"... and then, of course, I can add the toes of my left foot and my front teeth, to get a group of 17, which, of course, lends itself to playing over 27/13 beats."
I use this trick on my Line 6 POD X3 Live. Since it allows two different tones at a time, I set one of the tones to what I need for playing the part. And on the other, I set the delay to infinite repeats, and then tap the tempo of the delay using the TAP footswitch.
I can understand that AAL is not for everyone but I hope those people still realise how talented this group is. I mean look at that, the guy is passionate about what he's doing and he got so much talent it's ridiculous.
It sounds waaay too cacofonic for me, but damn, they got to another level. Maybe as I get better on guitar I might listen to then more, or other artists with such complexity...
Ronaldo Vinushka First time I heard "CAFO" I thought the same thing....then forgot about the band for like a year. During that year I'd started to listening to more prog band that are less complicated than them but it seems to have helped me understand them. I came back to CAFO one day and was like....wow it's fucking awesome now lol
This is pretty much how I feel. I'm not a huge fan of their music, but damn, do I look up to Tosin, he's an insane guitarist and insanely creative as well.
"if you really want to get into it, sometimes I throw my whole elbow into it, I use my nose for some of the notes and my tongue to create some of those really unique sounds that you don't really understand that I'm making... If you get good at it, you can start just staring at your guitar to make it play heavenly melodies."
@@bibi_999 that's not a whoosh, I didn't know the source either. I could guess Tosin, or one of his influences, but not listing a source isn't helpful.
I just realized that the opening riff to Kaskade was played about halfway through this video. That means that everyone at this session got a two year sneak peek of the song.
The flamenco guys have been playing up and down with the thumb like this for 200 years; they call it "alzapua", literally "up thumb". Including with the nail. . .including with the hammered on triplets. You can hear the technique used in recordings from Ramon Montoya in the 1930s. Paco De Lucia was the absolute master of this.
Yeah but they did not palm mute everything and slap the note so the string hits the fretboard to give it the percussive sound that he is getting. That is why if you listen to alzapua and tosins thumping they don't sound alike at all. Flemenco guitarist have also used percussive hits to the guitar for hundreds of years but they never replicated the kind of percussion ensembles that modern guitarist do.
@@mohamedelhassen7762 Nah I don't think so, though it sounds similar to that section in Physical Education so maybe it became that...perhaps it will appear on the new album?
all these feels even more incredible due to the fact that Tosin almost quit playing guitar altogether - the first AAL album was not in a state to be released, but the label wanted it anyway to just put it out to get some money. Tosin was so embarrassed by how it sounded he was planning on just moving to France and giving up guitar, but then Misha convinced him that he could fix it up to a reasonable state. We got the first AAL album thanks to Misha, and now look where he's at today. Incredible.
I think the best thing about Tosin is that as much a of genius as he is technically playing, he's also such a brilliant mind. His ability to explain his styles and techniques is so lucid and seems like it's second nature to him. Really inspiring and I hope he goes far in his career.
No matter how much I practice... I... Cannot... play... this... shit. Hats of to Tosin and his guitar wizardry/whitchcraft. My favorite guitar player these days
Man it's crazy to think he started writing/practising stuff at least 3 years before you hear it on the recording... really must take a long time to practice this stuff to perfection.
Tosin is the definition of innovative guitar playing. Sounds awsome and vocals are great but his playing overshadows the issue for me. I find that I get bored of any regular guitarist. But when some alien like this comes along there is endless inspiration and peace for my soul.
does anyone else notice that in 90% of tosin's lessons or advice or whatever hes doing he only ever plays his songs or little licks of them. Idk something i picked up on except at 5:30. that was beautiful. the few vids i find him demoing and going off his songs and doing melodic gorgeous stuff like that it is absolutely incredible. there is a whole other avenue of power and dominance for tosin in music making if he were to go more for that melodic composed stuff instead of AAL were is more a mix of fiercely varying unique playing.
Dude I'll never be as good as you, but thanks for the help anyway lol. Terminator Tosin over here, spewing genius at everyone in the room and through people displays...where do you get off??? Haha, love you man.
okay so technical point here: the motion required for this technique uses finger movement and wrist oscillations simultaneously. I have read guides and watched videos all over the internet and nobody has made a point of that fact. the wrist doesn't anchor it floats, and to make clean notes you must decelopy good finger movment combined with a very small wrist movement for economy and speef
Reggie Wooten, Victor's Wooten brother, who happens to be creater the double thumping technique. Check out Victor Wooten's Classical Thump bass solo if you want to witness one of the first song that has been composed around the double thumping concept.
