Top 10 HARDEST Songs to Play with SMALL HANDS!
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Stevie counts down the most difficult songs to play on guitar, if you have small fingers! Are there any songs with long stretches that I missed? Comment them below!
"Every stretch you take, Every ligament you break. "😂😂😂
Try some Telecaster
Yes, i can confirm this was in the video
ill be watching you
Probably the first time I ever laughed out loud at one his comments
Lol
Plot twist:
Their guitars are smaller than yours.
Yeah I thought Paul Gilbert always played on short-scale guitars, but his Flying V seems full-size. Also I believe 24 frets do change the neck scale and makes some stretches much harder.
@@Rafalgahr actually It makes them easier.
@@lakejizzio7777 Really? Must depend on the scale then, because on long scale necks I can't really do it.
@@Rafalgahr yeah. If you have a 24 fret guitar same scale as a 22 it becomes easier but at the and of the day everything ends with scale.
@@lakejizzio7777 Oh yes if it's a medium/short scale you're completely right, I was thinking of a full-scale 24.
Every stretch you take
Every ligament you break
Every string you play
Every fret you take
I’ll be killing you
😂😂😂
Should have said every fret you play
Song: every strech you take
Band: the ligament braker
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🤣🤣🤣
RIP Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) you're a legend.
And his Trent Picking is cool as well. 😢
My Pop died from cancer shortly after Eddie, and he was only about a year older than Ed. RIP Pop and RIP EVH
The funniest thing about this video is Stevie pretending to have difficulty playing these songs
it is not hard for him at all, but it could be somewhat hurtful even tho he is a professional
Im sure he had his fun trying to get these riffs down beforehand
Ooooooh..... the ego has landed. Again.
Funniest thing is, he is struggling.. Thees streches are idiotic.. No normal person should be able to do thees perfectly..
He couldn't play the Allan Holdsworth riff in time, pretty sure he had legitimate trouble playing it.
Maybe Dave Mustaine creates stretchy riffs to prevent Metallica from playing his songs
Sensei J lmao
hahahahahaha!!!
Dave still butthurting from metallica,
Also playing hard ass riffs doesnt mean its a perfect song, too many simple songs are 10x times better, metalheads and metal artists has to know that
Yup, hard-ass riffs and solos don't mean the song is better. However, using hard-ass techniques gives you a wider choice, letting the song sound exactly as the artist wants it to. Plus, song sounds more original. Lastly, if I had to choose between a song with a guitar solo (difficult) and a song without solo (or some easy Seven Nation Army solo), i would definetly choose the difficult one. Difficult riffs often do sound better.
Seen Megadeth live (with Kiko), their guitar skills are just mindblowing ...
Stevie: putting Megadeth songs on this video
Dave : I'm proud that you didn't put Metallica songs in this video
@Sylvester stallone yeah lol 2-4?
*laughs in ride the lightning*
@First Name What part/chord do you mean?
@First Name ah, the Bm6 chord
bro in dont tread on me you have to do a chord with 2nd fret and 9th fret
RIP Eddie Van Halen.. I watch this video yesterday, and he dies today.
I didn't know he died two days after my birthday well R.I.P Eddie Van Halen the only song that I like from Van Halen is Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
@@alexiebmw oof
@@alexiebmw happy birthday present I guess
RIP
R.I.P
I bet Lil Wayne can stretch all the way from fret 1 to fret 24.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Along with Johnathan Depp and Marilyn Manson
@@indrajithak47 Only when Johnny uses his secret weapon.
WTF is this comment referencing? I feel totally out of the loop
@@darkbunglex its referencing that stevie t hates lil wayne
That's nothing, I can stretch from fret zero to fret 24.
That's nothing! I can stretch from fret -50 to 100!!
your legs maybe
@@UmpikLumpik fret 0 is just an open string
Lmao what?
Soooo you just put your finger on the 24th fret?
