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Actually wait there’s an idea here. With all his experience, I’m sure he has some ideas. Mabye he could collab with someone, design an instrument and someone makes it?
eruption sounds a lot harder than it actually is. tapping is surprisingly easy but lets you play extremely fast and fluidly so it looks a lot more impressive
@@MiloMcCarthyMusic Couple minor mistakes and timing issues on the two handed tapping part. It was still very good, just not as good as his classical performances.(Or other renditions of Eruption I've seen)
*Speaks in soft voice with quiet and humble demeanor with a gentle sound bed of classical guitar in the background as he tells us about his skull and crossbones inlays* That was great! So entertaining 👏
@@TheRobMotorI agree. I noticed that his movements, mannerisms and whole demeanor would have betrayed him anyway.🤐 He 'shreds'like a classical guitarist.; ) I deleted that comment,(not quite what I was trying to articulate), but apparently it didn't delete as it was supposed to.
@@brandonacker would you PLEASE DO MORE THEORBO COVERS??? 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I love the sound of the theorbo, especially when it’s in a metal scenario, like when you showed rob scallon the instrument
I'm laughing at the ideia of Brandon, who emanates that calm and peaceful energy, playing the most dark and brutal metal riffs - and thinking that it is awesome
@@maxverstappennonofficial Dont be an elitist man. Some people think metal is better, others think rock or classical is etc... You cant just generalize an entire genre and the people that listen to it by saying they only do it because its “cool”.
@@maxverstappennonofficial i would say that different artists in different genres go into creating music for different reasons and to compare what a metal musician does to what a classical musician does is like saying a tree is bad at photosynthesis because it can't walk.
@@maxverstappennonofficial Your first comment had the implication that Rock is just a mere pastime whereas Classical is true music which is why others commented as they did. If that’s not your belief, that’s understandable, but the comment itself easily leans itself to that interpretation.
@Brian No no no.... this one video was fun... there's SOOOO many dudes on the internet shredding. I would hope he doesn't revisit this. (or if he does.... many years from now to keep all you ADD guys entertained).
I've always loved the overlap between rock/metal fans and classical music. I think we've all simply got a love for epic, over the top, creative and bold sounding music and classical music is all of that. Congrats on the 250k, I'm sure we'll be around for 500!
In many cases it isnt even overlap but the exact same thing just with different instruments and textures . Bands like Adagio, Time Requiem, Richard Anderssons Space Odyssey and Artension and Malmsteen are classical music at their roots.
You kept your promise Brandon, now as a gift of gratitude, I will keep learning classical guitar from you instead of skipping it and sticking to the electrical guitar.
Can't believe you actually did it, lmao. Jazz reveal at 500k? Thanks for sharing your art with us, Brandon. Can't wait to see what you're planning for the future!
Congrats on the 250k milestone Brandon and can I just say that on a platform that is mostly just clickbait and nonsense, your shred reveal has been the most exciting subscriber drive I've seen BY FAR. Can't wait!
A lot of people have extremely low standards for what god tier electric playing is. I know this is old, but check out John Petrucci, Jason Richardson, Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Tosin Abasi, etc etc. If you think this is challenging those guys will blow your mind
@@davidlindquist1499 He is classical guitarist, what did you expect. I bet guys you mentioned can't play Classical Repertoire, (not to be mean too, guys like Paul Gilbert and Govan are my god) im just saying that people have different playing styles.
@@zaidanp7258 all I'm saying is that this isn't particularly impressive when people are treating it as if he's just played Altitudes. I'm sure he can do classical guitar playing better than the guys I mentioned, but he isn't doing that here, he's "shredding" and it is clearly outside of his skill set. Yet, comments like the one I replied to are acting like he's playing like "a literal God" thus, they have low standards for electric playing.
@@zaidanp7258 I mean, petrucci and other members from DT come from Berklee. Also Tosin said that he had to make himself study classical guitar, he had a lot of influence from his bandmate Javier Reyes, who was a classical guitarrist in the first place. For archiving a level like those guys in technique, i think it's in some point necessary to take some influences from academic music.
