Dear Cameron, I don't know how to read music. I just want to thank you for your attitude towards teaching. I suck at technology and I'm having problems moving upwards, however, you make it learnable. I am so driven to learn that I am going slowly, but steady. While not knowing how to read is maybe a hindrance, I never would've bought my first guitar and holed up in my bedroom for 6 months and my hippie sister's record player that had a 16 rpm setting so I could get the fingering slowly, and speed it up, once I thought I had it. Just this one video shows me that it is possible and these are all over the neck. Thanks again for your attitude, because it's really all about people. I would love to have a beer and jam with you!!
jeffery podrug That's a really kind comment Jeffery! Thank you so much! I'm really glad that you like my attitude towards teaching and learning from me. :)
jeffery podrug my friend it all seems difficult ,at certain stages trust you will learn it my suggestion learn.your scales an fretboard recognition .don't pay to much attention to what everyone else is playing rather understand what you just played being familiar with your scales will help .good luck to you,and keep the faith .cb
Not being able to read music is not as big a handicap as you'd think, some of the most famous player in the world can't read music, although it does help to be able to, it's not essential when you are just starting out on guitar, especially as there is an absolute tonne of great vids on youtube to help you, my two places to try first would be the justin sandercoe's channel, and the 'Your Guitar Sage' channel, both have great tuition videos for beginner's. As I say, learning to read music is a good skill to have, but when you are beginning, it may just confuse you, I have been playing for 20 years and I still can't read standard notation much above what I learned at school, but what little I do know helps me figure out melodies from tablature when I haven't got the audio, and if you do want to learn to read music, there are also tutorials for that on youtube too, and if you ever want to learn classical guitar pieces, it is invaluable.
You can still teach yourself theory without learning to read sheet music. Learning chords, scales, and how to play over a key center is way more important than reading. Although I do read.
I could read music in high school. Can't now. Use your ear. I'm at the point where I can just 'pick the notes' as I solo....enough time/practice will show you, but you have to listen. see the shapes on the fretboard, memorize them, learn the notes and the theory that connects them. You would be surprised how many scale shapes simply interchange depending on the key/mode.
Edward Van Halen came up with these unique and different phrasings, using an open string instead of frettjng the note, etc. 43 years later, young guitarists are discovering EVH for the first time. I wish i was discovering EVH for the first time now but im not. In 1977, I ruined several turn tables trying to figure out what Eddie was doing. We put our index finger on the LP to slow it down which helped somewhat. There was no tableture, no internet, no cell phone, no locking tremelos. In 1978, EVH did an interview with Guitar Player magazine and he revealed a few of his techniques, we were overjoyed!
Haha! Right! We did everything by ear at tempo which was great practice. That is smart but funny that you were slowing it down with your finger. I love that! That is such a thrasher move!. It would change the pitch though! I had a low end turn table so i didn't worry about messing it up. It was more that my records were full of hiss from micro scratches of me lifting the needle in the same place. In '84 I went to Musician's Institute and in a little practice room Jennifer Batten pulled out some stuff that was digitally recorded on a little unit and slowed it down with the notes statying at the right pitch! It was like being on Star Trek! The first time I heard the end of Eruption going into You Really Got Me, I was so mesmerized that I walked into a pole at school knocking my head on it. It kept ringing like a gong but I ignored it, quickly got up and went over to the kid with the boom box. If I was driving I would've crashed. hearing the fret board tapping part on eruption creates a HUGE desire to experience what it feels like to play that even a little...and I'm a bassist. The same is true at different levels regarding a million other parts of songs. Because of that, though, I believe the best way to start learning music is to explore what you want and try to "find" the thing on your instrument. It's weird thing about this kid, Eddie, guitarists of that era and their tone. In some ways, regarding his tone, it doesn't seem like it was something he cultivated through expression and taste or whatever. It was as though there was an actual objective thing a few of those guys, like Blackmore, Schenker, Gary Moore... kept getting closer to, but he got closer to the bull's eye than anyone. He recorded that first album on a guitar that he made from discarded parts that the Fender shop was going to throw away and that he added that voltage knob to adjust the actual volume while keeping the volume knob on 10. Where ever a guitarist got hooked on that album, a very enthusiastic band formed around him.
