Can I learn Playing God in an hour?! 

Lol “I just know if I had those tats I could hit those harmonics..” 🤣🤣🤣

It’s not fair that you’re this damn good at the guitar AND this damn entertaining

The difficulty gap between people who learn this song with and without tabs is huge.

I love the complete change from 7:38 to 7:45 It goes from a confident “Easy money!” To a disheartened “that’s hard”

Bro, you should 100% positively do more stuff like this. So good!!!!

Will never forget there is a guitarist named Tim in Polyphia who has excellent job security.

I would unironically watch a 2-3 hour version of you learning the whole song like this lmfao. It’s crazy to me how fast you pick up on what he’s doing. Experience is wild, homie. Very epic

Seeing content like this legit makes me feel more positive about my practice time and hangups learning hard stuff. A lot more. I struggle with depression. Big thank you dude, this is awesome and super helpful.

The "That's hard!" and 7:42 is me every time I try to learn anything new haha

I remember learning this, and was so happy when I could play it at 120 bpm, only to learn that it's at 138 bpm. It was a huge hurdle getting it to that speed. That boy is quick af.

As a guitarist who once spent a week trying to learn Goat (and used tabs as well) it’s borderline hypnotic watching how quickly you picked this up. This was so fun to watch

I never thought that a pro like you would search notes when playing by ear the same clumsy way as me. I feel better now. But I got to learn a couple of cues from you, like singing the parts before going to the fretboard. Awesome work, man

Please for the love of god - do more stuff like this. Was a joy to watch.

The similarities to Sam's reactions and mine when learning stuff is hilarious, and makes me feel better as a guitarist lol.

I love the transition from 7:40 with the confident "easy money right there!!" to 7:44 a whimper of "that's hard" xD. captures my whole experience trying to learn this in 4 seconds

as an intermediate guitar player i am in awe and can’t IMAGINE EVER playing or learning any of this WITH tab, let alone as well as he did in AN HOUR AND A HALF BY EYE AND EAR

Now we need a full version. Amazing Job Sam and it sounds beautiful on Acoustic Nylon

Your reaction at 3:47 is my exact reaction to learning new complex pieces 😂

Polyphia is such an incredible band. Clay Aeschliman, Clay Gober, Scott LePage and Sam Griffin are really killing it!

“I’m like Tim. I’m like Tim!!😄 ….I’m not like Tim 😞” lol that’s my favorite part

Never heard any Polyphia songs before, sounds quite difficult! I enjoyed seeing your method for learning a song buy sight/ear. Sorry to hear your tour got cut short, but super glad I got to meet/see you guys a couple weeks ago.

seeing you slow these riffs down make them sound so much more obtainable to learn. this video gave me the confidence to learn this song cause it didn't feel as intimidating anymore I love it thank you for this

i like watching your process and the way your brain works out the complexities of tims playing. this is the first video of yours ive seen, great work

I love watching vidoes of people learning a song. Especially your breakdown and funny commentary. I was laughing but cheering for you the whole time.

OMG the way u picked it up so quickly. your understanding and mastery is wild dude

Although I'm not anywhere near your level of playing I totally appreciate your struggle working out a piece of music one painful lick at a time. I love it! You are showing the actual tedious steps of learning

Incredible dude! That is an absurdly difficult piece, and you got did a stellar job of putting it together. I also loved the commentary/instruction. Even if it was just you thinking aloud. More please!

Thank you Sam! You re-inspired me to come back to guitar after being so dejected trying to learn one of Tim Henson's songs. As an amazing guitarist whom I revere, watching you struggle and achieve about the same level of success as I had (15 seconds) gives me faith that no mere mortal can pull off a Polyphia song in its entirety. Can't wait to see your ascension when you finally master those juicy riffs. Keep up the awe inspiring work!

Have to give a huge shout out to you Sam for putting Polyphia on my radar. I dont branch out often for new music and this video got my intrested in Polyphia and now I can't get enough of them. Thank you for posting this video and hope to see more like this in the future.