Yeah, it was great! But as an electric player, it my wrists hurt so bad. I know classical players will smoke even Steve Vai. But that form is not sustainable.
Somewhat tenuously connected through the neoclassical shred guys like Randy Rhoads and Yngwie Malmsteen.... No, metal came up through the blues with a jazz influence, especially in the early days... Go listen to the first four Sabbath albums and you'll see what I mean. That's not to say that classical music hasn't influenced heavy metal in places and with individual artists, just that there's no deep abiding connection... However, as Rob Scallon has proved, if you play death metal on a pipe organ it sounds a fair bit like Bach. EDIT: commas.
Truthfully, it depends. For example, lots of Liszt pieces have a macabre, virtuosic style that I hear in metal sometimes, and Liszt himself was quite a rockstar himself. Whereas there are pieces that are more solemn, lyrical and light that no one would probably relate to metal, like most of Chopin’s Nocturnes
@Brian I'd liken it more to a sort of parallel evolution 300 years removed with some classical influences adopted. They come from two different origins. One is a form of "high society" music with origins closely linked to sacred music, the other has origins in folk music with a back beat from West Africa. As I said before, there have been influences from classical to rock and metal and it's snuck in there.... Yngwie and Randy are most obvious, but also EVH, Cliff Burton.. heck, speaking of bass players... at the very beginning of metal the use of the tritone by Black Sabbath was brought on by Geezer Butler noodling a baseline from Gustav Holst's Mars-Bringer of War from The Planets suite and Tony Iomi digging the diminished fifth. I think what they share most of all is the drama, emotion, and grand scale, as found in 19th century music, in early 20th century composers like Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich. Bach too but he was ahead of his time in many ways... I mean Bon Scott said it best: In the beginning Back in nineteen fifty-five Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show And all that jive The white man had the smoltz The black man had the blues No one knew what they was gonna do But Tchaikovsky had the news He said Let there be sound There was sound Let there be light There was light Let there be drums There was drums Let there be guitar There was guitar Oh, Let there be rock
I think you are one of the greatest "teachers" that I've found on youtube. I don't reeally speak english, but I can understand every word you say without putting on the subtitles or something like that. Also, your content is pretty interesting. Thank your for your effort and please keep it going. Greetings from Chile
Very good eruption it’s funny because you could tell he wanted to use more advanced techniques and was holding himself back through the whole passage hahaha.
"Oh hey this sounds Van Halen-y, it'd be super cool to see him play Eruption.. ... Nah he probably either hasn't played it in a decade or never learned it before his full switch to classical.." ... 30 seconds later... "Try" to shred my ass. Damnit Brandon.
I remember when Randy was being interviewed, and he discussed some of his musical theory, but the audience didn't understand, so he said, "It sounded cool," and they all said, "Yeah!!!" He wanted to pursue classical. You have realized many a shredder's dream: To live in multiple worlds. God bless!!! You are quite the muse.
Brandon shreds with taste. I now imagine a series called "shredding diminutions", where Brandon explains ornamentation of several works but he plays them on electric. Dreamin's free lol.
So amazed and delighted to witness this reveal. I'm a metalhead and guitarist myself (I believe, not the only one among your subscribers) so it's beautiful to see how close you actually are to the culture.
From your use of the whammy bar I have become inspired to fit a Floyd rose on my classical, I've always loved classical but I think the verdict is now unanimous that the only thing missing is the whammy dive bombs.
Congratulations Brandon, you beautiful Vampire, You!! You’ve come so far over the past year, I still remember coming here after seeing you with Scallon with your crazy Theorbo demo , and you had maybe a few thousand subs? Maybe 10k? _maybe_ Either way you have shown us so many great performances and given us some amazing information over these past months. Am absolutely looking forward to what’s to come! Thank you Brandon, and congratulations.
Absolutely marvelous, especially the juxtaposition of your usual background music ('we are calm, we are at peace, we love everyone') and then EEEEEEEEEEEEDEDEDLELDLELDLELDLELDLELD SKULL AND CROSSBONES DLDLDLDLEELEDLE *and it still sounded like classical music.* It is a true delight to see a handful of truly worthwhile channels on RUclips. Thank you, sir.
