Legendary Licks You Think Are Hard (but aren't)
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What are some more licks people think sound hard but actually aren't?
One, metallica
Ain't talkin bout love
How about the solo on Extreme's 'Get The Funk Out?'
I think Green-Tinted Sixties Mind by Mr. Big could be on that list too. Like Eruption or Thunderstruck it's one of those cool-sounding licks, that actually require just some feel for the rhythm and the groove. If you manage to get your fingers synchronized, it is really not that hard but sounds and looks awesome!
Byob
I think what makes the free bird solo hard is that it's like 57 hours long
And half of it is insane bends
Yep. It's definitely an endurance solo.
Truth... My fingers were not ready to learn Freebird when I gave it a go. Took a lot of endurance exercise.
I wouldn't call it exactly easy just because of all the bending. Knowing what to play is not that hard, it's just the bending. And you can't play the solo convincingly it you don't keep up that endurance level of bending ALL the time. At least that's how it is for me.
Yeah, it's got very repetitive patterns and licks so it's relatively simple but it goes on for quite a while so it gets tiresome.
Eruption is actually difficult. The only part that is easy is the tapping section. Everything else takes practice. I finally nailed the full eruption solo today and I’ve never felt more accomplished.
The licks, not the solo.
and yet the tapping part is the only part that impresses non-players
The tapping part is still kinda tough though but still definitely the easiest part of the song
First thing on guitar I learned was the tapping part I skipped smoke on the water only reason because people kept telling me no that I couldn’t do it but here we ate I agree the tapping is easy just takes time to learn that speed and keep up with it but the whole solo noooo way not a peace of cake at all
@Coon Pooch k
"Its easy if you know natural harmonics"
Me, the very next second on youtoube: "how to do natural harmonics"
Same
Lightly lay finger across strings on 5th, 7th, or 12th frets without pressing, then strum
You spelled UA-cam wrong
@@deanhanks4195 3.9th fret also
@@joestevenson5568 and 4th!
The Freebird solo isn't just one guitar. There's three going at it. That's what makes it spectacular. For people who are just learning, the last thing they wanna hear is " this is easy or it isn't hard " just show them how it's done and with practice it gets easier. But you are very good. Thanks for sharing.
I played Freebird in several bands throughout my time in local classic rock bands. By the time I was in my mid 20s (playing for 10 years) I learned all the licks, but developing the strength and stamina to play the entire solo by myself took several more years. By the time I was 35, I had several people approach me saying I played it better than anyone they’ve ever seen. I guess that means it took me 20 years to play it all the way through during a 3-1/2 hour set of 35+ songs. When I played in a band with a second guitar player, they always wanted to play some parts of it…until they heard me doing it right. Then they backed down and let me do it…so it must not be “easy”….lol
I thought the free bird solo was 2 guitars and they played the same exact thing.
@@expertarcher8542 Allen Collins starts and holds the solo in one piece. Steve Gains was the second guitarist and he starts playing later (if you listen, for example, to Live at the Fox Theater - Version 1976, you'll notice it at 7:48. OBS: not talking about this period in this video. Hope u understand). The third and final guitar for the solo is by Gary Rossington and basically he's doing the rhythm. It is worth remembering that in the studio version, Allen plays one guitar on top of the other.
@@marcoseduardodasilvabergam545 thank you for clarifying. I don’t know where I heard that it was only 2 guitars
@@expertarcher8542indeed three guitarist,
Allen Collins - starts and holds the solo
Steve Gaines - joins playing the solo later with Allen
Ed King- former guitarist in the band before Steve joined in,
Gary Rossington- lead slide guitar/rhythm when the guitar solo started
yeah... easy... *cries in smoke on the water*
John Reiff sameeeee brooo
John Reiff Can I play these drop D barre chords?
sweet child of mine
lmao im just restarting playing guitar. all i can play is happy b day, smoke on the water n the riff for iron man by black sabbath lmfao. also i'm starting on a 12 string so this gonna be hard as fuck
😂😂😂
When someone asks for Freebird, I say "Sure!" and then play "Sweet Home Alabama". A lot of times they don't notice the difference.
I saw "E" (Mark of the Eels) do that very thing opening for Tori Amos.
