Lol Uncle Ben is the slightly hardass teacher that you think is trying to insult you at first but ends up being an absolutely amazing mentor and helping you unlock the secrets for yourself by pointing you in a direction that helps your progress grow. Thanks Ben. You are a huge reason for my guitar renaissance and certainly the main reason why I have made more progress on guitar in the last four months than I ever had in 10 years of wankery. Now I always have something to be thinking about, practicing, or trying to unlock on the guitar neck. You made a guitar neck a “big, friendly place“ for me Ben, something that I never felt like over an entire decade of playing guitar. Thank you for what you and channels like yours do for the love of this instrument
I feel the same. I stopped having guitar lessons when I got into university and stopped practising. So I've been playing for 10 years, but I feel like I have the same knowledge and skills for 5 or 6. I don't have the money to get guitar lessons with the same teacher again, but I got the time and Uncle Ben is definitely helping me with my "guitar renaissance".
I'm Eddie Fontaine now 58 and I met EVH at 15 yrs old ,Eddie Van Halen was 21 .DAt ,16 I joined Blue Cheer . Metals oldest band ..Never will forget it .Great lesson Ben brother .Eddie changed my life because I figured out what he was doing at a young age .Geezz I capitalized off it .Copy Cat me ,but I am an "Eddie" I got a lot of help outta this lesson .The major and minor difference . Excellent !!! RIP legendary EVH ..mix up the order .Gotta be happy to play demolished. ..\;;;;/ Hammers on bro ..
Dude.... Really?! I gave up searching for tapping videos. Never could find a clear and simple lesson. I'm thrilled that I stumbled upon your video. FINALLY!! I can now visualize and clearly comprehend how to construct tapping patterns! You have won the Internet this week! Bravo my good man! Cheers!
I love the fact how you included the number sequence (4,8,15,16,23,42) from LOST in 00:36. My all-time favorite TV Show. Lastly, great lesson and video, as always.
Ben Eller is brilliant both as a musician and a teacher. I was privileged to attend a class he taught in Raleigh along with Andy Wood. I wish that I had this teaching 50+ years ago when I took up guitar.
EVH was so innovative. He deserves all the accolades and credit he gets as one of the greatest guitarists ever. Was there anyone else doing triad chord tapping before VH? If so, they were very few and far between.
I'm 61, started playing before my fingers were big enough. Actually started playing when I was 13. We just played whatever we had to because we were off the farm. It's fun seeing how young popular guitar players do it. At this point in life it's just another thing you know how to do. Thanks for the tips..
Appreciate this lesson Ben. It clears up a few things for those of us who have always played by ear & are lesson-less & never had music theory in a way that makes sense. All the best & stay well !!!
Ben, besides saying a bad thing about you a while back, I find you to be an excellent teacher that teaches on many levels but specifically to my level beginner/intermediate. I wish I had started a while back with you instead of trying things that were over my head but couldn't admit that. Really appreciate all the things you put online
When my mom asked if I wanted to take tap lessons, I wish I didn't misunderstand and it was this kind and not the one that got me into fights at school 😔
As long as ya WON those fights. You KNOW why they put those taps on the toes of the shoes, right? So ya could kick the bullies right in the 'prunes'! 😁
Thank you for verbally explaining to me how my brain made this work to begin with. I'm self taught/learning, and couldn't connect the dots any time before when I pieced together these scale structures.
I really enjoy your videos , Ben. I have been playing guitar since the beatles came out. I can play pretty good and can read the treble cleff. I am 69 years old. In all my years, I have never tapped or studies tapping. I think with your video help, I will be adding a new dimension to my guitar playing abiliites. You explain things in a way that starts to make sense to me. I am going to take notes of your videos make diagrams on the staff or tab and relly study what you are saying. Much aprreciation.
You made this so much easier then how it was explained to me. !! I mean I’ve been wanting to learn this for years. It you made this so easy. I got it within minutes. !! Mahalo from Hawaii !!
