I’ve taught this tune to many players. The muffling is what kicks everyone’s ass. When you get it, it’s unmistakable. When you don’t have it, it’s just as noticeable. Great work man.
I knew you had it right because your hand just looked so relaxed while you were doing it. I think that's what's so impressive about Nuno is he's found all these really easy hacks to make some very complex sounds, so he has this way of playing that makes it look easy but the sound makes it seem as though his hands should be crazy busy.
I remember practicing this over and over when i was 13, i could never really nail it. I'm 41 and need to go back and try it after watching this. You've nailed it! Thank you.
That is the first time I see a video teaching the riff properly. I have been saying it to everyone that Nuno plays muted legato and no one believed me :)
FINALLY!!!!!!!! I have been trying to learn this intro for decades. No one. Not a single flipping person played it right. Not a single youtuber. Not a single guitar teacher. You nailed It sir. And now I finally think I might learn it. I was able to pick up he was using a muted legato. But my timing of it all was off.
Great lesson...and very well played! I feel like Nuno above a lot of players took the essence of what Eddie Van Halen did and took it took a whole different level.
A tip: Nuno mentioned in Rick Beato's interview that he uses a distortion pedal with the little to no distortion to boost the lower frequencies. Makes it a little easier to get the palm muted pull offs to sound good.
Im actually trying to learn guitar now about a year ago i was obsessed but just looked at them lol and this is the first riff i can actually play thank you
Move over Clapton, there a new Slowhand in town. That riff was made to look effortless. Excellent, thanks 🤘🏻. And I’m sure a bunch of us would love the Helix patch. I used to own an N4 just like that, lovely guitar.
Thanks so much man! I'm glad it was of some help :) I've got a few more Nuno moments on the channel if you've not seen them already: ruclips.net/video/RnC1CNyU-kw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/tmS2GQTpMfo/видео.html ruclips.net/video/MgBgQ8aQEcg/видео.html ruclips.net/video/5CAm42Sc72A/видео.html ruclips.net/video/gJkXig16xfQ/видео.html
Accurate. Nune is a genius. You nailed!!! Amazing class....Talking about Nuno, I have a particular curiosity about that double picking from Politicalamity at 01:12. Do you have any idea of how to do that?Thanks for your great lesson!
That’s some fast funky strumming, say strumming 32nd notes in a 16th note groove, maybe with a little ‘raking’ movement too. It requires a smaller movement, striking fewer strings keeping things very loose. HTH
Excellent! Thanks very much for this. I've been a Nuno fan ever since I first heard Pornograffiti back in 1990. I too always thought that muted part was picked, and I gave up on trying to play it cleanly years ago. It wasn't until recently that I learned that he actually plays it with muted legato like you've demonstrated here after Nuno himself posted a video lesson on how to play this song. You've demonstrated it very clearly here. Nice job! Now time for me to pull out the old N4 and get to work on it. Nice Victory amp, too. Sounds great. Is that all amp overdrive, or do you have a pedal of some sort in front of it?
Thanks for watching man! Glad it was of some help :) The Victory had a rest for this video, used my Line 6 Helix LT to get the guitar sounds, trying to nail a Nuno tone.
Is this drop D sharp or just E standard dropped 1/2 step? After listening to Nuno’s interview with Rick Beato I don’t think he’s tuned down at all. If it’s not in drop D it’s the Rat Pedal that gives him that percussive sound making everyone think it’s tuned down.
That was a fantastic tutorial. Thank you. I notice your V30 seems to be in standby, or preheat as they have to call it now; what were you using to get that tone? It sounded epic.
I always said to my friend this is legato, and no one would believe me! lol!!! One think I can add to this great tutorial is that the actual TONE is very important. Heavy bass oriented "modern" tone cannot produce this riff. In order to get that percussiveness you need a very trebly very "presence" kind of sound.. Nuno used his ADA MP-1 with his L500 pickup. Both are trebly as hell, and his settings had a hug amount of presence and tremble and bass but scooped mids, to get the effect right.
@@elcapitan6605 Yeah, and I just found out who you are and where you live. Be careful to who you are talking to online....And no he does not pick every note, you idiot. Now, sends regards to your family....