First time I heard van Halen was in a bar.....You Really Got Me was playing. I knew it from the Kinks. So I thought pretty heavy version this.....with all the little notes and thingies in between. Than came the solo, I was like "wtf".....this is ffing brilliant....for a short while the Kinks got some magical proportions in my head. That magic shifted position when someone was so kind to point out it was a band called van Halen. After that I listened to a lot of their stuff.... mindboggling for me as someone just starting to play.... I love Eddie's groove, that blues funky rock thing that makes you sink into the music so easily ...
It's a dive. And it's exactly what Mick Mars did on the intro to Kick Start My Heart. Open D, A, and E dives, but because of the tuning it's C, G, and D
I always wonder if people ever realize how talented EVH is and all that’s going on while he’s playing. Love that you took his style a time and took it in other directions. Damn great playing!!!
Once you grasp these scales, they are so refreshing to play. It also strengthens your fingers that allow blues picking to feel at ease. Great lesson as always.
you can hear this lick being played in the solo to ''into the fire'' by Dokken, its amazing to see the impact Eddie had on the 80's shredders, he was truly the best
Funny you put it that way, it’s actually the ascending lick in the “Into the fire” solo is where I made an EVH connection myself! I actually use more when playing improv EVH than I use it when trying to replicate Lynch’s playing 😂
I'm 64 and have played since I was 13 and you Sir have taught me a lot of new links that inspire me to keep learning. Your playing is old school with new school, like Stevie T, you Guys are awesome players.
Cameron Cooper love your videos. Your are a magnificent guitar player . I have a question . Can you play the sequence only striking the first note and use hammer ons or is it necessary to alternate pick the first string ?
Cameron Cooper sure and this is even why i follow you on almost every video ... you are the down to heart guy that can really play the guitar ... you know , we can ask you things with no worry to be threated bad ...you will have success and big live stages soon , i feel i know ... rembember of us then ;)
Cameron Cooper thanks so much for all the great videos would love to hear your take on little fighter buy white lion I really think that's an amazing guitar solo and would love to hear you play it
This video delivered on the title. I've been playing guitar for a while and been in several bands. Always had the blues and even some jazz, but the shred never clicked for me. This made alot of lightbulbs go off, thanks dude \m/
Bro...I love you. As someone who has been playing solely by ear for almost four decades, I really appreciate the way you communicate. Lost my joy for playing years ago doing the "working solo guy" one man band thing to feed my family, and tbo I am just now getting my hunger back for playing, and for music in general. Can't thank you enough for the inspiration to learn and grow again.
Thanks, you've helped inspire me to try to break out of the slump I've fallen into as of late. after years of playing, like 40+ you tend to fall into your same old patterns and I appreciate your youthful view on this old lick.
you’re definitely are on the right path. Take Evertything anyone ever did and do what this man is showing you- change it around as many ways as you can. You’ll learn to make music that way
Wow! Great lesson and great technique! Your speed is very impressive. This lick will take much practice to get up to speed for sure, but I am definitely going to add it to my playing style. Thank you for sharing!
This is an awesome intro into unlocking the fretboard. Thank you for the easy, short tutorial! I wish more instructional content like this was available for beginner guitarists like me. Rock on!
You were absolutely correct, this will increase anyone's level in a short time! I now use this lick every time I pick up my axe! This ultimate shred tool will transform your playing...!!! Thank you 😊
Yeah dude this lick is a game changer for sure, all of my favorite players utilized this lick quite a bit like Eddie, Dimebag, and Zakk Wylde. You flipping rip man.
