I hope it's helpful! It was a very fun piece to learn. I coloured my hair for a project, I think its a temporary thing! I'm hoping to make many more videos this year.
I've been working on refining my cliffs of Dover intro for a while and I'm probably about where you are with it but let's be perfectly honest there are some great versions of this on UA-cam that are for all intensive purposes flawless don't give up!
I play this song a lot, I still haven’t mastered it. I only play acoustic guitars these days, I’ve been practicing this song for 5 years. If I can get the intro and outro solo down, and clean up a couple little parts that I usually slip a little bit, I will consider it a true life accomplishment. It is my favorite song to play for people though, it always brings a great mood and people are amazed because nothing else sounds quite like it.
Thanks. I have a US Strat, and I was originally going to do it on that, but because I had spent so long practicing it on the Squier (because that's the guitar I have laying around the most), I felt most comfortable playing it on that. Also to be honest the sound quality between both guitars wasn't at all significant.
That's pretty much how I learn any song - I break it down to a few bars at a time ... then as I watch TV - I play each section until I remember it ... sometimes hundreds of times.
yeap i've had a few songs on the back burner for a few years the #1 song is cliffs of dover the one i'm currently working on is the paradise city outro solo my idea is if i can get enough time in practicing building up the hands*both hands are important**** on paradise city i'll start work on the dreaded cliffs of dover if you're just starting out reading this PLZ!!! use all four fingers on your fretting hand now so you will not have to learn that later on another tip is use a thick pick yeah i'm taking a week of chilling out and resting the hands that's another tip by the way by chilling out i mean i'm learning scales that's another tip by the way the diminished half whole scale and the diminished whole half scale love the vid i subbed
Hey! Nice work! One thing that makes this song difficult is that EJ is extensively using very specific string switching techniques, for which his licks are specifically designed to work well with. I think you showed a Troy Grady video thumbnail in reference to the ending part descending 5s, so maybe you already are well aware of what is going on, but if you haven't yet, I would really recommend checking out Troy Grady's channel for more in depth analysis on picking technique than ANY other person. In terms of picking technique, string changes are uniquely difficult in that just simply practicing more will not lead to improvement. As shown in a lot of the interviews on Troy's Channel, very few of the best technical players fully understand their own string switching mechanics, just that they stumbled across something that works. If you practice without understanding the underlying mechanics you may get lucky and find something that works, but the chances are not in your favor. Eric Johnson's primary technique is the combination of "downward pickslanting (DWPS)", more recently renamed "upstroke escape motion (USX)", along with sweeping in the downward direction only. I highly highly recommend checking out Troy's channel as he does a great job explaining these topics. As a side note, I personally saw no improvement on my picking speed and accuracy over a roughly two-year period because I was (unknowingly) trying to play runs that were mismatched with my picking technique. Now that I understand the mechanics, I can play the same run smooth and fast in two different ways, by either intentionally altering the left hand fingerings to work properly with my original picking technique (downward pickslanting), or I can keep the original left hand fingerings and use a different picking technique (two way pickslanting). For the Cliffs of Dover intro, I initally tried to rework the fingerings to work with pure alternate picking, but there just isn't a good solution, and so I gave in and finally decided to learn downward sweeps. Now, with techniques that are correctly matched to EJ's licks, I can play the Cliffs of Dover intro with surprising smoothness.
Troy Grady is amazing! How he has decoded speed picking is mastery. Great to hear about your journey, and really pleased to hear that you can play the intro so smoothly now.
I hear you on the finger rest time. Nice video. I try to pick most of the notes, as in the original studio album, but some of those string jumping alternate picking lines are tough. I do think that to get that awesome rolling cascade of notes you kinda have to sometimes. It is fun also trying to incorporate lines from the diverse ways he's played the song live over the years. Have you ckecked the miniseries he posted on Facebook during the pandemic? He talks a lot about the way he approches things.
Good. I'm learning it, too. Don't agree with your descending run in 5, 3 and 2 frets on Intro. Anyway, good job. I've given myself 9 months, and 1 month has passed. Playing for 50 years. 👍
Thanks for the feedback. Good luck learning it. Its still my favourite thing to play on guitar even a couple of months after making the video. I feel it will take me another year to perfect it.
YOU need a new hobby???! Legendary!! Thanks for the inspiring (and highly entertaining) post! And I’m sure it’ll take the rest of us much longer than seven months…
What I've come to realize when your learning someone else's style of playing learning all their synchronicities and habits which once you have developed your own style others have the same problems with your's and even Eric Johnson would have to learn your's and probably would take nearly as long because it's just completely alien to him unless of course your style is extremely close to his then your just a clone of his style, similarly the way Vitto bratta was to Eddie Van Halen.
perdi casi 7 minutos de mi vida para saber que al final no lograste tocar igual a la version de Austin, TX 1988, pense que serias el primero en igualar pero nadie lo lograra ni el mismiso Erick Johnson creo que pueda volver a interpretarla igual como ese dia
I hope it's helpful! It was a very fun piece to learn. I coloured my hair for a project, I think its a temporary thing! I'm hoping to make many more videos this year.
It's a good look. Thanks for the dope video too!
I've been working on refining my cliffs of Dover intro for a while and I'm probably about where you are with it but let's be perfectly honest there are some great versions of this on UA-cam that are for all intensive purposes flawless don't give up!
love to see other mr. tabs enjoyers
thats awesome the end product was worth the time spent practicing
Thanks, I really appreciate that
I play this song a lot, I still haven’t mastered it. I only play acoustic guitars these days, I’ve been practicing this song for 5 years. If I can get the intro and outro solo down, and clean up a couple little parts that I usually slip a little bit, I will consider it a true life accomplishment. It is my favorite song to play for people though, it always brings a great mood and people are amazed because nothing else sounds quite like it.
