does POLYPHIA suck?
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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Student: I wanna learn Polyphia
Teacher: Me too
😭😭😭😭
😭😭
lol this was literally me, teacher straight up said I can’t help you 😭
Me three 😭
😂
Students: I want to learn Polyphia.
Teacher: Bruh, you're starting with AC/DC.
Wish i had a teacher man lmao
That’s why teachers are overrated. I loved my guitar teacher. He taught me the basics. Like how to hold a guitar, and correct finger positioning but when I stopped doing lessons I took off as a guitar player. Still am not the greatest and I know that, but I was able to branch out and I taught myself so many songs on my own (mostly Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys and some Beatles stuff). Granted they were simple at start but I built up and i can play some pretty impressive stuff like Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac, etc.
DIRTY DEEDS
It's A LONG WAY TOO THE TOP IF YOU WANNA ROCK N ROLL....
AC/DC is great for developing awesome vibrato.
Students: I want to learn polyphia
Teacher: let's learn Smoke on the Water
Prefiero Smoke on the water toda la vida!
Zero three five babi
The malmsteen cover or the G3 cover
You gotta walk before you can run…
To be fair smoke on the water is a way better riff than anything polyphia have ever done.
I love these students coming in with realistic starting goals 😂
Some people aim big you know. And polyphia has some easy songs to play that aren’t 40oz/playing god levels of hard … I think “Crush” is fairly doable to play on your first year
@@carlosf9278 I’m assuming this is coming from someone who has years of experience that’s absolutely untrue. You would have to dedicate your entire day every day to learn to play that song. Which for some people it’s doable but adults don’t have that time.
@@bochapman1058 have you listened to “crush” by polyphia? It’s very doable to get the hang of in your first year… the others that I named like “40oz/playing god” are significantly more difficult and may take years for a novice to get the hang/groove… IM AN ADULT TOO BTW :)… and I have time… well nowadays I have time since I managed to find the time to practice
@@bochapman1058it worked for me.
I just started this year but I've been learning GOAT and I can play the first half or so fine. I practice about 2 hours every other day, do you think it's really an unrealistic expectation?
The point is that polyphia making the great melodic tones. It’s not always about shredding and being the fastest.. It’s about making things that sound good to the ear.
I dont think it sounds good. I think its absolutely bored.
@@juanmanuelmesa1197 just listen to more stuff. Over the years, these progressive sounds become what you want to hear and the simpler stuff become boring.
@@leonardoandreoliveiracorre5286 dawg I listen to all kinds of music, stuff plemty progressive. Polyphia is absolutely lifeless, and almost exclusively about shredding. Polyphia is dream theater for gen x
@@leonardoandreoliveiracorre5286 I have years listening and making different kind of rock music and def the simple music wins over virtuosism. Long techinqued guitar solos are so bored...
@@juanmanuelmesa1197 It's pretty cool. But I prefer the real screeching soulful classic metal solos you would get in Judas Priest, Megadeth or Testament etc.
That's dope. I grew up with Clay, the bassist, and it's beautiful to see how influential they're becoming.
Do you still know him?
@@jackdaw1584 I haven't seen him in a long time. I used to record with his roommate, Jojo, and we'd all hangout. But that was like 6 or 7 years ago.
@@JaydenLand thats cool! Thanks for sharing
Yea slap pop was all the rage thanks to les on the radial and video. Others like Billy Sheahan were phenomenal bassists as well but because that slap always will stand out.
I do like how polyphias uses simple sound chords to make a good catch riff to build with. They do it so well. I think they’re playing I’d very precise which translates well for the style they play.
Wow that’s nuts. One of my close friends was clays neighbor when they lived out in Arlington and hung out a lot. It’s surreal to see them pop up in day to day life because of that.
I can agree with what he's saying, however that title was such a clickbait
yea shit
@@Matt-mu6ml true but no one reads the titles.
@@NinjaSushi2 except that’s the only reason I watched the video
@@snooch4529 same
@@NinjaSushi2 the only way to not read the title is to be illiterate or blind.
Him: excuse my not so perfect timing.
Me only been playing for 2 years: 🤤
I laughed out loud when I realized what emoji you used
LMAOOO
@Dayne Dumas Jesus Christ the good sovereign God cares about you my friend 😊
Jesus Christ cares about you all :" )
may you find hope and trust in Him
@pennthebaker Holy crap
You laid that riff really nice
Asks does Polyphia suck...procedes to not even answer the question 😂
Clickbait my man.
@@CatfishMan131
And it works. The only reason I'm even watching this.