Note: Bravo to you! What you are teaching is old school methods of practice, that many are no longer taught! One of the best way to be able to play great players leads and riffs is to break them down. I started lessons at the age of 6 in 1967, trained traditional and then at 9 trained in classical.... It wasn't until my high school band teacher made everything work magically in my brain by breaking all things into thirds (Triplets Theory).... I played guitar, keyboards, drums and was a very serious tuba player (interview with Philly Philharmonics at 17 and a 4 year scholarship to Berklee in Boston, Which I never took or attended. Later music theory with famous guitarist Gary Hoey, who had his music studio in Cambridge Mass, just 2 years before he became famous......Why I am saying all this is to all those who watch your video and yourself, YOU can become a tremendous guitarist or musician by doing just the simplest of steps every day. Make a game of it, play to the recordings, do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable, but break them down and practice... You will be amazed at your own progress. CAMERON COOPER, thank you sir for your video, you are doing a service and doing it well! Bravo!!!!
Jim B Really kind of you Jim! Thank you very much! It's great to hear that you can play an eclectic range of instruments too that's fantastic. It might surprise you to know that I have never had a formal music lesson in my entire life. I barely know basic theory, I just know my keys and which ones are relative to each other. My progression has come from trial and error and learning lots of little things by ear and transferring them to my playing. That probably explains why my teaching is a little weird to some. Thank you again. Really appreciate it! :)
I've never watched Badlands chugs once and it's constantly in my recommended, RUclips wants to be woke so badly they promote a channel of an obese man killing himself
U make me wanna throw my guitar away because I don't I'll ever be this good. You are insanely good for a young man. I'm learning a lot of new stuff from u. Keep up the awesome luck lessons
Hey Cam, back to check out this awesome lesson. And many more. Your videos are an absolute treasure trove of inspirational techniques and ideas. Have a great Christmas! 🎄🎅🎁
I've always been a huge Van Halen fan and still love Eddie's style of playing. I've played guitar on and off for over 20 years and recently i broke my left wrist so i'm learning to play all over again it's hard but it's lessons like this that inspire me not to give up! Keep them coming young shred meister. 🎸
@@CameronCooper Absolutely and Thank You for sharing this blistering example of what can be done with triplets! 😎 I used to know how to play Spanish fly...but i never sat down to methodically examine in detail the runs or scale structure of the song. Keep on doing what you do, perhaps you can do some examples of Eddie Van Halen's riffs and licks for future lessons? 🎸
Great lessons on runs and licks Cameron like the phrase says "learn to burn" great because you slow it down and show it and explain what your doing don't stop these !!!!!!!!
Nice lesson,it' amazing how such a simple lick can be utiilized into endless possibilities,your speed is on point-Thanks for your the post,Keep that shit rockin bro...
It took us about three days at amusicstore We worked on a nylon ovation to learn that spanish fly from the notes in the vanhalen songbook bout 81' played it bout 5 days and never have played it again. Your awesome.
Great idea, I will try that one. I do the same with many of the licks I use - move them around, mix them up, use the same licks in different scale shapes etc. If you do that in a gig setting I'm not sure the audience is gonna' notice it's the same lick, unless they play guitar. I must admit I do notice when I'm watching other bands, even if their playing jazz, I notice the same patterns and notes just jigged around...
Great lesson man. This will really help people break out of the boxes and make flowing rythm lines. I like to pick 3 notes and the hammer/pull 3.this creates a nice rhythm dynamic, between the 2.Well done man. Great guitar tone
Fun! I'm trying this. Guitar is my hobby..drumming is my career..so playing guitar is relaxing, without the stress of real grindstone practice. Thanks!
Awesome, dude. I think Eddie uses the same lick in many songs, but the one that comes to my mind is “Drop Dead Legs’, around 1:20 and then at 2:30 again (after the chorus).
Me too , I've been playing by ear all my life and now I'm 53 and have started watching these videos and seeing different runs and things, its absolutely amazing how good so many kids are these days, this kid / man is insanely good
You are VERY talented. Geez, very impressive! You are one of the only ones I've seen who is truly worthy to pick up and play a guitar that looks exactly like THAT. No kidding, hell you've even got the sound. Amazing. As a teenager and young adult back in "the day" (i.e. early to mid 80s) I spent untold hours, well at least I consiidered the hours to be a lot 😀, trying to learn EVH licks. I barely scratched the surface, ran into trouble with his speed, the right hand AND the left hand speed. We didn't have You Tube, couldn't slow it down, all we had access to was the music on an album or cassette, and, if we were lucky, some mostly accurate tab ... like that helped with Eddie and his wizardry ... or, better yet, a friend who could show you how to play a lick, passage, etc. Of course those were as rare as hen's teeth. Still, what we did have was TIME, and yet no one I knew was able to get even close with the speed. Later I saw a VHS tape of Gilbert with Racer X ... but that's a whole 'nother story. 😀 Good luck with your playing, don't ever stop. Eddie never stopped, no reason you should.
