Legendary Licks You Think Are Easy (and they are, but you play them wrong)

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  • @ZacharyShade
    @ZacharyShade 6 років тому +9832

    17 riffs you think are hard but are actually played on a tuba.

    • @samoppedisano3994
      @samoppedisano3994 6 років тому +19

      Zachary Shade lol

    • @royalcat10
      @royalcat10 6 років тому +105

      As a Music Performance major... This happens A LOT.

    • @SEiMEi_EXiSTS
      @SEiMEi_EXiSTS 6 років тому +10

      Havana

    • @runtwer5700
      @runtwer5700 6 років тому +28

      I think you meant to say on a tuna

    • @Pannemat
      @Pannemat 6 років тому +10

      SOAD - Peephole. Love that song.

  • @TheArtofGuitar
    @TheArtofGuitar 5 років тому +3274

    Someone told me about this video and how I was mentioned a ton in the comments. I’m honored. I’ll be making a video soon in response to all of this. 🎸👍❤️🎸

    • @Koalaz1
      @Koalaz1 5 років тому +83

      Is this self promotion

    • @Goreuncle
      @Goreuncle 5 років тому +134

      @@Koalaz1
      Maybe so, but it's fine by me, Mike's channel deserves more subscribers.

    • @julius879
      @julius879 5 років тому +17

      @@Koalaz1 if only you could add pictures in the comments...

    • @psychosocial8035
      @psychosocial8035 5 років тому +4

      Aye I was one of them

    • @jeffhoward162
      @jeffhoward162 5 років тому +7

      I was gonna bring you up, but I'm late to the party. Same goes to you though, I really prefer, both aurally and physically, the open chord way of playing enter sandman. I like how all the notes ring, without the unavoidable harmonics of fingered notes.

  • @jacksonbrooks4347
    @jacksonbrooks4347 5 років тому +459

    17 legendary licks that are actually *smoke on the water*

  • @spoonrattler04
    @spoonrattler04 5 років тому +2097

    17 riffs you think are hard but are actually played with mayonnaise

  • @bencebence4515
    @bencebence4515 4 роки тому +789

    It's 1:15 AM, and I'm a drummer. Tf am i doin here

  • @PsychoCerax
    @PsychoCerax 6 років тому +1980

    Man I can't wait to see Legendary Licks You Think Are Easy But They're Hard But You're Playing It Wrong So They're Actually Easy Besides The Part Where They're Hard Which You Think Is Easy in 2020

    • @PizNeyWorks
      @PizNeyWorks 6 років тому +8

      Omg lol

    • @seanlanders4180
      @seanlanders4180 6 років тому +6

      Oh its the d-d-d-d-d-d-DAAAA d-d-d-d-d-d-DAAA-DAAAA part from One

    • @baxtronx5972
      @baxtronx5972 6 років тому +1

      What was that middle part?

    • @rexmaddox6419
      @rexmaddox6419 6 років тому

      🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @WhiteCranK
      @WhiteCranK 6 років тому

      Dudeee hahaha xDD

  • @cornball2448
    @cornball2448 6 років тому +2966

    Now: Legendary licks that sound like the SpongeBob theme, because it is the SpongeBob theme.

    • @adolfohuet3974
      @adolfohuet3974 6 років тому +6

      That would be the drunken sailor

    • @nashbueno
      @nashbueno 6 років тому +20

      so, 10 minutes of SpongeBob guitar playing? I like you.

    • @Jahu-qs2us
      @Jahu-qs2us 6 років тому +20

      Legendary licks but its the Bee Movie

    • @thedutchhusky4842
      @thedutchhusky4842 6 років тому +2

      I think you're on the wrong channel, this sounds like a Kmac2020 video

    • @Photologistic
      @Photologistic 6 років тому +2

      Awesome show idea.

  • @meandthebirds419
    @meandthebirds419 6 років тому +2640

    20 riffs you think are hard but actually are just pictures of different sandwiches

    • @jurassicsurvivor9204
      @jurassicsurvivor9204 6 років тому +5

      👏👏👏👌

    • @rhabdob3895
      @rhabdob3895 6 років тому +22

      I just spit out medium grade whiskey laughing at this. Thanks a medium, dick.

    • @mitchellfrew8064
      @mitchellfrew8064 5 років тому +2

      Awesome! That twisted my brain sufficiently! Cheers.

    • @FoxtrotOscar2011
      @FoxtrotOscar2011 5 років тому +2

      That made this video worth playing!

    • @NextGenesis88
      @NextGenesis88 5 років тому +5

      20 Riffs That Are So Good Because You Actually Wrote Them

  • @alexanderthered5603
    @alexanderthered5603 5 років тому +805

    3:48 The-Art-Of-Guitar's seven levels of Smells Like Teen Spirit.
    Just saying.

    • @Gabriel.s1019
      @Gabriel.s1019 5 років тому +4

      Big Red yep

    • @nickmaille5951
      @nickmaille5951 5 років тому +2

      I litterly haven heard of this soda since ij use to drink it as a kid

    • @nickmaille5951
      @nickmaille5951 5 років тому +2

      I remember when i was so hyped when big blue came out and dissapointed when i drank realized they taste perfectly the same just one is blue

    • @reymhd7655
      @reymhd7655 5 років тому +3

      Nick Maille wtf big red and big blue taste so fucking different omfg

    • @sirturd2954
      @sirturd2954 5 років тому +4

      He covered the enter sandman one as well although that might’ve been after this video was posted.