Respect for showing you can still achieve tis without some sort of custom shop Strat.
Thanks. I have a US Strat, and I was originally going to do it on that, but because I had spent so long practicing it on the Squier (because that's the guitar I have laying around the most), I felt most comfortable playing it on that. Also to be honest the sound quality between both guitars wasn't at all significant.
Amazing video. Very useful. Edited great 👍 appreciate it
Thanks!
Great Vid. Really well put together. 👍👍
Thanks!
Really inspiring !! Thanks for sharing this
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
That's pretty much how I learn any song - I break it down to a few bars at a time ... then as I watch TV - I play each section until I remember it ... sometimes hundreds of times.
Netscape?! Bro, you just blew my mind!!!
Nice vid. Im working on this song right now and it's going to be my biggest challenge to date.
Good luck! As I am sure you will find out, it'll take you longer than you think :-)
Well done sir!
Thanks very much!
yeap i've had a few songs on the back burner for a few years
the #1 song is cliffs of dover
the one i'm currently working on is the paradise city outro solo
my idea is if i can get enough time in practicing building up the hands*both hands are important****
on paradise city i'll start work on the dreaded cliffs of dover
if you're just starting out reading this PLZ!!! use all four fingers on your fretting hand now so you will not have to learn that later on
another tip is use a thick pick
yeah i'm taking a week of chilling out and resting the hands that's another tip by the way
by chilling out i mean i'm learning scales that's another tip by the way
the diminished half whole scale
and the diminished whole half scale
love the vid i subbed
Hey! Nice work! One thing that makes this song difficult is that EJ is extensively using very specific string switching techniques, for which his licks are specifically designed to work well with. I think you showed a Troy Grady video thumbnail in reference to the ending part descending 5s, so maybe you already are well aware of what is going on, but if you haven't yet, I would really recommend checking out Troy Grady's channel for more in depth analysis on picking technique than ANY other person. In terms of picking technique, string changes are uniquely difficult in that just simply practicing more will not lead to improvement. As shown in a lot of the interviews on Troy's Channel, very few of the best technical players fully understand their own string switching mechanics, just that they stumbled across something that works. If you practice without understanding the underlying mechanics you may get lucky and find something that works, but the chances are not in your favor. Eric Johnson's primary technique is the combination of "downward pickslanting (DWPS)", more recently renamed "upstroke escape motion (USX)", along with sweeping in the downward direction only. I highly highly recommend checking out Troy's channel as he does a great job explaining these topics.
As a side note, I personally saw no improvement on my picking speed and accuracy over a roughly two-year period because I was (unknowingly) trying to play runs that were mismatched with my picking technique. Now that I understand the mechanics, I can play the same run smooth and fast in two different ways, by either intentionally altering the left hand fingerings to work properly with my original picking technique (downward pickslanting), or I can keep the original left hand fingerings and use a different picking technique (two way pickslanting). For the Cliffs of Dover intro, I initally tried to rework the fingerings to work with pure alternate picking, but there just isn't a good solution, and so I gave in and finally decided to learn downward sweeps. Now, with techniques that are correctly matched to EJ's licks, I can play the Cliffs of Dover intro with surprising smoothness.
Troy Grady is amazing! How he has decoded speed picking is mastery. Great to hear about your journey, and really pleased to hear that you can play the intro so smoothly now.
4:24 that tongue LMAO
😂 that's my concentration face, I can't help it!
congratulations! now you can try to play "tata - vicente amigo" lol
I hear you on the finger rest time. Nice video. I try to pick most of the notes, as in the original studio album, but some of those string jumping alternate picking lines are tough. I do think that to get that awesome rolling cascade of notes you kinda have to sometimes. It is fun also trying to incorporate lines from the diverse ways he's played the song live over the years. Have you ckecked the miniseries he posted on Facebook during the pandemic? He talks a lot about the way he approches things.
Hey Emmanuel, thanks for posting. I didn't know about the miniseries, but I will check it out!
lmao SO TRUE at 5:13!
Good. I'm learning it, too. Don't agree with your descending run in 5, 3 and 2 frets on Intro. Anyway, good job. I've given myself 9 months, and 1 month has passed. Playing for 50 years. 👍
Thanks for the feedback. Good luck learning it. Its still my favourite thing to play on guitar even a couple of months after making the video. I feel it will take me another year to perfect it.
YOU need a new hobby???!
Legendary!! Thanks for the inspiring (and highly entertaining) post! And I’m sure it’ll take the rest of us much longer than seven months…
thanks Victor, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it
What I've come to realize when your learning someone else's style of playing learning all their synchronicities and habits which once you have developed your own style others have the same problems with your's and even Eric Johnson would have to learn your's and probably would take nearly as long because it's just completely alien to him unless of course your style is extremely close to his then your just a clone of his style, similarly the way Vitto bratta was to Eddie Van Halen.
perdi casi 7 minutos de mi vida para saber que al final no lograste tocar igual a la version de Austin, TX 1988, pense que serias el primero en igualar pero nadie lo lograra ni el mismiso Erick Johnson creo que pueda volver a interpretarla igual como ese dia
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I think you put too much gain.
Could learn all this on rocksmith pc and can lower the speed/bpm