The reason they sucked at first was because they weren’t prepared. They got suddenly catapulted from being a small-time band to being known by everyone worldwide when Through The Fire and Flames was put on Guitar Hero III.
He is, I think he takes the criticism pretty well too. I remember he did a video where he kind of clowned on his own style and then proceeded to shred to a backing track in the style of DragonForce anyways lmao
+Cristobal Gajardo Technically he can play good, and I'm sure he can play right if he chooses it. The problem is that he plays the same thing over and over, and it's not particularly. His solos are so terrible that it's just laughable. Playing as fast as possible doesn't make you a good guitarist, let alone great. Compare that to Hendrix's solos. He plays fast, but he also plays smooth and knows how to groove. And yeah, I know comparing Li to Hendrix is a bit stupid since they're two different styles, and I know Dragonforce plays speed metal, but I think that genre isn't good to begin with. And Dragonforce is an example.
@@TheListenerCanon Yeah. sure PM is not a great genre... so what are you doing here? As though your statement was a truth in itself. PM has generated some of the best records in metal. Seriously get out!
I saw them live yesterday, during the solos, the lead singer went off to the side and was drinking Jack Daniel's straight out of the bottle, then came back out to sing! They kicked ass live!
Yeah I agree! People want to prove their expertise and level of knowledge and perfection but the rarely can make the grade or raise the bar. Therefore, they result in belittling those that are highly skilled. He was showing 3 different ways and eve the wrong way he used to. It was informative and thats what it is meant to be. This guy is a brilliant guitarist,why refuse to give him his due? This World is long for hatred and making light of true talent and praising those with a lack there of. Thats why theyre are all couch critics and not actually a featured artist on the site!
THANK YOU. I don't like Dragonforce but that's just personal taste. I like Herman Li, though - every time I see him in a video he's funny and down to earth, and he can obviously play.
This was 6 years ago guys .... 6 fucking years ago. His playing is amazingly clean now .... This video was practically made at Dragonforce's peak within the mainstream media, plus him being 6 years younger and having a lot of big time pressure for the explosion of popularity for the band, im sure you wouldn't play perfect for a little while your selfs. A lot of people can play amazingly in their bedroom or at their local bar or club, but how about in front of thousands of constant strangers throughout different countries? Most of you wouldn't know how to properly begin to deal with such pressure and that is also why I appreciate his style and the band greatly along with many other artist in my forever long list of music within my phone playlist.
i had a chinese friend he told me that he will start practing guitar after 6 months he was almost playing like herman. I asked how come ? he said he practiced for 19 hours daily. the guy was rich tough he spent 60k for the guitars+gears and did not have to work
@@Smanjin2M Same. 19 hours a day? He sleeps 5 hours a day, doesn't go to school (I assume he's a minor, doesn't have his own earnings and gets his money from his parents) or experiencing life in general and wakes up only to play the guitar for most of the day. Sorry, but that's impossible, and if you actually pull it off, you'll either burn out or overexert yourself.
meh considering he's been playing guitar for more than 20 years he should be alot better than he is, I would consider guthrie govan, paul gilbert, tosin abasi, johnny hiland amazing.
+Fernando Moreno Dont forget thay this video uploaded in 2007 , 9 years ago. Now his guitar skills have reached the top. If you check out their live album "ln The Line Of Fire" in Japan you will understand what l mean... 😃👍
man, rly, that's the best video teaching how to do a sweep ever. i watched a lot of videos searching for one teaching how to do a sweep pick and this is the best.
How many guitarist does it take to change a lightbulb Answer . 10 . One to do it , and 9 to stand around and say " that was SHIT !! the very worst changing of a lightbulb in the history of the known Universe EVER !!! I could do that before I was born " .When did music become a contest for neurotics . I wonder if Leo Fender knew he was creating an instrument specifically for guys with issues .
I hear everyone bitching about how sloppy this is. Honestly, i dont hear it. Iv been playing for close to 12 years now and i still get blown away by Li and Totman.
This comment was utterly stupid. When that vid was posted Herman was already the pro we all know. This was even after Inhuman Rampage was released . Unless you think it is from 1986 , Herman was already as good as he is now. Dummy
Why ever dislike this video? It's a hard trick to do sweep picking using all 6 strings and he can handle it perfectly! I think some people are really jealous.. All the dislikers, I hope you get discredited one day because some people can't stand your talent!