  • @MetallicAAlabamA
    @MetallicAAlabamA 5 років тому +773

    I thought the thumbnail said "MetallicA smells like John Mayer."

  • @MrMonkey2732
    @MrMonkey2732 6 років тому +688

    do riffs that we pretend were playing right but we know were avoiding a very difficult section of it

    • @TheRealSplexy
      @TheRealSplexy 6 років тому +16

      yes, this should be a video

    • @fiddygd8304
      @fiddygd8304 6 років тому +23

      My life

    • @Deauxtje
      @Deauxtje 6 років тому +11

      Yup that should include some Dream Theater riffs.

    • @caretree578
      @caretree578 6 років тому +23

      The fast part of Sweet Child O' Mine solo.

    • @jacobgonet5071
      @jacobgonet5071 5 років тому +1

      One

  • @francismcalister7811
    @francismcalister7811 6 років тому +1253

    Next up: "Licks that are so hard to play they will make you want to put down your guitar (and they will)"

  • @travis6339
    @travis6339 6 років тому +261

    Fun licks you think are fun (because they're fun)

    • @danielerhard5456
      @danielerhard5456 6 років тому +3

      Tom Cello Fun licks you think are boring (because they are boring)
      Idk if that makes sense or not lol

    • @travis6339
      @travis6339 6 років тому +1

      lol I get it

    • @TallicaMan1986
      @TallicaMan1986 6 років тому

      the riff in Tornado of Souls is really fun.

  • @crazypomp927
    @crazypomp927 5 років тому +145

    Legendary riffs that shouldn't sound good (but do)
    Think riffs in unusual keys or using unusual chords/notes that you wouldn't expect to work together but somehow do

  • @Betterthantelly
    @Betterthantelly 4 роки тому +15

    I love this attention to detail. Not everyone hears music in such clarity. Great job.

  • @davidealessandri2893
    @davidealessandri2893 6 років тому +947

    legendary licks that you think are hard (because you play them wrong)

    • @DarkSideofSynth
      @DarkSideofSynth 6 років тому +2

      Ottima idea; non ci avevo pensato ;)

    • @AtlasGuitar
      @AtlasGuitar 6 років тому +15

      I think that the way he played the For Whom The Bell Tolls lick would fall into that category.

    • @ryndanriley5348
      @ryndanriley5348 6 років тому +4

      So like they're easier than you're making them? Like maybe under the bridge, thunderstruck, etc?

    • @Dizastermaster.
      @Dizastermaster. 6 років тому +2

      @@ryndanriley5348 definitely thunderstruck stop picking and just hammer and it gets so much easier

    • @fiddygd8304
      @fiddygd8304 6 років тому

      He's done it

  • @rileyhedgecock4102
    @rileyhedgecock4102 6 років тому +543

    I always get exited when I see a new Stevie T video :)

  • @MiBackpacking
    @MiBackpacking 4 роки тому +13

    Just stumbled on your channel and I’m hooked. I’m picking up the guitar again for the first time in about 20 years and I’m finding I need to relearn pretty much everything again. Which is where you come in, I get to learn correctly this time around 🤘🏽🎸. Thanks for the excellent content bro!

  • @SticksAandstonesBozo
    @SticksAandstonesBozo 3 роки тому +221

    Notice how every single player from Clapton to this guy shows John Mayer the utmost respect.

    • @Matt_10203
      @Matt_10203 3 роки тому +18

      Its because he is really good, and deserves all the respect he gets, contrary to the belief of some.

    • @o9rag
      @o9rag 3 роки тому +16

      despite being a pop star, which many guitarist don't like, he is a guitar god who has composed so many amazing guitar riffs and melodies, like in neon

    • @bootyspoon4675
      @bootyspoon4675 2 роки тому

      He may be a good guitarist, but his dick is a white supremacist.

    • @judicaelverger7122
      @judicaelverger7122 2 роки тому +1

      @@bootyspoon4675 yeah a white supremacist who live by the blues, respect a lot BB king and had an Asian as a teacher. sounds kind of Nazy for me

    • @benkraze3103
      @benkraze3103 Рік тому +3

      @@judicaelverger7122 who hurt you?

  • @keolamahelona5401
    @keolamahelona5401 5 років тому +5

    I actually really enjoyed this one, some riffs become so familiar as you play them and you just turned them back into the original riff, can't believe I've been playing power chords in sunshine of your love for like 10 years

  • @AlpcanAras
    @AlpcanAras 6 років тому +169

    This video is the art of guitar channel in a nutshell

    • @miggy01_
      @miggy01_ 6 років тому

      Haha he has no credit to the owner of the content

    • @fooball4589
      @fooball4589 6 років тому

      Miggy Tenorio art of guitar doesn’t own guitar tutorials

  • @TheBlundert4ker
    @TheBlundert4ker 6 років тому +341

    Legendary licks you think are hard (and they are, but you play an easier version)

  • @Jeremy-hx7zj
    @Jeremy-hx7zj 6 років тому +359

    Legendry licks you think don't be like it is but it do

    • @angryhobo212
      @angryhobo212 5 років тому +9

      Underrated comment 🏆

    • @SatanAzerath
      @SatanAzerath 5 років тому +6

      Agreed

    • @blacklotus3205
      @blacklotus3205 5 років тому +7

      “People don’t think it be like it be, but it do.” - Legend.

