How to Play "Beat It" Solo - Eddie Van Halen Michael Jackson
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- This guitar lesson you will learn to play the guitar solo to "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. Guitar solo done by Eddie Van Halen. Enjoy my friends and let me hear your feedback below. Thanks for watching!
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YourGuitarSage took me two hours but I’ve memorized it and I think I got it down
that guitar is so nice. thanks for the tutorial, mind I ask what the amp/effects combo are?
Great lesson, I was too lazy to do this one by ear. That last part is called the “trill” I believe, I can never think of those words either lol. I know how to do all these things but it takes someone else to technically explain them for me lol.
Thank you so much bro !
EVH played that solo for free for MJ...... he didn’t take any rights or anything. I’m sure that a bit of a regret at this point.
Apparently Quincy Jones gave him an 8 pack of beer for it😂
Why?
@@joshsutton-smith1245 that's not nice for Quincy who was not Berry Gordy...
He eventually did take credits for it :)
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I don't think he needed credits for it though, it is signature Eddie, RIP.
5:30 LMAO “that’s all it is... and it goes something like this” *shreds on a godly level*
Sure... easy enough😭
One of Eddies best improvised solos . Great job explaining it .
was that improvised????
@@ndmarshmello9804 yes my friend, he entered in the recording room, played the solo in 30 or less minutes and left with some beer
All solos are improvised
God mode improv.
@@budderutter no they are not
brings back memories of endless nights trying to learn this and some many other awesome solos, raised glass to all of us who once dream in our younger years making it big a being a superstar
What a comment. 🍻
Never really thought about learning this solo but now you've got me wanting to do it. Good Lesson!
Thank you Jason 🙌
I don't think I'll ever be able to do it, but I suspect this solo is what put the desire to learn guitar in my head at a young age
@@JohnKerans go for it mate
How is it now bro? Did you learned it?
this is iconic...
It would take me 15 years just to get the whammy bar part mastered. :(
I don't have a whammy bar
@@yellownoiseclub :
Wait until you need to press the 12th with your index and reach to the 19th with your pinky
@@antoniogil5156 that feels impossible
@@anakinskywalker7881 it is impossible without injuring yourself
if anyone’s struggling with 3:08 and getting the second tab to sound higher, turn up your gain up, and turn your pickup switch all the way right. That last one is what really brought out the sound
its not working for me to even ge t the first sound right
@@slaughter420 you got to tap it hard but make sure the sound is ring when you slide if not it won’t work
@@kevin23kg6 thx for the advice
i did both of those things but the second tap still doesnt sound higher, what do i do?
@@tsunam.starlight I turned on everything what amplifyes the amp and it works for me now
This man looks like James Hetfield and Paul Rudd simultaneously
its Eds best solo, Eds typical fussy noodling fits the song itself perfectly - macho Mike talking about throwing hands, adrenalin rushing, manly hormones taking charge, etc.
Great dissect of the solo itself.
Just one problem - don’t have a whammy bar
Fr man trynna learn it without a whammy bar idts its possible💀
3:08 When I tap the 7th fret and then slide to the 9th fret and tap it makes the same sound that taping the 7th fret does, does anyone know what I’m doing wrong
I’m having the same issue it’s supposed to make the sound a pinch harmonic would but idk why it’s not
Try turning your gain really high and then lightly tap the 15th fret while still fretting the 7th (or 9th depending which part of the lick your on) get a feel for the amount of pressure you need to put on to create the harmonic
also remember to tap the fret marker (the metal bit) not the actual fret space. also whip the note dont like hold it down. make sure its not too soft not too hard
You play it a little too quickly. We know you can play it…you’re the one doing the video! A close up would be nice too!
You have motivated me beyond words can describe. I am an Army Veteran and picked up the guitar 11 months ago to help with my PTSD. You have encouraged me to learn this song an I really appreciate it. You have very high positive energy which is a rarity here on RUclips. Again, thank you and I salute you🔥
Thank you, friend. And thank you for your service. I have a gift for you and other US vets: yourguitarsage.com/veterans-sign-up/
SSG 11B (RET)2020. PTSD too. Was told to get a hobby. I chose guitar 2 yrs ago. I'm getting there. I enjoy it so much. Well... most of the times.Haha. Respect brother. I'm with you.
