Guitar Lesson - Panama solo (Van Halen) with Tabs!

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Күн бұрын

Classic solo from Eddie! I hope you enjoy it too! :)
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Section One - 1:03
Section Two - 2:51
Section Three - 5:17
Section Four - 6:48
Fart - 8:28
0:00 Introduction
0:02 VAN HALEN - PANAMA GUITAR SOLO LESSON
1:04 SECTION ONE
2:52 SECTION TWO
5:18 SECTION THREE
6:49 SECTION FOUR

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@PDXguitarfreak 4 жыл бұрын

Don't know how to read tablature? No problem! Check out my quick and easy lesson: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLKjp5V03bfdYpc.html

@iLightSoundGeometry 9 ай бұрын

hello, who has the notes to play along with the CD/Album? im convinced he is not in eb but off a little and I cant get it if anyone can help me please

@calvincraft5626 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest VH song ever, in my humble opinion.

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Calvin, it's definitely a classic for sure! :) =VH=

@calebproductions5970 6 жыл бұрын

I agree

@jacoballen2374 6 жыл бұрын

Nah I don't know if I agree with that, it's great an all, but I think the title of "best Van Halen song" would have to go to something on their first record

@CentaurusRelax314 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, bro - no, just no..... But, thanks for playing!

@ordinalkirk 4 жыл бұрын

It could be.

@kramerbaretta6383 5 жыл бұрын

This really is an accurate breakdown of each note in the Panama solo. I've been playing it for years, incorrectly I might add. I decided to buckle down and go over this, for what seems like a thousand times. I think I'm getting the cadence a little better now that I've slowed it down to work on it. Thanks for a great demo and lesson PDX Guitar Freak!

@PDXguitarfreak 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I appreciate the nice comment. I have found with VH that I almost always have to slow it down when learning, in order to get the phrasing as accurate as possible. His phrasing can be so challenging.

@ErroneousTheory 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Great teacher and I appreciate the focus on the little details

@carlosfigueroa4611 4 жыл бұрын

I always loved how Eddie lowers the volume for the breakdown, glad to see you covered the little details, best lesson in KZfaq! PS. the economy picking helped a lot!

@cbeserra 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing. You do these solos justice. I appreciate the attention to detail and I see all the mistakes I made when I used to play these songs in the 80s!

@itaymalik4964 6 жыл бұрын

If you look very closely, you can tell the fire is fake.

@nickdeacon 5 жыл бұрын

If you listen to the isolated guitar track, you'll see it's actually real in the original recording.

@RomeroRomero-lo5fq 5 жыл бұрын

Who f'n care's!

@austinmangum297 4 жыл бұрын

woah

@robroy5573 4 жыл бұрын

@@RomeroRomero-lo5fq Yo mama cares, foo'!!

@eon5811 3 жыл бұрын

@rob roy hahahaha

@rvk5150 6 жыл бұрын

Great vid as always...keep them coming!

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks bro! Rock on! :)

@roisounds849 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man! You’ve explain so clearly that became very easy to do! 🤙🏻

@jessicalynn3206 3 жыл бұрын

You’re my go to guy for Van Halen songs. Thanks for another great lesson!

@critic5925 3 жыл бұрын

The best lesson/tab! that often missed A note on D string is key! made a huge difference in how it sounds! THANK YOU!

@ADIKTIVESOUNDS1 6 жыл бұрын

Great lesson and Video Dave thanks for your time and effort for the post.

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! I appreciate the comment, as always! :)

@jakenogard9667 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome man. Keep on rockin🤘

@facuorona7221 6 жыл бұрын

great video! finally I can find one with tabs! rock on!

@tamasc8703 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely perfect i'm learning right now thank you!!!!

@mikekopmanis2099 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, super job as always. Helps me unlock the solo for one of the most iconic VH songs. Our band will be playing it now!

@nicatquluzad8969 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🎸 best lesson with tabs. 👍🏼

@kenstott125 2 жыл бұрын

Really really helpful. I might actually play it properly now! Thanks.

@djweszone 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you man so much the bends were killing me before your vid. big help.

@Samlol23_drrich Жыл бұрын

Just awesome. Thanks. Had to sub

@kg4st 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson.

@Joestradamus Жыл бұрын

You are always my go to guy whenever I need to learn an EVH solo. Thank you man!

@dthrowaway9201 4 ай бұрын

Excellent lesson 👍

@nickdeacon 5 жыл бұрын

Solid lesson mate.