Dear Cameron, I don't know how to read music. I just want to thank you for your attitude towards teaching. I suck at technology and I'm having problems moving upwards, however, you make it learnable. I am so driven to learn that I am going slowly, but steady. While not knowing how to read is maybe a hindrance, I never would've bought my first guitar and holed up in my bedroom for 6 months and my hippie sister's record player that had a 16 rpm setting so I could get the fingering slowly, and speed it up, once I thought I had it. Just this one video shows me that it is possible and these are all over the neck. Thanks again for your attitude, because it's really all about people. I would love to have a beer and jam with you!!
jeffery podrug That's a really kind comment Jeffery! Thank you so much! I'm really glad that you like my attitude towards teaching and learning from me. :)
jeffery podrug my friend it all seems difficult ,at certain stages trust you will learn it my suggestion learn.your scales an fretboard recognition .don't pay to much attention to what everyone else is playing rather understand what you just played being familiar with your scales will help .good luck to you,and keep the faith .cb
Not being able to read music is not as big a handicap as you'd think, some of the most famous player in the world can't read music, although it does help to be able to, it's not essential when you are just starting out on guitar, especially as there is an absolute tonne of great vids on youtube to help you, my two places to try first would be the justin sandercoe's channel, and the 'Your Guitar Sage' channel, both have great tuition videos for beginner's.
As I say, learning to read music is a good skill to have, but when you are beginning, it may just confuse you, I have been playing for 20 years and I still can't read standard notation much above what I learned at school, but what little I do know helps me figure out melodies from tablature when I haven't got the audio, and if you do want to learn to read music, there are also tutorials for that on youtube too, and if you ever want to learn classical guitar pieces, it is invaluable.
You can still teach yourself theory without learning to read sheet music. Learning chords, scales, and how to play over a key center is way more important than reading. Although I do read.
I could read music in high school. Can't now. Use your ear. I'm at the point where I can just 'pick the notes' as I solo....enough time/practice will show you, but you have to listen. see the shapes on the fretboard, memorize them, learn the notes and the theory that connects them. You would be surprised how many scale shapes simply interchange depending on the key/mode.
Edward Van Halen came up with these unique and different phrasings, using an open string instead of frettjng the note, etc. 43 years later, young guitarists are discovering EVH for the first time. I wish i was discovering EVH for the first time now but im not. In 1977, I ruined several turn tables trying to figure out what Eddie was doing. We put our index finger on the LP to slow it down which helped somewhat. There was no tableture, no internet, no cell phone, no locking tremelos. In 1978, EVH did an interview with Guitar Player magazine and he revealed a few of his techniques, we were overjoyed!
Haha! Right! We did everything by ear at tempo which was great practice. That is smart but funny that you were slowing it down with your finger. I love that! That is such a thrasher move!. It would change the pitch though! I had a low end turn table so i didn't worry about messing it up. It was more that my records were full of hiss from micro scratches of me lifting the needle in the same place.
In '84 I went to Musician's Institute and in a little practice room Jennifer Batten pulled out some stuff that was digitally recorded on a little unit and slowed it down with the notes statying at the right pitch! It was like being on Star Trek!
The first time I heard the end of Eruption going into You Really Got Me, I was so mesmerized that I walked into a pole at school knocking my head on it. It kept ringing like a gong but I ignored it, quickly got up and went over to the kid with the boom box. If I was driving I would've crashed. hearing the fret board tapping part on eruption creates a HUGE desire to experience what it feels like to play that even a little...and I'm a bassist. The same is true at different levels regarding a million other parts of songs. Because of that, though, I believe the best way to start learning music is to explore what you want and try to "find" the thing on your instrument.
