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This Should Be Everyone’s First Guitar Lesson

My Drummer Said That RINGO Sucks, So I Dared Him To Play THIS Beatles Beat!

The TAB Book Nightmare That Is NIRVANA's Nevermind! (1st edition)

Intro

The CRAZY TRAIN SOLO ANOMALY (Why it always sounds off when we play it)

picking the strings

Holding the guitar

pointing the pick

tuning your guitar

My Guitar Students in 1997 vs 2021 (and how it got so bad)

string names

fretting hands

anchor finger

first string

open string

ring finger

The 7 LEVELS of Smells Like Teen Spirit (Main Riff)

easy chords

wrist pain

E shape

The 10 SCARIEST Sounds To Make On Guitar

How Drums Can Drastically Affect a Riff (14 Drummer Styles..1 Riff)

The Master of Puppets TAB Book VS. Reality (12 WTF Moments!)

The CAGED System In Under 10 Minutes

A major chord

Welcome To the Jungle Intro Riff (TAB vs. Reality)

12 Reasons Why AJFA is the WORST TAB Book Ever Made!

14 Habits Holding You Back (on guitar)

Daily Downstroke Routine (For Speed and Stamina)

The 11 Details of MASTER OF PUPPETS (that many guitarists miss)

Are You SURE You're Using the Right Pick Gauge?

What Kurt Cobain's Mistake On MTV Taught Me

Lesson Recap

That Part in Metallica's ONE That Always Feels Off

If BLACKENED Were Recorded Like the TAB Book Transcription!

What Finally Made PINCH HARMONICS Click For Me (aka Artificial Harmonics/Squeals)

How LARS Tricked Us In BLACKENED! (Post Guitar Solo)

8 Ways to Seem WAY Better at Guitar Than You Are (Great for beginners)

My Guitar Students in 1997 vs Today (and how it got so bad)

Red Hot Chili Peppers' WORST Performance! *not SNL* (Breakdown)

The LEAST You Should Know On Guitar

Downstroke Faster, Stronger, and Longer!

Challenging my metal band to play our first original song (from 1991) ON THE SPOT!

Taylor Swift Might Be a Better Guitarist Than You! (9 Reasons)

My Drummer Said That RINGO Sucks, So I Dared Him To Play THIS Beatles Beat

Try Downpicking Like This! (a surprising discovery)

Took 3 DECADES To Get This Dream METALLICA Tone!

Spider Routine (Do This DAILY!)

My Worst Guitar Lesson Experience Ever!

LARS and the CREEPING DEATH Intro (LIVE 2021 vs. Studio Version) WHAT HAPPENED?

Peter Criss SUCKS?? Try Playing His Most Famous Beat!

Who Makes That ORION RIFF Seem Strange? James or Lars?

The Strum Pattern That UNLOCKS ALL Strum Patterns

The 4 Most CONFUSING Metallica Riffs! (and how to MASTER! MASTER! them)

The 7 LEVELS of Seven Nation Army (#7 requires feet)

The Lost Art of TEMPO DRIFT!

The Puppets Solo Squeal Fallacy EXPOSED!

How Did They Mess Up This IRON MAN TAB So Bad?!

You HAVE To See This 90s NIRVANA Instructional!

There Are Only 11 Main LICKS in the Solos of Kill 'Em All (plus lesson)

3 TRAITS That MAKE or BREAK Guitar Students

TOOL's (Adam Jones') 22 Greatest Guitar Techniques

This DEF LEPPARD TAB Book is the New WORST TAB Book!

Are These HAIR METAL's Heaviest RIFFS?

The 7 LEVELS of Smoke On The Water (Main Riff)

Why do 97% of bands just WING the first minute of this classic hit song?

6 Legendary Delay Riffs Played WITHOUT Delay! (Don't laugh!)

Guitar Students Before Smart Phones Existed (Late 90's era)

If You Can Play GUITAR, You Can Play BASS* Sort of...

BILLY CORGAN's 19 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

The One Thing MOST of Our Solos Are MISSING!

IF HETFIELD Played It vs. IF MUSTAINE Played It (7 RIFFS)

This Should Be Everyone's First PRACTICE ROUTINE (Level 1)

How I'd FIX THIS BAND! Episode #1

Downstroke Faster, Stronger, and Longer

The TORNADO OF SOULS Solo Ending is INSANE (Try this)

Chapters

9 Riffs That Are Also KILLER Warmup Exercises!

Pushing Way Too Hard

METALLICA's 29 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

9 Riffs That Are Also KILLER Warmup Exercises

WEEZER's 22 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

Lack of Vibrato

The Time I Underestimated a FOO FIGHTERS Song on Stage...and paid the price! (RIP Taylor Hawkins)

THE BEATLES' 35 Greatest Guitar Techniques

KURT COBAIN's 28 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

The "Official" Holy Wars TAB VS Reality!

This Japanese Drummer's BLAST BEAT Just Left Me Speechless (and sore)!

How To Write a Song In Under 5 Minutes

47 Guitar Tricks and Techniques in 3 Minutes

If These 10 Bands Played SAD BUT TRUE's Main RIFF!

