Understanding Eddie van Halen's mind-blowing TAPPING TECHNIQUE!

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  • R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) We honor one of the greatest guitarist of all time through one of the most epic solos ever recorded. We're focusing solely on the tapping technique, to make it a little more feasible.

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  • @PaulDavids
    @PaulDavids  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1834

    R.I.P. EVH
    And just to address some comments I've got: I did not monetize this video (you won't see any ads). I want to pay my tribute and share Eddie's legacy.

  • @ToolCriticNo9
    @ToolCriticNo9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    A legend gone but not forgotten, i cant even imagine how many guitarists were inspired by Eddie to start playing

    • @fcoyne69
      @fcoyne69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I've seen comments from baby boomers all the way to genzers. Incredible, 4 generations. Just incredible.

    • @tobiasshagen7181
      @tobiasshagen7181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fun fact: Bon Jovi wouldn't have started if it wasn't for Van Halen.

    • @overtonesnteatime198
      @overtonesnteatime198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is possibly in the millions

    • @spacejamgoliath
      @spacejamgoliath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tobiasshagen7181 we don't have to blame Eddie for that

    • @imtheonevanhalen1557
      @imtheonevanhalen1557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A LOT of folks stopped playing when they heard it.....severely traumatized....lol

  • @Bubba-zu6yr
    @Bubba-zu6yr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’ve taught guitar for over thirty years and am still apprehensive about teach Eddy’s songs. Even though I learned every one of their tunes starting back in th early eighties I’m still worried I would not do him justice passing his material on. Thank you for taking that leap Paul. RIP Eddy.

    • @hurstod533
      @hurstod533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fender Shrimp
      Gibson shrimp
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      PRS Shrimp 🍤🍤🍤🍤

  • @J.me.flip5
    @J.me.flip5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Cant believe he's gone. Eddie will nevertheless, live on in the music he left us. R.I.P.

  • @btll4ever
    @btll4ever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a non-guitarist, but still a massive lover of music, the insight you provide is so helpful to me fully appreciating the music for not just how it sounds but how it is played. Thank you for these types of videos, and RIP EVH.

  • @calvin3230
    @calvin3230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    man, I was 13 or 14, listening to a Spotify rock radio, when the Boston song I was listening to ended and eruption came on, I was studying but as soon as I heard the first chord, I stopped and listened. The intro was so cool, and the solo sounded nothing like what I normally listened to, and then the tapping part came on and it blew my mind, I instantly got goose bumps and knew right then I’d play guitar.

  • @tennysonjames2969
    @tennysonjames2969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    mentions how clean eddies playing was, while simultaneously playing the cleanest rendition that i have ever heard! you are an unbelievable guitar player paul! as was eddie!

  • @ilikechicken8403
    @ilikechicken8403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember being stuck on pentatonics and playing the same boring licks over and over than my dad showed me the performance by EVH and being absolutely blown away by what i had witnessed. He changed my playing forever RIP legend ❤️❤️.

  • @gauravmishra5998
    @gauravmishra5998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Eddie ❤️. The legend inspired generations of guitarists. He presence will always be lingering in the soul of people he left his impressions on. Thank you Paul for this video.

  • @4LowRocks
    @4LowRocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tribute to Eddie. I can think of no better way to honor him than to rock his music! Crank it up so he can hear us all in guitar heaven. Thanks Paul.

  • @PaxAmor1
    @PaxAmor1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you, sir. Such a nice, clear explication of the technique, sound, and music theory behind EVH’s “Eruption.” You have made this amazing sound accessible to so many, and you also have probably cheered up many who are sad about Eddie’s passing.

  • @jackflash5659
    @jackflash5659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Paul for honoring and demonstrating EVH's tapping style. Rock legends don't live forever(well maybe Keith Richards) but their music surely does. RIP Eddie!

  • @marcchrys
    @marcchrys 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great tutorial. As more of a nylon string guy with small hands, I'm always surprised by how many rock n blues guitarists seem to hardly use their little finger..Richie Blackmore is one exception that comes to mind. I find usung the pinky as part of scales and runs really adds possibilities.