@joserubio6162 5 жыл бұрын

PDX!!! ROCKS 🎸!!!!!!

@stevemcg4623 6 жыл бұрын

Great lesson! Thanks!

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve!!!!

@FunkymetalBL 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome lesson! Eddie is the greatest 🤘

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian, I agree with you! =VH= rules!

@AmericanGwyn 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually correct! Great work!

@PDXguitarfreak 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@drinkspecials 6 жыл бұрын

It took me a bit to learn back in the day. There's a "feel" to it i didnt grasp. Went back after a week off and boom. I always revisit tunes as i get better. I like how you break down/slow down the solo in sections. 👍

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Yeah the "feel" to Ed's solos is always a bit tricky. It always gave me trouble back in the day too, and honestly still to this day a lot of his stuff challenges me... I've just found that slowing the solo down and learning the phrasing at roughly 50-75% helps me a lot. :)

@trustyaxe 3 жыл бұрын

10 minutes later...blisters! Lmao. It's been a while since I played and all my callouses have gone. Time to build 'em back up again. I always wanted to learn this solo, so thank you, again, for another great lesson and for your time.

@swaggypanda1808 5 жыл бұрын

nice vid dude

@zombee38 6 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial. ..thanks

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@alcondragon 4 жыл бұрын

WOOOHOOOO!!!! The Almighty Hair Has Returned!!! Wooohoooo! I Luv IT!

@junioraraujo6314 5 жыл бұрын

Sensacional❤

@jbrian1977 4 жыл бұрын

1:08 Solo 2:51 pedal solo 5:20 tapping 6:50 last

@JasonMcFly 5 жыл бұрын

holy smokes, outstanding breakdown. Eddie is tough because he's so random and bizzaro. You really captured the nuances well, which are everything in VH playing

@PDXguitarfreak 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason! I agree - the phrasing and little nuances with Van Halen are critical to getting the feel right.

@HeavyGee84 5 жыл бұрын

Very VERY nice technique

@PDXguitarfreak 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! :)

@kaykay4662 5 жыл бұрын

Cool!!! 💪

@sean240sx 5 жыл бұрын

I know my comment is coming over a year after you originally posted this, but I wanted to let you know that I've watched several of your videos and you are doing a great job! Please keep them coming. They have helped me so much with several solos that I'd been trying to sort out :D

@jaredpace1105 2 жыл бұрын

This is an excellent breakdown of the Panama solo. The attention to detail is very helpful. Awesome video. I'm working through learning it by using the Ultimate Guitar tab, and the mechanical audio that the app produces does not enable me to learn how to do it justice. This is a great supplement for working on the finishing touches.

@jimvlattas6806 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks best explanation I’ve seen Can you do the whole song You make it easier to follow.

@kyledadams 2 жыл бұрын

Playing is coming along, but I’d love to know your modulations and effect levels you have in the chain. Because the tone is perfect

@pru5929 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this guy is this best…Pretty much straight to point too…I might actually figure this one out before I die…maybe…

@michaeleaster1815 6 жыл бұрын

I haven't owned an electric guitar for a year or so but am considering buying another, in part, to learn the material in these videos. Great stuff as usual.

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael! I'm so glad I can be of inspiration - we need to keep this kind of music alive! :)

@felipecamera5629 5 жыл бұрын

hi, thanks for your lesson, do you have all music?

@kramerbaretta6383 4 жыл бұрын

PDX Guitar Freak - one day I'd love to get your take on the rest of the subdued breakdown after the solo. I just don't trust other peoples take on it.

@douglassvidall 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! slash teaching van halen!!! xD

@danielleiva9456 6 жыл бұрын

U got a great pick grab and great vibrato man

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan, I appreciate that comment!

@danielleiva9456 6 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nKhxmZmardrGlIU.html hope u like it, greets from Uruguay!

@danielleiva9456 6 жыл бұрын

just like dimebag, thats how your hands looks like

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

That was a great song! Is that you playing the guitar? Very good!

@danielleiva9456 6 жыл бұрын

PDXguitarfreak yes mate! So glad to read that That pal! Keep rockin!

@jorgequintero2189 5 жыл бұрын

Lesson helped a lot!! What string gauge are you using tuned to e flat?

