkfist. I used to play it in 3rd position. I liked how raw and aggressive it sounded BUT Jones' plays it up in 14 position on the lower strings. I tend to use heavy string gauge so if I play exactly how Jones play it sounds way to low and loses it's rich vocal quality you get playing in a higher position, so I'll play it in 9th position. Sounds great. Now to say that's "wrong" because it's not where Jones plays it? No.
The opening riff is super easy to memorize when you break it up into it’s time signatures and changes. Think of the rhythm as 3/4 for the first three notes, 3/4 again for the second 3 notes, then 4/4 for the final four notes.
Thanks alot ! This is my favorite tool song and I had forgotten how to play it but its all coming back to me thanks to you ! Keep playing and teaching youre amazing at both!
This is an amazing video! Having the sections in text on screen are a real help. Subscribed as you've got some other good videos, keep up the good work!
@axeofcreation thank you for showing respect and go for the check. i like your videos cause explaination is really needed rather than only showing stuff to realize whats going on there. btw im drummer but thanks to you i can play this song on guitar now and i like it much :)
Man - you are a God...SO useful. One of the very best lessons I've seen on UA-cam. Great playing. Thanks +++ for taking the time to do this for all us Tool fans. Cheers, Steve
@trash266001 For this lesson I just used my 15w Line 6 practice amp, metal setting. Don't remember what I specifically tweaked the setting to. Most likely boosted the Bass/Treble then fine tuned the Mids.
LOL I remember being just a fledgling with my new SG soming to your videos my first year playing in 2013....Getting frustrated..I thought you moved too fast but really I just didn't know the basics of guitar yet. Fast forward 7 years later. I've learned how to shred scales up and down the neck and compose my own riffs. Now going though your videos is the perfect pace. Thanks for helping me learn my favorite songs!
dude you sound is awesome don't stop making these video ,your a hell of a guitar instructor you are making a lot of these kids happy, you just have to read there post and you know , im not a kid im 54 year old i own a PRS guitar, but i love the tool sound!! , good luck guy and keep the videos coming! =)
Thanks for the lesson. It was fun watching you play the whole thing straight through. It helps understand the parts better than just looking at the tabs.
You are very professional and I love learning from your videos! It would take me so much longer to learn these things by ear, it saves a lot of time when you got gigs on the calendar and tool songs to learn :) \m/
I think Vicarious is a GREAT song. It's very fun to listen to. The riff is very catchy. Yet, from your explanation, I realize there are many little detail that I don't realize it's there. And this is ONLY the guitar part. I don't know about bass and drum part. I bet it will be as complex as the guitar part. Thank you for this video lesson.
@Nick3d Thanks man! Technically it's not that advanced but to truly grasp (and express) all the variation, subtly and dynamics of Tool (Jones' playing) taking real musicianship.
Excellent video, thanks! You really helped me out with the timing of the second part of the chorus, saying it's in 4/4 with the progression on the upbeat. Couldn't figure it out and thus couldn't 'feel' it. But now I do!
Really good lesson. I was just checking things out for later. Gotta finish holy diver kill switch version. Got the solo today after a desperate search for a decent tab. Finally found a video of them playing it zoomed in. Anyone else have trouble on that last lick before the harmony? Timing really pushed my buttons. This is definitely on my learn list, should have done it a long time ago. Finally thought of some things to learn, I was starting to feel stale. Great lesson, definitely coming back later.
It's just the way you set your delay. Keep your "feedback" below 30% and and the lower the delay setting the the more slap back or reverby your delay can become. I like to run two delays; one delay around 200-300ms and the other around 700ms with the shorter delay slightly lower in the mix (compared to the longer delay).
Excellent video! This song has so many little nuances to each part that its hard to pick up on them. I KNEW there was a reason that chorus was throwing me so bad because if it was in one time signature it shouldn't have been so difficult. The way you explained the 4/4 feel is really what made that transition from 6/8 to 4/4 to 6/8 again smooth. Great job.
I went from thinking "this probably wont happen" to 'Achievement Unlocked'
Thanks!
