Pretty good, but you might want to check some of those bass notes. They're almost always the root and the 5th underneath the melody on the higher strings, but doesn't look like you're doing that in a lot of cases,
I probably shouldn't be saying anything considering I can't play this song as well as you are in this video, but...... :)
thanks. yeah not sure about changing it. haven't played it in years, but this is how it's transcribed in Steve's book, so that's how i learned it. The hardest thing with this piece is getting the feel right...especially in the clipped, hiccuppy kind of rhythm in the main riff. tough to do.
as such of an array of musici and styles you've excecuted, you are one of my favorite you tube artists. would love to hear a atleast 12 of yer faves done in studio. and that goes for covers, because i love to do the same.it' not just replicating but showing homage to that artist that inpired you......PLEASE PLAY ON!
If you can emulate one of the greatest guitarist of the prog era, you're ok in my book. I am watching this second video of yours, with the first being "blood on the rooftops" Great axmanship. Peace.
Some people will kill me for saying this I"m sure...But this is actually a superior version to the original. Steve Howe himself can't play it this clean.
Steve Howe too? You are too much. I love the C shaped riff he does in Wurm , part of starship trooper. Hypnotic for me. And who doesnt like Close to the Edge? Great post. I know I am posting too much, but what can I say? I'm a fan. I'll be OK.
Just wonderful on the Martin Tony! Yay for Steve Howe and yay for you to play this so brilliantly!!! Steve would be flattered at your attention to detail!
@ChrisSousa9 Steve calls it "Clap", he wrote it for the birth of his son. "The clap" means gonorrhea. So whether it was a joke or a mistake from Jon, and the original The Yes Album covers are too all wrong.
Wonderful. I've always been in awe of this song which I have on my original Yes album on vinyl - and it's listed as 'The Clap'. Yours is a really great rendition of a very difficult piece. I'll have to have a listen to some more of your stuff. As well as Jack H, you've now inspired me too. Thanks.
I don't know why anyone cares what the piece is called. Trebleclef is one of the very best acoustic players online. There are many versions of this piece on YouTube, but this guy plays it so crisply that he puts the others to shame! Very very nice playing. Clap for the Clap!
My opinion has always been that it was "The Clap" originally, back when rock stars were allowed to be crude funny bastards. (Jon Anderson even introduces the song on the live recording on the original album by saying "this is called 'The Clap'")
But then when we all got so pc, Steve decided it was no longer appropriate and renamed it on subsequent recordings and reissues and books of scores.
Me I'm just a throwback to that crude era, so I like the old name.
@troubleclef :: i heard an interview done by 'Nightbird- Danielle Steele' WAY back in the early 70's, and Steve was complaining about the "The--" introduction that Jon did on the record even then...he said the song-written in honor of the birth of his son Dylan--was about "being happy and clapping your hands, and not about something distasteful" as VD... Steve's always been fairly aware to the dignity of things...and it bugged him a bit to have this tune associated to an STD.
thanks. That sounds pretty reasonable, but I wonder why they've never updated the printed name of the song on all later editions of the CD that i've ever seen. And even if they did, it's still an awkward title even without the "the" and can still be taken to mean vd.
bloozeman1969... this debate will go on with other YES fans for a long time and unless Steve Howe (he's the man) gets into the debate himself, there will be no schmucks... cheers!!
it's really more of a *feel* thing. the written rhythm isn't the way it's played (the score says to turn regular eighth's into dotted eighth and sixteenth ie, "swing it". but even that doesn't mean anything on paper..you gotta just try it and feel it over time)
I figured as much and no I can't afford it....damn it. I've wasted as much for years chasing the ever elusive tone with cheap guitars.You probably know this but do your self a favor save your money for 5 years and buy a real guitar.I'm stuck with 2peices of crap that together cost me $3500.I do have a sweet hand made 68 Alvarez classical but again it's a classical not a dred.
this guitar was not all that expensive. I think i paid 1100 or 1200 for it. do a web search. though they don't make the exact model anymore you should be able to find them 2nd hand.
My favorite guitar player on Youtube. Hats off before his performances of classic progressive rock songs. His "Seven stones" of Genesis played on one guitar, its just a masterpiece!
Having seen Yes in what I think was there first concert in the states...Port Chester, NY ....Capitol Theatre...................you just about outdid or equalled Steve Howe !
