The guitar faces are inevitable hahaha it comes from deep inside the soul! Cheers, mate. I've been working a lot on the thumping technique to remove any tensions. It is quite difficult to adapt since I play slap bass and have some "habits" come from that. I am starting to face Tosin's slap style like something completely different and that needs polishing! I will keep posting my homework. More covers coming soon!
@@JonathanAlexMusic I think your slapping sounds good mate! Tbh most everybody I've seen thumping holds or positions their hand or thumb in different ways. I tried to eye it off people without the 'funky abasi thumbs' like Tim Henson, Ando San and random youtubers covering stuff or teaching the technique. At first I tried to really imitate what they did but quickly noticed straining and tension building up. Now my thumping looks a bit different than most others, my thumb is a bit less stiff and Im hitting the strings sideways more than vertically (if that makes sense). It sounds pretty much the same as any other dude's thumping tho so I guess it's mostly about finding out how to do it efficiently and painlessly in the long run. I learned to thump on my classical guitar during a few months while my electric was broken. I understand what you say about adapting and relearning. When I finally repaired my electrical I had to adapt it a bit obviously but luckily somehow that wasn't too bad at that point. Maybe because I had learnt the technique on the worst 10euro classical guitar lol. Cheers ^^
@@cornela1 hahaha that quite "helps" sometimes! Learning on a rough instrument and then transferring what you got to a softer one. Like the difference between executing the same stuff you do on a keyboard, but on a piano instead. I struggled to find the right thumb position and get comfortable with it. Starting slow and trying to stick together with a metronome helps a lot, since you have to play around with rhythmic subdivisions and be switching between triplets, quintuplets, sextuplets and 16th notes. What helped me a lot was separating my studying sessions into sections, where I would first work the double thumb (down n up) then 2 thumbs + pop 1 with index (good for triplets), then 2 thumbs + index pop + middle finger pop (16th notes). Another nice one for quintuplets is starting with a hammered note and then doing 2 thumbs and 2 pops, making a total of 5 strokes. I'm still on my way to adding the ring finger to the roll. Gets complicated as you go about adding fingers to the roll, but this is the way I do. It's important to feel comfortable and stick to the click at all costs, so it's vital to start slow.
@@JonathanAlexMusic yeah thumping and selective picking are not techniques to mess around with hahah, practicing with metronome seems pretty vital imo. I also still struggle with dynamics, getting that factory-chugga sound is still difficult, my thumps tend to be way louder than the pops so I keep hearing the groups sometimes when I don't want to. ONE two three ONE two three... I still have the occasional super-pop where I almost yank the string off the guitar. Need some more time to practice control and dynamics. The ringfinger is a bitch. I rarely use it for thumping so everytime I do, I immediately get a blister in like 30 seconds of thumping 5's.. I just did it for a minute to see if I could still do it because of your comment and I literally feel a blister forming I enjoy talking with ya dude, its fun to talk about guitar techniques and practice. It's pretty rare to be able talk about these kind of techniques to another guitarist who is also familiar with em. I guess that's what I find kinda cool or rewarding about it too. Not many guitarists are doing this stuff, so it's pretty cool to fit in that niche and feel a part of it in some dumb deluded way hahah
@@cornela1 Nice to know you enjoy the conversation as much as I do, mate! I am a music nerd myself, so we will definitely have tons of stuff to exchange! Dynamics are a complicated matter, but there's a lot down to your setup as well, including a compressor to even the dynamics of your tone. Of course it won't work miracles, but it is something they use a lot when setting up the main effects, be it for practising or recording. If you're starting now, there's no running away from blisters. Just remember to take your time and let your body heal itself! My advice for you: buy an 8 string guitar, despite the setup you have at the moment. It will get you closer to your aim, and you will get familiar with the new possibilities. Even though I have decades of experience in playing the guitar, I found myself discovering tons of new stuff once I got an 8 string one. It's a whole new world.
Thanks, mate! This was one of the toughest in my opinion due to the very peculiar tone he uses. I'm still improving it and trying to get it closer to theirs as you can see on each video. I will keep trying to get there!
