Fair to note that Ed had a very odd sense of time by his own admission, he heard grooves differently than most people. He had trouble coming in on 1 in some songs at least early on, you may note that Ed started a lot of songs and Al would follow. Al understood what Ed was hearing. You actually hear odd hesitations in quite a few Van Halen tunes. I get the feeling thats the same reason the classic van Halen riffs are so unique, other worldly and ground breaking.
@@dougsteeleguitar this is just an incredibly difficult rhythm shuffle picking lick and I just wanna say thanks for this lesson. So many TH-cam lessons on this song but nobody explains how to really breakdown the practice to build it up to speed. Amazing how such a " simple looking " riff can be so difficult. Been practicing it for a few weeks and not even close yet. Thanks again! 👍
I stumbled across Phil X’s “Nobody swings like the king” video about a month ago and as soon as he said no one can nail the feel like Eddie I had a Barney Stinson “Challenge Accepted” moment and I’ve been practicing that intro riff RELIGIOUSLY every night since. It takes time but you get there, I’m still not there quite yet either but I’m enjoying the process of developing killer swing feel at high tempos
Same. Been working it for days and still not there but having a great time trying and starting to get the feel. Had to keep telling myself to 'loosen up.'
@@Itelkner I think that’s a key part man, you have to stay at a slow speed for a long time to really ingrain that feel. I played along to the isolated guitar track at half speed for like a two weeks before I moved up. Now I’m pretty comfortable at like 90% speed.
@@Anthony-nk4ky Those are great suggestions. Phil might be right about nobody, except Eddie, ever really being able to fully 'get there.' It's still worth the effort though. I'm getting the feeling already that learning to master a high speed boogie riff with a swing feel has a great transfer effect on other parts of playing.
@@Itelkner Even Eddie didn't quite "have it" back in the early days. Let me clarify: of course he "had it", but it wasn't as perfect as the studio and from 78 onwards. They played it slower, and his swing was less "groovy." Look up "I'm The One 1976 Van Halen" on TH-cam. By the time the studio recording came around he had completely mastered it, but it took years of playing! All a matter of time, practice, and effort!
Alex and Ed heard their Dad, Jan playing swing (jazz) in the house. Alex was sitting in with Jan as soon as he was able to hold the groove. My theory is Jan is the real reason both Alex and Ed swing so hard; from playing polkas and jazz standards in gigs with him and from hearing his records all the time. This engrained into Alex who would groove like that forcing Ed to immitate that feel. One principle reason as a band they shuffle and boogie so hard. It was constantly around them growing up. If anyone here has been around jazz musicians long enough.... their sense of time is passed along.
Such a CLASSIC RIFF that SOOO MANY guitarists get WRONG. In the Jungle the Mighty Jungle hit my funny bone. I needed a good laugh today, thanks for that. :)
You see this is why we love you. Who does this? No one! Only you! Anyone who has struggled locking in the swing of ‘I’m the One’ this is about as good a lesson as you will ever get on it. Personally I have never been able to nail that crazy pull off lick he does in between. Maybe one day? Thanks bro! I never take your lessons for granted
@Tony Fuentas You arent the first person to point that out I remember reading something about that i think on here because satchbooggy covered it at one time or it was on a guitar forum
I have been practicing this on and off for years, and just a few days ago I started doing it along the track. I always have to warm up to it while playing the song, if it makes sense. The start is always tricky. I do the upstrokes faster on purpose so I can let the downbeats ring a bit more clearly.
I LOVE playing this song. Edward was the first player to teach me to groove since I started learning VH songs as a tyke. One thing that helps me keep the groove is actually move your whole body while you're standing up playing. Get into it. I mean, have you ever seen Edward just standing still playing guitar? Side note: you're the ultimate TH-cam teacher, Doug
Most way epic excellent excellence of excellency Doug!! Thank you Dude broja mejo for the outstanding video!! You are the best and must be the father, maybe even Grandfather, of all great guitarists!! 🐶😸😇😎
Great vid dude! The hardest thing about this switching back to the swing rhythm while doing all of Eddie's fills. This song is in my top 10 of VH songs. Especially considering it was done with a floating/no locking nut bridge. Crazy!
Killer, killer, killer ... I’ve learned SO much from your vids, and this breakdown of the ‘swing’ in “I’m the One” is just incredible. We’ve all heard completely solid, ‘decent’ players cop this tune with no swing and it’s literally painful to hear. Gettin the ‘swing’ this f’n quick is not for the hobbyist or beginner. It’s the difference between the tune sounding right, or sounding like *ss. Love. This. Video. THANK YOU!!!!!