Whats interesting is that Yes was the third band on the marquee below Black Sabbath and Humble Pie ( who were great ). You could barely see Yes's name as it was so small but they got the crowd standing considering most of the people there had no clue who they were.
I was told that Black Sabbath was booed at the second showing at 11 pm and believe me they were bad. Those were great days if you knew of bands before they got too big.
T, you never fail to amaze. Pick or no pick who cares. Critics everywhere. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you to master this? Good one to pull out around the campfire. Take care.
it took quite a while. not sure now. and of course i've completely forgotten how to play it by now, so i'd have to re-learn. frankly i never mastered it anyway.
anyone can put whatever strings they want in their guitar... what im just saying is that the steel strings will bend that neck a lot faster than with nylon strings
I read somewhere (Guitar Player magazine, perhaps?) that this song has something like 30or 40 different chords in it, some of which are very unusual and not used very often. Is that true? Great arrangement, by the way. I always love watching your videos.
easily one of my favourite songs of all time! and you did a great job at playing it... very fluid. I can play it, but its still pretty rough compared to that.
thanks. though i really oughta learn the 'pick and fingers' way of playing which i've never tried. certainly would facilitate that last riff that i flub.
I've checked out your other videos too. Man! You've really exploited your obvious talent with with plenty of practice. Aside from your technical prowess, you've got a beautiful musical sensitivity. Everything played weighted just perfectly. I wish I had it!
That sounds a lot cleaner and nicer than the original (which I'm sure was called THE clap on the original album). Just a pity that the vid is a little blurred as I could have got a lot of good tricks off it. Can't quite see where your fingers are placed. Great playing mind.
thanks. none of my videos look very good, but sometime after I made this one i learned to "focus" the friggin' camera and turn on more lights! still they're blurry. :D
I've seen, or think I've seen most of your Steve Hackett posts and they're easily the best quality covers on YouTube, almost as good as Hackett himself. This however is not nearly as good as Steve Howe. It's a damn sight BETTER than I've ever seen him play it live. (And that's quite a few times) FANTASTIC.
Hi, Troubleclef you've got a lot of fans in brazil. I admire you and I enjoy every single note from your acoustic guitar. It's always so cleaned - flawless!
This Steve Howe acoustic piece is called "Clap", which is the sound made by striking together the palms of the hands. It is NOT called "The Clap", which is slang for Gonorrhea, which is a sexually transmitted disease.
not a real big fan of 'mood'. there's other steve things i'd be interested in doing first. "diarry of a man", "meadow rag" for instance. just haven't come around to them yet.
troubleclef,does this song very well, just use the tuner! lol smooth and tight,imo the clap is the kind of fingerstyle that if you stop playing it a month or so, chances are you'll slop it until you play a few warm ups.I want to learn it with the pick now so I'll be bouncing in and around :) thank you clef
thanks. I sometimes play the steel string a half step flat for certain songs. this must have been when one of those times, without remembering to tune it back "up".
dude, you are good but why the out of key tuning? also like you ,I do it without the pick, but the right way as knowing howe plays it with a pick.. travis style with a pick my friend! thank you and waiting for the travis tutorial for this fine classic tune!
Im crying ........
cool :D
andyanraharja2 1 week ago
dude, you got it goin' on, seriously
MrMetalBreath 3 weeks ago
Pretty good, but you might want to check some of those bass notes. They're almost always the root and the 5th underneath the melody on the higher strings, but doesn't look like you're doing that in a lot of cases,
I probably shouldn't be saying anything considering I can't play this song as well as you are in this video, but...... :)
tonusaitis 1 month ago
@tonusaitis
thanks. yeah not sure about changing it. haven't played it in years, but this is how it's transcribed in Steve's book, so that's how i learned it. The hardest thing with this piece is getting the feel right...especially in the clipped, hiccuppy kind of rhythm in the main riff. tough to do.
troubleclef 1 month ago
Excellent !!!
gnrcr 2 months ago
Amazing. I want your rendition of Weather Report Suite played at my funeral.
jlmcsm 4 months ago
as such of an array of musici and styles you've excecuted, you are one of my favorite you tube artists. would love to hear a atleast 12 of yer faves done in studio. and that goes for covers, because i love to do the same.it' not just replicating but showing homage to that artist that inpired you......PLEASE PLAY ON!
frippstar47 4 months ago
@frippstar47
thanks. I have a cd coming out next tuesday (9/27) which i hope you will check out. cheers.