I recall checking that vid out as well as the Young Guitar vid, helped me with the transcription of the riff. Hand movement still leans me towards one pickstroke plus PM legato
Yeah pretty sure, check out the Young Guitar video of Nuno playing through some riffs/licks plus it makes sense regarding other muted legato stuff he loves to play. EDIT Just checked out the YG video again, his picking motion is so smooth it’s within reason he could be picking the two notes then pulling off, wish I could ask the man himself ;)
I think you're right. In the video you mentioned there are no upstrokes on the C and G note, like I have been doing. Thanks for the reply. Great video!
Check out the 'Nuno Bettencourt Amazing Guitar Licks' video and Ex. 5. From the riff note pattern, his style and pick attack, when you slow it down, it sounds like one pick and legato to me.
mastertheguitar he plays it legato there, you're right, but if you slow down the album version just a bit (75% speed is enough) you can clearly hear those notes are picked! He might have changed the way he plays it to be easier live?
Yeah it’s a possibility for sure, I transcribed it using Capo and still feel it’s all Legato, makes the riff more awkward than required otherwise. With non clear cut things like this, hard to truly say one way or the other, you have to go with intuition. Only way to know for sure is to ask the man himself :D
There is no legato in this riff. It is all staccato. This is the opposite of legato. Legato is a very difficult sound to get right. To hear it I suggest listening to Holdsworth.
@@mastertheguitar Legato is a sound not a technique. There are many ways of getting legato for guitar however even hammers and pull offs are not legato. Marshall Harrison explains this if you search his name and legato just to clear it up. I found all this out when I started to learn it on piano. Tom Quayle has nailed it if you want to hear what it really sounds like. It is a very different sound.
OK, fair point. Just to let you know I'm fully aware of what Legato and Staccato means, as well as who Holdsworth and Marshall Harrison are, and funnily enough actually know Tom.
@@mastertheguitar That's so cool. When I first started out on guitar I was confused about so many things, it's just I like to have any possible confusions out of the way especially in video's. Your video on how Nuno plays this riff is perfect. I always thought he picked every note...lol I gave up on trying to grab some of his techniques to add to my own bag. Nuno doesn't even pick that much yet he sounds so attacking. You are showing us how and why and that is great. It's perfect timing for me because in 2018 my dad passed from Cancer in just 5 weeks. I haven't played since because it knocked everything out of me. I sold about 8 guitars my triaxis and 2:90 boogie power amp, TC electronix effects all worth about £10,000. All I kept was my OM acoustic for ideas. I learned theory during that time which has changed how I think about music. Now I want to get a new guitar and a N4 or 4N is on my mind all the time.
Rick Beato recently released a 2h interview with Nuno in which he talks about this riff. And yes, Nuno himself calls it "legato" 😅. Interesting also he explains that the percussive sound in this riff comes from his Rat pedal with very particular settings.
+Jason Youn it wasn’t to begin with! 😀 I remember it took a while to get it down and the ‘Official’ TAB book was interesting to say the least ;) Transcribe kids, transcribe EVERYTHING for yourself! BTW Thanks for watching man, really appreciate it.
you got the riff right, but why don't you mute all the open strings when you play? you get almost always unwanted noises from open strings, thats kinda disturbing..
Always aiming to disturb. I'm not too concerned about my muting with the wads of gain here, trust me I'm fully aware of the slight open G string noise at a few points in the lesson, but I'm talking and playing at the same time and I think the important points are coming across. When it matters, in the performance, things are tight as required.
Loved the vid, but you spent FAR too much time talking about the mechanics of it all, and not anywhere near enough showing the fingerings clearly, after i watched it all i had to go back and loop little 3 second sections of it to get the fingering, which for a 12 minute vid, isn't great. And also, w/TAB. Where? i couldn't see any tab anywhere.
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I’ve taught this tune to many players. The muffling is what kicks everyone’s ass. When you get it, it’s unmistakable. When you don’t have it, it’s just as noticeable. Great work man.
you got that riff nailed. Most people I hear who cover this, are off with the timing just a touch, well done man.
Thanks! Appreciate you checking out the video :)
I knew you had it right because your hand just looked so relaxed while you were doing it. I think that's what's so impressive about Nuno is he's found all these really easy hacks to make some very complex sounds, so he has this way of playing that makes it look easy but the sound makes it seem as though his hands should be crazy busy.
I've been fking with that riff for 20 years and you figured out the right way! Thank you!
Ok so playing it the correct way took all of about 1 min. THANK YOU!
It's like it's like finding out after thirty years, that the world is not flat. It's a legato. Thanks so much for creating this lesson!
I remember practicing this over and over when i was 13, i could never really nail it. I'm 41 and need to go back and try it after watching this. You've nailed it! Thank you.