I have heard that the Swing on "Im the one" is really hard, and I have never tried playing this song, but you are explaining this really good, excellent work mate!
This and Girl Gone Bad are probably the most technically involved Van Halen songs..... I think most of that is in the rhythmic feel too. I’ve been playing I’m The One for years and I still struggle with keeping that feel as consistently articulate as he does.
Totally get what Doug is saying about the swing- it varies a little bit throughout the song? It’s like Eddies riding a bike and trying not to fall off, it’s real intense and it’s like my ears are trying to hang on too- it’s really exciting to listen to, incredible playing🎸🎸🎸🎸
Exactly! Get the swing feel into your veins and your bones. That's the only way to know & feel when it's authentic. Listen to a bunch of good jazz drummers.
@@BodhiSoftMobileApps If you can think of some favorite tracks of yours that best exemplifies this, I think some people here would be interested. I know I would. Cheers.
@@BodhiSoftMobileApps Man, that just KILLED! Had me involuntarily moving my whole body. You weren't kidding! Reminds me of an Ella Fitzgerald cassette I had with "Oh Lady Be Good" on it. Listened to it in the car and it lifted my spirits during a tough time in life. Any other music you want to share, please do.
Great lesson . Well explained and you give everyone a starting point on what to build on. This beginning is one of the hardest to get right , ( there are many EVH ). Eddie had a natural groove that was his. Hard to duplicate.
It's crazy man. Been playing Eddie stuff for 40 some-odd years now and I still struggle with this one. I always thought it was straight 3/3 time. I can play the lead no problem, but the rhythm is still a bitch. Back in the day we didn't have tutorials or even the ability to isolate guitar tracks the way kids can now. Even I enjoy listening to all of Ed's isolated guitar tracks on YT. You hear things you never heard before and you also get a new perception on how "loose" yet so technical; his style was. He was very loose, even to the point of sounding like a mistake, yet he was so good he could just pull it off. No ultra- precision. Just "feel" and whatever rule-book he wanted to play by. Once you get a chance to really listen a lot to his isolated stuff, and his total LACK OF DESIRE to overdub much, if anything at all. It's so cool to hear him go from Rhythm to Lead whenever he wanted without any rhythm guitarist to fill that gap. He didn't need one because seemingly, between Him and his brother, they filled ALL of the spaces. A rhythm guitar would have just been a distraction for the band. I suppose that's why the keyboard only works to a point, which is in "Jump" (their very firs HIT single).... Ed did overdub some of his lead guitar with deep delay/reverb/flanger mixes, but you never really hear him play actual rhythm behind one of his leads in the studio. I'm so glad their producer wasn't the type of guy to try to make Van Halen play 'perfect' because even the timing in most of their songs speeds up AND slows down, just like it does when they play live. Eddie rushes some of his leads and then slows them down when you listen to his isolated tracks. I'm guessing this is because he is playing off of Al's timing... and Al surely is NOT using a click track. I think a huge percentage of what Ed did (as far as lead guitar) on their first album was mostly 'spontaneous' ~ like 'first takes' and I think "Eruption" was something the producer pieced together in the studio from a hundred takes of Eddie just shredding and "noodling" around....
I believe the time signature for this tune is 4. most rock songs are based in 4. some of the more complicated rock songs like bohemion rapsodey are in 5 or 6, it depend's on what the timing is.
It can't be explained, really. Once you feel it you can't get it too wrong anymore. Now i wish i had the dexterity to play the bendy crazy stuff he plays later on lol. Cheers doug!
@@dougsteeleguitar I know, right! 🤘🏻 I fixed my comment. I meant to say the first song I heard with a swing to it. By the way, awesome job copping Eddie’s incredible swing feel.
If you haven't seen the Phil X vid NO ONE SWINGS LIKE THE KING, then you are missing out. He plays this and talks about the swing factor. His solo work is SICK. I've seen his vids since he started posting on AdTube, and this display of fretboard acrobatics is unreal. It's Jake E Lee level. I had been so sick of Eddie's squeals, taps, and Floyd dives that I never listened to it. I was 15 when I started playing. The year was 1985 and the gunslingers were polished. I loved VH, no question. The DLR era is right there with Zeppelin, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Stones, and of course, Poison. 😁 However, all the squeals and tapping were getting old. When I heard the Hot For Teacher solo and it's 99% trick free fretboard assault, I loved it. They are few and far between. When he died, it hit me so hard. I felt like I'd been disrespectful. I realized he was one of only a few game changers. Hendrix, Randy, Eddie, Yngwie, and SRV. None of their colleagues could do what they were doin at the time. Phil X does this tune justice. He has turned into a SERIOUS rock n roller. Check it out.
