Yeah but the transition was HUGE! You could actually hear every "number" and the melody. Before ultimate guitar I learned by ear and oh god was that wrong.
I would always feel so good showing my friends the 13 seconds I learned of a song. And they would be like nice!! Play the rest!! “ oh shoot I’m not that far yet” and never learned the rest before moving on. It’s a fun adult project to go learn the full songs of your childhood
It’s better to learn the whole song really. I did the same thing but now when I do learn a song I always try to play the whole thing Instead of the main riff, opening riff or like half the song
I learned this song on tabs back in 2005 was a tough learning curve but made my fingers flexible enough to learn harder songs. Keep pushing the envelope guys.
I've only been playing for the past couple years but this was also the song that pushed me through a huge learning curve and opened up so many more songs for me
This song is sneaky hard because on the record there is actually 2 guitar tracks in the opening. Also if you're not comfortable using your thumb on the low E string it makes it harder to play. Maybe not the intro but definitely during the verse.
As I’m sure you both know it’s all about that repetition. Just work on getting those cord shapes down and transitioning smoothly from one to the other. They don’t call it muscle memory for nothing. You could’ve learned a song and go back to it months later thinking you forgot it but just like your fingers do the work and it’ll come right back.
@@misguidedangel6550I always think about my parents generation who learned guitar before tape decks even were common! Imagine not only learning by ear, from a vinyl record you had to go buy, but going through the trouble of “rewinding” everytime
The thing is in 91, no internet yet, no txt files with tablature, the only source was the official transcription book which said you needed a capo for the intro. Years later, I managed to watch a concert video on a PAL VHS, and found out how J. Frusciante was playing it.
But there WAS GFTPM. I clipped every tab section out of every issue for years and had a tab book better than anything you could find in a music store. I so miss GFTPM, even if "Under the Bridge" never made it into an issue.
If it’s anything like me and it’s one of the first songs you learned you can’t even play it badly because you played it so many times because for a period of time it was legit all you knew lol. I’d have to sustain a serious head injury to forget some of the first songs I learned lol
Like all guitarists I struggled learning this but I'm glad I did. My mum used to put up with me playing metal through a 30w practice amp for hours on end but would always love listening to me play this once I got it. She even brought it up recently some 20 years later how she loved hearing me play this. She's not even a chili's fan, it's just such a beautiful arrangement
Bro nailed every new guitarist's reactions after getting the lick right for this song in the 90s! I remember this f*cking awesome feeling when I got it right! :D
The best feeling ever is saying hey I wish I could play like that then buying a guitar and after trying and trying and trying more you finally hear that song come from your guitar and your fingers nothing like it.
Some of the greats (vai) encourage you to work beyond that initial standard of 4 frets, especially with higher areas of the neck, Where in theory you can play interval jumps of a fifth on one string with minimal stretching. It’s also a great way of increasing your wing span and legato phrasing options, But I think that’s really advanced and niche, but definitely something they do in their solos
Try a five fret spread. There’s some beautiful chords that spread five frets. Mute the top E, bar A-G with your index and B and E with your pinky. Sounds great in several spots, but especially higher up the neck
thats me as a teen in 91 for years. had the gnr and nirvana tab book but i couldnt find RHCP so i listen and stare hard at the MTV intro. lol after 30 years I gave up the second round as i couldn't position split in time so I just dance my finger around it. lol. I am not performing for anyone.
Hey man, just wanted to say one of your shorts a while back introduced me to Mayonaise by Smashing Pumpkins and long story short, I am now learning guitar lmao. Thanks man
My equivalent riff (i.e., played incessantly until parents lost their shit) was the chromatic descending riff right before the main riff of “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. That riff reverberated throughout the house for weeks until… I learned the opening to “Sanitarium” 😂
@@el_mamaguebo The single note “melody” line!!! My family fucking HATED ME for a solid 2-3 years before I moved off my Might Met kick 🤣 Killer riffs all over that tune!
