stevie ray vaughan technique

[Birdkillersteve]

So much of his sound is in his hands rather than the guitar and amp. It is really a trip.

[IRAQWreckordz]

place was jumpin at the end. place was bumpin.

[OMERTA011]

can someone tab the sweep pick part?

haahahah

[hi0u50fd]

i am really stuck on the technique where it sounds like he rakes the strings!? stevie is the only guitar player ive heard do this! its hard to explain but is on 'sky is crying' and texas flood i think and few others. any info would be great!

[Mithaqjalali]

do any one know whats the name of the concert in 2:07, or how can i get here in youtube, any information can help, help me please i need it so bad, thank you.

[PlAyInSomeBluez]

yngwie malmsteen watched this, disliked it, called steve vai and told him to watch it, he also disliked it :/

[clkvlk]

what is the name of the song starting at 2:04, his interpretation of notes and rhythm is incredible, he is playing behind his back but makes no concession on quality.

[SRVMusicVideo]

@clkvlk Its come on

[rileydd08]

maybe thats why music sucks now because everyone says oh you cant compete with the older guys so don't even bother

[Slugg0matic]

It's not the number of notes you play, it's how you play them. SRV had a gift - pure and simple and nothing else matters.

Buddy Guy, JL Hooker, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and many others never learned the rules either, they wrote their own, so when people try to compare them to Satch, E. Johnson, Malmsteen, etc. they get all screwed up.

In Clapton's own words, "Stevie seemed to be plugged in to a channel." There are many great players but only one SRV - period.

[VanDoodah]

Stevie Ray Vaughan could take one note and play it a thousand different ways. Yngwie Malmsteen can play really fast. I wonder which requires more technique?

[soskid]

Yeah yeah man, talk is cheap.

To those dickheads saying he was'nt technical. Give'em a guitar and let them show us who are desperately trying to pick up on his stuff, just what they mean.

Then we'll see.

SRV will live forever.

[pcburgh01]

If it's so untechnical, why has there never been anything like SRV before or since?

[pedalsndirt]

All I have to say is... None better, ever!

[skippy3840]

You have to remember that Stevie practiced at home hour after hour, day after day, for several YEARS before he started playing in bands in his mid-late teens and further honing his technique. He learned all of these techniques by watching and listening to the blues greats, not from a book. By his own admission, he couldn't read music. As Mark Knopfler says, that is how you become a truly great guitar player, you have to want it. Stevie did this in spades, what a truly great player he was.

[TheMichaelJoshua]

Dude, great vid! Anyone who thinks SRV wasn't a technical player has either never played the guitar, or is just clueless. SRV is on a different level than most. Hendrix is my favorite player, and after studying both of these guys' playing for the past few years, Hendrix comes across as a sloppy player. He is raw emotion and creativity. Not to say that SRV wasn't creative or emotionally tied to his music, because he was, he just had a better grasp of technique. This vid shows SRV SICK technique!!

[SAUCEPANJEFF]

great video

[zezaekrael]

Some people are just confused. Technical? Think about the root of the word "Technique." A "technique" is a method of doing something. If you have your own "technique" and use it, you are in fact "Technical." SRV had his own very unique technique. Therefore he was in fact a "technical" player. But moreover he made MUSIC. Not insanely fast drivel. Aspire to be him and all guitarists would be better off. I can shred. But who cares? I can also play VooDoo Chile with soul, more importantly.

[grga888]

Every guitar player is tehnical. Even B.B King who plays just a couple of blues notes mostly and such guys, of course some people are more and some are less tehnical. Some go into it so deep, and some not. Some live for it and concentrate just for it to play fast and play many mostly worthless notes, and some just look at the purity of the sound, that it has plenty of soul and that there is a message behind it. I personally like much more Stevie Ray's tehnique than let's say Steve Vai's.

