Dude's you've heard him play in angra.... he owns the right to brag a little for his accomplishments... but he wouldn't act like a queen unless you pull his lashes😂
Kiko and Yngwie... two of the most relaxed picking hands in rock. It's almost magic watching their right hands. Yngwie's right hand is mesmerizing to watch... as is Kiko's, but in a different way. Yet both are, or least appear to be almost unbelievably relaxed and even gentle with their picking attacks. I don't see Kiko as much... but I could watch Yngwie's right hand for hours. Yngwie doesn't even come close to using the supposed "required" downward-slant picking technique for shredding either. If you study Yngwie he implements a LOT of flat picking... slanting only briefly when doing fast progressions from the lower to higher strings. And Kiko with the change of how he now holds his pick... different, but so smooth. Great players, for sure. Kiko seems to be a genuine nice guy on top of it all. I don't think there's an overly cocky bone in the guy's body... seems very down-to-earth. Or, at least it appears to be that way.
As a then-teenage kid who had open classes with Kiko during High School in Cubatão, of all places, I can guarantee that he's a superbly nice guy. Super open to people, honest, down-to-earth, totally focused on the instrument. Good to see him reaching the recognition his talents always pushed him to have.
I've found the trick is to use the very, very tip of the pick, so you need to find the angles that allow you to pick that way consistently, which are: up or downward pickslanting, leading or. trailing edge, and the most overlooked of all, the angle along the the length of the string. If you picture the pick perpendicular to the string the part where you hold it should point to two o'clock. Also I use the arm to change strings and the wrist to pick, that helps keep my hand in the same position relative to the string I'm picking. If you look at the vid, Kiko does the same, and he anchors his fingers for maximum precision. I started working on this stuff like 3 years ago, and it changed my life
@@sirborges Here we go again with the haters and their gossips: "I've heard that...", "I had a friend of a friend who told me...", "I heard of people that...", "once I've read of rumors..." "I've heard reports of people...". Funny thing though is these people never a miss a single video about him.
ya wow. u know its truly hard to believe..but idk him right. I was wanting to know what ur sayn in Portuguese? cuz it seemed juicy. Hes either SUPER humble/chill, or SUPER douchey/arrogant lol @@sirborges
I can see how he feels each relaxed (non angled pick) swept note like a drummer would feel each single stroke roll note (say a sextuplet), played faster and slower. In a clean, musical way - at the same volume - faster, then slower. But this dude is smoother with one hand than I am with two on a drum 😞 ☺️.
Kiko has some of the best economy of motion I’ve ever seen. Interesting too that he’s left handed playing right handed. I’m the same and the issue for me is complicated slap patterns on bass. You have to learn the rhythm in reverse which makes it more complicated. If I had my time back I would have learned on a left handed bass/guitar.
Notice how always all of his fingers are so close to the fretboard, he is extremely efficient. He does not waste stamina, also because he is close to the frets he can execute notes faster. Such a great player
Lefty here aswell! but I've always played right handed guitar. I've always struggled with my picking hand and precision, Kiko is the first guitarist that I've heard comment on this and it makes so much sense
Interesting to hear him talk about being left handed. I too am a lefty and play right handed. For years I've been aware that my fine motor skills in my right hand are not as precise as my left, and wonder how things may have been different if I learnt left handed. But maybe I should stop wondering and just accept it as he said, that it doesn't really matter. Just got to practice more...
I've been playing years and thought it about time to develop a bit of speed/'shred'. I've been playing long enough that I have quickly come to appreciate the benefit of doing a few shred exercises - and sticking with them for the medium term. I doubt I'll ever have the time to devote to develop real speed, but I now think that's OK. What is important is that I am reducing sloppy technique, improving accuracy, improving hand co-ordination, playing light, playing relaxed - and yes, I what I am practising I am already able to play faster. But that isn't the goal anymore. I'd recommend everyone give a couple of appealing shred exercises a try on a longer-term basis. I'm a couple of weeks in, sometimes only practising them for 10 minutes a day, but I already see big gains.
I find the faster I am able to play the more ssubjective time I have when I am not playing fast (most of the time) to move to some new idea and make it fit the timing. Plus the occassional shred it a ton of fun.
