Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold teaches some guitar tricks and whatnot. Remember, don't drink or do drugs! :) RIP Jimmy Sullivan The ending solo- www.mediafire.c...
Syn Gates is way underrated. He has a unique style. That alone is every guitarist's ultimate goal. He doesn't do all the legato bs, so his solos don't always sound difficult. Try playing some of his stuff (picking only) note for note. There's a lot of jazz influence. Syn Gates is only going to get better. He's Years away from peaking. That is scary.
James Ellis What?? A Jazz teacher?? He was a Jazz student but abandoned to play guitar with his best friend Jimmy in Avenged Sevenfold. He never taught anyone to play, as you can also hear form him in this video, playing is all he knows :)
Mat-Rig I did some research on this. Syn Gates did a Guitar Center class where he taught some kids(probably contest winners). Gates stated that he wasn't a good teacher. He said he liked jazz in one interview. I couldn't find anything to suggest he was a Jazz Instructor? Maybe James knows Syn?
Brian England He basically was the frontman of a contest organized by Schecter, decided 10 winners and had a meeting with them where he answered some questions and helped people with advices, but thats really diffewrent from teaching. I suggest you to watch videos form his master class though, the solos he performed are awesome! He never was a Jazz teacher trust me, he started playing with A7X at 19 years old and nobody that young can possibly be a good teacher :D
In fact, it sort of reminds me of my gym teacher from elementary school. He was always preaching the importance of not smoking and giving out stats on heart disease, etc. Anyway, as it turns out he was a smoker himself and being in elementary school people were very immature about it, calling him a hypocrite and generally being stupid. And then it dawned on me that he has more authority to tell people to avoid smoking than any non-smoker.
I love how here he’s all like I don’t think I’m helping anyone but then he made the Synyster Gates School several years later and it’s so cool in general how he’s just gotten better over time he is truly an inspiration and one of my personal favorite guitarists ever.
Leave it to Synyster Gates to fuel my drive for music. Of all the music I listen to, Gates' style is most definitely my favorite, and since I play trombone as well as guitar, I can appreciate his style much more. I love his music haha
this is not that hard really. sweep picking is more of a showoff technique than a real skill. it takes some timing to get your picking hand in sync with your fretting hand but once you have it you have it.
baconater4000 How is that wrong? Sweeping is still a show off technique, when I was an ignorant child, i thought it was the coolest/hardest thing, but now that I have it down, its pretty stupid. What really impresses me now is the string skipping arpeggios that Paul Gilbert does, those are insanely hard to get clean.
He does look like he'd be a mean guy but he's really not! I met the band backstage at a show during their taste of chaos tour and they talked to me like they'd known me their entire life! They're all great people!
I learned how to play this by ear:) btw I agree syn is one of the best his dad is pretty good too,he plays on some of their songs. Syns style is unique not like most guitarists very jazzy and he doesn't do any of that legato stuff but when he does he adds a bunch of crazy and super fast slides in their! Over all I've seen him live and he's really good and he can pull of the cleanest sweeps on stage which a lot can't do especially with out a good amount of distortion. His style is very versatile and most unique. One of the best hands down!
This guy.... Is quickly becoming one of my favorite players. With the addition of the syngates school, he's showing a passion and ambition for all to learn, and bring back, the lost art of shred.... Love it
A lot of people slag him off but if your a guitarist and you try to work some of his stuff out you quickly come to realise that he is very talented. The stuff like on nightmare is really technical and really well thought out. I love listening to his stuff.
Technically improvising maybe easy but improvising so melodically without repeating phrases and playing it so smoothly takes years to master. It only comes after one really knows the guitar well and has achieved huge amounts of maturity and understanding and has perceived knowledge and is musical at all the spot.
I loved one thing about Mr Gates.....(oohhh i love him like crazzy).....He's a different man in front of paparazzi.....seems to speak slang words...but since he was here in front of kids, he seemed so controlled....no bad words...REAL THOUGHTFUL GATES....!!
that solo he does just goes to show you that unlike most metal guitarists, syn can play different styles of music as well, and doesnt just shred all the time
syngates is the best modern guitarist + matallica and iron maiden were say that avenged sevenfold are the best modern band (look the greatest band what they say. so I don't care for anyone else)
I don’t see a problem with a great guitarist like him taking time to teach kids or even just play along with some kids. To a guitar player he just MADE those kids day big-time. He damn sure does not have to take time to set a good example; he probably does it to help out the younger crowd. And thrust me, young kids today need the help. Great job Syn.