[zezaekrael]

@grga888 Agreed.  My point in my comment was that technique is a matter of individual. For instance I have my own technique and style of playing. The great thing is that each guitarist's personal technique is like a fingerprint. You can pretty much tell a guitarist from their style of playing in combination with the specific sound produced by their own blend of equipment. Well, if they are experienced. Two novice players with identical setups are likely to sound identically bad. *grin*

[dochdochdoch]

who cares about techincal playing? as longs as you dont have the right feel for music, your music sounds lifeless, while srv is dope

[OldFartStudios]

This is for all those shreder assholes that said stevie had no technical playing.

[ElectricRay]

@OldFartStudios I'd like to see *any* "shredder asshole" keep up with Stevie Ray Vaughan, even on a JEM with 8-38 strings, let alone on a vintage strat strung with fencing wire as he actually did play

[grga888]

I totally agree with you. They could never follow and keep up with Stevie. Stevie could and would blow them all! People like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen and rest of the shredders have apsolutely nothing on him! Only one that can compare to him is Jimi Hendrix if you askd, and nobody else!

[mavericknoone]

anybody know what's the concert where he did the tremolo picking ?

where he's wearing the red suit?

[OldFartStudios]

one in japan I THINK

[jezus3rd]

@OldFartStudios

This is Japan, You're right;)

[chiknfulio]

Japan

[chiknfulio]

Japan

[motokev]

No DOUBT SRV was the BEST......

Even the Guitars Gods would admit that. I must say though...Jeff Beck is impressive as is Gilmour. But, no one rips into a guitar like SRV. RIP SRV....so sad

[Fr3derick]

Fantastic!!!!

Grandma mary

[videogamer1805]

2:27

entirely true.

[enigma23011991]

le coté theorique et tout le tralala on s'en tape !...du moment qu'il nous fasse planner lol.....je repete "SRV" c'est un des meilleur guitaristes de tout les temps :)

[Silencer84]

Who gives a shit if he's technical? He's fricking GODLIKE!

[SoCaldiamond89]

He was not technical! Sorry! But neither is Buddy Guy, or Clapton! Jimi Hendrix is often critisized as being a sloppy player but yet all there guys are easily top 10!

[HRJblue]

To me a techincal player is someone who spends a lot of time thinking about scales and position and arpeggios etc yawn. Yeah he had loads of amazing techinques but that doesnt really make him a technical player. Is being a technical player a good thing??

[grga888]

Of course that Stevie Ray Vaughan was a tehnical guitar player, this video shows it, and that is not even all. Tehniques are not just fast scales, arpeggios, and stuff like that. He was a very tehnicall guitar player, he wasn't a pure tehnicall machine like Steve Vai or Joe Satriani, but speaking for real, yes, he had unique tehnicall abilities!

[bighurt130]

one of the top 3 most technical players ever

[HRJblue]

He's clearly not but that isnt a bad thing. The point is he played from the heart, eg he just went for it without thinking about position and it came out right. I wouldnt describe him as a technical player but he's still my favourite guitarist by a distance.

[mavericknoone]

stevie is all about the pleasure of music, and the pleasure of playing guitar

[leavittobeaver]

wait what is that video from 2 minuts !

[brandonclayflores]

best techniqe feeling sound in guitar to me personally

[SocietyInternet]

texan, 'nough said.

[gimickuk1]

Stevie could play 4 long slow notes and send shivers down your spine. His touch and tone were his soul. Shredding or not, technique isn't just about playing fast is it?

Each to his own as there are many great guitarists out there but I'd pay money to watch Stevie (if he was still with us) tie his shoe laces over watching some of these egotistical shredders paly a million meaningless notes per second...

[kubakirk]

holy shit, i love him, best guitar player

[asv0004]

feeling 10

technical  8

[justchill919]

wrong

10

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[burzovnoizvjesce]

i totally agree man,main argument about his playing was that he had a soul,i agree but some of his licks are pretty advanced and hard to play,like fast lick froom voodoo child,then this lick /watch?v=Yb5DuGX7B3w, texas flood,scuttle buttin,they are pretty difficult to play,then /watch?v=InHjlzWA-Ec&feature=r­elated that part around 1.00 min sound pretty damn fast to me ....tnx 4 uploading video

[symphonia2008]

pleasure to watch this! thk fr posting

[SurfingWithTheCowboy]

There are many guitarists famous for playing really fast: Malmsteen, Vai, Petrucci, Batio and many more. And there are a lot of kid really fast now-a-days with the internet providing an endless source of material for those who want to learn to shred. Everyday there's a new kid on YT shreding.