Im in a similar situation. I played guitar for years, stopped and recently picked it up again after 10 years. Decided that I wanted to up my game to shredding. Been practicing this last 3 months and found personally that the fastest way to progress is to learn actual licks and solos more so than repetetive exercies. Also playing with a metronome is essential for high speed guitar.
@@jademonolith I agree about licks and solos. You need language and vocabulary - and the ultimate goal is of course to play music, not just exercises. Personally, I'm finding that the exercises have really helped with my ability to play lead more fluidly. I'm kicking myself for not incorporating it years ago. Oh well. Better late than never.
@@jademonolithtrust me, these exercises will always be important for you to be able to step up your playing. It doesn't matter how skilled you are. Try to come up with your own patterns (be really creative). You'll be able to quickly spot your weaknesses to work on and find different sounds and ideas for new songs. Listen to Wes Hauch's Sleepwalk video for Seymour Duncan here on UA-cam. An amazing piece of soulful shredding that clearly came from an exercise/pattern.
@@Conqoo no doubt, I started with them. But I found that lately proficiency was accelerated by going straight to the licks and solos. Maybe because I already moved past the exercises years ago. Idk YMMV. Doing established solos gave me lick and run ideas
I too try to avoid using tension when playing guitar. Kiko is definitely on the ball using as little effort as possible and keeping relaxed. He's very clever and has obviously thought all about this a lot . Thank you for this excellent video!! :)
Love watching so many different shredders and picking out the things they do slightly different from each other that I also have in common with them individually.
I remember this talk. Tremendous. Kiko is a great all around person, very down to earth. Say Rick, you know who you should consider soon? A couple of dudes that you would agree would be dynamite for your channels: Mikael Akerfeldt, and Nick Johnston! In one of NJ's IG lives (maybe about a month ago), I asked him if he knew Mikael, and ironically enough he said no but that Fredrik Åkesson was going to be a guest performer on one of his (NJ's) next albums! What a fantastic piece of news, isn't that? I think interviews with each of these gentlemen would be phenomenal for all of us and your channel!
I learned that sweep/strings control technique many decades ago by looking at Biréli Lagrène live videos on VHS. I highly recommend to bring him on the channel too!
I think, by watching this, you guys can understand why Kiko was one of those guys that EVERYONE wanted as a teacher back in the days (and probably to this day, but I imagine it's not "so easy" anymore lol)... and why pretty much all of his students became very good guitarists... the technique, the discipline, the form, the knowledge, the musicality, it's all just so damn flawless.
I’m 44 and left handed. I also play right handed. Couldn’t afford a left hand guitar when I was a kid. But the store owner said something similar. You never heard of a left handed piano? So I learned to play right handed. Always wondered if it helped or hurt my playing.
I didn’t realise that- I was not subscribed yet I watch a ton of your videos. I’ve always wanted to play my music to you so that at least someone could break it down and analyse it and tell everyone else that it’s good enough 😢 hahah. This guest you have on this episode is actually mind blowing..... I can put in the time to be as good but it will never be as good. But what is good when it comes to guitar playing? Deep. Thank you beato!!!!
Kiko is an awesome musician, Many praises his work with Megadeth but just have an ear to the first 2 Angra's albums, he produced some great guitar parts there !
Rik Emmett, guitarist and lead vocalist, formally from the Canadian power trio, Triumph is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. He claims to be dextrosinistral, which he claims is an advantage. He's always been very eclectic, even though he was a bit suppressed living as the rock guy. He has since done amazing things in many genres of guitar playing. Rick, could you please review some of Rik Emmett's amazing work in acoustic finger style, jazz, rock, and blues? He is tremendously underrated and deserves to get a spotlight on his amazing contributions of fine guitar playing (and equally great singing!). There is a young generation of aspiring musicians and songwriters who need to know his works.
As a leftie, conventional guitar playing feels most.natural to me. I always wondered why other lefties played it backwards. Definitely an advantage with the dexterity of my left hand
I didn't even notice I am on Rick Beato 2. When I found Rick Beato 1, there were only 70k subs. Dylan's video went super viral on Facebook. I don't use FB anymore.