    • @SNSCoastal
      @SNSCoastal 5 років тому +4

      Beautifully said

    • @quingkeso
      @quingkeso 5 років тому +3

      911 he's having a stroke

  • @thef-files2697
    @thef-files2697 5 років тому +13

    Great video / lesson. I don’t even play guitar and you had me thinking I could pull them off. I can tell you’re a fantastic teacher. Cheers!

  • @MrTNT49
    @MrTNT49 Рік тому +15

    0:00 Metallica
    2:51 Smells like Teen Spirit
    5:45 Waiting on the world to change
    8:35 Seeet Home Alabama
    12:35 Sunshine of your Love

  • @goonyougoodthing
    @goonyougoodthing 6 років тому +300

    Legendary licks you think are guitars but are'nt

    • @juriewel4461
      @juriewel4461 6 років тому +23

      for whom the bell tolls intro(yeah the most guitar players know it the most other people not)

    • @thebreakfastmenu
      @thebreakfastmenu 6 років тому +3

      I'll Wait by Van Halen

    • @hailmary7283
      @hailmary7283 6 років тому +5

      Superstition - Stevie Wonder

    • @droobie_
      @droobie_ 6 років тому +9

      Michael Talley licks you think are a guitar but are actually a blind man

    • @goonyougoodthing
      @goonyougoodthing 6 років тому

      @@droobie_ You mean I've been playing an Umbrella for 30 years ?

  • @humayunrashid4568
    @humayunrashid4568 6 років тому +106

    Smells like teen spirit intro perfect details is found in a video by "art of guitar"..

    • @humayunrashid4568
      @humayunrashid4568 6 років тому +2

      @Novi yeah

    • @anthonysclafani3963
      @anthonysclafani3963 6 років тому +8

      Art of guitar is a great channel but he got it wrong. The “Cobain chord” isn’t in teen spirit, he only hit the extra string accidentally live because he was sloppy. The studio recordings don’t have the “Cobain chord” because mistakes were edited out & a perfect take was comp’d. The “Cobain chord” isn’t something he did intentionally, they’re mistakes he sometimes (but rarely) made live. They’re not on the studio recordings.

    • @humayunrashid4568
      @humayunrashid4568 6 років тому

      There's a video named something like "best riffs ever written" by tyler..did he play "smell like teen spirit" intro exactly like the correct way mentioned in this video?

    • @Me37368
      @Me37368 6 років тому

      Humayun Rashid same with enter sand man

    • @Samsarix
      @Samsarix 6 років тому +4

      The Cobain chord definitely is in Teen Spirit, the chord wasn't just a result of sloppy playing or of mistakes while playing live, it's just how he played bar/power chords since he never had a guitar teacher to properly instruct him and he found it to be easier. The Cobain chord just uses the index and ring finger to bar the strings, leaving out the pinky, which results in the distinct sound. When I first started playing guitar, that's what felt the most natural to me as well and it wasn't until I took lessons a few years later that I switched to the "proper" bar chord technique. Just listen to the isolated guitar tracks on Nevermind, it's everywhere (especially on the first 3 seconds of Teen Spirit).

  • @facerip6814
    @facerip6814 5 років тому +53

    I always heard that sound in Teen Spirit when Kurt goes from 133 ADG (i don't know the names) power chord to the 466 EAD, but I always thought he slid from 355 EAD into the 466 power chord. Now that I hear it played with open strings, it puts something I've been wondering about for over 25 years to rest.

    • @emmywillow6599
      @emmywillow6599 5 років тому +2

      You should be using power chords of the notes F Bb Ab Db (you can find that online). No real sliding happening

    • @GdThngUrPretty
      @GdThngUrPretty 5 років тому

      @@emmywillow6599 Since the vid discusses it basically down to this level: the slide I think he's talking about is to get the "dah dah /open/ DUNduhduh" as you switch to the 4. He's saying he heard the open strings as a slide.
      Depending on how messed up Kurt was, it's entirely possible (same with that stutter, it's all flavor). I had the same issue early on, before I learned to... coordinate my hands. Haha. Basically, earlier on, you feel less safe about leaving the fretboard with your left. If you don't pick your hand up, your fingers will rub the string, which will most likely pick up the low-E over the A or D. Hence, a slide which sounds passable to newbies.
      And the song isn't really interesting after you learn it, unless you're into grunge. It's literally this riff and a phased 1-1 on the b-e strings. That's it. The whole point of grunge was to not be as intricate and "put together" as disco, hair metal, etc. Doesn't mean they weren't great musicians, or that it was just grunge that reacted like that. The Grateful Dead and Phish both do/did this. Pearl Jam. Philip Glass composed like this (as did his mentor, John Cage). Basically anyone you'd describe as "counter-culture". In the 90s they called it alternative, grunge when it was dirty and pop-punk when it was clean.
      Or, to put grunge in today's (10 years ago's) perspective: "It all sounds auto-tuned!" or "Music today has no soul!" That's a whole other topic though. Haha. (By the by, Phish became the most successful indie band in history a few years ago. They played a 13-night run at MSG and sold out every night. If you're looking for real music, it ain't on the radio anymore. Last was maybe Amy Winehouse? Even Adele gets pitch-corrected.)
      I would even put John Mayer in the alt category. He made his money playing saccharine pop songs, now he plays with Dead and Co. A lot of people hated him at first because all he could play was the pentatonic, and the Dead use... more than that. Better to have a jazz background, really. He still hits the "this isn't right" switch in my brain when he jams, but it works better if I think of it as a cover band, which it is.
      John, if you see this: good lord, learn how Jerry used triplets. That's what you're missing.

