No More Faking This Lick! (Sweet Child o' Mine Edition)
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- I have something to admit, I've been living a lie. Come watch me try and rectify the situation by finally learning "the hard lick" from Sweet Child o' Mine note-for-note.
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Thanks!!!
what i love about this channel is that you dont make us feel inferior.
you dont just teach us, but learn along with us!!! thanks, mike!!!
Ironically he's one of the best in RUclips
I agree
I agree, chris zoupa is also similar in that way
Yeah I agree. Like learning from/with a friend instead of a teacher (not that he isn't a good teacher)
Totally agreed. He is a master but still he is humble and I'm comfortable learning here. But I'm miles away from this solo.
Haha I had to play this exact part live a few weeks back. Needless to say I drowned it in Wah so no one would notice :)
LOOOOOOOOLLLL
Standard lol
Same with me. Lels
Kirk the shit out of it
It’s not really that hard or that fast so I don’t get the hooplah over it.
The point isn't that tabs aren't always accurate, it's that we continue to trust them regardless.
I don't trust them. When I opened Metallica's Justice for All tab book and first page is Blackened I went "what the hell is this crap?" :). Even in Dream Theater's John Petrucci approved tab book has mistakes. For example there was some part wrong in Erotomania even though the sheet notation above was correct.
Internet tabs and videos always have tons more mistakes than the tab books. The books are usually better guidelines than anything on the internet, not always, but usually. I say guidelines because yes most books aren't 100% accurate but they've been a lot more accurate than anything on the internet. The books usually give you less mistakes.
I'd personally trust a tab book over anything on Ultimate Guitar, or even half the stuff on RUclips because the tab book is usually more accurate.
I remember slowing this exact lick down and trying to learn it note for note. The articulation that Slash puts into every note from both his hands is unlike anything I've ever heard from any other guitarist. By the way, I'm pretty sure that first slide is actually a bend on the album.
Slash slides it.
It's tabbed as a bend in teh official book, which is how I've always tried to play it, but teh slide is certainly easier.
I noticed that too. Many time the isolated tracks you find online are stems from takes that didn't make the record. It happens quite often, actually!
I think a lot of them actually come from Guitar Hero stems lol
Just found this video yesterday after searching many different lessons, I tried to learn this many years ago , just off tab though, always loved this runand gave up a few notes in and put in the " you will never get this down " basket but now after a few a hours of practice and memorizing the lick, following your vid I have it down! Legend bro, now the speed is something else...
Ironically coming back to this for exactly the sane reasons as you! Put it off for 30 years. One of the most idiosyncratic licks I've ever tried to learn. Learning this showed me Slash knows way more than he lets on. I learnt Always With Me Always With You quicker than its taken me to get this down clean and tight.
Great video. But @5:00 are you sure it’s the 11th fret on the 1st string? I’ve studied his live videos and pretty sure he plays the 15th fret on the 2nd string again there. Also, just want to add that I’m pretty sure he uses strict alternating picking (downs on beats and &’s; ups on a’s and e’s) throughout this lick.
SUCH a helpful video! The fingering for this lick has always stumped me - now I’ve FINALLY got it! Thank you😎👌🙏
Agree
It's amazing that, at the time of this writing, we're still analyzing this tune 32 years later. This is the difference between music and the racket we get now. Genius.
Yeah and the dude who write this solo was less than 22 years old
@@juancontreras2711 this was Slashes absolute greatest run ever!
It is his Magnum Opus. He'll never beat it.
This run single handedly turns what would have been a Ho Him song..into one of the Bangers of all time.
It just ramps things up to 11 like no bitchin riff has ever done!
I can literally remember exactly where I was when I first heard this. I literally jumped up on the table and played air guitar, 10 yrs old, at my buddies house..in his Dad's workshop.
To this part!
Not before that. This is when.
And me and mate each got our hands on old acoustic guitars from somewhere, and got (the wrong , steel for a Spanish guitar!🤷♂️) strings...and were teaching ourselves off of an old chordbook.
I have to say, this is a great solo but I believe it is highly overplayed.
Personnally I really like his solo on the song "by the sword" I think it is arguably one of his best work ever.