troubleclef 4 months ago
This is the only song I've seen this guy that gave him alittle trouble. Its a great performance, but not dead on how Howe played it.
interstategar 5 months ago
great cover man. but if you can get a better mic
bluetoothh700 6 months ago
If you can emulate one of the greatest guitarist of the prog era, you're ok in my book. I am watching this second video of yours, with the first being "blood on the rooftops" Great axmanship. Peace.
godbluffvdgg 6 months ago
Nice job! Awesome playing!
timeship77 6 months ago
Awesome
bruedwards 7 months ago
Amazing performance. Congrats!
simoskywatcher 7 months ago
Some people will kill me for saying this I"m sure...But this is actually a superior version to the original. Steve Howe himself can't play it this clean.
unknownkingdom 10 months ago
@unknownkingdom
i won't kill you but....c'mon this ain't no way as clean as Steve himself....and I'm the one playing it! :D Still, I appreciate your comment.
troubleclef 10 months ago 4
@troubleclef
Nice Humble response there troublechef - obviously a Steve H fan !!
Still - this is very, very impressive - good technique and good on you !!!
jonsey156 10 months ago
@troubleclef
Of course it's not as good as what Howe was doing back in the 70s, but it's still one of the best on the site.
Carthsgtr 6 months ago
@unknownkingdom
Agreed
HEREclickPlease 7 months ago
@unknownkingdom i disagree, especially 'cause it's the rough aspect of this guy's performance that nails it for me
twst1 7 months ago
@unknownkingdom your kidding right?????
emaclynch 7 months ago
@unknownkingdom this guy misses a ton of notes,,,,,
emaclynch 7 months ago
@emaclynch one thing you have to realize is that hes not steve howe.and you still have to give him credit. you cant do the original perfect.
bluetoothh700 6 months ago
Steve Howe too? You are too much. I love the C shaped riff he does in Wurm , part of starship trooper. Hypnotic for me. And who doesnt like Close to the Edge? Great post. I know I am posting too much, but what can I say? I'm a fan. I'll be OK.
chest002 10 months ago
you make an incredibly difficult song long easy. well done and thanks
1ramdam 11 months ago
Well done man, that's an accomplishment.
algolfan1 11 months ago
brilliant, i have never seen anyone play this in 30 years
TheHabit00 11 months ago
check my version please
TheReilly8 11 months ago
masterful touch. thanks
1ramdam 1 year ago
WHAT-EVER ONE WANT'S TO CALL IT,DOESN'T MATTER...STEVE HOWE,PLAYS
THE SHIT OUT OF THAT MARTIN - 17s...WHY NOT JUST CALL IT GOOD!!!
CHURCHILLSTAN723 1 year ago
Como siempre un maestro de toda la musica que nos enseño a tocar, Lo felicito
Master!!!!!!!!!!!Exelent
venierclo 1 year ago
this is an incredible version thanks so much for brightening up my afternoon.
AllanDavidRock 1 year ago 3
well done...unique take on some of the chords' positions and voicings...but hey, it really works! very nice job.
dyhanendra 1 year ago
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l2string 1 year ago
Just wonderful on the Martin Tony! Yay for Steve Howe and yay for you to play this so brilliantly!!! Steve would be flattered at your attention to detail!
Amy
amccann7 1 year ago
This song is called "The Clap". Jon Anderson said it on the Yessongs live DVD I have from the original 1974 performance.
ChrisSousa9 1 year ago
@ChrisSousa9 Steve calls it "Clap", he wrote it for the birth of his son. "The clap" means gonorrhea. So whether it was a joke or a mistake from Jon, and the original The Yes Album covers are too all wrong.
pjtpjt 1 year ago
Listening to various of your pieces while putting up paintings in house! Loving it! Your playing is so great :-D
peresaker2 1 year ago
Nice ... couldn't care less if it's called the disease. Very respectable rendition.
GibsonHummingbird 1 year ago
Wonderful. I've always been in awe of this song which I have on my original Yes album on vinyl - and it's listed as 'The Clap'. Yours is a really great rendition of a very difficult piece. I'll have to have a listen to some more of your stuff. As well as Jack H, you've now inspired me too. Thanks.
mussie302 1 year ago
Jon is the one who called it The Clap
I have seen Steve play it with yes and solo many times since the 70's and he always called it a song called Clap
Which was written for his 1st son shortly after his birth
ciliaris2 1 year ago
great playing...unfortunate title
septip123 1 year ago
you´re a master on all acoustic stuff that is related to the most famous progressive rock bands, truly.
