A lot of the stuff he plays has a fairly clean sound, thats why he is so good imo, i would recommend doing a lot of your playing on a clean sound, it really makes your fingers work.
@@burnsZY85 Distortion hides some mistakes, clean sound hides others (lack of compression on clean channel hides the small unwanted string noises, where as compression of distortion brings them out more but requires less strength and less even strength distribution). Practice on both, neither is "easier" they just bring out different mistakes. Good compromise is a distorted sound with not a lot of gain, best of both worlds
sipimanify For me a good way to work on speed is to play things at a comfortable tempo from the first note to the last. Once you hit the last note reverse it back to the first one keeping that same tempo, and just when you hit the first note again start over but from the last note and without losing your tempo all the way down so when you hit the first note again you end up on the last note. This makes you play all of the notes in both directions equally, until it starts feeling like a single musical idea (in this case as an arpeggio) instead of a group of notes. In the end you'll have two new versions of the arpeggio forming a single line: 1) from top to top 2) from end to end. Now, for the speed part, instead of consciously trying to play things faster you just try to fit these versions of the arpeggio in the same tempo, meaning that whatever time it took for you to play the arpeggio from top to end should be the same time it takes you to play it from top to top, or from end to end. Of course I wouldn't apply this principle with the three octave arpeggio from the begining, but rather to the three octaves separately (this will be easy, given that it only takes one shape) and then work on the joints like Guthrie said (which after all this practice should be even easier). Also keep in mind that this is all hammered on, therefore every bit and step of this practice should be hammered on, even when you reverse the lick on a single string.
i have no problem with the H-O thx to my gamming pc xD, but the way u explain this is making my practice a bit more interesting and easy, ty for this useful response i really apreciate it :D
It just makes me laugh when I watch Guthrie play, I have no idea why, maybe it's because he talks as if what he's doing is so simple, I dunno, just makes me smile in resignation :-)
Problem is the index finger, most guitarists use it as a "barre" thing, just holding on to a string. Not hammering or pull-offs. You gotta do a lot of tapping with open string like Hot For Teacher opening, or Michael Romeo style string skipping (or this Guthrie lick, duh) to get it working. Even if it's the strongest finger in power sense, it's actually the weakest for many guitarists, in the coordination sense
+Gordon Heaney It's actually that kind of lick which is easier to play on clean channel. You have to control the strings even better when on overdrive because of the unintended strings sounding :)
+Nave Keinan Maybe he would have problems with some of the Paul Gilbert's string skipping arpeggios, but in overall - Guthrie is a tremendous guitarist.
+LukeInside Gilbert's phrasing would be a joke for Guthrie to play. I do like Gilbert a lot but Guthrie is on another level. Gilbert's playing, whether string skipping, alternate picking, legato, etc is pretty straightforward compared to what Govan plays.
Saketh 1991 It may seem straightforward but Guthrie wouldn't play Gilbert licks just like that. He would after some practice to master it like Gilbert did, to get the hang of string skipping - he just doesn't use that too much. What I dislike in Guthrie's playing is the "nervous vibrato". Sometimes it sounds like he is vibrating too fast, other times it's ok. Every guitar player has his own style and that's good, gives some variety.
LukeInside Yes i said Gilbert's phrasing would be easy for Guthrie, And yes if he did practise string skipping he would nail it pretty soon, if he wanted to that is. Guthrie's phrases are much more interesting. His use of melodic minor, chromatics etc and his wide spectrum of influences are amazing whereas Gilbert mostly uses natural minor, which i do like but after hearing Guthrie its not as interesting thats all. I don't exactly understand what you mean by nervous Vibrato. Guthrie doesn't just do one kind of vibrato which i think is a good thing. His embellishments are highly detailed and intricate whether he is doing a vibrato or something else.
Saketh 1991 I've seen him doing various vibrato styles but most of the time it's still a little too "nervous". He should practice the smootheness of it and as for Guthrie - it would probably be like one evening. Gary Moore is one of the best examples of a smooth vibrato, almost perfect. Do not underestimate Gilbert who has learned many blues and jazz tricks, licks and knowledge within a year or so. He could have work on being more interesting though. He was too long in glam and rock in my opinion. That's what I always say about him - one of the best in the world but he uses his "famous licks" too often. In the early '90s he remembered more scales - there used to be a video with him on RUclips where he had shown some exotic scales. I guess that he doesn't work on that stuff anymore. Gilbert is the king of fast licks, pull-offs, string skipping and so on but he's too repetitive, that's true. That's why I prefer to watch Gilbert's licks just for a while and then listen to more interesting songs of Guthrie. Govan implements more things like changes of the tempo and more scales.