Gosh, I do so love those Ibanez "Saber" S-series but the ultra thin 'Wizard' neck and 16" Radius on my precious S470 fatigues my wrist especially with chording. That's how I ended up with a bunch of "C" and "U" neck shaped Fenders and Gretsches. Neck dimensions can really make all the difference sometimes.
Im left handed and I can say that when I went and picked up guitars day 1 at the store even though it was a righty I just naturally held it lefty without any explanation and I was like 8 yr old. It just felt totally normal and right for me to hold it that way so eventually 10yr later when I actually got my 1st guitar, again I played lefty bc it felt very natural and I didnt have the struggle period most do. Playing came very easy and naturally to me. I also play drums but learned that traditionally bc to me it never made a difference. I started in band and we drilled to make sure each hand hit precisely and the same power each stroke and for me, a normal kit even though im a lefty just felt normal and natural. It depends on the individual person.
I think technique, especially on the right hand, depends on an individual's idiosyncrasies..for some is mostly wrist ,for others other parts of hand/arm ,different motion etc...
He's got it right. I don't mind mechanical practice. Even with almost 50K practice hours I still go through Hanon ( piano ) and new Slonimsky patterns ( guitar and piano ) My new band is called Chamelion ( ROCKSHOTS Records ) Our debut album will be released this Friday
I'm with Kiko here, left and right handedness only matters on low effort low precision tasks, any fine motor skills you have to learn it won't matter, it's all the same you're learning from step 1
I say that guy playing in a suburb in Rio de Janeiro (suburbs in Brazil are usually not wealthy neighborhoods, quite the opposite) more than 20 years ago. Quite a resume he has built.
Some people will never get speed picking down. No matter how hard they try. Others can do it from when they’re 5 years old. It’s taken me 20 odd years to achieve it. My guitar teacher’s daughter could play the Get the Funk Out solo flawlessly when she was 8 years old and pretty much anything by Paul Gilbert by the time she was ten. I used to smile through gritted teeth when my teacher made her play Gilbert’s Technical Difficulties after I’d been struggling with AC/DC solos. She’s now a successful session guitarist in her 20s. Practice helps, obvs, but it’s mainly genetics and a state of mind. It can’t be taught but it can be coaxed out of those who have natural potential. It’s something you are born with. If you can’t control adrenaline you’ll never achieve it. Many are also held back by subtle developmental conditions like dyspraxia too. It’s a funny old game guitar playing. Everyone’s journey is different. And you have to reconcile yourself with the fact that some people are going to find it a lot easier than you. Comparison is the thief of joy…as the old saying goes.
Excellent comment. I believe that some of my inability to pick really fast is certainly genetic (or developmental), but much of it is simple laziness. I have never had good discipline in my practice routine. My laziness has also precluded me from learning all of the notes on the neck, and from learning triads all over the neck, and from practicing scales in every key, and... fuck! I am a worthless guitar player! 😭
I have short fat fingers, and my pinky crinks up anytime I use it and I need to pop it so it’ll move again. I will never be where I want to be as a player 🤣
I disagree with the «being born» statement. I'm nowhere near what can be called a virtuoso player, I always was on and off with the instrument due to life circumstances, I have a twisted left hand middle finger due to a basketball injury... Despite all that, I had my breakthrough and eureka moments when I suddenly progressed more than in 10 years in a brief period of time. It isn't a matter of practising more, but actually a matter of practising right. These genius virtuoso players just hit all the right buttons at the right time, that's their IQ. Even people with disabilities managed to pick quite fast, like Django Reinhardt. People with small hands don't have any disadvantage, just take a look at those many incredible Japanese virtuoso players with fingers not much longer than the width of the fretboard (watch out for the Chinese guitar army of kids not many people are aware of). In my country there are so many little children playing flamenco guitar like Paco (the fretboard's smaller width has the string separation of an electric guitar bridge). But speed picking is just that, it isn't any key component of great music, just a tool you can use, should you have it. It's the key to the Lamborghini, but nobody really needs any sports car to go through a beautiful journey. I align more with Tomo Fujita's motto: don't worry, don't compare, be kind to yourself.
I think we do better in certain areas depending on our "dominant hand"... Of course, practice can improve everything, but I would make cleaner licks with my right hand than I do with my left hand with half practice time...
