I went to a clinic with Marty right after he left Megadeth, I was about 15 at the time. They had a Q&A section afterwards and I got in line and asked him "how do you come up with ideas? I find myself doing the same lame stuff over and over and I feel like I'm just not good enough". I'll never forget his reaction, he leaned back from the counter and put his hands on his head and his eyebrows perked up and he goes "Dude me too!!!!!". We had a conversation about recording yourself with a tape deck so if you have a random moment of genuis you can go back and re-learn it.....but just that moment of realizing my hero was a human being and not some sort of perfect robot god was life changing for me.
Marty has been my hero since 1992. He was insanely good then, and even better now. Plus, my mind was blown the first time I saw that pick hand live, saying “How the hell is he achieving that??”
The first time I saw him playing, I actually thought he had a physical handicap. I thought,..He has a physical handicap to overcome and he is still better than I am...lol
The picking style was weird but in a bad ass way, esp with the Jackson Kelly, it just looked so cool. Then you take the super odd musicality and he was pretty much a guitar playing alien.
@Anouyz He's said before that he picks the way he does as a conscious effort to avoid muting notes. He enjoys having every note he plays be fully heard which is why he never does any muted runs or anything like that
Yessss. Has everything a guitar lover could want in a solo: tasty bends, emotional melodies, and a consistent crescendo into a mind-blowing climax where Marty shreds as if his life depended on it.
Even the way he was picking, finger picking, and even flicking his finger to grab notes a certain way, combined with the angle of approach using his wrist, really helped capture his explanation here. It almost seemed a bit over exaggerate, but only because he wanted the camera to get a clear shot of his hand/wrist placement. Gotta make sure the viewers can see it first, if they want to learn it. Of course, all of that going on in this Shorts clip, and he makes it look effortless. A great description by him, aa well, to pull it all together. Good stuff. These videos from Beato are great.
I think Becker would have been one of the best ever had he not gotten ALS. He was still a teenager in Cacophony and when he released Perpetual Burn. Amazing.
@@TLguitar I have been a fan of him since the 80s. I knew of him for a very long time speaking English only. That's why sometimes it's odd in my brain to see him speak perfect Japanese.
@@TLguitar probably because Marty has lived a long time in Japan, and appeared on many many shows, and is basically a celebrity in Japan, and yes, he’s speaks fluently
I met Marty on the island of Oahu in the 80s. This was years before he joined Megadeth. I lived in an apartment building at the time and he lived in an apartment building just minutes away from me. He was well known around town amongst us rockers because of his Shrapnel records albums with the band Hawaii. I was a beginner but I got to jam with him on acoustic guitar alongside the Ala Wai canal. I sucked but he was so cool, he even acted like I was a good player. I was kinda outta tune and he said, "I'm always interested in different tunings." I could just hug him for that now. Happy he's getting his props after all these years. My favorite track by Hawaii is the song Burn! Look it up, you'll love it!
Marty is truly one of the most inspiring improvisers. I always learn new things just from watching him play. I would love to have him as a guitar teacher!
I really wish Marty Friedman was more relevant. His style is so awesome and unique. Everyone sounds the same nowadays, or plays dubstep sounding riffs like Polyphia.
If you watch his mouth, he’s voicing the notes as he plays them. It’s amazing how good his ear is that he’s able to voice and play in sync like this and it’s one thing (of many) that makes him so great
Only other one I can think of is George Benson. There was a paper written by a guitar teacher (I forget who) that broke down this sort of pick grip, with a conclusion it was capable of much faster speeds than normal grips, that is...if you can teach it to yourself.
That’s how you should hold the pick. I had to re learn how to play guitar this way and it sped up my picking but also provided a more efficient way to more easily control the attack and response of the pick. If I try and hold it the old way I used to, (like the way Josh Meader does), it feels ‘less controlled’ if that makes sense? Btw Josh Meader is a gun at guitar… not bash his pick hold style at all.