Wow- that stretch between his second finger and last finger (between the 1 and the major 3) on the big string is ridiculous- it' like his pinky actually goes at a 90 degree angle from the rest of the hand! It's a four fret difference between his second finger and the pinky. That HURTS!
Not as a "brag" but this is very easy to reach. If people are struggling then maybe try adjusting your thumb on the neck (towards the high e). Stretches would probably help too. I have small hands and do struggle sometimes but I think this is very manageable for anyone.
i love when he goes, "You can do it with all sorts of arpeggios", (as he quickly zips thru a C Min 7 example, and half of the same Maj 7 pattern but in B this time. Yeah ok, Can I? LOL Don't you mean YOU can Sir Govan?? One must have maximum facility to get that stretch needed to pull off stuff and strong hammer abilities on the left hand pinky finger. I don't have the stretch i used to. I was thinking of having Warmoth build me a Mustang scale neck only with a nice 1 7/8" wide nut and a Floyd string spacing. Adrian Belew had Modded some Stangs, and they're really cool except my fingertips are too big for a standard mustang, much less a standard thin Strat.
3 solid days of practice and you can do this. practice other things as breaks but if you practice that arpeggio for at least a total of 6 hours a day you should have it after about 3 or 4 days.
@@thepoweroftheweed2215 Lot of guitarists have 6h to do other useless shit. Worldwide, the average media consumption per day is 7.58 hours. (TV, video games, Netflix and similar, social media, internet browsing, podcasts). Just cut the useless crap in your life, and you'll be surprised how much you can do. Perhaps not 6 hours every day, but a lot. I'm currently averaging 5 hours per day, and I have a day job. On weekends, train 8 hours, and you'll handle the weekdays easily, with even some social life (like jam sessions, physical exercise to stay healthy). Don't get family if you love music, the world is overpopulated already
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The biggest thing to glean here and the funniest to me is when he says the sky and TIME is the limit. I've been working on this same technique for a decade and I still can't get it as clean as he does. lol
jesus christ is anyone else having a hell of a time just trying to do that godawful stretch to do the 7-1-3-5 line on the low e string? its a wrist killer
Have you learnt any cool tricks from Guthrie's lessons?
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"It's a fairly normal arpeggio really" - Yeah. For space guitar aliens.
It is, in terms of the notes. It's HOW he is playing it thats tricky.
That is true.
*****
hey man! i saw your version of beat it, it's absolutely kick ass!
😂😂😂
Amen, brother.
It's taken me 8 years but I've finally gotten this arpeggio down!! Now I just have to do it 70% faster...
AHAHAHAHAH
It's been three years, have you done it yet?
How's the progress?
@@sandrosadhukhan I actually learnt it after 2 months
I will upload it soon xD
@@MGtvMusic lies
It's amazing how he does that all while on a clean channel.
A lot of the stuff he plays has a fairly clean sound, thats why he is so good imo, i would recommend doing a lot of your playing on a clean sound, it really makes your fingers work.
He really is amazing....Check out my 8-finger piano style tapping of Rondo Alla Tuca...all clean channel ! 🤘
@@burnsZY85 Distortion hides some mistakes, clean sound hides others (lack of compression on clean channel hides the small unwanted string noises, where as compression of distortion brings them out more but requires less strength and less even strength distribution). Practice on both, neither is "easier" they just bring out different mistakes. Good compromise is a distorted sound with not a lot of gain, best of both worlds
''Its a faaairly normal arpeggio'' - Best joke of 2014
+TheGrubnuk at least for Guthrie is normal, for the rest of the world is faaairly imposible. :C
+TheGrubnuk Well it is a fairly normal arpeggio, but it's stupidly difficult to join 3 octaves of it in one bar
i just keep trying, but still not building speed, not the one of the solo
sipimanify For me a good way to work on speed is to play things at a comfortable tempo from the first note to the last. Once you hit the last note reverse it back to the first one keeping that same tempo, and just when you hit the first note again start over but from the last note and without losing your tempo all the way down so when you hit the first note again you end up on the last note. This makes you play all of the notes in both directions equally, until it starts feeling like a single musical idea (in this case as an arpeggio) instead of a group of notes. In the end you'll have two new versions of the arpeggio forming a single line: 1) from top to top 2) from end to end. Now, for the speed part, instead of consciously trying to play things faster you just try to fit these versions of the arpeggio in the same tempo, meaning that whatever time it took for you to play the arpeggio from top to end should be the same time it takes you to play it from top to top, or from end to end. Of course I wouldn't apply this principle with the three octave arpeggio from the begining, but rather to the three octaves separately (this will be easy, given that it only takes one shape) and then work on the joints like Guthrie said (which after all this practice should be even easier). Also keep in mind that this is all hammered on, therefore every bit and step of this practice should be hammered on, even when you reverse the lick on a single string.