I've been trying to get this down perfectly ever since I first heard Sweet Child O' Mine. This is it chief.
ive been trying for a week straight that slide from the 10 to 12 on the b is so hard to get right especially when you have to reach down to the 8th fret of the e
@@dakotaashe3184 I’ve recently sat down and learned it and can play it at 0.75 speed comfortably
Man this is the most spot on. I listened to the album version at .25x speed and like this is IT. So glad to find this
He actually does a bend from the 7th fret to the 8th at the beginning. If you listen very closely you can hear it. You can also see him do it in the music video if you pay good attention
The album version is pretty distinct, I learned it from CD before you tube was around, I was 13 years old and it took me weeks on and off. Slash deviates from it live in many different ways. On the illusion tours prob lot depending on how loaded he was. It’s an awesome lick to play around with. Not only does it sound impressive but it looks impressive when played. Sliding the up and using the picky. And to think he wrote this when he was so young.
Thanks for your hard work on this and making it easier for us. One note: use a noise gate on your amp to rid the background hum.
Do the guns n roses - Mr. Brownstone solo. Its such a genius solo if you solw it down. No one nails it perfectly.
Thanks for the video. I learnt this lick from David Escobar's video and he too plays it in the exact same way, which I later noticed was how Slash himself plays. I appreciate this attention to detail that both you and David exhibit.
Me too I learned it from David Escobar's video. But Mike got right one thing that David didn't and it's the coming back to the 11th fret, where David plays that note in the 12th.
This video is very well done. This lick is super intimidating to tackle on your own, by ear or even with tabs. You showed us that its not all that bad!
I loveee u mannnnnn.... U made me a damn electric guitar beginner play this super fast cool part... All those teachers like Carl could just teach the start. No one was able to teach me that Shredding portion Only you.
You are a Guitar God for me
Love you man !!
Awesome! I was trying to do something different for that first slide up, and it never seemed right. Your way is way better!
Sounds kind of Middle-Eastern when done slowly and without effects.
Even fast and with effects
Well Slash is half black so that puts him right about in the Middle East
It's because it's the harmonic minor scale. Look it up :)
It’s a harmonic minor scale (:
This is so inspiring and demoralizing at the same time. I didn't realize how many people fake this part. It seems from other videos and comments this is fairly common. On the other hand, I've been practicing this for 4 days and I'm maybe a tad slower than you at this point BUT the 11 into 12-14-12 , I don't have. I thought it was just straight into 12-14-12! Ugh, now I have to relearn it. And I have so much muscle memory committed to that part already, this is going to take forever.
Same for me. Sure about the 11?
Here Slash plays an E (12). ruclips.net/user/shortsX1sfDgiMGWs?feature=shares
Dude..I really love you...You don't know how many vid I've seen before your, but finally i can get the this part. You are great..really thanks...
Appreciate you posting this solo lesson... I've been struggling with these passages. Excellent Presentation ✝️👍🤙✌️
I've checked out several versions but this seems like the most playable while still sounding like the original riff. Going to give it a try later tonight. Thanks in advance.
Finally some accurate and easy to understand tutorial, took me only a day to get this done at halfspeed.
Thank you. I’ve seen so many amazing guitarists eff this up, and it’s always driven me crazy. But I’ve never been able to figure it out perfectly. I’m not sure anyone has. But, this is a very fine effort.
You saw Slash use his pinky??
To be honest this is the best tab i've seen that was just easy for me to learn good work!
Thanks for posting this! I thought I was off to a great start learning the first part of the solo in like 5 mins up to this part then just put it in the too hard basket. 😂 The fingering is so strange and not what my fingers want to naturally do. Glad to see you work through it, it’s given me motivation to keep going
It's nice to finally be able to play the 'hard parts' of solos. :)
“Running away” … me too !!!!
Respect !
"There is no problem in life so large that it cannot be run away form " - Snoopy the Dog
Thank you so much for the notes required to play this, other people that makes tutorials for this played it incorrectly starting it from the 12 fret zone
Thankyou so much! Ive faked this for so long too and its been a hurdle ive thought i couldnt get over, i feel confident i can finally get this now!
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I just wanna thank you for this video. I've faked this lick for as long as I can remember, and I don't know why I didn't take the time to learn it properly. I'm a huge GnR and Slash fan, and I know a ton of his licks and solos. For some reason, these few measures have always escaped me.
Within ten minutes after watching the video, I was already playing the lick at 75% speed. I hope to be playing it at 100% speed within the hour. I can't believe how easy it is. So unnecessary for me to avoid!
I only changed one tiny thing that felt better to me personally: After the climbing part, instead of going 14-11 on the e string (just before the hammer-on/pull off & bend), it's easier for me to go 14 on the e to 16 on the b.
I'm glad I wasn't the only person in this boat! If I think of any other licks in any songs that I tend to fake my way through, or just outright avoid, I'll definitely leave a comment, because this video truly helped me out! Thanks a ton!