He's unpretentious in his videos. He's a showman, not a technical guitar master. I don't really care for DragonForce, but the qualities that lee exhibits in his videos makes him very endearing imo.
The problem is when he's doing it fast he's not rolling good at the sweeping and you can hear that some notes are missing. They are not there and they should be.
VancoldGH No, you're wrong, his doing it pretty well, the reason you can't hear the note is because he picked up the next note and the previous note would be muted. Be sensitive, you can't call it rolling unless there is something missing.
Oh... Well you and Herman Li is different, you could say that you hear it because you're the one who played that. But, Herman Li can also hear that because he is the one who played the rolling here.
This guitar snobbery is too much. One could say Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) was a bit sloppy at times in his lead playing, but it had feeling and it's partly why he sounded great. You can lose these qualities if it's all clean and perfect, IMO. Variety and our unique approaches is a beautiful thing. He's showing you his. If we all learn the "correct" technique, sweep arpeggios will sound identical regardless of whos playing them. That said, no one should be learning a technique from one source anyway.
Obus stop with the feeling crap, not saying jimmy paige is a bad guitarist because he isn’t, but this argument is so irrefutable because these guys play guitar because they actually love the instrument. How do you play without feeling if you don’t love an instrument? I’m not a big fan of herman and i am a fan of led zep but come on man the “feel” argument is a terrible way when the man clearly knows his shit. Just because a man doesn’t sustain a note for a long time or bend a lot doesn’t mean he lacks feel. Its a different time for the game and everyone is adapting that was then this is now.
yo people, i just wanna asked, im not really into tremolo system but, while i was playing with my friends guitar i kinda liked it, but when i was looking for one the other day i cant find one like this...(like that one herman uses, no hes not the friend i was talking about) i just wanna know what you call it, cause i think i cant find one T_T
"If you have a girlfriend, she's gonna hate you."
LMAO!
1st comment after 11years
@@KaiyizerYT2nd😊
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This is an old video. I used to make fun of Dragonforce but after seeing them live recently... shit, they got so much better
money makes you better
They're no longer drunk af live now 😂😂😂
@@tejush7147 drunkenforce
The reason they sucked at first was because they weren’t prepared. They got suddenly catapulted from being a small-time band to being known by everyone worldwide when Through The Fire and Flames was put on Guitar Hero III.
@@zxala8589 😂
He seems like such a good guy
He is, I think he takes the criticism pretty well too. I remember he did a video where he kind of clowned on his own style and then proceeded to shred to a backing track in the style of DragonForce anyways lmao
He is
honestly idk why every one hates his playing im not a fan of him but he actually plays rally good ...
+Cristobal Gajardo Technically he can play good, and I'm sure he can play right if he chooses it. The problem is that he plays the same thing over and over, and it's not particularly. His solos are so terrible that it's just laughable. Playing as fast as possible doesn't make you a good guitarist, let alone great. Compare that to Hendrix's solos. He plays fast, but he also plays smooth and knows how to groove.
And yeah, I know comparing Li to Hendrix is a bit stupid since they're two different styles, and I know Dragonforce plays speed metal, but I think that genre isn't good to begin with. And Dragonforce is an example.
Really *
@Gio Colalillo the question here was, he's a terrible guitar player. If that doesn't makes any sense to you, than I don't know what will.
@@TheListenerCanon Yeah. sure PM is not a great genre... so what are you doing here? As though your statement was a truth in itself. PM has generated some of the best records in metal. Seriously get out!
@Gio Colalillo nobody ‘s making you look dumb. you do it yourself!
I saw them live yesterday, during the solos, the lead singer went off to the side and was drinking Jack Daniel's straight out of the bottle, then came back out to sing! They kicked ass live!
Yeah I agree! People want to prove their expertise and level of knowledge and perfection but the rarely can make the grade or raise the bar. Therefore, they result in belittling those that are highly skilled. He was showing 3 different ways and eve the wrong way he used to. It was informative and thats what it is meant to be. This guy is a brilliant guitarist,why refuse to give him his due? This World is long for hatred and making light of true talent and praising those with a lack there of. Thats why theyre are all couch critics and not actually a featured artist on the site!