I've noticed when lefties play right handed, they get really good at keeping an accurate tempo with the right hand. I suppose they have to at first just to do it like that, so an initially steeper learning curve but then pays off.
It helps with what music you really practice. My picking hand levelled up playing metal all the time because it’s probably the most important aspect, you are what you play sometimes I guess. Some genres just don’t demand that kind of attention to picking.
Based on his technique on his fretting hand, it looks to me that he has some classical guitar training in his background due to the fact that he keeps his wrist as straight as possible. Speaking of rock musicians inverting to suit their playing is interesting. Jimi Hendrix was actually a right-handed writer but he played left-handed.
Some dudes just have super talent and are gifted to learn the guitar. I remember a dude that was like 15 years old could shred all Metallica's solos easily and he just learned by himself. It's like if someone who never played guitar before or just tried it a couple of times asks you: "how do you play this fast??" You will answer him the same way that 15 year old dude would answer you: "I don't know man, just practice I guess"
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Big respect to Kiko for stepping back from touring to focus on time with his family ❤
Yes, he’s a wonderful person and family man!❤❤❤
He didn't just step back from touring, he quit megadeth
No sounds like he's leaving Megadeth, I hope not though
@@ozman6602he already left them man
@rastamon5969 Yes dumby, he quit so he could be closer to his family. U get it
I’ll miss his videos. Those backstage glimpses of all those cables and equipment were so eye opening.
Are they going away?
I don’t think so. I was thinking about new videos.
Kiko's solo work is amazingly musical! Very happy to have him back as a solo Artist! Love his classical guitar playing.
Kiko... what a humble guy and VERY talented musician!
He's not so humble here in Brazil
@@FelipeMartins-lr5pm Es bíblico... nadie es profeta en su tierra. Saludos desde Argentina!
@@FelipeMartins-lr5pmaccording to who? People spoke ill of Jesus, how even more so of us?
Dude's you've heard him play in angra.... he owns the right to brag a little for his accomplishments... but he wouldn't act like a queen unless you pull his lashes😂
Kiko and Yngwie... two of the most relaxed picking hands in rock. It's almost magic watching their right hands. Yngwie's right hand is mesmerizing to watch... as is Kiko's, but in a different way. Yet both are, or least appear to be almost unbelievably relaxed and even gentle with their picking attacks.
I don't see Kiko as much... but I could watch Yngwie's right hand for hours. Yngwie doesn't even come close to using the supposed "required" downward-slant picking technique for shredding either. If you study Yngwie he implements a LOT of flat picking... slanting only briefly when doing fast progressions from the lower to higher strings. And Kiko with the change of how he now holds his pick... different, but so smooth.
Great players, for sure. Kiko seems to be a genuine nice guy on top of it all. I don't think there's an overly cocky bone in the guy's body... seems very down-to-earth. Or, at least it appears to be that way.
As a then-teenage kid who had open classes with Kiko during High School in Cubatão, of all places, I can guarantee that he's a superbly nice guy. Super open to people, honest, down-to-earth, totally focused on the instrument. Good to see him reaching the recognition his talents always pushed him to have.
I've found the trick is to use the very, very tip of the pick, so you need to find the angles that allow you to pick that way consistently, which are: up or downward pickslanting, leading or. trailing edge, and the most overlooked of all, the angle along the the length of the string. If you picture the pick perpendicular to the string the part where you hold it should point to two o'clock. Also I use the arm to change strings and the wrist to pick, that helps keep my hand in the same position relative to the string I'm picking. If you look at the vid, Kiko does the same, and he anchors his fingers for maximum precision. I started working on this stuff like 3 years ago, and it changed my life
Procure por Edu Ardanuy , outro brasileiro, ficará fascinado na mão direita
You can add Uli Jon Roth there. Man playing hard songs like he's playing twinkle twinkle little star. He's so relaxed.
Rick Graham and Anton Oparin also
Hats off to Mr. Loureiro. It is refreshing when such a great guitarist and teacher is void of ego. It makes them even better to my ear and soul.
@@sirborges O que ele fez que você achou errado?
@@sirborges Entendo. Sinto muito.