  • @baddogrnr
    @baddogrnr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For what’s it worth I’ve tried to figure this magic out for years , then bam an outstanding tutorial, practice required but I got it . Thank you

  • @davidgollom345
    @davidgollom345 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Paul! Great lesson. Man it's hard to keep that rhythm so even. Eddie was amazing. I remember my friends and I teaching ourselves tapping in the early 80s. Good memories.

  • @nickdeieso5624
    @nickdeieso5624 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tribute to Eddie and well played Paul. Always a pleasure watching your videos💯

  • @robertmercure1740
    @robertmercure1740 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please more of this, thank you.

  • @thomasfritsch3536
    @thomasfritsch3536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks I needed that saw him 3 time's diver down Madison square garden 5150 new Halen conn 0u812 garden miss his talent and his joy to the guitar

  • @Sarah_Inspired7
    @Sarah_Inspired7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is the best my favorite solo is of eruption. This guy is the best I am still trying to master it but thanks to him I can play it

  • @rogeralleyne9257
    @rogeralleyne9257 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you dedicate yourself to a craft like he did ; you will always be alive even after death!!! Great lesson!!🙏🙏🙏

  • @1nickdel
    @1nickdel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We can all tap how we please, but Eddie doesn't "push" off with his pick hand index finger, he "pulls" off. It's a more natural motion, and it makes it easier to tap on the high E without pushing the string off the fretboard. Also, he can bend with that finger without having to switch directions. It's a subtle difference, but there are times when it matters, particularly as relates to speed.

  • @PantsingtonHardware
    @PantsingtonHardware 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just bought my first guitar yesterday, and know absolutely nothing about playing. Time to learn my first technique. 😂 Thanks for the tutorial!

  • @Lavadx
    @Lavadx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it as I always have!!! Like SO many others, I heard this song when I was 11or 12 and had never heard anything like it and was hooked into playing guitar since and to this day...
    Eddie was the man who IMHO progressed the rock guitar again from Jimmy Page’s progression of Jimmy Hendricks progression. But that’s just how I see it... Again, just my humble opinion, don’t hate on me for it...
    Peace, great lesson/breakdown as always!!!

  • @akwamarsunzal
    @akwamarsunzal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice Paul! That is my weeks ahead sorted out attempting to get this nailed! Good job! Thank you!

  • @Dodo_Nature
    @Dodo_Nature 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hulde aan onze Eddy.. Toppie video.. bedankt man!
    👍🏻👍🏻

  • @amirranjbar1995
    @amirranjbar1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I practiced the tapping part of eruption so much I developed calluses on my right hand fingers and now I can do it on an acoustic to some degree XD

  • @Citadel1974
    @Citadel1974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    5:24 Had to pause to read that but yes. Totally GoT :)

    • @sohannag612
      @sohannag612 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even I have to!😂

  • @hereiam5141
    @hereiam5141 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    R.I.P Eddie🖤

  • @freeagent8480
    @freeagent8480 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos will help generations to learn, GOD BLESS and thank you, ? Do you have one on the sliding from D to 20 lead part of eruption? That crazy into lead? After A, G, D slide to lead? Thanks

  • @Johnny-lr5jt
    @Johnny-lr5jt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This kind of like one of those "magic tricks revealed" videos.

  • @tombratherton5391
    @tombratherton5391 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful tutorial, man

  • @ahnaftahmid872
    @ahnaftahmid872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me looks at my guitar
    Guitar: don't you dare

  • @makyaule589
    @makyaule589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What software do you use to slow down the music?

  • @tomasdiaz8872
    @tomasdiaz8872 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:24 I had to go back and read that, and yes!! it sounds like GoT :)

  • @guitsynthcw
    @guitsynthcw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +679

    In the late 80s, a guy I used to work with on the road was a truck driver for a Van Halen tour. He invited me to the hotel where I met Eddie (very briefly). During the show, the sound engineer handed me some headphones soloed to Eddie's guitar. It wasn't during a solo, but what he was playing during the vocal sections blew me away. He's obviously best known for his lead work, but I'm not sure musicians are aware of his rhythm playing and how much it contributed to the Van Halen sound. Give it a listen. RIP Eddie.

    • @wallywalpamur4960
      @wallywalpamur4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He was the only real guitarist in the band. Of'course he played rhythm too.