I gotta agree i have been working on the Seize The Day solo for about 3 weeks and im really good at it now. i love u Syn and i know u can't see this right now but i just want to tell u how amazing ur music is Thank You So Much!!!!
I agree, I'd have to say he's not the best shredder out there. He's still my 2nd favorite 'cause he sounds awesome and has wrote some cool stuff. He also doesn't have an ego
Sam Jaco Well who do you think is better than him overall? I mean I can't think of any other guitarists that have had nearly as much of an effect on music and people overall. He's extremely tasteful and a great writer, as well as an improviser and jazz player. He's not the most technical, but he knows how to make his guitar say what he wants to say, which I think was lost in our generation. However, I was newly introduced to Tosin Abasi. He's a very impressive player, but he just doesn't move me the way Gates does.
Sam Jaco Alright he's really good actually. I don't really like his work with his bands, but his solo work is phenomenal. I feel like they should do that thing Slash and Zakk Wylde did with Voodoo Child. That'd be something to watch.
what a great guy and guitarist...... and he said that to be a good role model cause kids look up to him... im 40 and i look up to him....haha.... i felt that ending solo in my soul and it kind of reminded me of clairvoyants disease .... what a great sound and unique style syn has.... this guy inspires me so much and there is only notes A-G with sharps and flats? my point is that when you add your feeling + ur soul when you play guitar amazing sounds will come through...thanks SYN much love
Syn is just a Beast when it comes down to laying down the coolest guitar solos you will ever hear....he can do any sort of style and still make it sound fucking amazing.....also R.I.P Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan
You don't have to have a dad who plays guitar really good to be a great guitarist. It just takes a lot of practice and will if you want to be a great guitarist. Syn was lucky to have a father like that, made his guitar playing much easier from the start.
Well, it makes sense that he would be a guitar teacher, because he's at least classically trained, and that's how he creates his riffs and scales. Especially sweep picking. At first when I heard about sweep picking, I thought it was something he created, but that would be goat thinking on my part. And these guitar students have to feel so honoured to be taught by such a talented and amazing guitarist as Synyster Gates. I haven't played guitar in such a long time, but I know I would be honoured to learn from him.
i bet he talks so slowly because he can't swear
yeah if any man was in front of kids being himself you would have to be verrrrrrrryy careful xD
He actually cussed a few times
Hahahahha that's right
@@isaacrumley he just can’t help it lmao
100 people are jelous they didn't get to meet Synyster Gates.
99
+Martinn Anticevic 100 :(
+GreenBlinkDay4182 102
+GreenBlinkDay4182 103
+GreenBlinkDay4182 I DIDNT DISLIKE BUT IM DAMN JEALOUS -.-
He looked so nervous to be there. (X Everyone there is so lucky to have met him! He will always be my #1 reason why I started to play guitar.
Same.
Yup Syn and the rest of Avenged made me return to playing guitar.....my musical insperation.......#1 player in the world in my opinion
same here too
Oh hell yeah
I am honestly surprised, I almost cried when I heard Synyster and the girl playing together, it sounded beautiful.
Mike Zanker I cried, people needs to know Synyster Gates.
Yeah...
@Daniel Nutt bro don't go that much but of course it's same little bit but not the same as seize the day
Syn Gates is way underrated. He has a unique style. That alone is every guitarist's ultimate goal. He doesn't do all the legato bs, so his solos don't always sound difficult. Try playing some of his stuff (picking only) note for note. There's a lot of jazz influence. Syn Gates is only going to get better. He's Years away from peaking. That is scary.
Before Avenged Sevenfold Syn was a Jazz guitar teacher, that's where his influence comes from
Thanks James. I didn't know that, but it makes sense.
James Ellis What?? A Jazz teacher?? He was a Jazz student but abandoned to play guitar with his best friend Jimmy in Avenged Sevenfold. He never taught anyone to play, as you can also hear form him in this video, playing is all he knows :)
Mat-Rig I did some research on this. Syn Gates did a Guitar Center class where he taught some kids(probably contest winners). Gates stated that he wasn't a good teacher. He said he liked jazz in one interview. I couldn't find anything to suggest he was a Jazz Instructor? Maybe James knows Syn?
Brian England He basically was the frontman of a contest organized by Schecter, decided 10 winners and had a meeting with them where he answered some questions and helped people with advices, but thats really diffewrent from teaching. I suggest you to watch videos form his master class though, the solos he performed are awesome!