Watching this as a bass player, makes me think: oh poor guitarists with their small frets😂😂🤣
As an upright bass player, oh you poor fretboard players.
As an air bassist you poor string players
Oscar The Grouch 😂😂
I can remember a few years ago when my hands were tiny I had been just learning guitar on an acoustic with tiny ass frets, I had just got my electric guitar and just couldnt play crazy train anymore it hurt my soul
Dacian going off the nech with jumbo frets
As of today's date, Paul Gilbert's left pinkie has killed 27 men.
>'I can't even play the first stretch' >plays the entire thing
Without moving his hand
I'm your 260th Like what's my prize
You know he can nail all those songs and he’s just putting on a show
*tHaT’s WhAt mAkEs It FuNnY*
Yeah but i imagine it took practice to get that stretch
I dunno...he seemed to have real problems with Allan Holdsworth...
Yep. Yootoobers are not the most honest people at times..... 😉 Ever see Music Is Win pretending to learn a complex piece by ear instantly....? Pretends to struggle to get that first couple of note, bums a couple notes, then suddenly plays it perfectly almost like he has learned it and practiced it to death before recording and then - oh, hang on.... lol.
See i had a great idea to play Tornado of Souls for a talent show in freshman year😃. My fingers still hate me
I'm learning that solos right now. Or at least attempting to. I can't even get to the 17th fret. My hand at full painful extension barely makes it to the 15th fret
Try playing a fingerstyle piece smoothly with a stretched bass and melody note, so difficult with small hands.
@@kenz2756 ahè
Play the tornado of souls solo lick as a tapping lick on the b string, it’s much easier
Rest in peace allan holdsworth and Eddie van halen, two legends that shouldn't be forgotten.
Rust in peace*
Megadeth reference
That was very nice
@@J4YDEE POLARIS
"every stretch you take..." 😆👍
Mad9977 Productions
lol ikr. I gave up trying to learn that song because my fingers reach wasn't long enough
this lyric does kill me on the spot.
That made me smile, but "every ligament you break" got me laughing hard
yeah lol
“Every ligament you break”
8:30 wtf is going on with that guys pinkie. It just kept growing longer fml 😂😂😂😂😂
how to unsee this?
lmfaoooooooo
@@dominikmagnus step 1 bleach eyes. Step 2 done
It had a mind of its own
Might be, it has seen a female pinkie
7:55 although Steve was struggling, the chords sounded clean 👏🏽
Yes
I’m surprised Shawn Lane wasn’t on this list, namely the part of his instructional about achieving an outside sound, where he does diminished triads on one string without tapping. There’s an interview with Paul Gilbert where he says he’s the most terrifying guitarist of all time and plays the riff with two hands instead of one.
Ya know what else is 3 inches?
Half a pencil
Couch Potato I thought that said half a peinis
Ya know what else else is 3 inches?
A random marker I found and measured.
What a Twist!
so what
A taint?
That's why Dave is a legend.
n0
He is good but not legend
@@rettillanri4reisiii28ieie6 which Dave ?
@@rettillanri4reisiii28ieie6 Megadeth will always be legendary. Rust In Peace will always be in the discussion for greatest metal albums of all time, like them or not
@@Jus10Giraffney I think you are talking about another dave
I struggled with that Dokken solo when I was a teenager. Stevie's description was spot on: it's not so much the stretch, it's the pulloffs at the insane speed George is doing them that makes it such an asskicker.
Lynch is so underrated
I heard stream of consciousness here. Then, I went on to search it on youtube and boy o boy..I listened to the song for more than 20 times in a row. One of the best instrumentals ever.
legend has it james hetfield ones down picked the solo to one and kirk was like wahhh
craig seddon
Nice
What?