Polyphia sounds like a drunk guy with good skills trying to riff battle himself
and its fucking great
Good description
@@ethanmuro7779lol
No
@@jturquoise you aren't a musician
@@jturquoiseI mean, if you're better than Polyphia, then maybe you should start uploading videos, maybe then your opinion will actually be relevant ♥️
"Excuse my timing"- ok now you're just showing off.
What's the worst part about prison tho?
@@sabalghoo
the butthurt.
Polyphia sounded like Midwest emo that accidentally recruited a Japanese bedroom guitarist. Shit dope af
I think we all know which guitarist you're referring to 😉
yea it's seiji igusa
jk ichika nito way too well known lmao
Accurate!
Exactly... Math rocks meets whatever
They suck. Its not music. Its instrument masturbation... writing the hardest songs to show off....equal to a any boring ass virtuoso
Fr I wanna say good job on actually teaching and talking about it in a effective way
New learners could grasp the idea at least very well
This was the first riff by polyphia that I learned. It is now part of my practice routine, along with the other things. It's definitely one of my all time fave riffs
What is the song hes playing? I want to learn it.
@@geckz3482 The Song is Called "The W6rst"
I really like your quick and simple yet thoughtful explanations on things. Really sets people up on a good path to expand on. Subscribed
Thank you! I’m happy if I can inspire people to play / practice and discover new ways to approach things :)
@@gavinbrooks100 well you are good at what you do. Be proud.
@@gavinbrooks100 stop doing clickbait titles, your content is good enough to stand on its own.
Calm, modest, clear spoken. High quality video.
This guy's just like Bernth. Insanely precise technique
Except that Bernth is not doing click baits and doesn’t show off that much
@@angryktulhu bernth is pretty up there with the showy offy playing too
I mean he is a teacher so, I would hope so.. but yeah they both are insanely clean.
@@angryktulhu click bait is part of being a smart marketeer. as long as it's not a lie or total misdirection I don't see anything wrong with it
dont know about insane
The cool thing with polyphia is each part isn’t hard but the hard part is putting all the parts together and remembering them.
Like some complex jazz standard.
@@Strings-jg2to yeah
Its not very good. Technically, its incredibly complex. But boring af to listen to.
@@LordRykard9376 Hard disagree
@@solidkeys Its borderline muzak.
I've played since 14 and can't hold a candle to you two. Be thankfull for your gift. Use it in a positive manner. Spend time teaching the youngsters.
Yes! That advice about stitching together parts is also helpful for learning stuff from CHON, The Fall of Troy, and At the Drive In. Each small chunk isn't too bad, but putting them together makes you jump all over the fretboard
Have u heard of tricot
@@minceraftfornite4334 I saw them live a few years back. They are great!
The fact that you just easily smashed though one of Polythia's hardest riffs is utterly incredible
Edit: a lot of people are saying this so I'm going clarify. A "the worst" riff may not be one of the hardest in your eyes but everything becomes easier when you go through the process of learning it. I said this based on what I've heard from other people. Please stop repeating what's been said many times already ...
Song?
@@r4ryder388 The Worst
i wouldn’t call it one of their hardest, i can personally play this but struggle with most of their other songs
@@vexedpixels I've heard it called on of their hardest riffs "to learn"
I'm not sure on its difficulty as I'm a noob at guitar, but good on you for learning such a challenging riff!
Tbh this is one of their easier songs to learn overall also its not that tough of a riff, just need to play it few times , others are way harder then this. For me personally O.D takes the cake, very tough to play clean and learn the timing.
Polyphia is the reason Ive picked guitar back up after nearly a decade of setting it down. It's also made me reason how much I used to ignore right hand techniques years ago.
They're the first truly innovative guitar players for nearly 20 years. I started playing 25 years ago, and reignited my interest
@@gollick someone hasn't heard of Ian Williams or Spencer Seim, Polyphia is just barely scratching the surface
@Kirill is a HOFer #97 yes and they're all equally as good and successful at it.
I'll wait with baited breath for 10 of these 100s that can write and produce stylish, poppy and melodic riffs that sit well within hip hop, metal or pop. 🕑
@Kirill is a HOFer #97 im only really familiar with their latest album from 2018. It's a total popfest. Most of their reviews recognise their ability to merge the technical with the catchy. That's a very very rare talent. I'd dare say your in a minority with your opinion
@@gollick Yes, its very hard, I'd say extremely hard, to make casual listeners like listening to their songs using crazy techniques that only virtuosos can understand or recognize.