    • @waldmeister0815
      @waldmeister0815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There was so much feeling in his playing. And he made it all look easy and just smiled. The tapping was merely secondary.

    • @3statgass3d
      @3statgass3d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Buck Rogers yeah but people overlook how amazing his rhythm playing was

    • @willieboy8798
      @willieboy8798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      he was actually a better rythm player in total!

    • @ivorharden
      @ivorharden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dirty Movies is a great example of his rhythm playing.

  • @AchillesWrath1
    @AchillesWrath1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    The tapping was just one part about Eddie's that made him special. If you're trying to learn how to sound like him, the tapping stuff is actually the easiest stuff to learn. His rhythm was the best part about his playing. It often gets overlooked by the crazy sounds he would make with his guitar on lead. But yes his rhythm playing is what truly makes Edward Van Halen special. Combined with his lead, piano/keyboard, and song writing ability, he was truly unique one of a kind. Another awesome, cool innovative lick that Eddie did was the intro to Mean Streets. Try playing that if you want a challenge.

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's what makes all the greats great, their rhythm.

    • @RutgerOlthuis
      @RutgerOlthuis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      IMHO mean street is the ultimate EvH song.

    • @jtdevrieze
      @jtdevrieze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Also he built the guitar he played this piece on because strats with humbuckers didn't exist until he made one himself. His skill went so much deeper than Eruption, which was literally just his warmup excercise that his producer happened to say they should record and put on the album after he heard Eddie play it.

    • @jtdevrieze
      @jtdevrieze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Eruption still blows my mind every time though don't get me wrong

    • @TobyKBTY
      @TobyKBTY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is on the money. Ed's sense of groove and swing are pretty much second to none when you compare him to a lot of his contemporaries and great guitarists who came after as well. The dude just had an ear for what sounded cool, what got the head bopping, and what got the hips swinging.

  • @LucaLindemann
    @LucaLindemann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I met Eddie when I was living in LA in the 90's, I was at guitar Center and I was hangin' out there to try some Jazz Basses. There was a guy behind
    some big amps, sit on a combo, playin' the guitar... I listened to him and I said to myself: this playin' reminds me something... I approached him and he was Eddie,
    with the shop guy, talking about the gear :D :D :D
    I just got petrified, I couldn't speak a world in english at that moment... He smiled and asked me if I needed to try the instrument... :D :D :D :D
    I was so confused at that moment that I replied: Oh no thanks, I'm a bass player! :D :D :D :D
    We laughed and we talked a little bit about Italy since he asked me where I was from :D :D :D
    He was so humble and nice... Van Halen, can you get it?? EDDIE VAN HALEN!!!
    I had a smile on my face for the rest of the month!! :D :D :D
    A huge loss, indeed. ❤️

    • @jpmillman1
      @jpmillman1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lovely story bro

    • @Th4n0s369
      @Th4n0s369 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So luckyyuu

  • @cato451
    @cato451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I only trust a guy from the Netherlands to teach me how to play guitar licks from a guy from the Netherlands. Thanks Paul!!! RIP Eddie!!

    • @RobertMJohnson
      @RobertMJohnson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eddie's from Los Angeles. He was just born in the Netherlands

    • @hansolo2121
      @hansolo2121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@RobertMJohnson Your comment is both ignorant and pathetic. Eddie was NOT from LA originally. Do you really not know this? Eddie was Dutch born AND raised. They moved to the USA when he was 7 years old. His brother Alex was 9. So he wasn't 'just born there'. He spoke only Dutch and not a word of English when they arrived. In the USA Eddie and his family were treated like foreigners and discriminated against by people like you. But NOW you want to suddenly claim him as 'one of your own'. Even Eddie himself said he did pretty good for 'a Dutch boy in a foreign country'. He was Dutch and always kept speaking Dutch with his parents. You can deny it all you want. Doesn't change the facts.

  • @alexcorll90
    @alexcorll90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Interesting, everyone always says you need a 16 inch radius neck or something to do tapping, yet here's Paul doing it cleanly on what looks like a classic 62 Fender neck with a 7.25 inch radius.

