I still remember how much more confident I felt about my guitar skills back when I hadn't seen this video like 10 minutes ago.

Yo Rob, what can you do on a guitar? Rob: "Yes"

He's playing guitar, keeping temp with drums and talking at the same time. This is some serious scatter brain shit.

Rob Scallon: Slaps guitar Davie504: Wait that's illegal

This is seriously impressive. You can tell watching it how difficult it was to keep the groove while also talking and giving the lesson

you should do a colab with the slowmoguys so we can see the sick precision of your hands when playing like this

This video is still one of the most ridiculously impressive things he’s ever done

2:55 when you accidentally hit your dog in Minecraft

I like the lyrics of this song, very educational!

Me, a bass player : My culture isn't your goddamn prom dress

Omg he can play the drums just like The White Stripes!

I love how he's talking in time!!

This was amazing man! Most entertaining instructional video ever! 🙌

this is literally one of the coolest vids you've ever done

Rob Scallon: *Trying to teach me a new guitar technique* Me: *Watching cameraman in the background slide side to side for the whole video*

Rob: Plays 8 string guitar and 2 drums at the same time whilst narrating everything he's doing Me: tries to slap on acoustic guitar and dislocates thumb (this actually happened😂)

Lyrics: Hey, everybody! In the short video, i'm going to try my best to teach you everything that i know about playing slap. It's gonna go in! So the cool thing about playing slap, it's that it's very percussive, absolute like playing drums, since i love like mixing playing the drum and playing the guitar at the same time. Kinda like what i'm doing now! So let's start from the beginning, with the thumb. Gonna have your thumb, kinda flick on the rist, and smack it into the strings. Kinda like the bony side of the thumb. But the real hero here is the left hand, which stopping on the other strings that i don't wanna play from playing. So you'll see i want fretting some notes i want there. I'll also got a finger stopping the other strings muting them from also playing. And if i don't do that, it not really what i'm looking for. So i find it while i'm playing slap, usually concentrating more on the notes that i'm not wanting to play, and the notes that i do want to. But that's not all you can do with your left hand. Another important part is to use the left hand to get some dead notes here. And dead note is when you playing a string, but you don't get a regular note, you just hitting like a drum, like i'm doing now. I got my index finger going over all the string and then the other three just hitting into them. You can also get some dead notes with your thumb. That's i does it now. When you playing slap, most of the notes you're gotta be playing or dead notes, very percussive. Now i'm hitting them, another jack need to get a dead note. That's why you take your finger on your right hand bring it underneath the string, and you smack it into the fretboard, and it gives you a cool like snare drum sound. Yeah, i said that in. And you don't need to just use it to get dead notes here. You do also get in to get some regular notes. Let's try that now! Now brings us to the next point is octave. So, if you're playing a note right here with your index finger, two frets over, two strings up, you got the second note there, using a higher octave. And slap players, especially slap bass players would then hit alone now with the thumb and pop the high one. Sound something like this: If it's feels right, get their sound so right. I'm gonna have trouble with this now, it's a little bit harder on the guitar, but at least, I'll be lag excusing now. But feels a little bit better on bass because the strings are a little bit further apart. Now lets move on to something that's a bit more gear for the guitar, and having strings really close together. This is something i call sprinting. So instead of having my hand over here (my right hand), i can bring it into the fretboard, still hitting with my thumb, but on obstroke, I'm hitting with my ring finger. Someone kinda like this. Kinda like strumming, but a little bit more hectic. You can do some different, you know, rhythms with it. It's pretty useful with some notes. I also like to add in my middle finger to get some triplets like that, throw that in there. I started calling it buffering to the sprinting. Cause it kinda sounds like, you know, as old cartoons, with the character with one of run-off screenroom quick, and the feature into the little tornado. Kinda sounds like that: I also use this with a bit of strumming like that. Really anyway you can get a dead note. It's all fair game. So back to the octave we doing earlier. You got that index finger there, two frets over, two strings up, you got a octave. But more specific to the 8-string, another reason why i love playing slap on the 8-string is that you take the same relationship two frets over, bringing all the way over the top. You got another octave, but now three octaves up. But i won't play that note on it soon the high note. I play that two times strings at the same fret, and it feels very similar to that octave check we drove. And it sounds pretty cool! That was some sprinting. Feels pretty good on the 8-string. Also, instead using the top two notes, you use the top three. And you got a cool mindy thing going on. And that is pretty much everything i know about playing slap. And you can just put it all together! So, i hope you enjoy the video, and i hope you enjoy the giving keys without the instrument. Yeah, thanks for watching! That was a good one! Yeah, i think that's it, i think that's it! Thanks y'all! Yeah, so going some food! Yeah, i think that's you, i think that's you! All the cameras are recording and the audio are recording? Sweet!