Congratulations Brandon, it is so deserved. Your content is always interesting and the way you present it soothing in a way. Can't wait to see what the future holds for you.
Man you did did it, huge congratulations. Believe me your channel will grow. Its different, you have a class and its different than other youtubers. The shredding was awesome. Cheers we wanna see more of you playing electric guitar. Keep doing whatever you love, we support you. 🎸on 🔥
Wow I didn't expect such an amazing information that you open your own school. It is undoubtedly a big move further - gratulations Brandon and the whole Arpeggiato crew! Wish you best!!
Hell yeah 😊 Hey Brandon, I'm studying classical guitar, but I'm more of a metalhead, and I'm not that familiar with the mindset of the musical periods. Could you please make a series, where you explain these eras, and how to play renaissance/baroque/etc pieces?
That was realy cool actually. Weird combination of clasical playing on an electric guitar. It had a clasical vibe with the sound of an electric. Really nice and unique
In many aspects, both progressive metal and classical guitarists share considerable commonalities with one another. Mr. Acker, your open minded approach to creative expression is truly refreshing.
Found you and your channel via Rob Scallon when you did some collab. Ever since I've been amazed by your skill and the instruments you play, yet for some reason I forgot to sub before. Glad I did it before the 250k milestone, though. But, it's just a number. And YT is a cruel mistress. Nevertheless, may you find as much success and gratification on this platform as you do by plucking all those things in your daily life! Looking forward to your future content!
Nah come on Brandon we know you've got more than the end of a Van Halen solo in ya! ✊ Please show us what you can remember of electric guitar even if it's unrehearsed and rusty, warts and all! ✊ It's always interesting seeing experts play outside their comfort zone as you suddenly see that they're mortal beings (!) and it's inspiring for the rest of us 😇 congrats on 250k you're an awesome guitarist, great teacher and gawwjuss vampire! 🧛♂️
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! Congrats, very honestly, you're one of the best guitar RUclipsrs around. Btw, you don't need that much reverb for a distored electric xD
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I bought one of those Steve Vai Jem guitars. They’re fun !
This is like seeing your preschool teacher at the bar.
😂
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
EXACTLY OMG!!! 😭😂😂✌🏻
And they can down a pint faster than you
I saw my 5th grade teacher at a Tool concert, she was in her 60’s.🤯
how appropriate that he performed a fragment of Concerto for Electric Guitar op.1 by Dutch composer Edward van Halen
Isn't a sonata? Heheheh
EVH 1009?
Please start a petition to rename euroption to sonata de guitar electronica op.1
you nailed that comment, 50 internet cool points for you sir!
My only regret is that I didnt find this comment sooner.
Ancient Musician Vampire shows his angsty early years when he was just 170.
317*
*617
*2017
💖🖤💀
has a chanel where he plays long forgoten ancient instruments, finaly plays a modern instrument: "my old dusty electric guitar".
Yes, but the other instruments he plays aren't forgotten! I play lute!
I bet this ancient instrument what inspired Kirk Hammet into making his signature guitar.
Chanel?
God Christ Jesus bless you all and have a wonderful day my "forgotten" music family hehe
@@EleneDOM thats cool! I pray you have many more fun years with it to come!
We know he can shred way harder than that. He was holding back because he didn't want to reveal his true power level.
He will look at this video's results and do a metal video in the future.
That's gonna be for 1m
Facts
he invented the electric guitar
It’s over 9000.
I can't even think as clearly and as charmingly as this guy speaks
LMFAO... HAAAA.
I second this
You can, read poety outloud, classics, speak softly....you will speak very charmingly. 😊
Your sincere humility is entirely as charming as carefully moderated tones.
My mind is full of a bunch of random thoughts that interrupt each other all the time, so yeah, me too.
we did it boys, brandon made it to the modern age, next he will play stringed instruments that aren't even conceptualized yet.
Actually wait there’s an idea here. With all his experience, I’m sure he has some ideas. Mabye he could collab with someone, design an instrument and someone makes it?
