5 Common Guitarist Problems - Badass Guitar Tips Ep 1
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Do you want to be able to play like badass guitar heroes such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman or Vinnie Moore?
Maybe you’re struggling with alternate picking.
Maybe you just can’t get the right technique for sweep picking.
Most likely you’ve got bad hand coordination.
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>Calls out mindless scale runs in solos
>Manages to play a solo consisting of mindless scale runs that sounds good
When you play "scales with no melody" you sound amazing!
JoelMetal Exactly, it sounded GOOD! Yes there was no tone depth applied to it, just speed....but it sounds good depending on the Style you're playing. If you're playing Ozzy, you need some Soul in it, but just playing "modern metal crap", you just need speed.
+Mike Fu modern metal crap, that expression seems a bit biased and ignorant man, if this "modern metal crap" doesn't interest you, that's fine, but it could interest and mean more too somebody else. It sounded good, but the point wasn't that it doesn't sound good or cool to play, it's boring and expressionless, and if you don't learn how to write melody , you just won't develop a unique characteristic too yourself as a player.
I dont feel there is a right or wrong way to anything (except being out tune and fail on bends).
Its just as bad to overuse bends and vibratos than not using them at all. You all look to much on these guys and you will all sound the same in the end :P
How does it "sound like ass"?
A well trained musician will always sound good to a certain extent.
The first "wrong" bend you were trying to do actually sounds cool, like a exotic Marty Friedman bend!
That was the most beautiful guitar tone I have ever heard
+Danilo Djokic Wow, thanks
I like Hendrix's tone too...
BenHigginsOfficial ikr what are those pickups?
Problem No 4: Ben says "That sounds like ass" but Ben still makes it sound Badass!!!
LOL I died "Now that sounds like ass"
Even when he tries to play bad it sounds good. :o
No vibrato is infinitely better than shitty twitch vibrato imo
Ben, on number 4, if I could ever play those scales with the speed and execution you did, I surely would not feel like it is a problem.
+TheHaunted Potato but maybe the people listening to you would think it is...
lol what about people who aren't guitar players but do listen to music? you've already cut yourself out of a big part of the "market" by limiting your audience to just guitar players, but then again that's your business and not mine. I actually enjoy listening to fast playing when it actually fits the part and doesn't sound like "I don't know what to play so I'll try and play all the available notes in two bars". Regarding my own skills no, I don't play fast yet tho I'm working on it cause I like it.
+Juan Carlos Suarez well this is badass guitar tips not drum tips or harmonica tips. Also who cares if you dont play guitar this isnt badass music listening tips
Mikey Gio i guess you tried to give a smart answer without even seeing the point i was making. And bad readers cant be good writers. The point is music you play (or anyone plays) is played for others. The purpose of the musician is to serve others good music. You might like it when you play fast. Other people (the people youre playing for) might get bored after the fourth bar of our 80notepersecond waffling. So actually you must be able to play that fast to "give a good service" sometimes, but its far more important to know how to serve the song (which is what the video guy actually points at in his tips) and when its time to shut the fuck up.
+Juan Carlos Suarez don't you just love the internet and how half the people like to make up their own interpretation rather than even remotely pay attention to what they're reading and what's being said? I just got off another site reading responses to feedback I left for a major company not accepting automatic payments when they have the capability, and everyone's responding things like "oh so it's their fault you're bad with money", "can't remember to pay", " financially irresponsible", etc etc when that had nothing to do with anything I was saying and are actually completely incorrect...
Problems 1 and 2 I can understand. However, the next 3 are more of a matter of preference.
1:27 I kinda liked this.
+MrBX5 I kinda liked your pic
+MrBX5 Yeah i was thinking the same, i actually liked it...
hahaha i think professional guitarists like him are the only ones who doesnt like the sound.
yeah sounded good to me!
Yeah I'd like that when my playing sounds like ass, it would sound like this !!
Your video is extremely clear, it's rare to see a teacher giving effective counter-examples with such clarity. You rock man, your students don't know their luck (or maybe some).
