I really appreciate that you put the why in this video, most other videos like this don’t. As a beginner it’s pretty easy to see videos like this and think “well it still looks hard” but the explanations really help
I remember the first time I tried to learn Never Meant and being pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. Picking accuracy is the biggest thing, but it's a great riff to practice that
@@valentino7353tit’s the timing. It’s in like 12/8 or some bullshit like that so it sounds really fuckin odd, but like most Tool songs, the guitar takes a backseat to the rest of the band
@@stupidthefish1979 My personal solution for the timing ("The song begins with two bars of 5/4, followed by one bar of 4/4, followed by bars of alternating 5/8 and 7/8, until the first interlude, which consists of alternating bars of 6/8 and 7/8." according to google) is to literally ignore counting. Just play based on the rest of the band. If you think about it too much it's easy to get lost.
@@Superagent666picking it sounds so much cleaner for the record. IMO when it’s just hammer ons and pull offs it seems like a muffled version of the riff
Thunderstruck is universally cool song to exercise. First level - one string plus hammer-ons and pull-offs. Next level - one string with picking Next level - multiple strings with picking Makes hell of an exercise for alternate picking.
I remember back in High School there was a kid one year younger, we were always “competing” when playing guitar and one time for the Christmas talent show he played a bunch of classic rock riffs, including Thunderstruck. I remember him playing it with one hand, and recording the audience on Snapchat with the other as the audience E R U P T S, me laughing thinking to myself “if only they knew.” I was always more classical/fingerstyle but we’d always give each other tips on our respective specialties.
"Mr Moustache" difficulty kind of reminds me of "Snow." Very easy to play the riff a few times but requires a lot of endurance to play the whole way through. Especially if you use all downstrokes. I'd argue it's one of the hardest Nirvana songs.
The riff in mr moustache is not hard, but getting it to speed is. Getting it semi-clean (Like kurt did) will take a while if you're not used to this type of alternate picking
Now try singing and playing Mr Moustache. Not so easy. A lot of Nirvana songs are easy as shit to play but then you try singing along with them and it gives a lot of appreciation for Kurt's musicianship
The mixing on M+Ms doesn't help either, but the riff is quite tricky to get. I managed to learn a variation but i have yet to play it just like Tom does.
i once told my buddy who’s significantly better at guitar than me but has a very very bad ear for music that thunderstruck wasn’t complicated and he literally started screaming at me also apparently mr mustache is nirvanas hardest riff 🥳
Waiting to see if the "Haaaaaaaackshully..." brigade comments about Thunderstruck.
Bruh and it’s like do people not read?? Did I not make myself clear!!? 👹
Haaaakshully it's all picked notes no hammer ons ☝️🤓🗿🕺
Which live version? if you're referring to acdc live you'd be wrong he did pick it
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@@pmx2nYeah I read your comment. There IS no live version where Angus does this. He’s never ever ever done it. 😉
@@pmx2n Is this not a real video?
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I love mr. moustache so much. it sounds so slick and its such a good exercise for my fingers
I warm up with it every time I need to practice
Pause
Fuck u mean pause @@HoyaSaxaSD
It's basically just a simpler jump in the fire
It’s actually decently hard to play and sing at the same time
I love the aggressive blinks when concentrating
probably blinked like 182 times
I didn’t expect M+M’s to be on here 😍😍
SAME WTF
wasnt expecting mr moustache either, the first songs i learned were all off that album
That was good mix or random
This guy started as a blink-182 channel.
RAHHHHH I LOVE BLINK
I learned Mr. Moustache in one sitting a couple days ago and am happy to see it mentioned here. Definitely looks hard but is super fun to play!
and the most pleasing thing: it's just alternative picking. i wouldn't believe if kurt made a riff at 178bpm with dowstroke only hahaha
@@dophhs back when i was learning it for the first time that was legit what it was doing and it hurt so bad lmfao
Poop as hard as rock
honorable mention: smoke on the water
it had to be mentioned, would be unfair to leave it out
Good one. Did you just start playing or something? 😂
@@nickphaux bro it’s a joke
nah, that one sounds hard and is hard
@@Doodus im hard after hearing it
I really appreciate that you put the why in this video, most other videos like this don’t. As a beginner it’s pretty easy to see videos like this and think “well it still looks hard” but the explanations really help
Seek and destroy riff: 😄👍🏻
Seek and destroy solo: 😀😔😐😰😱💀😈
The solo rhythm riff is pretty tough for beginners too
@@MedianNestreal
That second part on A string though, real fast for a beginner (at 3ish minutes)
Pretty fun to play
Solo is just the pentatonic scale😂
Man I haven't heard American Football in like 2 decades. They're awesome.
Honorable mention: Playing God-polyphia
Wait really?