My guy really played a sneaky Necrophagist lick before the sweep and thought nobody would notice 😏
This man has the skill and perfect temperament to a teacher. Wish I had him when I was learning piano
Really good advice. A lot of complicated riffs, even when I’m writing, I just break up into sections and it makes playing much them easier
Learning Polyphia riffs really helped me get acquainted with several different techniques. I can’t say I like all of their songs but they really know how to write some catchy and technically impressive riffs. It just sucks when some metalheads throw hissy-fits online trying to make fun of Polyphia fans just because they can’t stand anything that has pop or hiphop elements.
I’m that guy, really dislike polyphia. And people act like they’re the peak of virtuosity, no lol. Their writing is so sterilized. It’s like a pop “appropriation” of progressive metal. Bands like CHON and AAL have much more interesting and less derivative writing
And I personally love hip hop music so it’s not just that they fuse genres. And I could care less about their image. It’s literally all in the notes for me
@@HieronymousLexI disagree but hey, everyone has different tastes!
@@HieronymousLex you’re dim.. you can’t appreciate music and not admit Polyphia is awesome. You’re definitely not a musician. You can’t even tune your guitar by ear. Lul
@@HieronymousLex "im that guy" we can tell lmao I'm just curious who asked though
You seem really young for a guitar teacher. How old are you?
Love your channel
He’s 9. He was actually pewdiepie’s first ever subscriber.
What's a "Pewdipie"?
@@castleanthrax1833 bad
@@jungleblobs5225 Wft are you on about?
@@castleanthrax1833 pewdiepie sucks
I love the way they sound and listening to musical reviews and critiques won't change that.
Thought Polyphia isn't my cup of tea I'm glad they are around to keep young guitarists inspired. They are very talented dudes.
Ayy you're blowing up Gav! [:
I'm one of those students!
Thanks so much for learning this riff to teach me! I'm getting there! You're an amazing teacher. 10/10 would recommend getting lessons ❤️
Yooo!!!
I had polyphia but the antibiotics prescribed by the clinic cured it.
Tim Henson’s playing is also super nice to listen to and he has this tone that I haven’t heard from other people
A clean Strat?
I love them because I feel like harmonics are overlooked and they drop them in randomly
Technique aside, their ability to compose such music is ✨✨
They use midi to make it thats pretty lame
@@rensb9214 what music do you like?
@@rensb9214technique is still hard to pull of bro
@@rensb9214they use midi to design the riffs and then learn them on guitar, which is hardly lame when you take into account that they struggle to learn it themselves and continue to improve over time
@@rensb9214 I almost consider midi a plus tbh
almost no one can write truely original riffs
people are honestly bad at it
that's part of why so much music sounds the same
dispite the fact that you could mathematically
generate brand new chord progressions
every second from the beginning of the universe till now
and you will not have repeated a progression
humans just like to rewrite what they hear
we evolved to recognise and reproduce patterns
not infinitely generate unique ones
it's not in our nature to be creative
it's just a byproduct of pattern recognition
but by using random gen to get a small section
you can just customise the play of those parts
you end up with significantly better variety
imo it's also a more enjoyable creative process
so it's kind of a win win 🎉
They’re pretty cool but I absolutely love me some CHON. You should speak on the way those guys write!
Subdividing is definitely one of the most important things to start early on
It's the only way to approach anything hard , learning hard solos or riffs like this it's important to break the parts down into sections, play them slowly and put them all together.
I really love everything I have heard from Polyphia.
They really are advancing the craft by bringing in influences from outside of rock music and emulating the sound of chopped up samples in their writing.
Their music isn't for everyone but that's fine by my book, people are entitled to enjoy other things.
Gavin your skills are quite awesome. Badass that you share this with the rest of the world
“Anyone can do…”
My bass playing ass: “yeah, about that”
Usually if I really want to learn a polyphia song I'll buy the guitar pro tab for a few bucks and set it so it repeats a phrase like 50 times in a row. Start slow and build up from there.
That’s the way, that’s the way lol same
I went ahead and bought guitar pro for a year because I was doing it so much.
@@drainedeyes4268 What is "Guitar pro?" Is it just a tab site?
@@brettadkins4968 Google my friend
@@DamnDev1 Oh, thanks man. Next time I'll remember not to ask a question to an actual human being with hopes that perhaps they can explain what something is, how it works, whether or not they like it etcetera. I'm fucking lonely and don't know anyone other than myself who plays, next time I'll just fucking google it.