It's weird thing about this kid, Eddie, guitarists of that era and their tone. In some ways, regarding his tone, it doesn't seem like it was something he cultivated through expression and taste or whatever. It was as though there was an actual objective thing a few of those guys, like Blackmore, Schenker, Gary Moore... kept getting closer to, but he got closer to the bull's eye than anyone.
He recorded that first album on a guitar that he made from discarded parts that the Fender shop was going to throw away and that he added that voltage knob to adjust the actual volume while keeping the volume knob on 10.
Where ever a guitarist got hooked on that album, a very enthusiastic band formed around him.
True, we used to have to listen to records and play along. Tedious, but it improved our ears with respect to music.
Back in my day we walked 4 miles to school and....
First time I heard van Halen was in a bar.....You Really Got Me was playing.
I knew it from the Kinks.
So I thought pretty heavy version this.....with all the little notes and thingies in between.
Than came the solo, I was like "wtf".....this is ffing brilliant....for a short while the Kinks got some magical proportions in my head.
That magic shifted position when someone was so kind to point out it was a band called van Halen.
After that I listened to a lot of their stuff.... mindboggling for me as someone just starting to play....
I love Eddie's groove, that blues funky rock thing that makes you sink into the music so easily ...
@@mindcontrol67 We did and that was in the winter months in the U.P. of mich.
The very first bend sounded like kickstart my heart by Motley Crue haha
X3 xd
Ya mean Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter? Lol. Crüe stole that from them
A bit of Eruption mixed in too.
@@LanningKann yep!
It's a dive. And it's exactly what Mick Mars did on the intro to Kick Start My Heart. Open D, A, and E dives, but because of the tuning it's C, G, and D
I always wonder if people ever realize how talented EVH is and all that’s going on while he’s playing. Love that you took his style a time and took it in other directions. Damn great playing!!!
He changed the world of guitar playing forever. He's onw if rare pioneers.
Once you grasp these scales, they are so refreshing to play. It also strengthens your fingers that allow blues picking to feel at ease. Great lesson as always.
you can hear this lick being played in the solo to ''into the fire'' by Dokken, its amazing to see the impact Eddie had on the 80's shredders, he was truly the best
Well done catching that. As soon as I read the comment I heard the solo.
Now I have to watch Nightmare on Elm Street 3 because you mentioned that song
Funny you put it that way, it’s actually the ascending lick in the “Into the fire” solo is where I made an EVH connection myself! I actually use more when playing improv EVH than I use it when trying to replicate Lynch’s playing 😂
I'm 64 and have played since I was 13 and you Sir have taught me a lot of new links that inspire me to keep learning. Your playing is old school with new school, like Stevie T, you Guys are awesome players.
I like that ascending legato part you are doing
in the beginning. I am going to learn that.
100,000 views on this one too! You guys are really loving the Van Halen themed videos. :)
Cameron Cooper love your videos. Your are a magnificent guitar player . I have a question . Can you play the sequence only striking the first note and use hammer ons or is it necessary to alternate pick the first string ?
Cameron Cooper sure and this is even why i follow you on almost every video ... you are the down to heart guy that can really play the guitar ... you know , we can ask you things with no worry to be threated bad ...you will have success and big live stages soon , i feel i know ... rembember of us then ;)
Good Amp side manner here.
Cameron Cooper thanks so much for all the great videos would love to hear your take on little fighter buy white lion I really think that's an amazing guitar solo and would love to hear you play it
MDV 123 I'll check it out. Never listened to White Lion
If there’s any lick I’ve seen you play a lot it’s this one! It’s helped me very much too!
This video delivered on the title. I've been playing guitar for a while and been in several bands. Always had the blues and even some jazz, but the shred never clicked for me. This made alot of lightbulbs go off, thanks dude \m/
Bro...I love you. As someone who has been playing solely by ear for almost four decades, I really appreciate the way you communicate. Lost my joy for playing years ago doing the "working solo guy" one man band thing to feed my family, and tbo I am just now getting my hunger back for playing, and for music in general. Can't thank you enough for the inspiration to learn and grow again.