You're the best man, having those sick aural skills, nice! Love to see your method on how you approach a new song, decompose the bars, comment on the techniques used, setting up the melody by singing it, it's really interesting and I learned a lot, thanks!

That was awesome man, I think you should continue challenging yourself with this song honestly. This was great to see you learning and progressing.

3:49 😭 Honestly man you did great. Can’t imagine seeing the tabs for this let alone playing it by ear. Need more Polyphia covers💯🙏🏻

Just saw them play this live the other night. Was absolutely incredible. Mad props for playing what you did as well as you did.

never thought seeing others learn crazy difficult riffs would be so entertaining. Amazing!

Well done! I really enjoyed watching you decipher this. I love that people like you give classical guitar some exposure! Also, when your back hurts at the 45 minute mark... Too relatable man..

Video is straight gold. Mainly because of your personality. Pleeease keep learning Tim riffs.

This was so awesome, I would love to watch more of these style videos.

You sir earned my sub, i will study on how you study this song. Looking forward for the rest of it.

I've seen you for a while now and just recently started going throwing all your vids. And it all started cause I wanted some beautiful FF covers. You have the best guitar ones by far. Your technique, style, nuances, expressions, etc are on point. You cover a lot of games I grew up on especially FF. You don't just play the song either, you add your own style that sounds so good. You honestly remind me of my buddies and how we'd spend hours playing games and jamming, like the way you talk, joke around, and the covers you decide to do. It feels like I'm watching one of my friends in your vids lol anyway, I've been in a guitar slump lately, but you're one of the very few people that motivate me to keep playing and give me new ideas. I haven't thought about doing video game arrangements on guitar, but your vids for sure make me want to. I appreciate the tabs too.

This made me audibly chuckle to myself, please make more videos like this. Amazing work.

First time ever seeing your channel. This type of video will be your future bread and butter. I am not a guitar player but love to see breakdowns of how the music is made.

Great content!!! Tim goes freaking ham for like 12 bars at the end of this song and it’s frickin mind blowing. Lol so good!! They just put out another song, neurotica which has been stuck in my head since it came out. There’s an unplugged version of it too!

sick video been listening to a lot of polyphia later and its amazing how u got the riff so fast, yes an hour for 15 seconds is fast when we are talking about tim

I wasn't expecting this. and I really wasn't expecting you to learn it THAT fast. Youre incredible Sam.

It’s so nice to see someone better than me still struggle and do the same things when trying to figure out something by ear

Bro u gotta do a part 2. this series is awesome

You're really funny, I've always thought your end of video talks were hilarious. You should do more of these. Kbye!

you're amazing and watching you unpack their song and interact with it makes it all the more beautiful

"If only I had those tats, I know I could hit those particular harmonics" Love your style of humor throughout this video

More of these videos of you doing this process would be gold. Love the editing.

Your videos are VERY good. Please continue with heart and passion. A LOT of people want this kind of learning humorous videos. THANK YOU !

Subbed! Man, there are a lot of youtubers that "fake" this type of thing; you, sir, do not seem to be one of them. I've played guitar for 20 years and ended up learning this song, along with improving the crap out of my picking hand, and it's cool to see you struggling with stuff that I did (then literally overcoming it in seconds, where it took me weeks lol).

Playing this on a classical guitar is just insane

the nose chord got me good, you should use this technique more often.

10/10 content my dude, so wholesome, keep these up!

This was so entertaining. You’re amazing at guitar and your personality is awesome

Great stuff man. Also learned this finger picking as that’s just what I prefer. Those harmonics in the 7th and 8th around 8:15 I found were more consistent if I just barred to the 6th fret in preparation for the next line. Makes hitting the harmonics at 5 easier since they’re slight further down on the string compared to others. Hope this helps!

I’m actually really impressed you were able to learn that much and play it so well in only an hour and a half!! Good job for real. Your editing added humor too, great video.

