#guitar #music #guitarist #shorts yessir. this time I've had enough of the Cobain slander and brought to light one of Kurt's most technically challenging guitar riffs. can you play it? and can you dig it.
Very interesting. I can see why this would be a good riff. I personally use Call Of Khatulu. It is great for the picking hand ,But on the other spectrum this riff I think would be a great addition for fret hand. I usually play Master of Puppets for that.
@@estebandiazmendez4562 I will have to try that too. I usually Play E-C# turnings. So I personally do not know any Slipknot. Love the band but dont know the guitar personally. I can play snuff and bother by stone sour. I think Jim is great as a guitar player. J is humble and thinks not but he is good at both lead and has great. Riffs and I love his acoustic playing.
@@jasonjewell1667 yea I like learning all the fast and heavy riffs cause they’re fun to play and they’re a challenge since I moved on from Metallica kinda lol I also use like the really fast part in raining blood to jus rlly tire my left hand
@@tommyballz7141I remembered the time Kurt's guitar stopped working in the middle of the song "Scoff" at a concert and he stops to fix it and Krist replaces Kurt on vocals 😂😂😂😂
I think his hardest riff is actually the beginning of Love Buzz. It starts with the bass, then comes the power chords, and after the first few power chords when he starts playing this lick really fast in between each chord and it’s so difficult to play the lick into the chord over and over again.
Not really though. Most of the vocals are during the much easier chorded parts with a little overhanging scream while this riff is played, but that's much easier to do than actually singing lyrics during that riff.
@@jackasmaracas4362 i am mindful of it. That's why I can say 'i think' it's not difficult as a response to a comment saying 'i always thought'. That's literally a juxtaposition of two understandings of what's difficult, lol. How's that pretentious
the cheeky smile while youre running the main riff is the EXACT FEELING i get whenever a riff im learning finally picks up and starts making the sound i want.
Kurt was a good guitar player. I've never understood why people say he sucks. Sure he was no Yngwie Malmsteen, but he was a good solid guitar player, he certainly didn't suck.
@@AtanoKSiyou gotta understand man there’s no such thing as over hype is either u got it our you don’t got it , and the Kurt cobain was able to connect with his fans was on a differnt level
It was because he was undeniably talented from the years of hard work and dedication he put into his music. When Nirvana became popular, they dethroned the terrible buttrock bands of the era. Nirvana changed music and the taste of America. People became jealous. We call these people Haters these days. I personally never like any rock music when I was a kid. (I loved Classic Rock, but not lame metal) It was Nirvana that got me to listen to something more than just hip-hop. To this day, I can't stand the sound of Guns and Rose or Metallica.... or their plethora of clones like Poison and Warrant.
I already knew it was Mr Mustache before the sound played by watching your hands. It is a really fun riff to play. It's also funny that you said "Metallica riff" because before Nirvana broke out I was playing mostly Metallica on guitar. So this riff felt right at home for me. Oh I miss the early 90's
@@bubblegumu983 I never said it was hard. I just guessed the song. I was playing this song on guitar when I like 12/13 years old so yeah, it's not that hard. How ever, before I got into Nirvana and "grunge" I was a Metal head and played a ton of Metallica from the first 4 albums. So yeah, this song wasn't hard so much as it was super fun to play. But if you're a beginner guitar player mostly strumming chords then yeah, this song it a skill check.
I forgot about this riff for so long as a beginner and the came back almost a year later and this riff was so easy for me to pick up again. Progress really doesn’t happen overnight fellas
I remember watching an interview from Kirk Hammett saying Kurt's favorite Metallica song was Whiplash which makes me wonder if this riff was inspired by Jump in the Fire because they're both in G and both have some chromaticism and to me sound a little similar.
@Icy Freez yes, but donald said "both are in g" when referencing whiplash, and whiplash is not in G and is not chromatic. Jump in the fire is in G and has some chromaticism due to being written in the blues scale
Kurt just wasn't trying to impress anyone, but his talent was there to be seen when you look at how tight his playing was and he would often be playing different notes to what he was singing, something I've still never properly mastered. He was no Steve Vai, but then, Steve Vai would probably say he's no Kurt Cobain.