Love the shirt:) Thanks for sharing ! First heard ed on beat it solo! He made keyboards cool too! God bless you and savior JESUS keep you safe always:))
As much as you don't want to be technical on this, there is a big distinction to be made between swing and shuffle....this isn't a lazy swing, it's the other way; AVH's power shuffle with EVH playing quarter note triplets with the notes landing on the 1 and 3 of the triplets. It sounds like a swing, I get that, but it's pushing rather than pulling the beat.
Very cool Doug! I think something that a lot of people don't talk about is the kind of pick. What are you using? I am using a .73mm. Having a thicker pick you can't really dig in. I think thin to medium picks make this a lot easier! What do you think?
@@dougsteeleguitar Oh damn.. wow! LOL I have been using Dunlop 1.0mm for a long time. Went down to .88mm. Now I am at .73 for my Franky. Other guitars I stick with .88. Which isn't a big deal. Eddie used a .60. Which I have to question because those first 4 albums have serious pick attack!
Hey this was great! I think it would be helpful for the rhythm in Hot for teacher too , the part right after the tapping! Can you do a vid on that? You could make it part two of the King of swing series! Thanks for this video!
@@dougsteeleguitar ha! Good deal man I know what you mean. Lol. Hey dig your guitar as well. I just modified my EVH Striped series. I will be watching for your video man!
Hey Doug...did you check out a new I'm The One at half speed with correct pitch here on YT?? I just saw it. And the intro at half speed is exactly how you taught it / described it those many years ago on you're earlier lessons. You totally nailed the intro to what he was really doing. You're lesson was my first I'd discovered and I came back to it quite a lot. You're an excellent instructor...love all you're eVh lessons...and you're custom eVh guitars...you fuk'n rock man....eVh RIP
This where the Van Halens had the advantage of playing big band with their father since they could walk. “Let’s play this riff like Dad played Tommy Dorsey!” Imagine the mind, talent and skills that can CREATE this music on this instrument in this genre at that time. That’s Eddie… and Alex.
isn't your mind blown that Eddie was in his early 20s if not late teens when he came up with this..Im in my 50s and still have to work to get the swing..have been working at it for the last 30 years..lol
Yeah. I even hold extremely high praise for Alex. Was anyone else doing that double bass swing feel before him? It's all their dad, pretty much. Big band and be bop shit is crazy. And the gypsy jazz guitar stuff? Mad as shit!!!
You play halen better than all the pretenders. That's a fact. Ed taught me eruption AND built my guitar with Dan Armstrong is Jose's shop when I worked there. You have his feel...fact I would still like to hook up some skype lessons
Take dance lessons.... Gotta know how to groove. I started out on guitar..... Learned drums and played them for years.... Still do.... Totally helped my guitar playing. For real!
I’ve checked out every ones lessons and take on this song Hard to get up to speed I think I’m there and then I play the isolated track And not quite?? Sounds good though…. Ed was like 22 when he recorded VH 1
The best way I can describe the swing feel, which I had to once to someone, it is the "pimp walk" of music. Ever see a pimp walk with that swagger? That is the swing feel. They laughed, and once I put it like that, they got it.
People don't get it, it's simple. Eddie came from Jazz swing feel. Once you know that, it's simple. Nothing new. Spiderman theme song was just like " "I'm the one"
Yup, they'd a got that shit just hanging with pops by default. I also feel Al was just as good on his instrument as Ed was on his. Alex fucking jammed!!!
@@dougsteeleguitar They all also went to music jazz class too. Mike playing trumpet at first i think before VH. Roth is so from that school too. Just an amazing line up. And yes, their dad's music rubbed off too.