Awesome man! I was the same, riff was tricky as hell back in the day. So glad the video helped :)
That is the first time I see a video teaching the riff properly. I have been saying it to everyone that Nuno plays muted legato and no one believed me :)
FINALLY!!!!!!!! I have been trying to learn this intro for decades. No one. Not a single flipping person played it right. Not a single youtuber. Not a single guitar teacher. You nailed It sir. And now I finally think I might learn it. I was able to pick up he was using a muted legato. But my timing of it all was off.
Tim Moran this makes me very happy 😃 thanks for checking the video out man glad that it helped you crack that bloody riff! 😂 #nuno
Seriously man thank you. That has been my favorite riff for nearly 30 years and It confirms a lot of things for me.
@@mastertheguitar
Killer lesson!! My favorite nuno jam of all time.
Great lesson...and very well played! I feel like Nuno above a lot of players took the essence of what Eddie Van Halen did and took it took a whole different level.
Two very different players, IMO.
@@williamallen7386 not so much In Essence. Even Nuno himself will tell you that.
You definitely have this down. So many bad versions on here but you nailed it. Wish you'd cover the entire thing! Such an awesome song. 👍🏻
Thanks so much for this lesson. out of all of the folks that have presented this you actually have it nailed perfect.
Thank you deconvoluting this awesome but unfathomable riff!
A tip: Nuno mentioned in Rick Beato's interview that he uses a distortion pedal with the little to no distortion to boost the lower frequencies. Makes it a little easier to get the palm muted pull offs to sound good.
ruclips.net/video/Jh074SbKdfs/видео.html ;)
@@rEE-vz4xm yeah, a RAT pedal
Best video on RUclips on this riff ❤
Im actually trying to learn guitar now about a year ago i was obsessed but just looked at them lol and this is the first riff i can actually play thank you
Awesome cover.. Earned a sub from me!!! Also why is Nuno so underrated? Dude is a machine and possibly an alien. Hasn't aged at all either.
Great tutorial man. I always tried picking the intro but never sounded right . 🤘
Awesome, glad it helped and thanks for checking out the video :)
Man every-time you post a video I feel like a kid on xmas day.... You are awesome!
Наверное, единственный человек на ютубе, который действительно разбирался с тем как Нуно это играет.
Brilliant lesson! Thanks Mark
That's the best I've heard that played other than Nuno himself.
thank you very much for sharing your expertise
Move over Clapton, there a new Slowhand in town. That riff was made to look effortless. Excellent, thanks 🤘🏻. And I’m sure a bunch of us would love the Helix patch. I used to own an N4 just like that, lovely guitar.
I want that guitar 😍
Bro that was smooth😎🍻
Best and most helpful Nuno lesson i've seen thanks! :-)More Nuno please and hope you have a great day!!!! :)
Thanks so much man! I'm glad it was of some help :) I've got a few more Nuno moments on the channel if you've not seen them already:
ruclips.net/video/RnC1CNyU-kw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/tmS2GQTpMfo/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/MgBgQ8aQEcg/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/5CAm42Sc72A/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/gJkXig16xfQ/видео.html
I was blown away by your performance... Again :D
Thorough explanation & great lesson , mate !
Glad you liked it!
Bless you for this tutorial.
Nuno was/still is a boss. Crazy that he and Extreme aren’t yet in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Forget that place.
It will be a beautiful day when that trash fire of an institution falls into Lake Erie.
💥 You Do a Great 🎸 Job of Instruction💥
Who else has just learned muted legato is a thing?
Me, Pedro !
I learned some months ago from Tom Quayle. Sounds cool.
30 years in... dammit
@@taunokekkonen5733 it'll be a big help if you shared the link too
Nicely done!!!
Spot on mate 👌
So well done. Thank you for this!
You're very welcome!
Excellent lesson and playing! I always thought he picked it too!
Such a fun riff
You nailed it bud
Great video keep em coming. Thanks!
Thanks!
Great lesson man thanks !
Thanks for watching! Hope it was of some help :)
grazie
Wow nice I cant even do the quadruplets right I been trying for years hats off to you
Accurate. Nune is a genius. You nailed!!! Amazing class....Talking about Nuno, I have a particular curiosity about that double picking from Politicalamity at 01:12. Do you have any idea of how to do that?Thanks for your great lesson!
That’s some fast funky strumming, say strumming 32nd notes in a 16th note groove, maybe with a little ‘raking’ movement too. It requires a smaller movement, striking fewer strings keeping things very loose. HTH
@@mastertheguitar thanks man, you´re great!