This is great! I've been playing triads all over, but not on the same string. This helps to visualize things in a new way, plus, I get to learn tapping. Sweet. Thx.
Thank you for demystifying the tapping thing. As no old-head, I didn't grow up with that stuff, but I'm often asked to play that technique. Now i can work on it from a sensible framework. Still learning after playing 50 years.
Thanks for showing an easier way to look at this arpeggio technique. This visualization will help to more easily learn the fretboard whether using 2-handed tapping or any other style.
That was an awesome lesson. Just would never have thought of exploring triads like that. So simple and good lord…so much more to learn than just tapping!
Nice that was the best lesson I have seen on youtube woke up at 4 am this morning I dont no how i ran across this vidio man I lucked out I would of never known thank you and keep on rocking. Roland from Magdalena New Mexico usa.
Woww the best video to clarify how to do arpeggios and triads , thank you so much , I actually heard some kirk hammet lead from kill em all album, "am i evil " cassette tape lol which is,really cool , that's what I gotta practice 😎😎☺
Not a guitar player, but a fan of -VH- since 78. Your teaching style held my attention to the end. I even understood everything. More knowledge for me 💪😉. I'm definitely be coming back for more.
Said it before sayin it again, you are by a loooooooooooooooong distance the ABSOLUTE best teacher on the web, not to mention you crack me up too...and at my age I can use all the crackin up I can get ……. THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU for being whom you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy guacamole dude, this is so awesomely simple. I love it. I always actually wondered how to construct tapping licks and had to sort of try and figure it out by ear but to see this laid out in a way s easy to understand is awesome!
Thank you for this Ben. It was something I knew but hadn't really applied. I immediately looked the intro for "Hot For Teacher" and was able to figure out what chords he was using. Much easier than figuring out what notes he was using and then figuring out the chords.
lol 13:50 - " F # demolished " on top of being an amazing teacher here, Ben always dips in great sense humour too! Thanks for a great lesson like many others you make it simpler to learn and it it sticks! Greetings from Portugal. happy Xmas mate
Thanks for the video. Home schooled player here ; I learned the tapping intervals by ear and accident years ago. Now I know what they are actually called. Good work Ben
Bravo! Well played! (Dm) The saddest of all keys. 😂 (Spinal Tap). Great stuff here. I've been playing for 30 years and appreciate the way you think about shapes or distances rather than calculate the formula. I've never noticed that before. Brilliant.
Thanks Ben ! If I can get it, anyone can. I've always been a natural at tapping (for fun only), but now I understand what and why which makes me and others better guitarist. Isn't Tapping just extended scales or arpeggios ? It's just good clean fun thats all I know. People like Ben that help other people are awesome. It's like having good karma in the bank every time you help someone. True story.
Wow so simple! Thanks again! I am always searching for notes (which isn't a bad thing). What a great shortcut. I added either half or whole step pull offs from the root for that nice melodic 7 chord vibe. I almost skipped over this lesson, glad I didn't!!!
I've been working on intervals lately and this really helps. Yes I did get caught up with you calling 5Th a minor 3rd or vice-versa but I see how you explained it. Just to look at the steps instead of the numbers on a fretboard or even the intervals makes it simpler. It's pretty cool how the guitar is coming alive once you know the notes on the fretboard and intervals and what makes a major or minor chord is the third. Thanks for the I practice my tapping tonight when I get home. You're an awesome player and great teacher.
Wow-Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have cleared so much up uncle Ben it is really appreciated. A lesson on how Eddie utilizes chords would be great or a lesson on the song 5150!
I finally got it... I've been trying to learn how to play and I just felt stuck... I couldn't feel any improvement... This is the 4th video I've watched from you and it all clicked... Thank you, I'll keep watching your videos, I found out lots of things just making noise with a guitar. With your video, I was able to complete what I missed on my own now I can all put it together and actually make music.