Awesome. Sounds like we were in the same boat. :)
This was the first song I ever tried to learn when I got my first guitar 25 years ago, and like you I have never been able to get this part right! Last year I did exactly what you are doing now. With RUclips slow-down functionality and abundance of Not-In-This-Lifetime video clips I was able to finally figure out exactly what you had figured out here! But even though I now know exactly what the notes are, my fingers still trip over each other when I try to play it in time at full speed!
I wish I found this video first. I gave up and spent hours learning it. Great job. Spot on.
Sometimes we don't get a lick or fill because we are just not there yet and all the practice in the world won't get you there any faster! At these times we all just do the best we can with it and every so often revisit the 'correct' way to play it and when it clicks, we, we're ready!
I was born a drummer and learned a few other instruments along the way, and when I was only playing drums I would use this faking it approach without thinking much about it. However when I started playing the guitar, I quickly found I wasn't quite "the natural" I was on the drums and had to come to terms with levels of ability at more frequent intervals.
I would tackle a song and have run ins with licks and some I could practice through and others I had to put on a shelf and revisit it at a later date. In the meantime I played something in it's place that wouldn't damage the song or embarrass me either!
Just remember, it takes 3 minutes to make a 3 minute egg! In other words, you'll do it when you're ready!
Like you said, you're on a journey and this is just a point along the way!
Sounds great by the way!
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You're such a great teacher man! Love the whole vid!
I bet your anorak wears an anorak!
Having trashed many solos in many gigs I really appreciate your attention to detail.
I obsessed over this section for ages when I finally learnt it to play live. I'd say 75% accuracy was highest I achieved!
Hey man! I appreciate your honesty of facing the demon of this solo :) similar to what I’ve felt too when playing some other solos that easy to play with. But this one is really like you’re climbing to Mt. Everest, keep on playing man, I’m a follower of your channel. God bless.
amazing bro keep up the good work ... I have been trying to play this lick for about 3 months now.
Hey Mike, could you please tell me what do you think is the ideal string action to play this lick? I know I haven't practised this lick enough, but I've given it some time and for the life of me, I just can't get it up to speed, 'cause my fingers are kind of tripping on the strings and it may be because of my action being too high. I've always liked my action a bit higher, because lowering the strings has prevented me from doing bends easily (the strings then slip under my fingers and I get a lot of noise which I find hard to control), so... Any thoughts on this?
I have been trying to nail this for years.
It was this moment in this solo in this song that got me learning guitar!
I remember jumping up on the table and going air guitar crazy when this kicked on the radio!
I have tried every conceivable way to play that (and there are quite a few it turns out. With guitar there's always more ways to skin a cat. Why you're skinning cats I'm sure I do not know!)
I even bought the Cherry Lane tab for Appetite for Destruction.
It was rough. It's not exact. It's about right.
It's finding the groove..to make it all make sense it's rhythm...that's the tough part.. because the whole piece is a in plaster of Paris...you gotta drop it at the right spot...and ride it all the way thru in faith that it is slotting into the right grooves.
I think I'm closer than ever playing it this way. This is thesway that makes least sense, economically, from mapping the run out on the fretboard in away that is the most ergonomic..
But it's the one that seems to slot into the grooves the best. I think.
Sounds just like in the record and with tabs too for us lazy bros 🤘
It's really weird to play at first but if you get it down correctly, it sounds incredible
This particular part of this solo has eluded me for 20 years. I think I may finally get it now. Thanks man. Bark at the Moon gets me every time and so does Trippin on a hole in a paper heart. Those are my next target.
His live outro solo for bark at the Moon is leaps and bounds better than the recorded version. I actually found a Japanese guy who plays four different guitar parts together for his cover of the song and he plays the live version. It would be a lot of work but being able to slow down RUclips makes it possible to break down the solo the way it should be played while Jake's live version is so buried in effects that I don't think it would be possible to do no matter what you tried.
Just look for "Bark at the Moon cover" And you should be able to find it. He just has Japanese characters for the title. I know he plays the first part note for note and the outro sounds exactly like the live version but cleaner so that's next on my list.
Great job. I relearned this solo a million times. Now fast part. Is savage !!!
Ok so it's a harmonic minor mode. It's one note off from major the next step in major modes. It's a downtuned d# e aolian with a lowered note. Just make sure your have your major modes. Aolian pattern six. Very good and important lesson.
The second option sounds more like the recorded version. Good job on it. Learned a new bending technique from this piece.