Lol
Lol true, i play “simple man” though for a better mind fuck effect
RandomGuitarNote I think simple man solo is better
R.J. Ronquillo Guitar 😂😂 the funny part is it’s not fucking sweet home Alabama 😂 it’s simple man. All you people are dumb
Freebird is like a rap freestyle. It’s not impressive because it takes the time to learn it, it’s impressive because someone clearly thought it up in the moment while jamming and it sounds great.
rap freestyles are as impressive as speeches or debates
@@tonyisnotdeadrap freestyles are pretty impressive, it requires good imagination and speech to make a good and catchy one
Pretty sure he’s just flexing
You would say that
@@waynesmith8608 but is he wrong?
Yes
But can he play stairway to heaven? 😂😂
No but, he is a very good Guitar or the best player ever and he is teaching everybody. I am playing E-Guitar because he is the best teacher and he did it for us for his Community.
I can’t listen to that thunderstruck lick without my mind pretending to hear drunk sounding Aussies going “Uh-ah, uh-ah ah ah ah uh!!”
Not Aussie but I'll sing it with you. "Uh-ah, u-ah ah ah ah uh!." "THUNDER STRUCK! YEAH YEAH YEAH!"
Jonathan Stamper sane
same for me, even when im playing it lol
Same lol
SAME
Do an opposite video. "Licks that sound easy but are ridiculously hard" lol
overdub?
@Yuporn Fukadong isn't that just second guitar playing?
Smoke on the water
Yours is no disgrace
Mr Brightside. It’s way harder than you’d think
He looks like he’s wearing a crown. If you see it, you can’t unsee it. Haha.
I hate you
What he said
This comment has 69 likes, nice
I think he deserves one lol
Mr Crown wearing man to, idk somebody...
0:40 Freebird
4:05 Eruption
5:50 Thunderstruck
7:45 Whammy bar stuff
4:22 One (metallica)
"Freebird solo is not hard" proceeds to attempt to play it and sounds nothing like the song.
That's where he lost me too.
Lmfao. Was thinking the same thing.
its simple man
@@FirstLast-vv6lv mama told me, when i was young
I thought it was just me... There's no Freebird at all
Some drunk: "Play FREE BIRD!!!"
Solo guitarist on stage: "Um, ok. I need a couple more guitarist up here with me..."
Need 3 guitars a bassist drummer and piano then some weed beer and glue
A 1958 Gibson Explorer which is at least $1 million so yeah your gonna need a lot
“Everybody just stay here we might be a while”
Eruption isn’t hard.
Plays the single most easy part of the entire song.
That’s the whole point
I know the beginning of eruption. Aka the A power chord at the beggining of the song
That’s the most famous part, and also the part that people that are non guitarist or even guitarist will probably expect to hear when they ask for eruption….
Yeah, but it's also probably the most well known part of the song
This series is legendary licks, not solos.
The intro to Thunderstruck was like the first thing I learned on an electric guitar. Simple patterns have always been easy; almost to a fault since they get ingrained in your fingers and more creative licks can be harder to learn from so much repetition of the easier stuff.
Legendary Lil Wayne Riffs You Think Are Easy (but aren't)
Sad but true. He plays so wrong, itˋs tremendously hard to get his playing right
Unironically difficult to be that trash
Killjoy he taught eddie van halen Steve vai randy rhoades and dimebag darrell how to play guitar
Killjoy the classic lil Wayne comment
This is the first time in quite a while I heard anyone mention Lil Wayne. I don’t think he’s relevant anymore lol
*No, The wibbily ibbly dibbly part!*
Why are you even here gen Y?
Did the big red wiggles car break down or something?
Harry Potter not working out for you?
You paid for nothing and got no friends!
@@dreyn7780 ?????
Hey, something real has just happened! The yellow wiggle fell down while on stage! Let’s go!
@@dreyn7780 Its called Money for Nothing for a reason, stupid boomer
@@dreyn7780 ????????
“This is the first lick that really any guitarist learns” *cries in Crazy Train*
Crazy train is pretty Hard for me ngl
My first riff that I actually learned was "In the Belly of a Shark" because drop D is my favorite tuning
I feel like Crazy Train is definitely one of the first tapping licks everyone learns but it scares everyone off because of the last shred at the end of the solo
@@onnikokkonen1901 pero más difícil es tocarlo exactamente igual, llevo un año perfeccionando ese solo y apenas lo logré hace una semana
@@user-gr8uz6mn3t No , the entire Crazy Train solo is easy . What makes VH so difficult is he doesn't play traditional scales and patterns he does it completely differently . That and his hand stretches are mind boggling .