@@jasongarcia3943 I wish you healing from the PTSD. I hope you will feel much better very soon
I am wishing you lots of healing. I hope you will heal from the PTSD
A sage you definitely are. You have literally "shown us the way". When I first heard this solo back in the day, me and my fellow guitarists were totally numbed by its composition, complexity, speed and other dynamics. We were pretty convinced that it was UNPLAYABLE other than the original guitarist. And suddenly EVH was God for us...he STILL IS! This solo has been inspirational and aspirational for any guitarist worth his salt. I am glad that after this BEST EVER tutorial, I can finally play this solo after almost 40 years!
Love that, my friend!!!👍🙏
That has to be my favorite solo of all time.... ok... I was also the biggest MJ fan you would ever meet. Scarily so.
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@@yourguitarsage OK so I should have said..... I was a massive van Halen fan. Which I was too ha ha!!! Love your videos
Thank you Richards Guitars. I am a fan of both as well.
Just a massive number of techniques in that solo. Whammy bar dips, tap harmonics, big slides, double bends, massive stretches, pick slides, tapping, tremolo picking, and more. Edward was just the best, and it was so effortless for him that he did it for FREE.
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Hey! Awesome video. I’ve got a question. At 2:52, you’re tapping on the 14th and you’re getting 2 different pitches each time. I can’t seem to get the second pitch down. Do you need a guitar with a Floyd rose/whammy bar (whatever you call it) to get such a sound or am I missing something?
The 2nd time you hit the 14th is an enharmonic
@@quinngrieco109 ooooooooooh
This is an excellent tutorial, and a great teacher who makes you believe you CAN do it. Just needs practice! I've been playing for 40 years, but never did any of this kind of tapping and EVH style stuff - it was completely new to me. Just an hour every couple of days of practice and learning the licks over a period of a few weeks, I can play this with ease and confidence. If I had followed a different tutorial, I'm sure I would have quit at the bit after the first tapping section. Thanks man, this channel is great!
How did u manage to get the tapping loud enough ? Mine seems to quiet to match the picking parts?
@@Bugsounds multi effects unit- the right combo of drive and noise gate plus a bit of reverb
What amp, settings, pedals etc. do you use to get such a great sound? Great lesson btw!
Superb video. I've tried and given up on learning this solo for years. It's been one of those 'bucket list' solos. Best video i've seen on it and i've finally cracked it! Just loads of practice to go now to really tighten it up. THANKS SO MUCH!
To my ear (which is really good) you nailed this solo - Great job! Mastering this entire solo will take your playing to a new level.
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3 months in and i can play the entire thing no problem but it takes me about 45-50 seconds, just need to do it in 25 and ill be good Lol, also this is the first thing im learning on a guitar...
Wow, that's a tough start man XD
Same here bruh 😀
Im starting with this as soon as i get my electric guitar i started with tennessee whiskey on the acoustic
I am having the hardest time with this only because my fingers literally won’t stretch that far
Me too. And I wouldn´t say my hands are small at all.
Try putting the guitar in Classical Position like he did in the video...helps you get those Dimebag Symmetrical kinds of patterns✌️
2:17 its sounds really amazing. I love it
4:10 3 times on the first string? You didn't even explain what you're doing
I've not played guitar for many years. I once though I could shred a bit, and I actually could, but diving into this solo now is just so overwhelming and it shows how much of a genius EVH truly was. Really counter intuitive melodies and fingering. I've never really listened to EVH at all, but I always respected him, and fuck me, now I'm just in awe of him. It's gonna take me a year to learn this I think...I hope I'll have the discipline to do so
Probably the BEST "BEAT SOLO LESSON" I've seen thus far... and I've viewed many!! GREAT breakdown!!! My complements to the chef!!
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Videos like this make me laugh at how accessible formerly impossible information is, compared to when I was a wee lad. You are a great teacher!
I was wondering what amp and effects you used for this lesson. You really had a great sound.
Thanks. Just seeing that a solo that's so fast can be broken down like that is great!
any tip for reaching those tap harmonics?
Wow I’ve wanted to learn this solo for a while now and with the recent passing of Eddie I’ve been inspired to give it a crack, I’ve got the overall idea, just refining it all and tidying up the intricate note sequence of the tapping sections and then hopefully with some practice can bring it all together, I’m not a technical player but breaking it down into the individual parts makes it so much easier thankyou😀
Literally learned everything EVH related from you.