@@sirborgesExistem relatos de varios lugares do Brasil de pessoas que foram maltratadas por ele
@@sirborges Here we go again with the haters and their gossips: "I've heard that...", "I had a friend of a friend who told me...", "I heard of people that...", "once I've read of rumors..." "I've heard reports of people...". Funny thing though is these people never a miss a single video about him.
ya wow. u know its truly hard to believe..but idk him right. I was wanting to know what ur sayn in Portuguese? cuz it seemed juicy. Hes either SUPER humble/chill, or SUPER douchey/arrogant lol @@sirborges
Kiko's solo albums are so good!
Kiko is a legend. He barely moves his fingers. So clean and precise.
Always love to hear from Kiko!!! He makes all topics for guitar very interesting and inspiring.
I can see how he feels each relaxed (non angled pick) swept note like a drummer would feel each single stroke roll note (say a sextuplet), played faster and slower. In a clean, musical way - at the same volume - faster, then slower. But this dude is smoother with one hand than I am with two on a drum 😞 ☺️.
Glad you have him on here. Very inspiring player. I love Kiko - totally did not know he was left handed. Kinda blows my mind
Kiko has some of the best economy of motion I’ve ever seen. Interesting too that he’s left handed playing right handed. I’m the same and the issue for me is complicated slap patterns on bass. You have to learn the rhythm in reverse which makes it more complicated. If I had my time back I would have learned on a left handed bass/guitar.
Loved you in Megadeth. You were a perfect fit. Good luck in the future and looking forward to see what's coming next! What a player!
it was the one of the best guitar guides i ever watched
First time I saw kiko playing live I couldn’t believe he was playing, so natural and chill
Kikos the man. I think he’s my favorite guitar player right now. I loved watching his tour vlogs with Megadeth !
Monster of a player! 🤘🏼🔥
Kiko Loureiro is the best, I am a lefty too, cant imagine myself playing a righty guitar :)
I have listened to him since 1995, he isbone of the best ever. MD was another step in the way to get his Grammy 😂
Notice how always all of his fingers are so close to the fretboard, he is extremely efficient. He does not waste stamina, also because he is close to the frets he can execute notes faster. Such a great player
His precision is amazing. And his feel is amazing as well. Controlled passion.
Respect for Beato and kiko...
Best guitar channel from youtube
Keep the amazing work Rick...
I'm also a lefty. Been playing 25 years and this is the first time hearing this. My struggle makes sense. I feel like I can breathe ❤
Lefty here aswell! but I've always played right handed guitar. I've always struggled with my picking hand and precision, Kiko is the first guitarist that I've heard comment on this and it makes so much sense
Interesting to hear him talk about being left handed. I too am a lefty and play right handed. For years I've been aware that my fine motor skills in my right hand are not as precise as my left, and wonder how things may have been different if I learnt left handed. But maybe I should stop wondering and just accept it as he said, that it doesn't really matter. Just got to practice more...
You'll get it eventually, it did take me way longer than right handed guitarists to get alternate picking runs down that aren't tremelo picked.
I've been playing years and thought it about time to develop a bit of speed/'shred'. I've been playing long enough that I have quickly come to appreciate the benefit of doing a few shred exercises - and sticking with them for the medium term. I doubt I'll ever have the time to devote to develop real speed, but I now think that's OK. What is important is that I am reducing sloppy technique, improving accuracy, improving hand co-ordination, playing light, playing relaxed - and yes, I what I am practising I am already able to play faster. But that isn't the goal anymore.
I'd recommend everyone give a couple of appealing shred exercises a try on a longer-term basis. I'm a couple of weeks in, sometimes only practising them for 10 minutes a day, but I already see big gains.
I find the faster I am able to play the more ssubjective time I have when I am not playing fast (most of the time) to move to some new idea and make it fit the timing.
Plus the occassional shred it a ton of fun.
Im in a similar situation. I played guitar for years, stopped and recently picked it up again after 10 years. Decided that I wanted to up my game to shredding. Been practicing this last 3 months and found personally that the fastest way to progress is to learn actual licks and solos more so than repetetive exercies. Also playing with a metronome is essential for high speed guitar.
@@jademonolith I agree about licks and solos. You need language and vocabulary - and the ultimate goal is of course to play music, not just exercises. Personally, I'm finding that the exercises have really helped with my ability to play lead more fluidly. I'm kicking myself for not incorporating it years ago. Oh well. Better late than never.