Someone said it before on a different Tool lesson of yours, but your attitude towards teaching is great, you tell people to play it however you want, you are a musician and it's your guitar.
it only took about a month but i can finally play this goddamn song! thanks man
Jeff Mntgudo "only a month" :p
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this song is so badass.. still makes me well up a bit near the end. lyrics are amazing too
GAY
Scottyin AUS Fuck you
Yo we got the same name lol
Too good bro too good ! loved the way you broke the parts up explained them individually and then put everything together in the end! perfect !!!
I’ve been playing for 3 years and within the first 6 months I tried playing this song, and could get all the way through until that VERY LAST riff at the end, last night I was finally able to conquer it. Thanks Greg for these videos, I probably wouldn’t be playing guitar today if I didn’t learn Tool from you so early in my playing
That's what it's all about! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Same bro! The real AOC changed my life 🤘🏼
I've struggled learning full Tool songs because of all the variations and always found it tough getting it right. These videos have helped me nail these songs and faster than I ever thought I could. So 11 years later, thank you for these amazing videos 🙏
Ridiculously awesome! Jones would be proud.
it's harder than it sounds.
The whole song or the opening riff?
i'd say it sounds harder than it is to play
as a beginner i find the opening eassy and the rest impossible
im intermediate so i just keep forgetting which part comes next which is odd because i’ve listened to vicarious at least 4000 times. I just get dumb when i play
tbh its pretty easy until about half way through for me. only been playing 6 months.
Great lesson, perfect pace, and the recap at the end is brilliant. Thanks a million for sharing your skills for us TOOL/Adam Jones fans.
Thank you for putting out this vid. I figured out all the parts of the intro riff, but I didn't exactly know the pattern and how many time I needed to do certain parts. This helped a lot.
Excellent video for intermediate and advanced players. Nice, quick and clear walk through without any time consuming chitchat.
@koker0 Great! I've received a lot of requests for The Pot so I will most likely add that. Thanks!
I've to thank you for this channel. I've owned a guitar for 20 years but not really played much in the past 18. I picked it up during covid and thru this channel I am by far the best I have ever been. I was terrible in high school but could play some basic chords and Doors Songs.
Even though I only play Tool songs, I can play entire songs for the first time in my life ( !! ) and its awesome to pick up a new skill like this at 37. And it actually feels easy.
man everytime I forget the tabs to a song I come back to your tutorials and everytime I'm amazed, we are so f-ing lucky to have you!
@Ikerus0 thanks a lot! I appreciate it. I'm glad my videos can help.
If Tool were to ever need a replacement guitarist, I'd be pretty stoked if they chose you. You're killer at guitar man, you taught and covered this song perfectly.
@crimsonakd Thank you so much!! So glad I can help. Let me know if you have questions.
WOW! I sit around watching videos of covers and "learn to play"'s all day while looking up tabs and what not to learn how to play songs. Usually I have to take a little from everywhere to get the sound from the song, but this is by far the best guitar teaching video I have seen, and Ive seen thousands. Thank you for your time to put this up. I love Tool and I love this song, been trying to get it just right for awhile and your video explained it perfectly.
@venom146 No problem. Thanks a lot!
It's just so fucking long and complicated and has these odd time signatures all over the place. Its harder than eruption omg I love it
Thanks dude, awesome video. Never appreciated how awesome the guitar was in the chorus until watching this video, always overlooked in favour of riff 2 and didn't really notice because of the singing. Amazing.
@venom146 Pretty sure but I can check it again. Though if thats what you hear and like the sound off then rock it
@MunterE Yes.... Thank you!!
Some of the best guitar teaching I've seen on youtube, love your work.
@juankashi Excellent! I'm glad it helped!
@JohnMichaelEllison Thank you.
@hellfireshell The opening (heavy riff) is in 9-8-7...if you didn't know...np!
I've been a TOOL fan since the early 2000s and recently i picked up learning guitar. I've always wanted to but never had the guts to try it. Now after 3 months of watching youtube & justinguitar beginner courses i've found myself watching your videos.
Thank you so much for these videos! i'm learning a ton and having a blast while doing it.
As i'm quite new, i find it difficult to match the tones from your videos, could you perhaps make a beginner friendly video on how to use an amplifier?