No joke. I think it'a new standard in education videos. Great job

Bass players: (steal tapping off of guitar.) Guitar players: *Right back at ya.*

Rob: "Ya just do this thing." Everyone watching: .......................

Alternative title: How to Feel Inferior in Under 8 Minutes.

Very impressive but what can y-wait wrong channel.

I'm impressed by your ability to play slap, drums and speak to multiple cameras at the same time. Good job mate...

"What is your favorite Rob Scallon song?" "My favorite song is Slap Guitar 101"

Rob is officially the most likable person on youtube.

I love how even his talking is musical

1:03 we need a full cover of this it sounds so badass

*Davie is calling the police right now*

Looks so professional. The camera angles are perfect. And the constant sounds make it super immersive

This should be a TedTalks

Rob: *Says he’s having trouble with it* Also Rob: *Sounds like a god no matter what

*plays bass technique on instrument that it wasn't meant for* *teaches how to play technique while looking at different cameras* *speaks without stuttering as if it were a normal conversation* *uses BOTH FEET to play a drumline* *does all of these things simultaneously* 3:45 "I'm having a bit of trouble now, but my excuse for now is that I'm playing on a smaller instrument"

Hello I’m Rob Scallon and this is my Master Class.

This is not just a guitar lesson. This is a work of ART.

One of the most entertaining things I've seen in a long time. I'm 61 years old and been living under a rock. I love slap bass always have always will and I did not know that there was a such thing as slap guitar I've seen little bits and pieces but nothing is Extreme as this crap and the editing thing awesome. Thank you I just wish you had more songs but I still have a lot of searching to do

This video is just one giant flex

6 and a half minutes of playing badass stuff: "And now we can just put it all together" *proceeds to play even more amazingly*

WAIIIT WAS THAT JUST ONE FUCKING TAKE !?

why does this look like an ad you would get randomly on youtube or spotify?

When the one cool thing bassists can do gets oofed by guitarists

Insanely impressive. Did you have to practice talking and playing at the same time specifically? or were you just able to do so already from years of practice?

This is so Primus I love it, exactly the way I'd imagine Les Claypool giving a masterclass would be :)

You have no idea how many times I’ve watched this video and it’s just because it’s really fun too listen to, i haven’t even used any of the tips.

2:55 Minecraft Dog Whine

One of your best videos ever Rob!

I was waiting for a sponsor on this video at the end, because of how well it was made, but there wasn't. Very impressive video quality Rob, definitely one of your best.

accidentally watched this on 1.25 speed, was a bit freaked out by how fast you could play, slowed it back down, no longer freaked out, but I'm amazed.

Davie504 + Rob scallon = perfect slap

4:30 *"Let´s add in some notes"*... Yeah "Some" xD

too much talent for my brain.

Can you imagine if Rob and Primus got together.

10 seconds in: “Wow how insightful” After the whole thing: (puts guitar on eBay)

I don't even own a guitar. I'm a bassist. And I can slap. Why am I watching this for the 20th time at 4am?

Rob Scallon's one man Primus cover band.

I just tried this after not picking up an instrument for at _least_ several months. Unless I'm doing it very wrong, this doesn't work well on acoustic guitars. Better on the bass, but the strings were not kind to my fingers. Ow. On the plus side, I feel weirdly alive. So there's that.