THANK YOU. I don't like Dragonforce but that's just personal taste. I like Herman Li, though - every time I see him in a video he's funny and down to earth, and he can obviously play.
Just started listening to dragonforce .... and this guy is on fire in every song !
I learned to sweep pick from this lesson, I used it in my guitar idol 3 entry and was chosen as a top 20 sponsors choice finalist! Thanks Herman!!
"If you have a girlfriend, she's gonna hate you."
Joke's on you, Mr. Li. I don't have a girlfriend.
This was 6 years ago guys .... 6 fucking years ago. His playing is amazingly clean now .... This video was practically made at Dragonforce's peak within the mainstream media, plus him being 6 years younger and having a lot of big time pressure for the explosion of popularity for the band, im sure you wouldn't play perfect for a little while your selfs. A lot of people can play amazingly in their bedroom or at their local bar or club, but how about in front of thousands of constant strangers throughout different countries? Most of you wouldn't know how to properly begin to deal with such pressure and that is also why I appreciate his style and the band greatly along with many other artist in my forever long list of music within my phone playlist.
*8 years
14 years*
I still remember this lick after not playing guitar nearly 6 years! Thank you herman li!!
"We can't write music, so we just play really, really fast"
Dragonforce
"We can't write riffs, so we just play solos the whole time"
-DragonForce
@@daoyang223 all of their songs have riffs lol
They play the same arpeggios over and over again and That's really annoying
@@donaldzuramp4807 Let's be fair though; they've slowed down and focused a little more on composition in recent years :)
Playing really really fast aint easy either
there is 4 types of guitar players:
-noob
-pro
-legend
-ASIAN
Where does this put Andy James? GOD? 🎉🥳🎉🥳
@@rmanor5508
Noob
Pro
Legend
Asian
Andy James
There's always Asian better than em all
I would love to have guitar lessons from this guy. Too bad I cant.
+Maya Ash Because he would have no idea how to teach a guitar lesson
chonn_stonez
What makes u say that?
+Maya Ash he just sucks at teaching haha
being bad at teaching means u suck? I im amazing at writing stories but I cant teach it :-/
nah, he's really good at guitar, he just sucks at teaching
1) dragonforce is 100% legitimate, 2) herman li is fucking amazing, 3) haters gonna hate
Good Guy Herman Li, fighting the Asian Stereotype since 1999.
i had a chinese friend he told me that he will start practing guitar after 6 months he was almost playing like herman. I asked how come ? he said he practiced for 19 hours daily. the guy was rich tough he spent 60k for the guitars+gears and did not have to work
Well i guess that's chinese people for you
Yea I call bullshit.
@@Smanjin2M Same. 19 hours a day? He sleeps 5 hours a day, doesn't go to school (I assume he's a minor, doesn't have his own earnings and gets his money from his parents) or experiencing life in general and wakes up only to play the guitar for most of the day. Sorry, but that's impossible, and if you actually pull it off, you'll either burn out or overexert yourself.
He's absolutely GORGEOUS❤️❤️❤️
This is an amazing lesson, the roll is the sweeping secret.
I dont think you understand how technically impressive this guy actually is. Look at him playing guitar in 2016. He is fucking amazing
meh considering he's been playing guitar for more than 20 years he should be alot better than he is, I would consider guthrie govan, paul gilbert, tosin abasi, johnny hiland amazing.
+Fernando Moreno hes almost up there. dont forget he.drinks way too much
+Lynch Smith lol ain't that the truth
Fernando Moreno hes a moron
+Fernando Moreno Dont forget thay this video uploaded in 2007 , 9 years ago. Now his guitar skills have reached the top. If you check out their live album "ln The Line Of Fire" in Japan you will understand what l mean... 😃👍
can't stand all the armchair critics of UA-cam. if it sounds good it's good regardless of minor error.
Well it doesn't sound good nigga get you ears checked
@@TheDisizit1 it does sound good bro. And are you even black?