This was insane! Your channel is so underrated.

props for even trying dude , and you even succeeded at getting the intro so fast !!. id never even fathom trying to learn this, tim scares me lmaooo

This was so good and absolutely hilarious. Loved the nose chord attempt. 🤣

Bros is so casual learning it, when i tried to learn this I immediately just sleep

This was great to watch😁 I'd love to see you give OD a shot. It's amazing to see Tim play that one.

I just learned so much from watching you breakdown your process of learning. You’re exceptional bro 💯

it's cool to know that I'm not the only one who learns songs this way, sitting and agonizing over whether it's an open string or a double stop or a whole different goddamn instrument haha

“Why?! Why would you do that Tim??” Is the most accurate thing we all say when trying to learn one of their songs😂

Your channel needs more of this. This is epic. You will become more of a legend

First time ever watching you man, loved it will def be coming back

Two of my favorite worlds colliding.

I felt the same way trying to learn so many of Tim's riffs. Love em or hate em, Polyphia plays well. Looking forward to you doing a full cover of this Edit: I love that you did the nose and lip fretting at the end.

Love your humor, you got a new subscriber

I love this, Sam!!! Great video oh god! It is so interesting to watch an absolute expert like you learning something hard. So good!

7:42 us regular guitar plebs when we try to play some of Sams tabs

Great contents! Without Tim, I could not know great guitarists from other genres like you. Subbed!

It's so comforting see somebody else do and say the exact same kind of things I do and say when I'm learning a song

Just found you through this video and you are hilarious. Can't wait to watch more

"I just know if I had those tats I could get these particular harmonics" 🤣

You are clearly insanely good, but this song is insane for everyone. I want to learn it so much, but i know it would take it me over a year to learn it at half speed.

Made me laugh a couple times, entertaining. You're a genuine watch. Thanks for the content.

This was very nice, would love if you did more of these

You should try Goose by Polyphia. It's a decently chill jam. Or another good one with some blues vibe is Worst. Either way, I'd love to see you learn more Polyphia in general. They're kinda blowing up right now in popularity and I'm going to see them live in Texas next month for the first time, so I'm super stoked!

It's people like you and Tim that make me want to give up on guitar. It's also people like you and Tim who make me want to never give up on guitar. So... Thank you and damn it all I am more jelly than Smuckers' brand grape jelly.

Love finding new guitarists I love. Incredibly entertaining

Awesome work!! Plus that was super entertaining you’re hilarious. You’re goofy outer dialogue is basically my normal inner dialogue so it’s relatable 🤣

Stopping every 5 minutes just go cry a lil and go “that’s hard 😩😭” is literally me any time I try to learn ANY of the things tim does, much less polyphia as a whole 😭😭

Dude you need to do more stuff like this. It's like a reaction video but while trying to play what you are reacting to at the same time. Mind blowing

Its very enjoyable to learn more from you , bro! Thanks fro sharing!

You’ve got yourself a sub from me dude. Great job man I’ve been struggling to learn memory by them lmao but it definitely the most doable for me because I am nowhere near the level I want to be.

Never clicked so fast

such a crossover ily

man.. you repeated my emotions when I'm trying to play your songs even with tabs :) what's a pleasure, thank you :)

First video Im seeing from you and I can definitely see myself getting addicted to these

Whenever I see him counting the frets I can't help but laugh and feel assured that even pro would count on frets to make sure they hear it right😂

Now can we see Tim try and learn Super Mario 2 In an hour ?

first video I've seen of you. Hillarious from start to finish! Stealing the nose-chord.

Love this "watch me learn" type of video. Really shows a different side of guitar playing... where we all roast ourselves to self motivate.

Playing God should be called God Playing

“I’m just like Tim” “I’m not like Tim” 😂 Absolutely insane how well you did man.

omg i love this so much. Two of my fav guitarists in the same video

Epic!. And a very fun watch! Well done mate!