My Reaction to The Hardest Things YOU Can Play
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The Russian guy actually said: "Because my movement is so unnatural, you might think that I speed up the video, but I did't"
Зашёл в комменты, чтобы написать тоже самое, но ты меня опередил
I think he just responded to you, LOL
Edit: Nope, he said I went to the comments to write the same thing, but you got ahead of me
haha
What a wanker
@@guitourney D:
That Russian math rock hit different
I wonder how many people sarcastically submitted smoke on the water
But the sad thing is that's probably the hardest thing I can play well
@@solarwinds5114 well, if you can play the whole song solo included well and in one go, it isn’t as obvious as anyone think
@@solarwinds5114 don't give up bud. We were all beginners once.
I most certainly did
Or Wonderwall
The hardest thing to play is a gig that pays a living wage. Still working on my technique for that one...
🤣🤣🤣🤣
We do it for love though man, we’re hardcore. The closest I’ve came was I had a cool pa that other bands like to use. Profit only -$2000 after a lot of actual work.
When you play original gigs do a cover band set on then day before or after somewhere near-ish. This will be the earner and you get to play more gigs. Easy.
@@jonthehermit8082 should a scientist who loves their job not be paid a living wage because they do it for the love of science? I believe if you provide value to people you should be paid for it (fairly). That being said, the reason we don't quit because we haven't made enough money shows the love for the art. Either way, I think it's time for the starving artist trope to die and for people to get paid if they create something that others use and enjoy.
@@robbirose7032 I'm not sure where you're located but (before the pandemic) most of my gigs were cover gigs and it's not as easy as your comment makes it seem to make ends meat here (especially considering that the cost of living in the cities where most of the gigs are is so high). Looks like I need to move to where you live.
Hats off to chris_ober for his acoustic piece. Many people would have avoided putting up something like this. And hats off to Samuraiguitarist for including him just to show us that it isn't just flash stuff that counts.
You're a gift to YT Sammy G 🤘🤘🔥🔥❤
We don’t deserve him
@@seandog but we need him
Mike 🤘
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Damn straight. So are you, Mike ;) love your channel!
I got Sammy G to like a bass solo! I'll take that hahaha. Thank you so much man.
lmao i love seeing all of the people he showed on here see the video and comment
@@BTTFan I know right I made teef richards 5:25
Awesome Spastic Ink shirt!!! 🤘🤘🤘
@@craytonbuchanan Jarzombek is the best!
I used to think that bass is an incredible awesome instrument, but not for solo work. You changed my mind right there
I still feel like Flamenco players don't get the respect they deserve. I can shred, I can tap, I can sweep, but for the love of God, I'll never be able to play Flamenco.
That style is pretty influential in what’s become shred.
flamenco player: i can shred
metalhead: cool me too
fp: *fingerpicking
mh: O_O
as someone who doesn't play guitar (even though I basically only watch guitar and music thingy videos on YT), I'm always blown away by flamenco player, especially when they can put their flamenco style strumming and mix it with amazing fingerstyle
i recommend learning how its quite fun
@@DaTLMusic I've tried and I've failed. Well, I mean, as long I can use a pick I'm fine (for example Steve Howe's guest solo on Queen's "Innuendo", I can somewhat play that). But for the life of me I can't do that flippity floppity where you strum with 4 fingerNAILS at the same time, while playing the bass notes with the thumb.
I saw a homeless flamenco player in the streets of Malaga, Spain in like 2003 or sth (I was about 6 or 7yo I think, I had just started playing guitar) and it completely blew my mind.
Ever since, I've been trying to learn flamenco, but to no avail. That's where my initial comment came from.
Sorry for the TLDR
Plug In Baby by Muse at the end
Never did I think I'd see Sammy g playing muse, it was a welcome shock
gonna get demonetized!
Wonder if Sammy G realizes that's probably copyrighted??
Does that reeeeeally count
@@Jackmcgriddle I think it's too short to get picked up
I was waiting for Ichika Nito to show up somewhere!
Yes
I'm not sure if he's even in the same league as the Samurai Guitarist himself lol
@@slykhajiit2 idk, he’s pretty damn good
@@pastelpatterns My brain must have short circuited there. I meant, "I'm not sure if the Samurai Guitarist is even in the same league as him." Lmao Seems like the same sentence, but it isn't. Great Ichika fan since "I miss you."
