Master the Snow (Hey Oh) Riff In Just 3 Steps 

Man, just tried to play it at full speed and then remembered that I also have to breathe

Woah markiplier can shred

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Me: *sees title* you can't! Also me (at the end): well... Thanks man!!!

Had been trying on and off to learn this with tabs for years, always gave up after 10 mins and moved on, followed this vid, 2 days later (3 actual hours of playing) I'm playing it, not quite full speed but I can play it! Amazing tutorial breakdown thanks! - side note, there is so much to be said about learning something, playing it a bit and leaving it a bit and letting your brain/hands embed the memory, coming back and going again, amazing how the muscles seem to do the work for you in a way!

sometimes its so frustrating watching lesson vids cuz you just wanna hear the riff played!! but its so slow in the beginning!! LOL awesome lesson thanks man!

I can practice this riff for 15minutes,then im feeling like my brain will explode...

I just watch this so hear someone play The riff. Because its so beautiful.

I can play this, very ez riff for me. I did it 1st try by hearing it once on the radio, while i was drunk and sleepless and driving at the same time also trying to lose the police chasing me.

I’ve been playing guitar now since March of 2018 and this tutorial was so well made I am on step three after about an hour of working the triads and flicker! Within the next month I might be able to play it full speed!! Thanks man

this literally made it 10000% easier. i learned the entire thing in an hour

You and Steve Stine guitar lessons are the best guitar teachers ever. You’re so detailed and so good at breaking up parts just enough to push the player a bit (depending on skill) to where they need to practice it. Honestly I would never pay for a teacher, but you my friend are definitely worth paying for. I’m glad you started making lessons, a lot of guitar players would be lost without you.

Ive been practising this riff for just over 6 months now, and i can say im about 90% the way there with it. Just the last 10% of accentuating and touch to nail. Whatever level you are at with it, just keep practising and it will come for sure!

Really makes the song a lot more accessible indeed my man! Great lesson! and Happy Holidays!

Can you please do the 10 levels of Cemetery Gates

I loved this video. Very detailed and helpful. If only all RU-vidrs' guitar tutorials were this easy to follow. :)

People with short fingers are going to need to improvise this for themselves. Good luck.

My favourite RHCP song and maybe my favourite at all, tried to play it a few times but never managed to succeed till now. Thank you very very much for all your help... Best regards from Serbia

THE FLICKER. There are a lot of things I'm still doing wrong with this riff, but accenting the flicker has really helped! Great insight!

this riff sounds like angels singing to me. Up there with the most satisfying sounds in the world

Best. Christmas Gift. Ever. Thank you!

Probably the best tutorial I’ve watched for guitar. This song is so hard and in under an hour I’ve made more progress on this song than I have in weeks. Great stuff. Keep it up

This is exactly what I needed!! Thanks so much for a great lesson

I have seen so many videos of tutorials for this song. And you my friend are the only one that can teach it perfectly under 8 minutes.others take like 20 to 30 minutes

Thanks for the tips. I’ve been trying to play this riff for weeks. It’s the speed and the stamina that gets me. Gotta build those up!!

Best lesson I've seen on RU-vid, I also learned the Master of Puppets technique from you. Thank you for your amazing videos, they've really helped me.

Thank you, you're a fantastic teacher! Have a great Merry Christmas!!

Thank you for the free lesson. Merry Christmas Mike!

I’ve only been play guitar for a few months and this video made this song a lot easier to play

this helped me learn it in one day awesome

Thanks so much for breaking it down like this, it's still extremely tough but so much easier to understand!

Thanks for this, appreciate the practice suggestions!

This was one of the better lesson breakdowns I’ve seen. Kudos. Subscribing for this alone.

Ive always wanted to play this riff but never managed to get it down as most tutorials dont break it down well. With this video on the other hand i can say i have (nearly) mastered this riff because of how well you manage to break down each part into something simpler. Thank you❤

Thankyou, this breakdown of the song really helped! :)

Wtf?! My brother told me to learn this riff right around when this was uploaded

I don't know how to play a guitar and I don't even know what keys he's using, but NGL, he taught so well that I learnt the keys and the steps as well . Even if I could not sound like a guitarist, this video is just awesome for beginners. :)

I used to olay this song in high school, is pretty hard, but constant practice let me do it great. Now i hadnt been constant on my guitar skills, and tried to playthis again is really hard. Thanks for the video. And for the viewers: dont let you down, practice make the master

This video deserves more likes. thank you so much for helping me out.

7 years of playing guitar and I still haven't learned it properly

Very good breakdown of this song!

Thank you soooo muuch

Your lesson is perfect !!!

Wow, it is so easy! Great video, it really helped me!

This is awesome, im gonna spend the next couple of weeks learning this!

Amazing tutorial man, ima start practicing tmr

Really well done! 👍👌

Great lesson

Trying to learn it for couple of weeks. Manage to get up to speed but I wasn't very reliable. Until i saw your movement at 4:48 where you pick "outside" the 2 chords and BOOM. Thank you man.