@@jademonolithtrust me, these exercises will always be important for you to be able to step up your playing. It doesn't matter how skilled you are.
Try to come up with your own patterns (be really creative). You'll be able to quickly spot your weaknesses to work on and find different sounds and ideas for new songs.
Listen to Wes Hauch's Sleepwalk video for Seymour Duncan here on UA-cam. An amazing piece of soulful shredding that clearly came from an exercise/pattern.
@@Conqoo no doubt, I started with them. But I found that lately proficiency was accelerated by going straight to the licks and solos. Maybe because I already moved past the exercises years ago. Idk
YMMV. Doing established solos gave me lick and run ideas
I too try to avoid using tension when playing guitar. Kiko is definitely on the ball using as little effort as possible and keeping relaxed. He's very clever and has obviously thought all about this a lot . Thank you for this excellent video!! :)
Love watching so many different shredders and picking out the things they do slightly different from each other that I also have in common with them individually.
I remember this talk. Tremendous. Kiko is a great all around person, very down to earth. Say Rick, you know who you should consider soon? A couple of dudes that you would agree would be dynamite for your channels: Mikael Akerfeldt, and Nick Johnston! In one of NJ's IG lives (maybe about a month ago), I asked him if he knew Mikael, and ironically enough he said no but that Fredrik Åkesson was going to be a guest performer on one of his (NJ's) next albums! What a fantastic piece of news, isn't that? I think interviews with each of these gentlemen would be phenomenal for all of us and your channel!
He's such a great guy, and an amazing player!
Yes! The POWER of lefthandedness in righty guitarists! -of which KIKO is our exemplar. Go, KIKO!
Love kiko man, his styles are so mind blowing! Miss him much!
Kiko always keeps it real and humble despite being so skilled
I learned that sweep/strings control technique many decades ago by looking at Biréli Lagrène live videos on VHS.
I highly recommend to bring him on the channel too!
I think, by watching this, you guys can understand why Kiko was one of those guys that EVERYONE wanted as a teacher back in the days (and probably to this day, but I imagine it's not "so easy" anymore lol)... and why pretty much all of his students became very good guitarists... the technique, the discipline, the form, the knowledge, the musicality, it's all just so damn flawless.
I know Kiko for such a long time..found him on the early Angra Days...and always thought this guy is special, and one of the very best players
I’m 44 and left handed. I also play right handed. Couldn’t afford a left hand guitar when I was a kid. But the store owner said something similar. You never heard of a left handed piano? So I learned to play right handed. Always wondered if it helped or hurt my playing.
I subscribe to all your social channels, I purchased all your courses, and even donated some cash on your website. Thank you for all your content
I really treasure moments like this.
first time I know Kiko from Angra "Rebirth" and damn this guy is awesome he wrote the solo for Angra is at another level 🤘🏻🤘🏻
I've noticed that when I play light my fingers just move so much smoother across the fretboard. It's nice to hear a pro say it out loud lol
Hell , when you said that I looked and sure enough I wasn’t subscribed nor did I realize it was a second channel , now subbed.
Nosso Kiko, orgulho do Brasil !
Kiko is a class act
3:55 to 4:35 Simple but so dreamy!
Such a humble person ❤
Ok Rick, I subscribed. Which I never do! The interviews have been insane, with the coolest guests and the best insights from you and the artists!
Thank you!!!!!! I learned so much from this clip!!
I'm subscribed! Love the variety of guests (still a long waiting list I guess for many) and how each has a unique style of playing.
I didn’t realise that- I was not subscribed yet I watch a ton of your videos.
I’ve always wanted to play my music to you so that at least someone could break it down and analyse it and tell everyone else that it’s good enough 😢 hahah.
This guest you have on this episode is actually mind blowing.....
I can put in the time to be as good but it will never be as good.
But what is good when it comes to guitar playing?
Deep.
Thank you beato!!!!
The channel keeps getting better and better!!
Kiko is an awesome musician, Many praises his work with Megadeth but just have an ear to the first 2 Angra's albums, he produced some great guitar parts there !
Rik Emmett, guitarist and lead vocalist, formally from the Canadian power trio, Triumph is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. He claims to be dextrosinistral, which he claims is an advantage. He's always been very eclectic, even though he was a bit suppressed living as the rock guy. He has since done amazing things in many genres of guitar playing.