i have no problem with the H-O thx to my gamming pc xD, but the way u explain this is making my practice a bit more interesting and easy, ty for this useful response i really apreciate it :D
Guthrie is literally a genius
As opposed to metaphorically?!
I think he meant, Guthrie is a LITERARY genius, as in one with a handsome vocabulary and even more handsome knowledge of literature.
He clearly did not mean that, though it is true. He's just another of those people who overuses the word literally, and uses it in the wrong context.
Oh sure, no problem Guthrie! Gimme about 12 years and I'll be back with this simple arpeggio lick! No.. I'm kidding... 12 years isn't enough.
luis luisluisluis Eh I dunno about that. I'm not at this level of string skipping tapping. But he sure makes it look like you can get it in two days!!
ElyJaffeMusic i can after two years of playing
Where are you at now?
@@kali3828 uhhhh still working on it 😛
@@ElyJaffeMusic Lol, I'll come back 6 years later
0:06 '' Its a fairly normal arpeggio really '' made my guitar break it's neck by itself .
"You now know how to play 'Wonderful Slippery Thing'."
"Yeah, uh… no."
"Well, the arpeggio, at any rate."
"Oh, okay. Yeah, still no."
It just makes me laugh when I watch Guthrie play, I have no idea why, maybe it's because he talks as if what he's doing is so simple, I dunno, just makes me smile in resignation :-)
*Does bottom string arpeggio* "That's alright."
*Does middle string arpeggio* "That's alright."
*Does top string arpeggio* "That's alright."
*Me trying to play arpeggio* "IT'S NOT ALRIGHT"
It's a fairly normal arpeggio, really.
Problem is the index finger, most guitarists use it as a "barre" thing, just holding on to a string. Not hammering or pull-offs. You gotta do a lot of tapping with open string like Hot For Teacher opening, or Michael Romeo style string skipping (or this Guthrie lick, duh) to get it working. Even if it's the strongest finger in power sense, it's actually the weakest for many guitarists, in the coordination sense
Amazing...and even better that he play it clean.....and it still sounds amazing.
+Gordon Heaney It's actually that kind of lick which is easier to play on clean channel. You have to control the strings even better when on overdrive because of the unintended strings sounding :)
with clean you have to put more pressure when tapping.
Eldrin Paul Gok-ong Yep but by "easier" I mean that you don't have to control other strings so much.
"This is REALLY hard sitting down.....but what can ya' do.... " *goes ahead and does it super-easily, any way*
Me: looks at guitar......cries.
Michael Romeo loves this lick as well
Slow the speed to 0.5 and watch this part 0:47 - 1:22
+Burak Ekşi I was working on this lick and had to put my guitar down because I couldn't stop laughing at 0.5 speed.
Sounds like Ali G
Its ozzy
2:38 the irony that Guthrie reveals TRYING to sound human :D
He makes the effort to, and usually manages to fool the average listeners... but we know better.
Guthrie Thank you very much!!!!
did he just play dragon ball intro theme song- chala head chala @2:13 ?
GG: "It's fairly normal arpeggio"
GG: *plays it*
Me: *face melted off an am dead*
At 1:46, I just put down my guitar and walked out of my room
Puranjay Samson hahaha :D
awesome! cant wait for you guys (the aristocrats) in brazil!
Insanely good player
Aff I love this, now I can't breake my fingers, but this time with a smile on my face
Yeah that's looks SOOOOO EASY guthrie XD
such a great player , I think there is nothing he can't play.
+Nave Keinan Maybe he would have problems with some of the Paul Gilbert's string skipping arpeggios, but in overall - Guthrie is a tremendous guitarist.