    • @unchained5150
      @unchained5150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Eddie made his guitar out of cheap seconds parts from the parts bin, gutted a Les Paul for it's humbucker, and threw them all together. Anyone who says you need a specific guitar (other than one with a whammy for the crazy stuff) is just blowing smoke, man. Play what you want on what you want just like Eddie would have. And if it doesn't exist then make it just like he would've!

    • @christiancibulka1886
      @christiancibulka1886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      unchained5150 yeah, but in this context, he actually sanded down his fretboard to be flatter, so he wouldn‘t fret-out while bending

    • @mindtricky
      @mindtricky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eruption played on the same type of neck...

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I've never heard anyone say that since I started playing as a child before Van Halen's first album. Regardless it's absurd at best. You can literally pick-hand tap on any stringed instrument, and certainly on any guitar (unless it's unplayable to begin with ofc).

    • @enginserttas
      @enginserttas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ive never heard of that crap, who says that?

  • @ARCHDEACONMUSIC
    @ARCHDEACONMUSIC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Great tutorial as I'm a performing musician and have always respected Eddie's playing tremendously, but I never even attempted to learn any of his songs because to me he was just too good and I never felt like I could do his songs justice. I know I can do them justice now and since Eddie's passing I've decided to learn "Eruption" and a couple other EVH songs too. Here are the notes I've made from this tutorial as I hope it helps as it's a fun song to play. It's a little tricky to get the transitions amazingly smooth, but it just takes practice and slowing it down to get the technique down clean: C#m= 9-2-5 (G# C# E) 8x
    A= 10-2-5 (A C# E) 8x
    B7= 10-4-7 (A D# F#) 6x
    B7= 12-4-7 (B D# F#) 2x
    E= 12-5-9 (B E G#) 8x
    (C Major) 10:14
    C= 13-5-8 (C E G)
    D= 15-7-10 (D F# A)
    E= 15-9-12 (E G# B)
    13:08
    (cascade down 1 fret & play 2x for 4 frets in total for each chord)
    E7= 17-12-15 (E B D)
    D7= 15-10-13 (D A C)
    C7= 13-8-11 (C G Bb)
    14:39
    B= 12-4-7 (B D# F#)
    Em= 12-5-8 (B E G)
    RIP EDDIE!

    • @andrewwatson2422
      @andrewwatson2422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awesome

    • @ARCHDEACONMUSIC
      @ARCHDEACONMUSIC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andrewwatson2422 It has helped so much in understanding what he is doing and being able to play it slowly, then building up the speed! I'm actually considering getting the EVH Wolfgang WG Standard Exotic - Natural Ziricote guitar as it's absolutely gorgeous! If you haven't seen it check it out for sure as it's only $649 too! Anyway, hope this helped you...keep rockin' as this was a great tutorial for the finger tapping part! :)

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I simply appreciate you doing this for doing a rather great tribute to the one and only EVH. He was truly one of a kind, and unmatched in influence and innovations done for the guitar! Awesome work!

  • @lul5827
    @lul5827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Eddie just went home to Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Chuck berry BB King ,Michael Jackson ,George Harrison, John Bonham, Bob Marley. Rest In Eternal Peace your music will live forever I was crying in bed for the whole night man I am still in shock

    • @agg25gga
      @agg25gga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think Michael Jackson is there

    • @christopherdavis63
      @christopherdavis63 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Randy Rhoades,Jimi Hendrix SRV,BB King,Albert King,Elmore James,Robert Johnson,Prince,Malcolm Young,Bon Scott,Freddie Mercury,Dimebag,Freddie King,Syd Barrett,and so many more,there's an incredible amount of unbelievable talent and inspiring musicians up there

  • @jaronbryant3944
    @jaronbryant3944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    He was the reason I started playing. Once I heard Eruption, I knew that guitar is what I wanted to do. Thank you so much for uploading this! It sure makes his passing a lot easier!

  • @chrisjames1924
    @chrisjames1924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    EVH style is all about learning how to relax and breathe whilst playing. Keeping on top of adrenaline is crucial. Hardly anyone ever discusses this though. Honestly, nothing hinders one's ability to learn more than adrenaline. And with such an adrenaline arousing style of music as EVH's, it can be extremely difficult for some people to detach themselves from the intense, high octane feel of the song. It's key to progress. Breathe. Relax. Play. Repeat.

