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I could hear all of the other instruments and Geddy’s vocals in my mind as you played it, so I know you got it down right. I’d forgotten that I used to play this one back in the 80’s. I spent so much time transcribing and learning it from a Rush song book that had no tabs. I wish I still had that book. Wow, so long ago. Maybe I’ll get back to my roots and use your lesson to relearn it.
I've been playing this song for years and was always missing that little "something" that would make it stand out. Thank you for helping me complete this epic song! Amazing job!
This is Rushes Ten Years Gone. Just amazing arrangement, amazing playing by lifeson, Lee and peat with incredible writing by Peart and singing by Lee. This is what defines Rush as being great. They have a lot of awesome tunes but a lot of songs that are a little to cutesy and not Rocking enough. This album and this tune especially is Rush as their finest. Unbelievable and a song clearly played live in the studio given the feel and interaction between the musicians. It would be impossible to capture this timing and this inspiration with a click and everything played in isolation as a overdub. No way. This is why they can play their tunes live so effortlessly. This is a band where the whole is greater than the sum of its virtuoso parts. Incredible recording and certainly in the top 10 of all time but probably high up on the list
Awesome dude! I finally found someone that knows the few missing parts of this song I struggled with. Helped me a bunch and I thank you. Your playing is very good and I like the volume pedal for the intro versus using the volume to swell up and down with! Saw Rush six times and still couldn't figure out what Lifeson was doing. Well Done Sir!
Ya know, as I was working on this on my own, I kept wanting to do this on just the E&A strings, and sliding up to the 10th fret of the E and doing my box up there. It sounded tighter with the fretted notes vs open. Do you do it both ways? Made me smile when I saw Alex doing it this way too. Do you alternate for whatever mood you're in? I do that all the time. I've seen Page doing it all the time. It's like "now he's playing the D up/down here!" I guess it keeps them entertained when they're playing the same tunes night after night. Does not matter in the slightest. It's always about what comfortable for 'you' the player.
thanks! Alex and Geddy know of my Rush tribute in Chicago but I have never met them. Sometimes their road crew would come out and see us if they were in town way back when they were stil touring.
I got here by accident, but damn you nailed one of my favorite RUSH songs and got an instant "subscribe" from me ! I look foward to the content you provide!!! 10 thumbs up!!
Wow, that sounds like one of the most fun songs to play! I am going to try it. I saw Primus cover it on their tour this last year. Suprisingly powerful to hear them play it live. Doubleneck guitars and all. Cygnus X1 was equally good.
Ah yes, a great old Rush song. I remember sitting in my bedroom around 1980 playing this over and over. Learning riffs from Rush, Montrose, Van Halen, Zeppelin....great times.
My favorite Rush song and one of my favorite songs of all-time. Can you share the preset you use for it on Axe-Change? I have an FX3 but should be able to convert it using FracTool.... I want to learn this song, so cool. Thanks for the lesson!
@@waynebush7934 Lemme know if you want to know how the scenes went for each part of the song. Of all the Rush songs I have played live this one (and La Villa) required the most scenes
Hey Six String Corner, I don’t want to be that guy but there is an error in this lesson in so far as how Lifeson actually plays the song in specific the riffs at approx 2:08 of the play through is actually played in the 5th position. If you watch Alex he does those crazy long stretches/slides on the A and low E strings, he doesn’t involve the D string at all. The tonalities are very different even though you are playing the same notes. It’s way easier to do the way you lay it out and I played it that way for 20+ years until I watched him closely in amble video a few years back and it’s obvious he doesn’t play it in open position . Otherwise killer job dude !!
