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Exactly. People like Jim Root and Kirk Hammett and many others sound good fast, but David Gilmour didn't have to play fast to have just as much or more power than them.
David Gilmour i feel doesn't get brought up enough in conversations about great guitar players. His style is so unique, you immediately know it's him playing when you hear it
@@firefaller3555 I agree with what you're saying. I guess different things impress different people differently, I've tried to figure the same thing out.
@Angel. I do believe him to be the madness and wild man that made them Pink Floyd. Roger Gilmore did his thing to sold old Arenas, he lacked something Waters brought I think. I could be wrong, but they do not sound a like. Honestly, Gilmour was easier to listen too and the better guitar player, its just how it is/was. I know you Waters guys are dedicated, but I'd take a Gilmour show over a Waters show any day. Sac Religous, maybe, but as a guitar player, and not a song writer who I'd rather hear.
Waters: "This bit here is about how much I ####### hate Margaret Thatcher..." Listener: "Who? I can't relate to this song at all." Gilmour: "WOWOWOWAAAAAAAOWOW..."
Gilmour is still alive and performing. Several times throughout the video he is referred to in past tenses as if no longer living. Grammar point for future videos.
"Sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta good at something". Yeah, it's hard now but if you can stick it through until you can play a few songs you like, it's really fun!
He is a kind of magic when it comes with playing! When I'm lazing on a Sunday afternoon listening to queen I've always thought of his guitar riffs, he sure knows how to tear it up!
David Gilmour has an amazing ability to sound huge with just one note. He plays just one bend and any guitar player listening will just melt. He is the master of suspense and emotion. You cannot teach his style 100%. You can get close. But there will always be that 1% that only his unique mind can reproduce. Very few guitarist give me the chills when I hear their music. SRV and David are just about the only two. Music is Win = My daily guitar related enjoyment. Keep up the solid work. You have a solid understanding on the minds of many and that makes you good to listen to. And you understand the best aspect of guitar. THE MUSIC!
You don't have to teach his style, its quite easy. He's got a taste of blues, but his rifs are easy, you can basically play them by ear the first time around. What SRV songs give you chills the say, Learnin' to Fly. I don't feel the same. He's just to fast, he is among the best, his version of little wing is amazing and moving yes. Not sure how he did that.
I had a teacher who used Gilmour as an example of how it's sometimes more about the notes you DON'T play than the ones you do play. His point was you can be a great guitar player without playing fast (not that David can't, I'm sure he can) if you simply know what notes to play and what ones to leave out to convey a message. You're also spot on with his hands, him and B.B. had/have an amazing way of massaging every note just right.
I’m convinced that David Gilmour has gotten so good at Bending that he has the ability to bend the laws of time so he can go back in time and reexperience all the amazing performances of his life
His Work has outlasted every shredder or trend we have ever seen! guitar players take note! on what it means to write something awesome and creating timeless phrases and Parts. I have seen them all and Gilmour still inspires me...
That was an excellent analysis of Gilmour and how to express rather than just play an instrument. We should never underestimate the sound of silence. Actors make the the same mistake. They are afraid of the pause. It terrifies them. Exactly the same thing. You put out some really interesting and thoughtful ideas.
Make sure to check out Modern Rock Guitar Techniques (bit.ly/MODROCKcg) for a full breakdown of some of the techniques I used in this lesson. Also, comment and let me know which guitarist I should break down the habits of next!
Pink Floyd was about themes whereas David's solo work relies on just whatever he feels like doing. The only modern song I like from him is On An Island because it reminds me of Echoes.
There's a bit more to it than that - The way he plays individual notes is quite unique. The best way to replicate that I've found requires the thumb and finger to pluck the string pretty much simultaneously, and for the thumb to be as far up towards the neck as possible while the finger is as close to the bridge as possible. Also being able to play rhythm and lead at the same time is really characteristic of his later (mid 90s onwards) style. I've never quire managed to work that one out, though. I would consider Mark Knopfler to be my personal guitar hero. His solo music is a blend of folk and blues that I simply adore. His lyrics are really interesting, too. Loads of stories about his life and things he's seen.
Indeed, for how truly amazing and unique he is, he tends to be overlooked on best of lists. Also, the story behind the lyrics for Money For Nothing is amazing.
Ethan Rummel wasn't it something like he overheard a Best Buy employee commenting on Musician's playing on MTV and he wrote down everything he was saying?
But he hates soloing. I think he's the kind of guitarist that would require something more specific like escales, modes, etc. to know how he likes to write music
Indeed, but having seen his interviews have you ever felt that he's holding back? Not giving you everything, not sure how to say that, hes quiet. I wish he talked tech more, and, from his past and present. The old days of Les Pauls, to the Lace Sensors and black beauty. Why such a big switch, and to maple no less, although my problem with maple is not his, i find it unforgiving in tight spots.
@@gustavomelles1 It's a pun, his last name being Clapton so it's like Slowhand clap = Slowhand Clapton. A slowhand clap is something people used to do for encores in the 60's when he was given the name by John Mayall if I'm not mistaken.
Raphael chieusse-gerard. EVH. Iv Hear his early reh tapes. Pop up solo tech's support, lick rythums .now Hendrix lefty one hand solo into voids, black hole explorer , heighest heights on bends!!AMEN!