+LukeInside Gilbert's phrasing would be a joke for Guthrie to play.
I do like Gilbert a lot but Guthrie is on another level.
Gilbert's playing, whether string skipping, alternate picking, legato, etc is pretty straightforward compared to what Govan plays.
Saketh 1991 It may seem straightforward but Guthrie wouldn't play Gilbert licks just like that. He would after some practice to master it like Gilbert did, to get the hang of string skipping - he just doesn't use that too much. What I dislike in Guthrie's playing is the "nervous vibrato". Sometimes it sounds like he is vibrating too fast, other times it's ok. Every guitar player has his own style and that's good, gives some variety.
LukeInside Yes i said Gilbert's phrasing would be easy for Guthrie, And yes if he did practise string skipping he would nail it pretty soon, if he wanted to that is. Guthrie's phrases are much more interesting. His use of melodic minor, chromatics etc and his wide spectrum of influences are amazing whereas Gilbert mostly uses natural minor, which i do like but after hearing Guthrie its not as interesting thats all. I don't exactly understand what you mean by nervous Vibrato. Guthrie doesn't just do one kind of vibrato which i think is a good thing. His embellishments are highly detailed and intricate whether he is doing a vibrato or something else.
Saketh 1991 I've seen him doing various vibrato styles but most of the time it's still a little too "nervous". He should practice the smootheness of it and as for Guthrie - it would probably be like one evening. Gary Moore is one of the best examples of a smooth vibrato, almost perfect. Do not underestimate Gilbert who has learned many blues and jazz tricks, licks and knowledge within a year or so. He could have work on being more interesting though. He was too long in glam and rock in my opinion. That's what I always say about him - one of the best in the world but he uses his "famous licks" too often. In the early '90s he remembered more scales - there used to be a video with him on RUclips where he had shown some exotic scales. I guess that he doesn't work on that stuff anymore. Gilbert is the king of fast licks, pull-offs, string skipping and so on but he's too repetitive, that's true. That's why I prefer to watch Gilbert's licks just for a while and then listen to more interesting songs of Guthrie. Govan implements more things like changes of the tempo and more scales.
Wow- that stretch between his second finger and last finger (between the 1 and the major 3) on the big string is ridiculous- it' like his pinky actually goes at a 90 degree angle from the rest of the hand! It's a four fret difference between his second finger and the pinky. That HURTS!
Not as a "brag" but this is very easy to reach. If people are struggling then maybe try adjusting your thumb on the neck (towards the high e). Stretches would probably help too. I have small hands and do struggle sometimes but I think this is very manageable for anyone.
i love when he goes, "You can do it with all sorts of arpeggios", (as he quickly zips thru a C Min 7 example, and half of the same
Maj 7 pattern but in B this time. Yeah ok, Can I? LOL Don't you mean YOU can Sir Govan??
One must have maximum facility to get that stretch needed to pull off stuff and strong hammer abilities on the left hand pinky finger. I don't have the stretch i used to. I was thinking of having Warmoth build me a Mustang scale neck only with a nice 1 7/8" wide nut and a Floyd string spacing. Adrian Belew had Modded some Stangs, and they're really cool except my fingertips are too big for a standard mustang, much less a standard thin Strat.
3 solid days of practice and you can do this. practice other things as breaks but if you practice that arpeggio for at least a total of 6 hours a day you should have it after about 3 or 4 days.
Yeah
Because all guitarists have 6 hours per day of practice
@@thepoweroftheweed2215 Lot of guitarists have 6h to do other useless shit. Worldwide, the average media consumption per day is 7.58 hours. (TV, video games, Netflix and similar, social media, internet browsing, podcasts). Just cut the useless crap in your life, and you'll be surprised how much you can do. Perhaps not 6 hours every day, but a lot. I'm currently averaging 5 hours per day, and I have a day job. On weekends, train 8 hours, and you'll handle the weekdays easily, with even some social life (like jam sessions, physical exercise to stay healthy). Don't get family if you love music, the world is overpopulated already
This is an amazing video
Isso chamado de arpejos reais limpos parabéns govan pelo que VC representa René morcego Lauro de Freitas ba
great teacher..awesome
I love how he whips his hair back with his hand
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"It's a fairly normal arpeggio actually..."
*Proceeds to make NES noises*
It's a 4 minute tutorial for ONE arpeggio. I mean... that says a lot
Hi, Is the live webcast Guthrie did, still available to watch anywhere
Tu sei un folle, adesso brucio anche il campanello di casa !!!