Keep it up.
Kind of thought this one was out of my league, then you said, " you can do this." ...I believed you, and now I can 😀🤙 Thanks for the great breakdown, especially the most difficult part you said you broke down into three parts...very helpful, after that it finally clicked.
After weeks of learning the riffs I'm finally here, wish me luck.
Best of luck! You can do it.
Does anyone know the order for the tapping at 3:40? Like the number of the frets
Hold down 10 throughout the entire thing (same for both strings) tab and pull of 15, hammer on 14 with pinky, tab and pull of 15 again, then with middle finger on 12 pull off your pinky on 14 repeat 3 thing then do the same for second string
2:47 if i tap the 14th fred two times i have the same sound/note, why does it sound different on your guitar? 🤔
youre doing not a regular tap, but a tapped harmonic. on the first note your left hand is on 7th fret and on the second on 9th
12-15-19 fu Eddie lol
He was gonna do 21 😂
Luciferxx ha ha man I nailed the first part then went w.t.f. But I’ll stick with it and get it at some point not gonna give up
i’ll be learning this for EVH, in that way, imma be inspired and will learn this much more faster and with heart
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Man how on earth are you supposed to make that stretch!
Practice my friend 😉
YourGuitarSage I’m on it thanks great lesson
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But to be honest, I asked the same exact thing when I first learned the lick. Now, a month or so later it does not feel so awkward. The brain is pretty uncanny at learning.
Many years ago I intentionally stress fractured my little finger and let it heal crooked so I could make the stretch.
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
The amp settings along w/any pedals would be helpful!! Your guitar work is amazing!! Thanks for everything!!
Can't speak for Amp settings (besides my routine of 6 o clock everything)
Regarding pedals/fx, for the "brown sound" it's mainly Overdrive + Echo Delay. You can add a chorus, flanger, or phaser depending on what EVH song you're playing, but the first two should get you 90% of the way there. Don't forget to crank that volume!
@@derusmares9508 Please tell me all that is not necessary to play this.
I hear plenty of Overdrive Distortion and a large percentage of Reverb. A subtle snappy Delay with a short tail decay… A noise gate would be amazing for something like this.
A Les Paul or any Guitar with Hukbucker Pickups and low action with a brand new set of high quality strings would make a huge positive difference too…
Peace
@Manuel Noble
no, but it depends on how true to the "brown sound" you want to get.
Technically, you only need gain and EQ.
first part: fine. second part: brain fart... (awesome solo btw)
ヘビメタギタリスト登場！🍒Good play!🎸🎸🎸
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smoking hot,,, man, that blows me away!
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YGS..."If I can do it, you can do it"......"It's a mega stretch".
People with short fingers..."So I can't do it then!".
Maybe an explanation of how these riffs fit into the chords may be helpful?
The pick was facing the wrong way in the opening part? When I say "wrong" i mean like its not wrong but its like the point was facing a different direction to the strings?? WHY???? CHeers
I shouldn’t be trying this after a month of playing guitar but here I am about to try and learn this thing.
howd it go
@@ahhh1170 not good lol. I’m gonna wait until I buy an actual amp and not this shitty Amazon mini amp that I have right now because I can’t even do tap harmonics on it cuz it sucks
@@jameshicksgaming4929 a great way to accelerate learning as well as a great way to practice, is to try and incorporate things you learn in lessons into things you try when you're playing your stuff or other songs.
Example: this lesson shows tapping. Try and tap when you're noodling around or when you play other songs, that way you train your mind to use these techniques generally, not just when you play VH stuff.
Right after the whammy bar into, my guitar doesn’t sound right, whenever I tab I sounds way too low, I’m tuned to a half step and I just can’t get it right
Great lesson. Thanks! 5:14 pretty much sums the whole solo.. who thinks like this?!
What are the effects? I can learn the solo to maybe 70% of what you are doing but I have no patience for figuring out fussy effects. Can you tell us how you get the EVH sound?
Any advice for how to get those beginning harmonics? I’m not sure if it’s the type of guitar I’m using or if it’s just a practice thing? It dosent look too difficult but maybe it takes a lot more practice than I would think.
I heard this song this morning and was like "I should learn the solo" now it's on my notifications what the hell
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You're having a blessed day
Great solo I'm very happy that i can now learn this great solo by EVH, it will be great if you can do Snow Hey Oh lesson any time soon!!!