Rick, could you please review some of Rik Emmett's amazing work in acoustic finger style, jazz, rock, and blues? He is tremendously underrated and deserves to get a spotlight on his amazing contributions of fine guitar playing (and equally great singing!). There is a young generation of aspiring musicians and songwriters who need to know his works.
As a leftie, conventional guitar playing feels most.natural to me. I always wondered why other lefties played it backwards. Definitely an advantage with the dexterity of my left hand
I'm a righty and play lefty... always felt natural, to use my right hand for the fretboard.
Agreed. I couldnt imagine trying to betray my lefthandedness by playing righty😂
Kiko loureiro e grande guitarra mundial
No heavy metal na cena 🤟🔥😁
0:24 That mosquito when you're trying to sleep.
This is supercool, Rick! Greets from Brazil!
Hope Kiko is doing well .... with family & stuff .. nice guy .. bcos of him i followed Megadeth .. ..😔
Eu não canso de me impressionar de ver o Kiko tocar, o cara é um gigante
Lefties on right handed guitars are always very intricate (mechanical, but still musical). Steve Morse, Michael Batio, etc.
I didn't even notice I am on Rick Beato 2. When I found Rick Beato 1, there were only 70k subs. Dylan's video went super viral on Facebook. I don't use FB anymore.
Hey Rick, Kiko. Your Megadeth fans miss you dude. Hope all is well at home na seu pais maravilhosa.
Gosh, I do so love those Ibanez "Saber" S-series but the ultra thin 'Wizard' neck and 16" Radius on my precious S470 fatigues my wrist especially with chording. That's how I ended up with a bunch of "C" and "U" neck shaped Fenders and Gretsches. Neck dimensions can really make all the difference sometimes.
Lefty who plays right as well Gary Moore also. Great video!! Subbed
Great lesson
😮. I didn't know Antonio Banderas was guitar master.
What a stupid thing to say.
"You're not angling the pickle" lol 7:10
Pickle Rick
the subtitles didn't lie, he said it and now it's forever
Great lesson Kiko
Im left handed and I can say that when I went and picked up guitars day 1 at the store even though it was a righty I just naturally held it lefty without any explanation and I was like 8 yr old. It just felt totally normal and right for me to hold it that way so eventually 10yr later when I actually got my 1st guitar, again I played lefty bc it felt very natural and I didnt have the struggle period most do. Playing came very easy and naturally to me. I also play drums but learned that traditionally bc to me it never made a difference. I started in band and we drilled to make sure each hand hit precisely and the same power each stroke and for me, a normal kit even though im a lefty just felt normal and natural. It depends on the individual person.
I think technique, especially on the right hand, depends on an individual's idiosyncrasies..for some is mostly wrist ,for others other parts of hand/arm ,different motion etc...
Kiko is so ridiculously clean it's insane.
I love this man.
I don't play anything, but I could keep watching this video for hours.
Him hitting that G string from way up is criminal
My favourite musician!!!
This guy is a beast!! My top 1, best guitarrist for sure.
This guy really is class!
He's got it right. I don't mind mechanical practice.
Even with almost 50K practice hours I still go through Hanon ( piano ) and new Slonimsky patterns ( guitar and piano )
My new band is called Chamelion ( ROCKSHOTS Records )
Our debut album will be released this Friday
Rick.. Dont tell em to subscribe.. This is suppose to be the secret channel
I'm with Kiko here, left and right handedness only matters on low effort low precision tasks, any fine motor skills you have to learn it won't matter, it's all the same you're learning from step 1
I say that guy playing in a suburb in Rio de Janeiro (suburbs in Brazil are usually not wealthy neighborhoods, quite the opposite) more than 20 years ago. Quite a resume he has built.