By the looks of your frets, you've spent a tremendous amount of time practicing with it. I totally respect and admire that.
Thanks, you've helped inspire me to try to break out of the slump I've fallen into as of late. after years of playing, like 40+ you tend to fall into your same old patterns and I appreciate your youthful view on this old lick.
Sonny 6String That's no problem, you're very welcome. Thanks for getting in touch. :)
Your content is getting better and better. .. great lesson
NCASO Thank you so much! :)
Cameron Cooper wich Amp are use it?
you’re definitely are on the right path. Take Evertything anyone ever did and do what this man is showing you- change it around as many ways as you can. You’ll learn to make music that way
Wow! Great lesson and great technique! Your speed is very impressive. This lick will take much practice to get up to speed for sure, but I am definitely going to add it to my playing style. Thank you for sharing!
Dude your unlocking some gems to Van Halen rock playing and rock playing in general.
Thanks for this one Cameron. Excited to try this one when I get home tonight!
One could only dream of playing scales lightning fast like that! Amazing! Great sound too!
Absolute genius playing and teaching - smashing good presentation !
This is an awesome intro into unlocking the fretboard. Thank you for the easy, short tutorial! I wish more instructional content like this was available for beginner guitarists like me. Rock on!
0:00 I actually thought it was the beginning of the song kickstart my heart😂😂😂
Sondre Emil Mick Mars (Motley guitarist) is awesome!
Lmao same here
Haha me too!
Sameee
Where is this lick in the song?
You were absolutely correct, this will increase anyone's level in a short time! I now use this lick every time I pick up my axe!
This ultimate shred tool will transform your playing...!!! Thank you 😊
Yeah dude this lick is a game changer for sure, all of my favorite players utilized this lick quite a bit like Eddie, Dimebag, and Zakk Wylde. You flipping rip man.
Note: Bravo to you! What you are teaching is old school methods of practice, that many are no longer taught! One of the best way to be able to play great players leads and riffs is to break them down. I started lessons at the age of 6 in 1967, trained traditional and then at 9 trained in classical.... It wasn't until my high school band teacher made everything work magically in my brain by breaking all things into thirds (Triplets Theory).... I played guitar, keyboards, drums and was a very serious tuba player (interview with Philly Philharmonics at 17 and a 4 year scholarship to Berklee in Boston, Which I never took or attended. Later music theory with famous guitarist Gary Hoey, who had his music studio in Cambridge Mass, just 2 years before he became famous......Why I am saying all this is to all those who watch your video and yourself, YOU can become a tremendous guitarist or musician by doing just the simplest of steps every day. Make a game of it, play to the recordings, do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable, but break them down and practice... You will be amazed at your own progress. CAMERON COOPER, thank you sir for your video, you are doing a service and doing it well! Bravo!!!!
Jim B Really kind of you Jim! Thank you very much! It's great to hear that you can play an eclectic range of instruments too that's fantastic. It might surprise you to know that I have never had a formal music lesson in my entire life. I barely know basic theory, I just know my keys and which ones are relative to each other. My progression has come from trial and error and learning lots of little things by ear and transferring them to my playing. That probably explains why my teaching is a little weird to some. Thank you again. Really appreciate it! :)
who listened to the first 38 seconds like 20 times
it was good huh. ❤
:08 to :16 over and over
I did
Yep same
Slowed it down and repeated to get it down. Damn thats a badass blues run.
Man you are so down to earth for a guy that can jam that fucking good.
Scale sequences on 2 strings are super effective . Great lesson dude!
That was a great demonstration. It’s awesome to see a young guy love playing all his guitars so much 😊
Great lesson and great channel!
Thank you, just what I was looking for.
I don’t even play guitar but ever since I watched one video it’s all I see in my recommended
I've never watched Badlands chugs once and it's constantly in my recommended, RUclips wants to be woke so badly they promote a channel of an obese man killing himself
its a sign that you should pick up a 6 string :)
U make me wanna throw my guitar away because I don't I'll ever be this good. You are insanely good for a young man. I'm learning a lot of new stuff from u. Keep up the awesome luck lessons
The Evh striped is the best guitar you can get for the money off the shelf.
