The 10 Most IMPOSSIBLE Guitar Licks to Play
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Quick note: it’s Stream of Consciousness by DT, not DoE, and that’s Rylynn by McKee, not Drifting-I was drunk on impossible licks sorry
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Trying not to skat is what I tell my wife
Alright
Why didn’t you include Marcin’a acoustic cover for caprice no 24
Shame on you, man.
jk still love your stuff bud
I was almost worried it would be another WatchMojo list.
LOL 😆😂
Me too.
I think he made that video already lmao
pretty much same choices as a watchmojo list
WatchMojo is good lmao
petition for tyler to try to play these riffs
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YES SIR 🤣🤣🤣
Fishing for likes……
Is this seriously all you have to do to get likes???!!!
Yep
I thought he would on this video
Petition for Tyler to learn all of these in a live stream
1:28 Guthrie Govan - "Fives"
1:36 Steve Vai - "The Attitude Song”
3:00 Yngwie Malmsteen - "Black Star"
5:09 Eric Johnson - "Cliffs of Dover"
6:07 Andy McKee - "Rylynn"
7:18 Dream Theatre - "Stream of Consciousness"
8:25 Jason Richardson - "Hos Down"
9:42 Tommy Emmanuel - "12 Bar Blues"
10:48 Greg Howe - "Jump Start"
12:25 Rich Graham - "Killer Shred Technique"
Ty
Should edit this and mark the dream theater song as "stream of consciousness" instead.
Andy McKee - “Rylynn” not Drifting
Like Tyler said "drunk on impossible licks"
Neon at least deserves an honorable mention
What do YOU think is the most IMPOSSIBLE guitar lick to play?
Soothsayer
Every Buckethead songs 🤖
Smoke on the water
The main lick from Universal mind
You know what it is
0 3 …
That Stream of Consciousness sweep is so good it cleaned the name.
I would also like to remind people that song is eleven minutes long, and has about 4 solos, a power chord with a stretch of 5 frets (3 on the 6th string, 8 on the 5th), all those lovable jazzy chords Petrucci loves and some nice and complex odd meter riffs.
Try playing that song, on one sitting, not breaking it into sections. It's a good exercise to the ego.
@@yelkhan2002 Eb standard
@@yelkhan2002 and it's flashier
people say he has no feel, but even though the things he plays are blazing fast, they still have feel
That’s not “drifting” by Andy McKee, it’s Rylynn. Cmon now, no capo on drifting. 😀
Came here to say this
This.
Another Andy McKee fan......we keep it all laid back and stuff.
Yep.
Thats Braun Strowman playing the guitar
Buying my first guitar on Sweetwater today. Really excited!
Good luck. It will be difficult, just don’t put it down!
Whatcha getting?!
@@aranasaurus Ibanez grx70qa!
@@elijahroche6394 nice! Good luck, I’m excited for you!
Practice practice, practice.
I think EVH's live improvisations on the Mean Street section during his solos are some of the most impossible licks to play. He's essentially bass slapping tapped harmonics. I've not heard anybody except Eddie using this technique in a solo.
you should check out some of ron thal's stuff, he's the only other dude ive heard do that kinda stuff
Yo the Greensboro version is way more insane than any other version of the mean street intro.
John Mayer on Ain't No Sunshine at Crossroads.
After Tommy Emmanuel when he said, "I can never do that" he seemed so internally broken from watching all these
Yeah, but Tommy Emmanuel hits different.
The intro of non-brewed condiment by Allan Holdsworth definitely deserves to be on this list
Please keep this series going. Really love this stuff right here
Shawn lane - get you back. Right after he stops holding his whammy bar from the 1993 live recording. About 5 minute in til the end
Any song by Allan Holdsworth would be nearly impossible for anyone else to play.
He stretched a lot and the way he never ran out of notes was something else, and when he did he used the whammy to go a bit forward.
What I always found fascinating is that Holdworth began playing at the age of 17. Definitely shows that you don't have to start early to achieve greatness. You have all these amazing players playing since they are little children and then you have holdsworth who starts at 17.