Love that one.
Wow Sir, you really nailed it. Best yet I do believe..😮
Thank you so much 😀
@@yourguitarsage how long did it take you to master that if you don't mind me asking?
Great dissection - IMO its Eddies best representation of his playing and my favorite. - another note "note" less reverb maybe - its distracting
When Eddy was recording this solo the technicians saw that the monitor speaker in the control room caught fire.
Im having trouble because when at 2:50 when you tap the 14th when on the 7th. my 14 tap makes the exact same sound as when i tap the 14th on the 9th. do i need to bend more or something? everybodies 2nd 14 tap is higher than their 1st and mines the same:( would appreciate your advice. thank you
And that’s all there is to it??? 😂Trying this solo gave me an aneurysm. But I’m gonna keep trying.
Imma just stay in my lane man🚶♂️
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how do i get it to make a different sound when i slide from 7 to 9. it makes the same sound bruh
Eddie really Fucked us up didn't he. His Tone was just uncopyable literally.
Thanks so much for sharing your skills one day I wish to play as you do with a lot of hard work eddie was the greatest he is gone but his love for music lives on God bless my friend
What pedals/settings do you use? I’ve always used a boss ds-1 but i can’t get the right sound for this solo
Christ died for you choose him today he loves you
I am struggling with the tap harmonics at 3:08 I can't get them to work
My guitar doesn't make those sounds when you tap on the 14th fret am I doing something wrong or do I need to play with the amp 🤔
0:17 how to get this sound 🤩😍 i mean, i now how to pinch shift.. but rhis is next level and the effect is crazy and sounds so good and nice 😂
would help a lot if you state the frets that you are hitting as you hit them. otherwise great video. thanks.
Tha kyou very informative and as you said it's gonna take a while but it will be fun 👍
The back slide at the end of the solo shouldn't be neclected...
i dont have a whammy :(
That’s OK, friend! You can do everything else without it.
One if not the best "how to play" video i ever seen out there! Keep it up! I'm gonna share this as much as i can! And thank you! Greetings from Italy!
what size whammy bar would i need for a squier stratocaster?
How do I make my amp sound like that mine keeps echoing
What pedals/effects you used to nail this piece?
I can’t get the tapping in the first part the sound isn’t high enough
I can't get the tap harmonics to work at fret 14 in the beginning.
i dont have a floyd rose but might still try to figure this out anyway 😅
We need also need to know how to set up the sound effect for this solo.
Bestes Solo v. Eddi , sag ich .
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what is that guitar your playing on? thanx
How to get this EVH tone? Could someone help?
Thank you so so much for teaching step by step this amazing. Solo …my all respects for you sir
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I would love an update on how you teach this. Would you do anything different ? How about connecting cheat sheets; etc...
This is the way I would teach it my friend. And get the tabs.
Great stuff thank you! My dedicated Eb guitar, 70s Strat only has 21 frets! Doh!
This is why the ladies don’t understand why we need so many guitars.😂
What’s that on your right index finger ?
How did he even come up with that damn
Excellent video! But you forgot the 7 knocks at the very beginning ;-)
You're right!😜
I learnt this solo by myself back in the '80s. No youtube tutorial, no idea of what tapping was, no shred guitar. I just slowed down the tape and tried to play it with a Charvel A1 (a Strat-like axe) with common technique. Well, you know what: I did it, even live, to my audience surprise.
Old School! 💪
Not just a pretty face! Lol
Thank you my friend 🙌
Great lesson now is my mom inpressed thanks
Usually not into metal/hardrock at all, pretty much play blues/soft-rock/funk and lots of acoustic but love Michael Jackson and somehow just this one solo seemed so bad-ass to me. Currently trying to figure it out on an unplugged Silver Sky in standard tuning at 1 am 😂😂
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Gave up after that last finger stretch...
Great lesson of a one of the most complicated solo in rock music ever (also MJ was king of pop !). Explanations are perfect. "Hey teacher, now leave the kids alone..." to pratice ! Thank you !
Been playing 30 years and I cannot create those harmonics at the beginning for some reason...it just plays the regular note. Say goodnight, Gracie.
😜goodnight, Gracie.
Fantastic!! Thank you 🙂
I can't believe what will happen if I played this solo, in a music shop , full of people. !!!!!!
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