  • @oviler-
    @oviler- Рік тому +2

    this video helped me play my favourite song (teen spirit) from not knowing it to knowing it more than i could have ever asked for. favourite music youtube channel. keep it up mate.

  • @simonholmqvist8017
    @simonholmqvist8017 4 роки тому +73

    "barchords are easy!"
    Me: "Ahhhhhhh!"

    • @Uber_Versace
      @Uber_Versace 4 роки тому +6

      When I started learning bar chords I thought I found a good cheat then someone watched me play and complemented my technique for Hendrix's bar chords.

    • @kirkswahpedal3467
      @kirkswahpedal3467 3 роки тому +1

      I know right

    • @kirkswahpedal3467
      @kirkswahpedal3467 3 роки тому +2

      @DEEJMASTER 333 kinda I cannot do bar chords to save my life on acoustic

  • @TheRealCowlick
    @TheRealCowlick 6 років тому +288

    Legendary licks that you think are played on a guitar (but actually are on a bass)

    • @RyanChaos.0
      @RyanChaos.0 6 років тому

      Dr. Rick Titball doesn’t really exist

    • @diegodelacuadra2617
      @diegodelacuadra2617 6 років тому +15

      Royal blood

    • @Johnbovii
      @Johnbovii 6 років тому +44

      For newbies, for whom the bell tolls

    • @236problems
      @236problems 6 років тому +2

      Rotten Apple by AiC

    • @Markle2k
      @Markle2k 6 років тому +5

      PJ's Jeremy intro

  • @Deauxtje
    @Deauxtje 6 років тому +257

    Title should be:
    Riffs I Played Wrong And Finally Know How To Play Them And Im Going To Show You

    • @robertl1367
      @robertl1367 4 роки тому +6

      and still playing them poorly **

    • @mytorment
      @mytorment 4 роки тому +1

      You're playing them wrong

  • @fgonzalez90
    @fgonzalez90 6 років тому +385

    "Legendary licks you play them wrong (because of the tuning)"
    Seriously, I've seen a lot of people tryin' to play songs like Yesterday, Kashmir, Come as you are, Sad but true, Toxicity, etc. as in the original recordings, but their guitars are always tuned to E Standard (or Drop D)... so, they get from pretty decent (but not correct) to horribly awful results...

    • @jasonkim6710
      @jasonkim6710 5 років тому +8

      Especially GNR and ACDC

    • @TheIcecreamtaco
      @TheIcecreamtaco 5 років тому +2

      For the intro to sad but true, you can get like 98% precise tone color in drop D if you play the G power chord barred with your ring finger on the D note an octave up and same with your pinkie on the G an octave up. So the shape you use is basically a double power chord or you could say a two octave power chord. Use that shape for G and A flat power chord and the rest should be self explanatory. The bridge to the verse is the only annoying part because I’m not sure if the notes used with just drop D are 100% accurate but basically open D power chord, pull off from c to open on A string, pull off from 7 to 6 on the drop D string, then pull off from 5 to open on the same string and play the open power chord again. Then again I’m not in a cover band nor do I plan on it so idk if guys like that truly pay attention to the details when they learn songs

    • @johndoe2883
      @johndoe2883 5 років тому +5

      What tuning is come as you are in then smartass?

    • @markskinner9239
      @markskinner9239 5 років тому +5

      @@johndoe2883 serious question because I'm new and would love to know

    • @ililiililliliill9498
      @ililiililliliill9498 5 років тому +2

      I think this is mainly a beginner problem in my opinion, but that is a great video topic anyway

  • @cameronsterling3446
    @cameronsterling3446 4 роки тому +80

    The guy looks like Steven Crowder with a guitar

  • @robertjohnson3855
    @robertjohnson3855 5 років тому +3

    Thanks for the insights on many of my old favorite riffs. I always played by ear and hence learned many things wrong, so now that I am 65 old habits die hard, damn it's hard to believe I'm 65 years old but I've been blessed to live through some of, if not THE best and most influential bands and musicians of all time. Back when talent was less reliant on technology and gadgetry and more on creativity and pure raw talent. I Now realize how influential some of my guitar idols really have been. They gave others so much to build on and in many cases become even better. However many in this generation still seem to forget the original talent that sparked the many newcomers abilities to improve upon the old and create the new. I am grateful for all those who are willing to post their talents here. One day I'll break out of my introverted self and post my own improvements after 30 years of doodling on and off, now that I'm retired and have more time! Thanks again all.

  • @basiclee9602
    @basiclee9602 4 роки тому +58

    The way Tyler plays the opening to Sunshine of Your Love at 14:29 sounds better to me than the Clapton original. The crispness, attack, and tone in the way Tyler plays this opening part of the song take it to another level.

    • @micahtandy4222
      @micahtandy4222 3 роки тому +2

      Incorrect

    • @stukjeappel2000
      @stukjeappel2000 2 роки тому

      Disagree

    • @sholland42
      @sholland42 2 роки тому +1

      Wrong, not even close to as good

    • @xamislimelight8965
      @xamislimelight8965 Рік тому

      To be fair, there's decades of tech improvements between now and when that song was written lol I wouldn't say it's better, just has that "new" or "modern" touch to it. So, different, not better. I like it, too though lol

  • @thecooltable9481
    @thecooltable9481 4 роки тому +4

    I just found your channel and it's awesome! I've been playing for 23 years, but I'm completely self taught. I found that the way you played the Enter Sandman riff is absolutely correct, but I prefer to just play the g string open instead of playing the 5th fret on the d string. Then I don't have to twist my hand into a crazy shape to let that note ring and it also lets the 7th fret 5th string note to ring as well. Without professional instruction it took me forever to understand good hand placement and economy of motion, but those two things make a huge difference in actual consistent performance. The easier a movement is to do the more consistently you will do it correctly and thus have less to think about while playing. That extra time can be spent improvising or just focusing on keeping your timing right if you play with a band. Great channel, great content! Liked and subscribed!