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Eddie (like all greats) was great more because of his rhythm than anything else (other than perseverance and the joy of playing).
      I've had lots of students say they wanted to learn how to play lead guitar. The first thing I tell them is: _a lead guitarist has to be better at rhythm than a rhythm guitarist._

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very intresting comment!
      Thanks.

    • @joeshmoe7967
      @joeshmoe7967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I totally agree. I play out a bit, and sometimes the rush makes it hard to hold the pick or do the chords. I get a weird cramp in my pick hand that I can't explain. Once the initial rush passes I can settle in. In the earlier days it was a combination of nervousness and the thrill of playing.
      Now I don't feel like am nervous but still suffer some of the effects.
      Even if I learned an Eddie solo note for note, I could never play that live. I am 90% rhythm and leave the cool stuff to the other guys. Eddie always looked like he was having the time of his life. Only saw him once, during the 1984 tour, and watched shirtless Eddie knock out with that ever present grin

    • @petekay67
      @petekay67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very astute comment! 100% correct. Try easy and more progress will be made 👍

    • @rodneyhenson
      @rodneyhenson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      love love your advice!!!!

  • @allwinlehnhardt9197
    @allwinlehnhardt9197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Rest In Peace to a legend!!

  • @TheNightstalker80
    @TheNightstalker80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful breakdown! I'm a little over 2 years into learning guitar, at the age of over 40 it's a bit tougher I think, I don't have much time but when I got my new book from my teacher I found some Eddie licks and tapping stuff in it and I thought to my self, let's try that crazy Erruption lick. This is not the hardest part of that song tbh but for a beginner it's a pretty good challange but if you pull it of you feel like a true superhero! It's one, if not THE most iconic and recognizable guitar lick in history!
    I agree with you, everyone should try this! Don't fear it, it took me really just a few minutes to get the tapping tech down, after about an hour of practice I was able to play it at an (for me) unbelievable high speed. The hardest part is to get your left hand to move to each position fast enough to match your tapping speed, this is the real challange for me but again, little over 2 years and I'm 40+, if I can do this, everyone who loves this can!
    Whether you're an Eddie fan or just heard this for the first time and liked it, grab your guitar and start playing!

  • @petrmaryska4646
    @petrmaryska4646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I just got into Thunderstruck practice (the struggle is real) and you come with this. Come on man. I gotta study to school sometime too. LOL. RIP Eddie

  • @GrumpleSenior
    @GrumpleSenior 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I think a much underrated and ignored part of Eddie’s playing was his unbelievable and unrivalled sense of rhythm. It was behind everything he did. A true innovator with his feet firmly set in the backbone of music. A childhood hero and all that talent now gone. RIP EVH.

    • @RKDriver
      @RKDriver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think he's been well credited for his amazing riffs and in-the-pocket rhythm playing, but his amazing ability to play leads and do other things on guitar just simply eclipsed his other skills.

    • @silentstormstudios
      @silentstormstudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very true. He had an incredible, and unique, sense of rhythm. So much so that often others would have difficulty following what he was doing, but he always landed on his feet. I think I good deal of that has to do with how in tune Eddie and Alex were, having played together since they were children. Alex often has a unique sense of rhythm, as well, and Eddie just became very tuned into that, such that each could predict where the other was going and would always remain in sync.

    • @PaxAmor1
      @PaxAmor1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love how some of his rhythms really swing. His riffing in "Beautiful Girls" is seriously swangin' and propels the tune in a way that gets you tapping along. What other "metal" players were cool enough to swing? Most heavy rock is played to a plodding straight beat.

    • @silentstormstudios
      @silentstormstudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      David O'Brien Yes, completely agree. Beautiful Girls is one of my favorite VH tunes to play because of that swing feel. The insanely paced swing of I’m The One is another example of this. For this reason I never really considered VH a metal band. More blues-based hard rock. I look at Nuno Bettencourt the same way, too funky to be metal. Just because the guitars have a high-gain tone doesn’t necessarily make it metal.

    • @Crunkboy415
      @Crunkboy415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true. Listen to the propulsive intro to Panama or how he controls the rhythm in the chorus with open base notes and double stop chords and leaving lots of space in between to swing the rhythm. Simple yet ingenious.