I'm a beginner guitarist and I wanted to learn something cool, thanks for the video

Great teaching skills and amazing videos. So easy to follow. No need to pause or write anything down. If all your lessons are like this I will subsscribe

Thanks, very helpful !

Thats a tough lick ! Thanks for the video! I can do all kinds of crazy stuff on guitar, but that ones a pain in the rump! I also like your laid back teaching style

Nice!! great lesson

The way you broke it down was perfect

Sick tone man!

this video really helped, like, a lot. I'm genuinely considering buying The Art of Guitar

Very nice. Like the way of seeing the lick in 3 phases. Somehow i can play it a bit smoother now

Great lesson!! This

Nice video capture of how to hold a pick. I absolutely can’t hold it that way, but for young/new learners the camera angles for the right hand were spot on. Cheers.

I also find it's helpful to accent the final note of each chord position because it's easy to miss

Always used to play this song when i wanted to improve whit my pinky! I rarely use it since i hqve very big hands and i could easily play that without it but sometimes its way more easy to just use the pinky Also, i always played this only whit downpicks, never alternated the picking and now i have to say that it sounds way better! Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

legend mate

I just picked up guitar yesterday, This riff will probably be a milestone for me once I can complete it. I know that it will take a long time to build up the speed and coordination but I'll feel accomplished when I can finally play it

Thanks u r making I very eazy...

holy hell you're a good teacher

My gosh this is so good! Tip for the chord transitions: Coordinate/ anchor around the finger that stays consistent. Between the 1st and the 2nd chord, that would be be the ring finger and between the 3rd and the 4th that would be the middle finger and the ring finger while between the 4th and the 1st, it is the index finger while middle and ring finger switch position. Simplifies it a bit more

Thank you!!!

Given your levels videos, which had been my only exposure to your channel to this point, and having heard this song, I thought this was going to be something ridiculous, but this seems very doable! Thanks for this, I'm gonna start practicing these three segments right away!

Great tutorial

Thanks👍😊

the picking pattern really helped me

This actually isn’t hard at all until you try to do it at right tempo. That speed is just insane

I feel like I took my guitar for the first time after watching this. I could play it perfectly in the morning though 😂😂😂

I play it on an acoustic :D thats an effing handbreaker. Not perfect yet, but im getting there. Only the last switch is a little of speed. Great lesson

You should have way more subs than u do u have helped me learn so much

Good video bro! I can now play this riff just really slowly! :P

Heres a stamina tip, I struggled for a long time to play it for the entire song but what got me there was not holding on to the shapes. At first I'd hold the entire shape (including the base note which is only played once) while doing the hammer/pull and then picking one of the notes again; this tired my hands. Instead I play the shape, hammer/pull and then just fret and pick the notes again as necessary. This may not work for you, idk, but it worked for me so figured I'd share it.

I heard the triads and figured it out from there without the rest of the video, the riff is actually way easier than I thought it would be. The only thing that makes it suck is how fast you have to play it to match full speed

After a while I thought are these different songs cause the notes sound great . And then he picks up speed and it just was amazing

Thanks. 👍✨

Uff why I didn't get this video b4😮😔? I'm a beginner n I think this vid is enaf ❤thanks 🙏

Been learning this riff and I can barely play it at 95 BPM. John plays it at 108 BPM

2:02 3 years late but that just fucking blew my mind

i doubt i'll be able to play it, but it wont be from lack of a good tutorial. wonderful job

I wish I tried this before actually learning it.

Good lesson. The speed is what makes this song hard. He's going at 104 bpm!

Do under the bridge chorus and verses(if you haven't already) Great video, thanks!

Took me about 2 weeks on and off to get it down now just need to polish it.

This is actually the first riff I learned on guitar. Once I got down alternate picking on it it got even easier. Biggest technique Im having issue with is speed/tremolo fast alternate picking. Keep getting caught on strings, help.

Ok this is ASMR your voice is so soft

Are you like reading my mind to get video ideas 😆, cuz if you are keep it up man 😀

Big tip for anyone here. Make sure you end the picking on an up stroke so you always start the next chord on a down stroke, specially important for jumping from E to B. Basically follow the patern and order in the video.

it's really hard when you first start learning this lick, but once you get the hang of it, it is even harder to stop

Thanks. My version is off and sloppier but easier. Sure I'll be able to play it much better and more correctly thanks to you!

I've always herd people claim its "the hardest riff ever". Maybe if you're new to guitar, but it's pretty simple. The speed and endurance the entire song might take a while but I got the whole thing and up to speed in about 5 min and only a couple days I could play it consistently at full speed.

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Thanks, i can't feel my finger now

I find it much easier to barre at the 4th fret for G#minor chord and HOLD that barre for all the chords WITHOUT CHANGING POSITION AT ALL. The F# chord (a different inversion) can still be played at the 4th fret. Hence no need for position changes. If you look at acoustic versions of the song, it’s played in the first position starting with Amin, F, C, G etc. Much easier

i always play with pinky on the slide and don't have problems but i could see how it's easier to switch