One song that is surprisingly easy to learn is the dueling banjo song from deliverance, learning that is gonna make you (opposite of break you), it teaches you some nice basic chords and how to move them and make turn them into simple medleys like it's a great place to start
The best thing I did when learning bar chords was utilizing my thumb properly. Instead of focusing on pushing down extremely hard with your barred finger let your thumb do most of the pushing from the back. Master having clean full fret bars with no extra sounds, then add in the extra fingerings at the end as you progress. Bar chords are simply the distinguisher between amateur and intermediate as it allows you to play up and down the fretboard. Good luck and have fun & always practice clean! Heavy Distortion in practice will cloud your progression, when you play clean you truly hear the areas you’re messing up in!
😮OMG!!! YESS!! I swear that was the first I thought it was a note but maybe it was cord LOL. But it was the first thing a boyfriend to try to teach me on his guitar long time ago. Anyway I feel so validated by your comment, cuz that's what I was telling everyone for years😂😂😂😂
I learned the beginning when I was a teenager. I learned the rest 20 years later. And let me tell you, break this song out at a small party, around a fire perhaps, and you've got them all in the palm of your hand. I love playing this in front of people and making them sing along badly.
This was so spot on! My first 3 "songs" (pieces of songs) were Lateralus, Wish You Were Here, and Under The Bridge. I printed off tabs from a desk top computer, just like those, and did that exact same hand placement. This song messed up my left hand, and Lateralus gave me a messed up shoulder. Baby steps young grasshoppers, the fundamentals are important. If for nothing else correct technique.
from the age of 13 70% of all I’ve learned were rhcp songs lol just a pure obsession with John’s work. Aside from Snow they aren’t too hard, try Lenny by SRV and you’ll be playing for weeks just getting the tone right. Little wing as well, learning the tabs to songs isn’t the hard part but mastering the tone and attack really makes a huge difference
@Roe Jogan JF is a genius. It has nothing to do with how hard or easy, it's the arrangement of the notes and the awesome melodies that come from his brain. He's an artist.
This is the ONE song I tried to play right out of the box when I had no idea what Tablature was and holy shit you hit the preverbal nail on the head 😂😂
I had the same experience but with dream theater... Hammer on of 12-14-16-18 with tapping of 20...now my left thumb is in italy and the little finger in China, thank you John 🙏🙏🙏
I’m 45… home visiting the rents… sleeping in my old twin bed watching the TH-cam’s on my phone… and I just got yelled at for being too loud! 😂😂😂😂😂this had me rolling
Yes, with this Song i learn playing bar chords. This Song was the perfect practice. It took me 1 year to learn the whole Song, but the Side effect is... Now i can Play easily another Song, Just looking in the tabs
I never learned tabs. I learned the chords and have a really great sound for the music 10 minutes. I’ll learn just about any song. It’s crazy. Never understood you tab readers but more power to you.
This was 100% me!! Under the bridge was the first tune I ever learned and I practiced it nonstop until I got it. Once I did, I felt so accomplished, like I could do anything! Love the video!❤
I remember in like 2002 my step brother learning to play guitar by nonstop practicing this song for weeks and weeks and then months. Eventually he played it flawlessly but I just remember him practicing this constantly
Jesus this brings back so much nightmare seeing tab for first time then when that first few notes sounds exactly like the song and you get all excited it’s all worth it
When the notes on the tab turn into the sound you know and love, that smile happens with everyone. I'll never forget learning this.
Sad drum noises*
Those are not the notes but frets. The one who knows the notes doesn’t require to learn the tabs
@@obmal_pytanyou’re still playing notes
@@Finn_DeGreef😂
Ultimate guitar tabs back in the day were game changers
Half the time they weren't right.
Yeah but the transition was HUGE! You could actually hear every "number" and the melody. Before ultimate guitar I learned by ear and oh god was that wrong.
no they werent. worst shit in the world.