Idiots^^^
Read it again, James played the solo to the song “One” and Kirk said “wahhh”
ahahah
Hahahaha
Looking forward to your cover of Fracture.
lol yes Fripp is insane
Lol the augmented shredding part is almost impossible lol
And the solo of cowboys from hell ? 12-20 at the speed of light
8:39 i lost it when Stevie said OK 🤣
Buckethead can stretch from 1st to 24th fret easy
He's like 6'6" so he has massive hands. He has a song called "Taxidermy Loaf" where there's a chord that stretches from the 1st to the 6th fret. I have big hands and can stretch pretty far but that chord in particular is ridiculous.
Jonathan Sefcik 30 years ago Buckethead entered a guitar contest, Guitarist sent their cassette tapes from everywhere. Buckethead played bed time music (jingles for childeren) He did not win although he was second place . The guy who won the contest was from Japan. What the judges did no't know was the fact that Buckethead played both guitar parts at the same time once. From what I heard the only reason buckethead didn't win was because the judges thought he over dubbed..
Danny Hood thats fucking crazy, I did not know that but it makes sense
Dude i was looking for buckethead. Try Siege Engine
Lil Wayne can play all of those perfectly.
How high are you?
He's like.. The best allround musician that north America has ever produced.
Nick Jonas can too
The great Lil Wayne can stretch his fingers from the first fret to the pick ups
😂
Andy Summers is underrated as a guitarist, so many awesome riffs. Message in a bottle. BRING ON THE NIGHT ..
I really feel like Steve doesn't talk about Pantera enough. The domination solo is so extremely hard to play, especially for people with small hands because of the stretchiness and the speed combination.
Dave mustaine throwing out some classical thumb position knowledge. NICE.
"lets do some lamb of jesus" 2:22 😂😂😂
edit: yo 400 likes, and this is my favourite joke in this video lol
shut up you frickin jazz nerd
@Tech Hybrid no
Lamb of Gsus
@gozietheclown Ms.Gozie nerd also means inferior and I gotta say, I look down upon you like the nerd you are
@gozietheclown Ms.Gozie Ok
Thanks for putting Holdsworth in the mix. I saw the title and wondered if ol' Alan was going to be covered. I would love to see you do more things with Holdsworth, like a look at his insane legato leads.
I found “in my darkest hour” pretty hard.
Dave writes awesome riffs though
His early riffs and solos are very intense and frenetic at times.
0:06 At least it's not raid Shadow legends
Raid shadow legends is auctally a really good game, its just a meme because its a sponser on many videos.... Have you auctally played the game? I've been playing it for a long time and the game is really fun and addicting
BASS their ads are even invading the comment sections now
@@X-EvilAsh Oh no they are sponsoring youtube comments now D:
@@X-EvilAsh no offense this is a joke but have you learned to aktchually spell
@@X-EvilAsh Have you played pubg ?
As a 4'11" tall bassist with little hands, Lamb of God - Ruin was quite painful
Yeah im learning it rn and i cant do the 2-5,6 stretch either
@@daredevil2724 I have long fingers and that song is still hard.
You have to lift the 2nd fret finger every time. This is coming from a 5'10" bassist with a long scale instrument and toddler hands
I'm 4'11" too^^
Medusa Bass im 5’7” and im 13 lol
Stevie: wtf why you gotta make it impossible
Also Stevie: plays it
The struggle is real? More like... "The Threat is Real".
Haha :(
I want to die, how do I unsee this 😂😂😂
More like the strech is real
Every wrist you break
Every strech you take.
I mean I broke that to fap-what
Dislocating your fingers is actually the secret to playing these songs.
I find tornado funny because marty has small hands. He's just amazing.
In my opinion, one of the most hardest so gs to play with small hands is My Way by Limp Bizkit, like, Wes Borland did some weird chords in the chorus part, and there is a part where he streches his finger from fret 2-A to 5-D and 7-G and goeas all the way to the frets 10-12 and 14 following the same pattern but changes the string he playes on with that pattern, Limp Bizkit is pretty underrated
I have a tip
Stop having small hands
Oh my! How couldn't I realise that! Thank you Kourosh
Omg thanks!