@@Skincrawlingguy thinking riffs have to be technical enough to impress the bros is a great way to write a bunch of music no one cares about. Music is about evoking emotion in the listener, not athletic feats.
He favored punk rock over metal. Metal is all about being technical and for kurt, he wanted to put focus on the energy, caring less for the technical side and favoring the creative side. Metal songs are usually straight forward lyrically in favor of technicality. This allowed his lyrics to bloom, and the band to just have fun with it and experiment with sounds. Another weird riff is on the bass for hairspray queen. Sounds dope and is weird on the fingers.
Everytime I would hear someone talking about how we don't have the capacity to create any more original songs due the fact that there are no more I think about raw talent like this
I think I’m a minority because I use 7 and 8-string Schecters and outside of Metal people just don’t know what the fuck I’m using. Guy: “Do you have a Strat or Tele?” Me: “C-8 Silver mountain” Guy: “*confusion* GET AWAY FROM ME”
@@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 I play mostly metal so Fenders are a no-go for me due to the lack of humbucking and just mediocre tone when it comes to metal distortion. For me, it's Jackson all the way. I am all for seeing different guitars than what I use, but I don't understand the appeal of owning so many of the same guitar. Personally, I would much rather own a wide variety of vastly different guitars that can all be used for a unique tone.
Man, I remember hitting rewind so many times trying to figure that one out back in the day. Nirvana was the perfect band to teach yourself guitar basics by ear. Those were the days….. thanks for the reminder! Great video!
I used to jam this with my high-school band all the time for warmup! Knew the song as soon as I saw your fingers move in that pattern even before it had sound.
Cobain’s guitar playing is actually really clever and articulate. People act like since he didn’t play at 200bpm and shred he’s not technical and that he’s all simple intro stuff. But the strumming on Lithium is actually really interesting, and the solo on In Bloom is crazy. He had simple structures and relied on power chords but other than that he was fantastic.
The toughest track to sing and play in my opinion comes from the same album, Swap Meet. Even now I have to peek at my left hand to make sure it’s still keeping up
I saw it coming. I tried to play this when I was very young thinking it sounded simple enough. So I look around to see what I'm doing wrong and turns out I'd picked the worst thing to attempt as a beginner. Fuck this song. I love it.
Kurt Cobain was honestly a much more skilled guitarist than a lot of people give him credit for. Far from the most technical, sure. But credit where credit is due, he was able to do what he needed to serve the music he wanted to make. I think a lot of people would be well served to dive past the big Nirvana hits and try some of the more intense stuff
Yeah it's better to just let the guitar nerds cry. Kurt wasn't a bad guitar player. He was a simple one. There's a difference. And nirvana absolutely has songs that beginners will struggle to learn and struggle to sing at the same time as playing. He was a talented musician.
@@johnnycaralta He shifted music from the overindulgent cringey hair metal scene that glorified drugs and extravagance and shifted music for the masses to be introspective and actually honest.
@@technicaldeathmetalhead He shifted it into apathetic, effortless, monotonous grunge while still glorifying drugs. There's nothing introspective about it. At least hair metal was an entertaining shit show.
@@johnnycaralta Grunge songs don't glorify sex, drugs and rock n roll. It's ok if you like those things, to each their own. Personally I don't like either eras but at least grunge hearkened more to personal struggles and introspection instead of doing childish rock songs performed by drag queens.
None of his stuff is technically difficult past a beginner guitar player but he had style. And he used feedback and other “unorthodox” sounds well. The solo for In Bloom is a great example. “Simple” solo but not easy to replicate.
@@jmunj You think I don't know Megadeth and Dave? Even James Hetfield is great. Geddy Lee from Rush ... just insane. But Kurt changed my life since Nirvana was the reason I decided to pick an instrument and play music.
First song I performed with my highschool band (during my angst era) was Mr Moustache! It actually isn't too hard, cause it's so repetitive you just turn off while you're singing it. I need to listen to more but I remember there being harder riffs than this because it's rhythmically simple
Such a sweet guitar lick definitely brushing up on this one before practice today I always forget how genius Kurt was and how much he constantly reminds me to be original and create something that no one expects absolutely perfectly played
This is a “feeling” riff that any 1yr guitar player could play and even write. The guy isn’t famous for being good at his instrument, he’s famous for his song writing.