NastyGreaser 1 year ago
This is just amazing.
To be honnest, I prefer listening to your version than to the Yes version.
Do you have any videos of you playing Mood for a day?
phaobr2 1 year ago
I don't know why anyone cares what the piece is called. Trebleclef is one of the very best acoustic players online. There are many versions of this piece on YouTube, but this guy plays it so crisply that he puts the others to shame! Very very nice playing. Clap for the Clap!
mellowinman 1 year ago
The tune is called "Clap". not ...the clap
1i1feat 2 years ago
nope your wrong there partner its called "the clap"......
bloozeman1969 2 years ago
You should do some research!!
1i1feat 2 years ago
My opinion has always been that it was "The Clap" originally, back when rock stars were allowed to be crude funny bastards. (Jon Anderson even introduces the song on the live recording on the original album by saying "this is called 'The Clap'")
But then when we all got so pc, Steve decided it was no longer appropriate and renamed it on subsequent recordings and reissues and books of scores.
Me I'm just a throwback to that crude era, so I like the old name.
So, you're both right.
troubleclef 1 year ago
I am also an old throwback and the vinyl album liner notes calls the tune Clap and so does Steve Howe on his youtube web site.Nothing to do with pc.
1i1feat 1 year ago
Weird. My old vinyl album and even cd copies call it "The".
troubleclef 1 year ago
@troubleclef :: i heard an interview done by 'Nightbird- Danielle Steele' WAY back in the early 70's, and Steve was complaining about the "The--" introduction that Jon did on the record even then...he said the song-written in honor of the birth of his son Dylan--was about "being happy and clapping your hands, and not about something distasteful" as VD... Steve's always been fairly aware to the dignity of things...and it bugged him a bit to have this tune associated to an STD.
dyhanendra 1 year ago
@dyhanendra
thanks. That sounds pretty reasonable, but I wonder why they've never updated the printed name of the song on all later editions of the CD that i've ever seen. And even if they did, it's still an awkward title even without the "the" and can still be taken to mean vd.
troubleclef 1 year ago
my bad.....looks like your your the man and I'm the schmuck.........
bloozeman1969 1 year ago
bloozeman1969... this debate will go on with other YES fans for a long time and unless Steve Howe (he's the man) gets into the debate himself, there will be no schmucks... cheers!!
1i1feat 1 year ago
Great. I've watched Howe's version many times and yours rocks equally well. One of the best.
hrmerr 2 years ago 2
If ya ever picked up a guitar this guy makes ya wanna cut your fingers off.
anythingdammit 2 years ago
Beatiful playing.
itsmark123 2 years ago
wow, nice job, am i right if i tell you are playing it in other tune??
angusyoung98 2 years ago
i frequently tune the steel string down by half a step, so you're probably right.
troubleclef 2 years ago
whenever i see this guy i've always know that he is going to be good. cause i never see him play badly.
sincmasteremil 2 years ago
Shit hot!!
MNX58 2 years ago
great. is there anyway you could send me the the tabs on what the first rythmn is beccause so many places have it different but i like yours alot
BuffaloRising23 2 years ago
it's really more of a *feel* thing. the written rhythm isn't the way it's played (the score says to turn regular eighth's into dotted eighth and sixteenth ie, "swing it". but even that doesn't mean anything on paper..you gotta just try it and feel it over time)
troubleclef 2 years ago
Fantastic...
astronorm111 2 years ago
Beautiful guitar....what is it?
Awesome job!
1rscott 2 years ago
martin 000-17s, its mahogany (that means you probably can't afford it, but thats probably most of the population)
lbanezjs1000 2 years ago
I figured as much and no I can't afford it....damn it. I've wasted as much for years chasing the ever elusive tone with cheap guitars.You probably know this but do your self a favor save your money for 5 years and buy a real guitar.I'm stuck with 2peices of crap that together cost me $3500.I do have a sweet hand made 68 Alvarez classical but again it's a classical not a dred.
1rscott 2 years ago
lol, those are not pieces of crap.
3500 is alot. even for 2 guitars.
the martin in this vid is probably a matriarch in the society of guitar.s
lbanezjs1000 2 years ago
this guitar was not all that expensive. I think i paid 1100 or 1200 for it. do a web search. though they don't make the exact model anymore you should be able to find them 2nd hand.
and it's not a dreadnought, btw.
thanks for the interest
troubleclef 2 years ago
haha, i see the classical headstock :)
lbanezjs1000 2 years ago
how old is yours?
