The guy looks so intimidating and seems like he has such prestige, which he does, but you hear him talk and he's so humble, not superfluous at all. Nice guy.

"It starts off with a good ol' G minor 2nd Inversion Appegio with a lil' Triad turn-around, and then goes to root (lol) with another lil' triplet on the top, and then it goes into a G minor scale, Harmonic minor, down to the 6-chord, then a 5-of-5, a one 1st Inversion, and a 5-chord to end..." HOW THE HELL DOES HE REMEMBER ALL THIS?!? LET ALONE PLAY IT WITHOUT LOOKING?!? -_-

now i know marty friedman was awesome but i think this guy is the best guitarist megadeth has ever had because of his style versatility. plus he mimics all of the old megadeth solos perfectly

1:56 "Im gonna show you how the first half of that is played." With a smile on his lips saying: "But you wont be able to play the whole thing anyway"

I love this man. I love everything he does and is. He must not die.

this guy has the most musical shredding I've heard yet

This has kind of a Star Wars type of feel to the chord progression. Like when the movies are switching from one scene to another. It reminds me me of that.

chris i think has all the package, not only he is amazing on the guitar but his looks with the guitar hanging around him, you'd know he is what he is.

it sounds like metal piano

so clean the sound.. sooooo crazily good

he is the perfect example of why all rock guitar players need to learn music theory.

the sound at 1:20 .. just amazing

Imagine how many hours he had ot put in to get to do that over the years. Stupendous.

He may be the most modest guitar virtuoso on the plant...Chris Broderick for life!

it sounds like beethoven's moonlight sonata 3rd movement

to be THIS good, you need: extreme talent, extreme passion, and decades of playing and active learning behind you. without any of the ingredients, you can only get "good". maybe even "very good" within a genre or two. today, more than before, due to a number of factors (mostly to do with technology and information), it is getting easier to get good at playing almost any instrument. but mastery is still achieved only by just a few.

He should make some classical music songs on the guitar. Or make a solo album

Also, for those of you out there. If you have time to dislike videos, how about you practice and appreciate the fact that these guitarists took their time to share their skills with us to inspire and give us more ideas on making better music

I Just gone out and bought a ukelele. I know my place.

DAM THE TAPPING PART IS INSANE LOVE THE DIMISHED AUGMENTED TONALITY DONT HEAR TOO OFTEN

the fact that his guitar doesnt have fret marks makes it even more confusing

most of the time when a shredding guitarist shows how to play a riff, it doesnt really help. This guy explains the crazy shred in a way i can actually understand! I wont be learning the riff anytime soon, but i can understand it now. Thanks Chris!

i've ever thought he is a one of the greatest guitarist!

by far the most technical and diverse guitar player ever

i'm never touching my guitar again

Piano is a great way not just for getting inspirations for soloing but also riffing

That's funny, the camera didn't explode...

chris broderick and jeff loomis are like a prove of what mankind can do best.

I remember when I was once this good... Then, reality hit me.

@warewolfguy genrally speaking, a neopolitan chord is a minor chord with a raised 3rd, making it a dominant 7th chord that can then tonicize the 1 chord.

Not bashing Marty but Chris is in a different league...

Insane guitar playing broken down slowly into single notes, nice!

Ah, my arch nemesis the G minor 2nd inversion arpeggio. We meet again.

He explains things so well. Just gotta point that out

Obviously fake. His guitar doesn't even have the right number of strings.

that's exactly what I was thinking. But I think it fits the style. It sounds really clean to me.

"Now I'm gonna show you how that first half is played" We can learn that?!

Awesome two-handed tapping!\m/and really cool arpeggios!\m/

Tony MacAlpine would be proud.

This guy is like the genetic blueprint for the human race, I can't think of a person who's more perfect than him.

Please someone get him a string dampener.

You can do arpeggios however you want right as long as the notes of the chord are being used

.......................I am scum

i dont know why but this inspired me to spend more time on practice

his ibanez is better than his jackson...........but seriously, ever heard of a fret wrap?????

It never ceases to amaze me how the shred stuff sounds so much better when they dial it back a notch. Some of it just seems to be for music nerds who are interested in dissecting it for the sake of understanding theory.

He is a good player for sure. I just dont know why I do not like his style of playing. I think he plays a little to fast even for his skill level and It just sound noisy and incomplete.

you are SO GREAT. I think that a lot of people should know a little more who is CHRIS BRODERIICK

@ 1:13 I listened.. and rewinded..and rewinded. That blew my mind

ive never heard any body explain things like chris, he knows as much theory as 10 music novels combine

pure neo-classical OMG! That was LEGENDARY!

And I listen to it so damn often because it intrigues me I understand the theory to a point but it's correct somehow for my mind the melody keys and sometimes the speed

Excellent !! my friend. Great work!! Thumbs up of course. G.

