To all the critiques maybe this guy isn't the most pollished Blackmoore player ever but he has given his time to put out this free presentation so lets give him the respect he deserves.
Thanks for the insight into ritchie's techniques Rob.I never would have guessed he stuck to no more than three strings .would love to.see you do a full note for note tutorial on some if the famous songs like burn,highway star,strange kind of woman. please do if you ever get a chance. thank you for your time.
Thank you for this I recently started trying learn guitar again at 57, and since Ritchie Blackmore is my all time favorite guitar player (sorry Jimmy)this is great, I’m watching your videos over and over to practice.. I’m setting my 12 string aside for a minute..thnx again from Oklahoma USA.
Thanks for the comment and great to hear you're inspired to get back to the electric! Rob will be pleased his videos are being enjoyed and are useful. All the best to you and thanks again, Mark
Great stuff. You have a real feel for his playing. I remember in the 70's reading a letter in the NME from a prof' guitarist. The only guitarist he found it impossible to emulate was Ritchie Blackmore and was mystified as to why he was so undervalued. The only letters the BBC got when they did a radio series on "The Guitar Greats", were from people asking why Ritchie wasn't included. He was interviewed in a later series and an apology ..... and this story.... was told in the preface, when the book of the series was published. His former bandmate Roger Glover once said, "Ritchie is one of those people to whom God said (pointing finger like a lightning bolt) ... ITS YOU !".
@@robsas6610 Everything is fine with me, thank you! I first saw this video years ago, probably close to when it was first uploaded and when it recently popped up in my feed again i realised it was you that was the instructor in it 😁
Its most interesting to read some of these comments.... Some people really like to knock and hate - Such keyboard bravery is displayed. This is meant to be a light hearted look at one of Rock´s best guitarists. I´m not going to get into a debate of whether I´m playing it right or wrong but its very interesting to note that there are thousands of views, so the negative comments (to which you are all entitled) represent a fraction of the opinion. It is also very interesting to note, that almost all the haters and critics don't actually have any videos of themselves on show..... That speaks volumes!! My request to those that don't like what the maker of the videos and myself tried to achieve is this: If you are going to critique - fair enough but please show us how to do it better! I´m willing to learn. The question is......are you?
Pay no mind to the haters, Mr. Sas (most of them probably never even actually touched a guitar, much less actually play). You've shared a LOT of Ritchie Blackmore info in these 3 vids that us guitar players out there who are looking to expand our knowledge can learn, practice, and use. As a guy who has been playing guitar for 28 years myself, I just want to say thanks for sharing this info, I appreciate it! (I'll definitely be learning and using this stuff to add some Ritchie Blackmore style to my solos)
You‘re quite right about people just letting off steam. I have noticed that as soon as someone posts a video with one of the Greats in the title, in the modern age of editing etc. people expect polished, perfect representations. Also, many commenters clearly did not listen to what you explained (middle pickup!). I think you captured the most important aspects of Blackmore‘s playing in a nutshell and I think your bending and vibrato are spot on. And Blackers himself would not be too picky about making a minor glitch here and there, see isolated tracks on RUclips or in fact Made in Japan - Highway star solo, which nobody would deny is just awesome overall.
@@davidp.4880 Cheers for that! And you are right too! RB would settle for performance over perfection, which was pretty much the same for the rest of Deep Purple. Thanks for your positive comments and all the best to you!
I've been playing for over 40 years. I can certainly hear Blackmore's influence in your single note runs. While Ritchie didn't tend to dive-bomb on the trem (he would shake it quite aggressively, though), it was an integral part of his playing style in the Purple days. To me, I think Ritchie was more a twiddler with his volume knob, as his quieter lead runs displayed less gain, which, IMO, brought out his personal style MORE than having heavy gain. This is something that a lot of players seem to miss. A players' personality, ie style, tends to be more on display when everything is "on the verge" of being over the top, gain-wise. But, that's my opinion. I think he favored playing two and three string chords because there was always a keyboard player there, filling up lots of space. Not a thing wrong with that, as I personally feel that that's the right way to go when having lots of keyboards involved. The music doesn't get too cluttered. In any event: I wouldn't worry about some people ripping on this. Who cares, right? Keep on playing, brother. Music is a joy to hear and to play. It's not some sort of competition.