Nah, yer not that guy. To be honest there are also other Rush songs that can be played a little different than he does. Most of it revolves around him not using his little finger in most solos and riffs. That has been frustrating for me to watch. It's just how he learned to play and he mastered it. For me, I'm all for easier ways to play. As long as it is the same notes, I'm good
@@TheSixStringCorner yeah man you are right about that Hadn’t actually thought of that but there are subtle tonality differences in the way he plays certain things. For exp playing the open chords up and down the neck during the part before the verse starts we here you descend from the 12th fret down the neck lots of peeps out the low E on that that’s definitely not right because you hear the open E drone plus lots of peeps don’t fret the E note on the 9th fret of the G when doing the opening riff as the spaciness swirls they use the open high E and that’s clearly not right as you can hear the difference because that high E rings out too long if you don’t do it the way Al does. Thanks for not taking offense ! Very solid lesson and great playing man !
@@GMHG777 thanks! Hey no problem! If I could tell you how many times I had to change how I played certain parts of Rush songs because of someone pointing it out, I'd be here all day! thanks for the feedback!
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One of the greatest songs ever built.
It really is. It’s also underrated.
I could hear all of the other instruments and Geddy’s vocals in my mind as you played it, so I know you got it down right. I’d forgotten that I used to play this one back in the 80’s. I spent so much time transcribing and learning it from a Rush song book that had no tabs. I wish I still had that book. Wow, so long ago. Maybe I’ll get back to my roots and use your lesson to relearn it.
Thanks! Yeah I used a couple of old Rush TAB books from the 80's (that I still have). I now know that many of them were incorrect! lol
awesome, that intro was amazing
thanks Rudy! It's a great intro that I would use for warmups too
I've been playing this song for years and was always missing that little "something" that would make it stand out. Thank you for helping me complete this epic song! Amazing job!
thanks Gregory!
Thanks for the breakdown. Great lesson.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is Rushes Ten Years Gone. Just amazing arrangement, amazing playing by lifeson, Lee and peat with incredible writing by Peart and singing by Lee. This is what defines Rush as being great. They have a lot of awesome tunes but a lot of songs that are a little to cutesy and not Rocking enough. This album and this tune especially is Rush as their finest. Unbelievable and a song clearly played live in the studio given the feel and interaction between the musicians. It would be impossible to capture this timing and this inspiration with a click and everything played in isolation as a overdub. No way. This is why they can play their tunes live so effortlessly. This is a band where the whole is greater than the sum of its virtuoso parts.
Incredible recording and certainly in the top 10 of all time but probably high up on the list
Two big thumbs up, awesome !!!
thanks so much meatpuppet!
Great lesson
Thanks so m,uch!
Excellent! 😎👍🎸
thanks Jeff!
Glad I came across your channel! Best lesson of this song. Great job!
Thanks Lawrence for your kind words1
Awesome dude! I finally found someone that knows the few missing parts of this song I struggled with. Helped me a bunch and I thank you. Your playing is very good and I like the volume pedal for the intro versus using the volume to swell up and down with! Saw Rush six times and still couldn't figure out what Lifeson was doing. Well Done Sir!
Thank you Joe! Glad I could have been of some help
Thank you so much!!! You are incredible!!
you are most welcome! Glad you got something out of it! 😀
I saw your 335 and knew this was going to be an excellent video. You did not disappoint. Thank you! What a great song.
Ya know, as I was working on this on my own, I kept wanting to do this on just the E&A strings, and sliding up to the 10th fret of the E and doing my box up there. It sounded tighter with the fretted notes vs open. Do you do it both ways? Made me smile when I saw Alex doing it this way too. Do you alternate for whatever mood you're in? I do that all the time. I've seen Page doing it all the time. It's like "now he's playing the D up/down here!" I guess it keeps them entertained when they're playing the same tunes night after night.
Does not matter in the slightest. It's always about what comfortable for 'you' the player.
Thank you. You made my day. I wish to shake Alex Lifeson's hand one day. May have watched the film on them a hundred times, tear up every single time.
thanks! Alex and Geddy know of my Rush tribute in Chicago but I have never met them. Sometimes their road crew would come out and see us if they were in town way back when they were stil touring.
Great lesson, thank you
Glad you liked it!
Brilliant
thanks Bill!
Fantastic job. You took a tough song and broke it down into digestible parts. Well done!