I always thought my picking grip was unique till I saw Marty Friedman's the first time. I have a reversed picking grip, so my pick angle is towards the top of the neck, and not the bottom. I'm left handed, but had to learn how to guitar play Right handed, so I think that's why I grip the pick the way I do. Been 41 years now. I still love playing my guitar everyday. If you watch Ola Englund's, or Tosin Abasi's picking, mine is pretty much the same, except I had it first in 1983. LOL. Marty also uses a reverse grip, but it looks like his pick angle is almost horizontal to the string. Still don't know how he does it. I was taught to always have an angle on my pick, and to avoid being horizontal to the strings as much as possible. Marty is great. Hope to meet him someday.
My guitar teacher introduced me to Marty Friedman. I have learned some songs and solos of his, and you can really tell how he plays differently than other players (and I don't mean how he holds his pick). For example, when he ends on a note, he won't just sustain that note. He'll finish on the note before and bend a little bit (like a 1/4th bend) to get to the note he wants and vibrato the bend. Little things like that are ways he makes songs and solo his own and differ from other guitarists. A good example of this is his song "miracle".
Glad you got him on. I have a huge amount of respect for this guy. He went his own damned way, as we all should. I got to see him on tour with Megadeath. He and Nick Menza being in Megadeath made that one of the best incarnations of that band. That show was freaking spot on. Marty is just so goddamned solid. I don't care what he's stretching for, he reaches it. I know he's labeled as a shredder but, how often do you hear shredders with that much heart in their lead melodies? His feel is as great as his speed. Love his playing and great to see a guy that never fell into the trappings or brought himself to ruin. I hear he's big in Japan now, good for you buddy.
It's Marty's feel and melodicism is that which seperates Marty from the rest of the metal/shredder guitarists. Incredible style and musical technique. Amazing!
1. Marty is a Genius and every unique player. 2 Marty's reaction is priceless . You can see how respected He is by legendary players like Marty, Colaiuta , lukather lukather, and several others world class monsters.
Nobody in the entire rock/metal world sounds like him. Even when I consciously try to copy his style it never sounds quite right. Incredible, peerless player
He's got such a unique style. Its not just his technicality but the emotion he puts into his instrument is just something else. That picking hand technique is so oddly angled yet always accurate.
All great music is about constant tension and resolution, push and pull; this is what makes it emotive. Each culture, genre and style may have its own manner and systems of achieving this but it is fundamentally about tension and resolution of that tension.
The more and more I watch legendary guitarists like Mr. Friedman, the more I recognize so much of their tone, inflection, and pace comes from their right hand.... no matter the picking style, it seems they all play nearly perpendicular to the string... with such a deft, precise strike! I pray for this ability!
So good to see Marty! I used to catch the city bus from one end of Oahu to where he lived for my lessons while in high school. I knew then he was a special musician, and he’s a guitar legend, 40 years later!
You know I hate this because I'm guilty of it myself, when they talk about who are the greats because Marty is not always on the forefront I forget about him. Every time I see a picture of him or a post of him however, immediately , my mind goes to one of the best musicians ever. An amazing guitarist. Not just in technique but his ability to write music that gives you chill bumps when you think about it.
I always knew Marty was good but I didn't know he was this good. His playing style is so unique. Probably the most underrated guitarist I've ever come across.
My favorite thing about this is instead of saying "I might play..." Marty says "I might say..." then plays a sweet lick. That says volumes about what the artist is trying to express.
I'm always amazed at his picking style. A friend of mine got me listening to Marty. He just wasn't a guy I would listen to back in 90's. After seeing him with my buddy, I have been a fan ever since. Listen to different styles of guitar players but I found taking a bit from this one and that one I found my own style. It might not be recording worthy but it makes me happy.
Oh man. Marty Friedman might just be the reason why I listen to music. Sure, he’s probably mortal like the rest of us, but the musical taste buds that man has are just simply incredible. I know it’s selfish of me to say it, but I think he should just dish out records and just…keep doing that, whatever he is doing. Even if it’s something different each time.
Martys melodies are so interesting... and I believe that most people don't understand that he had a big blues phase in the 90s... he blues a lot on the megadeths countdown and youthanasia and also in one his best solo albums "scenes"
Marty is a national treasure. I started listening to him and Jason Becker back in the Cacophony days. An amazing guitarist and musician in general. Yet has an abundance of humility and just the nicest guy ever.
When Marty is playing the guitar, you know it's Marty playing the guitar... cause no one else (globally) can play the guitar in such a unique way like Marty.