So guys we did it?
I’d love to see him do a sick solo on the poöuetzēnnvaghuge (an instrument from the 3070s)
oh the nuclear guitar
Bruv brandon was a rockstar before you could pull up your pants on your own. My boi started where you wanted him to go next.
Now how the hell is this dude so humble about playing an electric then busts out eruption?
eruption sounds a lot harder than it actually is. tapping is surprisingly easy but lets you play extremely fast and fluidly so it looks a lot more impressive
@@cryptooooooooo sure anyone can finger tap, but few can do it with the clarity that Brandon does
Well he did kinda fuck it up.
@@iunnox666 in what way? He literally played it completely flawlessly
@@MiloMcCarthyMusic Couple minor mistakes and timing issues on the two handed tapping part.
It was still very good, just not as good as his classical performances.(Or other renditions of Eruption I've seen)
There's no way a classical guitarist that used to play metal is not a shredgod
Exactly. Brandon is going to become Randy rhoads in 30 seconds.
honestly he likely made the electric guitar
@@vyrva5690 He was a mentor for Les Paul back when he was growing up.
I second this
@@venrakdrake lol
*Speaks in soft voice with quiet and humble demeanor with a gentle sound bed of classical guitar in the background as he tells us about his skull and crossbones inlays* That was great! So entertaining 👏
I had the same thought.
Same here lol 🤣
@@CatsPajamas23 Funny how he played that with such finesse.
@@TheRobMotorI agree. I noticed that his movements, mannerisms and whole demeanor would have betrayed him anyway.🤐 He 'shreds'like a classical guitarist.; )
I deleted that comment,(not quite what I was trying to articulate), but apparently it didn't delete as it was supposed to.
Skull and Crossbones I'm now having nightmares........
I'd best listen too some Gregorian chant
That was the classiest tapping hand i have ever seen.
BRANDON! I JUST FOUND OUT YOU’RE SPEAKING IN MY STUDIO CLASS TONIGHT!!! You’re absolutely amazing dude and I can’t wait to talk to you!!!
Nice to have met you all! 😊
@@brandonacker would you PLEASE DO MORE THEORBO COVERS??? 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I love the sound of the theorbo, especially when it’s in a metal scenario, like when you showed rob scallon the instrument
Honestly this is so satisfying knowing the guy can play eloquently and cleanly.
It's like the Queen saying 'fuck'
brooooo
exactly hahaha
I see what you are saying. But metal can be pretty classical.
Oh my god that's exactly that
but does she poop
I never thought, this day would come.
Same thing😄
I knew this day would come.
This day came.
I came.
All’s well.
Y comma there
I, also never, thought, this day would, come
I'm laughing at the ideia of Brandon, who emanates that calm and peaceful energy, playing the most dark and brutal metal riffs - and thinking that it is awesome
But hold on, it IS awesome 😎
A lot of metalheads are that
@@TheDiamondBladeHD true! isn't there a meme: "if the guitarist looks like this, you are going to die in the pit!" ? xD
did not expect the classical guitar god to own a Kirk Hammett signature in the past
He owns it in the present.
You heard the Fight Fire and Battery?
i love how after that DEATH RAY OF A SHRED he goes
"well that was fun"
and the soft classical guitar music begins fdsjfkjsd
He's a m u s e
@@maxverstappennonofficial That is a very sad way to look at music.
@@maxverstappennonofficial Dont be an elitist man.
Some people think metal is better, others think rock or classical is etc... You cant just generalize an entire genre and the people that listen to it by saying they only do it because its “cool”.
@@maxverstappennonofficial i would say that different artists in different genres go into creating music for different reasons and to compare what a metal musician does to what a classical musician does is like saying a tree is bad at photosynthesis because it can't walk.
@@maxverstappennonofficial Your first comment had the implication that Rock is just a mere pastime whereas Classical is true music which is why others commented as they did. If that’s not your belief, that’s understandable, but the comment itself easily leans itself to that interpretation.
PETITION FOR MORE FOOTAGE
👇
More to come ;)
@@brandonacker aight ill wait😃
@@brandonacker more shred? :D
i loved it!