Honestly no matter if it’s easier than we think, I will never forget the first time I heard Eruption. I will forever be blown away
Followed by that great version of You Really Got Me!
What a perfect introduction to a band, great guitar solo, then a killer version of a song you already know. It's just a shame they went pop after that.
4:15 "This is the first tapping lick that really any guitar player learns..."
NUH UH MINE WAS ON--
4:22
...Oh.
crazy train :D
What do you mean crazy train ?
@@aerot.m8976 it was my first tapping solo
Nice
mine was eruption
One of my older bands learned free bird before a big show and inevitably someone shouted “play free bird” and we did. People were pretty mind blown and it really isn’t that hard of a song. Just very long.
Also, another pretty easy double tapping lick is the beginning of the crazy train solo. That was my first tapping lick.
Same here
Crazy train was my first as well
A riff that never fails to impress a crowd is *smoke on the water* . Trust me, although it looks quite intimidating to most guitar players, it's actually very simple when you get the hang of it, and it's even more impressive to play in front of a crowd!
Eruption is actually the hardest song to play on guitar
The live version with all of the whammy dives and tremolo picking and
Maybe for you. Just keep practicing and you'll be laughing at yourself for saying that one day
Not just the tapping part
The whole 10 minutes of eruption live
Tapping a triad on one string is the easiest thing you can do on guitar
@Ayda Sh you know eruption isn’t just tapping right?
@Ayda Sh but he said whammy dives and tremolo picking which isn’t in the tapping part
Your pick hand raised into the air as tribute to the gods or rock is the only acceptable way to play thunderstruck, change my mind.
Thunderstruck is played with alternate picking *drops mic
@@gremlin9870 not live it isn't
@@brettski3152 in the music video it's played with hammer on pull offs. In original recording it's alternate picked
Even live Angus picks it... I've personally seen him do it 5 times. Just sounds wrong with hammer-ons.
@@06AngusSG you're all dumb asses just enjoy the fucking licks
They are really not that hard.
Me: *Failling to play Seven Nation Army*
Howowoaoaoao
As someone who started guitar three days ago and doesn’t even know how to read notes, trust me I struggled on it for those first three days but can do it quite well now
Lxrd Kami thank you I will try my best
Like...Me trying to perfect Metallica one opening solo.
I fly kites man! I’m topgun.
I’m gonna be in the new movie someday! You watch me! I’m gonna come back and buy this town! My key will be on the type writer soon.
Tried the last trick, whammie bar immediately snapped
Pain
In
The Ass
This is so absolutely important for young musicians. When I was teaching myself electric guitar as a teen (pre UA-cam) all I saw was tabs that seemed like completely random fingers and strings. I never understood how patterns are linked together to actually learn these rather than just hard memorization note by note. This are downright impossible if you're just staring at the tablature and see numbers everywhere.
Very impressive, now do it all again on a 12 string acoustic.
make the string action very high
With a Floyd Rose
Or on my telecaster(It has .012s and sky high action)
Omg epico. Slap like now if you want him to do this challenge
12 string acoustic whammy bar
Timestamped riffs:
1:59 part of the solo from Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (he goes on about that one for a while)
4:07 Eruption - Van Halen
5:53 Thunderstruck - AC/DC
7:47 not a riff, just a whammy bar dive (like the end of Cemetery Gates by Pantera, or any power metal solo)
Yey it's you again. Thank you for also timestamping the other video.
Thank you for saving me 10 minutes. Time is a precious commodity
your a legend
powergamer6
I guess it depends if you just want the list of what he considers not as hard as it sounds, or the explanation; which is the whole point of the video.
If you just want the list, why bother timestamping it?
You are the real music is win!!
Legendary licks to try out in a guitar store to impress those employed there.
Is it just me or could anyone else hear the “thunder, Ahh ah ah ah ah ah ahhha” at 6:30
8:52 imagine not being able to get harmonics on all frets
This meme was made by the bass gang
From my knowledge, any basic guitar you have can only have harmonics on like 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 etc.