Thanks for uploading! If you have a minute, we posted an Eddie Van Halen tribute video. As fellow music fans, we'd love if you'd take a listen. It's on our channel. Don't go too hard on us :)
here is my opinion,...... you and Phil X want to use the word swing cause what the riff is doing...... well its very close to the swing feel....... however its not swing....... its just another Eddie original riff........ the masters hand.......... and what Eddie is doing is bouncing off the LH thumb at 5th fret 6th string with the open 5th string .......... thats how he gets the super fast double notes cleanly (its always 3 notes, but 2 always are so fast together, not possible to re-produce staying on open A only) ............ and simply put not how Eddie is playing it.......and with that type swing pattern feel ........... which really is more like the very intro to Mean Street ....... which is a specific number of notes with a riff feel, or movement repeated .......... this is Eddie's genius....... making Eddie a unique impossible to nail down too a specific time signature style player .......... i have been playing 41 years now...... i grew up also learning to EVH ......... now Eddie is gone i am back at re-learning him note for note .......... i will make video's soon ......... i have to get the video camera up and running ........ i got a old school DV 8 ccd ......... but reason i backed off from playing Eddies stuff years ago was to hone my sound away from VH best i can ............ i think we all have some VH in us and always will Eddie paved the way for us all .............. I play a Gibson V now ............. but still have my own hand made Strat to do Eddie style ....... this is me on guitar in this band ........................ th-cam.com/channels/NASx0WPmsGdjHDq5M9HeJg.html
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Metronome!! th-cam.com/video/4_nHp7fct60/w-d-xo.html
This is how teaching should be.
Question, it sounds just a hair fast, am I losing my hearing in my 50s?
Thanks for the vid!
@@Scottocaster6668 Your hearing.
Dude thank you for a gold lesson !
Fair to note that Ed had a very odd sense of time by his own admission, he heard grooves differently than most people. He had trouble coming in on 1 in some songs at least early on, you may note that Ed started a lot of songs and Al would follow. Al understood what Ed was hearing. You actually hear odd hesitations in quite a few Van Halen tunes. I get the feeling thats the same reason the classic van Halen riffs are so unique, other worldly and ground breaking.
Eddie always did things in 5's which was very unique
They played Big Band with their father since they were toddlers. Imagine how much that would’ve influenced how they heard and created and played.
So many guitar players, even great players can’t capture the Edward Van Halen vibe. He was inimitable.
Dude rules.
Indubitably!
@@jeramyashlock are you saying that with a british accent?
@@dougsteeleguitar this is just an incredibly difficult rhythm shuffle picking lick and I just wanna say thanks for this lesson. So many TH-cam lessons on this song but nobody explains how to really breakdown the practice to build it up to speed. Amazing how such a " simple looking " riff can be so difficult. Been practicing it for a few weeks and not even close yet. Thanks again! 👍
@jeramyashlock8749 great word!!
I always thought this song was one of the most incredible rock songs to come out of the 70's.
I stumbled across Phil X’s “Nobody swings like the king” video about a month ago and as soon as he said no one can nail the feel like Eddie I had a Barney Stinson “Challenge Accepted” moment and I’ve been practicing that intro riff RELIGIOUSLY every night since. It takes time but you get there, I’m still not there quite yet either but I’m enjoying the process of developing killer swing feel at high tempos
Same. Been working it for days and still not there but having a great time trying and starting to get the feel. Had to keep telling myself to 'loosen up.'
@@Itelkner I think that’s a key part man, you have to stay at a slow speed for a long time to really ingrain that feel. I played along to the isolated guitar track at half speed for like a two weeks before I moved up. Now I’m pretty comfortable at like 90% speed.
@@Anthony-nk4ky Those are great suggestions. Phil might be right about nobody, except Eddie, ever really being able to fully 'get there.' It's still worth the effort though. I'm getting the feeling already that learning to master a high speed boogie riff with a swing feel has a great transfer effect on other parts of playing.
@@Itelkner Even Eddie didn't quite "have it" back in the early days. Let me clarify: of course he "had it", but it wasn't as perfect as the studio and from 78 onwards. They played it slower, and his swing was less "groovy." Look up "I'm The One 1976 Van Halen" on TH-cam. By the time the studio recording came around he had completely mastered it, but it took years of playing! All a matter of time, practice, and effort!
@@MrSuperMarioKid to be fair Ed was at most 23 years old when he mastered it if not younger..Im in my 50s and still find that swing a challenge
Love this tutorial! Been coming back to this three days on the trot now and finally the rhythm is ingrained 🎉
Radness!!
Alex and Ed heard their Dad, Jan playing swing (jazz) in the house. Alex was sitting in with Jan as soon as he was able to hold the groove. My theory is Jan is the real reason both Alex and Ed swing so hard; from playing polkas and jazz standards in gigs with him and from hearing his records all the time. This engrained into Alex who would groove like that forcing Ed to immitate that feel. One principle reason as a band they shuffle and boogie so hard. It was constantly around them growing up. If anyone here has been around jazz musicians long enough.... their sense of time is passed along.
1 billion % it was Jan.
Excellent JOB showing this. I'm an elbow picker and working with this feel.
Such a CLASSIC RIFF that SOOO MANY guitarists get WRONG.