Oh you’re so young.the O.G. was tab universe
I had binders full of ultimate guitar tabs I printed out. At that point it nightclub just been easier to read sheet music lol
I would always feel so good showing my friends the 13 seconds I learned of a song. And they would be like nice!! Play the rest!! “ oh shoot I’m not that far yet” and never learned the rest before moving on. It’s a fun adult project to go learn the full songs of your childhood
Haha I still do this
Glad to see im not alone haha
It’s better to learn the whole song really. I did the same thing but now when I do learn a song I always try to play the whole thing Instead of the main riff, opening riff or like half the song
@@yoie9692 what songs u learnin
Yeah I just barely give a crap enough to learn my favorite riffs from songs here and there.
I learned this song on tabs back in 2005 was a tough learning curve but made my fingers flexible enough to learn harder songs. Keep pushing the envelope guys.
I've only been playing for the past couple years but this was also the song that pushed me through a huge learning curve and opened up so many more songs for me
@@aydenknoll4364also try one last breath by Creed. That one is a learning curve too
@alecminnis been looking for a new challenge lately, thank you
@@alecminnis Especially if you play it as that D-chord. Tremonti got them noodle fingers.
This song is sneaky hard because on the record there is actually 2 guitar tracks in the opening. Also if you're not comfortable using your thumb on the low E string it makes it harder to play. Maybe not the intro but definitely during the verse.
as a new guitarist i must say this video is how it feels to learn anything haha
dude, i've been playing five years now and I still feel this way lol. it's the best feeling, especially when you get sucked into it
As I’m sure you both know it’s all about that repetition. Just work on getting those cord shapes down and transitioning smoothly from one to the other. They don’t call it muscle memory for nothing. You could’ve learned a song and go back to it months later thinking you forgot it but just like your fingers do the work and it’ll come right back.
You don't t know how lucky you guys have it with the internetl Try learning to play when there was no internet
@@misguidedangel6550I always think about my parents generation who learned guitar before tape decks even were common! Imagine not only learning by ear, from a vinyl record you had to go buy, but going through the trouble of “rewinding” everytime
@@misguidedangel6550we had Guitar World magazines though
Your videos are like a ray of sunshine on my feed.
And then Snow came along
As a drummer...
snow and Under the bridge are prob some of the easiest💀
@@cringyman213Nobody's ever gonna lose their mind watching you play anything by the Peppers on your drums so its all good
@@LiquidSun62, what are you talking about, Chad Smith's drumming for the Chili's and other bands is excellent.
@@SagaciousFrank Sure, but is it impressive tho?
@@LiquidSun62hes not fruciante or flea thats for sure
We've all had, and forgotten, about this moment in our lives. Thank you.
That's me after 20 years of playing.
The thing is in 91, no internet yet, no txt files with tablature, the only source was the official transcription book which said you needed a capo for the intro. Years later, I managed to watch a concert video on a PAL VHS, and found out how J. Frusciante was playing it.
But there WAS GFTPM. I clipped every tab section out of every issue for years and had a tab book better than anything you could find in a music store. I so miss GFTPM, even if "Under the Bridge" never made it into an issue.
You must not have been aware of Usenet back then. We were trading .txt tab files back in the late 1980s.
Yeah fuck that capo version. Wtf transcriptors.
yeah this is more 2001 than 1991
Totally inaccurate. That was way cleaner then your first attempt and you know it😂
Yes yes, it's true! HAHA!
LMAO
LMAO
If it’s anything like me and it’s one of the first songs you learned you can’t even play it badly because you played it so many times because for a period of time it was legit all you knew lol. I’d have to sustain a serious head injury to forget some of the first songs I learned lol
it’s hard to fake being a master. it’s impossible to fake being a beginner
Like all guitarists I struggled learning this but I'm glad I did. My mum used to put up with me playing metal through a 30w practice amp for hours on end but would always love listening to me play this once I got it. She even brought it up recently some 20 years later how she loved hearing me play this. She's not even a chili's fan, it's just such a beautiful arrangement
Bro nailed every new guitarist's reactions after getting the lick right for this song in the 90s! I remember this f*cking awesome feeling when I got it right! :D
Literally me
fuck yeah!!!
I feel you man. this song racked my fingers for years. I finally got it like 20 years later and it still made me just as happy. totally worth it
The best feeling ever is saying hey I wish I could play like that then buying a guitar and after trying and trying and trying more you finally hear that song come from your guitar and your fingers nothing like it.