Shmeeeee 2 years ago
Great!!! ;-) very good job!!!
frankmart030680 2 years ago
wow...can you pass the tab, please??
great!
tankyou
IgorGuittar 2 years ago
Wonderful!
You're a great musician!
racsouza 2 years ago
=O
OMG !!! ^^ perfect
Apocalliptk 2 years ago
Wow! Awesome! Excellent playing.
NVprods 2 years ago
How do I get the tab for this version?
RJB927 2 years ago
Muy buena interpretación. ¿Me pareció o la guitarra está afinada más baja? Igual está muy bien. Felicitaciones
ezeramon35 2 years ago
wish i could play half as well
sam8290 2 years ago 6
My favorite guitar player on Youtube. Hats off before his performances of classic progressive rock songs. His "Seven stones" of Genesis played on one guitar, its just a masterpiece!
Pozdrowienia z Warszawy mistrzu!
bogbron 2 years ago
Excellent. i bet that is fun to play.
if only i could play that.
noeldanks 2 years ago
¿Para cuándo Mood for a day?
nrmignonne 2 years ago
Holly crap ! Nice work.
ecurb1 2 years ago
damm you can really play!!
luigicarl 2 years ago
Awesome!
nasonguy 2 years ago 2
Applausi a scena aperta! Che formidabile chitarrista di brani memorabili!!
francesco31006 2 years ago
Magnífica interpretación de esta joyita de Howe. Mis más sinceras felicitaciones.
tuscarett 2 years ago
wow...
JGPorcello 2 years ago
Aww great!
MissDreizehn 2 years ago
Bravo! Splendid job. You play great, this is one of my old favs, I definately enjoyed watching you play it~
Thank you!
gtristdan 2 years ago
Awesome!!! You have captured this song to a T!!! Well Done!!!
mtnhorse 2 years ago
Having seen Yes in what I think was there first concert in the states...Port Chester, NY ....Capitol Theatre...................you just about outdid or equalled Steve Howe !
Thanks again
SixDayWar67 2 years ago
Damn it!! In Portchester?! I'm 30 minutes away and missed that... oh well.
This guy is great thought aye!
gtristdan 2 years ago
Whats interesting is that Yes was the third band on the marquee below Black Sabbath and Humble Pie ( who were great ). You could barely see Yes's name as it was so small but they got the crowd standing considering most of the people there had no clue who they were.
I was told that Black Sabbath was booed at the second showing at 11 pm and believe me they were bad. Those were great days if you knew of bands before they got too big.
SixDayWar67 2 years ago
T, you never fail to amaze. Pick or no pick who cares. Critics everywhere. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you to master this? Good one to pull out around the campfire. Take care.
mpdsal 3 years ago
it took quite a while. not sure now. and of course i've completely forgotten how to play it by now, so i'd have to re-learn. frankly i never mastered it anyway.
troubleclef 3 years ago
Steve Howe. One of the all time greats not a lot of talk about. You do him justice. NICE.
FleshTorturer 3 years ago
God damn dude! This is still awesome - without or with a pick. Nice one!
ElliotWoolf 3 years ago
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without pick... mmmm... not convincing
ejarato 3 years ago
oh, well.
troubleclef 3 years ago
Excellent!! Very Good!!!
cgd62 3 years ago
Bravo!
441trinity 3 years ago
is it practising scales for hours,...anyone know?
johnnytheb26 3 years ago
Damn you make that look easy. Holy Cr@p was that great
ozzman25 3 years ago
a doddle..wheres me chord book
johnnytheb26 3 years ago
It sounds like you're in a different key than the original (Yes Album) version. Did you transpose it to make it easier to play?
Hyenaman82 3 years ago
awesome! and much much style!!
kristolaos 3 years ago
yeah way to go buddy great i wish i could play it that well
youenjoymyself1 3 years ago
very nice....it looks as if ou have a classical guitar with steel strings on it? or is it just my bad eyesight/speakers/ears?
cloudy4shores 3 years ago
steel string with slot head.
troubleclef 3 years ago
ur gonna kill ur guitar with those strings... that one is meant to have nylon strings dawg
guitarrmasta 3 years ago
Dawg. Anyone that plays this good can put whatever strings they like.
standuped 3 years ago
anyone can put whatever strings they want in their guitar... what im just saying is that the steel strings will bend that neck a lot faster than with nylon strings
guitarrmasta 3 years ago
That's great!