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If we gonna talk solos. I think his best solo ever was on Echoes Pompeii( Funky Part) Mix of sound , his feel, use of triads and tremolo bar carrys emotion that slams you in the face right from the first note.
you need a guitar, would that start you out? if you promised you'd priactice i'd consider sending you a squire for nothing, which is nothing to be ashamed of. music will change you.
Not sure if this would be a popular choice, but Habits of Lindsey Buckingham would be fantastic. Very different approach to classic rock guitar, and the subtleties rhythm playing are phenomenal. Maybe not the most high profile player to do, but could learn so much.
Not even close. DG has some of the most fluid bends ever...always perfect, and his soft touch and precision. Page is sloppier and not nearly as calm and collected...both icons and brilliant song writers, but miles apart as players.
Maybe Robin Trower? I'm sure that would be so much fun and educational. Btw, you are a great guitar player and teacher! You inspire me to reach deeper and I really enjoy your videos!! Thank you so much.
Adam Jones. I've seen a lot of people talk about how to play like him, but they don't go into how to get those enormous feedback sounds he textures his songs with.
Nice analysis. When I learned that he played sax before guitar his playing (phrasing, note choice, bending etc) made so much more sense to me. Think of the solo on Time - could have been a sax solo. Even the tone he chose makes his guitar sound like a saxophone. (Go listen now - and reply to me - do you hear it too?) Now think of eddie Van Halen soloing - he grew up with his dad playing clarinet. Think of big band clarinet - choppy, super fast phrasing and note runs. Boom! Who else is channeling other instruments on their lead playing? Yngwie and the violin obviously. Chuck berry and his horn section musings - he was copying what horns would do by playing double note lead runs. The human voice is obviously a blues lead guitar target, but harmonica has been channeled often as well. A lot jazz guitarists sound like they are channeling vibes. Channel your inner other instruments!!!
Casey Kittel David scat sings his lyrics and guitar solos first. He records the rhythm tracks, then scat sings nonsense, where lyrics, and guitar solos would be. Then he listens back to it, and tries to replicate what he sang, but with his guitar. His wife listens to his scat singing, where lyrics would be, and lets his singing inspire her. If he what he sang, kinda sounds like a certain real word, she'll take note, and try to work it into the actual lyrics. If you listen to "Wish You Were Here", you can hear his scat singing, along with his guitar playing. They were originally going to take it out, after he recorded his guitar parts over it, but they thought it sounded better with his scat singing left in.
whatever works! whatever it takes to get the ideas down. I make better music by singing the solos out first too! learned from a pete seger "learn to play guitar" book fucking amazing. love it.
Casey Kittel Yes, me too; except I learned it from watching David Gilmour interviews. I found that it definitely helps with phrasing. It gives you a more natural build to your solo, rather than just... "What would sound cool in this spot, and 'impress' whoever listens to it?"
Excellent dude!! David Gilmour is the most soulful guitar player ever, along with Steve Vai! Thanks for this. Can you tell us the delay and distortion settings you used here? Habits of Gary Moore, Eric Clapton or Johnny Winter would be great!
It's impossible to sound like Gilmour no matter how much you try. Heck even he can't play the comfortably numb solo like he used to. Truly an amazing guitarist that showed me more notes isn't always better. Also please do Clapton sometime in the future ;)
Biggest technique in my mind is something you said but didnt spend much time on. David put SOUL into it. More soul in 4 notes than most artist will have in their entire catalogue.
One habit of John Petrucci is basically all of David Gilmour's habits combined with or played in between ridiculous shredding. Listen to Lines in the Sand specifically for a very Gilmouresque solo.
I always liked David Gilmore but when he released The Division Bell, I became a huge fan. His tone is almost ambient but at the forefront. His use of reverb and delay are masterful.
Great video as always! However I think you missed something- making use of pinch harmonics. You can hear them especially in the second solo of Comfortably Numb.
I think also that his style have been a little bit influenced by other Pink Floyd members, like the more direct and aggressive playing of Waters and the gentle and the delicate playing of Wright...
great video man. here is a list of a bunch of guitarist i'd like you to break the habits of Mark Knopfler Jimmy Paige Zakk Wylde Randy Rhoades Carlos Santana by the way, killer tone, what effects and settings were you using?
After breaking a thousand strings trying to do the 3-step bend in Another Brick in the Wall, I learned in an interview that he used scalloped frets to get those big multi-step bends. Also, re: vibrato, he was very intent on not starting the vibrato immediately after landing a note. He compared it to a good singer, who would gradually add the vibrato.
that's not how he plays rhythm at all on ABITW - you need to look & listen to the vid footage of the actual Wall concerts...and there's a gob of overdrive on the backing track to 2nd numb solo. You got his scale choice and voicings right but you're guessing at everything else. Clearly you don't get what makes DG special
Serve the Song. That says it all. Anything else is self-indulgent noise. Or practice to...serve songs! Or something like Eruption which is a 'showcase' song. Just playing to play and fill space is just purposeless background noise.
Great vid. David Gilmour / PF is one of my faves and yes its all about the fingers for him. Very hard to play like him without knowing how to have the FEEL. Great info. Just recently found your site. Great to see someone so young be such a good player and teacher. Keep it up