Yes
@Brian No no no.... this one video was fun... there's SOOOO many dudes on the internet shredding. I would hope he doesn't revisit this. (or if he does.... many years from now to keep all you ADD guys entertained).
I've always loved the overlap between rock/metal fans and classical music.
I think we've all simply got a love for epic, over the top, creative and bold sounding music and classical music is all of that.
Congrats on the 250k, I'm sure we'll be around for 500!
In many cases it isnt even overlap but the exact same thing just with different instruments and textures . Bands like Adagio, Time Requiem, Richard Anderssons Space Odyssey and Artension and Malmsteen are classical music at their roots.
❤️ Did the sound of me whooping break your computer into shards? (I'm not a big fan of metal, but you hit it. Good music is good music.)
@@casualcadaver they don't count tho, they are LITERALLY classical music but with electric guitar, not metal i think
@@casualcadaver finally someone acknowledges Adagio
@@SebastianSer Right? Idk why no one knows about this band.
Compliments to the Arpeggiato logo designer. Very clever
You kept your promise Brandon, now as a gift of gratitude, I will keep learning classical guitar from you instead of skipping it and sticking to the electrical guitar.
Ill stay with my strat anyways. It'll take practice, but i will shred at some point.
I promise you won't regret brother. No one says you cant play both and more. Awesome!!!
petition for Brandon to be in the worlds biggest shred collab 4
Absolutely
Cool idea 💡
Totally agree with you
Yes!
Totally!
Watching you talk about that ESP like you talk about all the historic instruments you feature on this channel has been the highlight of my day.
Brandon: I'm just going to dust off this old guitar.
Also Brandon: plays Eruption perfectly.
I think Eruption was the obvious choice, especially with Eddie passing away this year. RiP
I could not agree with you more. 😺
Had to scroll way to far to find the Eruption mention. Shred in Peace, Eddie
When Classical Guitarist uses 1% percent of his shredgod power .
The World Explodes.
Can't believe you actually did it, lmao. Jazz reveal at 500k?
Thanks for sharing your art with us, Brandon. Can't wait to see what you're planning for the future!
Whoa Brandon! You sure can shredd on all types of guitar instruments! Congrats on 250K!
Thanks Nanae!
"I'm gonna TRY to shred for you"
Brandon's got jokes.
EDIT: for 1,000,000 I want to request a metal cover with Rob Scallon.
i want it now
subbed
Yeee
Yes
Congrats on the 250k milestone Brandon and can I just say that on a platform that is mostly just clickbait and nonsense, your shred reveal has been the most exciting subscriber drive I've seen BY FAR. Can't wait!
Go oh ahead and subscribe to twosetsviolin too, they're planning on playing sibelius when they hit 3 M subs and it's about 2.97M now
@@shinigami8068 yes! sub to twoset
@@agnidas5816 precisely! Slap bass reveal on my channel at 1billion subscribers tho
@@geartweaker8518
E P I C O
Checkmate violinist
@@shinigami8068 I love twoset. 'Pachelbel's Chicken in d'? The funniest thing I'd seen all year.
Yngwie: No one is better shredder then i'm.
Brandon: Hold my lute.
Lol
Hold my therobo
hold my oud
hold my footstool *
🤣🤣🤣
I know why you are popular! You are gracious and a wonderful instructor! Not to mention an excellent musician!
Very kind of you!
“And this is to go even further beyond”
@@vrai3078 Yeah and its also a dragon ball thing
Hahaha genius!
Memento Mori
Memento Mori
This guy is the living embodiment of laid-back pleasantness. I can practically feel my blood pressure drop whenever I watch these videos.
He’s got that wholesomeness vibe that’s relaxing to listen to
The soothing voice is very relaxing indeed.
Pure magic.
Brandon: "I'm gonna TRY to shred for you, and we're gonna see what happens..."
