Well, can't help it. Here's a jazzed up version loosely based on Polyphia's 'Playing God' Check out tutorials and other guitar related stuff on my Patreon: ► / lucasbrar Follow me on Instagram for more videos: ► / lucasbrar
this is SO impressive, turning such a complex song like playing god into a masterpiece like this… that takes a lot of knowledge and skill to do, great job man
That s incredible... all youtubers trying hard to simply replicate Polyphia´s riffs and you deconstruct and reharmornize the whole song as if nothing...and in an acoustic guitar! (indeed lots of work behind scenes, but the result is great) clearly classical, jazz and flamenco years of training pays off when showing such high level of virtuosity and makes the hardest things look so easy... also great to have you back making great videos, this one is from now on one of my favorites...
The awesome thing about polyphia, is that you end up subscribing to a ton of very talented people doing covers that aren't simple renditions and that are as great as the original song
@@GillesChehade yes, I love Polyphia too. Apart from very complex riffs and chords, they produce beautiful and original music, which at the ends is what counts. And kudos also to the three other members, which are amazing too on their instruments
Classical guitarists have always been more technically proficient at the instrument than electric guitarists as electric guitar as electric guitar music is typically arranged with accompanying instruments in mind where as classical guitar approaches piano in the sense that classical guitar usually has no accompaniment, relying on the guitarist to cover all of harmony, percussion and bass. Different skill sets so you cant really compare the two and both fill different niches of phonic production and possibility but at least as far as technical ability (which as an aside is the single most useless metric for music as art is supposed to be concerned with a conversation with the observer, not a lecture on how good the artist is), classical guitar wins every time
@@bigf0ot25 yea, Tim Henson is classically trained and used to play in a youth orchestra, but, his style grew (after learning to play rock/metal) to include the rest of the band (who are also really talented) so it's a given that solo Guitarists who are used to playing solo are more proficient on their own. As a whole though playing as a band lets you elevate your music as it's less restrictive with the amount of options you have. Though, it does restrict you in a different way, because you have to balance all the instruments, but it's easier when you have multiple experts in those instruments to help you.
tim henson carries obvious classical guitar influences in his playing. but yes, classically trained guitarists are generally a very scary thing for rock guitarists. and people who cross over from classic to rock/metal find everything there insultingly easy :D . you have to give it to rock and metal, in how they are really good at selling their "virtuosos"
My guy... I love watching talented players on RU-vid, reacting, deconstructing, playing. But sir, you've taken it to another level. You combine guitar mastery with humor and humility. Your videos are a joy to watch, from your passionate detail of Django Reinhardts solo, to 10 levels, to this. I feel inspired to keep learning and challenging my knowledge and dexterity
11/10 wow. That was amazing. Really shows you how much skill Lucas to play an impossibly hard song to play for most and then bend the entire song at his mercy. Absolutely wonderful.
This is actually insane. The composition alone is mind-blowing, but it seems like half of the choices are being made on the fly and the difficulty on top of that. Mind blown
@@liuzh1han that being the point and that being executed properly are completely different things. The idea that something being jazz automatically makes it match the perimeters of my comment is insane. Weird take.
@@thesetzers8952 no i meant like The part where you said the choices are being made on the fly I agree that his execution is really good but i mean it's jazz if it's not improved it's not really "jazz" if you know what i mean
Lucas, I'm hardly one to comment on videos. But I felt compelled on this one to congratulate you on your amazing guitar skill, music theory knowledge and fresh content creation. Seriously, you're another level.
I think the first time I watched this I was too blinded by my jealousy to see how amazing it is. On a rewatch I really have to hand it to you. You did aLOT of work on this one. Really well done I'm blown away. Edit: I'd love to see a full band arrangement of this one day.
As a Brazilian guy, I must say I'd never expect to listen to Polyphia turning “Garota de Ipanema” (“The Girl from Ipanema”) in the same video. This means you're UNIQUE, Lucas! What an amazing video!
I love that RU-vid has become the Elsevier and Google Scholar of music, where artists get to peer review, apply, and progress music faster than ever before in history. This is perfection.
Both are the same source, both are informed by Gypsy music. Both interpretations are equally beautiful. And every interpretation from now and forever will be Beautiful. Because, if this did what it did to you, the same as me. It made you stop and take a moment away from the bullshit and go, There is fucking Joy!!!!!!!!!
You just blew my mind to another level. At best someone just plays a part in something that's already done by Tim, but you are the first one that takes that and not only makes it different but even more impressive. I really hope Tim will see this video and give you a shout-out!