It’s also only a single arpeggio shape lol
No errors
@@DestroyTheMindless yeah sure
0:29 guitar store employees want to know your location
still better than Lil Wayne
steve t
+R-N-JeSuS he doesn't even lift a pinkie.
always better than lil wayne
man, rly, that's the best video teaching how to do a sweep ever. i watched a lot of videos searching for one teaching how to do a sweep pick and this is the best.
John Myung on guitar ladies and gentleman!
0:30 stairway to hell
How many guitarist does it take to change a lightbulb Answer . 10 . One to do it , and 9 to stand around and say " that was SHIT !! the very worst changing of a lightbulb in the history of the known Universe EVER !!! I could do that before I was born " .When did music become a contest for neurotics . I wonder if Leo Fender knew he was creating an instrument specifically for guys with issues .
focus51 deep.
If the person changing the lightbulb is a professional you expect them to do a clean job. You don't hear people saying Paul Gilbert is sloppy lol.
@@GeordieHalma i took away your one like
@@ghostfacedude93 That's OK, I'm not a professional, if I was I'm sure people would expect more from me. Lol.
anyone know the intro guitar song?
I hear everyone bitching about how sloppy this is. Honestly, i dont hear it. Iv been playing for close to 12 years now and i still get blown away by Li and Totman.
Jonne Luoto elitist
Music isn't a competition
Music isn't about being the best. How do you not understand that?
HughGRection12231
if u wanna see some arpeggios go watch some Jason Becker
Lol Why don't you give someone like Guthrie, Tom Quayle, or Bireli Lagrene a listen. Now you know.
This video is 6 years old. He has gotten so much better since then.
this comment is 7 years old
@@aaebsssb9914 and now this video is 13 years old. damn he's really gotten better since then now.
@@TheMasterfulcreator Yeah
This comment was utterly stupid. When that vid was posted Herman was already the pro we all know. This was even after Inhuman Rampage was released . Unless you think it is from 1986 , Herman was already as good as he is now. Dummy
@@yeahimatrollandiluvit8704 I don't think Herman would consider it a compliment if you told him he hasn't gotten better as a musician in 13 years.
Damn, he makes it look easy..
I’ve tried this pattern, might need to practice this..
This is not a matter of joke. Keep it up, boy! No wonder he won the best shredder award two times!
Studioforce.....
"You gotta row yo fingas"
Why ever dislike this video? It's a hard trick to do sweep picking using all 6 strings and he can handle it perfectly! I think some people are really jealous.. All the dislikers, I hope you get discredited one day because some people can't stand your talent!
the neck pup on the guitar is it reversely installed?
notice the dimarzio print on the pup is facing the neck
Herman Li is good,Fast but freaking Sloppy,Don't try to deny that lol
Finally someone pointed that out, he is a good guitarrist nonetheless , but kind of overrated.
He's unpretentious in his videos. He's a showman, not a technical guitar master. I don't really care for DragonForce, but the qualities that lee exhibits in his videos makes him very endearing imo.
Anyone else get nostalgia of putting the dvd into the computer. Total guitar was my guitar teacher back in the day !
It rolls like a lovely wheel
The problem is when he's doing it fast he's not rolling good at the sweeping and you can hear that some notes are missing. They are not there and they should be.
VancoldGH No, you're wrong, his doing it pretty well, the reason you can't hear the note is because he picked up the next note and the previous note would be muted. Be sensitive, you can't call it rolling unless there is something missing.
When i do it sounds different because every note is hearable. that's what i am saying.
Oh... Well you and Herman Li is different, you could say that you hear it because you're the one who played that. But, Herman Li can also hear that because he is the one who played the rolling here.
Ye. Maybe it is just the video. IDK
+VancoldGH is there anything else that you noticed bad about it? Or more. ( not being rude)
Kiko Loureiro is much best.
Very,Very,Very,Very,Very,Very,Very,Very,Very Best...
