Psycho Guitar Lesson - Muse (Complete Song)
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In this Psycho guitar lesson video I will show you note-for-note how to play this hard rocking modern rock hit by the great English rock band Muse.
This song contains many cool riffs and fills but isn't very difficult to play so I think it would be a great one to learn for just about any Muse fan.
First off, you will need to tune your guitar to dropped "D" tuning so that low to high your guitar will be tuned to DADGBE. After that you will be able to play along with this lesson and the original recording just fine.
The song starts with what can be referred to as the main riff of the song. It is a pretty simple single string riff happening entirely on the low D string. Since the left hand notes are pretty simple it will give you a good opportunity to lock into the groove of the riff which is probably the most important thing to concentrate on.
You will also want to make sure you keep the slow bend well timed and in tune. After the full band enters, guitarist/singer Matthew Bellamy continues to play this main riff albeit with a little fill consistently thrown in.
This all leads into the chorus riff which is also performed mostly on the low D string. This chorus riff does require a bit of a stretch at one point so make sure you have your thumb in the proper position behind the neck in order to let your fingers reach those notes easily.
The verse of the song brings everything down to a much lower dynamic level and contains a simple rhythm throughout with a heavily muted feel to it. However, there are many fills thrown into this riff and it moves around the fretboard quite a lot. It may seem like these fills are very random but they actually repeat exactly the same way every time so take the time to memorize them.
The guitar solo section of the song contains a bunch of tremolo picked octaves that ascend up the fretboard. Pay close attention in the video lesson as to how I hold my picking hand wrist. If you properly position your wrist you can perform those rapid down/up strums much easier and make them very consistent with minimal effort. Try to keep everything as loose as possible.
I also decided to add a little bit to this solo section. On the original recording there is additional harmony added to the octaves by a string section or keyboard. What I have done in the lesson is show you how to add that harmony to the octaves you are already strumming to make everything sound a lot like the recording without having to have your own personal orchestra. :)
Keep in mind though that Matthew Bellamy only performs the standard octaves when he performs the song.
So have fun with this great modern rock song "Psycho" from one of the most inventive bands out there, Muse.
Carl...
![Muse - Psycho [Official Lyric Video]](/img/n.gif)
Thanks for posting this! I am a beginner and can play this easily after your lesson. It makes it sound like I know what I'm doing.:-)
Jennifer Mooy I don't understand the bit about the muted open d sounding part. I do it, bt it doesn't sound anything like when he's just picking it at 8:30
i am the new beginner, i agree with that
@@omster_ use your right hand for this. as soon as you pick, let the palm rest on the string and then lift up slightly for the chromatics. tricky to get the timing straight away but you can do it with practice
Well, it has been 5 years, do you know what you doing now?
@@ArialdyHimself No
I've learned how to play so many songs from your lessons, songs that I thought I could never learn. Carl and crew thank you for your work and dedication in teaching the rest of us so many great rock songs. Don't ever stop because even though you have posted so many, there are tens of thousands of great jams to go. Your work will never be done!
I swear after watching this vid 1 time I could (finally) play this song, thank you so god darn much for posting it!!
Wow that octave with the harmony part sounds beautiful
Great lesson man! Thanks for the in depth tutorial.
Thanks for the awesome lesson dude!! I've learned to play so many things because of you!! You're the best
Was really looking forward to this. Nice tutorial.
Thank you for the "arching the wrist" tip. That not only helped in "Psycho" by Muse, but, "Killing In The Name" by RATM and "Creep" by Radiohead. I was struggling before that tip.
Omg you are an angel ı learned nearly every song muse in your channel nice job
awesome lesson thanx carl, this song has a real blues feel about it! i like when muse plays rock more than the poppy electronic way they were going for a little while. still a hell of a band.....
This lesson is incredible! Thank you so much!
Great job.
Harmony breakdown it s sooo good❤
so happy you posted this
Brilliant... Really enjoyed learning this!
Such a good vid, enjoyed learning this. Thank you!
Great lesson! Really appreciate it :)
So perfect ! Thank you ! I subscribed
it was very fun to learn! thanks!!!!
Really well done lesson. Thanks!
Awesome lesson Carl, thank you
Hi man, love this song, awesome lesson!! What kind of distortion pedal do you use here?
Brilliant video cant wait to get started with this one :D
Brilliant! Cheers.
really helpful video bro, thanks!
Thanks so much, this is soooo helpful😆😆😆🙌
Thank you Carl its so helpful
Please do the Handler, i seem to be obsessed with it!
Winallthethings9 That is a great request!
6 years too late but is your pfp from bill wurtz?
@@abhirami8353 it's the x all the y meme
@@Winallthethings9 oh yeah, it's just the meme format that's been put into the video, my bad.
Oh my gosshhhh thank you so much!! you taught me Psycho and Uprising!! I Salute you sir. I also have a request for another Muse song if you have the time i would love a tutorial on how to play Dead Star please and thank you!
VEGA4554 that would be sick
Amazing tutorial this is bot hard to learn at all this is my first time using my fingers properly instead of using my thumb to play and I've done very good thx alot mate really 🤘🤙🙏✌️👍
you shoud make a lesson of the song animals, it has some really cool riffs
Yeah very cool song to play on guitar
Thanks man, keep it up
Amazing sound
awesome man !!!
You Beauty!!! :D Thanks for this!
great tutorial!