In the Jungle the Mighty Jungle hit my funny bone. I needed a good laugh today, thanks for that. :)
I felt dumb lol..
Great lesson, repetition is key to understanding basi feel. Awesome
You see this is why we love you. Who does this? No one! Only you! Anyone who has struggled locking in the swing of ‘I’m the One’ this is about as good a lesson as you will ever get on it. Personally I have never been able to nail that crazy pull off lick he does in between. Maybe one day? Thanks bro! I never take your lessons for granted
Absolutely essential video
Awesome Doug! Looks like George borrowed from Eddie in Turn On The Action!?? 🤭🤭🤭🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 I hear it!
Exactly!
@Tony Fuentas You arent the first person to point that out I remember reading something about that i think on here because satchbooggy covered it at one time or it was on a guitar forum
1000%.
I was gonna say the same thing! George nailed it as well! That being said, this is a tough one. Easier to play after a couple of cold ones!
I've enjoyed your lessons for years. Thanks for sharing your skills, tips, and techniques.
Took me so long to nail this over tye years..the breakdown on lighting up the sky was another ..laughable how i played that..thanks dude
Great approach to learning this. It's way harder than you'd think. Thanks!
"Human to human"...that is why I sub to this channel!
I have been practicing this on and off for years, and just a few days ago I started doing it along the track. I always have to warm up to it while playing the song, if it makes sense. The start is always tricky. I do the upstrokes faster on purpose so I can let the downbeats ring a bit more clearly.
I LOVE playing this song. Edward was the first player to teach me to groove since I started learning VH songs as a tyke. One thing that helps me keep the groove is actually move your whole body while you're standing up playing. Get into it. I mean, have you ever seen Edward just standing still playing guitar?
Side note: you're the ultimate TH-cam teacher, Doug
Cheers brah!
That's a great breakdown. This is one of EVH's songs that's really daunting to play, and this makes it understandable. Thanks!
Most way epic excellent excellence of excellency Doug!! Thank you Dude broja mejo for the outstanding video!! You are the best and must be the father, maybe even Grandfather, of all great guitarists!! 🐶😸😇😎
Looool, Thanks man!! I am but a pimple on the ass of guitar/guitarists.
That groove is gonna keep me awake all night now... 🤗
Yes this is a hypnotiser! Great job sir!
Great vid dude! The hardest thing about this switching back to the swing rhythm while doing all of Eddie's fills. This song is in my top 10 of VH songs. Especially considering it was done with a floating/no locking nut bridge. Crazy!
Ed's fucking crazy!!
Great lesson Doug, thanks. This is the most vexing part of the entire song for me. 👍🏻🎸
Great lesson / breaking down the rhythm/ swing of this epic song 🫡
Killer, killer, killer ... I’ve learned SO much from your vids, and this breakdown of the ‘swing’ in “I’m the One” is just incredible. We’ve all heard completely solid, ‘decent’ players cop this tune with no swing and it’s literally painful to hear. Gettin the ‘swing’ this f’n quick is not for the hobbyist or beginner. It’s the difference between the tune sounding right, or sounding like *ss. Love. This. Video. THANK YOU!!!!!
You're a beast!!
When you did the open string lick that made me smile. Eddie was so fucking good. Reminds of something that Jeff Beck would´ve played.
I have heard that the Swing on "Im the one" is really hard, and I have never tried playing this song, but you are explaining this really good, excellent work mate!
This and Girl Gone Bad are probably the most technically involved Van Halen songs..... I think most of that is in the rhythmic feel too. I’ve been playing I’m The One for years and I still struggle with keeping that feel as consistently articulate as he does.
Totally get what Doug is saying about the swing- it varies a little bit throughout the song? It’s like Eddies riding a bike and trying not to fall off, it’s real intense and it’s like my ears are trying to hang on too- it’s really exciting to listen to, incredible playing🎸🎸🎸🎸
Believe it or not, military marching is a lot like this as far as the feel goes.
Listen to some good Jazz just like Eddie did when he was a kid and you will get it!!
Exactly! Get the swing feel into your veins and your bones. That's the only way to know & feel when it's authentic. Listen to a bunch of good jazz drummers.
Any jazz tracks with a swing feel that you'd recommend?
@@BodhiSoftMobileApps If you can think of some favorite tracks of yours that best exemplifies this, I think some people here would be interested. I know I would. Cheers.
@@Itelkner th-cam.com/video/_dAVJ62gGTQ/w-d-xo.html ... cooks.
