*Time-stamps for the techniques* Step and a Half Trills: 0:38 Ramping Into a Note: 1:40 Step and a Half Bends: 2:19 Step and a Half Segmented Bends: 3:25 3-note Pull Off Sequence: 5:02 Dual/Country Bends: 6:32 Tremolo Bar Vibrato: 8:42 Staccato Picking: 10:06 Rhythmic Double Stops: 10:50 Half-step Bends: 11:36 Fast Vibrato: 12:47 Double Stop Slides: 13:27 Artificial Harmonics: 14:39 Post-Note Bend: 15:12
Gilmour is the most under appreciated guitarist in history. He's responsible for some of the greatest solos ever recorded but is never mentioned as one of the all-time greats. He's the greatest in my opinion.
I mean, can you really say under appreciated with how popular their albums, especially DSOTM are. Many say he's the reason they love the band. I can see an argument that the guitar world doesn't appreciate him as much considering how much people talk about other players in bands that are on par with the Floyd like EVH Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, SRV etc.
If you mean outside the floyd community that know how good he is (even the naysayers of Waters) I agree that he isn't well known even though rolling stone ranks him 14th greatest guitarist of all time
One thing he does that you didn't mention. he adds alot of rests in between his licks. Completely silencing the guitar not sustaining the notes. instead of just playing his licks consecutively. This is essential.
Briar Jensen Your right! but Gilmour did that sometimes not everytime. The best example of what you said is his guitar solo in the song Another Brick in the Wall Part II. Many rests in that solo of his.
Possibly the best technique vid I have ever watched. Clearly stated details demonstrated without showing off....very rare indeed. I love Gilmore and now I have a better understanding of his methods.
This is a very interesting one. Even if nobody can ever play like Gilmour it still is an awesome tutorial to boost the own way of soloing :) Thank you very much
I really appreciate how this teacher makes an effort to make these techniques approachable to players of different levels - breaks each idea down into clear, simple steps. His positive, encouraging attitude is exemplary (in a world overrun by trolls. Will someone just buy these trolls an ice cream already?!). I could see an advanced beginner learning these ideas with a bit of practice. His Tony Iommi video is equally as instructive. Well done! Would you do one on Brian May?
I now understand more about the guitar let alone hearing all the different sounds, thank you Mike your such an inspiration to us blind guitarist around the world 🌎
I've seen a lot of _guitar lessons_ here, but this one was really cool! I love how you showed things that *Gilmour* does without actually playing his solos. Very cool video!!!
Great lesson, thanks very much for sharing as Gilmour is of course one of the greatest to learn from and follow. Very well structured lesson, again, thanks a lot
Nice job as always, Mike! Youve gotten me to transform my thinking in a way that helps me create. The skills on your videos are great building blocks. Thanks so much!
The thing with David too is he rarely shakes the note right away. He'll let it sing for a bit before shaking it, just like a human voice that holds a note and then naturally goes into vibrato. And his intonation is so spot on, like bending a string and then picking the note and releasing it. The second solo for Shine On You Crazy Diamond once the accompaniment has come in. He starts it off by bending the 13th on the B string up a perfect full step, then plucks the note and releases the bend. You really have to know your instrument to nail that. Cool video!
I feel like a remote cousin to Gilmour now that I know at least 90% of all of his little intricacies. I would also like to say that I think the blues pentatonic run, such as heard in Comfortably Numb, is used ALOT in his solos.
I'm super appreciative of this video, I've been a huge fan of Gilmour since I first started playing and learned a lot of his techniques from watching him play but it's really helpful to have you breakdown some his moves. Thank You 🤘😎
His "Live at Pompeii" jams totally changed my playing. The best was how he was sitting on the ground with the guitar horazontal on his lap making alien noises with his slide. I used to do that shit all the time, my pops loved it lol.
Now that I've watched this, even though I don't play, I can see and hear what he is doing. His playing is magical and yet this somehow makes it seem simpler. Very cool.
That was really well done in all ways Brother. So refreshing. Thank you. Very articulate and precise playing as well as are the descriptions, and so brief, love that, easy to learn and remember, makes simple sense at the root so people can experiment and make it more individualized as you mentioned/suggested. maybe 'you'd faint'' if Gilmour commended you but for you tube you scored 100% on the 'commending comments'... So many people are so rude and condescending in comments, which is so unappreciative. We don't see them going out of their way to assist others, they just bash people who do, it's nuts. And 'of course' Gilmour guitar style fans are a high class breed.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm okay with negative comments. I was once in a place where I tossed a few out and it's probably just karma now. haha. Anyhow once again, thanks for the comment.
Fender makes a tremolo bar spring that you can drop in to the hole on your guitar and then screw in the bar. And it will put pressure back on the bar so it will stay stiff where you need it
Great great video. Liked - and I subscribed a while ago. There is, of course, a LOT of guitar teaching on YT but for my tastes you're one of the best. I really like your low key, but very excellent, way of explaining. I'm 58 and just picked up a Strat knockoff in January. I'm taking the long view to learning. No rushing. Just doing my best to enjoy the whole process. Noodling to backing tracks has really really helped inspire me to keep at it. In my dreams I'm half as capable as you are before I close my eyes for the big sleep. Cheers,
Been working on learning these techniques for awhile now. Great job! Wish I had found this sooner! Might have saved me some time. I found out the hard way that a 4 tone bend up around the 15th-17th frets on the high E, don't make for very long string life-spans! lol. POP!!!! Damn. Until my new strings arrive, I'll just have to break out my Squier Strat! Thanks for all the work you do!
great vid. I have almost the same guitar and thought my tremolo arm was just loose too until i discovered it wasn't pushed in properly, give it a good hard push into the socket and it should pop into place.
Thanks Mike. I just learnt 3 solos. Money, Time and Comfortably Numb. (Without most of what you shared in your video) Good for you that you picked up a lot of these Gilmour techniques. I may have to visit this video more often. Thank so much!!!
Re : half step bends - the way to think about Gilmour in general, is the way he uses bends not only sounds cool, but is a more efficient way of playing. Especially with the 1.5 step bends, you can hit higher notes without ever moving your left hand, which could otherwise be tricky depending on what your index finger is doing. Can hit a wider range of notes faster, easier, and cleaner - all with the cool bend effect.
Two solutions for your loose trem arm... Fender makes a spring you can drop into the theaded cylinder for the trem bar that will put upward force on the threads to tighten up the fit. You could also fill in the spaces between the threads of the bar and the cylinder with PTFE paste, but this is less effective if you remove the trem bar regularly. One of mine is always on the guitar and that works pretty well, but the spring works equal to it; if not better.
You did it the right way! You SHOULD put your own thing into these lessons or tutorials! Great work, captured many of DGs tricks and manners in a fun and inspiring way! Cool and clever! Cheers!
+MeMoving1 Thanks. It's hard not to put a bit of your own style in these. Of course if any of us could sound exactly like DG we wouldn't have anything original to offer the world.