  • @t3hgir
    @t3hgir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    RIP Eddie. His playing now lives on in all of us. I imagine he's taking lessons from Holdsworth now.

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mutual respect even though Holdsworth is the most advanced guitarist ever.

    • @silentstormstudios
      @silentstormstudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rick3747 From what is stated in Ted Templeman's book, Holdsworth was given a shot at a recording deal thanks to Eddie, who suggested that Warner Bros. give him a recording deal and that Templeman product the record. But Holdsworth shot himself in the foot out of his own arrogance and self-centeredness. He basically didn't want anyone else involved in the recording of the album, stating that Eddie and even Templeman himself should not be present for the recording sessions. He basically wanted to have his cake and eat it too, getting the backing of a major label but have the freedom to do everything himself however he wanted. That's not how it works, or at least not how it worked back then, when you have a major label investing money into making your record and promoting it. He talked himself right out of a deal.

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@silentstormstudios
      I did not know that.
      Wow.......
      The more I read about Edward, the more I see that he was way beyond just a highly talented musician. He was a great, fair and very caring Human Being.
      RIP Edward.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 ปีที่แล้ว

      They’re both taking lessons from Kurt Cobain 😂

  • @agastya6799
    @agastya6799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Eddie Van Halen didn't die. God needed a guitarist so he simply chose the very best.

    • @ScotClose
      @ScotClose 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe he was getting tired of Jimi and Zappa.

  • @KevinMeyerSSK
    @KevinMeyerSSK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Me Spending a lot of hours watching guitar tutorials and not really playing a guitar.

    • @drleinad
      @drleinad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You should consider watching less tutorials and actually trying to play something

    • @McSlobo
      @McSlobo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can watch while trying to play dude. Even a beginners like me can learn at least something from tutorials like this if they even attempt.

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I rarely play these days too, even though I used to practice for 8 hours a day minimum for a couple of decades. Now I play maybe a few minutes here and there each day, but watch a lot of music theory channels and guitar channels each day. I'm probably just not inspired because where I live now there aren't many musicians, or people in general.

    • @KevinMeyerSSK
      @KevinMeyerSSK 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drleinad well I would If I had possibility. I have my guitar broken and I am waiting for new one lol.

    • @drleinad
      @drleinad 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KevinMeyerSSK well thats a bummer haha

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    His Eruption always sounded like Bach to me.

  • @OriginalGaucho
    @OriginalGaucho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the Dutch pronunciation of his full name. So beautiful. 🇳🇱

  • @hhgygy
    @hhgygy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why is everybody referring to Mozart when it is clearly Bach?

  • @ronawood
    @ronawood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great lesson. I'll definitely have to try to learn this. Just an FYI, I heard an interview with Eddie one time where he said that he had made a mistake in Eruption but it got put on the record that way. I could never hear it. Maybe you could figure out where he messed up.

  • @Guilhem74
    @Guilhem74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's something very JS Bach about this solo, reminds me of Tocata and Fugue where the organist goes bananas and brings the organ to an eruption of greatness!

  • @abhishekmasih1442
    @abhishekmasih1442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    5:24 I'm hearing the GOT theme LOL

  • @ekstradycja
    @ekstradycja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just check out Stanley Jordan- a real jazz tapping master

    • @edsnotgod
      @edsnotgod 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      and all those Chapman stick players, playing real songs

  • @jamesw6899
    @jamesw6899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Muting cleanly while moving positions is the most challenging part for me.

  • @loumonte658
    @loumonte658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Atomic punk was my introduction to the legeng EVH. RIP master.

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's easy to forget he was a Dutchman. I still love that first Van Halen album, out of this world. I've never wanted to try and play like Eddie, just not my thing, I leave it to the pros, like you Paul! Another great video and a nice tribute to a great musician and showman.

  • @LtPuff
    @LtPuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rip Eddie, the news truly devastated me.

  • @gabrieljohannson6777
    @gabrieljohannson6777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm a hopeless romantic but I love watching a Dutchman pay homage to a Dutch innovator in EVH. A killer demonstration to parts of Eruption that all guitarists - regardless of technique or level - should give a try to learn. As EVH said many times (as do all Guitar Gods) don't be afraid because the music is what counts. Thank you @Paul Davids!