Also Brandon: *Starts to play like a literal god*
A lot of people have extremely low standards for what god tier electric playing is. I know this is old, but check out John Petrucci, Jason Richardson, Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Tosin Abasi, etc etc. If you think this is challenging those guys will blow your mind
@@davidlindquist1499 ron jarzombek
@@davidlindquist1499 He is classical guitarist, what did you expect. I bet guys you mentioned can't play Classical Repertoire, (not to be mean too, guys like Paul Gilbert and Govan are my god) im just saying that people have different playing styles.
@@zaidanp7258 all I'm saying is that this isn't particularly impressive when people are treating it as if he's just played Altitudes. I'm sure he can do classical guitar playing better than the guys I mentioned, but he isn't doing that here, he's "shredding" and it is clearly outside of his skill set. Yet, comments like the one I replied to are acting like he's playing like "a literal God" thus, they have low standards for electric playing.
@@zaidanp7258 I mean, petrucci and other members from DT come from Berklee. Also Tosin said that he had to make himself study classical guitar, he had a lot of influence from his bandmate Javier Reyes, who was a classical guitarrist in the first place. For archiving a level like those guys in technique, i think it's in some point necessary to take some influences from academic music.
Damn, that was an expertly done camera shot when you started eruption. I felt like I was watching a Coppola film.
Even when he's playing electro guitar, his posture is great and completely better than mine. Dude!
Head over chest
Chest over hips
@@Cosmic...Voyager...1.618 words to live by
It's all about maximising the efficiency of movement. Best effect for minimal effort!
You had my subscription, now you have my attention...
He makes Eruption actually sound like a classical musical piece rather than a Van Halen shred solo. Such delicate touch and proper hand positioning...
Yeah, it was great! But as an electric player, it my wrists hurt so bad. I know classical players will smoke even Steve Vai. But that form is not sustainable.
Thy metal community welcomes thee with open arms!🤘🤘
WHEN IS DJENT REVEAL???
Yes, but it must be played on the Theorbo 😂😂
@@sahamal_savu YES!! THEORBO DJENT!!!!!
The real question
BAMBUKAH
I want a djent reveal
As a metalhead I really appreciate this. Most people have no idea, but classical music and heavy metal are really connected. Thank you!
Nope. Neanderthals pretend they do, but they don't.
Somewhat tenuously connected through the neoclassical shred guys like Randy Rhoads and Yngwie Malmsteen....
No, metal came up through the blues with a jazz influence, especially in the early days... Go listen to the first four Sabbath albums and you'll see what I mean.
That's not to say that classical music hasn't influenced heavy metal in places and with individual artists, just that there's no deep abiding connection... However, as Rob Scallon has proved, if you play death metal on a pipe organ it sounds a fair bit like Bach. EDIT: commas.
As a fan of both, they definitely aren't.
These kind of comments are super cringe.
Truthfully, it depends. For example, lots of Liszt pieces have a macabre, virtuosic style that I hear in metal sometimes, and Liszt himself was quite a rockstar himself. Whereas there are pieces that are more solemn, lyrical and light that no one would probably relate to metal, like most of Chopin’s Nocturnes
@Brian I'd liken it more to a sort of parallel evolution 300 years removed with some classical influences adopted. They come from two different origins. One is a form of "high society" music with origins closely linked to sacred music, the other has origins in folk music with a back beat from West Africa.
As I said before, there have been influences from classical to rock and metal and it's snuck in there.... Yngwie and Randy are most obvious, but also EVH, Cliff Burton.. heck, speaking of bass players... at the very beginning of metal the use of the tritone by Black Sabbath was brought on by Geezer Butler noodling a baseline from Gustav Holst's Mars-Bringer of War from The Planets suite and Tony Iomi digging the diminished fifth.
I think what they share most of all is the drama, emotion, and grand scale, as found in 19th century music, in early 20th century composers like Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich. Bach too but he was ahead of his time in many ways...
I mean Bon Scott said it best:
In the beginning
Back in nineteen fifty-five
Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show
And all that jive
The white man had the smoltz
The black man had the blues
No one knew what they was gonna do
But Tchaikovsky had the news
He said
Let there be sound
There was sound
Let there be light
There was light
Let there be drums
There was drums
Let there be guitar
There was guitar
Oh, Let there be rock
3:12 Lmao did actually grab his pick offscreen that's so smooth
He doesn’t use one if you look clearly. He uses his index finger nail
@@gamejunk2707 Oh shit, took me like a minute of close watching to realize you're actually right and that's just the shadow.
