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incredible guitar work

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To me, an electric and heavy metal guitar dude, this takes the cake. I still love Eddie Van Halen, but two handed tapping looks cheap compared to this. Most of these notes are individually fretted and picked. The timing and precision shows true classical music training, not just shredding.

I don't particularly like Children of Bodom, but my hat is off to these two gentlemen and their enviable skill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iLIhLv8LuY&playnext_from=TL&videos=MrnDiNOycwI

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Good video. I'm afraid that they're definately not classically trained. They anchor on the bridge and the thumb is positioned incorrectly on the neck.

It's a relatively simple piece of music, and although I'm not into shredding in the slightest there's a range of guitarists you should check out if you want something technically incredible. I've always had a soft spot for 'Blue' by Yngwie Malmsteen. I don't suppose this is particularly technically challenging for a shredder but I do like it;


But my idol (and the style that I play) can be summarised in this one;


Watch it all the way through if you can. The second melody is my favourite of all time.

If you get bored jump to 3 minutes and listen from there.
 
Ahhhh. Neo-Classical Metal! I remember hearing that type of music-guitar technique way back in the early 80's with Yngwie Malmsteen when he first surfaced in a band called Steeler. I used to have that on cassette tape but it is long gone. Good bit of skill demonstrated in that video! I see they're making good use of those Jackson Randy Rhodes models!
 
I've always been partial to Ernie Isley...

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Hey Skittles,


I now have a sneaking suspicion that the 'bluegrass tribute to led zeppelin' heavily stole from your guy's song to make their version of stairway to heaven.

What's the name and origin of the first song he played? BTW, he blew my mind. I didn't get bored for a second. I play classical gas every single time I pick up an acoustic.
 
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Great stuff, all.

For me it is Joe Satirani & has been for quite some time.

What he & his band do together is magnificent: Summer Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNgcRwKW4Q Power

Something different by Joe, quite impressive as well. Midnight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVLuxZUmO0A Control

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Knew we had to have something in common, tig. We both play Classical Gas (taught myself in '71).
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Skittles said:
Good video. I'm afraid that they're definately not classically trained. They anchor on the bridge and the thumb is positioned incorrectly on the neck.
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You say this as though it's a bad thing? Classically trained or self-taught, who cares as long as it sounds great?

Some of the most talented guitarists are self taught and have no classical training, and many people who invented what we now consider to be perfectly valid and correct playing techniques started out by doing things "wrong" and were criticised by their peers for a lack of proper training because they felt more comfortable/liked the sound more/enjoyed playing more in this way.
 
Chris H said:
You say this as though it's a bad thing? Classically trained or self-taught, who cares as long as it sounds great?

Some of the most talented guitarists are self taught and have no classical training, and many people who invented what we now consider to be perfectly valid and correct playing techniques started out by doing things "wrong" and were criticised by their peers for a lack of proper training because they felt more comfortable/liked the sound more/enjoyed playing more in this way.
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I couldn't have said it better. I'm sure everyone remembers when the left drumstick was held differently.
 
I'm not a musician or a music critic, but I'd like to hear those two Children of Bodom guys have a go at Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" assuming one of them has the voice to do the vocal. :)
 
TARPSBird said:
I'm not a musician or a music critic, but I'd like to hear those two Children of Bodom guys have a go at Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" assuming one of them has the voice to do the vocal. :)
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Clean vocals aren't really their thing...

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anchoring your hand on the bridge is only bad form for acoustic classical guitar, which often relies heavily on finger-picking techniques to play non adjacent notes in rapid succession or simultaneously. for rock, and especially heavy rock/metal it's somewhat de rigueur. it's the only way (that i know of) to mute and semi-mute the strings while referencing your pick position relative to the strings, also giving you an anchor point for high speed trills and stuff. the thumb wrapping around the back of the neck is not proper form but alot of guitarists do it, bad habit or not. as tiny as the necks are on those jackson's, it doesn't really hinder them. try that on some acoustic with a fat neck with a large radius, and you'll get a different result.
 
This is my hero. I was touched incredibly by this gentleman when I attended a concert given in Lucerne, Switzerland back in 1965. Although alone on the stage, at times it sounded like a quartet playing! :ernae:


What he did with his variations of a Mozart theme is incredible fingerwork...

 
Chris H said:
You say this as though it's a bad thing? Classically trained or self-taught, who cares as long as it sounds great?

Some of the most talented guitarists are self taught and have no classical training, and many people who invented what we now consider to be perfectly valid and correct playing techniques started out by doing things "wrong" and were criticised by their peers for a lack of proper training because they felt more comfortable/liked the sound more/enjoyed playing more in this way.
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i agree 2000%
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