It’s a total beast, plays and sounds amazing
Wonderful playing. I am a guitar player playing since 2010. Got it really quickly . Thank you .
3:40 kinda sounds like that descending lick in the solo on The Shortest Straw by Metallica
Great Playing & attention to detail. You've got the magic bro.
Hey Cam, back to check out this awesome lesson. And many more. Your videos are an absolute treasure trove of inspirational techniques and ideas. Have a great Christmas! 🎄🎅🎁
Thanks a lot Edward! Wishing you and your family a very happy Christmas also :)
revisiting this after hearing of EVH passing away. I intend to actually learn this ascending lick now. Thanks for the lesson btw.
Excellent,thanks for sharing...
cast390 You're welcome. :)
I've always been a huge Van Halen fan and still love Eddie's style of playing. I've played guitar on and off for over 20 years and recently i broke my left wrist so i'm learning to play all over again it's hard but it's lessons like this that inspire me not to give up! Keep them coming young shred meister. 🎸
That's so kind of you thanks so much! Really appreciate it! :)
@@CameronCooper
Absolutely and Thank You for sharing this blistering example of what can be done with triplets! 😎
I used to know how to play Spanish fly...but i never sat down to methodically examine in detail the runs or scale structure of the song.
Keep on doing what you do, perhaps you can do some examples of Eddie Van Halen's riffs and licks for future lessons? 🎸
Awesome man!! Thanks a bunch, that's great!
Thank you for these lick ideas Cameron! I really like your channel.
Great EVH run Cam! Had to learn it! Seems to follow that Dorian Mode pattern that Eddie liked to play around in the early days! 😊👍👍🎸🎶
brilliant lesson thanks
Love it! Your tone and playing just kick ass! I wish Yamaha would make a hundred watt version of that amp.
it does exist
fabrizio peretti there is a thr100 but it's not the same as the thr10x it does not have any of the effects or different tones.
Roger Philabaum right you mean not the same amp models.. that's true
fabrizio peretti right. So it does not exist.
@@rogerphilabaum4563 well that was rather condescending, Roger. Apologize
Great lessons on runs and licks Cameron like the phrase says "learn to burn" great because you slow it down and show it and explain what your doing don't stop these !!!!!!!!
Thank you Ray I really appreciate it! :)
Ok just let me do like 10 lines of cacaine n ill be ready in no time..
What a great warmup exercise. Thanks for the vid!
THis is actually a really great lick to practice. Now I just need the speed
Great way to clean up fast picking runs!
Really quite helpful video. Gonna go back and study it in more detail later. Cheers!
Frickin rad man, definitely learning this
Nuno Bettencourt taught the same thing before. Makes sense he's a big EVH fan
That tone dude!
ty sir, very good job teaching technique
Pete Catalano Thank you Pete! ;)
Thank you Cameron!
WOW!!!! U MAKE IT LOOK EASY!!!
nice job!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nice lesson,it' amazing how such a simple lick can be utiilized into endless possibilities,your speed is on point-Thanks for your the post,Keep that shit rockin bro...
It took us about three days at amusicstore
We worked on a nylon ovation to learn that spanish fly from the notes in the vanhalen songbook bout 81' played it bout 5 days and never have played it again. Your awesome.
I had internet when I started playing and this still describes me. Learn it, play it, fuhget
Superb playing!
Very good job. I'll try to incorporate it in my play. Thanks !!
Great idea, I will try that one. I do the same with many of the licks I use - move them around, mix them up, use the same licks in different scale shapes etc. If you do that in a gig setting I'm not sure the audience is gonna' notice it's the same lick, unless they play guitar. I must admit I do notice when I'm watching other bands, even if their playing jazz, I notice the same patterns and notes just jigged around...
Mr Cooper
Absolutely super
You are a great help! Thank you for the mini lesson!
Thanks man sounds killer!!
Fantastic. You make it look so easy
Cam Halen!! Killer dude!!!!
Wicked!, I always thought he picked every note when he did that lick. Definitely in my top 3 licks of his. Thanks!!!