Thank you Scott!
Amazing lesson and sounds great my friend 👍🏻 Have a nice weekend!
Thank you Sacheen! You have a good one too!
I got here by accident, but damn you nailed one of my favorite RUSH songs and got an instant "subscribe" from me ! I look foward to the content you provide!!! 10 thumbs up!!
thank you so much! I wil lbe resuming posting content very soon
Great stuff. I play certain bits differently but that made more sense!
Thanks! Yeah, actually sometimes I play some parts differently too in my Rush tribute band, just for variety. Turns out Alex does too! .
Wow, that sounds like one of the most fun songs to play! I am going to try it. I saw Primus cover it on their tour this last year. Suprisingly powerful to hear them play it live. Doubleneck guitars and all. Cygnus X1 was equally good.
Thanks Calvin! I remember seeing Primus backup Rush during the Counterparts tour
So, just the 473 different parts to learn then?! I take my hat of to you sir, great job. PT
Ha! Thanks Percy! Yeah, it does sometimes feel like that!
Incredible tone out of that Epiphone! What is your set up?
Kemper Profiler. I use a Marshal Silver Jubilee profile. Otherwise, an Ibanez Tube Screamer, Boss CE-1, some digital delay and reverb.
Great
Excellent your channel can You play of stryper free a tutorial please
What gauge strings are you using on that Xanadu lead? Wow, you nailed that rif!
thanks! I use DiAddarioXL-125's which are a hybrid 9's-10's
Ah yes, a great old Rush song. I remember sitting in my bedroom around 1980 playing this over and over. Learning riffs from Rush, Montrose, Van Halen, Zeppelin....great times.
Ha! You sound like me! Thanks
My favorite Rush song and one of my favorite songs of all-time. Can you share the preset you use for it on Axe-Change? I have an FX3 but should be able to convert it using FracTool.... I want to learn this song, so cool. Thanks for the lesson!
Sure! I'll try to get to it tomorrow
@@TheSixStringCorner That would be awesome. Thanks!
@@waynebush7934 Should be there now
@@TheSixStringCorner Just got it. Thanks!
@@waynebush7934 Lemme know if you want to know how the scenes went for each part of the song. Of all the Rush songs I have played live this one (and La Villa) required the most scenes
Halo my friend. Thanks for sharing. Wish you a nice day…..Kjell
Have a great day Kjell!
😮
Hey Six String Corner, I don’t want to be that guy but there is an error in this lesson in so far as how Lifeson actually plays the song in specific the riffs at approx 2:08 of the play through is actually played in the 5th position. If you watch Alex he does those crazy long stretches/slides on the A and low E strings, he doesn’t involve the D string at all. The tonalities are very different even though you are playing the same notes. It’s way easier to do the way you lay it out and I played it that way for 20+ years until I watched him closely in amble video a few years back and it’s obvious he doesn’t play it in open position . Otherwise killer job dude !!
Nah, yer not that guy. To be honest there are also other Rush songs that can be played a little different than he does. Most of it revolves around him not using his little finger in most solos and riffs. That has been frustrating for me to watch. It's just how he learned to play and he mastered it. For me, I'm all for easier ways to play. As long as it is the same notes, I'm good
@@TheSixStringCorner yeah man you are right about that Hadn’t actually thought of that but there are subtle tonality differences in the way he plays certain things. For exp playing the open chords up and down the neck during the part before the verse starts we here you descend from the 12th fret down the neck lots of peeps out the low E on that that’s definitely not right because you hear the open E drone plus lots of peeps don’t fret the E note on the 9th fret of the G when doing the opening riff as the spaciness swirls they use the open high E and that’s clearly not right as you can hear the difference because that high E rings out too long if you don’t do it the way Al does. Thanks for not taking offense ! Very solid lesson and great playing man !
@@GMHG777 thanks! Hey no problem! If I could tell you how many times I had to change how I played certain parts of Rush songs because of someone pointing it out, I'd be here all day! thanks for the feedback!