  • @beanlegume9965
    @beanlegume9965 5 років тому +10

    Jesus Tyler, your tone is so good, man.

  • @bizichyld
    @bizichyld 4 роки тому +1

    This is my favorite legendary licks entry. Thank you sir!

  • @SuperSaber9
    @SuperSaber9 5 років тому

    after watching a whole lot of your videos over many months, i've finally subscribed. the reason for being so late is that i didn't want to see a cocky guitarist in my feed everyday. but now i'm sure that you're greatly talented and humble at the same time :)

  • @daverc51
    @daverc51 5 років тому +104

    5 legendary licks you thought were played on a guitar but were actually played on a Bagpipe

  • @PetarBladeStrok
    @PetarBladeStrok 6 років тому +39

    Do more this videos! Brown Eyed Girl is one of the songs who everyone plays wrong. Money for Nothing from Dire Straits too! All Along the Watchtower, Hendrix version too. Nobody plays the intro rhythm and notes right!

    • @TheJaysimus
      @TheJaysimus 6 років тому +1

      People getting Money For Nothing wrong hurts my soul

    • @danielerhard5456
      @danielerhard5456 6 років тому

      I play those songs right, and I hate people who don't, they are really easy

    • @The12thAvenger
      @The12thAvenger 6 років тому

      Don’t forget this is the guy who gave Mark Knopfler a 6/10... so idk about him doing money for nothing

  • @landonbailey
    @landonbailey 6 років тому +377

    Metallica, John Mayer, and Smells Like Teen Spirit are three of my favourite licks of all time! 😳🤪

    • @Richardyu678
      @Richardyu678 6 років тому +65

      "Metallica" or "John Mayer" or "Smells like teen spirit" are not licks

    • @jland12
      @jland12 6 років тому +29

      John Mayer is but you have to replace the 'L' with a 'D'

    • @butitsthecurrentyearjim2799
      @butitsthecurrentyearjim2799 6 років тому +31

      Richard Yu It was obviously a joke

    • @landonbailey
      @landonbailey 6 років тому +4

      @@butitsthecurrentyearjim2799 exactly! Metallica is my least favorite lick of all time!!

    • @popelanedafirst
      @popelanedafirst 6 років тому

      @@Richardyu678 go he a smartass somewhere else no one asked for your negativity

  • @tararay7007
    @tararay7007 4 роки тому +33

    So we are ignoring the incredible tone of Sunshine Of Your Love?
    Ok

    • @elijahg8281
      @elijahg8281 4 роки тому +1

      i was actually in the comments to try and find what effects he used for that song lol

  • @edyoung4450
    @edyoung4450 5 років тому +65

    Had someone tell me once I was playing teen spirit wrong with the open strings. Spent an hour of my intro to guitar class debating it with our class. I won

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 5 років тому +4

      All the extra strings Kurt played were incidental.

    • @TheMurderLlamas
      @TheMurderLlamas 3 роки тому +3

      Smells like victory

  • @nikhil79496
    @nikhil79496 6 років тому +289

    You got enter sandman from the art of guitar channel, right?

    • @javy13100
      @javy13100 6 років тому +7

      Cought red handed? o.o

    • @Secti0nn
      @Secti0nn 6 років тому +6

      Well he's not wrong? That is actually how you okay Enter Sandman

    • @javy13100
      @javy13100 6 років тому +13

      Yeah, its fun to make up conspiracies though

    • @nikhil79496
      @nikhil79496 6 років тому +18

      Who said he's wrong I'm just saying someone already caught this nuance way back

    • @jazzmaster909
      @jazzmaster909 6 років тому +3

      2:00

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT 4 роки тому +65

    5:34: Let's see if I can recognise it.
    5:40: I have absolutely no clue..
    5:42: I still have absolutely no clue... xD

  • @edizzle445
    @edizzle445 6 років тому +11

    I usually play Enter Sandman with a lightly picked open G. It sounds nearly identical to the recording and it's easier than the reverse power chord method

  • @Grommie122
    @Grommie122 Рік тому +3

    Hell yeah great vid! The other cool thing, is when you do covers for ppl, you can do the correct version up front and then do the "wrong" way mixed in there, and give a little sonic variety. The listener probably won't know, but your fingers will look different and look like you're doing the more.

  • @gamedemon24
    @gamedemon24 4 роки тому +29

    When he told me to guess by the intro I was soooo confident it was Say It Ain’t So.

  • @kojigray
    @kojigray 5 років тому +377

    This whole video is just being the “actually” guy.

  • @johncress4517
    @johncress4517 4 роки тому +42

    Cobain started with an up stroke in the smells like teen spirit bc right before he started he was setting a spoon that he was holding down on the coffee table

  • @stephenwells6434
    @stephenwells6434 6 років тому +14

    That pause in Teen Spirit that you noticed, I actually saw a UA-cam video that picked up on that as well. It was called the 7 Levels of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

  • @JayTB123
    @JayTB123 Рік тому

    Quickly becoming one of my go to guitar channels, vids get right to the point and have a good balance of humour and info. Already learned a lot over the past couple of weeks going through the channel.