I heard some Steve Vai influence in that, like on Passion and Warfare
DYING FETUS. Teach me now
😂🍻
I cherish the "Your Treachery Will Die With You" music video. Love the faces made by the vocalists.
Dying fetus is one of if not the best band in the world
@@TheDivide77 they’re the best IMO
Yes!
You’re a good teacher. Just from this alone. Sincerely
Student: let’s do some polyphia
Teacher: how about hot cross buns
Polyphia just executes every technique a virtuoso would know in nearly every riff and somehow makes it a melody.
For real. Their premise is just "what if we literally never stop showing off?" And then they make it awesome by stitching together all the impressive tricks into a melody. Every second of their songs feels like it could be the impressive climax of another band's guitar solo.
@@Drekromancer that’s why it’s terrible
There's no melody in polyphia.
All licks
@@Drekromancer it loops right back around to being dumb, it's like watching someone ego lift.
@@justaguy328 if you think polyphia is terrible then you definitely know nothing about music
This guy seems like the kinda guy that takes all the fun out of playing guitar
Bruv you've straight up taught me a new band to listen to, BRAVO my good man
My tattoo artist (fellow guitarist) tuned me into polyphia. At first off of just hearing it, i was like "damn! This dude is doing some next level shit" but after learning a few songs i totally agree. Its simplistic, but technique strung together. Where i give total hats off, is in writing it. Stringing techniques, through chords, with the ability to make it work like singular art. That's pretty cool regardless
That tone is sick
I love playing polyphia riffs, i think those songs are not hard to play (just a few of them are) because is more a cuestion of learning slowly, coz there are too many notes and positions, just taking your time and you will be able to play it
Student: I like Polyphia
Teacher: here are the chords of Wonderwall
that's not even funny
@@juicecheese8175I’m going to touch you 😮
I’m new to Polyphia. What song is that riff from? It sounds gorgeous.
The song is called "The Worst"
@@justsomeguy727 thank you!
Brilliant. Very well played. Taking it step by step is always vital. Also be sure to play clean. Then run after you learn to walk.
Brad Paisley solos are like that, a tapestry of stop go switch up smooth out change ups.
Polyphia are very exciting and original and Steve Vai makes everything sound great.
Polyphia sounds like Erykah Badu’s rhythm section and a 90’s math rock band got put in a room together and cursed to play to a click for the rest of their lives
Student: I want to learn Polyphia
Teacher: Yeah, no
I think the whole "chunking the song into different parts" pretty much applies to every song. And you'll quickly find that some parts you'll pick up almost instantly and other might take you a couple of days to wrap your head around. This is why I love guitar.
Also polyphia does not suck. It is interesting and mesmerising. Even the most basic of songs can be beautiful. You can't diminish someone's enjoyment of a song via explaining its technical difficulty.
If I’m not mistaken the method you’re using to teach your students is the same method tim Henson uses to write these. He writes different riffs and bits in the same chord progressions, and then practices transitioning into them because they’ll be years apart on the board and make it difficult to swap between. Awesome teacher
I just started learning guitar mostly cause of pilyohia. It's cool seeing it broken down like this. I've been playing ghost cause that's my current obsession but if I can practice all of these techniques in a single song it would make learning these techniques easier than trying to find exercises specifically for each technique and having to slowly learn each one
As a person who loves polyphia and consider myself somewhat intermediate at guitar (3 years off and on learning/ prac) i can say confidentaly polyphia isnt very hard but some songs that the have especially their earlier songs can be more difficult because very 'shred' heavy almost and my fingers arent really that fast enough for that
Like what songs??
What polyphia riff are you playing? Which song is that?
‘The Worst’
Origami Angel, please teach. Somewhere City album specifically 😭🙏🏼
They kill it, it’s just the music itself is not my cup of tea they should get a lead singer I feel like it would add much more to the band 💯
Sounds much like quickly tuning through radio stations.
the answer, is a resounding YES!
my problem with polyphia and all music like that (Ichika Nito too) is just that it all sounds the exact same, and it feels very empty to me. I might be biased as a metal guy, but all I think of when hearing any Polyphia song is white rice with no sauce
Nope I agree
You have a very pleasant voice
Bruh chances are if you are a student you aren’t gonna learn even 2 seconds of a polyphia song 💀
If that's an example of a good riff by them, I don't want to hear the bad riffs
This is actually groundbreaking information. EVH used to write solos this way by taking different techniques and melodic lines and stitching them together
Believe it or not that's what most artists do as a song writing technique
@@Damo887 yeah, I’m talking primarily for solos, or riffs
I was so excited to start taking guitar lessons! I was in a hurry to play those blazing triplets,two handed tapping, nutty glissando’s, melodic playing in general and harmonic screaming!! The first thing I came to him with was Cliffs of Dover !! He said you had better learn the basics first! Then I brought a recording of the Crossroads Head Cutting Contest!! Once again he said the same thing. Then I stopped bringing music at all and simply asked to be taught the instrument itself! Not tiny little morsels of knowledge.. That’s all you get when you just learn others songs. That’s fine if you just want to analyze structures.. Be your own Guitar Hero!!