@Tharladyn yeah, it's an ENGL and he is using a Fractal Audio Axe/Fx with it

When he started playing, my computer froze. It was too badass for it to handle.

The future of guitar playing.

dont usually like this style but this was amazing

@MrAndy24deth It's actually an Ibanez 1527 - 7 string with Bare Knuckle pickups in the bridge and neck position.

@soulguitarist2511 it means the III chord is played as an augmented chord. if your playing music in harmonic minor, i'll use A harmonic minor for example. A-B-C-D-E-F-G#-A. as opposed to the regular natural minor, with a G natural. the III chord, built on C, would be major, C-E-G. however, the G is changed to G#. the G# would typically be provided by playing the V chord, as a major chord. in A, its E major, E-G#-B. but it is acceptable to play the III chord as an augmented chord. C-E-G#.

This is completely beyond my level of playing I just came here to watch.

this gave me a shiver!

Not only is he a guitar god, he's also a comedian @ 4:55. Wish he was my dad.

I want Chris Broderick solo album!!!

Don't say how he makes you feel bad. I mean I am nowhere near as good as he is but it inspires me, it doesn't put me down

@zwingler It's the Jackson Soloist Chris Broderick signature model. You can probably find it on Jacksons website.

he is a talented musician. just because he has muscles doesnt mean he is also a talented athlete(with all respect to chris)!

I can't even beleive someone could even dislike this. It's Amazing! Man, I hate people!

it's an axe fx. He's either using it as a preamp and running it into the poweramp of the engl, or he's using it like a multi fx unit and running the engl normally

he plays classical guitar amazing

@JelloFluoride He is using is own custom Ibanez seven stringed RGA with DiMarzio D Activator X Pickups; if I'm not mistaken.

one of the most awesome ibanez ever !

@stringslayer97 It's a LACS (los angeles custom shop) model. It's the Ibanez custom shop for endorsees only. Sadly, he's a Jackson player now.

THIS GUY IS SICK WOOOWW DAMN THATS TO HARD, ACTUALLY I'M 19 AND TO DAY IT'S THE FIRST DAY I THINK I'M NOTHING ON THE GUITAR, MY RESPECT FOR THESE GUY IS INCREDIBLE

A chord is built up of intervals. The first ( root) the third ( the note that says it is minor or major) (and the fifth) Like a c major chord is CEG. The root (C) the major third ( E) and the fifth (G) Now, the 2nd inversion is then you play a chord where the fifth is the deepest note and not highest. The 2nd inversion of c major is ( G C E) I i remember correctly.

Chris Broderick your the man. wow .

@konerak9 Absolutely! Having a great teacher in private makes a huge difference, especially if it were Chris. He does do private lessons over the Web for $35 for a half hour but because touring he has stopped for now.

2:01 *laughs insecurely* oh...yeah, that ol' trick *gulp*

@Tarkess but u can clearly see that its a ibanez ( look the top of the neck )

the man with the best technique in the world

Can you imagine Broderick jamming with John 5? Men I hope that dream comes true one day..

Fantastic Virtuose !!! Parabens !!!

@Alcoholica a pick clip that lets me use any pick I want and can be adjusted to any length I want

When you spend so much time on music you don't waste your life. You're a musical genius.

youtube has ultimately made me give up on anything i ever thought i was good at

@blackblurable As far as I know, Mustaine forced Chris to use the same Marshall JVM410s as he uses. But at some point Chris only used Axe-FX Ultra units for live shows.

if u observe the tapping bit u can find it suprisingly simple i learned it in like 30 minutes

Sounds like bucket brooo y'all are both timeless

Chris sure knows his stuff!

I play guitar well, but watching Chris play makes me feel like a big loser. He has so much talent. And also adds in a little bit of sense of humor into his tutorials. I like him a lot. He made Megadeth so much better after he joined the band.

Thank you , i will search for that ! Have a nice day M

@Spitty33 I'm a little lost too. what are those last chords he plays around 2:30?

@ThePakino I agree, those pick ups blow for soloing but for rythem they're not bad.

i saw this guy play sweet riffs into my face once in Halifax.

Wow this short piece is good really good maybe even great wow very good

The first part of the sweep sounds like the beginning sweep of psalms of lydia. But other than that, amazing.

FUCK. That tapping sequence over the diminished seventh chord sounded AMAZING T_T.

Amazing playing! I love to hear him play, on the lesson he lost me at the augmented 3rd chord.

That should have started a new segment called "You'll Never Get To Play This!"

Thumbs up if you weren't really paying attention to what was going on in the video until 1:04 when he started playing his solo and the first thing on your mind was "Holy Shit"!!!!!

This is so awesome.