I just gotta say thank you for posting this vid. I watched a few days ago and this lesson really stuck with me over the past few days. I thinking about this when practicing guitar. Cheers man and keep doin what you do.
Best lesson and explanation of tapping out there! 👍🏻👍🏻 I was certainly guilty of the scavenger hunt angle which was basically mental torture 😄 Brilliant lesson Ben 🙂🤘🏻
Thanks for watching!!! What other EVH secrets do you want to learn next?!
Ben Eller - how do you make harmonics scream?
Ben Eller How bout bending then tapping and pulling off on that bend like in the Panama solo?, John Mayer also uses that trick a lot too.
The solo to “Romeo Delight.”
Yes.
Hey Ben, How bout tapped harmonics patterns?
The fact that the world gave us uncle Ben for free is wild.
True dat.
@Frank Rottach if you hate Slavery, never vote Democrat. History is important.
uncle ben eller is an incredible teacher/ musician
Never cared for his rice dishes but his guitar lessons are second to none.
THE BEST LESSON I've watched in a long time. Ben you ROCK
Lol Uncle Ben is the slightly hardass teacher that you think is trying to insult you at first but ends up being an absolutely amazing mentor and helping you unlock the secrets for yourself by pointing you in a direction that helps your progress grow. Thanks Ben. You are a huge reason for my guitar renaissance and certainly the main reason why I have made more progress on guitar in the last four months than I ever had in 10 years of wankery. Now I always have something to be thinking about, practicing, or trying to unlock on the guitar neck. You made a guitar neck a “big, friendly place“ for me Ben, something that I never felt like over an entire decade of playing guitar. Thank you for what you and channels like yours do for the love of this instrument
Happy to help, buddy!!!
I feel the same. I stopped having guitar lessons when I got into university and stopped practising. So I've been playing for 10 years, but I feel like I have the same knowledge and skills for 5 or 6. I don't have the money to get guitar lessons with the same teacher again, but I got the time and Uncle Ben is definitely helping me with my "guitar renaissance".
This was the best guitar lesson I ever had. Finding inversions by simple patterns. My mind is opened. Thank you!
I'm Eddie Fontaine now 58 and I met EVH at 15 yrs old ,Eddie Van Halen was 21 .DAt ,16 I joined Blue Cheer . Metals oldest band ..Never will forget it .Great lesson Ben brother .Eddie changed my life because I figured out what he was doing at a young age .Geezz I capitalized off it .Copy Cat me ,but I am an "Eddie" I got a lot of help outta this lesson .The major and minor difference . Excellent !!! RIP legendary EVH ..mix up the order .Gotta be happy to play demolished. ..\;;;;/ Hammers on bro ..
Haha awesome! Thanks Eddie!
Did someone say triads
Music is Win it’s like when two notes that love each other invite a third party into the mix to shake things up.
Youre both here.... Awkward. Im waiting for the catch a cheater guy to kick my bathroom door in
@@BenEller lol
Very cool , 2 of my favorite channels in the comments
Holy macaroni this made me laugh. Thank you gentlemen.
fancy seeing you here
Dude.... Really?! I gave up searching for tapping videos. Never could find a clear and simple lesson. I'm thrilled that I stumbled upon your video. FINALLY!! I can now visualize and clearly comprehend how to construct tapping patterns! You have won the Internet this week! Bravo my good man! Cheers!
Thank you for your time and generosity.
And thank you for watching!
Uncle Ben just casually putting out breakthrough lessons for free like it's no big deal. Freaking awesome.
oh you just wait. I haven't unleashed any of my REAL artillery for free yet. Planning on making some lesson packages that are going to blow minds.
I love the fact how you included the number sequence (4,8,15,16,23,42) from LOST in 00:36. My all-time favorite TV Show.
Lastly, great lesson and video, as always.