@@JasonCan-wp2fuOFC NOT
And goat
@@Randomstuffcore goat actually isn’t hard tho
La Catedral 3rd movement
American football mentioned!!!!!
bro but he shoulda gate keeped we can’t let tiktok get to it
@@dmsbugpatrol003That would be the end of the world, we can’t let that happen
@@dmsbugpatrol003 are you idiots satire
@@WPive they already got Title Fight and La Dispute 😭
I’m so happy you put blink-182 on here with M+M’s. You are a legend in my eyes, sir
You have my respect for pointing out why it may seem hard! Subscribed
love to see m&m's here! also really appreciate your why explanations for each choice.
I would add 'muse - plug in baby'
To this list, it seems to impress people more than stuff 10x harder.
DUDE, totally: I tried learning it as a very basic beginner and it floored me but as i got just a bit better it just became a walk in the park
Yeah I agree it’s definitely not hard but it’s very catchy and long which makes it easy to impress people with
Would also put knights of cydonia by muse here, sounds incredibly hard but is really, really easy
I remember the first time I tried to learn Never Meant and being pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. Picking accuracy is the biggest thing, but it's a great riff to practice that
Tones are so good man
Most of American Football's songs make me feel like i'm inside a sad scene from a 2000s high school sitcom
"these guitar riffs are EASY!"
you overestimate my skill
YOU NAILED THE KILL 'EM ALL TONE DUDE HOLY SHIT
The reason Mr. Moustache is easy is the reason Hysteria is easy on bass: sounds fast, is slow. Same thing over and over.
Cheers for repeating the caption.
@89kilemal not necessarily repeating it. I'm putting it into a different context
@@AlliedX you added nothing of value nerd.
@@lifenote1943 you didn't either. resorting to insults makes you seem like a fun person.
@@AlliedX almost as fun as someone who takes "nerd" as a serious insult.
wow M+Ms got a riff in. Now I have to listen to it 40,000 times to get it out of my head
Honorable mention: schism - Tool
@@valentino7353t It is for beginners for guitar and bass and those who are starting to tune in Drop D bro
@@valentino7353tit’s the timing. It’s in like 12/8 or some bullshit like that so it sounds really fuckin odd, but like most Tool songs, the guitar takes a backseat to the rest of the band
@@stupidthefish1979 My personal solution for the timing ("The song begins with two bars of 5/4, followed by one bar of 4/4, followed by bars of alternating 5/8 and 7/8, until the first interlude, which consists of alternating bars of 6/8 and 7/8." according to google) is to literally ignore counting. Just play based on the rest of the band. If you think about it too much it's easy to get lost.
@@cinnamondafox that’s probably exactly how they do it: watch Danny.
@@stupidthefish1979 The guitar only takes a backseat to vocals, and sometimes, only sometimes like in pneuma (Danny's solo) the drums.
Yes! Seek & destroy was the second song I have ever learned, sounds fantastic - it can be quite motivating. Love your work!
You had me at American Football.👍
I used to never be able to do M+M’s but it’s been a while so I might try it again
Wow man these are some wonderful guitar riffs right here I love it❤️😍🥰🎶🎸
Theres a part on seek and destroy that is really fast and is something I find pretty difficult, but the main riff is pretty easy
Rhythm riff under the solo is relatively fast even by Metallica downpicking standards
I'm genuinely curious to see a video with you showing emotion of some kind
there's a short where he smiles for a couple seconds at the beginning lol
Blink 182 m+ms was really hard as a beginner
Yeah idk I kinda thought that was a questionable pick but I love that song
@@TheDibbs yeah I can't lmao but I don't really practice it that much either
@@TheDibbs really? I thought it was pretty good in the recording I don't remember it being sloppy
A blink riff 🥹
Ty 🎉
Love to see American Football on here - well done!
Good to see mr moustache getting some love
appreciate the new "Why"s!
Me encantaaaa ! Tienes una habilidad increíble y admirable ♡
Definitely gonna try the am football onee
Thunderstruck was picked in the studio rather than hammered but still yeah just one string, only difficulty is the speed
Why he decided to do that is beyond me. Hammer offs are easier and sound better to me imo
@@Superagent666 depends on the song imo, I think the picking sounds perfect on thunderstruck
Picking each note to this song is super hard
The picking actually gives each note a bit more oomf. Makes it actually feel like lightning
@@Superagent666picking it sounds so much cleaner for the record. IMO when it’s just hammer ons and pull offs it seems like a muffled version of the riff
Thunderstruck is universally cool song to exercise.
First level - one string plus hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Next level - one string with picking
Next level - multiple strings with picking
Makes hell of an exercise for alternate picking.