New pickups would be nice, but the guitar itself sounds really good to me as is. I know of course the difference that better pickups make, but all in all, it is a great instrument. I haven't felt the need yet to upgrade
This was so great. it's nice to see someone cover Javier Reyes part of AAL. great job. keep working on your technique. your in the room. Now just lock it in. Now that you have the skills, start composing some stuff of your own. Who knows, your to be the one someone is doing a cover of. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
It would be amazing if you could produce some context videos on your own cover videos, I would love to know the ins and outs of how, in a matter of weeks, you did all this covers. keep up the great work!!!
Hey, buddy! That is some really awesome suggestion over here. It would be nice to talk a bit about the "behind the scenes" and how I made it this far! I will consider this idea for the future! Keep an eye out for the next covers. I will definitely finish up the rest of Parrhesia! Wish me luck, mate
Genius! Just stumbled upon your RUclips channel and, wow, your work on transcribing Animals As Leaders is mind-blowing! Super cool of you to share the PDFs. I'm totally hooked on their latest album - it's a masterpiece. Got a quick question - any chance you've got these transcriptions in Guitar Pro format? I'm dying to dive deep into this album and Guitar Pro would be a game-changer for me. Totally up for buying them if you've got 'em! Cheers! 🎸🤘
Hey bro! I'm happy you enjoyed the videos and transcriptions! Unfortunately I didn't have GP at the time of these videos and ended up using Musescore to transcribe all the work. Happy playing!
@@JonathanAlexMusic your transcriptions are fantastic! Could I have access to your musescore tabs for learning purposes? I'd love to dive into playing these pieces. Anyway , you're a Genius for playing and lear by ear all that stuff bro!!!!
You made me laugh here haha 😄 actually, all this took me a few weekends of endless loop playing, lots of concentration (meditation like when I'm listening to the songs lol) to figure the notes out since I'm making my way through by ear, and hundreds of failed takes on my phone 🤣 loads of fun
1 - TABs are a text format of music writing and PDF is just about the right format for it. Guitar Pro is just a tool that has made reading music for guitar convenient since you don't necessarily read numbers but a guitar neck moving little dots around the fretboard instead. However it is good to remember that not every musician has access to it. Guitar Pro might have made access to Tablatured content simpler but that does not limit one to only write a certain content out straight on Guitar Pro. 2 - I did consider writing the TABs in Guitar Pro format at 1st, yes, but Guitar Pro is limited regarding subdivisions, and I needed to use really odd subdivisions against also odd time signatures, which does not work out on Guitar Pro. I've written the content in Musescore, a very complete tool which you can download for free and try to transcribe the TABs yourself into it in case you prefer reading from a fretboard. It is quite intuitive and easy to use.
@@JonathanAlexMusic Thank you for the explanation but I'm pretty sure you can tab in free meter within guitar pro without an issue. I have tabbed music with subdivisions within guitar pro 7. AAL themselves have released tab packs in GP format as well. You can also export as MusicXML so that these tabs can be opened in any tablature software on the market.
@@OhDelta9 I know I could have. I just preferred not to, since GP7 is not the version of Guitar Pro I own. I'm pretty sure you guys will have a nice time doing some digging and playing around with music notation on your own softwares.
when u pulled the thump out, i smiled. insane cover dude
Thanks, man! I got a glimpse of the hand movements very recently so I'm still working on it! Glad you liked it! I'll try to cover more AAL songs!
Tosin has to send a Larada over to you!
Talk about dreams!
Nice thumping, sounds pretty organic.
Thanks, man!
Straight fire
Cheers!
You look so relaxed while playing. Almost a bit Tosin-like. Got some badass guitar faces too hahah
The guitar faces are inevitable hahaha it comes from deep inside the soul! Cheers, mate. I've been working a lot on the thumping technique to remove any tensions. It is quite difficult to adapt since I play slap bass and have some "habits" come from that. I am starting to face Tosin's slap style like something completely different and that needs polishing! I will keep posting my homework.
More covers coming soon!
@@JonathanAlexMusic I think your slapping sounds good mate! Tbh most everybody I've seen thumping holds or positions their hand or thumb in different ways.
I tried to eye it off people without the 'funky abasi thumbs' like Tim Henson, Ando San and random youtubers covering stuff or teaching the technique. At first I tried to really imitate what they did but quickly noticed straining and tension building up.
Now my thumping looks a bit different than most others, my thumb is a bit less stiff and Im hitting the strings sideways more than vertically (if that makes sense). It sounds pretty much the same as any other dude's thumping tho so I guess it's mostly about finding out how to do it efficiently and painlessly in the long run.