Why I hated KURT COBAIN and still regret it to this day

Is THIS the Trickiest METALLICA Riff? (might surprise you)

KURT COBAIN's 28 Greatest Guitar Techniques

The Impossible Beat That Stumped Several Pro Drummers!

Don't Chase Girls, Chase Guitar (Here's Why!)

TOOL's (Adam Jones') 22 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

Know your notes on at least the 6th and 5th strings

They Actually Made a METALLICA Bass TAB Book For Basslines You CAN'T HEAR!

The Naturals

(Part 2) How Drums Can Drastically Affect a Riff (12 Drummer Styles, 1 RIFF)

The RIDE THE LIGHTNING TAB BOOK Messed With My Head!

The Detail That Makes This DAVE GROHL FILL Legendary!

7 LEVELS of the PURPLE RAIN Intro!

The Potentials

All 7 Modes, ONE Easy Shape

What IF These 7 Legendary Bands Had BAD Drummers?

NOODLING VS SOLOING

You CAN Get Good at Guitar with Cheap Gear...BUT

Are These THE BEATLES' HEAVIEST Moments?

CAGED

I was HORRIFIED hearing my guitar tracks from our last gig!

Standing VS Sitting (When Playing Guitar)

Know at least three strum patterns

This JUDAS PRIEST TAB Book Actually Made Me WORSE at Guitar! (BAD TAB SERIES)

Master the Snow (Hey Oh) Riff In Just 3 Steps

The 6 LEVELS of Enter Sandman (Intro Riff)

The 6 LEVELS of Paranoid (Main Riff)

I Just Had To Review the METALLICA for UKULELE TAB Book!

The Moment I KNEW Warrant Secretly Used a SESSION GUITARIST in the Studio!

The WORST Megadeth TAB BOOK?...Absolutely!

The WAKE UP CALL many great musicians will have to face!

I just played my WORST gig in decades! Here's what happened.

Example

S#*t You Should Know (Building Chords)

10 Reasons Why I DON'T Miss Playing Live

The Thrash Metal TEMPO RAMP TRICK That Gives Us Chills

Metallica's Tricky BATTERY (Gallop Riff) DECODED!

Know these four lead techniques

Know at least two forms of Barre Chords (moveable chords)

If STRANGER THINGS Used These Songs Instead of Master of Puppets! (subscriber suggested)

The 4 LEVELS of Guitar Students!

Learn Power Chords

Why You Always Sound OUT-OF-TUNE Playing IRON MAN

The Time I CRIED After a Gig and Almost QUIT Guitar (True Story)

10 Quick Tips for Playing MASTER OF PUPPETS on Guitar!

Conclusion

Review All Open Chords (CAGED)

My TOP 12 Alice In Chains Grooves RANKED!

Why Having a Personal ROADIE Wasn't What I Dreamt It Would Be (Fantasy vs. Reality)

High Schoolers Slay TORNADO OF SOULS! *Reaction Video*

I've NEVER seen anyone play this CLASH hit correctly! (weird reason why)

Reacting To Myself at Age 13 Playing the Fade to Black Solo!

10 Hidden ENTER SANDMAN Details (that I SHOULD have known!)

Did RANDY RHOADS Do the SABBATH Riffs Justice?

8 Ways To RUIN a David Gilmour Solo!

Is THIS the Trickiest METALLICA Riff to Play on Guitar? (might surprise you)

DEFENSIVE vs OFFENSIVE Guitar Playing

The Bend That No One Seems To Teach You

The 4 Stages of Guitar Store Playing (which one are you?)

A Riff So Fast Even James Hetfield Didn't Down-Pick It?

My Student MOCKED Wonderwall, So I DARED Him To Play the Intro!

Know your basic Open Chord shapes

Open D Power Chord (D5)

SYNYSTER GATES' 25 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

How The BEATLES Made Basic Chords Sound MASSIVE!

Is The COBAIN CHORD a Real Thing?

We HAVE to Talk About the NEW EXTREME Song! Brutally Honest Review!

Know this Pentatonic Scale shape

Having A lock of Theory Knowledge

Be able to play the Major Scale on one string at first

LARS ULRICH's 22 Greatest Drum Techniques!

My Worst Guitar Lesson Experience Ever

MEGADETH's 22 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

Metallica's Most CONFUSING Intro...SOLVED!

3 INTROS That Fooled My Ears For YEARS!

Can You EBow a Kirk Hammett Solo? (Fade to Black)

I Tried Learning The Trooper From the "WORST TAB Book of All Time!"

Peter Criss SUCKS?? Try Playing His Most Famous Beat

Enter Panaman (Metallica/Van Halen Mashup!)

Who Surpassed HETFIELD as "King of the Downstrokes"?

That BAD ERUPTION TAB Section That Haunted Us!

Guessing What the New METALLICA Song Sounds Like (by only watching the w/no sound)

Why the EASY Nirvana TAB Book Is Actually Harder Than the OFFICIAL Version!