  • @thesaj1110
    @thesaj1110 5 років тому +2

    This is possibly one of the most useful videos you ever made, LOL
    please make more of them.

  • @samkupper
    @samkupper 6 років тому +48

    The-Art-of-Guitar showed the space thing and the upstrokes you talked about with Smells Like Teen Spirit back in January

  • @janomendoza2810
    @janomendoza2810 6 років тому +13

    Upcoming next : Splendiferous Riffs you think are played in a major key but are in fact cantaloupes (and they will)

  • @psychosocial8035
    @psychosocial8035 6 років тому +34

    Actually there's a lot of live footage of James using the reverse power chords. The art of guitar channel covered that already. Actually the Art Of Guitar covered most of these... Go check his channel out

    • @Hennu_TRM
      @Hennu_TRM 5 років тому +8

      Yeah. Also, the way this guy calls it an "inverted power chord" bothers me. An inverted power chord would be a perfect fourth. Why can't he just say "play a minor third with your middle and pinky finger?" Inversion is an actual musical term, throwing around like that is incorrect and could confuse people.

    • @forgetful9845
      @forgetful9845 5 років тому

      @@Hennu_TRM Yeah, it's a guitarist thing

    • @GdThngUrPretty
      @GdThngUrPretty 5 років тому

      @@Hennu_TRM You're getting your theories mixed up. He's talking a fretboard inversion (which is a technique) vs your musical inversion (which is a composition tool). I took two years of theory, I feel you. But... you must not play guitar. Or at least not in a way where the music is verbally communicated vs written.
      It starts out as "You just sorta, flip it around, like, reverse it, so it's like, kind of, I don't know, an upside-down power chord?" I literally remember having this convo with my jamming buddy on my back deck, learning mandolin (which, like a violin, is an upside-down lower-four-stringed guitar). "Play a power chord, now reverse fingers" is confusing. "Play a power chord, then have your fingers change places on the frets, so your pinkie and middle finger are fretting and your ring and pointer are free" is obviously much too much. "Play a power chord, invert it, then use your first and third fingers on the third and fifth frets" is a complete explanation of the riff, concise, and most guitarists would get it.
      A composition inversion on a guitar would be playing CAGED for any given chord, each form is an inversion. That's clearly not what we're talking about though (licks v chords), and I've played with much more professional musicians who use the same terminology. (An inversion, played on a piano, is basically the equivalent of inverting your fingers on a fretboard from a purely technical standpoint. Musically, obviously not, but. Yeah.)
      So what Forgetful said, just more. Haha.

    • @Hennu_TRM
      @Hennu_TRM 5 років тому

      @@GdThngUrPretty "Fretboard Inversion" sounds like the business jargon of the music world. It's like, "How can I say more syllables to sound smart?"
      "Apply a fretboard inversion to a power chord for this section."
      "How 'bout I just play a minor third eh?"
      I get it, I understand it, maybe it helps some guitarists communicate with each other, but I think you gotta have your head pretty far up your guitar's ass to think that terminology is gonna benefit your overall music vocabulary.

  • @TheJackal917
    @TheJackal917 4 роки тому +16

    As much as I like your vidz, you're wrong, Art-of-guitar examined Smells Like Tenn Spirit very thoroughly.

  • @GartasABV
    @GartasABV 4 роки тому +9

    Muchas gracias , me enseñaste a tocar como se debe y puedo decir que eres de los pocos verdaderos guitarristas que hay en youtube

  • @mattybold6726
    @mattybold6726 6 років тому +29

    "7 levels of Teen Spirit" is a video that covers all this little parts

  • @DylanTrisko
    @DylanTrisko 5 років тому +15

    My guitar teacher taught me Smells Like Teen Spirit the correct way and for that I am very thankful.

  • @flynnkay
    @flynnkay 3 роки тому +6

    You forgot about something with smells like teen spirit. The way kurt plays power chords. He uses only his ring finger for the 5th notes. Therefor he always accidentally or not always plays more than just the 3 strings played in a regular power chord. It adds a lot to the sound

    • @ReferenceMA
      @ReferenceMA 3 роки тому

      Yep that Bb on the 3rd fret of the G string is often subtly played on the initial F chord. He does that a lot with his power cords.

  • @capt_starfish1812
    @capt_starfish1812 5 років тому +1

    I'm in love with that blue Gibson 🤘🏼🔥

  • @adamvanklink6696
    @adamvanklink6696 3 роки тому

    During covid I bought a guitar because I watched ur videos but never had a guitar, you made me wanna learn

  • @JD-pw1ww
    @JD-pw1ww 4 роки тому +11

    I truly feel like enter sandman is the metal version of smoke on the water. Damn near everybody plays it different than each other but nobody ever plays it the right way

  • @MattMcConaha
    @MattMcConaha 6 років тому +80

    Legendary Licks That Got to the Center of the Tootsie Pop.