I learned to thump on my classical guitar during a few months while my electric was broken. I understand what you say about adapting and relearning. When I finally repaired my electrical I had to adapt it a bit obviously but luckily somehow that wasn't too bad at that point. Maybe because I had learnt the technique on the worst 10euro classical guitar lol.
Cheers ^^
@@cornela1 hahaha that quite "helps" sometimes! Learning on a rough instrument and then transferring what you got to a softer one. Like the difference between executing the same stuff you do on a keyboard, but on a piano instead.
I struggled to find the right thumb position and get comfortable with it. Starting slow and trying to stick together with a metronome helps a lot, since you have to play around with rhythmic subdivisions and be switching between triplets, quintuplets, sextuplets and 16th notes.
What helped me a lot was separating my studying sessions into sections, where I would first work the double thumb (down n up) then 2 thumbs + pop 1 with index (good for triplets), then 2 thumbs + index pop + middle finger pop (16th notes). Another nice one for quintuplets is starting with a hammered note and then doing 2 thumbs and 2 pops, making a total of 5 strokes.
I'm still on my way to adding the ring finger to the roll. Gets complicated as you go about adding fingers to the roll, but this is the way I do. It's important to feel comfortable and stick to the click at all costs, so it's vital to start slow.
@@JonathanAlexMusic yeah thumping and selective picking are not techniques to mess around with hahah, practicing with metronome seems pretty vital imo. I also still struggle with dynamics, getting that factory-chugga sound is still difficult, my thumps tend to be way louder than the pops so I keep hearing the groups sometimes when I don't want to. ONE two three ONE two three... I still have the occasional super-pop where I almost yank the string off the guitar. Need some more time to practice control and dynamics.
The ringfinger is a bitch. I rarely use it for thumping so everytime I do, I immediately get a blister in like 30 seconds of thumping 5's.. I just did it for a minute to see if I could still do it because of your comment and I literally feel a blister forming
I enjoy talking with ya dude, its fun to talk about guitar techniques and practice. It's pretty rare to be able talk about these kind of techniques to another guitarist who is also familiar with em. I guess that's what I find kinda cool or rewarding about it too. Not many guitarists are doing this stuff, so it's pretty cool to fit in that niche and feel a part of it in some dumb deluded way hahah
@@cornela1 Nice to know you enjoy the conversation as much as I do, mate! I am a music nerd myself, so we will definitely have tons of stuff to exchange!
Dynamics are a complicated matter, but there's a lot down to your setup as well, including a compressor to even the dynamics of your tone. Of course it won't work miracles, but it is something they use a lot when setting up the main effects, be it for practising or recording.
If you're starting now, there's no running away from blisters. Just remember to take your time and let your body heal itself!
My advice for you: buy an 8 string guitar, despite the setup you have at the moment. It will get you closer to your aim, and you will get familiar with the new possibilities. Even though I have decades of experience in playing the guitar, I found myself discovering tons of new stuff once I got an 8 string one. It's a whole new world.
you played it all so cleanly wtf
Thanks, mate! This was one of the toughest in my opinion due to the very peculiar tone he uses. I'm still improving it and trying to get it closer to theirs as you can see on each video. I will keep trying to get there!
!! Nice jam my friend !! stay rock n roll :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot! I will keep on rocking!
doing each song justice man keep this up
Thank you so much, mate!
This is epic dude
Thanks, bro! Appreciate it!
Thank you so much for tabbing this! Great work!
No worries, mate! Enjoy the TABs
Não me canso de assistir esse vídeo...kkk
Já é a quarta vez que assisto..
Lindo de mais.
Parabéns, Jonathan....😘😘😘😘
Fico feliz que tenha gostado! É realmente uma das minhas preferidas desse novo CD dos Animals As Leaders
awesome cover, I need to go buy an 8 string
Thanks, mate!
Olha a titia babona aqui outra vez..kkkk
Meu príncipe toca demais!!!
Amo esse menino...🤗🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘😘
Good shit.
I have an rg8 too.
We gotta get new pickups my dude.
New pickups would be nice, but the guitar itself sounds really good to me as is. I know of course the difference that better pickups make, but all in all, it is a great instrument. I haven't felt the need yet to upgrade
incredible!!!!
Thank you!
Insane man!!! Very impressive🤘🏻🤘🏻
Also props on the tabs!!!!!!