Nobody:
Game Grumps: *GeT bIgGeR hAnDs*
Thanks obama
Got em
Mustaine has some crazy spider technique
The Spider Chord is not so hard once you get it
Erno Ballai He meant his fretting hand is like a spider, not the spider chords themselves.
Dave Mustaine IS a crazy spider
@@ernoballai3588 Nothing is hard once you get it, you idiot
Hey Stevie,
I’m not sure if other guitarists count this as a big stretch but in Ozzy Osbourne’s Bark at the Moon right at the end of the opening riff you have to bar the tenth fret on the b and g strings with your fourth finger while you’re playing the fifth fret on the d string with your first finger.
*fret
That's more of a jump than a stretch
As a fellow guitarist with small hands and fingers, I've never seen a UA-cam video more relatable.
"His hand looks like some sort of crustacean..." LMAO
tak178 yes, i can confirm this was in the video
The title of this vid should be "The Importance of the Pinky".
Yes... hell some chords are just impossible without it... 1 barred and 3 pressed down
Larry Mar it took me forever to include my pinky in bar chords. Lol good luck to me in trying to include in a solo. But then again I’m more of a rhythm player
@@MikeyVonSwank13 besides paying rhythm is a lot better!
I started out using my pinky all the time bc i have small hands so whenever i hear someone say they have to use their pinky i just turn my head in ahh and ask wait you don't use your pinky
(and of the thumb) 😂😂
Allan Holdsworth! Yesss the man. Respect to you for playing some too.
Holdsworth is miles beyond anyone technically and musically on electric guitar. It is subjective what you enjoy more of course.
Glad to have you back Stevie!
How long till your fingernails disappear?
Hunedpcl7 I know, right? He should really try to stop biting them.
I noticed that on another video (maybe the toy guitar one), and now I can't stand to look lol..
Food is more filling
Serious case of onychophagia... Dude needs help.
Paul Gilbert's fingers are freaking lllloooonnnggggggg
Well, he is 6’4 in person.😉😂
I'm going to rewatch as my videos to get view back up. Welcome back Stevie
I also have small hands and recently learnt how to play every breath you take and my hand kept cramping up, also I subscribed keep up the good content 😉
Where are his finger nails?
He bites them so much they don’t exist anymore
Bitten off
In his stomach
On a guitar that in the middle of next week judging on the context of the video
I ate them
That explain why Dave Mustain have arthritis in his hands.
everyone has that
Most people in their mid-50's do, guitarists or not.
Thanks for the aclaration!
The millions help the pain
Try being a gamer, some get arthritis before their 20’s
I've been playing most my life and you are slick. In my eyes I can not honestly say I heard anyone better in that style man seamless
I went to GIT in the '80s when Paul Gilbert was an instructor there so I've sat in a room with him about one foot away. It's amazing the speed that he has and his technique. Not my favorite style but it's just amazing
Now try that on a bass... that´s the true pain
Francisco Santos that's cause each fret has its own zip code lol
Bassists UNITE!
Daniel Bryson HELL YEAH!!! I have tiny little girl hands and an Ibanez soundgear...I couldn't do the Washburn or Havoc if I wanted too...my soundgear has tiny frets so I can reach 1-6 if I need to...small hands suck
PJ Beckley they're good basses, I have one too! 🎸 I liked how it played, but I think I've got average hands. Stretches usually aren't too bad but I've come across several learning RHCP songs. Flea, you're killing me, Smalls!
Daniel Bryson Flea and Timmy C...and occasionally even Paul Gray and Johnny Christ
Sees finger stretch photos
"I CAN DO THAT!!!"
*Grabs guitar
*1 fret short
*Cries
My technique for long streches that I use in my solos that have 5 to 12 fret stretches is put my thumb as a another of my fretting fingers and use my thumb on the 5th fret and my middle finger on the 12th fret
Just like how dave mustanie does the technique in that last song
And for hot for teacher I use the typical index to pinky technique, just I practice it til it doesn't hurt, just like my downpicking
And I have pretty small fingers because I am actually a minor
I somewhat remember the main riff of Always With Me, Always With You as being a bit of a stretch.