    • @ScottGreenMusic
      @ScottGreenMusic 6 років тому +1

      One, ta-hooooo, three

    • @lanceuppercut6168
      @lanceuppercut6168 6 років тому +1

      @@ScottGreenMusic
      Bastard owl still owes me a Tootsie Pop >:/

    • @skeletor8169
      @skeletor8169 6 років тому

      Lance Uppercut That owl owes a lot us Tootsie Pops

  • @theoddplayer9091
    @theoddplayer9091 4 роки тому +22

    As soon as I saw that I was doing Enter Sandman wrong I immediately whipped out my guitar an started copying what he was doing

    • @shekelboob
      @shekelboob 4 роки тому +1

      THEODDPLAYER some people are saying that it was played with an open g in the recording

    • @renebeaulieu3688
      @renebeaulieu3688 4 роки тому

      Holy shot man you don’t even understand, I haven’t even picked up my guitar in months, and I literally was like wtf! I need to do this now and did the same, got up went and found my guitar and started trying, shit it’s hard but damn makes so much sense and sounds so much better! It’s inspired me to start playing against my start really learning new stuff and techniques and stop playing the same shit I learned 10 years ago over and over lmao

    • @Pronxno
      @Pronxno 3 роки тому

      Same dude

  • @spanishdragon5063
    @spanishdragon5063 5 років тому

    Brother..... you are one unique honest individual, it's refreshing to see someone who has a sense of humor as well as being egg-headed, in other words, you're smeert, lol. Have a good one, hope to see more of your videos, excellent job by the way.

  • @peterwinters8587
    @peterwinters8587 4 роки тому

    Whole Lotta Love. The 5th fret D note is slightly bent up while then open D is played giving it a chorus effect

  • @pacovl46
    @pacovl46 5 років тому +11

    I hear lots of fret buzz on that Danelectro. 😜

  • @TheKnightLikeGamer
    @TheKnightLikeGamer 5 років тому +21

    3:48 Art of guitar saw it

    • @bonusduckmann9997
      @bonusduckmann9997 4 роки тому

      Classy_Productions he probably found all of these examples. This guys been ripping people off and taking credit for years now

  • @johnmichael5664
    @johnmichael5664 6 років тому +99

    Does any one else notice how often Tyler touches his volume knob

    • @redd8500
      @redd8500 6 років тому +2

      Jack Lynch ifkr

    • @anvil_production
      @anvil_production 6 років тому +6

      He likes squeezing nipples

    • @sohji9412
      @sohji9412 6 років тому +7

      If its distorted, you have to turn it down unless you want constant feedback from any small movement

    • @metacob
      @metacob 6 років тому +4

      Yeah he'll go blind/grow hair on his palms if he keeps doing that!

    • @Enginecastgaming
      @Enginecastgaming 6 років тому +1

      I do that all the time, switching the pickup to the same position that I already wanted, make sure the volume is all the way up, tone all the way up. I do that all the time

  • @XleperXmessiahX
    @XleperXmessiahX 4 роки тому

    I’m 30 and remember when I was 15 getting a danelectro pedal. And I see you playing a danelectro guitar. My, how times have changed. Never would have thought

  • @train-addict4656
    @train-addict4656 4 роки тому +1

    You are the most down to earth person on UA-cam , Watched this video 30X.

  • @MOTIG1
    @MOTIG1 5 років тому +41

    0:01 Enter sandman
    2:51 Smells like teen spirit
    5:36 Waiting on the world to change
    8:36 Sweet home Alabama
    got bored

  • @Razoredge
    @Razoredge 6 років тому +10

    Well, you can just say that you have compiled a lot of "art of guitar" videos in just one.

  • @Thomas-by1oh
    @Thomas-by1oh 6 років тому +59

    Wait... So are these easyer than you think because you play them wrong or do you play them the easy way while they are actually difficult?

    • @jurnelissen7261
      @jurnelissen7261 6 років тому +5

      idk

    • @Joe.Howard11
      @Joe.Howard11 6 років тому +28

      You think they easy, and they are easy, but you're still playing them wrong

    • @andreaanesa5954
      @andreaanesa5954 6 років тому +19

      In the case of Nirvana is hard beacuse you have to play like a guy who wasn't able to play

    • @josep43767
      @josep43767 6 років тому

      the real version is also easy, a lot of people just play it wrong

    • @_JayRamsey_
      @_JayRamsey_ 6 років тому +4

      @@andreaanesa5954
      He couldn't play like Segovia, but neither could Segovia play like him.
      I'm paraphrasing Cobain, if I remember correctly the interviews I saw as a teenager.

  • @bluwar89
    @bluwar89 4 роки тому +1

    Do more of these, I need to absorb all your knowledge

  • @NinerFourWhiskey
    @NinerFourWhiskey 5 років тому

    Nice job. Those subtle differences are what make songs great and what makes bar-bands that are "almost right" so fatiguing to listen to, even when you can't quite put your finger on why.

  • @alonradvan5648
    @alonradvan5648 6 років тому +22

    Legendary Licks You Think Are hard (and they are, but you play them wrong)

  • @acoffeewithsatan
    @acoffeewithsatan 6 років тому +10

    I know it's a bit off-topic, but that Danelectro is buzzing like crazy, I don't know if that's some odd personal preference but maybe it's time to also send it to Mr. Phil McKnight... ;)

    • @offsetb
      @offsetb 6 років тому +2

      Good lesson but I can't even focus on that 1st part of the video because the buzzing is so distracting. The strat is being compressed way too aggressively with low action buzzing also. Where's the tone?

  • @jacobynt6851
    @jacobynt6851 6 років тому +11

    I'd say most people play Money for Nothing slightly wrong, if you revisit the video you might want to do that one

    • @TheProbstX
      @TheProbstX 6 років тому +4

      Everybody except for Mark Knopfler plays Money for Nothing wrong

  • @Seijakukun
    @Seijakukun 5 років тому

    great video. I literally fell asleep while you were chanting that ad at the beginning

    • @Seijakukun
      @Seijakukun 5 років тому

      you also got smells like teen spirit wrong

  • @SpartanLaserCanon
    @SpartanLaserCanon 5 років тому +1

    Sometimes some people want to do a cover with different things, but if you want accuratecy in playing notes, how a string is hit can sometimes really make a huge difference.