Every breath you take ah moment:
that four fret hand span is the key for many great guitarists - it is how they bring in unexpected notes onto a normal chord and make it cool.
Yes and no. You can just play different shapes to achieve the same notes. Not the same tone and voicing, though.
Unexpected notes?
Isn't it just a D major chords?
Some of the greats (vai) encourage you to work beyond that initial standard of 4 frets, especially with higher areas of the neck,
Where in theory you can play interval jumps of a fifth on one string with minimal stretching.
It’s also a great way of increasing your wing span and legato phrasing options,
But I think that’s really advanced and niche, but definitely something they do in their solos
Try a five fret spread. There’s some beautiful chords that spread five frets. Mute the top E, bar A-G with your index and B and E with your pinky. Sounds great in several spots, but especially higher up the neck
Can confirm
This is too funny😭 only so many songs can feel like your breaking your hands when you learn them☠️
thats me as a teen in 91 for years. had the gnr and nirvana tab book but i couldnt find RHCP so i listen and stare hard at the MTV intro. lol after 30 years I gave up the second round as i couldn't position split in time so I just dance my finger around it. lol. I am not performing for anyone.
Jesus, this brought back so many memories lol.. great video
Hey man, just wanted to say one of your shorts a while back introduced me to Mayonaise by Smashing Pumpkins and long story short, I am now learning guitar lmao. Thanks man
My equivalent riff (i.e., played incessantly until parents lost their shit) was the chromatic descending riff right before the main riff of “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. That riff reverberated throughout the house for weeks until… I learned the opening to “Sanitarium” 😂
I relate to this wayyyy to much 😂
yes
I had a similar moment with the song “Have a drink on me” such a catchy riff tho couldn’t help myself 🤣🤣
Happened to me with Harvester Of Sorrow main riff lmao
@@el_mamaguebo The single note “melody” line!!! My family fucking HATED ME for a solid 2-3 years before I moved off my Might Met kick 🤣 Killer riffs all over that tune!
there is nothing better than slowly learning a song out of your comfort zone and getting better each day
Slayed it… absolutely slayed it. #We’reNotWorthy!
I'm feeling saucy
Me flipping my hands around so the neck looks like me playing a keyboard
Learning this and "Every Breath you take" as a beginner guitarist will totally break you, lmao.
That song breaks intermediate guitarists too....I'm there
One song that is surprisingly easy to learn is the dueling banjo song from deliverance, learning that is gonna make you (opposite of break you), it teaches you some nice basic chords and how to move them and make turn them into simple medleys like it's a great place to start
i've been playing for thirty years. Every breath you take still hurts my fingers.
Saw the Andy Summers on Rick Beato's channel, he plays it a way easier way.
I disagree. Those Police riffs are way more difficult when you think both vocalist and guitar are one person only
Why do your vids always hit me in the feels?
the hardest thing I ever learned but also the first song too, so I got over a learning hill 😭
Nah Panteras domination solo is the hardest
@@henryr.schrader7520 hardest thing HE learned
@@henryr.schrader7520 not that hard of a solo tbh. Plus he was on about the hard song HE knows, not you hahaha??
@@henryr.schrader7520 there isn’t even a solo in under the bridge
@@taco6658 I said domination not under the bridge
I remember seeing barre chords written in tab and literally saying to myself that it was literally impossible. 😂
This is me when learning bar chords 😆
😂😂😂😂
The best thing I did when learning bar chords was utilizing my thumb properly. Instead of focusing on pushing down extremely hard with your barred finger let your thumb do most of the pushing from the back. Master having clean full fret bars with no extra sounds, then add in the extra fingerings at the end as you progress. Bar chords are simply the distinguisher between amateur and intermediate as it allows you to play up and down the fretboard. Good luck and have fun & always practice clean! Heavy Distortion in practice will cloud your progression, when you play clean you truly hear the areas you’re messing up in!