I seen Ritchie play in 1976 and he broke the top E string at the beginning of the song Catch The Rainbow, he kept playing until he swapped at the end of the song, a truly inspirational guitarist.
Wow! Blackmore is one of my top fav guitarists, no one sounds like him.you totally have that feel and sound, very nice, I can see you spent countless hours wearing out records... I will totally be following this series..
I think Ritchie is one of the few guitar heroes that's got better skilled with age. You just need to listen to his transformation to an acoustic guitar in Blackmore's Night. Without the possibility to use a whammy bar and string bending, he's got better skilled with his solo and riff work in the classical/folk inspired Blackmore's Night.
I know a lot of the die hard rockers and Blackmore fans of his Purple\Rainbow work take the piss out of Blackmore's Night but they do churn out some very good songs and Ritchie's playing is as good now as it was in his Rock days. He just doesn't plug in his strat as much but he can still show these modern shredders a thing or two.
Love the video!! Having grown up with Rainbow my guitar taste was highly influenced by Ritchie Blackmore. So it‘s great to get some explanation on his style. I‘ve just began with the e-guitar so playing like that will always remain out of reach. So, somehow frustration almost tells me to stop again... And to all those negative comments and „haters“: why do you have to comment like this? Don‘t you see the effort that was taken. It‘s not about perfection or playing at RB‘s level if you want to explain sth. That level being out of reach for lots of the top guitarists IMHO. So, enjoy or, if you can, do it better.... So Rob, thx for the video!!
Thanks for your comments Frank, alrhough I have to disagree with you saying your playing like that will always remain out of reach - it's a product of time invested. The more you play, the better you get.. trust me; I taught guitar for many many years to a massive variety of kids and adults! Best wishes to you, Mark
Yes I believe we can learn something from everyone and here while there is not a note for note approach whatsoever his idea of doubling the open d string with the the fretted g string 7th fret d note blackmore does alot and I never realized it so thanks man!
Ritchie Blackmore hasn't used the temelo (or whammy bar) for years. He even stopped using it before Deep Purple got back together in the early 80's. Another thing that this guy hasn't mentioned is the fact that Ritchie uses scalloped necks and was using them long before guys like Malmsteen.
I don't understand your first point because whammy bar is an integral part of Blackmore's innovative style. The fact that he massacred it w/ wild tremeloed dives as the teacher pointed out is fundamental Ritchie whammy bar usage. I do agree w/ your point on the scalloped necks though!
As with many of the players from the 60's Iommi, Page, Blackmore.. They are extremely limited. You can actually see Ritchies frustration live as he tries to go faster than his ability allows & he starts virtually wrecking the neck. This is not a slight as I learned from these guys and they essentially invented the music they played. It was until van Halen /al dimeola that full scale playing filtered down to the general public. Up until then we all played these very simple - even sloppy - experimental blues leads
He's doing a piece about RB's "STYLE" not a note for note lesson. And he does play Smoke on the Water correctly. Richie played it as double stops wo a pick. Very percussive.
@fedexyz haha you mean Rob should play in Purple... actually he does a pretty awesome job in Deeper Purple - check them out on here and the other social sites! Cheers for watching and for your lovely comment!
We all interpret differently...I would never want to play just like anybody else...much as I will never own a signature guitar...to me that seems like idol worship. But you can hear in each of us the influence of the musicians we "borrowed" riffs from as children and this has become our individual styles...it's awesome and as it should be!
Sounds like something Ritchie would say...or did say. He'd respect a different take on his stuff but never a zerox version...he never did anything like on an album, live...or the same twice. The almost 3 versions of each song on the Made in Japan box set shows that from the early days.