Thanks very much :)
Lol, this guy's so good, even when he tries to fuck it up it sounds good
Haha I wish that were true. Luckily nobody can hear my own jam sessions ;)
I actually liked some of the sound you got when playing with "poor" pitch control. Maybe it's not appropriate for all styles of music, but that kind of cracked out dissonance worked for me in a way.
Jaspertine Yeah you're right :) Sounds cool in some genres.
+Jaspertine Yeah in some styles you can bend slightly over the pitch you want or slightly lower. For example when playing the blues , you might want to bend your 7th to the 1st a little sharp if you want that kinda sound. It has it's time and place.
But you definitely need to learn to play BY the rules before you go apeshit and break all the rules.
Cheers!!
love you Ben, watching your playing for last couple of weeks. simply you are awsum man, respect.
Thanks Ahmed !!
Yeah I have problem 4 and 5 often - thanks for making clear!
Really like these short, to the point videos. You really don't fuck around here.
Cheers Dave, I really love your band Megadeth btw ;)
The people that can not hear the differences are the ones that need this video the most, maybe they're just being nice, lol.
so apparently you were trying to demonstrate how it'll sound bad? problem is, you always manage to make sounds awesome! especially problem 4
Haha, I will try to work on my bad technique !! ;)
"That sounds like ass." -Ben Higgins, 2014
Another great vid that focuses on beginner-ish problems instead of advanced techniques! Always coming back! \m/
Haha, I may be forever associated with that quote ! :D
to be honest... i thought it still sounded awesome... i have that problem a lot, its not THAT obvious but i feel like my soloing has no direction and distinct patterns and scales seem to appear over and over
As a side note to this issue.. I don't think it's so bad when we can't pull off a great solo when improvising, being put on the spot is difficult and so there will be an element of 'meandering'. But when we actually sit down to compose, that's when it really counts. We can take the time to get it right.
"That sounds like ass."
Lol XD no Ben! Even the scale runs were pretty fantastic tbh! Haha you rule!
Actually, some bends with no vibrato sounds really good, take Santana, for example. Of course you have to keep corect pitch,. Some people using big amplitude vibrato on bends cause they're unable to keep the correct pitch.
Just play to have fun! Don't worry what people think about your abilities. Music is for connecting with others and enjoyment, or whatever you want out of it.
That solo with scales was actually quite cool and works very well in a popular Kiss song. 😂
I took this tip seriously about a year ago and now I can feel the improvements.
Excellent!
Great playing and dug your lesson on vibrato, but as I've gotten older I see vibrato as more of an effect and I prefer not to have it 'on' all the time and when I do, I prefer it more subtle than most. I love the tension that some notes have the move in and just die out with sustain. I think I may be the only one though. I mean, I agree, no one should have vibrato off pitch or out of time, I just disagree that "no vibrato" is necessarily a bad thing.
I agree with you. I think it should be a choice.. some notes do sound great left as they are and when you do use vibrato, it's really noticed.
Scales sounded pretty badass to me
I think that most of these problems can be used intentionally very effectively (except for blatant scale runs unless you are super precise about it) but it's good to point them out. Good video !
Can't say I agree with not playing in front of the beat. I do think most playing should be on the beat, but leading the beat can actually make a song sound better when used the right way and done intentionally. Its actually something some genres of music are defined by
Spot on, tho. A few years back I made ALL of those mistakes. Learned the hard way to correct em
Man, you make even your 'problems' sound good!
Great vid, Bro!
that scale exercise sounded like a decent solo if you had a different drum patteren to it.
what i learn from this video is How to sound like dimebag darrell-ish/ zakk wylde-ish:
1) add some off note bends
2) add alot of picking dynamics
Nice one Ben. Looking forward to the next part!
Thanks man, I look forward to recording it for you all !
In every way you are good .
I liked both ways you played lol.
But I'll try to what you told .
Thanks .
Can't wait for the next wideo man :D
Even his examples of poor guitar playing all sound either incredible or at least not half bad. Truly a sign of a great and highly experienced player who is also a big time perfectionist and professional in what he is doing.