@@slykhajiit2 ah, gotcha
Dude with the Flying V and Zeppelin shirt here 🙋🏻♂️Thanks for the love Sammy G 🙏🏼
You are amazing! How do you do that? Subbing to your channel ASAP.
@@vr-virtualreality8875 Man hours of practice next to a metronome! I spent a work day’s worth of time perfecting this 5 second lick in one sitting. Definitely recommend spreading it out bc my wrist was spent by the end of it 😅 It’s an E minor arpeggio spread across the neck. I already sweep, so I had to learn to “walk” on the fretboard with my picking hand. I use the motionless hand to mute the strings to prevent string noise, crucial when playing with all that distortion. Hope this helps!
@@kevinvivian7274 Thank you, at the moment, the hardest thing I can play is G.O.A.T by polyphia. I am going to try to learn your lick but at a slower tempo at first. Thank you for being so kind and polite!
Ah yes we have both been in this video
@@vr-virtualreality8875 I mean if you can play that, you won't have too hard of a time learning anything tbh
Ol' Sammy G playing mathrock is definitely not something I expected to see. Great job!
I think this is a style he would surely love, if he listen to it more.
Yeah, that was actually really good. Math rock/midwest emo can be a bitch to play, but it's so damn fun
Idk if I'm the only one but his ended up sounding country-ish to me. Which is probably not surprising.
Ol' Sammy G pulled a Rob Scallon
@@BubbleManxx Midwest-by-southwest emo? :D
Dude, that jam was amazing! Thank u so much for featuring me, and for the kind words! Ima go play that riff even more now! 😁
Bruh it's you
5:25 OH GOD THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING MY POST IN YOUR VIDEO
That's hilarious mate
Can you explain why you tagged him I'm really interested
@@alex-qn5xp it's because of his video about alternative tuneings he talks about keef richards tuneing and I thought he said teef so I photoshoped the image and posted it
Russian guy wrote something like "You can think that video was speed up because of my unnatural moves. But it wasnt"
Tosin's thumping + hybrid picking + selective picking is the combination that blows my mind.
Sammy G: I'm not going to play any copyrighted music.
Also Sammy G: *Plays a video of a guy playing plug in baby and then plays it himself*
One of my favorite songs!
I'm not sure Sammy realised that it wasn't just some scalar exercise.
@@dannyeddyguitar Yeah the riff pretty much climbs the harmonic minor scale so it could easily be an exercise.
lmao
@@ConradOsborn99 It's part of the D sharp harmonic minor scale, right?
Great to see you showing light on so much talent. Always appreciate it!
This is a video about guitarists from around the world literally doing their best, along with some great accompaniments from SammyG. No complaints, no "I like this, I dislike that." It was a sort of wholesome that i didn't know I needed. Thanks.
"I've never seen a bass with a whammy bar..."
*Les Claypool has entered the chat*
You're math rock attempt was pretty damn good. I think you'd be a natural
I love that a muse song has finally appeared on this channel. Albeit in a very subtle over the head kind of way. Great vid as always Sammy G!
The hardest thing I can play is Every Breath You Take on acoustic
Weak sauce, I can play twinkle twinkle little star with my armpit
Pfff beginners i can play mary had a little lamp with my chest hair , the srv version
I can play crazy frog on the spoons
Losers!!! I can play an open E 😎😎😎
@@victormarqves a can play an open e in open e tuning sucker
Love it when you jam along with these Sammy G 👍👍
That math rock lick you did was splendid. Would be really interested in seeing you delve deeper into the genre and maybe record a minute or so long piece!
I love the way you don't grandstand over people when jamming. It's so wonderful to see how many incredibly skilled people there are in this world.
The text is in Russian saying "Since I'm moving so unnaturally it might appear I've speeded up the video, but I haven't speeded anything up"
lmao that's cringe
criiiinge
@@sHuz_YT what is wrong with you?
@@pauloraymundo1909 wtf
@@hertegovinul7564 sounds super arrogant for what is really not that technically hard. the idea itself is simple and seems to really only be built for the ‘wow’ factor of how fast it’s being played
The russian guy said : "The way I move may make it look like I sped up the video, but I did not." Source : google translate
honestly, it is the best translation
Hey Samurai, have a listen to TTNG, Atlus Novus by Scale the Summit, Tricot, uchu conbini and sokoninaru for some of that Math-rock style:)
Maps and Atlases is another good one!