Definitely. Got my guitar when I was 12 and it was a struggle during early 90's grunge. So many bar chords! Now my hand is frozen that way. haha
@@JacobGivensi also start playing since i was 12
As someone thats played guitar for years it does indeed bring this kind of joy when it goes well !
Sometimes what tab omits is context like: make C shape barre chord. All of a sudden things became easier
I'm an idiot. You changed my life, seriously.
Yep. At age 13 I couldn't connect the dots. But years later I'd figure it out!
I always played the chord without a barre. It's easier for me.
this is why i hate tabs. just tell me the damn chord progression
The day I realised the intro is essentially just "C" and "E" I knew I had truly stopped being a noob.
Dude. Spot on. Crazy how universal that is
Never forget my first G chord. I knew it was possible after that. Never stopped.
😮OMG!!! YESS!! I swear that was the first I thought it was a note but maybe it was cord LOL. But it was the first thing a boyfriend to try to teach me on his guitar long time ago.
Anyway I feel so validated by your comment, cuz that's what I was telling everyone for years😂😂😂😂
I still have a couple of print out it’s from MX TABS I printed at the library back in the day ! Thank you for taking me back ❤!
I learned the beginning when I was a teenager. I learned the rest 20 years later. And let me tell you, break this song out at a small party, around a fire perhaps, and you've got them all in the palm of your hand. I love playing this in front of people and making them sing along badly.
I am one of those people who love to sing along badly! 😅
@@lorimulkey8423 And I love you for it.
This song and Wonderwall!😂
@@big.muscles.ohyeah Brother, I FEEL your pain.
Before 1991 there were only VHS cassettes and rewind button as your only teacher
This was so spot on! My first 3 "songs" (pieces of songs) were Lateralus, Wish You Were Here, and Under The Bridge. I printed off tabs from a desk top computer, just like those, and did that exact same hand placement. This song messed up my left hand, and Lateralus gave me a messed up shoulder. Baby steps young grasshoppers, the fundamentals are important. If for nothing else correct technique.
Literally my exact reaction everytime😂
I was born the same year this gem was released 😁 song never gets old
1991 was an amazing year my bro. BSSM an absolute banger of an album and my favorite of the Peppers entire discography.
🔥🔥🔥🌶️🌶️🌶️
This is clearly me trying to reach the harmonics from portrait of Tracy without muting the sound of any of the strings
Damn you, Jaco
Took me 2 years to play this song, worth every minute
Litterally me playing ocean eyes for the first time 😂
This is 10000% what I did too when I did try to learn this in early 90s. Nailed it.
This is hilarious, especially face impressions 😂
I stay away from rhcp songs 😉
Put quotations around song titles “I Stay Away” lol!
from the age of 13 70% of all I’ve learned were rhcp songs lol just a pure obsession with John’s work. Aside from Snow they aren’t too hard, try Lenny by SRV and you’ll be playing for weeks just getting the tone right. Little wing as well, learning the tabs to songs isn’t the hard part but mastering the tone and attack really makes a huge difference
@Roe Jogan you don't understand John Frusciante work. If you think that fast playing is good playing you know nothing.
@Roe Jogan JF is a genius. It has nothing to do with how hard or easy, it's the arrangement of the notes and the awesome melodies that come from his brain. He's an artist.
@Roe Jogan salty because you can't play like him. He has more feeling in one singular note then you have in your entire life of playing
My exact reaction when I first played in on a Spanish style guitar when I was 10. Instantly fell in love
And then you realise you could have just put a capo on the 2nd fret
That’s how I always play it. Sooo much easier that way 😂
What for lol? It's not like you can't easily do fret 2-5
@@oSileyCT-7212 "what for"? Did you watch the same video as everyone else?
@@pandadoublexl yes i did. The thing is i don't notice anything weird. Help pls
@@oSileyCT-7212 Weird? The entire point of the video is that many beginner guitar players struggle to play this song. Do you get it yet?
Amo tus videos saludos desde México!!!
when playing the first D, dont make a whole barre, only put your index finger on the second fret and it becomes alot easier
I've been playing 30 years and my Under the Bridge still sounds and feels just like this.