I think you are one of the greatest "teachers" that I've found on youtube. I don't reeally speak english, but I can understand every word you say without putting on the subtitles or something like that. Also, your content is pretty interesting. Thank your for your effort and please keep it going. Greetings from Chile
X2
He needs to do a full version of Van Halen's Eruption, that was just about perfect
You can say THAT again!!
Very good eruption it’s funny because you could tell he wanted to use more advanced techniques and was holding himself back through the whole passage hahaha.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for
"Oh hey this sounds Van Halen-y, it'd be super cool to see him play Eruption..
...
Nah he probably either hasn't played it in a decade or never learned it before his full switch to classical.."
...
30 seconds later...
"Try" to shred my ass. Damnit Brandon.
this comment makes me laugh every time. Don't ask me why, because I don't know.
When your kooky old dad brings out his old electric guitar and shows you how he got your mother
I remember when Randy was being interviewed, and he discussed some of his musical theory, but the audience didn't understand, so he said, "It sounded cool," and they all said, "Yeah!!!" He wanted to pursue classical. You have realized many a shredder's dream: To live in multiple worlds. God bless!!! You are quite the muse.
who is randy
@@anuvette : Rhoads.
Brandon shreds with taste. I now imagine a series called "shredding diminutions", where Brandon explains ornamentation of several works but he plays them on electric. Dreamin's free lol.
This is a good idea
I'd be down for that.
We all knew that you wouldn't be able to hide your metal for much longer. 500.000 we need a full song cover of shred
God, that background song is so beautiful. Bachs aria will always be one of the most beautiful pieces ever written
I was almost certain this is what you would play, it's the most classical-sounding shredding I could think of. Loved it!
I mean there's Malmsteen (I forgot how to spell his first name) but I prefer actual classical music over his stuff.
Yngvie
@@CatsPajamas23 lol I looked it up and you misspelled it too it's w not v xP
I love the switch from the crazy schred to him talking peacefully with relaxing guitar music in the back 😂😂😂
So amazed and delighted to witness this reveal. I'm a metalhead and guitarist myself (I believe, not the only one among your subscribers) so it's beautiful to see how close you actually are to the culture.
Man, Kirk WISHES he could play eruption like that! haha!! You're full of surprises man!!
this part of my life.......
this little part is called happiness.
Bravo...!
He can definitely shred harder, but he's far too humble to show off!
Dude you're the best! 😁 It is just so strange, rather unique seeing you blast away on the electric after watching your amazing classical performances!
From your use of the whammy bar I have become inspired to fit a Floyd rose on my classical, I've always loved classical but I think the verdict is now unanimous that the only thing missing is the whammy dive bombs.
*after melting our faces*
“Well that was fun!” 😌
Congratulations Brandon, you beautiful Vampire, You!!
You’ve come so far over the past year, I still remember coming here after seeing you with Scallon with your crazy Theorbo demo , and you had maybe a few thousand subs? Maybe 10k? _maybe_
Either way you have shown us so many great performances and given us some amazing information over these past months. Am absolutely looking forward to what’s to come! Thank you Brandon, and congratulations.
I’m sitting here laughing my ass off on how good this is
The most exciting part about hearing you, as a classical guitarist, play metal is how good the tone that comes out of your fingers is.
Can't wait to see him play some blues.
Blues jam at 500k! Let's make this happen!
@@falxonPSN yes!
Absolutely marvelous, especially the juxtaposition of your usual background music ('we are calm, we are at peace, we love everyone') and then EEEEEEEEEEEEDEDEDLELDLELDLELDLELDLELD SKULL AND CROSSBONES DLDLDLDLEELEDLE *and it still sounded like classical music.*
It is a true delight to see a handful of truly worthwhile channels on RUclips. Thank you, sir.
