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
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
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
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
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
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” 😂
@@alex_is... 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!
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.
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.
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
😮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😂😂😂😂
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!
I played a lot as a teen (now 43) a coworker brought in a guitar a few weeks back. I haven't picked up a guitar in 20+ years but I was able to pluck out this intro well enough for them to recognize it. Maaaaan I used to be so good 😢
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.
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 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
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
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.
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 🙏🙏🙏
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!❤
lol that was my exact reaction when I started to learn guitar when COVID jumped off. I’m still terrible and try to make time to practice but I love it. 😊
This is great. I remember some tabs on OLGA (maybe even this one) that wrote at the top "CAPO 2. All Fingering Relative to Open Position" So they wrote out the tab based on the notes but it's all crazy stretch chords until you capo 2 and change the pitch of the open string. That was a wild time to learn the guitar. The TH-cam videos they have today make it so accessible. You used to have to print off tabs and edit them and then copy to a text document to get something reliable
A friend showed me this chord and learned the whole song by ear. Thats how we did it back then. We shared everything we picked up by ear and picked which ones are closest to the original and had a whole song we picked up by ear
Hahaha that’s exactly when I got my first guitar and exactly the first song I learned! Though we didn’t have internet in 1991 to get tabs. All ear and/or learning from friends.
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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😂
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.
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
That's me after 20 years of playing.
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
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
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
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
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
@@alex_is... 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!
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.
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.
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.
Slayed it… absolutely slayed it. #We’reNotWorthy!
I'm feeling saucy
This is too funny😭 only so many songs can feel like your breaking your hands when you learn them☠️
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😂😂😂😂
100% on point!! This was me in '94, and I can still feel that stretch just watching this.
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
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
Jesus, this brought back so many memories lol.. great video
relatable! road to a million views.. well deserved (:
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.
Literally my exact reaction everytime😂
..as a new guitarist in '91,..hearing that intro literally changed my life(as relates to playing...and every other way to if I'm being honest)..🤘🎸🖤👏💘
the only intro i ever memorized and will never forget
I played a lot as a teen (now 43) a coworker brought in a guitar a few weeks back. I haven't picked up a guitar in 20+ years but I was able to pluck out this intro well enough for them to recognize it. Maaaaan I used to be so good 😢
Memories of just learning guitar back in 2016
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
Amo tus videos saludos desde México!!!
What a kind gesture that is! Thank you for helping an elderly person.
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.
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
I love your videos out of all of my shorts I see please keep them coming
Litterally me playing ocean eyes for the first time 😂
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 😂
YES RHCP REALLY RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS REALLY AWESOME KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE LORETTA
Your videos are like a ray of sunshine on my feed.
when playing the first D, dont make a whole barre, only put your index finger on the second fret and it becomes alot easier
😂😂 love your videos man
It's a john frusciante masterpiece ❤️
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
One of the most iconic guitar licks in American history ❤
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 ❤!
😂😂😂😂😂hilarious, cool and funny...I've seen it many times 😂😂best wishes always 🙏
new guitarist here. huge rhcp fan as well. i am starting to understand this vid more and more xD
Oh man, this brings me back!
That arthritic stretch grown of pain. Perfectly done.
Dude. Spot on. Crazy how universal that is
Priceless moment
This sent me down memory lane
Good to know that other guitar players have shared this exact experience with me
And then videos existed for everything.
Man, learning guitar in isolation, without a guitar was a brutal experience.
But when you finally hear the correct sound....such a great feeling
always amazing when the tab clicks and you hear the song you been working on
Pretty much nailed frusciante's live performances
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
Those first few notes are the 90s distilled for me. So many memories.
I smiled watching this, I just looked up the tab like an hour ago and this hits so hard
Dude this situation hits a lot of nostalgia hahahajaja ty
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
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
You are destined for great things in the entertainment industry.
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.
Oke of the first songs i learned in guitar. Loved it.
One of my favorite songs to play still 15 years later 😎
Just started learning bass a few weeks ago and the "😮" face is spot on.
This is 10000% what I did too when I did try to learn this in early 90s. Nailed it.
Brings back memories, man :D
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 love this so much. Universal thought and experience right there among guitarists. Good one bro
This is the best video I saw in my life.
I’m learning this song now and feel both the pain and joy 😂
33 year on and still doing that face when i play it ❤
relatable! omw revisiting this glorious song 😍
What you're witnessing here folks is the mega satisfying and hyper-addictive nature of guitar.
God help you, sir.
💯! I remember buying that big ole book with the tabs for the whole album and spending 6 months learning it. Good times
The moment you knew you're going to be a legend 🍻
I remembered when i first leanred this song. My fingers were on fire. Worth it in the end
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!❤
This my dude! This is the Grade-A content I need in my life hahaha
He still breaks my hands in 2024
I got this exact feeling learning this song as a young guitarist
lol that was my exact reaction when I started to learn guitar when COVID jumped off. I’m still terrible and try to make time to practice but I love it. 😊
That clean tone ❤
This one and Soul to Squeeze were the 1st ever bass tabs I learned back in the days.
Brack when no one was around to explain what I was reading. And had to mess around and find out. This is great lol
lmoa this was me 8 months ago when i started playing. This one one of the main reasons I wanted to learn. sounds amazing.
This is so true...trying to learn the E7 #9 of Purple Haze was like a dream come true
hell yeah. the feeling i will never forget. especially when stoned!!!!
This song is a real milestone for guitar players
Ive played for 25 years...this intro still messes up my hand...truuuue!!
That sound unlocking some memories
Good old memories
I love this video so much 😭 so accurate
We take for granted the things we now think are basic and universal and easy when it comes to playing music.
Yup amen brother 😂😂 truly miss the 90s n 80
funniest vid ive seen in a long time
This is great. I remember some tabs on OLGA (maybe even this one) that wrote at the top "CAPO 2. All Fingering Relative to Open Position"
So they wrote out the tab based on the notes but it's all crazy stretch chords until you capo 2 and change the pitch of the open string. That was a wild time to learn the guitar. The TH-cam videos they have today make it so accessible. You used to have to print off tabs and edit them and then copy to a text document to get something reliable
A friend showed me this chord and learned the whole song by ear. Thats how we did it back then. We shared everything we picked up by ear and picked which ones are closest to the original and had a whole song we picked up by ear
This is a really good representation of how it feels to learn the guitar
Learned it out of a guitar mag and I 100% remember that stretch being impossible. It’s funny how muscle memory works. Relatable video!
Dude this is HILARIOUS 😂😂😂🎸
Hahaha that’s exactly when I got my first guitar and exactly the first song I learned! Though we didn’t have internet in 1991 to get tabs. All ear and/or learning from friends.