Great tutorial, please make one for animals - muse. Really like to learn the song. Got a lot of cool riffs in it
I remember a time when this was just a filler riff between songs for MUSE. Excellent.🤘🇺🇸
Thanks Mate....nice trick guitar...
Excellent
Good video. I tried to learn by ear and found I got some things slightly wrong which make sense in this video. Thanks
Carl, could i suggest you to make Innuendo by Queen tutorial? :)
Very good
I had trouble with the pre virus but other than that awesome!!
Carl could you teach any mega advanced stuff like SikTh's 'How May I Help You? ?
Me: *doesn't own a guitar yet*
Also me: GUTARRRRRR NOISES BRR
dude spot on tone! is that an axe fx patch? care to share exact info on how u got that sound? :) would greatly appreciate it!
This album seems like it has really simple guitar tones. I've been able to copy the tones in this song, mercy, reapers, and dead inside with a pod hd. Every tone has just been different combinations of a Marshall plexi model and various distortion pedals, usually a RAT or screamer
hey you should do supremacy it's a great song you should try it😊😊
Sir... can u give a tutorial about muse clean tone and fuzz tone.. it will be greatly helpful if u do a tutorial...
What strigns should I hit with the spike during minutes 13:38 until 14:58 ? I mean, all the strings or just 5, 4 and 3? Sorry I'm a beginner :(
Hey can you do Metalingus by Alter Bridge? It would be much appreciated and I would love it if you could make a tutorial of the song! :)
Would love to know the pedal setup used here to get that Perfect tone/sound
Carl please do the rest of 'Fear Of The Dark'
Just for know, how much did you pay your guitar? Cause I was just wondering, cause I like this kind of guitar.
It's so good when a song that sounds awesome is also quite easy to play
So THIS is where my guitar teacher got it from I thought he made it up!
15:13 Initial-D?
How do you do that in the very beginning. I can't get it right
anyone got any advice on making the muted chugging sound in the verses without buzzing?
Could you do if i run semisonic
what gear do you use please
what pedal is he using on this song (other than distortion haha :) )
Hey, I was just wondering how to get that sound you get when in the verse, when you do the stroking on the low D, if I do it obviously it just sounds like a loud open D so I try to palm mute it but all that does is mutes it... Obviously.
How do you do that? Making the half muted/half tuned noise? :)
(I'm relatively new to guitar sorry)
+Joseph Stephens I was wondering the same and I hope he will reply to you, but in the meantime I can tell you what I did, and I managed to achieve a similar result. You don't have to completely palm mute it, try to slightly rest your palm but do it close to the bridge. I'm a newbie too, by the way... I hope that helps
+Samuele Illuminati ahh yes, I've actually managed to figure it out, that's exactly what you do, very lightly touch your picking hand against the bridge strings and pick as close to your hand as you can, it sounds perfect :)
GuitarLessons365Song Hey dude, I can play the song now, but I need help with the amp settings :O.
If it helps, I have a Marshall MG101CFX.
+CamRebires use your ears
paardensikkeneur What a smart person you are -.-
+CamRebires Tnx! But seriously: you will learn much more from trying to achieve a particular kind of sound on your amp when you just dive in and tweak until you approximately get the sound you want. I don't know that type of AMP and expecting anyone to do the work for you is kind of a lazy attitude tbh.. but in my experience amp distortion is always kind of limited. You might want to try out several FX pedals that suite your taste. This is how every guitarist basically works. Trial and error. Anyway, best of luck mr lazy ass ;)
+paardensikkeneur another tip: learn about equalizing, since you might get a perfect tone when you are done tweaking by yourself, but when the band kicks in, your sound might totally blend in and fall silent (overly exaggerated), if you learn a bit about equalizing your sound you can really cut through the mix in a live situation. Particularly useful when it comes to solo's. You don't want to start a volume battle with other band members. Each his place (frequency range) in the mix (frequency spectrum) and you'll sound sweet as cake.
paardensikkeneur I know all that shit. I'm not a newbie. But I just don't get the sound and don't have the money to (or don't want to) buy tons of pedals just to trial and error.
Any tabs for this?
Hello) What guitar effects do you use in this song?
ivan m Just distortion and drop d tuning.
Can u gimme the amp settings ? @guitarlesson
2:46 3:56
Wait, it's only the E string I should drop the tuning?? I thought I should tune every string a whole step down
Thank you :) and pleasee beyond the realm of death :) sorry for pestering :3
How do you tune your guitar like that?
Lookup on the app store "Guitar Tuner"
How difficult is this riff to play
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6:44
Sweet tutorial man! I used this to help me learn the song - would appreciate if you could watch my cover
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2:51 tEeeEEEeEeeen
i got an problem whit the power ghord from 4 5 67 And that b13 and g10
i cant get it
+Virgil ‘CrazyGameLover’ Bouwens practice it very slow. Try to find the slowest tempo in which you can play it, then build up from there. A metronome is a very useful tool for practicing this..
6:00
Oops i mean I new it was a song but I thought he just figured the tune out
Amp settings someone? :u
Overdrive/crunch rhythm with a lot of drive
put some fuzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
name of guitar plz ?
ViRtUoZzV1 _ Fender Stratocaster
How to i get my guitar to sound like that
+katie prentice invest in a decent amp and use some shitty delay
solo?
What solo? there is no solo, apart from the octave thing.
Nvm that!!!! Teach us how to play The Groove by Muse Please!!!!!!!!
cant get the hammer on part of the little solo to sound good :/
This guy looks freakishly like Channing Tatum with a receding hairline
my guitar sounds nothing like urs
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