Respect for the first guitarist. Finally, someone who can shred using fingerstyle. I can relate :-):-)
That 2 handed tapping style is super common in Japanese math bands. Check out Sokoninaru for great example.
I've been going through your videos one-by-one and I think this is my favorite yet. Giving props to and jamming with some of your fans is super, super cool!
For me the two handed tapping started with Andy Mckee's Drifting and Trace Bundy's Canon. I learned both, impressed a ton of people and never stuck with the style. It's fun for style points but I felt like my abilities were too limited to actually create anything original with.
6:32 Sounds like Ichika Nito.
not really, that sounds a lot more like basic midwest emo. notice the bass line is very simple and the tapping part is repeating and also kind of simple, just really fast. ichika has some of the most advanced chord progressions combined with intricate tapped melody, not really similar to whats goin on there. if u like that style tho check out this playlist, the first song is super similar
ruclips.net/video/LJQ7fvTdrlQ/видео.html
ichika didn't invent this style of guitar
Big fan of math rock and the lot! I've been listening to math rock since 2019-ish and playing since early 2020, so I'm still relatively new but here's a bit of background about the genre.
Math rock branches out every which way, taking ideas anyhere from folk, pop punk, jazz, noise, you name it. The pure math rock stuff, where the guitarist plays mostly clean with a lot of tapping, has been around for quite a while! The biggest albums being American Football's LP1 in the 90s, TTNG on their demos as well as Animals in 2008, Invalids on their album Eunoia in 2012, and it only goes deeper and more obscure as you look for more.
Learning about this style over the past 2-ish years has been extremely fun for me and has changed how I play guitar entirely. I feel far more comfortable playing in this style as opposed to what I was doing before with bands like Dream Theater and Trivium, although I still love them and love playing their songs. I'm super glad it's getting a lot of recognition!
Damn, love that you talked about the twinkly midwest emo one, I really miss seeing guitar channels that primarily focus on either metal or more traditional, bluesy influenced rock touching these subjects, and yours was all that I could ever ask for. Which also made that jam much better than any I've heard, you understand the style well but bring the country/bluesy influences in.
Also I can't tell how much you know about the genre, but basically it has roots in the late 80s and early 90s, Don Caballero sound pretty similar to this, a lot of 90s emo bands do (e.g. Mineral, American Football). The tapping as far as I can tell came later, the most obvious band being TTNG, and others such as Tiny Moving Parts and Jyocho (completely forgot Covet). Though I think two handed tapping never caught on with bands as much as it did with instagram and youtube guitarists.
Hardest thing I can play on a guitar is welcome to the black parade by my chemical romance
To be exact, The first chord... of welcome to the black parade
I was introduced to the "non solo" 2 handed tapping through Minus the Bear. Check out "Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse" for an early example. Crazy to think it's almost 20 years old.
He NEEDS to see Yvette young her two handed tapping is next level
Or Chon or TTNG
And polyphia
@@VirTuneCS yeah if he somehow has managed to not see Tim play he would be blown away. They’re actually my favorite band
Speaking of t-shirts, I just realized, that the logo on your t-shirt looks like the guitarist is really, um, 'excited' to be playing guitar...
I think the two handed clean math rock thing originated with stuff like Stanley Jordan, as well as songs like "Midnight" by Joe Satriani. From there, I feel like underground bands like Don Caballero (whose guitarist also just taps one handed while doubling the riff on keyboard sometimes) and Hella (who also used alternate tunings) continued that, and the style later diverged with Midwest emo like TTNG and Tiny Moving Parts which had more clean and soft elements. This eventually leading up to Covet and later Instagram guitar math rock, with people like Yvette Young incorporating piano writing into riffs.
I could be missing stuff, but that's what I've gathered so far.
MIchael Hedges started the 2 handed stuff, or made it popular back at the end of the 80s. He was the King and you are missing out if you don't know him.
Loved the Stanley Jordan reference Samurai. I live in Korea now, and get a lot of feeds from guitarists here in Korea. Lot's of unconventional tunnings to support the R&B/Tapping styles, and was hoping you might cover a video on that sometime.
The bass player from the British band "Slade" (Jim Lea) used a Jaydee bass with a tremblo that was modified and given to him by John Burch for many of the 70s albums from slade.