I like nothing more than playing instruments in F It warms the very cockles of my heart The trouble is that F Can leave me vocally bereft You see, I like playing in F major But I like singing in F sharp
I went to a clinic with Marty right after he left Megadeth, I was about 15 at the time. They had a Q&A section afterwards and I got in line and asked him "how do you come up with ideas? I find myself doing the same lame stuff over and over and I feel like I'm just not good enough". I'll never forget his reaction, he leaned back from the counter and put his hands on his head and his eyebrows perked up and he goes "Dude me too!!!!!". We had a conversation about recording yourself with a tape deck so if you have a random moment of genuis you can go back and re-learn it.....but just that moment of realizing my hero was a human being and not some sort of perfect robot god was life changing for me.
Lol. Reminds me of Norm Mcdonald.
How do you come up with your ideas
Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this. It's such a relief.
Great question
@@joeferris5086Explain to the folks at home what a idea is
Man i needed to hear that. I have been feeling like this for the past few weeks just cycling the same ideas over and over
Marty has been my hero since 1992. He was insanely good then, and even better now. Plus, my mind was blown the first time I saw that pick hand live, saying “How the hell is he achieving that??”
The first time I saw him playing, I actually thought he had a physical handicap.
I thought,..He has a physical handicap to overcome and he is still better than I am...lol
It's a freak technique that can only be subjectively experienced. Either you got it or you don't. One of them things. Can't be taught.
The picking style was weird but in a bad ass way, esp with the Jackson Kelly, it just looked so cool. Then you take the super odd musicality and he was pretty much a guitar playing alien.
I was just going to say. 100% agree.
Dude… this is how I play… it’s the only way I’m able to pick fast… and people were telling me I’m wrong so I changed the way I pick😂
Love how Marty always uses exotic scales and lands on rebellious notes lol. That's why he sounds so unique.
his sound has an errie but melodic vibe to it. I love it.
@Dystopia54109 his picking appears to be more about not creating unwanted sound then controlling it.
@Anouyz He's said before that he picks the way he does as a conscious effort to avoid muting notes. He enjoys having every note he plays be fully heard which is why he never does any muted runs or anything like that
Feel like he mutes a couple times in tornado of souls like the tremolo bit
Tornado of Souls has the #1 all-time most badass solo of all times
For me its Hangar 18
Yessss. Has everything a guitar lover could want in a solo: tasty bends, emotional melodies, and a consistent crescendo into a mind-blowing climax where Marty shreds as if his life depended on it.
Poison
"Led Boots" by Jeff Beck
AND intro riff!
Marty's amazing style...he's so melodic...so fantastic!
Even the way he was picking, finger picking, and even flicking his finger to grab notes a certain way, combined with the angle of approach using his wrist, really helped capture his explanation here. It almost seemed a bit over exaggerate, but only because he wanted the camera to get a clear shot of his hand/wrist placement. Gotta make sure the viewers can see it first, if they want to learn it. Of course, all of that going on in this Shorts clip, and he makes it look effortless. A great description by him, aa well, to pull it all together. Good stuff. These videos from Beato are great.
👌👌
but the shirt you now ........
Cacophony is one of my favorite bands ever. Marty and Jason are geniuses
100% 🤘
I was pretty good back in the day and that album made me feel inferior in every way
Yup, crazy duo
I think Becker would have been one of the best ever had he not gotten ALS. He was still a teenager in Cacophony and when he released Perpetual Burn. Amazing.
Fucking finally! There are others!!!
I am Japanese. And it looks so weird that Marty is speaking English fluently.
I can understand some Japanese, I like to watch his times on Japan television. I say the same thing when he speaks his fluent Japanese. Haha
How good is his Japanese that you see a non-Japanese person speaking a different language and it's a "wtf" moment for you?
@@TLguitar I have been a fan of him since the 80s. I knew of him for a very long time speaking English only. That's why sometimes it's odd in my brain to see him speak perfect Japanese.
@@Khammett1962 Which is why I asked the OP about the opposite scenario.
@@TLguitar probably because Marty has lived a long time in Japan, and appeared on many many shows, and is basically a celebrity in Japan, and yes, he’s speaks fluently
Always thought his solo on “Lucretia” was so badass. Great note choices and the perfect mix of melodic & shred
I think this statement would apply to most of his solos.