Playing thunderstruck the recording way is easy as hell, but doing it the concert way you got to be articulate
Seek and Destroy sounds so good with your tone
Eres maravilloso! Me encanta como tocas.
never meant tone is spot fkn on
Playing seek on destroy and getting the buttons right on guitar hero is the best feeling ever
Songs 4 and 5 are so good!
M+M’s was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. Tom is not a great guitarist, but he sure as hell is a great riff writer.
Woah, nice lil Nirvana track to choose!
Eruption’s Tapping part at the end is very simple too
It’s crazy that thunder struck finger picking looks like how angus young plays guitar
King of tone
holy shit that seek and destroy tone😍😍
MR MOUSTACHE MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
THE TUNING 😤😤
Never Meant by American Football, hell yeah!! ✨ 🔥
dude mr moustache hurts my hand 😭
love that jagstang
American Football Mentioned🔥🔥🔥
no we gotta gate keep
This is the sniper from saving private Ryan. “He was on the ground before we heard the shot!”
I remember back in High School there was a kid one year younger, we were always “competing” when playing guitar and one time for the Christmas talent show he played a bunch of classic rock riffs, including Thunderstruck. I remember him playing it with one hand, and recording the audience on Snapchat with the other as the audience E R U P T S, me laughing thinking to myself “if only they knew.” I was always more classical/fingerstyle but we’d always give each other tips on our respective specialties.
"Mr Moustache" difficulty kind of reminds me of "Snow." Very easy to play the riff a few times but requires a lot of endurance to play the whole way through. Especially if you use all downstrokes. I'd argue it's one of the hardest Nirvana songs.
Slipknot's nomadic also qualifies I think. It's kinda easy and sounds nice.
i love mr moustache, my favorite song off bleach!
Omg Mr. Moustache is my favorite Nirvana riff (after Come as you are)
I learned Seek and Destroy in like 20 minutes so makes sense
I believe the original Thunder struck is played as an alternate picking exercise, but maybe I am wrong.
now I need to listen to the entire Bleach album thank you : )
A simiair one is Wasted Years by Iron Maiden
Have you done a guitar collection video? I want to see better shots of your guitars.
Mr moustache first ever riff I learned
Ok wait can we just talk about how good that seek & destroy tone was?
Please can you Play Songs from the Russian 80s Rock Band Kino? I really Love Their music but havent Seen anyone Play one of their Songs
Play cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson
Thunderstruck was LITERALLY one of Angus Young's warmups!
You should’ve done the solo to carousel by blink182 since it’s the same pattern just changing the root note
Should've added eruption, it is literally the #1 showoff riff
Thunderstruck is alternate picked I believe.
Everybody gangsta till the fast riff of seek and seek and destroy hits
Riff blink😻😻
The american football one is intimidating, and ive been playing for like 15 years.
😂😂😂
math rock midwest emo wonderwall mentioned 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥 what the fuck
is a paycheck
we gotta gatekeep bro
Seek & Destroy is that riff you play for the first time after purchasing a distortion and feel like a heavy metal god.
Seek nd Destroy u just need them palm mutes to hit nd 😮💨
Man american foot ball is such a hit
we gotta gate keep
@@dmsbugpatrol003 nah man I'm tired of people looking at me slow when I say you like American football like I'm European or something lol
@@jabbathegoole lmao
@@dmsbugpatrol003 you know the feeling
mr mustache is def harder than it sounds at least at first
Ok that tone for seek and destroy sounded Just like the actual song
my own summer by deftones is also an honorable mention for me for the same reasons as mr moustache
Great, now my finger exercises sound more impressive than my playing 😅
honorable mention: Free Bird
MR MOUSTACHE MENTIONED🗣️🗣️🗣️
5 IS QUESTIONABLE BUT SUPER SURPRISING
If you arent familar with mathrock and arppegios in general then "never meant" can be a little tricky at first. Hella fun when it happens tho.
What do you say about Venom of Venus (powerwolf) solo?
You’ve got to warn me before you never-meant me like that.
The riff in mr moustache is not hard, but getting it to speed is. Getting it semi-clean (Like kurt did) will take a while if you're not used to this type of alternate picking
Now try singing and playing Mr Moustache. Not so easy. A lot of Nirvana songs are easy as shit to play but then you try singing along with them and it gives a lot of appreciation for Kurt's musicianship
BRO NO YOU GOTTA GATEKEEP AMERIC ANFOOTBALL BRO NAAAHH
The mixing on M+Ms doesn't help either, but the riff is quite tricky to get. I managed to learn a variation but i have yet to play it just like Tom does.
You've overestimated my guitar skills
i once told my buddy who’s significantly better at guitar than me but has a very very bad ear for music that thunderstruck wasn’t complicated and he literally started screaming at me
also apparently mr mustache is nirvanas hardest riff 🥳
You should do a death riffs video
Note for anyone who needs it: Seek and Destroy sounds way better if you just bend the 7 on d up a half step