The hardest thing i can play Is King Crimson 's Discipline but only Belew's part. I don't even dare to touch Fripp's
No one can touch Fripp.
That last one was "Plug in Baby" by Muse. Don't want you to get sued for that.
Stanley Jordan! You're the first guitarist/RUclipsr to mention him. He deserves more exposure. Thank you!
Ah dude I love your videos. I have seen some of your weird instrument videos but have yet to really dig in deep until now. You have earned this subscriber!
I'm prolly going a tad mooshy in lockdown, but I found the whole vidya rather heartwarming, and the mid-math emo/tapping pieces -- both the contributor's and Sammy's -- surprisingly beautiful and moving.
Love that you hype up your followers. Very uplifting and motivational.
Great video! Your jam with Mr. Ober brought a tear to my eye! It was beautiful!
6:33 has some real hella vibes to it and im loving it
4:05
That guy's wearing a Spastic Ink shirt! You guys should check that band out!
Re the two-handed tapping thing:
I think Andy McKee was the first guy to get big with it, he had a big youtube hit in 2009 with his two-handed tapping/percussive guitar cover of "Africa", plus a couple of original songs that went viral. He did tours with Prince and Dream Theater in the following years.
The tapping thing, my first notice of it was American football‘s self titled which came out in 1996
The Russian guy is saying "Good luck topping this one, pathetic capitalist. This one is for the motherland"
Ну да, почти так...
Nope :Ь
based
@@manofsormovo5346 почти дословно
points for "pathetic capitalist" but then there's that "motherland" shite that isn't cool at all
I came across that style when I discovered Ichika Nito
Positivity just exudes from your videos, thank you for that.
6:58 - I don't know what to call it either, but this really reminds me of some of the music that's been coming out of Japan for a while.
That bluegrass vamp/jam was rad.
Same for the math rock talk and jam.
Also, I think rob scallon did two handed melodic taps.
3:07 It looks like he smiles in response to your playing
Very creative, fun and educational, Steve. We'll done, Sensei!
Even though I am likely one of the older farts among your subs, I enjoy your channel. A long time ago (maybe 40 years) I began classifying guitarists (in my opinion) as "technicians" or "musicians" with rare overlap. I certainly appreciate clean, lightning-fast, and intricate technical playing. But to my sensibilities, it would be difficult to include anything other than what I would consider head-banging music. Let the stones begin to fly. Cheers, Sammy G!
It's all just what you know - that two hand tapping thing is something I find super easy and I don't think I ever really put in a huge amount of effort when learning it, but sweep picking and general "shred" techniques are things I find IMPOSSIBLE no matter how much I practice them.
isn't that weird how you get that...I know your pain
Solid clip choices, and bonus points for mentioning Lenny Breau
The jamming along is so sick!
3:55 spastic ink shirt hell yea
As for the math rock/ mid-west emo genre mentioned, I recommend bands like Covet (guitarist Yvette Young) or American Football
yes! yvette is amazing
Tiny moving parts or this town needs guns
Two handed tapping started becoming more popular due to Van Halen and Randy Roads and has blown up even more as of late because of their influence. At least that’s my personal perspective on it, it’s not something I am capable of either 😅
8:15 I've heard playing like this referred to as "drifting," but not completely certain.
I was introduced to the 2 hand tapling midwest emo style from CHON and then when i got into the DIY scene here in Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin area i found so many mathy emo bands doing it and it always amazes me
eyy I didn't even realize that guy's bass was see-through until you pointed it out
8:07 The technique is really great here, like everybody at home. Everybody else does a great job too. But what I really notice is just how much work you've put into getting an unbelievable killer tone.It really sings. I don't know who made that guitar or what rig you're running it through, but you could play "Hot cross buns" with that kind of tone and it'd sound great.
Not sure how old you are @samuraiguitarist, but I'm going to assume you missed out on the 2007-2009 scene where I saw the two handed tapping play style take off.
In November 2007, the movie August Rush released, where the kid played on the guitar laying flat with two hands and a lot of tapping. I thought it was interesting and did some acoustic work with it. Shortly after that, in December, Protest the Hero released Bloodmeat, with some amazing two handed tapping solos weaved into it. So for me, acoustic and metal both diving into the two handed tapping around the same time definitely got me hooked on it.
