Guthrie Govan Bad Asteroid Intro Guitar Lesson - Part 2 of 3 - Guitar Breakdown - How To Play
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Guthrie Govan Bad Asteroid Intro and Melody Guitar Lesson - Part 2 of 3 - Guitar Instruction and Breakdown
We've had a lot of request for a breakdown of Guthrie Govan's Bad Asteroid. Several people have requested we do a guitar lesson on this whole song while others have asked for specific things such as help with playing the main melody part.
We would love to do a full lesson breaking down this entire song, however we don't want to step on the feet of Guthrie (assuming at some point he will probably put out a complete transcription book or dvd on his stuff).
That being said, we are excited to be doing a lesson on the Intro chords and lead melody for those who might be struggling with this or those that just want to learn a really cool Guthrie tune.
The chords in Bad Asteroid are pretty simple and straight forward. As always there are some cool "guthrie" embellishments. And the lead melody takes a bit of work to get it to sound the way he plays it ... requiring a specific picking and legato technique. But other then that it's more just a tone and feel thing.
I'm sure if you are checking out this lesson and reading this long essay ... it means you are familiar with Guthrie Govan. But if you are not familiar with one of todays most insanely popular and skilled guitar geniuses ... just do a youTube search. This guy is crazy good and has a super approachable personality of which might only be trumped by Paul Gilbert (one of the coolest guys, greatest rock guitar players and most amazing guitar instructors). Mr. Guthrie Govan seems to have been influenced by all the great guitarists that have come before him and those still rocking our worlds today. Players such as Larry Carlton, Scott Henderson, Michael Landau, Allen Hinds, Dann Huff, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page. And then there all the country and straight ahead jazz players like ... Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Jerry Donahue, Brent Mason, Chet Atkins, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, George Benson and Wes Montgomery ... to name just a few.
Now on a selfish note ... if you are one of the handful of people that actually read all of my long typed out descriptions ... let me know in a comment! I'm interested to see how many actually read this. And if it's only one person ... it still makes me think it's worth while to continue writing these descriptions.
And if you have made it this far ... Thank you for reading ... It makes me happy.
I hope you enjoy this lesson ...
Taught by David Clayton
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I've read all of your comments and I agree that Guthrie shows all of these influences in his playing!
Thank you! And thanks for continuing to support our channel ... we really appreciate it!
Great video man, thank you very much! Just one thing to note; what I've noticed throughout watching many of Guthrie's live videos is that he tends to improvise the slightest of transitions and/or melodies etc. Many of his songs do sound quite different from the album recordings. I suppose that this opens up the possibilities for players learning his songs to also add their own unique spin and playing styles to the riffs :)
Thank you Daniel ... Glad you are really liking our videos. Really appreciate your comment ... it always motivates us to continue when we hear stuff like that.
Glad you liked the lesson, it is indeed a fun one to play. As for the palm muting, it just takes a bit of practice. I'd suggest trying to scrape down the E, B, and G strings while muting those strings and end on the fretted B or C note on the D string. Try this without sliding. Then when you get that try working in the slide. I think it's more of a feel thing. Don't worry about being sloppy. And if you are getting harmonics ... try a different angle with your hand. Hope this helped.
When I learn how to play a note on the eighth fret of the tenth fret, only then will I attain Govan status.
You're awesome Luke ... thanks for the comment and for letting us know you read what we take time to write! It is pretty amazing how Guthrie really does at times sound like all those players listed.
Hey Adam ... thanks for the comment and glad you Liked these videos. I agree completely ... Guthrie is a master at improvisation and hardly ever plays stuff exactly the same as he played it the time before. He's always mixing it up ... probably to keep it interesting for himself. And it's amazing how each time ... whatever he comes up with is as awesome if not better then the first time. And I agree ... best thing for people to do is to Learn this stuff and then explore!
Can you please teach the whole song? Thank you for your lessons!!
Great lesson ,as always and congratulations for the 100th video
I saw Guthrie playing this song 2 days ago in Rio and it was awesome. He's a nice and funny guy, and i'm about to watch him tomorrow again! I hope he plays it one more time, 'cause is my favorite tune from him.
Thanx for explain it all so well. I'm now with my guitar in front of the pc trying to master this nice legatto lick. :)
The accent tip saved my life, thank you so much
Hey vibhav gaur ... thanks for the comment. Good luck with learning this piece ... it's a fun one to play. Hope our lesson helps ya out!
Thank you very much! Glad you are liking it!
You are too kind. Thank you for watching and for that generous comment!
seriously loving your videos! youre opening the doors for me to play things I thought were entirely out of my league
Hey Leo ... you're a lucky man to have seen Guthrie several times. I missed him when he was here for NAMM ... I'm not going to make that same mistake next year! :) Glad you liked this Lesson and hope you've mastered that Legato Lick!
Thanks Dave!!! You are my best teacher!
thanks for making this lesson! i love this piece and im gonna try and learn it!
Thanks a lot for uploading this! I read the entire description haha, I also bought the 20 essential Guthrie licks thingy at jamtrackcentral and I'm going insane trying to play that stuff, sometimes I just wanna throw the guitar out the window!
Thanks for this, really helpful for me when learning this song
Hey! I would think the scraping (and avoiding harmonics) is all about muting with more than one finger on your left hand. If you try holding only one finger, your third finger, over the fretboard at a fret where you'll make a harmonic, try adding another finger on your left hand, your index finger maybe, to mute the string as well. Then you'll notice the harmonic dissapears.
Awesome tutorial. You got yourself a new subscriber!
... Oh and ... if you're into Legato Licks ... there's one more week left in our Allen Hinds Lesson Package Pre-Order Sale (you'll save 20%). If you're not familiar with Allen Hinds ... do yourself a favor and search him on youTube. Check out the "Elegant Decadence" video ... that's what Allen teaches in this Lesson Package. It has some Terrifying Legato Licks. Allen is pretty well known for his Holdsworth-esq Legato and his amazing Tone and Touch. Anyway ... just a heads up!
Good stuff Dave ... really like the Charvel!
what time in the video are you referring to. You might be right ... we try and be as accurate as we can ... but definitely aren't void of mistakes from time to time.
Brilliant video, I'm having so much fun learning this song. I have a question, when you do the two slides from the B note to the A on the D string and you mute and rake the B and G strings, how on earth do you do that rake? I cannot get it right, I either end up palm muting the notes or hitting harmonics, or it just sounds messy and ugly. Help?
Stuffy dinner parties in CT ... I've been there before ... lol. Thanks for the comment and for watching, good luck working this out on that Gibson.
I think there is an b note when it goes down from d-a-g triad...makes it more like the album version in my ears
Thank's !
Hey Patrick ... Thanks for the Sub! Glad you Liked the tutorial! Hope you check out our other Lessons and all the things we got going on at GuitarBreakdown(dot)(com)
thanks
Not sure why you keep calling the bends "half steps" when they're mostly whole step bends, but great besides that
@1:20 threw me completely off from actually learning it, by explaining where people go wrong...
ha! Well hope it didn't throw ya off too much. I remember watching so many videos when transcribing this ... checking out how others were playing it ... and i kept seeing the phrashing/note accent being slightly off because of the picking of notes putting accents on off notes. Hope this helped. Thanks for checking this old video out!
@@TheGuitarBreakdown Hey, glad youre still doing this! Sorry was just a little frustrated. Cheers and thanks for the prompt reply!
I find it funny as well ... and being the first ... you win ... ummmm ... the first reply? :)
Thanks Dave, You are my best teacher!