@germa9850 4 жыл бұрын

i wish i could support you :((( awesome breakdown thanks this ones a bit tricky and eddie is a bizzare guitarist so i tip my slash hat to you sir

@PDXguitarfreak 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you anyway! A thumbs up and clicking subscribing is also appreciated :)

@germa9850 4 жыл бұрын

@@PDXguitarfreak i hit the bell

@kbtube8125 3 жыл бұрын

what a get up!

@guitarmonks 5 жыл бұрын

Great lesson thank you very much. I have been playing the song for several years and I’m always still finding new little nuances. I have one question for you, in the intro after the C# minor the first time he drops down to the A he hits a false harmonic. I have tried it on the fifth string 2 fret, 3 and a few other places. I usually end up doing it on the fifth string C, but I was wondering what you have come up with? Thank you again for the awesome video.

@hlp020dd 5 жыл бұрын

I use D string 2nd fret

@guitarmonks 5 жыл бұрын

@@hlp020dd Thank you!!! it sounds way better there...

@hlp020dd 4 жыл бұрын

@@guitarmonks even though I know where it is I blow it half the time, hard to get that perfect squeal

@guitarmonks 4 жыл бұрын

@@hlp020dd I hear you, I've come to realize it actually has probably more to do with the right hand placement when hitting the pinch. Sometimes I nail it and other times I think what was that?

@JfarmFS Жыл бұрын

section 4 if my favorite

@billydiaz806 6 ай бұрын

Anyone know a good learning technique on the up stroke picking ?

@VanHalenIsolated 2 жыл бұрын

When I do the 2 1/2 step dive bomb on the 3rd string 9th fret I sometimes hit the harmonic slightly and it actually sounds more like the album version. Not a full harmonic but a slight harmonic. I’m sure there’s a name and remember seeing it somewhere. I have the Hal Leonard tab book and it says to go on the 3rd string 9 to 11 1 & 1/2 dive which doesn’t allow for the harmonic and it’s just lazy lol. I love your tabs and I really hope you could tab D.O.A by Van Halen and Eruption someday. Yes Eruption is cliché but I feel like no one does it properly and everything you’ve done is spot on. Ice Cream Man would’ve been impossible without you. Thank you again.

@VanHalenIsolated 2 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot too…I thought it was just classic brown sound from the amp on the last part, which partially it is, but after you do the harmonic bend on the 3rd string 7th fret then 7 on the 4th, and the 9, 8, 7 following, if you pluck those four notes with your fingers like a pinch harmonic you can achieve the tone of that part brown sound style. Actually, he does that a lot like in “You Really Got Me” fills in the verses which he is actually doing some partial pinch harmonics-as well as D.O.A fills, the first part of Eruption before the dive bomb on the 4th and 5th string, and I’m sure many others. Plucking with fingers :)

@cjgaudio77 4 жыл бұрын

I am playing an apocalypse by schecter. It doesn't seem to sustain notes nearly as well as your guitar when tapping it kind of fizzles out. I just been playing for about a year trying to tackle this. Does yours have a sustainer or just special pickups to make that happen?

@satchbooggy 6 жыл бұрын

nicely put together dude. when ya gonna do some van hagar? haha

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

LOL, well bro you know the Van Hagar stuff way more than I do (anyone reading this, please check out his channel if you haven't already!). I guess someday I will break down and give it a shot... it's not that I don't like it... it's just that I love the Roth era so much. :)

@KaatokunArt 6 жыл бұрын

Slowing down that blistering part is always hard for me cuz I can never tell where the notes should be in relation to the beat. Any tips?

@tennisracketguitar1659 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson, I love how you explain it instead of just play it over and over. I’m definitely subbing

@maxmunzert9725 3 жыл бұрын

Really wish you would talk about what you did with the Wammy bar

@stevehogsett8121 6 жыл бұрын

Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha! The shit eatin grin cracked me up.

@chadgarber 2 жыл бұрын

If you listen to the isolated guitar track from the studio version of Panama, it is insane how fast he does that fast part. It's almost like he is doing something a little differently (skipping notes or something) that makes it go faster?

@jordanrussell-howard9491 11 ай бұрын

I believe he's using "hammers on from nowhere" where he'll sound the note without actually picking it, just by slamming his finger against the string. Obviously there's some picking, too, though. It's cool because Ed played in a which was unique but also practical! There's a dude who goes by "garbeaj" on this site who's got a transcription of this solo, which is pretty damn accurate.

@ErikTomblinWrites 10 ай бұрын

@@jordanrussell-howard9491I think I'm going to have to resort to that. Been working on that part for weeks (finally decided to take solos) and I'm stuck at about 75% his speed if I'm lucky. Right hand can't keep up with the left.