I was TOTALLY into Deep Purple Mk II 40 years ago when I was trying to teach myself how to play guitar by lifting the needle off the record countless times. I knew absolutely NOTHING about music theory, but sussing out Deep Purple (and Black Sabbath) riffs was relatively a breeze. The guitar solos, not so much. Blackmore's solos, I only learned later -- though, to a great extent are based on the "Blues" pentatonic minor scale -- incorporate classical motifs. Unless I am mistaken, Blackmore was the first Rock guitarist to do that. Hendrix didn't. Nor Jeff Beck. Nor Page. Nor Gilmour. Richie Blackmore invented incorporating classical tone scales into Rock music. Or did he? Did Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull actually beat Richie Blackmore to the "punch"?
aww cheers man. I'll tell Rob. He seems quite good at polarising opinion when it comes to this and by his own volition he was quite rusty when we filmed this, as he was just getting back into playing with his Deep Purple tribute band after some issues. Cheers and hope you safe and well, wherever you are in the world.
@@pashabolokhov I spoke to Rob. He reckons this would have been Blackmore's Marshall Major era, so likely the sound comes from that with his Strat and then reverb and delay... does that help!?
@@MarkFeaGuitar thanks! Just Marshall by itself won't do it (would only do half way), it's gotta be something else; lots people say TubeScreamer, other say Vox AC30, but honestly, those things don't quite get me there too…
thanks... nice to see someone enjoying the video for what it is - not a "showoff" or Rob trying to "Be Blackmore"... just an insight into his playing style and technique for younger players who may not be familiar with his work... cheers!
Generally, you are right. I've seen Ritchie do it a bunch of ways though...and like that at least once...jamming near the end of it. Studio it was picking 2 strings with his fingers...same positions as this vid shows. Live it was usually done with an intro in D, then up a 4th for the song...2 strings not 3, usually with a pick, but he could do it any way he was in a mood for. He usually never did the low part on the open middle strings...although I've seen him play it with his thigh, foot, and even another guitar back in about '75...he was nuts and purple MKIII was almost over...he got a little carried away. A really bad sounding band called Elf opened...LOL!
...And another one!! With all due respect, RB plays that song in many ways... But if you are looking at the way I pick it/play it.... well then I am not one who must use exactly the same technique, fret and stroke to make it happen. After all, RB didnt, clearly!! There are many ways to skin a cat, as the saying goes. There are far too many who take it extremely seriously and must play the notes on the same frets, in the same way and even wear a ring on the 2nd finger of the right hand! Sorry guys, I'm not one of those! :) I am however, a huge Blackmore fan.
rob sas I get your point and I agree with that but, when someone says "that's how he plays this", I expect him to play it in the "original way" or, at least, the closest to the original sound. On RUclips, you can appreciate plenty of guys playing it in different ways, stating it's a cover and not a "Style study"; someone else teaches how to play it and shows the different ways Ritchie used to pick those riffs.
Yeah, I think we just used my little line 6 combo for this.... it's tough getting a good sound onto RUclips with volume levels mixed properly between speech and loud amps and then it gets compressed by the video codecs... :-/
I like the sound of the old Tube equipment. The seventies top Receivers have a better sound than today's in my humble opinion. I believe the Amps were 4 times better than today's.
Seems like a nice, good-natured guy, but..............way too heavy handed to sound anything like Blackmore. Blackmore is a lot more sensitive on the fretboard and uses upstrokes almost exclusively with a staccato generated from the right hand not the left. And about a million other subtleties that, although I like this guy, is way beyond his sensitivity level.
Yep you are right.. RB up picks almost exclusively... He also wears a ring on the 2nd finger of his right hand... Now, some guys go to great lengths to pick just like him and wear a ring just that way... Oh and hold the plectrum exactly the same way too... Thats all fine but I did it my way!! :) RB was sometimes pretty hard on his guitars too! Cheers!
Christ...we actually have to consider that people will only know a few Blackmore riffs through Malmsteen? You must be joking? This is what happens when a generation of people pass on? Where is the value in that? People should hear Blackmore and not someone who wasn't even born in the same generation. People don't research/discover Classical music in that way...so where did all the disrespect for innovative Rock guitarists come from? I guess people today rely on the usual suspects from the "School Of Rock?" Then just play anything, play whatever you'd like and join the new generation's fight against Rock.
I am a fan of Blackmore like most of the people watching this 'guitarist' and I have to agree with you that this guys guitar didn't sound in tune to my ears either
To all the critiques maybe this guy isn't the most pollished Blackmoore player ever but he has given his time to put out this free presentation so lets give him the respect he deserves.