Peyton Wilson 2, 3, 15, 16,
Imagine having to fret a string to get a separate note.
This post was made by the harp gang.
@@jbisch272 depends on how good your pickups are. Singles dont do much, my emgs dont get 2 or 3
Someone explain me the joke
haha can’t get confused by scales if you never learned them 😎
trent.exe damn right my dude
Ladarius Johnson It’s a joke buddy, relax
Ladarius Johnson reported 2 police
Pathetic.
Geez 1967 Shelby
YOU sound like the bitch.
You always chime in on other people's conversations?
@@ladariusjohnson709 u cant even shred bro
I actually got asked to play freebird just the other day by a plonker. I started playing Blackbird and he said "no man, thats not it" so I started playing High flying bird."No. man, that's not it". So I then said "sorry man, guess I don't know that one". I need to learn more songs with the word bird in the title.
Surfin' Bird
I love it! Watched three of your videos in a row on a night when coworkers saw me carry my guitar into the restaurant. Of course I was assaulted with the usual... can you play this? Will you play me that? I ain't a jukebox people! I love that you debunk the stuff everybody... even us guitarists think is hard. I love also that you point out the easy sounding stuff that really is. If I play my original stuff for a non musician they are so not impressed. I don't know many who can follow it. Even just hanging out in the box. There are so many nuances that make a piece ones own that simple is anything but. I love watching you explore that! Keep it up!
Just a quick note on the Eruption tapping pattern; Eddie isn't tapping a simple triplet pattern on each triad (as 95% of guitarist do, including myself for years). What he does is tap and then pull off on the 'highest' note on each shape [w/ right index finger] while his left index finger holds the 'lowest' note, THEN hammers and pulls off on the 'middle' note on each shape [w/ left ring or pinky finger]. This actually gives a 4 note repeating pattern [high-low-middle-low] instead of a triplet [high-middle-low]. With the combination of the delay and the speed he's changing shapes on the record it can trick the ear into sounding like a 'triplet' tap without delay. It's actually a little weird to play at first, but you can definitely hear a difference. Props to anyone trying their hand at Eruption! ;o)
Oh, I actually thought that thats how you should tap any song lol
danh5150 Eddie is the king after all 🤘🤷🏻♂️
danh5150 i thought its high low middle, not high low middle low or high middle low
Are there any videos showing this? All the UA-cam videos seem to be showing it the 'wrong' way, using triplets.
@@programmer1840 I've seen some people on UA-cam play it like that, but they never talk about it. They just play it like they assume that everyone taps it like that. I first notice it the VH I transcription book (Hal Leonard or Cherry Lane; can't recall the publisher).
my gf shall never watch this video
Omg.
Haha my thoughts exactly
A guitarist? With a GIRLFRIEND??? What is this madness?!?
@@alexbeattiemusic Guitars get the girls, everyone knows that
More like at least GIRLFRIENDS if you plan on being nice to them pal.
Love this! Thank you so much for explaining the whammy bar harmonics! I've always wanted to know how to do it. Also loved the eruption part.
4:45 I doubt it was coffee that Eddie was taking to get that effect haha, Awesome video!
7:53 Hiroshima during WWII
Haha yes 😂
omg I’m Japanese but I still find still funny as hell LOL
Damn
"this is so easy!"
My finger: what the...?
I just bought the Spider-Man outfit!
I’m now making webs and fighting crime right here!
Love this Video! Thank You for being AWESOME!!
Great video! When you started the into piece to Freebird, I was liking that too, lol wish you’d shown more of that. But yep thanks for showing those licks!!
7:13 made me sub
Dude, I love your videos. Thank you
Love your channel, love your vibe, dig your chops
Im so glad to stumble across your channel! I just picked up my first guitar coming from the realm of production and engineering. Theres definitely a lot of stigma in the guitar community, but just wanted to say thanks for making quality hilarious videos!
When u said Eruption tapping is the first tapping solo anyone learns, I was like haha my first was Metallica One. Then u said or either... )
lol same
Paschendale by iron maiden was my first attempt at tapping
My first tapping attempt was Winter Madness.