AlexChernetsky 3 years ago
that was amazing, i have never heard of that song, very good cover, and catchy
renietsraw 3 years ago
marvelous, do u have any tabs?
cotee21 3 years ago
Excellent cover, i wish i could play it just half as good :D
kiks290halmballe 3 years ago
Brilliant cover. Have you heard Davy Graham's arrangement of Fingerbuster? This sounds like it must be based on it.
gamanil 3 years ago
Just saw this transcribed in Guitar World. Nice
timmylexmark 3 years ago
Rocks my bout! hahah its way awesome! I wanna play it....
margieonlyme 3 years ago
You Fuc#in own! dude "Troublecleff is God"
Apocallypse123 3 years ago
He has more control in one finger than I have in my whole hand!
GrannyWhackers 3 years ago
this is a song about how he got clap.
true story.
SaucemProductions 3 years ago
i thought he named it 'clap' and someone missheard and put 'the clap' on the album...maybe
genesisrock43 3 years ago
CAn't really add anything. Was just the business.
eggthenoodle 3 years ago
too cool for school
DrewAnti1960 3 years ago
That was freakin' AWESOME and you know it!! Cheers mate.
Do you have any other classical pieces you can post?
cirezetroc 3 years ago
hello. have you got sheet music of the "The clap" ? may i have it.
Thanks
Dawt
dawtwolde 3 years ago
I was thinking clef probly does this well I was right
zzixsixx 3 years ago
i think this is the best cover of this song i've ever seen
lilasspopper 3 years ago
hello!! I am julian I am 15 and I play clap if you wnt to see it put in the serch bar julyvalls and put clap siberian khatru starship trooper etc
julyvalls 3 years ago
I read somewhere (Guitar Player magazine, perhaps?) that this song has something like 30or 40 different chords in it, some of which are very unusual and not used very often. Is that true? Great arrangement, by the way. I always love watching your videos.
Hyenaman82 3 years ago
could be true. it's got a lot anyhow.
thanks. i just learned it from steve's score, not really an 'arrangement' as such. cheers. thanks for watching
troubleclef 3 years ago
wow!!! congratulations man!!
this music got really better with this tunning you're using, and you play very well... i liked a lot!
I apologize my english (brazilians don't write pretty good in english... lol)
leokiedis1107 3 years ago
What tuning are you using?
It sounds like your about a half step lower than how Howe plays it.
Great job man, sounds awesome (you should trow in the percussion section if you record it again)
guitargandhi 3 years ago
thanks. yes, it's detuned half a step.
percussion section?
troubleclef 3 years ago
Yeah, Steve Howe does some guitar percussion when he performs it live.
Check out some of the related videos for your video, the one from "petecellar" is a good version.
guitargandhi 3 years ago
ah, now i know what you mean. thanks
troubleclef 3 years ago
You are great!! You are a genius!!! Where did you find those tabs?? I have another version...
Luke882 3 years ago
no i'm not. thanks.
the score and tablature is in a book of Steve Howe pieces which i believe is still available. check amazon.
troubleclef 3 years ago
ok thank you. goodbye!!
Luke882 3 years ago
All that I can say is "WOW!" Very impressive. Can you come to my house and give me lessons?
2dollarbroker 3 years ago
Your the mann love this solo
Nomy969 3 years ago
f'n wicked job,
CharDarwin 3 years ago
easily one of my favourite songs of all time! and you did a great job at playing it... very fluid. I can play it, but its still pretty rough compared to that.
darreneedens 3 years ago
thanks. though i really oughta learn the 'pick and fingers' way of playing which i've never tried. certainly would facilitate that last riff that i flub.
troubleclef 3 years ago
I play it the same way you do, no pick... it still sounds good so i have never bothered learning the other way...
keep on rocking the fingerpicking lol.
darreneedens 3 years ago
Whoa... I have to learn this. It'll be one of those incredibly difficult pieces that'll take years, but might help me advance...
mediocrefunkybeat 3 years ago
That was just a blur!! Great!!
aiyic 3 years ago
..i thought you meant the video! :D
troubleclef 3 years ago
I've checked out your other videos too. Man! You've really exploited your obvious talent with with plenty of practice. Aside from your technical prowess, you've got a beautiful musical sensitivity. Everything played weighted just perfectly. I wish I had it!