Ben Eller is brilliant both as a musician and a teacher. I was privileged to attend a class he taught in Raleigh along with Andy Wood. I wish that I had this teaching 50+ years ago when I took up guitar.
Awesome visualization method to tap major/minor/diminished triads! Thanks Uncle Ben. You Rock!!!!
It's amazing how you always take ideas that seem so complicated, all of the sudden seem stupid simple. Thank you!
It’s all of a sudden. Stupid simple.
Most is simple , its the god damn speed of freaking light that he played that keeps it stupid complicated
This is the best lesson for composing two hand tapping licks on the fly I've ever watched. Thank you.
Wynn Blevins thank you!!!
EVH was so innovative. He deserves all the accolades and credit he gets as one of the greatest guitarists ever. Was there anyone else doing triad chord tapping before VH? If so, they were very few and far between.
Wow. This “penny dropping” lesson was a great big Xmas gift, wrapped, tied with a bow, and delivered on time. Best gift ever. Thank you!!!
Sixth Sanctum Media Thats great 👍 it doesn’t happen to all of us 😉
I'm 61, started playing before my fingers were big enough. Actually started playing when I was 13. We just played whatever we had to because we were off the farm.
It's fun seeing how young popular guitar players do it. At this point in life it's just another thing you know how to do. Thanks for the tips..
So glad to have you around Uncle Ben.You are THE best in my book!
Appreciate this lesson Ben. It clears up a few things for those of us who have always played by ear & are lesson-less & never had music theory in a way that makes sense. All the best & stay well !!!
Ben, besides saying a bad thing about you a while back, I find you to be an excellent teacher that teaches on many levels but specifically to my level beginner/intermediate. I wish I had started a while back with you instead of trying things that were over my head but couldn't admit that. Really appreciate all the things you put online
Blake Gilliam well thanks man, happy to help!!!
Thanks for the video. Very easy to follow.Very instructive.
this is the best Ed lesson ever! Thanks Unk!
This simplifies things for when one is enjoying whiskey and feels the urge to rock out
When my mom asked if I wanted to take tap lessons, I wish I didn't misunderstand and it was this kind and not the one that got me into fights at school 😔
Lmao , O hell thats great !
As long as ya WON those fights. You KNOW why they put those taps on the toes of the shoes, right? So ya could kick the bullies right in the 'prunes'! 😁
Holy hell brother. That was awesome. Making the difficult easy, not just seem easy, but with a little practice just plain easy. Thanks Ben!!!
amazing. You've blown my mind with this stuff. Its like finding gold that was right in front of you this whole time
This has to be the best video I've ever seen on tapping. I understand it a lot more now.
Thank you for verbally explaining to me how my brain made this work to begin with. I'm self taught/learning, and couldn't connect the dots any time before when I pieced together these scale structures.
I really enjoy your videos , Ben. I have been playing guitar since the beatles came out. I can play pretty good and can read the treble cleff. I am 69 years old. In all my years, I have never tapped or studies tapping. I think with your video help, I will be adding a new dimension to my guitar playing abiliites. You explain things in a way that starts to make sense to me. I am going to take notes of your videos make diagrams on the staff or tab and relly study what you are saying. Much aprreciation.
You made this so much easier then how it was explained to me. !!
I mean I’ve been wanting to learn this for years. It you made this so easy. I got it within minutes. !!
Mahalo from Hawaii !!
This is great! I've been playing triads all over, but not on the same string. This helps to visualize things in a new way, plus, I get to learn tapping. Sweet. Thx.
Thank you for demystifying the tapping thing. As no old-head, I didn't grow up with that stuff, but I'm often asked to play that technique. Now i can work on it from a sensible framework. Still learning after playing 50 years.
Thanks for showing an easier way to look at this arpeggio technique. This visualization will help to more easily learn the fretboard whether using 2-handed tapping or any other style.
Uncle Ben you are the one who makes things simple and easy to digest. Thank you so much for the wonderful lesson.