Just to be sure, I got you right, Tosin: So I can either go like BRR BRR BRR BRR or BRRR BRRR BRRR or BRRRR BRRRRR BRRRRRR or BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR or BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR or even BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, right? Easy peasy! Why didn't you just say so?
by the end of this section the entire audience was just like "ok, yup. never trying to play music again. i'm just done.' hahaha. i remember looking around at the dudes around me and it was just like "wtf how is this possible" lol
well he is indirectly taught by victor wooten. evan brewer taught tosin abasi this double thump technique, and evan brewer was taught by victor and regi wooten.
"... and then, of course, I can add the toes of my left foot and my front teeth, to get a group of 17, which, of course, lends itself to playing over 27/13 beats."
lmao
i died xD
YOU WIN TEH INTERNETS.
"...like that."
***** This killed me LOL, well played.
Then hammer-on metronome thing is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen.
that made my jaw drop too. music just comes so naturally to this guy.
Pretty sure it's just a loop pedal repeating that note.
I use this trick on my Line 6 POD X3 Live.
Since it allows two different tones at a time, I set one of the tones to what I need for playing the part. And on the other, I set the delay to infinite repeats, and then tap the tempo of the delay using the TAP footswitch.
@@bikinipuncake724 what's with your name? 😒
I can understand that AAL is not for everyone but I hope those people still realise how talented this group is. I mean look at that, the guy is passionate about what he's doing and he got so much talent it's ridiculous.
It sounds waaay too cacofonic for me, but damn, they got to another level.
Maybe as I get better on guitar I might listen to then more, or other artists with such complexity...
Ronaldo Vinushka First time I heard "CAFO" I thought the same thing....then forgot about the band for like a year. During that year I'd started to listening to more prog band that are less complicated than them but it seems to have helped me understand them. I came back to CAFO one day and was like....wow it's fucking awesome now lol
They’re certainly not for me but Tosin is probably the best guitarist living right now
I wouldn't have got into prog without Cacophony tho. Speed Metal Symphony was filled with odd time signature.
This is pretty much how I feel. I'm not a huge fan of their music, but damn, do I look up to Tosin, he's an insane guitarist and insanely creative as well.
"if you really want to get into it, sometimes I throw my whole elbow into it, I use my nose for some of the notes and my tongue to create some of those really unique sounds that you don't really understand that I'm making... If you get good at it, you can start just staring at your guitar to make it play heavenly melodies."
who said that????
@@bibi_999 that's not a whoosh, I didn't know the source either. I could guess Tosin, or one of his influences, but not listing a source isn't helpful.
Six years later, and the OP has remained silent. Well played.
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Tosin Abasi- best bass player of all time.
DimeWyldeSynTremonti this is a troll right? Please let this be a troll
are you stupid of course its a joke
SPAM not a troll. Just a joke. Calm down.
im a bassist. this is the funniest shit ive ever read
I guess somebody should **puts on glasses** TOSS HIM A BASS
"Don't hold your pick like Marty Friedman" - Tosin Abasi
I just realized that the opening riff to Kaskade was played about halfway through this video. That means that everyone at this session got a two year sneak peek of the song.
Yes, and the lead riff for crescent too lol
Are you talking about the triplets section?
Around 5:30?
@@zera2314 no, he's talking about 4:18
love that album
The flamenco guys have been playing up and down with the thumb like this for 200 years; they call it "alzapua", literally "up thumb". Including with the nail. . .including with the hammered on triplets. You can hear the technique used in recordings from Ramon Montoya in the 1930s. Paco De Lucia was the absolute master of this.
Yeah but they did not palm mute everything and slap the note so the string hits the fretboard to give it the percussive sound that he is getting. That is why if you listen to alzapua and tosins thumping they don't sound alike at all. Flemenco guitarist have also used percussive hits to the guitar for hundreds of years but they never replicated the kind of percussion ensembles that modern guitarist do.
Innovative/original guitarists are rare these days but Abasi is one of those.
then you use antimatter to create a gravitational vortex that lets you pick notes by moving your stomach muscles
He looks like a very nice dude
The etude he busts out at 5:30 is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard. I pray it will appear on an album at some point
Is it on one of his songs?
@@mohamedelhassen7762 Nah I don't think so, though it sounds similar to that section in Physical Education so maybe it became that...perhaps it will appear on the new album?