The fact that you said this before he got into megadeth makes me happy
this comment is legend. u say this before he got into megadeth
He has good taste in guitars. I used to have that same ibanez. It broke my heart to sell it. Now they're discontinued 😞
I love that their music is fast
love all the mistakes he makes :D
It's not shred at all, it's called sweep picking.
what guitar is that? cuz its not exactly the same as the S770pb its a little different like the neck and the inlays
Got a feeling that sweep picking shape is played during the main/longest solo on 'Through the Fire and Flames', played with an octave pedal
This guitar snobbery is too much. One could say Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) was a bit sloppy at times in his lead playing, but it had feeling and it's partly why he sounded great. You can lose these qualities if it's all clean and perfect, IMO. Variety and our unique approaches is a beautiful thing. He's showing you his. If we all learn the "correct" technique, sweep arpeggios will sound identical regardless of whos playing them. That said, no one should be learning a technique from one source anyway.
Obus stop with the feeling crap, not saying jimmy paige is a bad guitarist because he isn’t, but this argument is so irrefutable because these guys play guitar because they actually love the instrument. How do you play without feeling if you don’t love an instrument? I’m not a big fan of herman and i am a fan of led zep but come on man the “feel” argument is a terrible way when the man clearly knows his shit. Just because a man doesn’t sustain a note for a long time or bend a lot doesn’t mean he lacks feel. Its a different time for the game and everyone is adapting that was then this is now.
this guy is a joke lol
He's no joke your a joke so GO TO SLEEP 💀
it has gotten better. Much better.
2:11 Mario sound coin at the end? how hard he shreds?
btw what tabs on a 6 strings? so I can repeat.
Wise words, Mr. Cage. Wise words indeed.
Lovely it's like a wheel.
i love how he shows the mistakes in the slow version too
"Here's how I practice it"
-plays slowly-
Well, no shit..
this is saruman play guitar when day off work from lord of the ring 😁
Herman is my man! This dude has talent!
@HotRodSixString Is it the Chinese accent dubbed version of Harry Potter you've seen then?
Great video!! Makes sweeping easy--
i think he is awesome. no matter what.
Thanks, Captain!
Yup. He uses his signature series E-GEN now.
herman li is awesome !
Between attaining shred master level and having a girlfriend is mutually exclusive.
Their record producer must be a genius...
i'm so glad ibanez finally started making s series guitars with 24 fretts
this is the dirtiest sweep I've ever heard.
Thanks I learned something new ^__^
Smooth clean slow sweeps over fast sloppy sweeps anyday.
1:10 "If you have a girlfriend, she's going to hate you."
Thank goodness I'm single, in that case.
the guitar on
The hardest part of sweeping is rolling.
"lets look at the left hand Theres some thing Nasty there"
@IKhaosS I think it's the A minor Arpeggio on the G Major .
This video helped me a lot, I don't care what other people say. I wouldn't know how to "roll" without it.
Took me 2 weeks to learn this.
Now I realized I can't really use it in anything. I can just make a lot of noise. But anyways, this was helpful.
WOOOO HERMAN LI!!
tabs for the sweep?
Greatest guitarist
Don't worry,Herman.No one will hate me. :'( *forever alone*
Yup!
On clean tone and a quarter of his "slow" speed!
the tricky stuff is the rowling.. uve gotta role ur finger XD
when he does it fast it looks like he brakes his pinkie lmao
when he says he remembers like it was yesterday, its because it was yesterday!!
Herman Lee doesn't make music, he makes noises!
yo people, i just wanna asked, im not really into tremolo system but, while i was playing with my friends guitar i kinda liked it, but when i was looking for one the other day i cant find one like this...(like that one herman uses, no hes not the friend i was talking about) i just wanna know what you call it, cause i think i cant find one T_T
'I remember, still like yesterday, how difficult the right hand is'... Yes Herman, because it WAS yesterday -.-
tht is sick it looks like it is in fast foward
If Herman Li can shred, i'm Vinnie Moore
rot a gweat guitar prayer, ruvvin it hermy
"aha wrong" funniest thing I've heard in a long time :L
WOOOO HERMAN!!
His guitar looks like the froth on a cappacino
good technique thx herman klol
I am interested more in the uncanny fusion of straight Chinese and British accent.
@cuentaclon1234 Ah. Makes sense, but i don't get his accent. It sounds kind of British. Or is that just his Chinese accent?
Pshaw. Stan Lassiter plays circles around this guy.
1509 knows how to play a guitar
is that a scale?? someone help! or can someone tab it!