100% agree@@sanjograi4199
It also sounds like first half is composed and second is improvised, almost like two guitarists playing
@@guitaristslair Dave does play a solo after Marty's, if you're referring to the 2nd guitar solo.
@@JonnyZye i know, i was reffering to Marty's solo
I love how all these videos go from 'let me give you my knowledge' to 'watch me blow Rick's mind'.
Marty's Mind Blowers
Marty has aged so damn well
I think Japan has kept him a little young
@@TrippedGian1 also quitting drugs helps a lot too
Indeed. Isn't it weird to think that he and Rick are the same age, considering that Rick hasn't aged badly either?
@@kgsvvgla2i Rick looks fantastic, he just doesn't dye his hair..
@@thiccchungus588 Agreed. But imo Marty looks way younger than is actual age.
I love Marty's style and phrasing- one of the most unique players I've ever heard
It’s a real shame that Marty is always left off these GOAT guitarist lists.
Estoy casi seguro q no le interesa en absoluto estar en una lista.
Exactly. He'd absolutely destroy page , may ,Gilmore, Clapton etc
I met Marty on the island of Oahu in the 80s.
This was years before he joined Megadeth.
I lived in an apartment building at the time and he lived in an apartment building just minutes away from me.
He was well known around town amongst us rockers because of his Shrapnel records albums with the band Hawaii.
I was a beginner but I got to jam with him on acoustic guitar alongside the Ala Wai canal.
I sucked but he was so cool, he even acted like I was a good player. I was kinda outta tune and he said, "I'm always interested in different tunings."
I could just hug him for that now. Happy he's getting his props after all these years.
My favorite track by Hawaii is the song Burn!
Look it up, you'll love it!
This is incredible, thank you for sharing your awesome experience with us here!
I always liked the Hawaii song "Begging for Mercy"!
Marty is truly one of the most inspiring improvisers. I always learn new things just from watching him play. I would love to have him as a guitar teacher!
what’s he talking about?
I really wish Marty Friedman was more relevant. His style is so awesome and unique. Everyone sounds the same nowadays, or plays dubstep sounding riffs like Polyphia.
It's almost crazy how when I just want to see something random from a legend, this channel is what delivers.
Even Marty says, if Rick thinks so, you're golden. ❤
If you watch his mouth, he’s voicing the notes as he plays them. It’s amazing how good his ear is that he’s able to voice and play in sync like this and it’s one thing (of many) that makes him so great
Yeah and i saw his tongue too in first example 😂 when he play. All of senses follow him
it's just guitar face. even sorry players do that
From before cacophony and megadeth Marty is truly a righteous righteous player and sounds very natural and expressive exciting, its everything.
I’ve always tripped on his picking hand, never seen anyone hold a pick like that and play so amazing!
Was about to mention the same, every time I see him is like, how?
Only other one I can think of is George Benson. There was a paper written by a guitar teacher (I forget who) that broke down this sort of pick grip, with a conclusion it was capable of much faster speeds than normal grips, that is...if you can teach it to yourself.
I remember the teacher now. Tuck Andress. Google search his paper.
That’s how you should hold the pick. I had to re learn how to play guitar this way and it sped up my picking but also provided a more efficient way to more easily control the attack and response of the pick.
If I try and hold it the old way I used to, (like the way Josh Meader does), it feels ‘less controlled’ if that makes sense?
Btw Josh Meader is a gun at guitar… not bash his pick hold style at all.
I always thought my picking grip was unique till I saw Marty Friedman's the first time. I have a reversed picking grip, so my pick angle is towards the top of the neck, and not the bottom. I'm left handed, but had to learn how to guitar play Right handed, so I think that's why I grip the pick the way I do. Been 41 years now. I still love playing my guitar everyday. If you watch Ola Englund's, or Tosin Abasi's picking, mine is pretty much the same, except I had it first in 1983. LOL. Marty also uses a reverse grip, but it looks like his pick angle is almost horizontal to the string. Still don't know how he does it. I was taught to always have an angle on my pick, and to avoid being horizontal to the strings as much as possible. Marty is great. Hope to meet him someday.
This is why I'm a drummer. All my instructions are, "Hit with stick."