  • @louispacetime1576
    @louispacetime1576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m learning this for Eddie. My hands are dying

  • @ipsurvivor
    @ipsurvivor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It came out when I was a freshman in high school. I remember listening to it after picking up a copy.

    • @petertrast
      @petertrast 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same! Great time for rock music already and then EVH just blew it up!

  • @jimmcdougall9973
    @jimmcdougall9973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Eddie.
    Bless you Paul. All you videos are loved and appreciated. Thank you for carrying the torch in sharing the great mans legacy. Long live EVH.

  • @moyano6197
    @moyano6197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I thought it was a D# diminished triad, the seventh chord from the key of E major, anyway, great analysis and lesson,

    • @jaivarsa
      @jaivarsa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      In classical music the D# diminished triad (D# F# A) is frequently taken as a B7 without the root (B D# F# A). Notice that Eddie plays B instead of A in the last two beats, transforming it into a B triad.

  • @davelisapaly6750
    @davelisapaly6750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've read in an old guitar books published in the 80s which had Eddie explained his tapping, he preferred to flick the string up instead of down with his index finger

  • @luiscarlosovallesconcepcio1550
    @luiscarlosovallesconcepcio1550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Saludos, bendiciones
    desde Republica Dominicana... me encantan tus tutoriales, son de mucha bendicion..

  • @MajorCaliber
    @MajorCaliber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Edward Lodewijk... we welcomed him to 'mer'ca... then ruined him with tons of money and drugs... and wimminz and cigarettes... our bad!

  • @rickthomas393
    @rickthomas393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A great tribute lesson, Paul !
    I never imagined that Eruption was accessible to my intermediate skills, but you make it seem doable.
    Thanks Eddie. Thanks Paul

  • @chrisdempsey2379
    @chrisdempsey2379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    5:24 I WAS GONNA MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING LMAO

    • @songfulmusicofsongs
      @songfulmusicofsongs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For some reason I can only hear LoZ...

    • @Clodnesia
      @Clodnesia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@songfulmusicofsongs exactly!

  • @RedHeadGuitar
    @RedHeadGuitar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Playing EVH stuff with a single coil at the bridge...blasphemy! :)

  • @reenabisht4669
    @reenabisht4669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paul! You are unlike other TH-camrs you make your videos so pleasing that I can watch you whole day without even getting tired.
    When everybody is giving tribute in other manner you took it differently and taught us without wasting time!
    Greetings from India❤

  • @Hazardteam
    @Hazardteam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rest in peace Eddie😢 We will never forget You.

  • @Robert_Fordin
    @Robert_Fordin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    'Beat It' solo: this is real legacy.

  • @kristiandawe85
    @kristiandawe85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paul is a damn good teacher, this was so simple understand. Thank you so much for this. RIP Eddie, you will be missed forever but never forgotten.

  • @davidbarahona3960
    @davidbarahona3960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Will always be remembered for the legend he was, thanks Paul.

  • @stockjonebills
    @stockjonebills 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After Eddie so many guitarist deployed the tapping style, but there was something so fluid in the way Eddie played. It was like liquid silk the way he transitioned between riffs, slides, muting tapping etc. The other important part is that his playing was never just about speed. He was very Melodic and an excellent rhythm guitarist as well.

  • @teamrecon2685
    @teamrecon2685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    EVH...why I ever picked up a guitar. Thanks for the great lesson Paul.

  • @ryanhans950
    @ryanhans950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The whole tapping is only on B-string!! Eddie only required one string to pull out the most beautiful arpeggio progression. I was stunned when I noticed it.
    Learning it won't be difficult; it will be easy but really it is very - very difficult to find these things
    Conclusion: You don't need 3-5 strings to play an awesome solo....Here Eddie taught all of us that this can be also accomplished only on one string too.
    Please like if you agree

  • @RobUttley
    @RobUttley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And suddenly the penny drops (I've never tried to play this stuff, always been happy to sit in-awe and just enjoy it blasting over me).
    Seeing that explained like that.... wow.
    Thanks Paul, I feel really inspired to sit and have a go at it. A very suitable tribute.