He never was a Jazz teacher trust me, he started playing with A7X at 19 years old and nobody that young can possibly be a good teacher :D
"don't drink, don't do drugs" - probably the only lesson the kids picked up throughout this tutorial XD
"dont drink dont do drugs" LOL sure syn you tell em
I thought that at first as well but who would know better than him lol.
In fact, it sort of reminds me of my gym teacher from elementary school. He was always preaching the importance of not smoking and giving out stats on heart disease, etc. Anyway, as it turns out he was a smoker himself and being in elementary school people were very immature about it, calling him a hypocrite and generally being stupid. And then it dawned on me that he has more authority to tell people to avoid smoking than any non-smoker.
Taaaaaaaakkeeeeeeeeeee a shooooooooooooooooooooooot taaaaaaaaaaaakeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the shooooooooooooooooot
Tell me the time he says that word
@@haleluyapujituhanamin9089 5:27
I love how here he’s all like I don’t think I’m helping anyone but then he made the Synyster Gates School several years later and it’s so cool in general how he’s just gotten better over time he is truly an inspiration and one of my personal favorite guitarists ever.
Same ❤
Don’t drink don’t do drugs says the man who did acid at Disney land 😂😂😂 gotta love Syn !!!!
He did?! Where can I read about that story? Cause I have to!!!! 😂
@Danny Russell It was his dad. He tells the story in his song/comedy bit "Guitar Hero". "He" being Papa Gates.
damn he looks so dangerous but is nice and cute af
dephania x I think the same
What are you
Calm down
greatest player of our generation
Jason Richardson.
Brett Heniss guthrie govan?
one of the best but there is more
You right
John petrucci?
I would love synyster gates to teach me how to play guitar
That's who taught me to play. Now I help teach ppl along with some close friends of mine.
Synyster Gambino he taught you? What 😂
you can. he has a website called synister gates school its free and has full length lessons
I would kill for this Opportunity
Agregát ikr
Same
It would be a dream came true if I could ever be teached by Gates :) He's my inspiration and the reason I ever started to play guitar. Respect!!
Same
He started up an online school called “synner”. Hope you’re still playing 😎
@@duckspy436 Oh no, unfortunately I'm not! :( Maybe this could be my motivation to start again.
I just love his tone and style, he's such an inspiration
Fathur Uchiha I think the girl was playing the chords to Seize The Day and Syn was just improvising
02:50 "sounds good..yeah it's good" meanwhile in whis mind "man that sucks"
+QvinHM I was thinking the same thing!!! He seems like a cool dude, pretty humble.
+QvinHM LMAO
lmfao what'd you expect him to say to a kid trying to learn to improvise?
Leave it to Synyster Gates to fuel my drive for music. Of all the music I listen to, Gates' style is most definitely my favorite, and since I play trombone as well as guitar, I can appreciate his style much more. I love his music haha
"...Just fucking- Sorry"
When that 12 year old girl can play something more beautiful than I can ever think of lol
Seize the day
Damn you cant play then
His just pulling that out of his ass and it's still better than anything I'll ever play.
why are you discouraging yourself bro?....
dude just learn some scales and learn economy picking its a great tool to cut your picking effort in half for playing really fast scales
this is not that hard really. sweep picking is more of a showoff technique than a real skill. it takes some timing to get your picking hand in sync with your fretting hand but once you have it you have it.
wrong, it's the easiest way to play arpeggios. the only other alternative i know of is doing insane stretches
baconater4000 How is that wrong? Sweeping is still a show off technique, when I was an ignorant child, i thought it was the coolest/hardest thing, but now that I have it down, its pretty stupid. What really impresses me now is the string skipping arpeggios that Paul Gilbert does, those are insanely hard to get clean.
I'm not trying to offend Gates or anyone else, but when I first saw him, I didn't think he would have this kind of personality.
Craig S same
+Craig S jimmy was the mad, funny dude (RinfcknP
+Yazugi yeah
He does look like he'd be a mean guy but he's really not! I met the band backstage at a show during their taste of chaos tour and they talked to me like they'd known me their entire life! They're all great people!
Craig S hes very sweet but also when he was younger he was a bit of an ass but not necessarily in a bad way.
2:18 He looks soo cute when he curses and covers him mouth
2021 and still listening to this solo 3:28 .back then i had it cut into a mp3 :))
Do you know the song ?
@@gitaris_gadungan i think it's improvised
chords sound vaguely similar to seize the day, but grain of salt as it's been a while since i've heard it
@@jackyspearow oh I see . It sounds hard to me
@@jackyspearow yes its improv on seize the day chords
This girl is playing rhythm with Syn on lead. I would be so nervous I couldn’t do it. Props to them all.