Love that Gibson! Great job sounds very accurate!
I like that you put the whole subscribe now thing in white text in the bottom of the screen rather then spending 2-3 minutes begging
I don't remember ever doing that. :/
I think you misread my comment... Anyway good video it inspired me to tackle some licks I've been faking@@TheArtofGuitar
@@TheArtofGuitar He's comparing you to other similar youtubers, you're g.
Right on time! I stuck with same lick for awhile (and the final solo).
Very detailed, very good work!
Sounds like you nailed it. I was actually playing it with the same notes, but a different fingering that I find more comfortable. The slides are a big part of the phrasing though, and I was mostly ignoring them.
I think you are not 100% accurate about the stuff you said. And how could you be, since the wah effect is effing up the real notes. I have been studying this solo for a few years now just by ear(i have a good ear when it comes to listening to notes and articulation) and a few tabs and i changed my way of playing it a few times as well. The reason i am watching your video too :)
2:29 i am not entirely sure if he slides from 10th to 12th. It could be that he is just hitting the 10th(or bending it +wah?) and is changing the pitch with the wah.There's a lot of wah-wah going on and it is tricky.
5:04 why not play (e)14th to (b)16th instead of going back to (e) 11th? Try it, it prepares you for the next parts better , position wise .
6:21 It's not two bends. BUT what Slash does is bend and the VIBRATO the bended note PLUS the WAH WAH. I discovered that the wah sort of "offers" bending sound by chanching the pitch.So if you bend and hit the note and then vibrato it while using wah up and down, it will sound like he is bending again.Try it. 8:19 THERE you sort of did it(but i am guessing you were not messing with the pedal, you just had it active.
Let me know what you think about my thoughts.
Justin guitars series on this is pretty much perfect in regards to the fingerings.
Yeah that Justin guy knows a thing or two. ;)
Good to see the process of getting this down. Lot of amp noise though for quite low gain. Is that due to all the camera gear etc. My LP is much quieter.
Brilliant video bro, I’ve always faked that section of the tune as well & I used to be Slash in a GNR tribute 😆✌🏽
Just got to this part and the songsterr tab just didn't seem right. Glad i found this.
The sweet child isolated on youtube is played by the guitar hero team, because they didn't get hold of the originals when they were making the game. The only Gnr isolated tracks is from welcome to the jungle because for that song they did manage to get the isolated tracks.
Of course, what Slash did live and what he did in the studio don't have to be the same thing, and live performances almost never are identical. But the truth is, nobody knows exactly what Slash did in the studio. Especially on a fast lick, sometimes deciphering hammer ons and legato can be pretty difficult.
But for that 8-12 stretch, some people might find it easier to stretch their index finger and ring finger. I use my pinky religiously, but a lot of amazing guitarists don't use their pinky a whole lot, and I've actually been practicing not using my pinky lately, for 4 and, in this case 5 fret stretches.
If you hop your index finger from string 2, fret 7 to string 2, fret 10, hammer on to 12, rather than slide, then hop your index to string 1, fret 8, followed by ring on S2F12, middle on S1F10, ring S2F12, index S1F8 and finish off with your index on string 1, fret 11, some people might find that easier.
It sounds a little crazy, because you sort of have to hop twice, and then make longer stretches. The upside is a lot of people feel like they have a lot little more control over the note using a ring instead of pinky, which there is definitely some truth to, and also, you don't have to do the ring on string 1, pinky on string 2 stretch, which if you're not used to using your pinky, might feel a little awkward. In fact, pinky slides can feel awkward if you don't use your pinky that much. Which is one reason you'll see people slide with their ring, even when their pinky was already lined up with that fret. If you're going to do that, you can also hop and hammer instead, for a little bit different sound.
The only reason I bring this up is that a lot of guitarists play mostly with 3 fingers, especially on slides, and below the 12th fret, while a lot of guitarists always use their pinky. And sometimes, "you can play it which ever way feels comfortable to you" isn't quite enough instruction, if a guitarist hasn't made up their mind yet whether they are mostly a 3 finger guy, or if they are always 4 finger guy (or gal). Personally, I think it makes sense to have as much strength, control and ability with your pinky as possible. I spent months just working on bending with my pinky. But lately I've been finding that there is quite a bit of utility in playing mostly with 3 fingers. The stretches are obviously harder, but it can give you a slight advantage over your tone, actually make some faster licks a little easier, and it frees up your pinky for even more outrageous stretches, which can come in handy, especially in some of the bottom string sequences.