@@bluesoundenginestockmusic A pleasure! Appreciate you taking the time to watch :)
Excellent! Thanks very much for this. I've been a Nuno fan ever since I first heard Pornograffiti back in 1990. I too always thought that muted part was picked, and I gave up on trying to play it cleanly years ago. It wasn't until recently that I learned that he actually plays it with muted legato like you've demonstrated here after Nuno himself posted a video lesson on how to play this song. You've demonstrated it very clearly here. Nice job!
Now time for me to pull out the old N4 and get to work on it.
Nice Victory amp, too. Sounds great. Is that all amp overdrive, or do you have a pedal of some sort in front of it?
Thanks for watching man! Glad it was of some help :) The Victory had a rest for this video, used my Line 6 Helix LT to get the guitar sounds, trying to nail a Nuno tone.
Awesome Man! Mine's an early '92 Davies model I've had for 26 years ..
Rob A Cool! They are really hard to find especially in Australia! Hang on to that one!!
Is that a Bill Lawrence L500Xl in the bridge?
Yeah Bill Lawrence USA 500XL
Is this drop D sharp or just E standard dropped 1/2 step?
After listening to Nuno’s interview with Rick Beato I don’t think he’s tuned down at all. If it’s not in drop D it’s the Rat Pedal that gives him that percussive sound making everyone think it’s tuned down.
It’s a 1/2 step down 1:07 also Nuno tone info ruclips.net/video/Jh074SbKdfs/видео.html
A Scottish man just schooled me about guitar thats cool Im half Scottish heritage
That was a fantastic tutorial. Thank you. I notice your V30 seems to be in standby, or preheat as they have to call it now; what were you using to get that tone? It sounded epic.
Thank you so much for watching :) I used a Nuno patch I knocked up on my Line 6 Helix LT. Thinking of doing a quick video about that in fact :)
Your playing and tone is great...makes me want to up my game
I always said to my friend this is legato, and no one would believe me! lol!!! One think I can add to this great tutorial is that the actual TONE is very important. Heavy bass oriented "modern" tone cannot produce this riff. In order to get that percussiveness you need a very trebly very "presence" kind of sound.. Nuno used his ADA MP-1 with his L500 pickup. Both are trebly as hell, and his settings had a hug amount of presence and tremble and bass but scooped mids, to get the effect right.
@@elcapitan6605 Yeah, and I just found out who you are and where you live. Be careful to who you are talking to online....And no he does not pick every note, you idiot. Now, sends regards to your family....
Could you do a note for note lesson on XYZ inside out?
Wow would never understand all this in any other place ! Looks still complicated to me xD
What string gauge u have?
Always rock with 10s on a 1/2 step down guitar. I may have even put on heavy bottoms (10-52) when I had a loan of the N4.
any chance of the verse and chorus for those of us who can kinda play this riff but are too simple minded to figure out those other bits :p
Nice! He uses a RAT with almost no Gain to get the bass tight
ruclips.net/video/Jh074SbKdfs/видео.htmlsi=b45YxCs9Jm68IQPd
Thanks a lot great lesson
Thankyou for watching! Hope it helped :)
mastertheguitar it definitely helped🙋♂️
how about a lesson on the solo it seems impossible
Love the accent. Irish?
Scottish! 🏴✊
Great video but the 2 descending triplets are pick pick/hammer off // pick pick/hammer off
Cheers! Check out the other comments about the picking. :)
mastertheguitar I know... it’s hard to tell. There was a video of the man himself but he doesn’t really show what the right hand does. Damn it
:D and Nuno ain’t giving anything away!
mastertheguitar ruclips.net/video/zSLvqwgXo2M/видео.html at 3:38 he does it. I wonder if someone has the official tabs from Guitar Part?
I recall checking that vid out as well as the Young Guitar vid, helped me with the transcription of the riff. Hand movement still leans me towards one pickstroke plus PM legato
All I got to say is DAMN.
New guitar? :D
:D just on loan
Are you sure that Nuno doesn't pick C#, C and then a pull off to A. Same with G#, G and pull of to E?
Yeah pretty sure, check out the Young Guitar video of Nuno playing through some riffs/licks plus it makes sense regarding other muted legato stuff he loves to play. EDIT Just checked out the YG video again, his picking motion is so smooth it’s within reason he could be picking the two notes then pulling off, wish I could ask the man himself ;)
I think you're right. In the video you mentioned there are no upstrokes on the C and G note, like I have been doing. Thanks for the reply. Great video!