DUDE! You played this riff like it was nothing, reharmonized it, put in some walking bass, went to "Girl from Ipanema" - all in ONE??? Could you please give us some tabs? So we can print them out, put them on our bedroom walls and sign them with "Things I'll never achieve in this life" or "Only achievable with a 12 hour practice routine per day"? Awesome!!!
or things that one could achieve without much effort, if one had spent his youth learning guitar properly instead of trying to shred and copy metal riffs
@@martinpaddle Tabs are a good way for others to participate in music without fully understanding sight reading and allows them to learn how to express themselves in a simpler way. It's a good thing imo
the bossa nova part tho.... mindblowing! Such a smooth transition. As a brazilian, all I can say is that you've done it mate. You really are INSANE good. Congrats!
I finally start to learn this song (I am a beginner, I started the guitar last year so you can imagine the struggle), and now this video is just a non sense to me. How can you to this? You are such a monster. You are absolutely underrated. Just playing a walking bass with a melody is in himself extremly hard, and you do this with "Playing God". It is just so inspiring
First time I've seen this channel, that was incredible. The latest polyphia track apparently progressed to where it did after Tim seeing a flamenco player cover GOAT and thinking f*ck, that was another level. I can't wait to for him to see this and see what we get in 4 years.
I must have seen your video... 3 times over the course of half a year maybe.... every single time it puts a smile on my face! It's really fortunate that talented, creative and with a healthy dose of humoristic genious people like you choose to share their hard earned gifts with the rest of us! Thank you!
I'm speechless, the original song is incredibly hard and you took the difficulty to another level while still retaining the feel and melody. Mad props to you man!
I felt like an evil villain being forced to laugh Out loud. Way to take a seemingly advanced riff and just taking it to an untouchable level. Unfucking real
Dude. First video of yours I’ve ever watched, and holy shit man, the way you rearranged that song was mind blowing! This is exactly why I wanna learn more jazz stuff on piano and guitar, you can make the most wild shit ever and this is a prime example of that! Amazing video and performance my guy, I tip my hat to you as respectfully as possible.
Random notes are my favorite! It's also funny that diminished always works but augmented never works. Unless you're Jason Becker writing a song for Cacophony.
Augmented can work using it as a Dominant chord function back to the tonic most of the time. So like a sub-dominant chord. Generally speaking ofcourse.
I love Polyphia, and i'm Brazilian, and it was amazing that i'm not the only one who hear "girl from Ipanema" in that moment of the song, btw it (your version) just sounds like "wow", beuatiful beautiful
do they? it's already jazzy, in fact the original tune has like 2/3rds jazz, if anything feels a bit like yacht jazz, or jazz/flamenco for being like that - idk, i feel like this guts the song of a lot of the grove, which idk i'm finding myself more and more confronted with jazz being like rhythmically pretty bland, cool chords tho :)
@@ravenecho2410 I found the original harder to enjoy because of it's constant i-vi-v and such, so I'll take the "cool chords" any day. Consider the 4:1 musician ratio as well, not counting production :)
@@lorornr first half has flamenco vibes, everyone but you seems to agree on it, don't be that guy please.. but yeah I also prefer the original, jazz is cool and all, but playing God isn't only a guitar, it takes out so much if you ditch the bass and the drums but it is only my opinion.
I want that hat, had jazz lessons but never worked out for me, life's been harsh, but watching you play makes me wanna practice again, I hope you feel great because you ARE GREAT!
Ruined? Thank you for gracing my ears with the beautiful swinging of this absolute banger. The girl from Ipanema crossover at the end is absolute hilarious. You Rock.
This song truly brings out the best in people, I never would have expected the impact/reach this song has. So cool to see so many people appreciating it. Excellent, excellent rendition, thanks for sharing 🤙
1st of all, you are a crazy great guitarist, next, this version of playing God is by far the coolest I've heard and finally, I can't live without that majic jazz hat in my life. Thanks for the great video. Instant subscriber.
This is next level guitar playing. The guys from the band are unreal, but what you did here is almost pornographically awesome. As a brazilian, is greatifying finally seen someone publicly acknowledging the Bossa Nova's influencie in this particular song. You are brilliant! Foda pra caralho!
Polyphia themselves acknowledge that the style of that section is bossa nova, it's not a secret. Watch "The Making of Playing God" at around 5:10 and TIm refers to it as "Wes's bossa nova section"
WOW!!!! That is just crazy. I laughed when you started walking the bass because I was like there is no way you going to be able to add in the melody. Bloody hell! Well done. Just marvellous. Im gonna dive into your other vids.