But there has been only one who played with insanely heavy gauged strings, non-human rhythm complexity/dexterity and a painful amount of feeling. Stevie...

Has anyone ever heard anyone remotely as good? NO!

[mavericknoone]

i said it before and i'll say it again and again

what a monster !

[SAUCEPANJEFF]

@SurfingWithTheCowboy

Never

[THEBIGKOSTRINSKY]

I just shit myself...nothing compares....just nothing!

[DeadSton3]

all guitarist violinist pianist pro plays with techinque

[Apexjuha]

To me he is one of the all time best!

[mavericknoone]

this is just overwhelming.

[avp010994]

When they say technichle i think there refering to proper playing techniques like finger positions, using your pinky all that. If u ever watch joe satriani he's a good example, a better example is slava gegorian.

However Stevie is good and he self taught himself so he was none the wiser but he plays better then all of them. He is GOD!!!

[jstuka1234]

great post! *****

[stratplayor]

The man was the best ever and you're right he could play the guitar behind his back better than 99.9% with the guitar in front. That was one hell of a solo.

[viorcustom]

thae one and only srv rules!!!!!!!!!

[bessieblues19]

Thanks for posting!!!!!! Geat vídeo!!!!!!!

Bessie

[dbikeguy]

ive always loved his tremelo picking

[srvmeltedmyface]

loved it thanks

[williamandsusie]

The man had paws...not hands....pure strength...and all the know how the guy upstairs could offer. The absolute best guitar player there was for blues......no one will ever step foot in his shoes and replace him. Ever.

[williamandsusie]

Never will there be a man like him again......ever....period.....­end of conversation.

[doctadeth812]

who ever said Stevie isnt anything but brilliant needs to be shot in the face, then kicked in the nuts.

[gmproductions12]

Ill have to correct you on that dude, kicked in the nuts ( to see his reaction ) then shot in the face :)

[doctadeth812]

Hell yeah, thats a better way of lookin at it thanks bro!ha!

[revolverfish]

there are only a few guitarplayers on this planet who just have to hit one note and you can tell who it is. like srv, slash, hendrix or bb king. and please don't comment on this like "srv is better than x". they all have their own styles and shouldn't be compared.

[grga888]

Some can do it in a way, but nobody can make it work right like Stevie.

Case closed.

[MBSRV]

SRV LIVES ON!!

[48755003]

Stevie rules even after almost 20 years!! Go Stevie go!! R.I.P my friend!!

[seantyler]

Hey anyone know what concert this is from?

[midland88]

I see many people liked this video :D, the way I describe stevies playing is OBSCENE lol, just watch any of his videos and try to do exactly what he does its not hard its imposible.

[TheStevieb1983]

@midland88 if that aint technique at its best then i dont know what is

[MrAmrax]

@midland88 thats why he's imho best guitarist ever. u just cant copy him

[jodyv]

Stevie has the most powerful and aggressive

and, also smooth techniques I've ever felt. He's the reason I and many others play guitar. As far as the comments below well, it's great that you are Stevie fans but, is all that hate really make you feel better about. I know Stevie would not like that stuff. Everybody has their opinion so just leave it at that. Don't be rude, that's the way Stevie was spread love not hate. That's why he is so great before he even picked up a guitar. Happy New Year!

[9reasy5am]

this stuff can be done by any blues player and most metalheads. the only stuff that is really unique is stuff like behind the back or head, & that's not even really guitar technique, just showboating skill. Even the over the neck thing, look up jeff healy. then again, he was blind.

[grga888]

Hahaha... Do you really think so? Rhythm and lead at the same time? One hand playing?

Bending + vibrato? Sweep picking? Even playing behind the back and behind the neck?