That’s why I play rhythm.
Jake 😂 this comment😂
Jake
Yeah...well i'm lead...and i don't know what to do :V
Though half of this was rhythm and chords ;_;
Doesn’t really make sense since most though stretches involve chords.
for fuck sake
I'm a small-fingered bass player.
T H E
S T R U G G L E
I S
R E A L
I have short fingers and for some reason decided that buying a long-scale 5-string bass sounded like a good idea...
It is a great idea. How long? I got a 35er.
I feel your struggle bro, my middle finger is only around 2 and 3/4 inches long
Patitucci has small has but that doesnt stops him
yEs
i have wating your videos once again.. i have been enjoyong it more since i have gain more knowlege on different guitarist...thank you steve
I like the way you treat it with humor and naturality instead of as a problem, tks for the inspiration XD
You are not trying hard enough, obviously Lil Wayne solo is the most difficult to play.
not after you had some seriously large doobies... or benzos ...or both
Moloch69 😂
Lil Wayne's solo was plagiarized from Local H's solo in "Bound for the floor"
That’s because lil Wayne doesn’t no shit about how to play guitar or even how to hold it properly...
Ha.... FUNNY
I can barely go from the first fret to the 5th fret without hurting myself, but fucking 12 to 24? I might as well just chop my hand off!
Sean Roods 😂😂
Sean Roods I feel you 100%
Sean Roods That's crazy I can barely stretch to the 20th fret
You can use herman lee's technique that he used in through fire and flames intro riff(after the clean)
Just tap it its way easier and doesnt sound that different
Also in through the fire and flames part of the intro riff where you would stretch from 13 to 20 really fast on the B string
Dude I just had one of the worst days EVER and you just made me laugh a lot, I friggin love you man.
This had me in stitches! Every stretch you take... every ligament you break! 🤣 I feel the pain
Levi Watts same I can't play that song at all my fingers are permanently disfigured
Levi : Wait till the arthritis sets in!! It sucks!
3:32 you really missed a good opportunity there .... "every stretch you take , makes my fingers ache , they could even break , make no mistake.... they are hurting me" 😆
Bro I’m glad you put George Lynch on this list because he’s suuuper underrated
Yeah so is Allan Holdsworth
Under rated? I think "guitar legend" when I hear of both of those names. I think you two meant that people who dont play guitar dont know who they are, which is true. However everyone who plays thinks the same as us.
@@sole__doubtis pretty difficult to say that. You name Dokken in an average metal discussion and most of them will be like "meh, average glam metal". Dokken is pretty respected as well, but (as you already mentioned) mostly among musicians
I did not expect head crusher to be here but I was pleasantly suprised. It's a fun intro, if you can hit the stretch for it.
I have small hands, but I play the balalaika so it doesn't get in my way. You should try to shred on the balalaika. It has strings so...(It deserves to be shredded upon)
Cassandra Jeffers how about balalaika bass, which is huge? guitar frets would seem peace of cake after that lol
Roman Mubarakshin I would LOVE to have a contra bass balalaika! They sound awesome. Right now I have a prima balalaika.
Roman Mubarakshin but yeah, they'd be a piece of cake after the contra bass
Balalayka rules.with distortion.Hi from Saint-Petersburg!)
Try checking out Rob Scallon’s video on it. It’s pretty nice but not exactly shredding.
I haven't even started to watch the video, but I expect Megadeth to be mentioned here!!
*EDIT*
Definitely not disappointed!
Ilir Piliki same
Dave Mustaine has spider fingers
My initial thought was "I bet washington is next is on here with that crazy thumb stretch". Even with longer fingers that is so hard to play.
my first thought was washington is next on fist place of this list
If this comment was a guitar brand it would be ESP.