That was an awesome lesson. Just would never have thought of exploring triads like that. So simple and good lord…so much more to learn than just tapping!
I love your videos Ben. Thank you for helping us. I love you and your the Best!
Best Training Video I've Seen. Thank You
Nice that was the best lesson I have seen on youtube woke up at 4 am this morning I dont no how i ran across this vidio man I lucked out I would of never known thank you and keep on rocking. Roland from Magdalena New Mexico usa.
Thanks for all you do Ben. Bless
This is the best explanation of tapping I have ever seen!!!
Woww the best video to clarify how to do arpeggios and triads , thank you so much , I actually heard some kirk hammet lead from kill em all album, "am i evil " cassette tape lol which is,really cool , that's what I gotta practice 😎😎☺
The perfect video to get you well on your way to tapping! Great presentation, Ben. Thank you!
Thanks Ben. Really appreciate you taking the time to do this. I leaned something. Which is always good. 👊😁
You're such a good teacher. Excellent.
Not a guitar player, but a fan of -VH- since 78. Your teaching style held my attention to the end. I even understood everything. More knowledge for me 💪😉. I'm definitely be coming back for more.
thanks for watching, man! Lots of other EVH content here on my channel.
Well done, Ben! I like the way you presented this to a guitar player with very little music theory knowledge! Also like your dry sense of humor!!
How Cool and Easy is This Lesson!!!! I am going to Learn this, Pronto! Thumbs Way Up Ben!
Brilliantly done, Ben. Long live the music of EVH. Rock in peace.
Awesome! Very helpful lesson!
Thanks for the video. You post really useful effective stuff without causing any information overload. Keep up the great work. 🤘
excellent lesson. Picked it up straightaway as you explained it in simple terms. Thank you very much indeed.
Said it before sayin it again, you are by a loooooooooooooooong distance the ABSOLUTE best teacher on the web, not to mention you crack me up too...and at my age I can use all the crackin up I can get ……. THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU for being whom you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've said this b4 but I'll say it again...YOU ARE AN AMAZING TEACHER!!! You are brilliant!
Holy guacamole dude, this is so awesomely simple. I love it. I always actually wondered how to construct tapping licks and had to sort of try and figure it out by ear but to see this laid out in a way s easy to understand is awesome!
d minor really is the saddest of all keys. this one's called lick my love pump. -nigel tufnel
erock steady ha!
MAN!BRAINS TALENT AND SUPER funny! $$ coming
Soon to you! YOU ARE A GREAT SOUL!
G is the happiest!!
Great lesson, I love it when things are simplified. Thanks
Greetings from Melbourne Australia Ben! Absolutely brilliant lesson - thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for this Ben. It was something I knew but hadn't really applied. I immediately looked the intro for "Hot For Teacher" and was able to figure out what chords he was using. Much easier than figuring out what notes he was using and then figuring out the chords.
lol 13:50 - " F # demolished " on top of being an amazing teacher here, Ben always dips in great sense humour too! Thanks for a great lesson like many others you make it simpler to learn and it it sticks! Greetings from Portugal. happy Xmas mate
This video is awesome thanks so much for your great teaching.
What an awesome approach to this topic. Great job!
Another lightbulb moment. Thanks Uncle B
Thanks for the video. Home schooled player here ; I learned the tapping intervals by ear and accident years ago. Now I know what they are actually called. Good work Ben
I have been tapping by ear this is really helpful thanks.....
Great video as always.
I’ve always viewed it as:
3 frets between root and major 3rd
2 frets between root and minor 3rd
Bravo! Well played! (Dm) The saddest of all keys. 😂 (Spinal Tap). Great stuff here. I've been playing for 30 years and appreciate the way you think about shapes or distances rather than calculate the formula. I've never noticed that before. Brilliant.
0:36 42nd fret, lol!!
3:15 F# demolished. Always a classic!