@@eden_machine ua-cam.com/video/A500rQlIR7k/v-deo.html He does almost the same thing here
from 2013 to 2023. this will age like red wine
all these feels even more incredible due to the fact that Tosin almost quit playing guitar altogether - the first AAL album was not in a state to be released, but the label wanted it anyway to just put it out to get some money. Tosin was so embarrassed by how it sounded he was planning on just moving to France and giving up guitar, but then Misha convinced him that he could fix it up to a reasonable state. We got the first AAL album thanks to Misha, and now look where he's at today. Incredible.
This guy is really skilled and down to Earth. Not surprised that he's connected to the Wooten family, even distantly.
I'll have to research this.
@@aleckirklen4003been six months. Any any results?
its true. Trust me will you?@@Anikanstern
"Dont hold your pick like Marty Friedman" Hahaha
+Cheesy Cola that was good haha ;)
Physical Education right here!!
Ka$kade too!
Ka$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$cade!
Lucas Jenkins
my dude
Hell yeah, Tech Deth is the shit. But also the genre.
and Crescent at 3:22
Tosin sounds like Tocino in spanish which means Bacon. Just another reason to love this guy
i always thoght the same
Bacon Abasi
Tosin is truly a gift to musicians everywhere! A guy who is innovative these days is a rare breed. So much respect.
I think the best thing about Tosin is that as much a of genius as he is technically playing, he's also such a brilliant mind. His ability to explain his styles and techniques is so lucid and seems like it's second nature to him. Really inspiring and I hope he goes far in his career.
Agreed!
Insane that this was 10 years ago. This man is a genius.
Tosin is so good at teaching.
3:22 - this is my Abasing face.
Abasta nut
@@Phazonviper abasta nut too when hear aal
When you realize the stuff he was playing is from Joy Of Motion
+Emunti Herrera Dude, I flipped when I saw that. He's had this material for yeaaaarsss!!
Yup, totally awesome. Noticed Crescent and Kascade there
Point to Point was on Tosin's Channel in 2007.
+Koogus really?
Yes
that's not a thumb it's a banana
It's a right angle
Issa boomerang
It's a moon in this(🌙 ) shape
Wow. Quite a bit of this ended up on the Joy of Motion a year and a half later. Gives you a bit of perspective on how his music is written.
This guy is the best 8 string artist I've ever seen
Has anybody noticed that he played 'Kascade' at 4:17 2 years before it came out?
How awesome would it be if Victor Wooten joined AAL?
yes, pls
I can't even communicate how much I need this collaboration. It especially works now that Vic is in a prog metal band.
:O which band?
DandelionVolta Octavision
I don't know if the world could handle that much awesomeness.
Love how he turns a tap into a looping metronome sound and then plays in time with it.
Honest to God..... Tosin Abasi is seriously the most humble, friendly person I have ever seen in my life. Great dude....
I love it how he keeps looking back at his hand, to make sure his dj00nt didn't slice it off with his godlike tones.
No matter how much I practice...
I...
Cannot...
play...
this...
shit.
Hats of to Tosin and his guitar wizardry/whitchcraft. My favorite guitar player these days
Such incredibly informative insight into his approach to rhythm and writing. Thanks for this.
This technique has nothing to do with the shape of your thumb.
Just practice practice practice.
I love how he's just like "Do this thing" pretty simply then proceeds to do something I have no clue how to do. Thanks Tosin. I still love you.
This is why he's my fave guitarist, mixes things up all the time with strange and different techniques and is really versatile as a player.
Man it's crazy to think he started writing/practising stuff at least 3 years before you hear it on the recording... really must take a long time to practice this stuff to perfection.
I was there! Loved this session.
dat metronome
lol...
Fuck u
@@TheSnazzyAdventures what the hell
@@bradley8g LOL like he went off for nothing. 🤣
the sounds he makes seriously sound like aliens talking.
Joy of Motion stuff way before that album came out haha
Yea I heard alot from that album and then I saw the date of the video. Really good album.
You can get 200 hours explaining the techniques, but it is not a normal human being able to play like him.
This guy got some mad skillz! :O
This guy is the David of our time, David was a guy that played the strings and could calm even a mental and crazy person to a still!!
I don't know what's more epic - the thumping or the flat top!!!
Thumping - The tapping of this decade
genius....a great guitarist and bassist in one u don't see that very often victor wooten's brother uses the thumping technique in his guitar playing
3:22 - awesome! The upcoming riff from the song "Crescent"!
And they said Hendrix was innovative..
+Noah McCoy He was. 50 years ago...
Chae H well said m8!
Noah McCoy Well, Victor and Regie Wooten came up with this technique
Noah McCoy only difference EVERYTHING Hendrix played was gold where as this entire thing sounds awful you couldn't sing any of it back.