You gotta be really stupid. Everything Stevie played was unique as all of his guitar tehniques. I am not saying that this can't be copied, cause it can, but you can't say that any blues player and most metalheads can do this cause that is not true at all and most importantly, nobody can do it like Stevie Ray, nobody.

[Calbanese424]

You're wrong. Nothing stevie did was unique. It was the way he did it that was.

[9reasy5am]

that is exactly WTF Im talking about!

[chickenandbaconclub]

Great comment.

[ColtsRuleRavensSUck]

u are crazy.. if anyone can do it everyone would.. no one can play like stevie.. i dont even think stevie knew what he was doing most of the time. And to even put metalhaeds in the same sentence as stevie is just retarded. metalheads shit is not music. its just whailing on the gutiar and talking bout killin ur mom and eating ur cat.. heavy meatal suks and is not even music

[9reasy5am]

OK maybe I was a little harsh

"if anyone can do it everyone would.. no one can play like stevie.."

Let me rephrase that most DECENT blues players can. maybe some people dont like that sound, or style. the technique is not unique its the way he gets to 4 (2+2 2x2).

"i dont even think stevie knew what he was doing most of the time."

He probably didnt.

"heavy meatal suks and is not even music"

Im in a WI shittown Im the only blues player for miles! Im boxed in by the fucking retards! :(

[kikster93]

I here ya bro, same here.

[zezaekrael]

Ok, I can agree with a lot of your comment, but to say that heavy metal sucks is not really accurate either. It's a matter of personal taste, but let's face it, Iron Maiden had some pretty amazing music, metal or not. And they are only one minor example. I'd never say that they compare to SRV because that's apples and oranges. I play metal, blues and some jazz. Does that mean all my playing sucks because I play metal along with the blues?

[thedejay]

he was sooooooo excellent in playing!!!

[nascarwoo]

that right there shows that white man has the power

[chickenandbaconclub]

What a ridiculous thing to say.

[nudeltortenbaecker]

Rythm and Lead together is definetly one of the hardest things.............in my opinion

[m2885the4th]

what concert is he wearing the red at ???

[fabi60441]

live at tokyo

[m2885the4th]

thx dude =]

[RagazzaBlusera]

Whoever posted this video, thanks!

Gracias mil!

Gotta go practice!

[gitbox87]

As far as I know Hendrix was the first guy to play behined his head and back. Thats just another reason why people often refure to SRV as Hendrix reborn. Long live SRV!!!

[grga888]

GisbsoNezDer, Mayer is shit, he can't play the blues! He is a ordinary pop star, not a guitar god, legend....

SRV was as they say the real deal and a guitar god!

[slacker083]

you are obviously a very close minded individual to call Mayer a ordinary pop star.

[grga888]

I am not a very close minded individual just cause I said that about Mayer.

Mayer really is a ordinary pop star. Sorry, but that is how it goes. Yeah, he might go on do some blues jams and stuff like that, but even that is boring when he would perform it.

He ain't gor the fire and true soul.

He ain't exciting at all as a guitar player and he ain't nothing special.

More of a copycat and a wannabe he is when it comes to guitar playing. Plus he has an annoying boring voice.

[slacker083]

as i said, closed minded...

[Calbanese424]

first off, you're fucking retarded. Second, it's AN ordinary pop star. not A ordinary pop star.

[grga888]

Haha... First of all, your mama is retard you asshole. And second of all, get a life. It's same bullshit anyway what I wrote, if I said that Mayer is a pop star, or an pop star, it's the same shit anyway. Only morons like you look for little mistakes like they actually understand what it has been said.

[Calbanese424]

Mom joke, you're cool. LOL

You aren't to judge whether Mayer has soul or not, cunt. Nobody can judge that about anybody. So shut your mouth, because he's the closest thing to Clapton and SRV that we have now.

Aside from Clapton himself still being alive, because I know you're a tool and would probably point that out to me if I didn't leave this

and find me an interview where he brags about his own voice. Wait, he doesn't, so what you said really is just you being a prick for no reason.