@Quinton Vonesh Guthrie himself says the arpeggios are supposed to imitate sax lines so yeah i'm pretty shure he borrowed that idea from Holdsworth's legato.
Listening to Allan Holdsworth is like being at a red light and listening to the radios of 3 different cars at once. Yeah the guitar playing might be fast and technically good, but there is no cohesion with the rest of the band. It just doesn't sound musical.
@@jaredgallucci6280 listen to low levels high stakes
I'd like to add an honourable mention: intro to Colorado bulldog
ahhh Classic Paul Gilbert. Been working on that lick for years and it's pretty much impossible lol
Paul himself says in an instructional video it's the most frightening thing he ever played. Shortly after that nails it down in his fretboard
I agree!!!
Tornado of souls is always seen as the hardest solo on Rust In Peace. But it looks like a beginner song compared to the "Poison was the Cure" solo. That solo is so incredibly hard, most people would just give up entirely.
Agree, 100%. Freaking masterpiece of a solo.
I can play Tornado of Souls solo but I have to move that stretchy part up the neck and play it on the B and G strings. Othern that it isn't so bad, there are more technical guitarists than Marty but his phrasing is the best imo.
You should do 10 impossible licks to play (feel addition)
Thanks for the videos.
10 licks is not enough. I would have introduced Shawn Lane, Buckethead 8 fingers taping licks, Franck Gambale, Jon Gomm and some Holdsworth.
Perhaps for a future video?
John 5 is a good one too!!!!
that cliffs of dover intro is awe-inspiring
About time to get Tommy Emmanuel on here! He’s the greatest combination of shredding and feel and soul and musicality. Official certified guitar player
At 8:13, isn’t it that supposed to be stream of consciousness by dream theater and not dance of eternity?
And now thanks to these guitarists and licks, I fell like I will never be a pro.
Thanks for saying that about that EJ intro piece. It's an important moment in guitar history, and the best part isn't necessarily the shreddy passages, it's the beginning "sound painting" with the Echoplex. It's evocative and emotional.
always love these type of vids , introducing me to new artistes thanks
I cannot believe you have not included Michael Angelo Batio…. Just for his hair alone
MAB is an unstoppable wizard robot on the guitar, but he does that "over the neck / under the neck" thing WAY too often. It gets tiresome to watch and it's really just a gimmick.
@@timg2727 Agreed, but tbh, his whole schtick is a bit of a gimmick
@@rabbamonkey can't say I disagree
Neal Schon is the a perfect example of being extremely fast and having tons of feel.
At 7:19 when you said, “Uh oh….here we go,” a Muri-Lax ad began playing 🤣
Some great choices, loved the video!
I was kinda expecting to see Alan Gogol on here. Dude’s got the cleanest harmonics I’ve ever seen
Basically everything by Shawn Lane is impossible lol
I was about to say that
Shawn Mendes is harder
@@41neve85 lmao
@@lordamoghxd me too
Yup, he forgot about him
Your energy in this video is fantastic. Love it
Great vid! Ton of fun to watch thanks for posting it ---indeed those licks are insanely difficult
Fracture is basically a 10 minute long guitar lick at break neck speed in most of it.
"How can less ever be more? More is more!"
-Maestro Malmsteen
What a great video we need a part two the acoustic section was so awesome I’m glad you included it :)
One of the best videos i must say!
I'm not a professional musician, but I feel like Buckethead should be in this video. He blows my mind every time I watch him perform. He is like the Michael Jackson of guitar playing.
That would actually be Prince
Not at all, he is a lame version of Paul Gilbert and Slash.
@@iamturok3504 Buckethead would slaughter slash in a guitar duel. I like slash but he's more blues/rock/pentatonic. Buckethead has more sounds to offer, listen to pike 5 or Earth heals itself
@@iamturok3504 lol buckethead could probably play laps around both of them he’s just not as popular as slash
I do feel like this list is absolutely not complete without anything from Shawn Lane or Holdsworth. Shawn for the blazing speed, Allan for the insane stretches and legato technique
“Hammerhead” - Autograph is one of the most overlooked guitar pieces ever
Compadre! Fellow shred appreciator!