Exactly. Thanks for saying. No-one's claiming note-for-note perfection or best guitarist ever, let's face it... we're all learning all the time ;-)
VERY TRUE AND I LEARNT SOME INTERESTING THINGS FROM watching this presentation.
totally agree!!
no.one can be Ritctie..but few can come damn close to it
Thanks for the insight into ritchie's techniques Rob.I never would have guessed he stuck to no more than three strings .would love to.see you do a full note for note tutorial on some if the famous songs like burn,highway star,strange kind of woman. please do if you ever get a chance. thank you for your time.
Thanks Rob! You got a lot of essential Blackmore riffs and licks spot on!
Thank you for this I recently started trying learn guitar again at 57, and since Ritchie Blackmore is my all time favorite guitar player (sorry Jimmy)this is great, I’m watching your videos over and over to practice.. I’m setting my 12 string aside for a minute..thnx again from Oklahoma USA.
Thanks for the comment and great to hear you're inspired to get back to the electric! Rob will be pleased his videos are being enjoyed and are useful. All the best to you and thanks again, Mark
Great stuff. You have a real feel for his playing. I remember in the 70's reading a letter in the NME from a prof' guitarist. The only guitarist he found it impossible to emulate was Ritchie Blackmore and was mystified as to why he was so undervalued. The only letters the BBC got when they did a radio series on "The Guitar Greats", were from people asking why Ritchie wasn't included. He was interviewed in a later series and an apology ..... and this story.... was told in the preface, when the book of the series was published. His former bandmate Roger Glover once said, "Ritchie is one of those people to whom God said (pointing finger like a lightning bolt) ... ITS YOU !".
It's worth checking out his band Deeper Purple. I was very impressed by many of their Deep Purple and Rainbow cover songs.
Thanks mate!! I hope you are well!
@@robsas6610 Everything is fine with me, thank you! I first saw this video years ago, probably close to when it was first uploaded and when it recently popped up in my feed again i realised it was you that was the instructor in it 😁
Its most interesting to read some of these comments.... Some people really like to knock and hate - Such keyboard bravery is displayed. This is meant to be a light hearted look at one of Rock´s best guitarists. I´m not going to get into a debate of whether I´m playing it right or wrong but its very interesting to note that there are thousands of views, so the negative comments (to which you are all entitled) represent a fraction of the opinion. It is also very interesting to note, that almost all the haters and critics don't actually have any videos of themselves on show..... That speaks volumes!!
My request to those that don't like what the maker of the videos and myself tried to achieve is this: If you are going to critique - fair enough but please show us how to do it better! I´m willing to learn. The question is......are you?
Pay no mind to the haters, Mr. Sas (most of them probably never even actually touched a guitar, much less actually play). You've shared a LOT of Ritchie Blackmore info in these 3 vids that us guitar players out there who are looking to expand our knowledge can learn, practice, and use. As a guy who has been playing guitar for 28 years myself, I just want to say thanks for sharing this info, I appreciate it! (I'll definitely be learning and using this stuff to add some Ritchie Blackmore style to my solos)
You‘re quite right about people just letting off steam. I have noticed that as soon as someone posts a video with one of the Greats in the title, in the modern age of editing etc. people expect polished, perfect representations. Also, many commenters clearly did not listen to what you explained (middle pickup!). I think you captured the most important aspects of Blackmore‘s playing in a nutshell and I think your bending and vibrato are spot on. And Blackers himself would not be too picky about making a minor glitch here and there, see isolated tracks on RUclips or in fact Made in Japan - Highway star solo, which nobody would deny is just awesome overall.
@@davidp.4880 Cheers for that! And you are right too! RB would settle for performance over perfection, which was pretty much the same for the rest of Deep Purple. Thanks for your positive comments and all the best to you!
@@davidp.4880 The attraction of Blackers was not replaying studiostuff but always different
Great presentation.Thank you so Much Rob.I can't believe I missed this 4 years ago !
Blackmore is the best guitarist EVER!
I've been playing for over 40 years. I can certainly hear Blackmore's influence in your single note runs. While Ritchie didn't tend to dive-bomb on the trem (he would shake it quite aggressively, though), it was an integral part of his playing style in the Purple days.