I didnt even want to learn tapping. I wanted to learn One) eventhough solo in general was too hard for me
Yeah same here lmao
I laughed really, really loudly at "no, the wibbly dibbly dibbly part" lolol
Oh my God I been watching your videos all morning, you are a genius your videos are great you’ve got nothing on Rick Beato, you have a new subscriber
One of the funniest people to watch for guitar stuff, he just always makes it exciting 😂
How about a 'licks/riffs that sound easy but aren't' video?
For me pretty much any John Mayer song.. Especially when trying to play and sing.
*everything Pat Metheny plays*
@Mehmet Bozkurt Beating Around The Bush
@@notmozart8866 Ehhh, not that hard for a solo especially if you have a Wah
I'd definitely add Snow by RHCP on that list
The only hard thing about the free bird solo for me is playing the whole 10 year long solo
“Ever wonder why so many people pick up the guitar to learn how to play but don’t?”
Uhhh because it’s not an instantly gratifying video game? It’s dedication people, learn it. I’m so sick of these damn ads.
Brandon Cooper I know right like fender play and shit it’s so annoying
rocksmith baby lol
The Last Petik oh I Rocksmithed for a little bit (Steam winter sale), and it has some really great tools, but excitement can run out on that too
Yup. Takes years of.practice to play something like fade to black all the way through. But video games do help hand eye coordination.
Ugh, I hate all those fucking predatory ads, or rather "teaching corporations". And I promise you the people that fall victim to them, will still never learn a thing, just like I predicted all the comments to this video would be the typical -You say it's easy, but I'll stick to learning green day or some stupid shit like that.
Nice set-up dude. Love the guitar face too. You’re hilarious.
Insert Li'l Wayne joke
Dew doodo do dew. Dew doodo do dew.
I am amazed! Great Video. Thanks for posting.
I logged in just to up-vote and subscribe. Good job man!
"What's that internet troll? It's picked?" LOL! Totally relate. I got that in a bunch of comments too. Great vid!
But can you play the intro to smoke on the water?
I'm convinced its impossible. My great grandfather was a guitar god. He had mastered such legendary songs as "Smells like teen spirit" but when he attenpted smoke ons the water. He had a heart attack.
please stop lads. they're old and unfunny.
well, the funny thing is that 90% of you fucktards out there, plays it wrong.... this comment is just sad
Daniel wildlife R/whoooosh
@@danielschyttelvik6104 dude the joke is that it's an easy riff. Dont be mean.
Love your trick videos.
Dude. I love your channel.
I love the new word! "Guitarsenal" Definition: super-amazing-nuts, songs/riffs you can play on the guitar.
I did "seven nation army" two weeks after first trying a guitar, and it blew my mom's mind.
Our moms are always our biggest fans
@@belle-jg7jj mine told me there's no future in music, and that I should give up on my dreams.......
@@brianwalendy3735 my mom told me that I sucked at guitar :(
And I do suck
Great content Man! Keep on shreddin!!!
I know I'm late to this video and I had to slow your hands down in the video but with some practice just now I'm on my way to playing eruption and thunderstruck properly. Thanks a lot man. Also learned to have a little more faith in myself those really aren't that hard but I made it that way in my head
When did Steven Crowder start playing guitar?
Change my mind
Steven Crowder is better than literally all of us at guitar Change My Mind
@Thomas Sowell it's a meme and they call it a ROYALE WITH CHEESE
When Chuck Norris told him to play Freebird
change my mind: he doesn't look like Crowder
God your setup is literally my dream
7:52 Fuel live with an orchestra and Kirk being badass colorized 1999
love yur videos man
Your modern rock techniques course is great I highly recommended if you want to learn some of those tricks
I've been playing for almost 40 years. In the words of EVH himself, "if it sounds right(good) then it IS right! Music is freedom. Not to put ourseleves in confined box. Great content here. I Like your PRS! I'm a LesPaul die hard. God bless you and yours.😁👍
Great lesson, amusing humor. Good stuff.
I freaking love you, man
Thunderstruck with legato doesn't sound right, ya know? I feel like there's a lack of that "bite" in the notes, and it sounds a tad less energetic.