Loved your list.
You had me at hello!
Great sampling of guitar shred monsters. Awesome that Greg Howe, Andy McKee and Tommy Emmanuel made your list.
Gutherie’s hand literally looks broken and I wish my hand can be broken like that too
it would be great if u invited eric johnson to have a chat with u about the tonechaser player we all have inside of us(even if we deny it)
Loved that you gave andy some love
Toy store by buckethead has licks harder than every single one in this video in it, yet gets no mention. Why is buckethead so criminally underrated
I think you could pick some of Marty's licks in just about any Megadeth solo, his timing is so wierd.
Marty's timing and phrasing are both so unique. He doesn't play like anyone else.
@@timg2727 that's why he's one of the best to ever do it.
these sound great at full speed but when slowed down they sound almost horrifying
Van Halen… A lot of the things he plays are very repetitive, scalar, or no key in particular, but his timing is so snappy and he plays them so well but they sound cool at full speed. He’s extremely rhythmical, that helps.
A lot of that's just the artefacts from slwoing down compressed audio on a RUclips video.
I felt something with that Steve Vai lick: anxiety
You have no idea how nice it is to see a les Paul on your thumbnail
Arthritis and Stubby fingers have a difficult time playing an A chord let alone this stuff. Lol
Eric Johnson is easily the best player to me. Dude's skill *and* tone is just immaculate 😍🥰
I think the best guitar player rn is kiko loureiro, the dude is insane on composition, technique and is also a great person. Eric johnson is great tho don't get me wrong!
Crispy as always 😉
Tyler love you man 🖤🖤
I just cant get my head around the fact that there are people who downthumb ANY of your content dude, they're nuts and you sir are gold!
I refer to that kind of guitar playing as turkeys gobbling.
Difficult yes, but aside from McKee I wouldn’t want to play any of it. Difficult doesn’t equal good.
I've never heard this before and now I can't unhear it...
I will always appreciate the time and effort it takes to develop that kind of speed and accuracy. But this kind widdley widdley playing will always induce a snooze fest in the depths of my soul.
@@JL-gt1kc I dunno, the EJ stuff always sounds like a kind of sonic waterfall to me. I love the sound and note choices, even at speed.
@@leerobbo92 I agree. He plays many difficult things along with difficult chords because of how they sound but not simply to " just make it difficult" and set some sort of high bar for difficulty.
I'm surprised no one talks about Monte Montgomery when it comes to acoustic.....
I love the fact that you have your Centaur at your desk.
I love your videos!
I would put the lick from city nights from Allan Holdsworth on this list
The Attitude Song is what happens when you study at the feats [sic] of Frank Zappa. He will always be one of the most under-rated guitarists of ever.
Tyler: *listens to first lick*
Also Tyler: *dies inside*
Good video... nice editing :D
"Synster Gates Guitar Center Master Class Gypsy Jazz" the dude rips on an acoustic..
That one ascending chromatic sweep section in MIA is basically harder than any other Avenged lick. The amount of speed and precision required is insane.
When it says Dance of Eternity its actually stream of consciousness
That Andy McKee clip is so old it literally was inspiration for me to start playing back in middle school 😅
I want to mention a technically challenging Buckethead song but there are just so many amazing Buckethead compositions. He is mind boggling!!
Even though he uses the same technique I think the arpeggio lick in wonderful slippery thing (1:23) by Guthrie Govan is way more difficult
I agree bc in Fives you don't have to move to much your arm conservely to wonderful slippery thing
I watched a YT video in which Guthrie said he can't even play that lick himself sometimes!
You have to get Guthrie Govan on your podcast that would be awesome
Please!!
Cool vid bro🤘
All shred licks slowed right down sound like an English ICE CREAM VAN approaching ominously across the estate on a winter's morning.
Tyler doesn’t give himself enough credit for how good he is
Honestly
That video with the skit about the $500k pedal with Josh from JHS had some of the best guitar I've ever heard.