To me, I think Ritchie was more a twiddler with his volume knob, as his quieter lead runs displayed less gain, which, IMO, brought out his personal style MORE than having heavy gain. This is something that a lot of players seem to miss. A players' personality, ie style, tends to be more on display when everything is "on the verge" of being over the top, gain-wise.
But, that's my opinion.
I think he favored playing two and three string chords because there was always a keyboard player there, filling up lots of space. Not a thing wrong with that, as I personally feel that that's the right way to go when having lots of keyboards involved. The music doesn't get too cluttered.
In any event: I wouldn't worry about some people ripping on this. Who cares, right? Keep on playing, brother. Music is a joy to hear and to play. It's not some sort of competition.
Nice one my friend... thank you for the positive words, which i shall pass onto Rob and good luck to you... ! All the best, Mark
I seen Ritchie play in 1976 and he broke the top E string at the beginning of the song Catch The Rainbow, he kept playing until he swapped at the end of the song, a truly inspirational guitarist.
Wow! Blackmore is one of my top fav guitarists, no one sounds like him.you totally have that feel and sound, very nice, I can see you spent countless hours wearing out records... I will totally be following this series..
You are a terrific guitarist and instructor you also know Blackmore’s style very well sir! Cheers!
Thanks so much for taking the time to demo and post...by the way i check out a few of your 24-Carat Purple band clips...you guys rock! Again tks!
Cheers! 24CP was a long time ago! Check out Deeper Purple here: ruclips.net/channel/UCUiuE7C8QGBw74QVfdFRXsw
excellent stuff Rob....a wealth of great info and technique to work on. Many thanks
Cheers buddy! I'll pass on to Rob!
The inverted power chord was Blackmore's gift to the world.
I think Ritchie is one of the few guitar heroes that's got better skilled with age. You just need to listen to his transformation to an acoustic guitar in Blackmore's Night. Without the possibility to use a whammy bar and string bending, he's got better skilled with his solo and riff work in the classical/folk inspired Blackmore's Night.
Thanks for this video. You can always tell the difference between a guitarist that plays in a band to the bedroom players
Indeed.... Rob likes to keep his bedroom free for other activities, legend has it... 😉
Awesome sound, tone and picking...
I know a lot of the die hard rockers and Blackmore fans of his Purple\Rainbow work take the piss out of Blackmore's Night but they do churn out some very good songs and Ritchie's playing is as good now as it was in his Rock days. He just doesn't plug in his strat as much but he can still show these modern shredders a thing or two.
These people that take the piss... what have they ever done? Besides being critical ass-wipes?
Jesters always surround Kings of knowledge.
Very good job. You've done your due diligence and understand what makes Ritchie Ritchie. Excellent.
Thanks Scott - Rob would be pleased to see your comment. All the best, Mark
Tin ears!!
Love the video!! Having grown up with Rainbow my guitar taste was highly influenced by Ritchie Blackmore. So it‘s great to get some explanation on his style. I‘ve just began with the e-guitar so playing like that will always remain out of reach. So, somehow frustration almost tells me to stop again...
And to all those negative comments and „haters“: why do you have to comment like this? Don‘t you see the effort that was taken. It‘s not about perfection or playing at RB‘s level if you want to explain sth. That level being out of reach for lots of the top guitarists IMHO.
So, enjoy or, if you can, do it better....
So Rob, thx for the video!!
Thanks for your comments Frank, alrhough I have to disagree with you saying your playing like that will always remain out of reach - it's a product of time invested. The more you play, the better you get.. trust me; I taught guitar for many many years to a massive variety of kids and adults! Best wishes to you, Mark
Yes I believe we can learn something from everyone and here while there is not a note for note approach whatsoever his idea of doubling the open d string with the the fretted g string 7th fret d note blackmore does alot and I never realized it so thanks man!
Finally, someone who hits the strings as hard as I do ;-)
Ritchie Blackmore hasn't used the temelo (or whammy bar) for years. He even stopped using it before Deep Purple got back together in the early 80's. Another thing that this guy hasn't mentioned is the fact that Ritchie uses scalloped necks and was using them long before guys like Malmsteen.
He stopped later, 90/91...