You captured this perfectly!
What a kind gesture that is! Thank you for helping an elderly person.
Bro that was literally me 2 weeks ago, the stretch wasn’t easy 🥹
I remember reading that Mick Thomson from Slipknot has a 7 or 8 fret reach. Which, as a young guitarist, made me shit my pants
Buckethead also has gigantic hands
Crazy to think this was released 33 years ago! Tabs look wild too!
One of the most iconic guitar licks in American history ❤
One of my favorite songs to play still 15 years later 😎
This is the song that made me say next song😅
But when you finally hear the correct sound....such a great feeling
Yeah brother! I remember that one too. We're getting old, Fru is still killin it though. Sweet Strat you've got there bro! Cheers
This is the ONE song I tried to play right out of the box when I had no idea what Tablature was and holy shit you hit the preverbal nail on the head 😂😂
nothing is better leaning a new song then when it starts to sound like the actual song. the rush of giddyness is real
And then videos existed for everything.
Man, learning guitar in isolation, without a guitar was a brutal experience.
I had the same experience but with dream theater...
Hammer on of 12-14-16-18 with tapping of 20...now my left thumb is in italy and the little finger in China, thank you John 🙏🙏🙏
always amazing when the tab clicks and you hear the song you been working on
I’m 45… home visiting the rents… sleeping in my old twin bed watching the TH-cam’s on my phone… and I just got yelled at for being too loud! 😂😂😂😂😂this had me rolling
😂😂😂😂😂hilarious, cool and funny...I've seen it many times 😂😂best wishes always 🙏
Oh man, this brings me back!
Nothing beats when you finally nail it after practicing
Holy shit, that is my beginning as a guitar player. You hit me in the chest with this one!
Those first few notes are the 90s distilled for me. So many memories.
This song is a real milestone for guitar players
I got this exact feeling learning this song as a young guitarist
I smiled watching this, I just looked up the tab like an hour ago and this hits so hard
Oke of the first songs i learned in guitar. Loved it.
This is the best video I saw in my life.
Good to know that other guitar players have shared this exact experience with me
It’s truly an amazing feeling when you finally realize you can do it too
Yes, with this Song i learn playing bar chords. This Song was the perfect practice. It took me 1 year to learn the whole Song, but the Side effect is... Now i can Play easily another Song, Just looking in the tabs
@@neogain what’s so cool about learning new songs is that. The more songs you learn, the more chords
💯! I remember buying that big ole book with the tabs for the whole album and spending 6 months learning it. Good times
Just started learning bass a few weeks ago and the "😮" face is spot on.
I never learned tabs. I learned the chords and have a really great sound for the music 10 minutes. I’ll learn just about any song. It’s crazy. Never understood you tab readers but more power to you.
My man.
yes i've been there!! this takes me back!
This was 100% me!! Under the bridge was the first tune I ever learned and I practiced it nonstop until I got it. Once I did, I felt so accomplished, like I could do anything! Love the video!❤
When that song came out I had been learning the guitar for about 1-2 years and I knew I had to learn it
I remembered when i first leanred this song. My fingers were on fire. Worth it in the end
Frusciante is my favorite guitarist, hands down.
Man, never one showed this perfectly like you
You're going places, keep it up!
Dude that expression at the end was so comical. I love it.
relatable! omw revisiting this glorious song 😍
I remember in like 2002 my step brother learning to play guitar by nonstop practicing this song for weeks and weeks and then months. Eventually he played it flawlessly but I just remember him practicing this constantly
The intro to this song was a huge breakthrough for me when it came to learning arpeggios and basic hybrid picking
Jesus this brings back so much nightmare seeing tab for first time then when that first few notes sounds exactly like the song and you get all excited it’s all worth it
This is a really good representation of how it feels to learn the guitar
Pretty much nailed frusciante's live performances
I feel like all of your vids are about my childhood. I'm 42, so this hits home.
33 year on and still doing that face when i play it ❤
That arthritic stretch grown of pain. Perfectly done.
He still breaks my hands in 2024