Can you please make a video how to play sevens and I want a parrot?
my no 4 finger weak ..need practice ..thanks bro :)
+Liquidmaster1006 I see Paul Gilbert :D
The biggest thing to glean here and the funniest to me is when he says the sky and TIME is the limit. I've been working on this same technique for a decade and I still can't get it as clean as he does. lol
this guy is good at guitar damn
I now know how to play wonderful slippery thing~
I love his condescending style of humor
does anyone here fall in love everytime he moves his hair? lol
You might now know how it's played but can your fingers keep up with what your mind wants to happen?!
this guy is literally the "Jesus" of guitar in every way,
Did you guys delete that video of the hole version of this song? Can't find it!
Practice what you see,even part of an idea will excel your playing
The sky, and time, are the limits.
“Good Lord, we’re live...” 😂
Great i dont even have enough frets for this
My guitar said that if i couldnt play like guthrie it will self-transform into a stone.
I now carry a stone wherever i go.
How should i set the amp for gain this sound?
he couldn't play it slow until i pressed the "p" button. You're welcome Guthrie
Hmmm yes, getting the fingers to move to the next string or, at all. That’s the fiddly bit, isn’t it?
HOW TO DO THIS I TRY SO HARD
he says; You con use does arpeggios.... I say: Yeah right !!! Lol
"That's alright"
No, it's not alright
"like that " he says "fairly common arpeggio" he says while doslocating his little finger
It really is simple, it’s just the speed he does it at is breakneck
The tapping him is very strong, my tapping is very easy... oh dammit!!!
Easy
The last time I saw this I couldn't play this
can anyone please tell me the song he plays 3:30 onwards. Its super catchy. PLEASE HELP !!!!
His song Sevens
@@conorburke1696 thanks man it drove me crazy
This guy and I have decidedly different definitions of the phrase "fairly normal"....
"This stuff's really hard sitting down"
He said "this is impossible for anyone else" wrong
Play at 0.5x speed. Enjoy
Utile come scartare l'uovo di pasqua a natale. Posso cambiare maestro? hahaha
really hard sitting down he says
whats happened to his new charvel signature guitar?
it's a fragment from an old video, before charvel came along
intelligent introvert.
He's a introvert?
"Its fairly normal arpeggio" ...Yeah! Right! Anything else?
All of the 220k views are from the same 10k people trying to learn this lol
Guthries heard Steve vais "bad horse"
Can't follow the shape due to a very small fingers so I have to use 2 fingers each hand with damper to make it possible. Hahaha
He's not human, he's one of David Icke's Lizard men
0:09
"It's a fairly normal arpeggio" is subtle way of saying "Throw away your guitar dipshits"
It is vert hard to do this
Only guitar player could understand it and feel it
I learnt it, it's easy, but I play it too fast, so it sounds like one note...
2:10 Dragon ball!!!
Robert Plant??
The world is in wrong direction. How can you explain that this video has 209,906 views and some bad guitarists has 100 millions views?
Its a fairly normal arpeggio
FAIRLY NORMAL ARPEGGIO
FairLY NOrmaL ARpEgGiO
if only i have longer hands.. T.T .. I wish to be reborn to have longer hands
These sort of Arpeggios simply reminds of the Guitar Legend "Nuno Bettencourt" from Extreme
jesus christ is anyone else having a hell of a time just trying to do that godawful stretch to do the 7-1-3-5 line on the low e string? its a wrist killer
"It's a fairly normal arpeggio really"
Excuse me wtf
"it's a fairly normal arpeggio"
*then does an insane multi-string arpeggio*
c'mon guthrie we're only mortals here unlike you.
Arpeggio Form Hell!!
+tanwaza Or from Heaven :)
“That’s alright”
“That’s alright” “It’s the joining together”.
No it’s all difficult.
for me it's abnormal arpeggio
Here’s the original version... ruclips.net/video/5FDMc9Kcwbk/видео.html
How the fuck
Yeah its fairly normal duh
AAAAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOO....!!!!!! EASY MIS COJ#€#€€##.....
Face melting confirmed
Jesus Jovan! Looks like Christ and plays like God.
Saw this years ago. Still cant play that shit.
Oké, thats it, I quit....
Ha!FAAAAAIRLY normal arpeggios...
What a joke dude.