Don't worry he KNOWS he's good lol
I know, right? His little composition nestled in a joke video was seriously some of his best playing in my opinion. I watched it maybe a thousand times.
If u wanna see difficult licks, you need to check Paco de Lucia
Winter Madness solo from Wintersun
Amazing !! I think far beyond the sun have some killer classic imposible licks ever seen ! Some steve lukater staff too. George benson 🔥
Guthrie is simply one of the most technically smooth guitarists I have ever heard. Fives still blows me away to this day.
Im second coz everyone else is first 😂
"Uh-oh, Uh-oh. Here we go!" Immediately cuts to RUclips ad.
I love that thumbnail at the end of the video with you holding that fuckin beautiful awesome wonderful PRS .
Why is this not a Legendary Licks episode?
Because it would take a month to learn all of these.
Guthrie: the "worst" thing about him, he looks so nice, calm, relaxed, normal, when he plays this impossible stuff. He is an amazing dude. And a big Zappa fan :-)
Vai: saw him live. I am sure, "For the love of god" was the last piece (yes, piece!) of the evening, they played nearly 3 hours. I was talking to some friends afterwards and was asking something like "was this real? Did you see this, too?" It was nearly unbelievable..
John Mcglaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, album is The Innermounting Flame, song is The Noonward Race, which was recorded live. It's a 15:00 song, but you don't have to wait long. He starts ripping within the first minute.
McLaughlin, that is
Tyler, are you okay ?
Ther.. there was no PRS guitar on thumbnail!!
The most difficult licks you should learn
The whole of Brain Dance by Animals as Leaders would be a contender.
Yesss!!!! When you wake up to a new upload you know you’re gonna have a good day
Okay here’s one for you. Fellow RUclips guitar player Ewan Dobson. The song is Paganini - Sonata II Op. 3 II - Andantino Scherzoso. Time stamp is 0:13 - 0:25. OMG! Now if you want to see some dexterity, check out him playing another Paganini tune (Caprice # 5)…that pinky…OMG!
This is the best youtuber, he helps me be the guitarist I am today, Thank you for everything
Congrats to everyone who is early and found this comment
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Y’all are welcome
That Greg Howe lick has so much flavor.
Some days I feel great but muff some maybe miss a harmonic and once in a while I'm shredding like a perfect maniac. It almost seems spiritual not physical when you get in that perfect feel of a performance. Some people I have discussed this with say that Love for what you do inspires you to create what others love too.
I haven’t seen the vid yet but I bet they are all going to be songs no one has heard
Edit: Pretty much, yep 👍
Yip, there is no emotion there. You were right to play Gilmour in the beginning.
Nah, they're just emotions you don't understand.
Fun fact: Steve Vai will sometimes use that exact riff in “For The Love Of God” live.
Another fun fact: Stream Of Consciousness (but drunk Tyler wrote Dance of Eternity) is my favourite John Petrucci Solo NO DOUBT.
Weird trivia: This video is #1 on my list of Top 10 video lists that I can't object to anything on the list or the order it comes in.
As if the rest of the solo isn't ridiculous enough, at 6:15 of Shawn Lane - Get You Back (the Musician's Institute version), he goes into absolute hyperdrive. It's unfuckingreal.
The solo in scarred by DT definitely deserves a spot on this list. especially the sweep bit .
Maybe in part 2??
Its almost criminal to not have a Shawn Lane lick on here .
Agreement from me.
The thumb dislocates from itself , must be really good feeling 😃
Something Greg Howe does that I find fascinating, when he slides his index finger. Into or out of a riff, or back in forth, vibrto-ish. I've seen Lari Basilio do it as well. Trying to learn that technique myself.
can someone explain to me what is an air guitarist and how it relates to slash
Thanks now I will never play again, I give up. Nah I love the guitar way too much, it so cool to see you geek out just like the rest of us. Love you bro you bring just total excitement back to guitar on RUclips . I am glad I found your channel please keep up the awesomeness.
Good shit! Yngwie's "Soldier Without Faith"...has always struck my "AWE"...Try to learn that one in less than a few years...