  • @arronstanfield1212
    @arronstanfield1212 5 років тому +47

    Riffs that were played by artist who weren’t in the band 🤯

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 5 років тому

      Primus- Mama didn't raise no fool.

    • @harrisonkelly9964
      @harrisonkelly9964 4 роки тому +1

      Arron Stanfield money for nothing? Is the riff played by sting or mark

    • @elidolo6993
      @elidolo6993 4 роки тому +2

      While My Guitar Gently Weeps
      -The Beatles/Actually Eric Clapton?

    • @harrisonkelly9964
      @harrisonkelly9964 4 роки тому +2

      Arron Stanfield Stevie ray Vaughan’s version of superstition, Eric Clapton magnolia is played by John Mayer, old love clapton is played by Robert cray

  • @williamsmith-ob6kv
    @williamsmith-ob6kv 6 років тому +65

    I don't know what's worse all these years playing enter sandman wrong or playing enter sandman on a danelectro.........

    • @JossFromAnarchy
      @JossFromAnarchy 6 років тому

      neither

    • @sensiblynumb
      @sensiblynumb 5 років тому

      Definitely the playing it 'WRONG' part.

    • @lovetooski
      @lovetooski 5 років тому

      He should have shown how it can easily be played correctly using the thumb to cover the low A note.

  • @deanpolis4516
    @deanpolis4516 6 років тому +5

    Wow i actually learnt the sweet home alabama lick right that whole time. What a relief! Haha

  • @citizenerazed5539
    @citizenerazed5539 5 років тому +1

    Wow. I love this video. Yep, little differences make thier songs more brilliant.

  • @AM-bo2ns
    @AM-bo2ns 5 років тому

    good god i'm glad i'm not the only person to notice that the smells like teen spirit riff has the open strings fill between the power chord switches, i could always hear it plain as day in the recording but you NEVER see anybody commenting on it in videos about the riff

  • @dhculver24
    @dhculver24 6 років тому +24

    Legendary licks you think are played on guitar but really aren't

    • @Raptus_Gaming
      @Raptus_Gaming 6 років тому +1

      Good ole For Whom the Bell Tolls. I guess if you're a Metallica fan you already know the intro is bass but a surprising amount of people don't know that

    • @LedZoso4
      @LedZoso4 6 років тому +1

      The kazoo part in Running With the Devil. I thought it was Eddie doing a cool whammy trick for years. Then I listened to a vocal only version that it kept it in and I realized what it was

    • @paulmoore7768
      @paulmoore7768 6 років тому

      Show us the correct way to break a string.

  • @LewisGale
    @LewisGale 6 років тому +16

    I always played sandman down near the nut using an open G string. Super wrong!

    • @prsmantse1
      @prsmantse1 6 років тому +2

      Dude me too

    • @squatch570
      @squatch570 6 років тому +2

      It's not "super wrong", it's the same notes but they produce a bit of a different feel. Doing it with the open Emin though, eliminates the missing ringing G note issue.

    • @fatesmessage3271
      @fatesmessage3271 6 років тому +3

      It's not super wrong. That's how you play it. Doing it this way with the "inverted power chord" is just an idiotic over-complexification of something that doesn't need it.
      And if you're gonna tell me that's how Kirk does it, it doesn't even need to be said, but I'll say it anyway: Kirk isn't a great guitar player.

  • @LopedeCrypto
    @LopedeCrypto 5 років тому +6

    4:52
    "and... following uP!" *uncorks a bottle*

  • @ainseldevoe5869
    @ainseldevoe5869 4 роки тому

    I literally just fell in love with that last guitar you were using( btw the video was dope thx a lot!)

  • @Skytalker777
    @Skytalker777 4 роки тому

    Excellent series, thank you!

  • @regolithia
    @regolithia 6 років тому +74

    theartofguitar’s channel has lots of videos with the “7 levels” of riffs.

    • @AerialImagery
      @AerialImagery 6 років тому +2

      Yeah, I think it covers all of the points about teen spirit mentioned here and maybe something extra.
      ua-cam.com/video/Xambk1JkWrE/v-deo.html

  • @JxyDBD
    @JxyDBD 6 років тому +25

    Tyler please do a guitar vid on your dread machine solo please!!!!

    • @rionbaruah2076
      @rionbaruah2076 6 років тому

      Yeah!

    • @MattduCouloir
      @MattduCouloir 6 років тому +2

      Tyler’s solo was really perfect after Stevie T’s more technical stuff. Good duo ! I like Jared Dines but they should have left his solo off it did nothing for the song.

    • @JxyDBD
      @JxyDBD 6 років тому

      @@MattduCouloir I thought he just thought of that off the top of his head im talking about Jared Dines is a good guitarist but that solo was not made for that song in my opinion

  • @FreakRagnarok
    @FreakRagnarok 5 років тому +6

    I can't believe i've always played Sunshine of Your Love correctly, thinking that I was doing it wrong

  • @Fran5924
    @Fran5924 5 років тому +1

    For the Enter Sandman intro you can also use your thumb for the last note, the one you usually play wrong with your index finger

  • @lucasponce7201
    @lucasponce7201 4 роки тому +1

    5:17 on the B flat and the D flat , Kurt also played with his ring finger pressing down the D , G and B strings.