Sounds pretty good if you play it only as legato too. Thanks for the vid! Now I know what I'm gonna be practicing for the next few days
Nanika he did play it legato 🤔
Great lesson man. This will really help people break out of the boxes and make flowing rythm lines. I like to pick 3 notes and the hammer/pull 3.this creates a nice rhythm dynamic, between the 2.Well done man. Great guitar tone
Thumbs up for your sound and technique.
GuitarPlusOne Thanks a lot :)
Paul Gilbert utilizes the same technique on the Technical Difficulties run at the end. Great vid!
feel like I am watching a young Paul McCartney play Eddie Van Halen riffs. Well done! Keep it up!
Michael Conti Thank you Michael. :)
Michael Conti
Fun! I'm trying this. Guitar is my hobby..drumming is my career..so playing guitar is relaxing, without the stress of real grindstone practice. Thanks!
VH forever nice playing and gear.
This is like hearing the final part of the solo from Love Comes Walking In.
Fist bump for a great teaching method 👊🏻
Awesome, dude. I think Eddie uses the same lick in many songs, but the one that comes to my mind is “Drop Dead Legs’, around 1:20 and then at 2:30 again (after the chorus).
Thanks for the lesson
Dude. You explain that so simply. Never tried to play like Eddie. But will definitely use this. You can teach an old dog new tricks...🔥🎸
Me too , I've been playing by ear all my life and now I'm 53 and have started watching these videos and seeing different runs and things, its absolutely amazing how good so many kids are these days, this kid / man is insanely good
You are VERY talented. Geez, very impressive! You are one of the only ones I've seen who is truly worthy to pick up and play a guitar that looks exactly like THAT. No kidding, hell you've even got the sound. Amazing. As a teenager and young adult back in "the day" (i.e. early to mid 80s) I spent untold hours, well at least I consiidered the hours to be a lot 😀, trying to learn EVH licks. I barely scratched the surface, ran into trouble with his speed, the right hand AND the left hand speed. We didn't have You Tube, couldn't slow it down, all we had access to was the music on an album or cassette, and, if we were lucky, some mostly accurate tab ... like that helped with Eddie and his wizardry ... or, better yet, a friend who could show you how to play a lick, passage, etc. Of course those were as rare as hen's teeth. Still, what we did have was TIME, and yet no one I knew was able to get even close with the speed. Later I saw a VHS tape of Gilbert with Racer X ... but that's a whole 'nother story. 😀 Good luck with your playing, don't ever stop. Eddie never stopped, no reason you should.
Awesome video man. Thanks a lot. Now i have new to work on again🤘
This video is back . I like this . Very properly played !!
Sick tone bro
tasty AF playing 🤘🏻
My fingers wont move fast enough. So I'll have to play the same thing over and over again for days, weeks, till I want to throw my guitar. Thanks.
great lick, i love Van Halen, thank you so much!
You sir are one sick guitar player! I lover everything about your playing, your tone, your dynamics OMG. You are kicking some serious ass.
licks n kicks he said lover and ass haha haha beach's and butthead.
Wow! that was awesome, pretty simple yet big impact. thanks a lot.
Fuckin awesome dude. Sounds like you have a bit of harmonizer detune sheen on that tone too!
GATvsGAT I'm just using a Yamaha thr10x :)
Wow! Thanks for sharing! God bless you!
Lmao awesome, great lesson and holy 5150 that rig sounds amazing!
Best guitar teacher around! Thank you so much for offering these lessons 🤙
My pleasure!
You played that extremely well, however you could have slowed it down significantly for us mere mortals.
Just change the vid speed!
@@EdKidgell Yeah I could, but then I have to click on the cog wheel, select the speed. That's too much work lol.
FlopsyGuitarBunny - drink a few red bull vodka and you'll be faster.
Never worship another man bro. NEVER. That’s beta sh** nah just kidding 😂👋
Sounds amazing at speed! It so amazing at "Learner" speed!
well there goes the next week of my life
Great short lesson. Thanx.
Sine I've seen tgat you have many 'super-strats' ... there is a VH one used for 890€ in a shop down the city here... what do you think?
Tone is Godly🙌🏻🙌🏻