I have a feeling it was creeping in before that since both of these would have been in the works before that, but this is when it really caught my attention.
You should check out a guy on youtube called Ichika Nito. He’s really good at the tapping thing you were asking where came from, and his channel has skyrocketed in subs these last couple of months
If you want to get into math rock/Midwest Emo, check out Tera Melos, Don Cab, Tiny Moving Parts (more Emo), Piglet, Totorro, and Delta Sleep.
I thought the same thing about that guy’s guitar matching his shirt
Samurai guitarist:
“I’m not playing any copyrighted solos”
Also samurai guitarist:
*plays muse solo*
Sssssst
Not even a solo, it's the main riff. That's how sick Muse are!
@@SamU_115 yeah ik it is but I couldn’t think of the word for it so I just said solo😂
I thought the same thing about the guy with the clear bass. I was like "wow, that guy really knows how to coordinate his fashion!"
I was so happy he did the open strum at the end of the last clip. I was hoping for it 😆
When you started jamming with the second dude, I was super impressed! Taking reaction videos to the next level.
I'd say math rock probably started with Slint, but then got intensely popular within some emo bands in the late 90s. American Football for example. When emo had its revival most acts used math rock stylings. Tiny Moving Parts and Algernon Cadwallader are great. It is such a great style. That was really great for a first time trying it out Sammy.
Please talk more about Stanley Jordan. When he broke out I remember it was revolutionary to hear. What was he doing, was he the pioneer on that style of playing? Love to hear your thoughts.
Your love to jam with everyone is very inspiring to see. I'm actually sad that i missed the insta announcement :') Anyways,.. Great Stuff!, as always!
Love your honesty, your knowledge, and your playing. Would love to jam sometime
You should definitely check out Ichika Nito, Yvette Young/Covet, TTNG, and Tera Melos for more tappy math rock stuff that everyone starts with
Thanks for mentioning Lenny Breau! Criminally underated guitarist - Up there with Joe Pass and Jim Hall in terms of the more traditional jazz guitarists (Traditional meaning pre-fusion)
On double handed tapping. Yvette Young could probably talk a lot about it with you. She’s great as we probably all know. Good video idea too.
The behind the back guitarist was playing Plug in Baby by Muse. Good tune.
doubt youll read this, but a good band to check out that played a big part in the "2 handed tapping" style is Hella. The drummer from Hella is now part of the group Death Grips.
Hardest guitar thing I can play: Lindsey Buckinghams solo version of Big Love on acoustic
Hardest bass thing: there's an arpeggio on a synth at the end of Knights of Cydonia, Muse, that I learnt on bass, but I also tend to write things I can barely play, or the bass line to FF7s boss theme
Man I agree with you on the two tapping thing..... Been playing twenty years and don't know where it came from but like it cause it gives me something new to fiddle with 👍
I immediately paused this vid, and went and bought two t-shirts from your store (meant to a long time ago, just now got to it).
Just so I can ask: would you let me buy two of those Blue logo shirts you're wearing in this vid? Please? I can't find them on the shop, or I would have just bought 4. Thanks! And keep being you!
strongly relating to the two handed tapping alienation. Also late to that game and trying to understand it better. I would love more info about this
The 2 handed tapping math rock thing as far as I know was pioneered by Spencer Seim from Hella!
Man, that hole you mentioned in terms of guitar playing hits home hard.
Russian Math Rock is a sub genre of Math Rock/Midwest Emo. If you want to learn more about the theory behind the umbrella genre I recommend following Trevor Wong and Let’s Talk About Math Rock. Some bands to listen to include: This Town Needs Guns, Tiny Moving Parts, American Football, Covet/Yvette Young, Chon, Toe, and Tricot
Also, that Mathy lick you played was TASTY... you’re a quick study, Sensei 🙏🏽
I really enjoy your videos, and appreciate that you're encouraging people to submit their videos being so positive. I SUSCRIBED!
It is Midwest emo, for more stuff like it check out bands such as tiny moving parts and a load more revival bands
My classical guitar professor says that the best way to pick a harp harmonic is with the pinky. And it seemed counter intuitive to me, but it sounds pretty good.
Stellar stuff. Folks should check out Overdriver Duo for some hard guitar. A lot of two handed stuff but in a very non-math rock, very listenable pop. Look for Overdriver Duo Beat It. Hang on for the solo bits.