4:17 the bowl, cereal, milk, and spoon analogy is awesome!
Wow man! This is the first lesson of tapping that came through. Thank you dude!
Amazing lesson, you just changed my life. Thank you!
Ben your a great teacher! Thanks for sharing your passion with us.
Stefan Bacha and thank you for watching!
The best lesson on tapping!! Simply awesome, fun and easy! Just awesome Master!
Thanks Ben ! If I can get it, anyone can. I've always been a natural at tapping (for fun only), but now I understand what and why which makes me and others better guitarist. Isn't Tapping just extended scales or arpeggios ? It's just good clean fun thats all I know. People like Ben that help other people are awesome. It's like having good karma in the bank every time you help someone. True story.
Really nice visual trick a fantastic visual lesson easy to learn and practice
Absolutely slipping this into my practice routine and thanks for this
Great lesson, very handy. Thanks uncle Ben.... Cheers mate.
Pure gold, thanks for taking the time to explain it so clearly.
Thanks uncle Ben
Uncle Ben, thank you, You are a great teacher
good shit, I'm 65 these days and back in 69 there was not much going for tapping...appreciate your skill, thanks
Wow so simple! Thanks again! I am always searching for notes (which isn't a bad thing). What a great shortcut. I added either half or whole step pull offs from the root for that nice melodic 7 chord vibe. I almost skipped over this lesson, glad I didn't!!!
Thank you Uncle Ben!
I've been working on intervals lately and this really helps. Yes I did get caught up with you calling 5Th a minor 3rd or vice-versa but I see how you explained it. Just to look at the steps instead of the numbers on a fretboard or even the intervals makes it simpler. It's pretty cool how the guitar is coming alive once you know the notes on the fretboard and intervals and what makes a major or minor chord is the third.
Thanks for the I practice my tapping tonight when I get home. You're an awesome player and great teacher.
Thanks for explaining, I was confused also when he called it a 3rd. I was thinking he meant a 5th but like you said he was talking about intervals.
Content from Uncle Ben is like Christmas all year round! Keep up the lessons Uncle Benny \m/
This was an extremely helpful video Uncle Ben, thank you! I really appreciate the simple descriptions.
Excellent. So lucid and yet so comprehensive
Wow-Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have cleared so much up uncle Ben it is really appreciated. A lesson on how Eddie utilizes chords would be great or a lesson on the song 5150!
wow...mind blown. Great vid bro . There IS light at the end of the tunnel and its not a train. Thanks so much for posting.
One of the best tricks I've heard in a long long time. Thanks Ben.
Hey Ben. Great lesson. Easy to visualize! Thank you so much for all your great lessons and hard work!
I finally got it... I've been trying to learn how to play and I just felt stuck... I couldn't feel any improvement... This is the 4th video I've watched from you and it all clicked... Thank you, I'll keep watching your videos, I found out lots of things just making noise with a guitar. With your video, I was able to complete what I missed on my own now I can all put it together and actually make music.
Brilliant, Absolutely love the Lesson, Keep Rockin Ben, Cheers
Excellent lesson.... theory explained concisely and simply! Perfect.
Thanks, just found you man. learning guitar at 62. This is so clear I feel smart now. Thanks again
I like the idea of practicing this in every chord of the scale.
I just gotta say thank you for posting this vid. I watched a few days ago and this lesson really stuck with me over the past few days. I thinking about this when practicing guitar. Cheers man and keep doin what you do.
Great lesson Ben! You really explained it in a way that was very easy to understand!
Magic revealed! Great subject! Thanks.
Thanks Ben, great lesson, this will get me through a few hours of Covid 19 lockdown
Best lesson and explanation of tapping out there! 👍🏻👍🏻 I was certainly guilty of the scavenger hunt angle which was basically mental torture 😄 Brilliant lesson Ben 🙂🤘🏻
Again, I love how you make sense of everything! 🤘 🎸 🤘