I try and try and....doh! (_8o)
aiyic 3 years ago
thanks, man. keep on playing.
troubleclef 3 years ago
geez you make that look easy.
NeedLife774 3 years ago
Marvelous! i actually went and bought the book, gonna start working on it later on.( i have mood for a day mostly down =D)
Ennkay 3 years ago
great book, eh? have fun.
troubleclef 3 years ago
its a really hard song, could you tell me the tabs? very nice
sgstandard61 3 years ago
aha! learned it by ear! good work!
jazzpsalti 3 years ago
thanks. but, actually no, i learned it from score in the steve howe book "guitar transcriptions" (i think that's the name)
troubleclef 3 years ago
That sounds a lot cleaner and nicer than the original (which I'm sure was called THE clap on the original album). Just a pity that the vid is a little blurred as I could have got a lot of good tricks off it. Can't quite see where your fingers are placed. Great playing mind.
joeninetyjoe 4 years ago
thanks. none of my videos look very good, but sometime after I made this one i learned to "focus" the friggin' camera and turn on more lights! still they're blurry. :D
troubleclef 3 years ago
I've seen, or think I've seen most of your Steve Hackett posts and they're easily the best quality covers on YouTube, almost as good as Hackett himself. This however is not nearly as good as Steve Howe. It's a damn sight BETTER than I've ever seen him play it live. (And that's quite a few times) FANTASTIC.
BevelBob 4 years ago
Hi, Troubleclef you've got a lot of fans in brazil. I admire you and I enjoy every single note from your acoustic guitar. It's always so cleaned - flawless!
Um grande abraço,
Marcus Vinicius.
m01020304v 4 years ago
muito obrigado, amigo
troubleclef 4 years ago
I think you're playing it in a different key then on the recording. why?
NeedLife774 4 years ago
i had this guitar tuned down a half step for lots of things. sometimes i would forget to retune it. i like the way it sounds down there, too.
troubleclef 4 years ago
love this piece! love yes! love steve howe! and pretty amazed by your "metal string sounding" classical guitar
markau19 4 years ago
thanks. but it *is* a steel string guitar. it just has the slot head of a classical. check video details for make/model
troubleclef 4 years ago
really amazing like guitar! there's no limit of the human imagination!
markau19 3 years ago
This Steve Howe acoustic piece is called "Clap", which is the sound made by striking together the palms of the hands. It is NOT called "The Clap", which is slang for Gonorrhea, which is a sexually transmitted disease.
dan1216 4 years ago
thank you, professor
troubleclef 4 years ago
can't stop watching this video!
panelacosmica 4 years ago
Wow, that's some amazing guitar playing! =)
Do you think you'll do "Mood For a Day" as well ?
r0berito 4 years ago
not a real big fan of 'mood'. there's other steve things i'd be interested in doing first. "diarry of a man", "meadow rag" for instance. just haven't come around to them yet.
troubleclef 4 years ago
i always watch your videos
ur amazing
and other peoples attempts at this song are pretty funny lol you just play it with such ease
so smooth
rmusic1112 4 years ago
yeah well done, i quite like the way you play this, please check out my version of it, and tell me what you think of it...
sabbath75 4 years ago
hey this is a great song and you play it excellent, im learning the song too and im using your video to help me :P
I think you should play Oscar Lopez's Classical Soul, is a great song and you will be able to play it perfectly....
danielmtzza123 4 years ago
Oh man, you must make your friends very very happy when you take out your guitar and play. That was good stuff, you made my morning.
Now it's off to work with a better tune to whistle than the one I had before.
bradmbrown 4 years ago
Do you have the clap?
Poopfemur 4 years ago
troubleclef,does this song very well, just use the tuner! lol smooth and tight,imo the clap is the kind of fingerstyle that if you stop playing it a month or so, chances are you'll slop it until you play a few warm ups.I want to learn it with the pick now so I'll be bouncing in and around :) thank you clef
ijeots 4 years ago
thanks. I sometimes play the steel string a half step flat for certain songs. this must have been when one of those times, without remembering to tune it back "up".
troubleclef 4 years ago
dude, you are good but why the out of key tuning? also like you ,I do it without the pick, but the right way as knowing howe plays it with a pick.. travis style with a pick my friend! thank you and waiting for the travis tutorial for this fine classic tune!
ijeots 4 years ago