I think Tony Iommi is great for beginning guitar players because BS songs are pretty easy, fun, sound good, plus you learn to use pentatonic scales across the neck with some blues notes and harmonic minor thrown in as well. Plus, he has some good vibrato and trilling to emulate even though his solos can become really repetitive (across separate songs).
lol your such a great player that even your attempt to be bad sounds good! lol love your video man! :)
Haha, thanks ! Maybe I should practise more at sounding bad ;p
Ep 16 was insightful too... It was funny after you ran up and down the scale, then instatly called it ass xD. May have not been musically sound, but for a guy whose only played for two years it sure sounded good. Keep up the good content man!
ahahaha all the things you say is wrong is how i play.. never had lessons.. thanks dude i'll work on this!
That point on picking dynamics really intrigued me, especially when I thought the solo without picking dynamics sounded perfectly okay. Would you mind explaining a bit more?
I really appreciate your touching on vibrato, as I notice many shredders have either poor (weak, non-existent, forceful or untimed) or unremarkable vibrato. The shredders (or technical players) who, to me, have good/great/deliberate vibrato are Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai and riffguy (from RUclips). Non-shredders seem to pay more attention to their vibrato.
Liking your work more and more - thank you for existing!
+Mirza Sutresno Hi Mirza. Yes, you're right. The solo without it was fine. It's just to give an audible difference so people can hopefully hear it themselves :) If you only ever played by picking exactly the same then you will miss out on the opportunity to add some more interesting touches like pinch harmonics, rakes, staccato sounding notes etc.
+Mirza Sutresno Also called articulation is the opposite of good clean picking. It's everything you are not supposed to do when you are practicing, different picking strength, different picking angle, scratching noises, accidental harmonics, etc. The trick is to do it in purpose and once you have mastered perfect, constant, clean picking. If you manage to do that it will sound pretty good because it makes whatever you are playing to feel more alive and expressive.
+Ražha Strel thank you for sharing the knowledge with me :-) although I've been playing for over 20 years, I've never taken formal lessons, save for the lessons and tabs in guitar mags (before RUclips existed) which I occasionally studied.
Therefore there are many terms in guitar playing that I've never heard of, and developed a way of playing which could be further improved. Great thing we have RUclips now!
Thanks again!
Ηοwever, seasoned players can play with the rhythm to great effect: Slash (master of that "behind-the-beat", laid back feel), Vinnie Moore and Marty Friedman (grooving in-between) and of course Jeff Beck.
Marty also has a great short clip somewhere on YT in which he talks about choosing where and how to use vibrato. And although each player has a trademark vibrato, varying it according to a particular section's/tune's needs shows great control and phrasing awareness.
But I get all your points and agree with them. Great video! :)
Playing in front of the beat, or catching up to the beat may be used as a deliberate artistic choice. Syncopation can give some life to an otherwise dry and sterile line of notes.
+Shawn Strom You've got it exactly
Well he didn't really go into depth or emphasize about anything in the video so no wonder people are saying things like this..
Honestly, I'm planning to get better, but everything you did on the "wrong side" is much more than I can do right now, for my current level of guitar playing, I'd love to playing as good as you on the issue part of this video.
Anyway, awesome video and when I get at a level when those will be my issues I'll gladly get back to this video and try to avoid them, thanks for a great video man!
I don't know, I really liked the "no melody" solo, the other one was nice, but this one was more intricate and interesting to play, I enjoyed it more than the other one..and the "no dynamics" solo was nice as well..like one of the oher comments said, it depends on what are you playing and how do you want to play it
Nothing wrong with scale runs...if you're a beginner, learning the scales. But agreed, one must be conscious about it and strive to be creative, making music. I'm still in the proces of learning how to do that. What I find helpful is 'singing' a short phrase in my head and than trying to play it on guitar, in different places on the neck. or just simple melodies like Amazing Grace ;) But, yeah, most important thing is listening to music. The basic rule is simple: if you can't hear it, you can't play it.
My guess: most players play patterns (scales, riifs, licks) on guitar and listen to how it sounds, few players hear music in their head and play what they hear.