Open Chord Fretting

Stretching (Finger Yoga)

Warm Up (Spider Exercise Lite)

The 15 SECOND Guitar Solo That STILL Resonates Three Decades Later!

THIS Guitar Instructional Made Me Question REALITY!

Playing Out of Tune

Modern G Shape

The Guitars I REGRET Selling MOST!

Somehow THIS Became My #1 Guitar! *Honest (unpaid) review and showcase

The POP PUNK RIFFS That Won Me Over! (as a guitar teacher)

8 Signs You Have the WRONG Guitar Teacher

Could this TINY MARSHALL AMP get you through a GIG EMERGENCY?

I Wrote Music For a PANTERA Song That I've Never Heard (referencing only the isolated vocal track!)

Attempting a Crazy Solo I Wrote When I Was 16 *Backstory and Lesson at the end*

How Guitar Kept Me From Becoming An INCEL

ZAKK WYLDE's Extreme Vibrato Secret

ANGUS YOUNG's 18 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

The Most FORBIDDEN Band T-Shirt in my Jr. High School! (you'd get suspended)

Why It Always Sounds WEIRD When We Play Along w/FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS!

Took 3 DECADES To Get This Dream METALLICA Tone

KIKO Gets To Do This, So Why Can't WE?

So I Tried the YOUSICIAN / METALLICA Lesson Program. Here's my REVIEW

The Impossible Beat That Stumped Several Pro Drummers

KIRK HAMMETT says it's his MAGIC WAH PEDAL and it's NOT his signature model! (do I need one?)

Tremolo

Chord Switching

I Put a STRAIGHT BEAT Over 8 METALLICA RIFFS! (it's weird!)

The 1,000,000th ERUPTION Cover on Youtube ;)

The 6 LEVELS of Iron Man (Main Riff)

*Part 1* RIFFS That Give Me the Biggest RUSH!

Guess We Need To Talk About GUITAR SMASHING Now.

You Think DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Is Easy on Guitar? (So did I)

Why do YOU want to play GUITAR?

Corn

Corn

Outro

Arpeggiating Chords

The Great Metallica RIFF DEBATE: "2-2-2-2-2-2" or "2-3-2-3-2-3"?

Are These the TRICKIEST RIFFS on Megadeth's Rust in Peace?

Natural Harmonics

The Master of Puppets Solo (string off the fretboard) Squeal Fallacy EXPOSED!

RIFF and GROOVE HARDER with TRIPLETS!

Why It Always Sounds WEIRD When We Play Along w/FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

How Did They Mess Up This IRON MAN TAB So Bad?

How To Avoid Back Pain While Practicing Guitar

The Puppets Solo (string off the fretboard) Squeal Fallacy EXPOSED!

How To FAKE Your Way Through a Solo (emergency use only ;)

THE BEATLES' 35 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

Play 21 Songs Using 4 Easy Chords (Great for Beginners)

Make Guitar 90% Easier to Play!

DAVID GILMOUR's 14 Greatest Guitar Techniques

ALEX LIFESON's 26 Greatest Guitar Techniques! 2.0

The RIFFS That Give Me the Biggest CHILLS

FIX THIS BAND! Episode #2: Sweet Child o' Mine

I Ranked 5 METALLICA Tribute Bands! (from all around the world)

How To Really REALLY Play Enter Sandman! (Retraction Video)

If EYE OF THE TIGER Had a Guitar Solo! (I bet it would sound like this)

EDDIE VAN HALEN's 25 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

MEGADETH Tornado of Souls Cover! Because...why not?

Musician DISSECTS The Best Scenes In SOME KIND OF MONSTER by METALLICA!

37 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Riffs Ranked and Performed!

28 Stage Moves I'm Working On

How LARS Plays SEEK & DESTROY (chorus) in 2021 vs. 1983's Album Version!

RANDY RHOADS' 21 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

Trick Your Grandma Into Liking Metallica (with this medley)

WEEZER's 22 Greatest Guitar Techniques

Know how to read TAB and chord charts.

Be able to do some muting with both hands

How Much I ACTUALLY Made at My Last GIG

Lost In Thought

The EXACT Moment The BACKING TRACK Goes WRONG! (Analysis)

Scale Practice

How To Really REALLY Play Enter Sandman! (Retraction)

Battery Slow Tempo (Standard Beat)

Fight Fire With Fire Slow Tempo (Standard Beat)

Decimal Points

How the F**K is an OSMONDS Record My Favorite ROCK Album Right Now?

11 Things Top Working Musicians NEVER Do! (well...rarely) ;)

How to Hit Those SCREAMING Decimal Point Harmonics!

The Overlooked Detail That Ruins Your Chord Switches

I Wrote Music For a METALLICA Song I've Never Heard (referencing only the isolated vocal track!)

10 "Proper" Rules That Pro Guitarists BREAK!

You Can Play Guitar for 10 Years and STILL Suck...Here's How

A Weird Way I Damaged My Hearing and How You Can Avoid It

A FUN Game To Learn The Entire Fretboard

The TIPPING POINT For Guitar (that makes it all worth it)