@@BodhiSoftMobileApps Man, that just KILLED! Had me involuntarily moving my whole body. You weren't kidding! Reminds me of an Ella Fitzgerald cassette I had with "Oh Lady Be Good" on it. Listened to it in the car and it lifted my spirits during a tough time in life.
Any other music you want to share, please do.
Great lesson . Well explained and you give everyone a starting point on what to build on. This beginning is one of the hardest to get right , ( there are many EVH ). Eddie had a natural groove that was his. Hard to duplicate.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT SWING 🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄
This riff always had me thinking of a boxer hitting the speed bag. And it's a b%tch to play slow at least for me it is. Great lesson Doug thanks man..
great lesson Doug crazy groove to play time to practice 🤘
One of the hardest song's to jump into cold, and get it right!!!!😵😵🎸
Outstanding lesson! Rock On!
It's crazy man. Been playing Eddie stuff for 40 some-odd years now and I still struggle with this one. I always thought it was straight 3/3 time. I can play the lead no problem, but the rhythm is still a bitch. Back in the day we didn't have tutorials or even the ability to isolate guitar tracks the way kids can now. Even I enjoy listening to all of Ed's isolated guitar tracks on YT. You hear things you never heard before and you also get a new perception on how "loose" yet so technical; his style was. He was very loose, even to the point of sounding like a mistake, yet he was so good he could just pull it off. No ultra- precision. Just "feel" and whatever rule-book he wanted to play by. Once you get a chance to really listen a lot to his isolated stuff, and his total LACK OF DESIRE to overdub much, if anything at all. It's so cool to hear him go from Rhythm to Lead whenever he wanted without any rhythm guitarist to fill that gap. He didn't need one because seemingly, between Him and his brother, they filled ALL of the spaces. A rhythm guitar would have just been a distraction for the band. I suppose that's why the keyboard only works to a point, which is in "Jump" (their very firs HIT single).... Ed did overdub some of his lead guitar with deep delay/reverb/flanger mixes, but you never really hear him play actual rhythm behind one of his leads in the studio. I'm so glad their producer wasn't the type of guy to try to make Van Halen play 'perfect' because even the timing in most of their songs speeds up AND slows down, just like it does when they play live. Eddie rushes some of his leads and then slows them down when you listen to his isolated tracks. I'm guessing this is because he is playing off of Al's timing... and Al surely is NOT using a click track. I think a huge percentage of what Ed did (as far as lead guitar) on their first album was mostly 'spontaneous' ~ like 'first takes' and I think "Eruption" was something the producer pieced together in the studio from a hundred takes of Eddie just shredding and "noodling" around....
Thank you Doug!
Hell yeah boiiiiii!!!
I believe the time signature for this tune is 4. most rock songs are based in 4. some of the more complicated rock songs like bohemion rapsodey are in 5 or 6, it depend's on what the timing is.
Can you pleaseeeee finish the live without a net lessons pleaseeeee
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Great lesson, Sir!
Thanks man!!! Be sure and check out my other lessons..I do not fluff about!!
It can't be explained, really. Once you feel it you can't get it too wrong anymore. Now i wish i had the dexterity to play the bendy crazy stuff he plays later on lol. Cheers doug!
you nailed it.
The first song I ever heard as a kid with swing was “they’re coming to take me away”.
That song is legit bad ass!!!
@@dougsteeleguitar I know, right! 🤘🏻 I fixed my comment. I meant to say the first song I heard with a swing to it. By the way, awesome job copping Eddie’s incredible swing feel.
If you haven't seen the Phil X vid NO ONE SWINGS LIKE THE KING, then you are missing out. He plays this and talks about the swing factor. His solo work is SICK. I've seen his vids since he started posting on AdTube, and this display of fretboard acrobatics is unreal. It's Jake E Lee level. I had been so sick of Eddie's squeals, taps, and Floyd dives that I never listened to it. I was 15 when I started playing. The year was 1985 and the gunslingers were polished. I loved VH, no question. The DLR era is right there with Zeppelin, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Stones, and of course, Poison. 😁 However, all the squeals and tapping were getting old. When I heard the Hot For Teacher solo and it's 99% trick free fretboard assault, I loved it. They are few and far between. When he died, it hit me so hard. I felt like I'd been disrespectful. I realized he was one of only a few game changers. Hendrix, Randy, Eddie, Yngwie, and SRV. None of their colleagues could do what they were doin at the time. Phil X does this tune justice. He has turned into a SERIOUS rock n roller. Check it out.
Yep, seen it. Phil X james!!! One of my faves.