[grga888]

SRV is most certainly the best and most talented musician and guitar player that ever walked whis earth, along with Hendrix!

Nobody will ever over pass these 2 guys!

They are the ultimate gods of guitar and music!

[TommyKJr]

Very true! There was only one Stevie and no one ever can take his place. His heart and soul was the most unique in his style. He could do Albert, BB, Buddy licks with the same spirit, that's why all of the good old bluesmen loved Stevie and respected him. I bet he's jamming with Jimi up there and they're having a good time. We miss him a lot, but he always be in our hearts. I think Mayer is a good musician, but he's just not as special to me as Stevie. Different heart, differnt touch.

[grga888]

Mayer is an amateur and a school boy compared to the real deal: SRV! That's a fact.

[grga888]

Oh and Mayer can't play blues he is too retarted and he sucks, and when he plays with giants like Buddy or Eric, they beat his ass, his own stuff is lame, so all together he sucks!

He will never be near SRV's and Hendrix's league!

[GibsoNezDer]

john mayer amazing he grew up listening to blues

[unsoundmind123]

Don't you mean PINCH HARMONIC?

[grga888]

There will never ever come someone like SRV!

I am sorry to say it, but there was only one SRV, as one Hendrix too, and guys like them, there will never come! There might come some cool cats, but someone to reach out to a person like them, to know the guitar from heart and soul, to play it like with passion and feel, never! Impossible mission!

[jordno]

well check out John Frusciante trust me he is the next guy to join these 2 greats srv and hendrix, hes not a blues player but sure is one of the best ever lived with passion and feeling over speed(very rare from todays guitar players) and deserves to be with srv and hendrix :D

[tein14]

First off, lemme say that Frusciante is my guitar hero, but I know I'm going to get shit for this, but years from now, people will look back on John Mayer and give him mad cred. I know his pop-stuff is whatever, but you listen to him play the blues. Damn. The kid can rip it up with the best of them.

[grga888]

Read once again,

There will never ever come someone like SRV!

I am sorry to say it man, but there was only one SRV, as one Hendrix too, and guys like them, there will never come! There might come some cool cats, but someone to reach out to a person like them, to know the guitar from heart and soul, to play it like with passion and feel, never! Impossible mission!

Oh and btw. please don't mention that asshole Mayer in front of SRV and Hendrix, he sucks and he is lame, he will never be a god!

[beatdeat]

Impossible is an impossibility.

[grga888]

There will never ever come someone like SRV!

I am sorry to say it, but there was only one SRV, as one Hendrix too, and guys like them, there will never come! There might come some cool cats, but someone to reach out to a person like them, to know the guitar from heart and soul, to play it like with passion and feel, never! Impossible mission!

[chickenandbaconclub]

That's probably what they said after Hendrix died though; "no-one else will be able to do this ever", then lo and behold, SRV drops Texas Flood and proves that someone else can 'do it'. 'Impossible' does not apply to everyone...

[BluesPower365]

To sum it up, all I can ever see is that Stevie just loved what he did and it made him happy doing it. What more can you say? It took him in, out and finally on. What more can be said?

[gr8bluesgtr]

I think one aspect of his playing that is incredible is the sheer length of time he could play with that amount of intensity without losing his feel, timing, or clean playing.

To play a 2-3 hour show as physically demanding as his style is, and still be as clean, and tasteful at the end is a truly amazing thing.

[gemblues]

My opinion is that stevie had more sole and heart then just mechanics.

Every once n a wile you see someone that can really play and that's obviously

Stevie influenced . But there is always something missing. I mean technically

there hitting the same notes, but it still doesn't move me. And that's because stevie

Played heart soul because he was heart and soul as a person. Stevie was Sevie.

He was for real.

[Zenythlead]

Someone said he wasnt technical?!! Did you punch them in the face?! Thats ridiculous.

Stevie Ray Vaughan is easily the best blues guitarist ever. He plays fast, technical, with style, and with SOUL.

My favorite one of his techniques is alternating the bass notes and raking the top strings (pride and joy, Cold shot) I learned to do that and its the best way to keep a beat. And its fun.