I love Led Zeppelin
I’m just trying to learn Lay Down by Priestess😭
So uh, have you gotten it ? :)
lol can you do a lesson on that riff or tabs?
Students: I want to learn Polyphia
Teacher: Let's start with Monophia
A coworker told me listen to poliphyia
All i could think about was an episode of Metalocalypse-
Lead guitar guy is trying to learn blues tech. Bluesman plays a slide and says now you try. Skwizgar cant... he instead fingerpicks every single note in rapid succession
I think they are pretty cool but to me, it’s one of those bands that you kinda get what they are in a couple songs. Amazing players honestly there drummer is just absolutely sick.
Yeah man, more than 10 minutes and I’m bored plus those chicks are too butch for my tastes 🤘
Isn't that literally every band ever though? You listen to a few so gs and you can see what they're like lol
Their drummer is completely insane, idk how he does it
Their drummer.
@@kitten-whisperer No. Not at all. Tons of bands have a greater dynamic that spreads through an album. Not every band aims for the same sound or feel every song.
“Who are you”
“We’ll… the lead guitarist for Polyphia”
Why does modern music need so much tonal compression? That may be just as annoying as the use of Autotune, and sapping the soul of music.
Not every flavor of ice cream is for everyone and thats ok. You nor i are the arbiter of what is and isnt the "soul" of music.
this is how i was taught classical music specifically a fundamental lesson i was taught was practicing those transitions and things that challenge you
Love that you chose that bit from The Worst. One my favorite, catchy little something’s.
Kinda reminds me of older Midwest emo or math rock
When he played the simple arpegiated version of the first chord, it's just the intro to Jawbreaker song Kiss the Bottle
Bro, I’m out here tryna learn Tenacious D..
That's some clickbait title If I've ever seen one 😂
Dude I've been playing for over 20 years and it's extremely difficult if you don't play everyday. But yes practice makes perfect. There is alot that goes into that just to be able to hit them cords and sweeps man. Hats off to you tho!!!
Literally wanna learn that riff so bad. I haven’t had trouble learning much but I’ve also limited myself on when it comes to stuff I’d try cuz I’ve been intimidated by these complex techniques that happen with the slightest movements .
Everybody a guitar teacher these days
Yes... Careful when choosing a guitar teacher... Lots will be keen just to show you their own flash playing...
You sound jealous.
Clickbait title. Ok bro…
Welcome to the internet… 😔
@@gavinbrooks100 copout
I don't like them. Tim Henson just squishes as much technique in his riffs as possible at the cost of so much musicality and character. It's adhd music. Sometimes a little less is more.
I love seeing that people are really taking to polyphia! You seem like a great and well spoken teacher as well man!🔥🤘🏻
I and many of my friends can play some of the hardest riffs out there. But the road to success is being the guy who writes all the new sounding tasty licks. I don't have that talent. So I have nothing but admiration for those who can.
In order to learn how to play like Polyphia, you have to have a good grasp of rhythm theory together with music theory
not at all, you just need to know how to read tabs and practice lmao
Alright I like polyphia now
Best teacher I have seen in a long time.
For me, who has generally been a rock/metal/classic rock guy (consumer and player), Polyphia blows my mind with their percussive jazz/rock/metal/fusion style. I really don't know how to describe it, but that's what it is to me.
One may say oh that's common sense BUT!! Actually the advice at the end is very Solid Advice & I personally see many people I've played with or just chill & jam, learn someone's else's riff.. Most seem to continuously Start from the top, Rather then try to nail riffy transitions in Bits, & so on.. Solid advice I'd say 💯🔮
Bro. You just got me into a new band. Thank ya 😊
I write and produce and live rap, but i am also very big in the deathcore and death metal scene, and I enjoy Rnb and funk as well. i listen to Polyphia because i feel like i am listening to so many of my favorite genres all at once.
My favorite artists will forever be Saul Hudson, B.B King, Billy Gibbons, Allen Collins and Joe Perry