I don't understand your first point because whammy bar is an integral part of Blackmore's innovative style. The fact that he massacred it w/ wild tremeloed dives as the teacher pointed out is fundamental Ritchie whammy bar usage. I do agree w/ your point on the scalloped necks though!
Correct. Malmsteen uses scalloped neck AFTER Blackmore, as Blackmore was his favorite musician.
Thank for it.
Blackmore forever(est)!
Excellent Lesson. I've learned a lot.
Nice one, thanks for commenting!
Thank you for taking the time to put this out!!!
Jeff Loy Thanks Jeff :-)
Awesome study dude. Must've listened and relistened to everything.
Эх, ещё бы перевод был, хотя бы субтитрами, было бы феноменально. Ричи Блэкмор - эпоха наслаждения звуками и мелодиями мастера!
Its very useful to know the language of your foe,dude!
As with many of the players from the 60's Iommi, Page, Blackmore.. They are extremely limited. You can actually see Ritchies frustration live as he tries to go faster than his ability allows & he starts virtually wrecking the neck. This is not a slight as I learned from these guys and they essentially invented the music they played. It was until van Halen /al dimeola that full scale playing filtered down to the general public. Up until then we all played these very simple - even sloppy - experimental blues leads
Can I please buy that guitar? It's beautifully terrific and Rob's playing..
Man on the silver mountain is my alltime fave Blackmore RIFF.
He's doing a piece about RB's "STYLE" not a note for note lesson. And he does play Smoke on the Water correctly. Richie played it as double stops wo a pick. Very percussive.
How can anybody call themself a
Rock guitar player if they havent heard of Ritchie Blackmore?
Exactly!😉
Good lord I can't imagine how often this guy must break strings!
+SinisterStar621 Not as often as you think! I broke a top E two days ago - the first in several years...
Congratulation, Many thanks. Good to hear that staff. Paul,68
Thank you!
It seems to me alone here that this guy, from the style and sound production of Blackmore, is far from 100 kilometers?
Any fool can criticize - you try to create at least something !!!
I am watching your videos so as to pick up a few tips and tricks.
And that guitar was nicely aged :)
Great job man. Thanks for sharing.
Great mate !!! You should play in Parple mark (...apologise to Morse, Bolin and Mcbride)
@fedexyz haha you mean Rob should play in Purple... actually he does a pretty awesome job in Deeper Purple - check them out on here and the other social sites! Cheers for watching and for your lovely comment!
I think arpeggio in Burn solos are played on the 1st and 2nd strings.
Wonderful video
Ritchie simply the best...
☺Great stuff! Keep up the awesome work ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
I have learned so much from watching the presentation than I ever will reading some of the stupid comments on here.
We all interpret differently...I would never want to play just like anybody else...much as I will never own a signature guitar...to me that seems like idol worship. But you can hear in each of us the influence of the musicians we "borrowed" riffs from as children and this has become our individual styles...it's awesome and as it should be!
with you there.... I loved so many players as a kid and hopefully some of their playing has crept in to influence my own style.... whatever that is!?
Sounds like something Ritchie would say...or did say. He'd respect a different take on his stuff but never a zerox version...he never did anything like on an album, live...or the same twice. The almost 3 versions of each song on the Made in Japan box set shows that from the early days.
I was TOTALLY into Deep Purple Mk II 40 years ago when I was trying to teach myself how to play guitar by lifting the needle off the record countless times.
I knew absolutely NOTHING about music theory, but sussing out Deep Purple (and Black Sabbath) riffs was relatively a breeze.
The guitar solos, not so much.
Blackmore's solos, I only learned later -- though, to a great extent are based on the "Blues" pentatonic minor scale -- incorporate classical motifs.
Unless I am mistaken, Blackmore was the first Rock guitarist to do that. Hendrix didn't. Nor Jeff Beck. Nor Page. Nor Gilmour.
Richie Blackmore invented incorporating classical tone scales into Rock music.
Or did he?
Did Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull actually beat Richie Blackmore to the "punch"?
Great one. I like it
Very good explanation ☺️
Great job
aww cheers man. I'll tell Rob. He seems quite good at polarising opinion when it comes to this and by his own volition he was quite rusty when we filmed this, as he was just getting back into playing with his Deep Purple tribute band after some issues. Cheers and hope you safe and well, wherever you are in the world.
