What are some more licks people think sound hard but actually aren't?

I think what makes the free bird solo hard is that it's like 57 hours long

Eruption is actually difficult. The only part that is easy is the tapping section. Everything else takes practice. I finally nailed the full eruption solo today and I’ve never felt more accomplished.

"Its easy if you know natural harmonics" Me, the very next second on youtoube: "how to do natural harmonics"

Freebird is like a rap freestyle. It’s not impressive because it takes the time to learn it, it’s impressive because someone clearly thought it up in the moment while jamming and it sounds great.

yeah... easy... *cries in smoke on the water*

When someone asks for Freebird, I say "Sure!" and then play "Sweet Home Alabama". A lot of times they don't notice the difference.

The Freebird solo isn't just one guitar. There's three going at it. That's what makes it spectacular. For people who are just learning, the last thing they wanna hear is " this is easy or it isn't hard " just show them how it's done and with practice it gets easier. But you are very good. Thanks for sharing.

Pretty sure he’s just flexing

I can’t listen to that thunderstruck lick without my mind pretending to hear drunk sounding Aussies going “Uh-ah, uh-ah ah ah ah uh!!”

Do an opposite video. "Licks that sound easy but are ridiculously hard" lol

He looks like he’s wearing a crown. If you see it, you can’t unsee it. Haha.

Some drunk: "Play FREE BIRD!!!" Solo guitarist on stage: "Um, ok. I need a couple more guitarist up here with me..."

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*No, The wibbily ibbly dibbly part!*

Eruption isn’t hard. Plays the single most easy part of the entire song.

0:40 Freebird 4:05 Eruption 5:50 Thunderstruck 7:45 Whammy bar stuff

"Freebird solo is not hard" proceeds to attempt to play it and sounds nothing like the song.

4:15 "This is the first tapping lick that really any guitar player learns..." NUH UH MINE WAS ON-- 4:22 ...Oh.

The intro to Thunderstruck was like the first thing I learned on an electric guitar. Simple patterns have always been easy; almost to a fault since they get ingrained in your fingers and more creative licks can be harder to learn from so much repetition of the easier stuff.

“This is the first lick that really any guitarist learns” *cries in Crazy Train*

They are really not that hard. Me: *Failling to play Seven Nation Army*

8:52 imagine not being able to get harmonics on all frets This meme was made by the bass gang

Honestly no matter if it’s easier than we think, I will never forget the first time I heard Eruption. I will forever be blown away

A riff that never fails to impress a crowd is *smoke on the water* . Trust me, although it looks quite intimidating to most guitar players, it's actually very simple when you get the hang of it, and it's even more impressive to play in front of a crowd!

Your pick hand raised into the air as tribute to the gods or rock is the only acceptable way to play thunderstruck, change my mind.

7:53 Hiroshima during WWII

Eruption is actually the hardest song to play on guitar The live version with all of the whammy dives and tremolo picking and

Tried the last trick, whammie bar immediately snapped

haha can’t get confused by scales if you never learned them 😎

Legendary licks to try out in a guitar store to impress those employed there.

Is it just me or could anyone else hear the “thunder, Ahh ah ah ah ah ah ahhha” at 6:30

One of my older bands learned free bird before a big show and inevitably someone shouted “play free bird” and we did. People were pretty mind blown and it really isn’t that hard of a song. Just very long. Also, another pretty easy double tapping lick is the beginning of the crazy train solo. That was my first tapping lick.

Timestamped riffs: 1:59 part of the solo from Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (he goes on about that one for a while) 4:07 Eruption - Van Halen 5:53 Thunderstruck - AC/DC 7:47 not a riff, just a whammy bar dive (like the end of Cemetery Gates by Pantera, or any power metal solo)

This is so absolutely important for young musicians. When I was teaching myself electric guitar as a teen (pre KZfaq) all I saw was tabs that seemed like completely random fingers and strings. I never understood how patterns are linked together to actually learn these rather than just hard memorization note by note. This are downright impossible if you're just staring at the tablature and see numbers everywhere.

I actually got asked to play freebird just the other day by a plonker. I started playing Blackbird and he said "no man, thats not it" so I started playing High flying bird."No. man, that's not it". So I then said "sorry man, guess I don't know that one". I need to learn more songs with the word bird in the title.

Very impressive, now do it all again on a 12 string acoustic.

my gf shall never watch this video

I laughed really, really loudly at "no, the wibbly dibbly dibbly part" lolol

“Ever wonder why so many people pick up the guitar to learn how to play but don’t?” Uhhh because it’s not an instantly gratifying video game? It’s dedication people, learn it. I’m so sick of these damn ads.

Just a quick note on the Eruption tapping pattern; Eddie isn't tapping a simple triplet pattern on each triad (as 95% of guitarist do, including myself for years). What he does is tap and then pull off on the 'highest' note on each shape [w/ right index finger] while his left index finger holds the 'lowest' note, THEN hammers and pulls off on the 'middle' note on each shape [w/ left ring or pinky finger]. This actually gives a 4 note repeating pattern [high-low-middle-low] instead of a triplet [high-middle-low]. With the combination of the delay and the speed he's changing shapes on the record it can trick the ear into sounding like a 'triplet' tap without delay. It's actually a little weird to play at first, but you can definitely hear a difference. Props to anyone trying their hand at Eruption! ;o)

When u said Eruption tapping is the first tapping solo anyone learns, I was like haha my first was Metallica One. Then u said or either... )

4:45 I doubt it was coffee that Eddie was taking to get that effect haha, Awesome video!