Love the shirt:) Thanks for sharing ! First heard ed on beat it solo! He made keyboards cool too! God bless you and savior JESUS keep you safe always:))
Perfect!
Best Man ever. In Germany top gut.
As much as you don't want to be technical on this, there is a big distinction to be made between swing and shuffle....this isn't a lazy swing, it's the other way; AVH's power shuffle with EVH playing quarter note triplets with the notes landing on the 1 and 3 of the triplets. It sounds like a swing, I get that, but it's pushing rather than pulling the beat.
THANK YOU - someone using a click!! Great lesson!!
And Ed was 20 when he came up with this stuff!
Really impressive
its one of the most difficult songs to play especially considered the speed of the swing pattern
Correct!!
Great stuff!!!!
I get you. man. To me, swing is like playing the drums (with feel and a little loosey goose-ness) with your right hand.
Or, like dancing with your right hand. Kinda like playing air drums, but with a pick in your hand.
Well put!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Very helpful! The swing is the bitch of it. That's the secret sauce. Then maintaing it. Oy. Serenity now! 😄
Fuck yeah Doug!!!! Crush it bro!!!
Thanks man I got some work to do!!!!!! 🇨🇦
Swing it son!!
Very cool Doug! I think something that a lot of people don't talk about is the kind of pick. What are you using? I am using a .73mm. Having a thicker pick you can't really dig in. I think thin to medium picks make this a lot easier! What do you think?
I use black ULTEX jazz III. I'd say your way is probably better, but im stuck with this pick. 2.0.
@@dougsteeleguitar Oh damn.. wow! LOL I have been using Dunlop 1.0mm for a long time. Went down to .88mm. Now I am at .73 for my Franky. Other guitars I stick with .88. Which isn't a big deal. Eddie used a .60. Which I have to question because those first 4 albums have serious pick attack!
awesome
Id like to hear a Paul Anka, Rock swings sorta version of this tune...I think it can stand the big band treatment. Horn section and everything... 🤘😄
I'd do it, but I have soooo much on. Even unemployed I'm busy af..lol.
The song Lazy by Deep Purple has a oolong swing to it.
Hey this was great! I think it would be helpful for the rhythm in Hot for teacher too , the part right after the tapping! Can you do a vid on that? You could make it part two of the King of swing series! Thanks for this video!
Im working on HFT anyway, do vid on rhythm and solos soon. Just need to get wife out the house.
@@dougsteeleguitar ha! Good deal man I know what you mean. Lol. Hey dig your guitar as well. I just modified my EVH Striped series. I will be watching for your video man!
@Doug Steele Guitarist just post a new video with my EVH mods!
Hey Doug...did you check out a new I'm The One at half speed with correct pitch here on YT?? I just saw it. And the intro at half speed is exactly how you taught it / described it those many years ago on you're earlier lessons. You totally nailed the intro to what he was really doing. You're lesson was my first I'd discovered and I came back to it quite a lot. You're an excellent instructor...love all you're eVh lessons...and you're custom eVh guitars...you fuk'n rock man....eVh RIP
Nah, send me a link. I miss Ed.
m.th-cam.com/video/WKChK6ainH0/w-d-xo.html
Yes it did sensei! 🎸
This where the Van Halens had the advantage of playing big band with their father since they could walk. “Let’s play this riff like Dad played Tommy Dorsey!” Imagine the mind, talent and skills that can CREATE this music on this instrument in this genre at that time. That’s Eddie… and Alex.
In their goddamn blood. Swing is a gift for anyone with ears.
Kinda like billy Joel lol “ what’s a matter with the close I’m wearing” at 130
Cool, a bit of ZZ Top style :-)
Is it like Gravedigger's song by Mark Lanegan? Great lesson🤘🏽
Start on the practice speed by playing "The Zoo" (Scorpions)
Thanks
Yessir.
isn't your mind blown that Eddie was in his early 20s if not late teens when he came up with this..Im in my 50s and still have to work to get the swing..have been working at it for the last 30 years..lol
Yeah. I even hold extremely high praise for Alex. Was anyone else doing that double bass swing feel before him? It's all their dad, pretty much. Big band and be bop shit is crazy. And the gypsy jazz guitar stuff? Mad as shit!!!
You play halen better than all the pretenders. That's a fact. Ed taught me eruption AND built my guitar with Dan Armstrong is Jose's shop when I worked there. You have his feel...fact I would still like to hook up some skype lessons
We'll keep trying. Damn time zones!
I gave you a nice compliment and you took it down ?? New transcription for I'm The One, Mean Street and Eruption in new issue of 🎸 World...