@@anthonystark9390 only when you don't have 24 frets
For the Stream of Conciousness intro riff, I just play 2 and 3 on the 3rd string to avoid having to strech to 8, and then play the 4th string open instead of 5 on the 5th string
Stevie, I watch you so much that my ads are about guitars when I watch your videos. I'm not joking.
Well, I saw Megadeth and Dream Theater coming before he started making the video
acc 320 I instantly thought of Stream Of Consciousness before I clicked on the video!
Here's my top 10.
Every Dragonforce song ever
Omg yess!
I luv dragonforce
Indra inspace that could also work for people with bad reflexes
unfunny
Dont forget everyother buckethead song
If Steve can make those faces and play guitar, he’s a true legend
5:22 if he is on the e, a, or d string,
He could just play the 4th fret on the next string up. It would be the same note
Lil Wayne can stretch from 1st to 21st fret
Now if only he knew how to play the guitar, it might count for something.
Nick jonas stretches his fingers from 1st fret to 1st fret...
Théo Gonçalves Quintiliano *me come* it's all about the finger practice,if you got a dirty mind then you'll get what I mean.
And not even touch the guitar
At the same time, shredding in those frets. XD.
Jason Becker in one instructional video, stretches from 5 to 17 fret, Jason the best
i need to watch that pls post the link, pls!!
Whaaaaaat !!!! ???!?
not hard if you play it overhand
Tibolla Gajardo is a video from his clinic in Japan, let me search
Luis WORKOUT at that point just transcribe it up a string or 2
The part of the tappings at the end of Van Halen's spanish fly, besides the opening of fingers still has the speed that kills fingers.
He plays it on a classical guitar, which is a little smaller than a normal guitar. But the stretch on ice cream man is insane
Try the second movement of La Catedral by Barrios. There’s a huge chord in there that’s insane
I’ve struggled with the gothic octave by George Lynch. My fingers are not quite long enough so I had to alter it and make it into a tapping lick. George Lynch is a freakishly good guitarist so it’s really hard to play some of his licks and solos but studying them will definitely take your skill to a whole new level.
Good? He's a monster. He had it all..speed, feel, phrasing..and that vibrato. And his tone was just different one note from him and you go like ..yea ..that's definitely lynch.
@@anisamalik7842 I agree, BUT what about Fret 12 to 24?
His riff writing and soloing is incredible, he’s definitely one of my biggest inspirations as a guitarist
@@differentlensesThat one and Head Crusher, as soon as I saw the stretching I said "f**k that, I'm tapping that thang to death". 12 to 24th, nope.
What about Buckethead? He has totally alien fingers!
Stevie, i think most of us know what riff you forgot, ARMS OF SORROW BY KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, it has stretches that are 6 or 7 frets in between with barre chords on the lower strings at the same time, It’s absolute HELL to play with small hands
One thing I used find really difficult to play was the opening to siege engine by buckethead because it's just alternating between annoying stretchy chord and basic power chords.
Salad fingers is the lovechild of Buckethead and Paul Gilbert's fingers
I know right... to bad he's insane...
The thing about StevieT's videos is that you can keep watching them again and again and never get tired.
Vader Totally agree!! :D
Right
ive seen this one alone about 4 or 5 times now
Wierd
So true I’ve watched this video like 20 times
Absolutely love that part in Washington is next.
I have big boy hands, but I’d love to have the skill that StevieT’s hands have...
It’s not the length, it’s how you use it. 😝
What if you can use it but you have small fingers
Angela Stone that’s what she said
@@Me37368 lmao
You're so right, I got the biggest hands (without being a freak) and my guitar playing sucks!
SAY WHAT but thannk you 😁
Puts megadeth in every spot
Me. Fair enough
I never noticed how nice the fretboard is on that guitar.
I played "Nothing Left" by As I Lay Dying live a few day ago, there's a 1-5 stretch, a 12 to 7 pulloff, and a 5-10 power chord all in that one song, it's wasn't easy.