What pedals / effects / amps are you using?
@pashabolokhov I think we used my old Line6 Spider 3 for this video as it was in the studio. We probably used this or the Line6 pedal
thanks!
@@MarkFeaGuitar How would you reproduce the sound in "Anybody There"? What kind of pedal and or amp? I'm still failing at that…
@@pashabolokhov I spoke to Rob. He reckons this would have been Blackmore's Marshall Major era, so likely the sound comes from that with his Strat and then reverb and delay... does that help!?
@@MarkFeaGuitar thanks! Just Marshall by itself won't do it (would only do half way), it's gotta be something else; lots people say TubeScreamer, other say Vox AC30, but honestly, those things don't quite get me there too…
gary chambers is the real master of ritchies stuff,and gets a killer tone with engl amp etc............
to the critics ripping on this guys playing ...where is your video?
I think he sounds fine
Great stuff ROb
good lesson and great playing
thanks... nice to see someone enjoying the video for what it is - not a "showoff" or Rob trying to "Be Blackmore"... just an insight into his playing style and technique for younger players who may not be familiar with his work... cheers!
Pretty sure "Hall Of The Mountain King" is a Swedish song called "I Bergakungens Sal"... great video btw!!
It's Norwegian
@@torkelsvenson6411 correct
A GRIEG song.
ritchie didnt use much reverb etc...though
Blackmore is the best ever he is the man
fantastic very impressed ;-)
tone controls? Blackers hardly ever touched his tone controls - pretty risible, I'm afraid...
Nick Robinson I think he is referring to the pick up switch which Blackmore does use quite a bit
The Tone-Controls are out of Funktion, dissoldered, so he cann play with them without any Sound-Effect.
You hear plenty from Blackmore these days. It’s just that not that many people are into what he’s doing now.
From a Blackmore fan to another...
Deep Purple - Burn Cover
Great Video
I think blackmore don't play the melody( standart note) .. He play the sound.. True technic.. Like Jimmy page
リフ職人🎸
Did you no that the riff from deep purple is beethoven's 5th played backwards? Check it out!!
Yes sorry that's what i ment from smoke on the water..but no didn't no that i'l look into thanx..
Robert Andrews Carry on jon is one of my fav's..
This comment section made my day :))
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Smoke on the water is played wrong here, believe it or not.
Generally, you are right. I've seen Ritchie do it a bunch of ways though...and like that at least once...jamming near the end of it. Studio it was picking 2 strings with his fingers...same positions as this vid shows. Live it was usually done with an intro in D, then up a 4th for the song...2 strings not 3, usually with a pick, but he could do it any way he was in a mood for. He usually never did the low part on the open middle strings...although I've seen him play it with his thigh, foot, and even another guitar back in about '75...he was nuts and purple MKIII was almost over...he got a little carried away. A really bad sounding band called Elf opened...LOL!
Elf was Dio's band so I remember.
good playing!
Hall of the mountainking is a greek song ?!! Edward Grieg, norwegian composer.. Very famous..
+Hans Hjerpe I do believe I did say its a Grieg song...... or maybe my teeth weren't working that day!!
GRIEG song. Trolling it's easy , right?
Hall of the mountain king is not greek - it’s norwegian, from composer Edvard Grieg..
Yeah that's what he says... Grieg - but we've had that comment before so maybe it's Rob' s accent lol... even he knows the difference 😉
Mark Fea Guitar That’s my hearing mistake! Thanks for claring that up, it really didn’t make sense to me...😂
man you're wrong as well about the original position for the riff of Smoke on the water
...And another one!! With all due respect, RB plays that song in many ways... But if you are looking at the way I pick it/play it.... well then I am not one who must use exactly the same technique, fret and stroke to make it happen. After all, RB didnt, clearly!! There are many ways to skin a cat, as the saying goes. There are far too many who take it extremely seriously and must play the notes on the same frets, in the same way and even wear a ring on the 2nd finger of the right hand! Sorry guys, I'm not one of those! :) I am however, a huge Blackmore fan.
rob sas I get your point and I agree with that but, when someone says "that's how he plays this", I expect him to play it in the "original way" or, at least, the closest to the original sound. On RUclips, you can appreciate plenty of guys playing it in different ways, stating it's a cover and not a "Style study"; someone else teaches how to play it and shows the different ways Ritchie used to pick those riffs.