Jon Theodore
My guitar teacher introduced me to Marty Friedman. I have learned some songs and solos of his, and you can really tell how he plays differently than other players (and I don't mean how he holds his pick).
For example, when he ends on a note, he won't just sustain that note. He'll finish on the note before and bend a little bit (like a 1/4th bend) to get to the note he wants and vibrato the bend. Little things like that are ways he makes songs and solo his own and differ from other guitarists.
A good example of this is his song "miracle".
Glad you got him on. I have a huge amount of respect for this guy. He went his own damned way, as we all should. I got to see him on tour with Megadeath. He and Nick Menza being in Megadeath made that one of the best incarnations of that band. That show was freaking spot on. Marty is just so goddamned solid. I don't care what he's stretching for, he reaches it. I know he's labeled as a shredder but, how often do you hear shredders with that much heart in their lead melodies? His feel is as great as his speed. Love his playing and great to see a guy that never fell into the trappings or brought himself to ruin. I hear he's big in Japan now, good for you buddy.
It's Marty's feel and melodicism is that which seperates Marty from the rest of the metal/shredder guitarists. Incredible style and musical technique. Amazing!
The album Rust In Peace was legendary
Marty is the best; so humble and talented.
Marty with the effortless shred. Absolute legend. Well done Rick 👏
1. Marty is a Genius and every unique player. 2 Marty's reaction is priceless . You can see how respected He is by legendary players like Marty, Colaiuta , lukather lukather, and several others world class monsters.
Such a distinct sound you know its Marty Friedman same with George Lynch they have such original styles.
Two of my all time favorites!
Marty and his mind blowing guitar playing….. Megadeth needs you
Marty doin Marty things!
His picking hand is providing multiple functions from picking , to muting , to finger picking almost simultaneously... ! 💯👍
So exotic!
I still get goosebumps when I listen to Rust In Peace.
Legend! 🤘🏻
Nobody in the entire rock/metal world sounds like him. Even when I consciously try to copy his style it never sounds quite right. Incredible, peerless player
What a fucking legend.
Marty is one of the best phrasers in all of guitardom. So many of his classic solos remain high water marks and will never get old
I love Marty's playing style, always have. He's got such a unique approach.
He's got such a unique style. Its not just his technicality but the emotion he puts into his instrument is just something else. That picking hand technique is so oddly angled yet always accurate.
Awesome! Rust in Peace was my first Megadeth album. Marty is the best
Friedman never ceases to amaze me!!!
He has a very unusual picking style
Of all the guitar GODS I believe Marty and Jake E. Lee are always underrated.
marty rocking the guitar and the crazy eyes...hes the best
Crazy pick hand ever
When Marty really gets into his bag, his guitar solos sound like someone that first learned to play the sitar! Awesome!
His picking technique is so wild
No his mind is❤.
Ikr, but that makes it easier to bend the chords to have his unique sound style.
He was too good for Megadeth.
Maybe true but he became a much better guitarist after being in megadeth. Let's not forget mustaine is a decent guitarist too
All great music is about constant tension and resolution, push and pull; this is what makes it emotive. Each culture, genre and style may have its own manner and systems of achieving this but it is fundamentally about tension and resolution of that tension.
Trey from Phish is the master... People hate Phish but you cannot deny that he is one of the best walking the planet today
The more and more I watch legendary guitarists like Mr. Friedman, the more I recognize so much of their tone, inflection, and pace comes from their right hand.... no matter the picking style, it seems they all play nearly perpendicular to the string... with such a deft, precise strike!
I pray for this ability!
So good to see Marty! I used to catch the city bus from one end of Oahu to where he lived for my lessons while in high school. I knew then he was a special musician, and he’s a guitar legend, 40 years later!
Marty, you are my in my top 3 idols of guitar players... thank you for making me wanna play more blues
Phenomenal player ive been a fan of Martys for decades ❤
I saw Marty and Megadeth play in 1998, at Ozfest and Marty is indeed phenomenal.
Listening to Rust in Peace for the first time was a very distinct moment in my journey of musical appreciation. Blew my mind!
One of the heavys. Legend
You’re one of a kind, Marty. Wow.
What a great player Marty is.