Some people will never get speed picking down. No matter how hard they try. Others can do it from when they’re 5 years old. It’s taken me 20 odd years to achieve it. My guitar teacher’s daughter could play the Get the Funk Out solo flawlessly when she was 8 years old and pretty much anything by Paul Gilbert by the time she was ten. I used to smile through gritted teeth when my teacher made her play Gilbert’s Technical Difficulties after I’d been struggling with AC/DC solos. She’s now a successful session guitarist in her 20s. Practice helps, obvs, but it’s mainly genetics and a state of mind. It can’t be taught but it can be coaxed out of those who have natural potential. It’s something you are born with. If you can’t control adrenaline you’ll never achieve it. Many are also held back by subtle developmental conditions like dyspraxia too. It’s a funny old game guitar playing. Everyone’s journey is different. And you have to reconcile yourself with the fact that some people are going to find it a lot easier than you. Comparison is the thief of joy…as the old saying goes.
Excellent comment. I believe that some of my inability to pick really fast is certainly genetic (or developmental), but much of it is simple laziness. I have never had good discipline in my practice routine. My laziness has also precluded me from learning all of the notes on the neck, and from learning triads all over the neck, and from practicing scales in every key, and... fuck! I am a worthless guitar player! 😭
Great comment
I'd say also, the shape and size of your hands has more of a bearing than a lot of people think!
I have short fat fingers, and my pinky crinks up anytime I use it and I need to pop it so it’ll move again. I will never be where I want to be as a player 🤣
I disagree with the «being born» statement. I'm nowhere near what can be called a virtuoso player, I always was on and off with the instrument due to life circumstances, I have a twisted left hand middle finger due to a basketball injury... Despite all that, I had my breakthrough and eureka moments when I suddenly progressed more than in 10 years in a brief period of time.
It isn't a matter of practising more, but actually a matter of practising right. These genius virtuoso players just hit all the right buttons at the right time, that's their IQ.
Even people with disabilities managed to pick quite fast, like Django Reinhardt. People with small hands don't have any disadvantage, just take a look at those many incredible Japanese virtuoso players with fingers not much longer than the width of the fretboard (watch out for the Chinese guitar army of kids not many people are aware of). In my country there are so many little children playing flamenco guitar like Paco (the fretboard's smaller width has the string separation of an electric guitar bridge).
But speed picking is just that, it isn't any key component of great music, just a tool you can use, should you have it. It's the key to the Lamborghini, but nobody really needs any sports car to go through a beautiful journey.
I align more with Tomo Fujita's motto: don't worry, don't compare, be kind to yourself.
7:20 exactly
What a great player!
Valuable information 🙏
I think we do better in certain areas depending on our "dominant hand"... Of course, practice can improve everything, but I would make cleaner licks with my right hand than I do with my left hand with half practice time...
gosh man kiko is the best.
Rick, could you include the difference between the main channel and this one in future requests for subs?
For me a key part of staying relaxed is practicing slowly at 80bpm to get the feeling of being relaxed memorized. Then I bump it up to higher tempos.
I've noticed when lefties play right handed, they get really good at keeping an accurate tempo with the right hand. I suppose they have to at first just to do it like that, so an initially steeper learning curve but then pays off.
It helps with what music you really practice. My picking hand levelled up playing metal all the time because it’s probably the most important aspect, you are what you play sometimes I guess. Some genres just don’t demand that kind of attention to picking.
I request Kiko full interview...
Been subbed from the beginning. You even reviewed one of my songs. Cheers Rick.
Yes!
Just subscribed. Great content great guest Kiko is phenomenal🤘🤘✌️🖖
Kiko es lo maximo lo tiene todo...
4:00 My fucking god, sounds so freaking good, god bless Brasil for having a lot of good musicians 🇧🇷
7:10 Angling the pickle 🤣
great kiko also cool t shirt is that coltrane circle
This is the best guitar player in Earth by far.
He, Edu Ardanuy and Juninho Afram are monsters, they play those stuff like it's nothing.
Based on his technique on his fretting hand, it looks to me that he has some classical guitar training in his background due to the fact that he keeps his wrist as straight as possible.
Speaking of rock musicians inverting to suit their playing is interesting. Jimi Hendrix was actually a right-handed writer but he played left-handed.
Some dudes just have super talent and are gifted to learn the guitar. I remember a dude that was like 15 years old could shred all Metallica's solos easily and he just learned by himself.
It's like if someone who never played guitar before or just tried it a couple of times asks you: "how do you play this fast??"
You will answer him the same way that 15 year old dude would answer you: "I don't know man, just practice I guess"