Dude, I love your videos. Thank you

7:13 made me sub

"this is so easy!" My finger: what the...?

I love it! Watched three of your videos in a row on a night when coworkers saw me carry my guitar into the restaurant. Of course I was assaulted with the usual... can you play this? Will you play me that? I ain't a jukebox people! I love that you debunk the stuff everybody... even us guitarists think is hard. I love also that you point out the easy sounding stuff that really is. If I play my original stuff for a non musician they are so not impressed. I don't know many who can follow it. Even just hanging out in the box. There are so many nuances that make a piece ones own that simple is anything but. I love watching you explore that! Keep it up!

Love this Video! Thank You for being AWESOME!!

How about a 'licks/riffs that sound easy but aren't' video?

One of the funniest people to watch for guitar stuff, he just always makes it exciting 😂

The only hard thing about the free bird solo for me is playing the whole 10 year long solo

Great video! When you started the into piece to Freebird, I was liking that too, lol wish you’d shown more of that. But yep thanks for showing those licks!!

Im so glad to stumble across your channel! I just picked up my first guitar coming from the realm of production and engineering. Theres definitely a lot of stigma in the guitar community, but just wanted to say thanks for making quality hilarious videos!

Insert Li'l Wayne joke

Dude. I love your channel.

Love this! Thank you so much for explaining the whammy bar harmonics! I've always wanted to know how to do it. Also loved the eruption part.

But can you play the intro to smoke on the water?

Nice set-up dude. Love the guitar face too. You’re hilarious.

Love your channel, love your vibe, dig your chops

Love your trick videos.

"What's that internet troll? It's picked?" LOL! Totally relate. I got that in a bunch of comments too. Great vid!

When did Steven Crowder start playing guitar?

God your setup is literally my dream

Oh my God I been watching your videos all morning, you are a genius your videos are great you’ve got nothing on Rick Beato, you have a new subscriber

Wow! If you could actually get Freebird to sound like Freebird, now that would be cool!

Thunderstruck with legato doesn't sound right, ya know? I feel like there's a lack of that "bite" in the notes, and it sounds a tad less energetic.

8:47 Me after I listen to pantera once:

I logged in just to up-vote and subscribe. Good job man!

I did "seven nation army" two weeks after first trying a guitar, and it blew my mom's mind.

I love the new word! "Guitarsenal" Definition: super-amazing-nuts, songs/riffs you can play on the guitar.

I’ve never laughed so hard. Awesome video man

Great content Man! Keep on shreddin!!!

kinda glossed over the fact that, while Thunderstruck is technically easy, it gets increasingly difficult throughout the song...staying on time is harder than the lick itself. for me anyway

Your modern rock techniques course is great I highly recommended if you want to learn some of those tricks

9:15 Yoko Ono in the studio be like

love yur videos man

We guitarists make the weirdest faces when we are really rocking out

Have you heard the expression it's easy when you know how..

7:52 Fuel live with an orchestra and Kirk being badass colorized 1999

Van Halen stuff to this very day is still the most requested by up and coming guitarists just like it was back in the day . EVH remains by far the most influential guitar player of all time.

Sweet vid. Now do the opposite, songs that sound easy but are actually really hard.

was expecting to see the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine

That was fun! Thanks man.

I am amazed! Great Video. Thanks for posting.

I've been playing for almost 40 years. In the words of EVH himself, "if it sounds right(good) then it IS right! Music is freedom. Not to put ourseleves in confined box. Great content here. I Like your PRS! I'm a LesPaul die hard. God bless you and yours.😁👍

I like how this guy can be so profession yet have that kid stoke

Very cool - thanks for this video; now back to practicing...

I freaking love you, man

Great video! However, Angus picks live during Thunderstruck, or at least he did when I saw them. You can hear him picking on the live albums during the intro. The only time I think he didn't was for the music video.

When I saw the title I immediatly knew the eruption tab part would be included, I play it all the time if people ask to play something really cool and most of the time it leaves them Godsmacked. xD

This video gives me hope

Awesome lesson !!

These are a great safeswitch when you're playing for non-guitar player friends. If they're getting bored and not giving you any attention, time to surprise everyone with the intro of Eruption, followed by Thunderstruck! When everyone's in the ecstasy of an eargasm, finish it off with the harmonic dive bomb trick, instant respect! Then you can even play Mary Had a Little Lamb they won't ever dare to look away.

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I know I'm late to this video and I had to slow your hands down in the video but with some practice just now I'm on my way to playing eruption and thunderstruck properly. Thanks a lot man. Also learned to have a little more faith in myself those really aren't that hard but I made it that way in my head

9:13... I’m pretty sure that if I do it to my whammy bar, my guitar will never be in tune again lol

4:22 this is so true! my first song with tapping that i learned was "one"

The Eruption tapping isnt very difficult, but its a serious feat to be able to play the rest of it accurately. Myself included, most people look at the tab and try one of the picking licks, then try some fast 2 note or 3 note pattern and tell themselves "I mean, that basically sounds right" and it really doesnt.

Great lesson, amusing humor. Good stuff.

Dude your PRS is awesome wish mine looked something like that, noticed as soon as i looked at the fret design