  • @GymBoss57
    @GymBoss57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's blasphemy to do this with single coils bro..... literally in the Bible!

  • @0xf7c8
    @0xf7c8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heard the GoT theme and then I saw your on screen comment. Damm, you ruined my clever comment Paul.

  • @VassilisDimitros
    @VassilisDimitros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is the guitar action important for tapping? Does it have to be low for example or is it irrelevant?

  • @danielsalac5113
    @danielsalac5113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:54 I can’t let my girlfriend see this

  • @documentalist-NL
    @documentalist-NL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    EVH was absolutely legendary and indeed not only in the lead-guitar department. His songwriting and rythm guitar was also amazing to say the least. He will surely be missed and will continue to be a source of inspiration to many aspiring and achieved guitar players for a long time.
    Great breakdown of this technique Paul, really good.
    R.I.P. Eddie!

  • @351wmustanggt
    @351wmustanggt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Eruption is timeless.... I remeber when it first came out and was blown away by what I heard. It is so mesmerizing. I did see him play it live, RIP Eddie the music world will always have a void with you gone altough your music lives on forever.

  • @sergkost8195
    @sergkost8195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just to let you guys know, If you wanna get that sweet distorted tone you may wanna use a phaser (or something like that) with the rate and depth turned down. small change but can really affect the tone. gl to anyone trying to learn guitar :D

    • @MonoIce350s
      @MonoIce350s 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A flanger works too.

  • @DorothyOzmaLover
    @DorothyOzmaLover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fitting to honor Eddie and his legacy since you give great instruction and breakdown since you clarify nicely by specifically noting how to use fingers. As a guitarist for book trailers about comics who's looking for inspiration, your instruction here is nice since you note good hammer techniques for arpeggios. Cheers!

  • @nandohoyer
    @nandohoyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay, Why do you need to retune the string again? Cool Video though! RIP EVH

    • @joeshmoe7967
      @joeshmoe7967 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eddie played the same positions but the guitar was tuned to Eb. So when he says the chord is C#m, it really isn't, BUT the shapes ARE. If I put a capo on the 2nd fret and play a 'G', it is a G shape but the sound will be A. David din't mention the tuning at the start, which is why he did the video insert. Other wise you would try to play along and it would not sound right.
      Hope that clears it up. Cheers

  • @RakingStraw
    @RakingStraw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for making this video 💚 We will all miss Eddie, but his legacy will live on in guitar players for generations to come.

  • @Mathis.2k
    @Mathis.2k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eddie was Dynamite good bye eddy... rip

  • @kirkwilliams4942
    @kirkwilliams4942 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    EV..... just pure Genius. Met him before he passed. We were both having back surgery the same day with the same amazing doctor. Didn't get to chat with him but he gave me a thumbs up as he was being taken to the surgery room. For me, that was epic. I was SO sad when he passed.

  • @IndigoWraithe
    @IndigoWraithe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:24 actually, I always hear these 2 notes as the start of the Temple of Time theme from Ocarina of Time. I swear, that game's music has had a free residency in my brain for 22 years.

    • @Happylink75
      @Happylink75 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember hearing that when I was younger on the wii port of ocarina of time (best game ever) and that theme has been in my brain ever since

  • @BakanoJutsu
    @BakanoJutsu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Song of Time vibes from the slowed technique around 5:50.

    • @xngr
      @xngr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I already heard it with just the first two notes..

  • @patrickcasey357
    @patrickcasey357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I must say of all the guys on TH-cam who do tutorials of this you’re one of the few that actually teach what the notes and chords are that are being played. Not just tab. Very refreshing.

  • @suchitgangurde3514
    @suchitgangurde3514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Paul,
    Great video as always.
    I never got into EVH's music very much but Eruption was the first thing I heard played by Eddie when I started learning to play the guitar and it always has been an amazing piece of music.
    Eddie was truly one of the greatest guitarists.

  • @ckooooooooo975
    @ckooooooooo975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos man. Every time I’m in a rut you pull me out and make we want to go learn and write all kinds of stuff. I really appreciate your vids!!!

  • @bukimari
    @bukimari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:24 "Who else is hearing the GoT theme?"
    I was actually hearing the beginning of Song of Storms from OoT.