Akshay Ravi Kumar nah
He just does it for looks, it wasnt strict legato on the record
@@steelwarrior105 Yeah I know :D you can hear each note being picked in the recording. What I'm saying is, sure it's okay when people use legato to play it, but it will sound weak to my ears. (unless their hammer ons and pull offs sound as good as their picking, in which case, holy heck they must have strong fingers)
Oh trust me if you play it live one hand is the way to go
niko nikogovic haha yeah i can picture that xD
kinda glossed over the fact that, while Thunderstruck is technically easy, it gets increasingly difficult throughout the song...staying on time is harder than the lick itself. for me anyway
Yea.. What a great hand exercise to build stamina.
The descending run is difficult to pick cleanly several times in a row at original speed - not Steve Vai difficult, but difficult for the average intermediate guitar player.
During the recording, Angus taped up the high E and G strings to stop them from ringing.
@@meadish I read about that many many years ago lol
timing+stamina=realizing what it really means to be "rhythm guitar."
it was one of the most important lessons I learned. and when you screw up in front of even a handful of people, it's humbling...and very important to getting better
It's an easy as hell lick. But it's hard to keep it consistent.
Dude your PRS is awesome wish mine looked something like that, noticed as soon as i looked at the fret design
Very cool - thanks for this video; now back to practicing...
We guitarists make the weirdest faces when we are really rocking out
It's only weird if you practice in the mirror.
Pull a Carlos Santana
Great video! However, Angus picks live during Thunderstruck, or at least he did when I saw them. You can hear him picking on the live albums during the intro. The only time I think he didn't was for the music video.
Freebird has become the most requested song by drunks as Melancholy Baby in the olden days😆 You sir are an amazing guitar player, thankyou for the inspiration !
I’ve never laughed so hard. Awesome video man
8:47
Me after I listen to pantera once:
LMAO yes
Van Halen stuff to this very day is still the most requested by up and coming guitarists just like it was back in the day . EVH remains by far the most influential guitar player of all time.
Not in my view though
Most? There's not even that when you have so many other great ones.
9:15 Yoko Ono in the studio be like
Thanks for the vid. It was informative to myself (stuck in a rut) as well as amusing. Chow, Gotta go break some strings lol
4:22 this is so true! my first song with tapping that i learned was "one"
These are a great safeswitch when you're playing for non-guitar player friends. If they're getting bored and not giving you any attention, time to surprise everyone with the intro of Eruption, followed by Thunderstruck! When everyone's in the ecstasy of an eargasm, finish it off with the harmonic dive bomb trick, instant respect! Then you can even play Mary Had a Little Lamb they won't ever dare to look away.
Haha! :D
That was fun! Thanks man.
Your funny bud. I enjoy and learn from your videos. Thank you 😀👍
Wow! If you could actually get Freebird to sound like Freebird, now that would be cool!
Dad EO funny how he said its easy but cant even do it himself
@@Diego-fp7kd right. His freebird literally doesnt even sound like freebird. What a hack
I agree. I was waiting for something to sound anything like Freebird, but it never happened.
Freebird Solo is a few ancient blues licks put together he just broke it down to its simplest form for noobs and (cough) drummers lol. You do realize he does shit like this on purpose to troll the trolls. It took me to see him on other channels to realize that A. He has a dry sense of humor and a closet wise ass and B. He is way too thorough and detail oriented to let things fall through the cracks. Now I have to watch every vid and comments as people lose their shit lol. I could be wrong but like my ex used to say "your such a know it all" So it must be true. Lol.
My point is, to claim that something isnt hard to do and then not be able to show that it isnt hard to do, by doing it yourself, makes for a failure video.
When I saw the title I immediatly knew the eruption tab part would be included, I play it all the time if people ask to play something really cool and most of the time it leaves them Godsmacked. xD
When people think of Eruption they think of the easiest part of the entire solo
5:14 "it's just a matter of getting it up to speed and, switching, putting your fingers in the right place" Ha ha!
SWEET TONE DUDE
I love the shot at 7:16 when you throw the "Music is Win" sign during "Thunderstruck". Your logo on the monitor behind you helps reinforce the scene. Keep the videos coming.
Totally laughed out loud at that moment. Music is Win is win.
You're new here, aren't you? It's the horns, man. \m/
@@flyboy2099 I know it's the horns. With the logo behind his head it looks like he is trying to flash a gang sign.
Love your Paul's Guitar
Awesome lesson !!