I remember watching this video some years ago. And as a bass player, this reaaaaaally helped me a lot (overall the first steps). So, I can truly say that this is my favourite video on the internet by far, and so entertaining to watch even if you're not a musician

he slaps that guitar like my dad slaps me

Why the fuck am I watching this? I started learning to play 3 days ago, and my ass is still having trouble with finger placement on chords because my depth perception on the strings is still fucked. And here's this man who can play like a god

Stop talking and record an album of slap. I'll buy it! Thanks Rob.

This is undoubtedly one of the best videos on youtube. That's just crazy god damn

Thought I was making some progress on guitar today lol. Oh well.

Rob probably sings Dream Theater songs while playing them.

Does anyone else just love the feel of this video? Great camera work and music all while talking and playing the drums

The whole vid: Very percussive

Congrats for the 1 million

I sure hope that guitar was 18!

Dude, dude.... Now, honestly. I teach music and I'm a band instructor, I do it for a living. The amount of concepts and technique; not only did you describe, but demonstrate in 7:24...With just such ease. I couldn't unravel all that in a month trying to teach it lol. Well done sir, I tip my hat to you. 🤘😎

this lesson kinda sounds like a song because of how the beat never really stops

actually when he didn't mute the strings it sounded like some atmospheric black metal i really liked it

Reported for abuse.

This is the most awsome tutorial to anything i've ever seen

This is the most awesome mini lesson and demo I've seen ever!!! And the fact that you talk and play drums with your feet at the same time,and you're not falling out of tempo! Seeing this vid makes me want to do this even more!- or at least learning even more things!

"It feels pretty good" as his fingers throb and turn a slight shade of purple from all the sprinting lol

Les Claypool likes this

I don't have money for a guitar and I can't play a good note to save my entire family, but I still clicked like on this. Thx for the general music knowledge, mate.

"hey what's up! I'm Rob Scallon, and I am better at guitar than you ever possibly could be. I will now teach you a technique your tiny mind can't even begin to comprehend."

"I have always wanted to play the guitar but the beginning seemed so slow and frustrating"

Rob ''Claypool'' Scallon.

This is the most entertaining video tutorial ever.

This has to be the most kickass tutorial I've ever seen!

Never looses the damn Groove... that's the part that blows my mind. Also i now hate myself as a musician.

me before the vid: "oh 7 minutes of all rob knoledge of slap After vid: "i dont know if i should cry or laugh"

Dude. I've been a Primus fan since the mid 90s and this just gave me chills like the first time I listened to Antipop. Appreciate you

It’s so cool how he is playing a drum beat, slapping, and talking in time.

...and now to rewatch it as an instructional video!

very impressive, Rob. I can barely even just conversate with someone while playing a simple rhythm. it blows my mind how you can juggle playing slap guitar on an 8 string, kick the drums, and give an entire lesson over it all. It was seemingly flawless. Well done! ty for the tips and lesson. I want to start learning how to play slap now

This guy REALLY needs to join Primus. Or the Flecktones. IMAGINE .

Damn this video has to be my favourite video on KZfaq, the production quality is just top tier and everything about it is great.

Mad skills! He plays the impossible, does the drums with his feet, explains the damn in real time thing and makes it all in a take with no cuts. 😮😲😝

Do a song with all open strings, no capo and you can only use tuning knobs no whammy.

This is sick :D I love the way it's presented with the drums and its a demo, but musical throughout.

This video is so awesome. As a bass player I truly respect how independent your body is.

I want a djent cover of the seinfeld theme.

hah damn I can't even control my face when playing guitar, I look like a dork. But this is next level. You rule Rob!

This man could single-handedly cover a Primus song like this. 😲

the energy of this video is such a vibe

not gonna lie. you dont even have to play guitar to like this. this video is damn entertaining. been watching for awhile and youve been a huge inspiration on how ive learned. keep it up man. really impressive

How to play Slap. Step 1: Watch Video Step 3: Try It Step 4: Realize I skipped 2 Step 5:Throw Away Guitar

Such heavy Primus vibes! I cant breathe!

Just the way this video is made, i just love it.