I was drunk last night, so I may have hit the wrong button. That's the only way that could have happened.
Take dance lessons.... Gotta know how to groove. I started out on guitar..... Learned drums and played them for years.... Still do.... Totally helped my guitar playing. For real!
Yeah, I started drums first as well. I still want to play in a funk band.
@@dougsteeleguitar awesome! That WOULD be cool... Maybe someday! 🤔😁
Yep
I’ve checked out every ones lessons and take on this song Hard to get up to speed I think I’m there and then I play the isolated track And not quite?? Sounds good though…. Ed was like 22 when he recorded VH 1
Ed was a straight up BEAST!! A musical anomaly. I miss him so much.
Eddie actually said he hates playing solos in the swing feel. I know what he means. It just takes more thought and attention
But Doug... remember, Eddie doesn't have any "blues" in his playing. Some nobody in a comment section somewhere said so!
BAAHAHAHAHAHA.
The best way I can describe the swing feel, which I had to once to someone, it is the "pimp walk" of music. Ever see a pimp walk with that swagger? That is the swing feel. They laughed, and once I put it like that, they got it.
Remember: world has tin ear, some folks are dip shits.
Doug Steele Guitarist sounds like an ancient Chinese proverb, Uncle Doug.
@@dougsteeleguitar Hey that was profound. And an inescapable truth, unfortunately.
People don't get it, it's simple. Eddie came from Jazz swing feel. Once you know that, it's simple. Nothing new. Spiderman theme song was just like " "I'm the one"
Yup, they'd a got that shit just hanging with pops by default. I also feel Al was just as good on his instrument as Ed was on his. Alex fucking jammed!!!
@@dougsteeleguitar They all also went to music jazz class too. Mike playing trumpet at first i think before VH. Roth is so from that school too. Just an amazing line up. And yes, their dad's music rubbed off too.
Your counting at the beginning has a little bit of a 'Chris Elliott vibe' to it.
You remind me so much of Jack Black
LOL dude I am like.....way cooler than homey.
@@dougsteeleguitar yeah, you have many way more cooler guitars than him
Who toook the grinder to your guitar and why did you let them?!?
This is the simplest riff that is sooo difficult to play correctly.
Tasty
I thought you were imitating Lawrence welk. A von, a tue, a tree ......
Maybe!! I remember that dude when I was a kid..on telly.
That track has 2 delays running at the same time.
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 !!
Hell yeah boyeeeeee!!
Think like this 123 223 323 423 then feel it.
Listen to ZZ Top
Listen to Meshuggah.
Thanks for uploading! If you have a minute, we posted an Eddie Van Halen tribute video. As fellow music fans, we'd love if you'd take a listen. It's on our channel. Don't go too hard on us :)
Send me a link. My phone is a dick.
@@dougsteeleguitar th-cam.com/video/6k_VuhFdRT4/w-d-xo.html
It’s all 2& 4& 2& 4&...
They call that a gallop.
Nope! Gallop is three notes. This is two notes with the second note swung.
This and la grange....swing the shit outta your guitar
here is my opinion,...... you and Phil X want to use the word swing cause what the riff is doing...... well its very close to the swing feel....... however its not swing....... its just another Eddie original riff........ the masters hand.......... and what Eddie is doing is bouncing off the LH thumb at 5th fret 6th string with the open 5th string .......... thats how he gets the super fast double notes cleanly (its always 3 notes, but 2 always are so fast together, not possible to re-produce staying on open A only) ............ and simply put not how Eddie is playing it.......and with that type swing pattern feel ........... which really is more like the very intro to Mean Street ....... which is a specific number of notes with a riff feel, or movement repeated .......... this is Eddie's genius....... making Eddie a unique impossible to nail down too a specific time signature style player .......... i have been playing 41 years now...... i grew up also learning to EVH ......... now Eddie is gone i am back at re-learning him note for note .......... i will make video's soon ......... i have to get the video camera up and running ........ i got a old school DV 8 ccd ......... but reason i backed off from playing Eddies stuff years ago was to hone my sound away from VH best i can ............ i think we all have some VH in us and always will Eddie paved the way for us all .............. I play a Gibson V now ............. but still have my own hand made Strat to do Eddie style ....... this is me on guitar in this band ........................ th-cam.com/channels/NASx0WPmsGdjHDq5M9HeJg.html
I always found it fascinating. that even some of the arguably best guitar players. can't play this right. It sounds like a total train-wreck LOL.
Lol, dude I've guys play it straighter than a fuckin' nerd in school. It just ends up sounding like Paris is Burning.