I've messed around with gain / treble / bass and there are hundreds of effects on this thing i have but i don't know where to start.
i love justinguitar !
Hey there are plenty of videos on amps and effects. Hopefully by now you've found them.
@PeachesAndSkeet The coolest concept they implement in that song is the main riff and how the meter changes 9-8-7. The different polymeter and swing feel in the breakdown can be tricky if your unfamiliar with it. Thanks!
8 years later. Thank you!
@77TOOLarmy Thanks man! No worries though. I'm glad I can help. It's definitely in the que of videos.
@theTBTbaggers I'll keep that in mind
Dude, you are the freakin' MAN. This is how all guitar tutorials should be. Would love to see "The Grudge."
@77TOOLarmy thank you, much appreciated!!
@JosephMCorbett Thanks
Love this song and it sounds hard, but when I picked up the guitar and saw this lesson I could´nt bealive that it was this easy to learn! Thank you!
@Xnaruto0706X yeah. real subtle. Takes advantage of that synth controller he uses.
I never realized how many different sections this song had, well done.
@Allitnils Thanks a lot. Certain songs are more difficult to retain than others. This one has a lot of variation and parts so it took a little bit longer than usual.
@ThePlasmias Thank you. I love you too
@panopticonification Gracias
Axe of Creation has to be the best guitar tutorial on you tube, thanks for being precise!
It's comfortable. Sounds good. Well built. Had some minor intonation issues but never corrected them. Definitely worth the investment
@NotoriusWhitey It plays and sound pretty good. For it's price range it's an excellent replica.
@atomiicx Absolutely! People can get so picky over the tiniest details. I don't think they realize, as you said, all the nuances and variations that go on.
@XxUndeniedxX Much Thanks!!
@lefthandovRA Thank you very much.
Thanks, i watch this video every single day. Awesome! He makes it sound simple... I'll get there. Tool "Vicarious" is the best song ever !
@toolami79 No problem, thanks a lot
@PowerOfTheChestnut Thank you. Anenema is in que. I love third eye but that track is epic!
Amazing video. I just discovered this video yesterday and now you have taught me to play my all time favorite songs on guitar in under a day, thanks a million.
@chuzzman42 The perfect example is the solo for Stinkfist. I used to play it in 3rd position. I liked how raw and aggressive it sounded BUT Jones' plays it up in 14 position on the lower strings. I tend to use heavy string gauge so if I play exactly how Jones play it sounds way to low and loses it's rich vocal quality you get playing in a higher position, so I'll play it in 9th position. Sounds great. Now to say that's "wrong" because it's not where Jones plays it? No.
Do you have a recomendation for the deizel vh4 pedal? I know this is off topic
I mean do you recommend
The opening riff is super easy to memorize when you break it up into it’s time signatures and changes. Think of the rhythm as 3/4 for the first three notes, 3/4 again for the second 3 notes, then 4/4 for the final four notes.
@jamb1232 yes and thank you!!!
Thanks alot ! This is my favorite tool song and I had forgotten how to play it but its all coming back to me thanks to you ! Keep playing and teaching youre amazing at both!
This is an amazing video! Having the sections in text on screen are a real help. Subscribed as you've got some other good videos, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! I love this music! greetings from Brazil.
this song is a master peace i was hesitant to play it till i seen this video. great break down. now im jamming
@axeofcreation thank you for showing respect and go for the check. i like your videos cause explaination is really needed rather than only showing stuff to realize whats going on there. btw im drummer but thanks to you i can play this song on guitar now and i like it much :)
@MrWhitefatgirl Thanks, good luck with it!
@Battlescar2 Much appreciated!
Man - you are a God...SO useful. One of the very best lessons I've seen on UA-cam. Great playing. Thanks +++ for taking the time to do this for all us Tool fans.
Cheers,
Steve
@TheBloodcult It's an Agile Les Paul replica. Not sure of the exact model.
@jomarqua it's in the que!
@NotSober100 The Grudge is so good!
@svyatagor Thank you!
@trash266001 For this lesson I just used my 15w Line 6 practice amp, metal setting. Don't remember what I specifically tweaked the setting to. Most likely boosted the Bass/Treble then fine tuned the Mids.
@theTBTbaggers It's all good.