Sounds like DOA from vh
Tone's a bit off. Need some black nail polish.
GuitarSlinger2112 I agree the tone is a bit ice picky and harsh. But the playing is great.
Almost. The last three notes of the fast run, on the E string (g, f#, e) are picked, not legato.
Check out the 'Nuno Bettencourt Amazing Guitar Licks' video and Ex. 5. From the riff note pattern, his style and pick attack, when you slow it down, it sounds like one pick and legato to me.
mastertheguitar he plays it legato there, you're right, but if you slow down the album version just a bit (75% speed is enough) you can clearly hear those notes are picked! He might have changed the way he plays it to be easier live?
Yeah it’s a possibility for sure, I transcribed it using Capo and still feel it’s all Legato, makes the riff more awkward than required otherwise. With non clear cut things like this, hard to truly say one way or the other, you have to go with intuition. Only way to know for sure is to ask the man himself :D
You seem to play the right manner, man! ruclips.net/video/lT0XtXU2z14/видео.html
Thumb up !
It would be rude not to do an Extreme lesson if you've had a lend of that guitar. Is the yellow guitar another Charvel?
Yeah bagged a So Cal when they were on sale at Guitar Guitar, bunged another rampant sticker on there ;)
Perhaps you could do a demo and a comparison between the two Charvels. Great lesson as usual.
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Man , i thought this was about the "he man" master of the universe animated series ... you know skeleton and amphibious,
I was playing that wrong lol
Took me a year to understand what's really being said in this video, all the little nuances and stuff...
There is no legato in this riff. It is all staccato. This is the opposite of legato. Legato is a very difficult sound to get right. To hear it I suggest listening to Holdsworth.
Thanks for the insight. It’s legato in the guitaristic technique sense e.g the notes are not picked
@@mastertheguitar Legato is a sound not a technique. There are many ways of getting legato for guitar however even hammers and pull offs are not legato. Marshall Harrison explains this if you search his name and legato just to clear it up. I found all this out when I started to learn it on piano. Tom Quayle has nailed it if you want to hear what it really sounds like. It is a very different sound.
OK, fair point. Just to let you know I'm fully aware of what Legato and Staccato means, as well as who Holdsworth and Marshall Harrison are, and funnily enough actually know Tom.
@@mastertheguitar That's so cool. When I first started out on guitar I was confused about so many things, it's just I like to have any possible confusions out of the way especially in video's. Your video on how Nuno plays this riff is perfect. I always thought he picked every note...lol I gave up on trying to grab some of his techniques to add to my own bag. Nuno doesn't even pick that much yet he sounds so attacking. You are showing us how and why and that is great.
It's perfect timing for me because in 2018 my dad passed from Cancer in just 5 weeks. I haven't played since because it knocked everything out of me. I sold about 8 guitars my triaxis and 2:90 boogie power amp, TC electronix effects all worth about £10,000. All I kept was my OM acoustic for ideas. I learned theory during that time which has changed how I think about music. Now I want to get a new guitar and a N4 or 4N is on my mind all the time.
Rick Beato recently released a 2h interview with Nuno in which he talks about this riff. And yes, Nuno himself calls it "legato" 😅.
Interesting also he explains that the percussive sound in this riff comes from his Rat pedal with very particular settings.
You make it look way too easy
+Jason Youn it wasn’t to begin with! 😀 I remember it took a while to get it down and the ‘Official’ TAB book was interesting to say the least ;) Transcribe kids, transcribe EVERYTHING for yourself! BTW Thanks for watching man, really appreciate it.
you got the riff right, but why don't you mute all the open strings when you play? you get almost always unwanted noises from open strings, thats kinda disturbing..
Always aiming to disturb. I'm not too concerned about my muting with the wads of gain here, trust me I'm fully aware of the slight open G string noise at a few points in the lesson, but I'm talking and playing at the same time and I think the important points are coming across. When it matters, in the performance, things are tight as required.
Loved the vid, but you spent FAR too much time talking about the mechanics of it all, and not anywhere near enough showing the fingerings clearly, after i watched it all i had to go back and loop little 3 second sections of it to get the fingering, which for a 12 minute vid, isn't great. And also, w/TAB. Where? i couldn't see any tab anywhere.
And here I thought I spoke English, but apparently not.
No worries, I’m actually speaking Scottish