I hope this helps somebody. Whenever something can clearly be played a multitude of ways, I always get frustrated. So I've found that having more options to choose from that are still comfortable for your fingers, can really make learning new licks a lot easier. So, "play whatever feels comfortable," but also work on the ways that don't feel comfortable, and try to get to the point where they are comfortable. That way your fingers will always have a way to go, and you won't have to rely on what actually might be a more difficult fingering.
Appreciate you sharing, Mike! Not an easy solo but that's what makes a great guitarist is someone who can make a lick sound easy, especially using a Wah pedal...Just wondering...Why all the hum sound? Those humbuckers should be quiet...
my pinky started crying
Beautiful Les Paul Custom. I enjoy your videos.
So before the last hammer on pull off, is it D or D#? In most tabs it's D# or E/12 but you have it E/11 or D#. It kinda sounds like it would be D.
I really wanna see how you faked that licks, just because in my opinion this is the most important moment of the whole solo, ‘cause the melody before builds tension and this lick relieves the whole tension (is that even the right word? I'm German if you find any grammar mistakes don’t judge me), but anyway I can’t think of way you can fake this lick
Thanks bro. After years of configuring myself how to do it. I need someone like you who can teach me how to do it step by step and slowly..😀
Hello Can you do a video for the ascending pentatonic lick at 140th bar ? Because It can be heard in isolated track, Slash played very different unlike which all tabs or youtube teachers showing.
i would have loved that, before slowly showing how to play a lick, explaing or showing WHICH lick it is^^ I mean i figured it out, but a refresher would have been nice :)
You got some of the most beautiful guitars in your videos.
On the last bend. Establish the pitch first then slowly start to build the vibrato. You are shaking it to early. Almost all vibrato sounds better defined if we let the pitch establish fist, so as to give the listener something to contrast the vibrato with. With out the established pitch the vibrato offers no contrast.
This has been haunting me for 30 years.
That's a relief...
Great job man! What app are you using on your phone to slow down the song?
I don't suppose you'd be able to tackle the lick near the end of the Back and Forth Again solo off of the Snakepit album It's Five O' Clock Somewhere?
This is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you.
thannk you SO much for these videos. There are so many vidoes out there with the licks that are completely wrong
truly the holy grail of scales!! one step beyond minor scale harmonic minor. Even easier than minor? This scale is fun to play the patterns are easy.
I have fake for so, so long... and this lick is damn easy!
I was scary of this music for a long time, but not anymore!
Thanks!
Yahhhh baby! I think you got it!! How bot the REAL way ro play the solo in Free Bird??!? Lol! Thanks as Im really enjoying your channel
thanks for making this man! i always thought what i play is little off to the original now i can play it right!
sounds great. Another good place to look is David Escobar on youtube. he has running tab as he nails this solo spot on.
Excellent job
The isolated tracks for this song are from Guitar Hero 2 game that used (mostly) cover versions, not original tracks.
The two isolated tracks available from guns n roses are the original recording tracks but you need to remembet that those songs are recorded with a lot of guitar layers thats why you think are different
Great example about how to apply the harmonic minor
Thanks a lot for this lesson. Appreciate the efford so much.
Love your videos man! Great stuff
Thank you so much Mike!
Man youd have to be happy with that last run! It sounded 110%
One was wrong but everything else was spot on. It was the last e flat by the way. It's supposed to be an e.
Only nit to pick here if you want to play it exactly like Slash does, is he stops using his pinky after that slide up to the 15th fret.
I would turn that D (2nd string 15th fret) into a D#. So it sounds more like a E melodic minor turning into an E minor pentatonic at the end. Try it!!
This is the way ive always played it. I learned it first listening to slash and watching David Escobars solo of it
I’ve been trying to do this solo since I was 12, 20 years ago on my broom stick and I still can’t get it right 😔
Hallelujah !!! Thank you so much !
omg i listen to the solo in slomo right now, its incredible with how much emotion he is bending the notes. feeling of sadness 1:1
I'm watching this so early that I'm still getting parts of the video in low bitrate.
Mistakes!!?? What do you mean mistakes, I thought that run through at the end sounded really cool!!!
i knew exactly what lick you were talking about before i even clicked the video
YESSS this is it no disrespect to guitar lessons365 he teaches the scale only using the 12th to 16 fret BUT slash plays it from the 7th to the 15th THANK YOU!!!!!
Very helpful thanks! Would you consider doing one of these for the difficult ascending/descending riffs in the Goofy Goober solo? I’ve been trying to make it sound right for ages without success 😂