Burn is not played correctly (main riff) close not exact, wish you would have used a tube amp, nice guitar but amp sounds bad.
Yeah, I think we just used my little line 6 combo for this.... it's tough getting a good sound onto RUclips with volume levels mixed properly between speech and loud amps and then it gets compressed by the video codecs... :-/
He used to use his thumb over the top for the low G, but not always...and now he skips the last note altogether...always changing.
I like the sound of the old Tube equipment. The seventies top Receivers have a better sound than today's in my humble opinion. I believe the Amps were 4 times better than today's.
And instead of having a middle pick up he has one right at the back buy the bridge i noticed..
That must be the Roland digital thing.
strange kinda what?????? wrong
In a way, Rob's playing is more addictive than Blackmore's, well played lmao!
Could this guy actually try and just hit the notes he's playing and not all the rest of the strings?
Awesome job and lessons. It's Blackmore's tone that is vexing to all guitarist. Malsteem got it closest I think.
thanks for your blackmore guitarlesson, but it not sounds ok in the strange kind of woman intro... its not right..!
+spigax Well spotted... Its not note for note.... an approximation.
What is right? Listen Made in Japan or Live in Sydney. Note for note, the intro is not the same as the record.
whos Mark Tremonti?
+Craig Madden Alter Bridge / Creed guitarist..?? ;-)
thank you.
interesting way to play guitar
Dude looks like The Cowardly Lion from the Wizard Of Oz.
TiredStarling showing your age there mate lol
Seems like a nice, good-natured guy, but..............way too heavy handed to sound anything like Blackmore. Blackmore is a lot more sensitive on the fretboard and uses upstrokes almost exclusively with a staccato generated from the right hand not the left. And about a million other subtleties that, although I like this guy, is way beyond his sensitivity level.
you have added a bit to the lesson
Yep you are right.. RB up picks almost exclusively... He also wears a ring on the 2nd finger of his right hand... Now, some guys go to great lengths to pick just like him and wear a ring just that way... Oh and hold the plectrum exactly the same way too... Thats all fine but I did it my way!! :) RB was sometimes pretty hard on his guitars too! Cheers!
Dave Murray whit a wig `?
defo!!! ;-)
Is this a lesson or a showoff?
Its just a wank!
You don’t necessarily need your pinky I’ve play for over 10 years and hardly use that finger and can play cleaner than this guy
You are quite right! Eric Clapton did quite well without using his pinky!
You are wrong
Christ...we actually have to consider that people will only know a few Blackmore riffs through Malmsteen? You must be joking? This is what happens when a generation of people pass on? Where is the value in that? People should hear Blackmore and not someone who wasn't even born in the same generation. People don't research/discover Classical music in that way...so where did all the disrespect for innovative Rock guitarists come from? I guess people today rely on the usual suspects from the "School Of Rock?" Then just play anything, play whatever you'd like and join the new generation's fight against Rock.
way too much gain and guitar isnt even in tune
Really?
Ritchie Blackmore Style??????
리치블랙모어와는 완전 다른데.운지가 너무 쌔고 피킹도 나무 쌔다.
리치는 네크홈이 파여 운지를 상당히 부드럽게 하는데 이분은 힘이 너무 들어가 있어 부담스럽게 보임.
There are many great players
But I hear notes and sounds out of him I don’t anywhere else
Such sounds are of legend... but we shall never speak of them again 🤣
Merci pour la traduction en français……pffff
? We can't speak every language, I'm afraid. ..
Blackmore al menos afina la guitarra
SLOPPY... clean it up, man!
WTF? Your´re not even close to Ritchies playin´style, and stop to mistreat those controls....
he can't play well enough to demonstrate Ritchie's talent and his guitar isn't even properly in tune....what a shame......
I am a fan of Blackmore like most of the people watching this 'guitarist' and I have to agree with you that this guys guitar didn't sound in tune to my ears either
I thought I was the only one to notice he was out of tune....his tone is not anything like Ritchies either.....
it all - nonsense. the first steps a beginner guitarist