@jordanrussell-howard9491 10 ай бұрын

@@ErikTomblinWrites Hey, man - just wanted to link this excellent video which covers one of Ed's signature licks which he copped off of Clapton. This is the fast lick he plays in the solo of Panama, as played on the album. If you check the description of the video, you'll find the tab for the solo which should be a great help. It ain't easy, but we'll get there eventually! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qs2nocuazZyWhok.htmlsi=MlBEanW8hvZsBJUH

@ShamanColaLive 2 жыл бұрын

I came here to follow your tab buying instructions but there is no link or price, so I guess this is something you have not rolled out yet. I will keep an eye out for it, Thanks for all you do and helping me go from the crappiest guitar player ever!! to just a crappy guitar player! with no ever, I will continue to learn from you.

@PDXguitarfreak 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro, the tab is now ready and thank you! :)

@ShamanColaLive 2 жыл бұрын

@@PDXguitarfreak Thanks, I ordered, I like how you do your video in parts. it looks less overwhelming that way but I also like to be able to see the entire song at once when I reach that almost finished part so the tabs will be much help.

@h0tsex0r 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid man. One thing: I have been sitting with the fast lick for a bit. i believe the fast lick has hammer from nowhere rather than econony/sweep upstrokes on the A (10th fret B string). Probably also hammer from nowhere on the G string note, too. Check it out. 🤟🎸

@JohnHWelch63 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't realize James "Bobo" Fay from the TV show Finding Bigfoot played guitar!

@bm______ 9 ай бұрын

Eddie plays a lot of licks with his ring finger and middle instead of pinky and ring finger. I also find that way more comfortable. Does that just come down to hand size or preference or something?

@Sam07989 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I can’t deal with the part just after the repeating Chuck Berry style bends with my pinky. My hands aren’t that big but I prefer not using my pinky for this to get more speed that’s just crucial. That part of the solo has tortured me for years.

@Justafeller 4 жыл бұрын

🖒

@napoleonbonaparte6238 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Eddie Van Halen

@zSkandal Жыл бұрын

Digga is des geil 😍😍😍

@johngraymusic 3 ай бұрын

Good lesson very informative. But for those of us that have Floyd Rose or spring-loaded whammies a standard tuned lesson would be greatly appreciated, because in reality if you are playing this song out you would probably never tune down a half step. And I get it it's so the student can play along with Edward Meister. But damn.

@Enzo-fs3bx 3 жыл бұрын

Slash teaching us how to play an evh solo

@haydenpowell2555 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we're running a little bit hot tonight

@PedroAugusto-zx3ey 4 жыл бұрын

slash playing van halen

@xxxPOWERSLAVExxx 4 жыл бұрын

8:29 farted

@PDXguitarfreak 4 жыл бұрын

9:13 changed my pants

@youren8 3 жыл бұрын

Who are the 32 dudes who disliked? I shall have thine arse!

@andersb2770 5 жыл бұрын

You look Like My Mums Poodle!

@PDXguitarfreak 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite comment today! 😆

@matthewhale9831 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Benson????

@Christian-ij1fk 4 жыл бұрын

Stacey jacks is that you?

@_kornel_ 3 жыл бұрын

Wtf slash playing panama 🤯

@Krieghandt 6 жыл бұрын

If you want to play a 6 string, fine, but at least make it a baritone. ;P you should show us some Lemmy bass, since he used a guitar style of playing :)

@PDXguitarfreak 6 жыл бұрын

LOL I've always wanted to try a baritone guitar! As for Lemmy, he strummed the shit out that bass for sure bro! :)

@user-gh4jp7vm7h 4 жыл бұрын

8:29おならした？

@PDXguitarfreak 4 жыл бұрын

それは私の体からのガスの放出です

@evolagenda 3 жыл бұрын

Just figured this out by ear, most tabs have this wrong. Your section two is slightly off, this is how I play it. - H P H P P P H P P - 7 10 7 7 10 7 12 10 7 7 10 7 12 10 7 \ H P - 9 9 9 / 7 9 // 7 - let bar up pull off and pull up on bar - - Note the 10 in the last "12 10 7" is picked. \ dunk bar a half step / bar returning to standard pitch // pull back on bar

@wildboar1911A1 3 жыл бұрын

this guy

@evolagenda 3 жыл бұрын

@@wildboar1911A1 what?