These are great ideas, and I agree with you; however, as others have said, you make even the examples of poor soloing sound good. Part of it is the great tone of your guitar and the endless sustain you have on tap. Maybe you have already done this in another video, but it would be interesting if you showed us your entire signal chain, from the string to the speaker, explaining why you have done everything in that chain and what each thing contributes to the sound.
ben, everything sounded good to me, your just good :) seriously
Awesome Ben, great advice, although I gotta say the scale exercise type soloing example, you still made that sound good, haha!
Haha.. ok, I shall have to work harder on sounding crap ! :D
so no picking dynamics means not doing pinch harmonics?? gemme a break
great video apart from that
showing the first load on the same lick made it very easy to follow
i've been playing two years and I've really caught myself trying to find short cuts, and I've watched my creativity atrophy as a result. Truthfully, as far as I can tell, it seems like your creativity or as I call it guitar "Swag" requires upkeep above all. And its the most fun to do anyways! I found myself forgetting that some of the most beautiful music I've heard is pretty god damn simple...
Collin Glover Yeah it is tempting to look ahead and want to get to all the flash stuff but it will comes in time, if it's meant to be part of your sound. If there ever was a 'short cut' at all it would be honing into what most floats your boat as you will always make more progress by focusing on what you enjoy and what you're naturally good at.
BenHigginsOfficial Good point man. As a noob I can say your videos are awesome. Breaking down technique and philosophy in ways that are easily understood! Thank you sir. With that said, is it bad that I'm studying a lot of music theory? I hear some people say it inhibits your creativity to learn it too early, but I just want to have an idea of where I can go next because I write stuff that I like a lot but don't know how to complete it. If I were to request a video from you, it'd be about that and how to practice actual song writing.
I mean I'm not rushing myself with it, I'm really just trying to understand minor and major scale formulas and also of course the caged system because it seems pretty promising so far.
1. If you rush a lot as fast as you can, that's a problem, but if you rush some a little, as long as you try hard not to, it'd be fine.
2. Poor pitch when bending strings would be bending the string way out of key and you don't know how to do it right.
3. Poor vibrato would be use the vibrato when the note out of tune. Also, going too fast or too slow isn't really the idea.
4. Absolutely
5. If you rarely practice or don't practice picking, then yes.
No matter how "BAD" Ben tried to play, it still sounded better that any "GOOD" I can do...
would like to hear more flat 5 and nines along with chromatic and whole tone runs instead of stock minor pentatonic. Judicial use of feedback and trem bar is also interesting...think Holdsworth or J Hook!
A lot of singers seem to have a problem with vibrato. It's all about using it effectively and correctly. Sometimes the best vibrato is no vibrato.
Yes, sometimes the problem is people overusing vibrato.. heavy wide vibrato on every damn note !
I have the same philosophy as well.. I think also Gilmour said something similar. But regardless of the source, it's good advice. Vibrato should be a choice of expression, not a knee jerk reaction.
I'd like to have a guitar teacher like you. You're not just a good player, you can give some good explanations and that's what good teachers do !
I say, I got a lot to learn. This is very interesting.
Mr. Ben Higgins if u have the time can u explain how to soloing clear? I can't mute properly while soloing? What is the secret? The thumb? And how? Or it is the fretting hand? Or both? Thank you in advance, u are truly a badass guitarist and composer.
the only two I didn't like was over-bending and twitchy vibrato. all the other ones sounded pretty good and are common in many professional bands. being a good musician isn't about perfection, its about having fun. just saying
I definitely suffer from 2. Not quite as bad as that, but yeah, unless I have practiced the bend in that particular phrase I just seem to bend too flat. I'm working on it. I guess I shall hit the sub button.
I couldn’t tell the difference between bad dynamics and good; they both sounded amazing 😂🤣🤪
very good points, thanks ;)
Man... Even when you try to suck you're awesome man
I agree with most stuff, but also the only thing I REEALLY think that is really really bad is the badly done vibratos and the out of tune bends (although sometimes it can sound cool)
The tips I see here I think they're most only REALLY essential in a solo
1:22 you described all songs by the Yngwie Malmsteen.