LOL I remember being just a fledgling with my new SG soming to your videos my first year playing in 2013....Getting frustrated..I thought you moved too fast but really I just didn't know the basics of guitar yet. Fast forward 7 years later. I've learned how to shred scales up and down the neck and compose my own riffs. Now going though your videos is the perfect pace. Thanks for helping me learn my favorite songs!
@Anonynomad Awesome!
dude you sound is awesome don't stop making these video ,your a hell of a guitar instructor you are making a lot of these kids happy, you just have to read there post and you know , im not a kid im 54 year old i own a PRS guitar, but i love the tool sound!! , good luck guy and keep the videos coming! =)
@kadials Awesome, thanks!!
The climax riffs at the end are so bad ass. Great job!
Thanks for the lesson. It was fun watching you play the whole thing straight through. It helps understand the parts better than just looking at the tabs.
@somboku Sounds like you came to the right place! ;) The tabs are available on my site if you need them.
You are very professional and I love learning from your videos! It would take me so much longer to learn these things by ear, it saves a lot of time when you got gigs on the calendar and tool songs to learn :) \m/
@jomarqua Nice! Enjoy that.
I think Vicarious is a GREAT song. It's very fun to listen to. The riff is very catchy. Yet, from your explanation, I realize there are many little detail that I don't realize it's there. And this is ONLY the guitar part. I don't know about bass and drum part. I bet it will be as complex as the guitar part. Thank you for this video lesson.
my new hero! thank you for all these videos
@eterpr Awesome!! I hope you dig the album....I get that a lot but unfortunately I haven't been to PR...
@hellfireshell Thanks! I'm pretty sure theres a video floating around that shows. It's just the vocals (1 1 2 3 5 8 13) I believe.
@clmt71 It's on my site. Once you log in a link will appear in the video description.
@venom146 I was listening for the 5-7 5-7. That definitely seems to be what going on. Nice find! Thanks
@Nick3d Thanks man! Technically it's not that advanced but to truly grasp (and express) all the variation, subtly and dynamics of Tool (Jones' playing) taking real musicianship.
beautiful axe! really diggin the opal.
Excellent lesson! I was struggling to find the patterns in it, thank you for the great explanation
Subscribed instantly, thanks for this incredible lesson.
Thank you and welcome!
You're welcome
agreed with scot marq down there...great teaching man. Very easy to follow...very efficient teaching!! thanks man!!
Thanks so much! Glad it helped, it's a really great track to jam on.
Thank you so much for the Tool tutorials!! I'm a beginner, but thanks to you, I have a couple of Tool songs in the works.
Thank you so much!
Excellent video, thanks! You really helped me out with the timing of the second part of the chorus, saying it's in 4/4 with the progression on the upbeat. Couldn't figure it out and thus couldn't 'feel' it. But now I do!
Really good lesson. I was just checking things out for later. Gotta finish holy diver kill switch version. Got the solo today after a desperate search for a decent tab. Finally found a video of them playing it zoomed in. Anyone else have trouble on that last lick before the harmony? Timing really pushed my buttons. This is definitely on my learn list, should have done it a long time ago. Finally thought of some things to learn, I was starting to feel stale. Great lesson, definitely coming back later.
@melianthefury Very cool! Thank you so much, very much appreciated!!
It's just the way you set your delay. Keep your "feedback" below 30% and and the lower the delay setting the the more slap back or reverby your delay can become. I like to run two delays; one delay around 200-300ms and the other around 700ms with the shorter delay slightly lower in the mix (compared to the longer delay).
@carbonquiznoz1 awesome. thanks!!
the main riff reminds me of H. I don't have my guitar, but I feel it's the same notes.
Delmy Alvarenga the first 5 notes. Are exactly the same as the first 5 in H.
Pretty much is. Same position and everything.
H. The greatest song ever. Imo
awesome lesson man!
Excellent video! This song has so many little nuances to each part that its hard to pick up on them. I KNEW there was a reason that chorus was throwing me so bad because if it was in one time signature it shouldn't have been so difficult. The way you explained the 4/4 feel is really what made that transition from 6/8 to 4/4 to 6/8 again smooth. Great job.