OK, so let me explain why GOAT is higher level than ABC and The Audacity (w/ my terrible English) First, those levels don't show the difficulty of riffs itself but the one of techniques required in the riffs. In this point, I think that triplet > thumping > hammers. Tbh, the position of The Audacity is a play on words about 8string and level8. Btw I still think GOAT is harder than Audacity and ABC if you play in high quality. GOAT's triplet needs a synchronization of picking and fingering so this is harder to play in accurate timing. This issue will be happen even after you become very good at playing guitar. Difficulty of The Audacity is directly related to how you good at thumping. If you can do basics of thump, this intro riff has no crazy phrases. On the other hand, ABC has the abcdefgh lick. But most of the problems is probably hammers from nowhere (On the other word, all right hand has to do is a couple of hybrid and tapping, then single muted sweep) So if you focus to train your left hand and get strong hammers, it will be way better than you think. Of course, my tutorial must be helpful for you :) And sorry for my hardest riff #4 is wrong! It's not main riff but whole outro.
I love how the other songs have interesting technique names like sweep madness, but OD literally needs you to learn teleportation, and ego death needs you to teleport while doing everything else.
Played for almost 2 years consistently and my first polyphia song was 40oz which i got upto 85% ish speed. That last 20% makes it feel so much more faster than it is
The arpeggios from Playing God still give me nightmares. Literally practicing them every single day at half speed and slowly bringing them up for months. Pain.
Learnt playing God and goat and played them whenever I was bored, after a long break for exams I forgot them... everyone gotta practice to maintain skills 😅
Let’s all be very serious about Polyphia for a moment. No matter who you are or where you are from on this planet. You must agree however they are doing what they are doing, they are the future, they are far far far into the future if I’m Being honest. There’s maybe 5000 guitarists that can play Polyphia on the planet like KAWA can. I want you all to do 5000/9000000000. These guys are doing something that has absolutely never been done. And then you have to look at what it takes to write these songs at this speed. Writing these songs seems even rarer than playing them. Think about that for a moment. You literally have to be able to teleport to write these. Tim looks and plays the way he does Because he is possibly the furthest from an average person you can get on this planet. Whoever is driving the writing is on a completely different level than anyone now or to come for quite a while I would say.
I managed to get through a couple riffs on the violin…..if you look at some of videos you can see a distinct change in playing. I had to become better 😂😂😂
Learning to play tim hensons riffs is alot like learning to play the drums tbh. You have to get it on lock, make it muscle memory, if you think about it too much you end up messing up. Great playing brother.
Tim did make a video with a title stating that O.D. is actually the hardest Polyphia song so it being almost at the top makes perfect sense when you consider that the song above it is Ego Death and that's not actually a song that they play live.
I learnt the Ego Death riff on my 6 string acoustic guitar and it wasn't actually that bad, maybe because I learnt it fingerstyle. I've never used a pick so imo the 40oz sweeps are a lot more intimidating to me. The Playing God arpeggios were so good though, I kind of like it more than the original riff. I might learn it as a warmup since I have nothing else besides Spider walks lol.
I think 13 should be higher. While I get your argument, you were able to kinda nail the lvl 14 but not 13. I respect your opinion either way. Great playing!
Level 1 is a little trickier than it seems if you're not used to properly sequencing variations of 7th chords in the right order. Level 4 seems easier than 2 lol
40 oz sweep was rough lol, you were playing it on a super clean tone though so understandable. part of what makes that riff sound so great is the reverb and the harmonies you get from the notes slightly ringing out. playing it on the clean tone even played perfectly isnt going to sound as good
@@ianholmes6568 Bro after learning the audacity on 8 string instead of 6 I will say the starting riff to goat may be slightly harder as long as you've mastered thumping
HOW IS HARMONICS SO HIGH there so easy. Also side note, the ‘sweep part’ in 40oz is acc not seeping and every note is picked on the recording but they do a normal sweep when live
OK, so let me explain why GOAT is higher level than ABC and The Audacity (w/ my terrible English)
First, those levels don't show the difficulty of riffs itself but the one of techniques required in the riffs.
In this point, I think that triplet > thumping > hammers.
Tbh, the position of The Audacity is a play on words about 8string and level8.
Btw I still think GOAT is harder than Audacity and ABC if you play in high quality.
GOAT's triplet needs a synchronization of picking and fingering so this is harder to play in accurate timing.
This issue will be happen even after you become very good at playing guitar.
Difficulty of The Audacity is directly related to how you good at thumping. If you can do basics of thump, this intro riff has no crazy phrases.
On the other hand, ABC has the abcdefgh lick.
But most of the problems is probably hammers from nowhere (On the other word, all right hand has to do is a couple of hybrid and tapping, then single muted sweep)
So if you focus to train your left hand and get strong hammers, it will be way better than you think.