(0:55) Mille Petrozza from kreator
What are your hair dryer settings?
7Earthsky cold and medium power would work best
Great video my friend and by the way you have majestic hair
So shredding through scales = bad and more string bending every other note = good? Sounds like a preference to me.
Wouldn't vibrato partly depend on the genre? When it comes to jazz guitar, vibrato is either subtle or non-existent. I've also noticed David Gilmour, especially when using a tremolo, makes his vibrato a bit slower.
Haha this video really makes me realise how far behind in guitar playing I am, your examples of poor guitar playing sounds a million times better than anything I can do lol
Don't worry, at least you have the awareness of it.. from there it's a perfect place to move on from!
Actually playing in front of the beat sounded pretty cool - sort of a bit more expressive.
Could you do a video on how to do pinch harmonics without a pick. I can do it sometimes, but most of the time i cant
what dynamics are you talking about when you're throwing a shit load of gain in front of the guitar
this sound is amazing. your guitar straight to amp?with cab you use in this video?
thanks.
Man.....I don't know but they all sounded great, to me....... 😃
Very good
Yeah - The last two categories are great either way! Hell, it all sounds pretty good to me. Joe Satriani might not be impressed but I am! Rock on! Rip it up! lol
The scale runs... I gotta say man I know it's not your thing and you don't think it sounds good. But I really really love that shit.
Paul Gilbert/Buckethead/MAB/Yngwie. Idk what it is it feels more natural to hear it, though I'll admit I try to step out of those boundaries recently.
+Georgi Dobrev If it's done well it's ok. I'm not against using scale runs.. we all use scales after all and I've got loads of runs in my own music. I'm talking more about meandering scale runs that go back and forth, using every interval from point A to B. Those guys you mentioned are good at picking target notes and making a statement with the runs.
Agreed man, cheers for the reply.
I think it's very important to keep a sense of variety in one's playing. I've been learning that over the last year.
Regardless, great tutorials and great channel!
Georgi Dobrev That's right.. the more you have to give, the more people will enjoy your playing. Good luck with it!
Nice vid, Ben.
when you speak of dynamics, does that include pinch harmonics and those types of subtleties? or does in mostly mean the velocity in which you strike the strings?
nevermind.. I watch Ep 6... I should probably watch these in order lol... and I will Thanks!
Nicholas Sergiacomi Haha, no worries !! :D
Great Ben ;)
hey, awesome vids
wow it takes good control to play badly when you usually play well, thanks for this
You probably get asked a lot, but what's the usual string gauge you use for your guitars?
+Magnus Lucien Reinhardt I usually use 009's
Thanks~! :3
What scale did he play in the solo telling not to do scales ?
lol
id say it was really difficult to record the before the beat one
Cool !!
Lol as a noob this all sounds good to me!
But those are mainly beginners "problems" i guess.
But what me also annoyes is, when people use total thin, not natural sounding amp plugins or DI boxes ;)
You would be surprised how many experienced players exhibit several of these issues. Even some famous players I could think of, but won't name, have awful timing and vibrato, not to mention every picked note sounds the same. ;)
BenHigginsOfficial Kurt Hammer.
Actually, this things sound really awesome if you use it correctly and not overshot it.
liked your part on "that sounds like ass". good tips.
number 4 sounds exactly how yngwie plays, up a scale, down a scale, diminished arpeggio, up a scale again............snoozefeast
I find most of this hard to understand because there is really not much difference in the 2 examples that actually showed you how to actually play the correct way
"running up and down the scales with no direction"
*Shreds insanely*
"that sounds like ass"
whut
Great tone! What are you using for this overdrive sound?
Thanks, it's a Marshall JVM 410
1:10 to 1:16 You reminded me of Kirk Hammett
My problem is number 4 cause i'm starting at solo, how can i Improve that pls ? Very nice video btw
Hi William, have you watched this one yet? ruclips.net/video/LEUJg-Ul6a8/видео.html Don't forget, though, if you're just starting something - don't expect to be amazing at it.. you've got to go through all the trial and error stages as well :)