3:15 - 3:28 I love how he puts classical music in the background after playing van halen
Congratulations Brandon, it is so deserved. Your content is always interesting and the way you present it soothing in a way. Can't wait to see what the future holds for you.
Man you did did it, huge congratulations. Believe me your channel will grow. Its different, you have a class and its different than other youtubers. The shredding was awesome. Cheers we wanna see more of you playing electric guitar. Keep doing whatever you love, we support you. 🎸on 🔥
Wow I didn't expect such an amazing information that you open your own school. It is undoubtedly a big move further - gratulations Brandon and the whole Arpeggiato crew!
Wish you best!!
I like how he busts out some face-melting Van Halen goodness and then goes, "Well that was fun, hehe! :D"
I’ve never liked a video before it started before. Good job. You got me.
Hell yeah 😊
Hey Brandon, I'm studying classical guitar, but I'm more of a metalhead, and I'm not that familiar with the mindset of the musical periods. Could you please make a series, where you explain these eras, and how to play renaissance/baroque/etc pieces?
I like this Idea.
@@Cr3pit0 Yes! "Music History with Brandon Acker"
Congratulations on the 250k milestone, Brandon! Your content is so well made. Hopefully this channels gets to a million soon!
That was realy cool actually. Weird combination of clasical playing on an electric guitar. It had a clasical vibe with the sound of an electric. Really nice and unique
Holly shit! I did NOT see that coming.
In many aspects, both progressive metal and classical guitarists share considerable commonalities with one another. Mr. Acker, your open minded approach to creative expression is truly refreshing.
MID-EVIL PROG-ROCK LET'S GO
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Found you and your channel via Rob Scallon when you did some collab. Ever since I've been amazed by your skill and the instruments you play, yet for some reason I forgot to sub before. Glad I did it before the 250k milestone, though.
But, it's just a number. And YT is a cruel mistress. Nevertheless, may you find as much success and gratification on this platform as you do by plucking all those things in your daily life!
Looking forward to your future content!
WHAT A NICE HUMAN BEING U R. THIS WORLD NEEDS SO MANY MORE LIKE YOU. THANK YOU.
Of course a vampire knows how to shred, he was there when classical music was invented.
Out of all the types of electric guitars. I didn't expect him to play a LTD.
And a Kirk Hammett signature to boot, I'm quite impressed 😂
Nah come on Brandon we know you've got more than the end of a Van Halen solo in ya! ✊ Please show us what you can remember of electric guitar even if it's unrehearsed and rusty, warts and all! ✊ It's always interesting seeing experts play outside their comfort zone as you suddenly see that they're mortal beings (!) and it's inspiring for the rest of us 😇 congrats on 250k you're an awesome guitarist, great teacher and gawwjuss vampire! 🧛♂️
2020 just redeemed itself!
Now I shall wait for a Buckethead, Soothsayer cover.
I came in after this was posted... so now there are more than that.... Good job hooking up with Rob.
That's the classiest tapping i witnessed during my lifetime
You took the meaning of "looks can be deceiving" to another level. Love it.
Oh HELL YES!!!! Brilliant. Congrats on 250k! Well deserved.
awesome man congrats on the milestone!
Even Bob Dylan knew you needed to plug in every once in a while to banish the demons. Rock On!!
This dude seems like such a nice guy and has such enthusiasm for stringed instruments. Bravo brotato!
congratulations on 250K!
That "God, I missed that" smile while shredding was priceless :)
Best YT channel ever
Just when I was thinking "Brandon should pull an "Eruption" " ... you did it. So cool. Now the same Eruption on your theorbo, please sir!
The old look of Brandon from 9-10 years ago will suit electric guitar very much.
It's the video I didn't know I needed. Made my day!
"Excellent!" *metal-guitar-riff*
"I am gonna try to shred with this guitar" 10 seconds later my face is melted
U r shredding perfectly but you're body is still moving in a classical guitar way🤘🤘😀
Exactly that straight as a plank back posture seems so unfit for a metal guitarist.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! Congrats, very honestly, you're one of the best guitar RUclipsrs around. Btw, you don't need that much reverb for a distored electric xD