[gimickuk1]

One of Stevies best techniques, one that is hardest of all to do is P-L-A-Y-I-N-G W-I-T-H S-O-U-L!

[diegorobertoedsel]

what is one of the many amazing things about stevie is that he used amazingly heavy strings, he used .13 gauge as his 1st string, and he still bends like a god, RIP stevie!

[mattgav23]

omfg he used 13s?!?! do you know what other gauges he had?

[diegorobertoedsel]

.13(1st), .15 or.16(2nd), .19 (3rd), .28 (4th), .38 (5th), .58 or .60 (6th),  that was his normal setup, if his finger were tired he would put on .12 to .58, and once he strung his guitar .18 to .74!!!!! hes got some strong fingers eh???? what a great guitarist he IS, because his spirit always lives on, RIP Stevie

[rockerdude29]

god,so much better than the speed obsessed metal players and emo powerchord crazy shemales of today.He played with a furrosity and ammount of feeling that no one before him and Im sure no one after him has ever or will ever had.

[chickenandbaconclub]

I think someone will come along one day with the same kind of feel and soul...just not out of today's bunch of "speed obsessed metal players and emo powerchord crazy shemales"! They make me even more pissed off that I missed most of the great musicians of old.

[rockerdude29]

Im looking forward to a new guitarist thats just gonna put the world on its ass,now I know theres ALOT of REALLY good players but most people are either boring,or use so much music theory that what they play sounds like fast shit,I mean someone who does it so different that it just astounds everyone.Hendrix died in '70,SRV died in '90,so that was a 20 year span between jimi and SRV and its been almost 20 years since Stevie passed,so Im waiting on the new guitar messiah. :)

[StevieRay58]

Ahhh! You missed one of his most important techniques- bass notes alternating with treble notes (Ex. Pride and Joy).

[midland88]

youre right and there are others for sure

[SteadyHaze]

Which performance is it that he is wearing the red suit?

[midland88]

live in tokio

[Cosmicalex13]

Awsome. I cant even do 2 of those techniques,lol

[sirotilc]

it's hard to notice how great his technique is at times because he never seemed to think much or be consciously aware of his technique while he was playing. when you hear him, all you notice is that he's trying to play with as much soul and feeling as possible. amazing how fluid and accurate his playing was.

[fitz715]

He could just do everything so effortlessly, his gift was heaven sent and we lose big time not having him around anymore to hear what he'd be doing now. That's always the case isn't it?

[gtrfreak18]

All too much, it's true. Another great artist who's my favorite, although not the same genre, was Roy Orbison, who was multi-talented as both a singer and a songwriter (not to mention a pretty darn good guitarist!). Alas, he too passed away far too soon, with still so much to give the world of musical art, as well as all who listened in. May God Bless the Big O (Orbison) and Stevie Ray!

[Eddayson]

that tremolo picking sounds so amazing

[Sibyllblues]

I loved it! Thanks! :)

[TommyKJr]

This is a great video! Thanks for posting! BTW that sunburst maple neck Strat at the end is maybe Jimmie Vaughan's guitar. It's not a famous guitar, but sounds great! :)

[blueslover102]

Very awesome. Where did the last few videos come from???? I've never seen those before...and the last one..what guitar is that?

[Helmut876]

OMG stevie without a hat!

THAT is a rare site.. fuck all the tricks.. I've hardly EVER seen him without a hat!

PLEASE post more of that video

its so hard to picture him without a cowboy hat.. in interviews.. on stage.. I always assumed he wore a hat to sleep

[blueskidd96]

look up the song wham at the el mocambo, at the end of the song he takes his hat off.

[chickenandbaconclub]

Watch his live performances of Love Struck Baby, and also on Youtube is a video of him rehearsing a song with Stevie Wonder and SRV is hat-less throughout.

[pabletelli]

ohhhhhhh my lord!!!! did you do this video its awesome, it`s true it`s hard to play guitar from the back jejej, my shoilders hurts jejej

[WanderThisWorld83]

SRV greatest of all time, hands down.