Tosin is the definition of innovative guitar playing. Sounds awsome and vocals are great but his playing overshadows the issue for me. I find that I get bored of any regular guitarist. But when some alien like this comes along there is endless inspiration and peace for my soul.
Also, for a guitar player to take lessons on playing bass lines on guitar... holy moly.
does anyone else notice that in 90% of tosin's lessons or advice or whatever hes doing he only ever plays his songs or little licks of them. Idk something i picked up on
except at 5:30. that was beautiful. the few vids i find him demoing and going off his songs and doing melodic gorgeous stuff like that it is absolutely incredible.
there is a whole other avenue of power and dominance for tosin in music making if he were to go more for that melodic composed stuff instead of AAL were is more a mix of fiercely varying unique playing.
such an inspiration.
That is one of the coolest techniques I've seen.
This guy is the God of Guitar! You could name ANY techniques about guitar and this guy knows it.
Thank you for sharing this. Deep respect!
Dude I'll never be as good as you, but thanks for the help anyway lol. Terminator Tosin over here, spewing genius at everyone in the room and through people displays...where do you get off??? Haha, love you man.
thanks for uploading this =), i like to track other guitarists progress to understand their methods
Victor Wooten has been "thumbing" before most of us were born...but you're still the man Tosin!
okay so technical point here: the motion required for this technique uses finger movement and wrist oscillations simultaneously. I have read guides and watched videos all over the internet and nobody has made a point of that fact. the wrist doesn't anchor it floats, and to make clean notes you must decelopy good finger movment combined with a very small wrist movement for economy and speef
The amount of skill in one hand is that comparable of thousands of players across the world congregated into a single guitar playing mass.
What a great clip and musician!!
Tosin doesn't need a delay pedal. He IS the delay pedal.
Tosin is a huge inspiration for innovation!
Tosin is just unfairly good.
playing bass helps with this A LOT!
This bruised my brain
Even with all his fame and talent, he seems like a really down to earth, humble guy. That's awesome.
Wow can't wait to hear a new album with these new techniques.
5:30 i fucking love it... it sounds so... tender and nice and agresive at the same time!
So refreshing to see one of these guitars being used to play something other then METAL
3:10 is the beginning of "Crescent" from the new album! :D
That "in the zone" face he makes at 4:30
This just gave me an idea for a cool riff!
this was probably the best thing I've ever attended haha
Very nice. Thanks for the upload metalnick1. Tosin is the man when it comes to this technique.
Basically, really focusing on the rhythm aspect and on what you can do with your hands. People tend to overthink notes and underthink rhythm.
i dont wanna be the guy to make the south park reference but its literally never been more appropriate
Reggie Wooten, Victor's Wooten brother, who happens to be creater the double thumping technique. Check out Victor Wooten's Classical Thump bass solo if you want to witness one of the first song that has been composed around the double thumping concept.
Just to be sure, I got you right, Tosin: So I can either go like BRR BRR BRR BRR or BRRR BRRR BRRR or BRRRR BRRRRR BRRRRRR or BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR or BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR or even BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, right?
Easy peasy! Why didn't you just say so?
he's so good
OMG TOSIN Y U SO TALENTED
by the end of this section the entire audience was just like "ok, yup. never trying to play music again. i'm just done.' hahaha. i remember looking around at the dudes around me and it was just like "wtf how is this possible" lol
This dude is so innovative
i like ke$sha how do i find her vidos
Epic troll fail. :D
Damn, I wish there was more videos of this clinic
That run on sentence took balls.
Have you heard Animals as Leader's Weightless? This technique is used quite a bit on it and it sounds phenomenal.
well he is indirectly taught by victor wooten. evan brewer taught tosin abasi this double thump technique, and evan brewer was taught by victor and regi wooten.
Great advice at the end. Don't go out of you way to be like someone else.
lol Tosin Abasi is one of the most accomplished guitarists as far as technique is concerned. He is just a wealth of technique
Tosin is love.-
when I grow up I want to be Tosin Abasi.
Victor Wooten's technic on the guitar!
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!
Crescent @ 3:20! SO sick!
***** This video was over a year and a half ago! He must have had those riffs in his head for so long.
Isn't this called double thump on bass? As used by Victor Wooten for example. Awesome skills though
Get this man to Chicago!
Fuck me and I thought Guthrie was good at slapping at eletric guitars but this is fucking crazy, this is what breaking the mold looks like
Dude, this is the GC I always go to! HOW DID I MISS THIS!??
the most innovative player since macalpine