Of course, my tutorial must be helpful for you :)
And sorry for my hardest riff #4 is wrong!
It's not main riff but whole outro.
Yeah G.O.A.T. Is definitely the hardest! It took me many hours to master it.
@@Lovell93try od
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I personally thought 13 is the hardest to perform perfectly.
@@isaiahryman3470 agreed. Definitely the most chaotic.
i was sitting here thinking "no way thats only level 2" and then i remembered the video was about polyphia
LOL 😂😂
I mean its a fairly simple lead line utilizing some bends, nothing challenging persay.
it is extremely easy but trying to make it sound good is the hard part
It would be easy for a late intermediate or even a mid intermediate guitarist and for beginners, well it’s safe to say everything is hard for them lol
It is if you put it in the context of that was from their "debut"
Nearly a decade ago, holy crap
It's called ego death because your ego dies whenever you try to play it
*your ego dies at the glimpse of the tab 😅
Fr. 💀
What? Champagne riff is easy lol (it's a good beginner riff if you want to learn Polyphia)
@ExodiumPlays bruv what does that have to do with anything
@@percival5697 I accidentally commented under the wrong comment 😅
under lvl 1 gang here
I think I could play lvl 1 if I tried but I’m lazy
I love how the other songs have interesting technique names like sweep madness, but OD literally needs you to learn teleportation, and ego death needs you to teleport while doing everything else.
You need to teleport with Steve Vai to play Ego Death
that ego death was amazing wow
7:30 Naaah not the whistle flex 💀 I feel violated 😭 😭 😭
He needs to be stopped 😭
Hand Teleportation got me LOL
How is this guy such a chad? He records his guitar in DI tone and proceeds to play the cleanest cover ever.Absolute mad lad
Played for almost 2 years consistently and my first polyphia song was 40oz which i got upto 85% ish speed. That last 20% makes it feel so much more faster than it is
Crosty is a good easy song of theirs to learn. Not as complicated as some of their stuff and feels great to play. It's mostly just sliding octaves
The arpeggios from Playing God still give me nightmares.
Literally practicing them every single day at half speed and slowly bringing them up for months. Pain.
Don't worry they gotta practice the songs they make too
Learnt playing God and goat and played them whenever I was bored, after a long break for exams I forgot them... everyone gotta practice to maintain skills 😅
Just like hitting the gym
My mans casually played through the entire discography. Cool collection of guitars too man. Hoping to see more vids from you 🎉
2:40 bros fretboard is wider than my future 💀
Ego Death just requires you to figure out how to ascend from the 3rd dimension and into the 5th
Can we get 15 levels of Animals as Leaders?
Level 1 is already too hard
Hold on, bro, I got u soon
It's all lvl 15
That was a wholesome video man passed by like seconds. Good job organizing and presenting this stuff for us
Dude these are so damn clean! That’s hours of drilling that shit to get it that perfect! Good stuff man!
killed! i love tim's champagne part
the "Hands Teleportation" got me HAHAHAHA and also the whistle at the end HAHAHAHA I always whistle that too HAHAHAHA
first time seeing pink frh played by someone! great video btw :D
うますぎます！
Fantastic playing, great job!
Let’s all be very serious about Polyphia for a moment. No matter who you are or where you are from on this planet. You must agree however they are doing what they are doing, they are the future, they are far far far into the future if I’m Being honest. There’s maybe 5000 guitarists that can play Polyphia on the planet like KAWA can. I want you all to do 5000/9000000000. These guys are doing something that has absolutely never been done. And then you have to look at what it takes to write these songs at this speed. Writing these songs seems even rarer than playing them. Think about that for a moment. You literally have to be able to teleport to write these. Tim looks and plays the way he does Because he is possibly the furthest from an average person you can get on this planet. Whoever is driving the writing is on a completely different level than anyone now or to come for quite a while I would say.
I managed to get through a couple riffs on the violin…..if you look at some of videos you can see a distinct change in playing. I had to become better 😂😂😂
That Charvel you used is dope! One of my favorite guitars, especially for Polyphia songs!
The scottie solo on ego death is just so amazing, and you played it very well
Definitely Ego Death showcases EVERYTHING Polyphia is lmao. Nice job performing one hell of a demonstration of all that Polyphia is.
well done on the goat riff dawg
loved the background music at the end lol
this is so accurate, ego death is on another level. 17 years since the first time I touch guitar, at lv 13 now 😢
Learning to play tim hensons riffs is alot like learning to play the drums tbh. You have to get it on lock, make it muscle memory, if you think about it too much you end up messing up.