"Noodle around"
Lordoffiction Ikr
This solo always haunts me every night and makes me cry every time I hear it. Syn is indeed the best guitarist in the modern era I really love him bro
I learned how to play this by ear:) btw I agree syn is one of the best his dad is pretty good too,he plays on some of their songs. Syns style is unique not like most guitarists very jazzy and he doesn't do any of that legato stuff but when he does he adds a bunch of crazy and super fast slides in their! Over all I've seen him live and he's really good and he can pull of the cleanest sweeps on stage which a lot can't do especially with out a good amount of distortion. His style is very versatile and most unique. One of the best hands down!
Damn! Just watched his Guitar center Master class right after this. He has improved so fucking much!
I love how the girl is the only one who had the guts to play along with Syn
min 3.28-5.20 the best music i heard!!!
Fungrt sounded a little like seize the day.
Sounds like seize the day
This guy.... Is quickly becoming one of my favorite players. With the addition of the syngates school, he's showing a passion and ambition for all to learn, and bring back, the lost art of shred.... Love it
Gotta love the dad in the back trying to sound cool with the "Hammer ons and pull offs?" comment, no dude that was clearly all picked
well, he said that because syn said that the picking hand wasn't really doing much
that dad doesnt need to sound cool considering hes an aaf military unit
A lot of people slag him off but if your a guitarist and you try to work some of his stuff out you quickly come to realise that he is very talented. The stuff like on nightmare is really technical and really well thought out. I love listening to his stuff.
This man is so humble
one of my favourite guitarist synyster gates
wow. syn is thee best guitarist ever. in my opinion. that ending solo was just beautiful. u can see how he enjoys it. a7x forever.
Don't drink, don't do drugs. Just like me. XD
The last musical piece never gets old for me, been listening to it for over 10 years now
Syn is so adorable... :D
Off the fuckin oops sorry hahahaha
Please dont tell me that syn was just improvising and it was not written before...
He was improvising
Gaz improv is really easy if you just know the scales, and theory c:
as the guy said, if you know scales and theory it's very easy
Technically improvising maybe easy but improvising so melodically without repeating phrases and playing it so smoothly takes years to master.
It only comes after one really knows the guitar well and has achieved huge amounts of maturity and understanding and has perceived knowledge and is musical at all the spot.
Sumita Chakaborty you are damn right !
syns such a legend. the fact that he came and did that for those kids and was so nice at the same time is really awesome. he is AMAZIN at guitar to.
came back here after 13years, I watched this when I was in senior hi school
still same feelin'
I amazed of Syn 💕
he is so fluent when he plays literally looks like he uses no effort :)
damn syn does know his stuff, you can already tekk based on his free styling
watch his stuff on guitar center... like his gypsy jazz...
I loved one thing about Mr Gates.....(oohhh i love him like crazzy).....He's a different man in front of paparazzi.....seems to speak slang words...but since he was here in front of kids, he seemed so controlled....no bad words...REAL THOUGHTFUL GATES....!!
He's come far and evolved so much as a guitarist since here what a legend....
For being a guitar centre event, you would think they would have threw that girl a tuner for that acoustic, damn that low E is so flat sounding.
that solo he does just goes to show you that unlike most metal guitarists, syn can play different styles of music as well, and doesnt just shred all the time
yeah he puts a lot of emotion in his music too
The solo's make me melting ..
He's gave me a chills ..
My favorite guitarist in the world! he's so cool and chilled about everything.
"dont drink, dont do drugs" i bet syn got out a cold beer after that xD
i wish i could meet the band in person T^T
Ahh the video quality 12 years ago was... amazing
cant even see whether his guitar got strings 😂
This kids are so lucky to hangout with Brian like this.
syngates is the best modern guitarist + matallica and iron maiden were say that avenged sevenfold are the best modern band (look the greatest band what they say. so I don't care for anyone else)
xD I Love How He Sarcastically says "Don't Drink, Don't do drugs" xD
He is not just so talented, he had no problem to share his skills and knowledge with his fans...Thats a real artist
I don’t see a problem with a great guitarist like him taking time to teach kids or even just play along with some kids. To a guitar player he just MADE those kids day big-time. He damn sure does not have to take time to set a good example; he probably does it to help out the younger crowd. And thrust me, young kids today need the help. Great job Syn.
"Yeah, so you can just figure that out..."
haha.
Lucky kids.
thanks for the ending solo
Those kids were insanely lucky. I hope I'll be fortunate enough to meet Avenge Sevenfold one day.