One of the greatest living guitarist
Hitting any '9' with a long tone in a solo... IS (indeed) AMAZING!
One of the best!!!!! Mr Marty F!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸
Marty is something else. His melodic ideas are out of this world. He always find so interesting note land on.
Marty Friedman is all time number one guitarist❤ Love from Korea
You know I hate this because I'm guilty of it myself, when they talk about who are the greats because Marty is not always on the forefront I forget about him. Every time I see a picture of him or a post of him however, immediately , my mind goes to one of the best musicians ever. An amazing guitarist. Not just in technique but his ability to write music that gives you chill bumps when you think about it.
Marty is simply AMAZING. ❤
Marty is really a melody maker🫠🫠🫠
How much of a humble dude is Marty, awesome to see..
I always knew Marty was good but I didn't know he was this good. His playing style is so unique. Probably the most underrated guitarist I've ever come across.
How can you not love Marty Friedman? The dude is amazing! Everything is so tasty… He’s the perfect blend of everything good about guitar.
Friedman never ceases to amaze me. Awesome player man!🤟🏼
''Rick says it sounds amazing''.
Marty is so genuinly humble and nice!
Marty's work on Rust in Peace is epic! He has my respect!
Marty! He IS amazing!
My favorite thing about this is instead of saying "I might play..." Marty says "I might say..." then plays a sweet lick. That says volumes about what the artist is trying to express.
marty’s right hand technique is so insane
My guitar teacher said play your notes with authority. He then demonstrated the difference and even to my ears in 1988, I could hear the difference.
I'm always amazed at his picking style. A friend of mine got me listening to Marty. He just wasn't a guy I would listen to back in 90's. After seeing him with my buddy, I have been a fan ever since. Listen to different styles of guitar players but I found taking a bit from this one and that one I found my own style. It might not be recording worthy but it makes me happy.
在他心中永遠有一段特別而美妙的旋律👏🏻👏🏻
Oh man. Marty Friedman might just be the reason why I listen to music. Sure, he’s probably mortal like the rest of us, but the musical taste buds that man has are just simply incredible. I know it’s selfish of me to say it, but I think he should just dish out records and just…keep doing that, whatever he is doing. Even if it’s something different each time.
Love marty. Always have!! He will always be my favorite Megadeth lead player...
Martys melodies are so interesting... and I believe that most people don't understand that he had a big blues phase in the 90s... he blues a lot on the megadeths countdown and youthanasia and also in one his best solo albums "scenes"
Marty's top tier. I truly love this guy's playing.
It does sound amazing! If it sounds amazing it is amazing ‼️
He's such a great player, but his picking technique always throws me for a second...💚🎸
Marty the metal GOAT. This little snippet sums up his phrasing ethos in one video. Well done Rick!
Marty is an amazing guitarist, I can’t bring myself to listen to megadeth without him
...a perfect FIT for Megadeth which infact turned out to be a plus points for himself, Mustaine and the boys🎸🤘😍👍...
Freakish talent. Master of frets and theory twists.
Marty is a national treasure. I started listening to him and Jason Becker back in the Cacophony days. An amazing guitarist and musician in general. Yet has an abundance of humility and just the nicest guy ever.
When Marty is playing the guitar, you know it's Marty playing the guitar... cause no one else (globally) can play the guitar in such a unique way like Marty.
I like nothing more than playing instruments in F
It warms the very cockles of my heart
The trouble is that F
Can leave me vocally bereft
You see, I like playing in F major
But I like singing in F sharp
Yeah Rick. These interviews are just phenomenal. Sounds amazing.
Marty is right up there with Randy Rhoads for me. My favorite metal lead of all time.
Marty's such a unique musician and human being. Love the dude.
Love how expressive his playing is too. Almost vocal. Beast.
El mejor momento de Megadeth fue con Marty en la guitarra, un monstruo de las 6 cuerdas. Genio, todo mi respeto!!!
Marty is absolutely top tier
Marty looks so good. He is older than his buddy Paul Gilbert but looks 20 years younger. Wow 😮
Marty’s just a legend.. love this man !
I’ve been a metal fan over 40yrs and that just sounded like some of the best clean guitaring/tone ive ever heard
He is out of any standards. Gifted guitar player and musician.