Thanks for that, mate
Nice
Thanks
Awesome job dude
Thanks!
Muito lindo!!!
Sempre fazendo sons perfeitos..
Nunca desiste ,pois a música está dentro de vc...
😘😘
Obrigado!
Puro talento, gracias por los tabs, muito obrigado.
awesome work 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks, buddy!
This was so great. it's nice to see someone cover Javier Reyes part of AAL. great job. keep working on your technique. your in the room. Now just lock it in. Now that you have the skills, start composing some stuff of your own. Who knows, your to be the one someone is doing a cover of. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the words! I will keep that up!
dude u are fuckin it up out there man! keep up the insane dedication
Thanks, mate! I intend to come up with more of their songs covered! Will try to keep up!
A beast... how long have you been playing?
Thanks bro! I've been playing for 15 years
@@JonathanAlexMusic Awesome stuff, keep up the good work!
Matador cara..!! Só faltou um pip com mais parte da guitarra quando tocou a parte do baixo.
It would be amazing if you could produce some context videos on your own cover videos, I would love to know the ins and outs of how, in a matter of weeks, you did all this covers.
keep up the great work!!!
Hey, buddy! That is some really awesome suggestion over here. It would be nice to talk a bit about the "behind the scenes" and how I made it this far! I will consider this idea for the future!
Keep an eye out for the next covers. I will definitely finish up the rest of Parrhesia! Wish me luck, mate
Genius!
Just stumbled upon your RUclips channel and, wow, your work on transcribing Animals As Leaders is mind-blowing! Super cool of you to share the PDFs. I'm totally hooked on their latest album - it's a masterpiece.
Got a quick question - any chance you've got these transcriptions in Guitar Pro format? I'm dying to dive deep into this album and Guitar Pro would be a game-changer for me. Totally up for buying them if you've got 'em!
Cheers! 🎸🤘
Hey bro! I'm happy you enjoyed the videos and transcriptions! Unfortunately I didn't have GP at the time of these videos and ended up using Musescore to transcribe all the work.
Happy playing!
@@JonathanAlexMusic your transcriptions are fantastic! Could I have access to your musescore tabs for learning purposes? I'd love to dive into playing these pieces.
Anyway , you're a Genius for playing and lear by ear all that stuff bro!!!!
Bacana ver um brasileiro fazendo cover de AAL hahahaha... Toca demais brother
Muito obrigado, irmão! Tmj 🇧🇷
man this song is so difficult
Thanks, bro!!
No way this can be.
I'm gonna call this fake and say that this guy is Tosin Abasi in disguise, there's no other explanation to this.
You made me laugh here haha 😄 actually, all this took me a few weekends of endless loop playing, lots of concentration (meditation like when I'm listening to the songs lol) to figure the notes out since I'm making my way through by ear, and hundreds of failed takes on my phone 🤣 loads of fun
Hey dude what's stopping you from uploading these tabs in guitar pro format? PDF is painful to read through, thanks for the hard work though.
1 - TABs are a text format of music writing and PDF is just about the right format for it. Guitar Pro is just a tool that has made reading music for guitar convenient since you don't necessarily read numbers but a guitar neck moving little dots around the fretboard instead. However it is good to remember that not every musician has access to it. Guitar Pro might have made access to Tablatured content simpler but that does not limit one to only write a certain content out straight on Guitar Pro.
2 - I did consider writing the TABs in Guitar Pro format at 1st, yes, but Guitar Pro is limited regarding subdivisions, and I needed to use really odd subdivisions against also odd time signatures, which does not work out on Guitar Pro. I've written the content in Musescore, a very complete tool which you can download for free and try to transcribe the TABs yourself into it in case you prefer reading from a fretboard. It is quite intuitive and easy to use.
@@JonathanAlexMusic Thank you for the explanation but I'm pretty sure you can tab in free meter within guitar pro without an issue. I have tabbed music with subdivisions within guitar pro 7. AAL themselves have released tab packs in GP format as well. You can also export as MusicXML so that these tabs can be opened in any tablature software on the market.
@@OhDelta9 I know I could have. I just preferred not to, since GP7 is not the version of Guitar Pro I own. I'm pretty sure you guys will have a nice time doing some digging and playing around with music notation on your own softwares.
@@JonathanAlexMusic unfortunately nothing will open a pdf in a playable format but thanks anyway.