His solo better than solo at seize the day...
He's like Slash of our generation!
The dude Gates is such a badass dude with his cool hair! Awesome man!
i wish i got to meey the rev rest in peace jimmy foREVer🙏😭😞😫😢🙏
5:24 what did he say ?
"Sorry, I hope I didn't hurt anybody's learning process"
These little kids know nothing about music. Let the real winners up there
The moment he said "I'M NOT A GOOD TEACHER, I'M JUST A PLAYER"
MY FUCKING HEART MELTS, URGHH
he creates such audial landscapes ..
by far my favourite guitarist
2:02
Bad tone at its finest.
Look at Syn's face. lol
3.28 - 5.20 is amazing, but I can't find tab :-(
Niko Rahayu it was all made up on the spot dude
it's on Guitar Pro tabs.
it was improvised
It was Seize the day, but Syn improvised.
I gotta agree i have been working on the Seize The Day solo for about 3 weeks and im really good at it now. i love u Syn and i know u can't see this right now but i just want to tell u how amazing ur music is Thank You So Much!!!!
"Don't drink, don't do drugs" WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO SYNYSTER GATES???
drink lots of beer and smoke tons of pot
Greatest guitarist of our generation? Eh. Don't think so.
I agree, I'd have to say he's not the best shredder out there. He's still my 2nd favorite 'cause he sounds awesome and has wrote some cool stuff. He also doesn't have an ego
are you kidding me bitch ??? HE IS THE BEST I LOVE HIM
Sam Jaco Well who do you think is better than him overall? I mean I can't think of any other guitarists that have had nearly as much of an effect on music and people overall. He's extremely tasteful and a great writer, as well as an improviser and jazz player. He's not the most technical, but he knows how to make his guitar say what he wants to say, which I think was lost in our generation. However, I was newly introduced to Tosin Abasi. He's a very impressive player, but he just doesn't move me the way Gates does.
Andy James.
Sam Jaco Alright he's really good actually. I don't really like his work with his bands, but his solo work is phenomenal. I feel like they should do that thing Slash and Zakk Wylde did with Voodoo Child. That'd be something to watch.
what a great guy and guitarist...... and he said that to be a good role model cause kids look up to him... im 40 and i look up to him....haha.... i felt that ending solo in my soul and it kind of reminded me of clairvoyants disease .... what a great sound and unique style syn has.... this guy inspires me so much and there is only notes A-G with sharps and flats? my point is that when you add your feeling + ur soul when you play guitar amazing sounds will come through...thanks SYN much love
I just love the way Synyster rocks in his chair while he is playing his guitar, plus he looks so epic when playing the guitar.
Technically awesome, but creatively bankrupt
Syn is just a Beast when it comes down to laying down the coolest guitar solos you will ever hear....he can do any sort of style and still make it sound fucking amazing.....also R.I.P Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan
His sound is amazing, no one can deny that.
that girl at the end will forever have the bragging rights of saying that she played rhythm with synyster gates
Syn is a very humble person despite of his amazing and like god skills of playing guitar.❤
thank you, someone who finally makes some sense instead of trying to argue through youtube.
still here 2024 :)
3:30 till the end is just amazing. Love you Syn, you're awesome.
Syns word at the end - Don't drink dont do drugs that hit me 🫡
i love Syn's feel in his playing~~~ :)
You don't have to have a dad who plays guitar really good to be a great guitarist. It just takes a lot of practice and will if you want to be a great guitarist. Syn was lucky to have a father like that, made his guitar playing much easier from the start.
I kinda wanna see some of these where these kids are today. The determination and focus that they have!
That solo at the end is kinda similar to the Victim solo, syn just turns any jam into a banger wtf
I found this after 10 years
Syn is just so awesome. He looks so happy there when jimmy was alive.
Well, it makes sense that he would be a guitar teacher, because he's at least classically trained, and that's how he creates his riffs and scales. Especially sweep picking. At first when I heard about sweep picking, I thought it was something he created, but that would be goat thinking on my part.
And these guitar students have to feel so honoured to be taught by such a talented and amazing guitarist as Synyster Gates. I haven't played guitar in such a long time, but I know I would be honoured to learn from him.
god, thank you for putting syn on earth in the same time period as me.
i think its cool that gates can share a bit of his time to youngsters... and don't do drugs
I love that long line at 3:40, it's really sweet.
synster you and AVENGED SEVENFOLD are awesome you guys fucking kick ass hope to see you guys up in Wisconsin missed the buried alive tour