Great playing brother.
absolutely incredible playing
hand teleportation 😭😭😭 this was so fun, thanks for sharing!! ☺️✨
This is such great inspiration for what to learn next
Youre the 🐐
Much respect for being able to play all that
3:31 i really love this Goose part
Amazing video would love more breakdowns of specific techniques used by bands / musicians laid out with examples like this. Very high quality video
I feel like the crush solo needs more attention, wasn’t only done flawlessly but the tone was literally perfect
Level 14 Hands teleportation is the most accurate name for that song I've seen so far👍😵💫
Bro ur so clean i swear u kill 99% of germs on ur guitar just by playing on it😭
This is wild, congratulations🎉
legend doing these levels
Tim did make a video with a title stating that O.D. is actually the hardest Polyphia song so it being almost at the top makes perfect sense when you consider that the song above it is Ego Death and that's not actually a song that they play live.
This was amazing! Very nice, dude!
everyone just sleeps on symmetry
Lol actually yes
being at level 9 from the beginning makes me feel much better about myself but also makes me realise i have a lot of way to go
I learnt the Ego Death riff on my 6 string acoustic guitar and it wasn't actually that bad, maybe because I learnt it fingerstyle. I've never used a pick so imo the 40oz sweeps are a lot more intimidating to me. The Playing God arpeggios were so good though, I kind of like it more than the original riff. I might learn it as a warmup since I have nothing else besides Spider walks lol.
lv 15 is off the hook good especially on the Vai solo!
おいおい、野生のティムがいるんだが・・・
うますぎだろ、そしてもっと伸びろ
Mr. KAWABATAは何者なんだ？
This is so impressive 🔥 great vid
Very surprised at drown harmonics riff being so high. It’s literally the only polyphia riff I learned in less than 15 minutes
youre literally the goat
casually played most of the Ego death song at the end. Cool
one day i will be strong as you. I promisse
That some decication my friend, respect
Icronic on lvl 7 is scary for the rest of the video
Currently been learning Hand Teleportation of O.D. Sticking to around 85/90bpm for now.
the guitar was ok, but that whistle cover at the end was legendary
I'd LOVE to download those QC presets you made if possible
Ego Death is insane bro
Is that the Rick Graham sig Charvel? Man, I want one so bad. Can't wait to be back in the market.
Keep posting content like this and your guaranteed more subscribers
6:19 he flipped us off 😂💀💀
This made me do a stank face. Very impressive dude!
you have just earned a sub my friend
I think 13 should be higher. While I get your argument, you were able to kinda nail the lvl 14 but not 13. I respect your opinion either way. Great playing!
Thanks ichika Nito for making the final level "everything" on all the level videos
This video is underratedddd
Barring an 8 string guitar is crazy
I agree to this and also for saying to buy Polyphia tabs! Well done!
wow you're really good at guitar
At 3:55 40oz is actually recorded as alternate picking not by sweeping.
I'm 4 months in guitar and here I am playing a bit of goat
bros hands was shaking
learning that must have been painfull lmao
Level 1 is a little trickier than it seems if you're not used to properly sequencing variations of 7th chords in the right order. Level 4 seems easier than 2 lol
so proud to be able to do only the level 1
40 oz sweep was rough lol, you were playing it on a super clean tone though so understandable. part of what makes that riff sound so great is the reverb and the harmonies you get from the notes slightly ringing out. playing it on the clean tone even played perfectly isnt going to sound as good
I was just sitting here amdiring the guitar playing but had a stroke seeing that cable management
Great vid! Wish you included the time signature too
Talented!
Holy shit...........
You should do a feature with them for real, for real.
fuckn goddamnit. lvl 1 is my lvl6
Try hannabach 815 Silver Special's on the nylon it will fix all that buzzing trust me. I wont use anything else on that guitar anymore
how do i max out at level 5 but can somehow play the goose riff as well
where does impassion fall in this?
Dope video but the audacity is not easier than goat 💀
That specific riff is tho
@@ianholmes6568 yea well as someone who learned them both I can say that is not true
bro that sextuplet sweep is brutal
@@ianholmes6568 Bro after learning the audacity on 8 string instead of 6 I will say the starting riff to goat may be slightly harder as long as you've mastered thumping
I need Polyphia to drop guitar only versions of their albums
とても良い。🎸🎶
Addams family "thing" comes to mind.
So we just declared Ego Death to be Polyphia's hardest song? lol
I'm gonna stick to drums I think
In my opinion GOAT is easier than ABC, I can only play short thrills when playing fast and cannot keep up the consistent speed like in ABC
AMAZING!
I might be level 0.005 on this scale!
Coincido con el nivel 15, es el más difícil, pero el nivel 79 es tocar la canción completa
Question friend, the first guitar was Tim Henson's but with a nylo or metal string.
Never realized how hard the playing god arpeggios actually are
id argue some of their first ep is hard from a different standpoint
Amazing!
HOW IS HARMONICS SO HIGH there so easy. Also side note, the ‘sweep part’ in 40oz is acc not seeping and every note is picked on the recording but they do a normal sweep when live