The final countdown guitar solo "part 1" - lesson by Alex Giallombardo

[mottosierra]

great !!

[pasimo]

Non è così, basta rallentarlo al massimo per capire che la figurazione ritmica iniziale è totalmente sbagliata

[alexyellow]

Si grazie, lo so bene che la divisione nella parte iniziale è diversa da come lo suono io.. non ritengo tuttavia necessario rifare il filmato dato che già così è stato apprezzato e trovato utile da molte persone che per tale motivo mi hanno ringraziato.

Posta per favore un video di risposta così potremo apprezzare la tua fedeltà di esecuzione, il tuo timing, il tuo suono, l'intenzione interpretativa.. aspettiamo con curiosità.

Grazie

[MrGuitar373]

thank u so much

[lorypego]

bel video. non ascoltare questi quattro arrapati inglesi!

[TheMunchkin7777]

Hey Alex,

I like your video and it sounds good. That's the bottom line. It doesn't have to be 100% like the Final Countdown solo. If I want that, I'll just listen to final countdown. I understand your lesson. I listen, hear, watch and learn. Grazie.

Rob

[duckiboy100]

HOLY SHIT IF U CANT SPEEK ENGLISH DONT TRY AND TEACH A VIDEO

[alexyellow]

@duckiboy100 "SPEAK" not "SPEEK" ... hahahahha

[xDutchInfinityx]

@duckiboy100 HOLY SHIT IF U CANT SPEAK ENGLISH THEN DONT PLACE COMMENTS PPL DONT CARE ABOUT

[NandeDattebayoo]

@duckiboy100 Go fuck yourself u prick. He made this video to help every1 that wants to try and get this one down. You ignorant piece of shit learn some english grammar yourself b4 flaming others. Wipe-ass...

[gottfriedbrux]

Scale that is...

[gottfriedbrux]

@nemesisrogue dude, really? Why don't you show us how it should be played. I bet you can't even play a simp,e pentatonic sacal

[nemesisrogue]

Dude, WTF?!??! Have you even heard the solo? It's not easily, even tempo like you're illustrating. 99.99999% of You Tubers play it WRONG just like YOU!

The solo is SYCOPATED - it alternates between 16th & 32nd notes. You can HEAR it!

STOP trying to teach when you CAN'T play it!!!

[alexyellow]

@nemesisrogue

really?  huahuahuahuahuaaaaa!!!

[nemesisrogue]

@alexyellow Yeah, really.

[nemesisrogue]

@nemesisrogue And that's your comeback? I understand. It's hard to argue against FACT.

[waepaenow]

@nemesisrogue How is that a Fact? If that was a Fact then why havent i heard of it? and plus many people call the strings on the guitar 3 names "note,Fret and string" so ya

[nemesisrogue]

@waepaenow Why haven't you heard of it? No idea. My guess is because you're a moron. And no, people do not mistake 32nd note, 16th note, 8th note et al for frets. Only you, because you are a moron. So if that is all you've got then........

[nemesisrogue]

@waepaenow People do not call the strings of a guitar "note" or "fret". All 3 are different. Non guitar playing monkeys like you may mix them up but as said, that's because you're a moron.

[waepaenow]

@nemesisrogue atleast i have one boy Lol

[waepaenow]

@nemesisrogue its not what your mom said last weekend ;)

[NandeDattebayoo]

@nemesisrogue You keep yours at your guitar-hero. U wannabe. Take a hike plz.

[waepaenow]

@nemesisrogue theres no 32nd fret ._." Lol

[nemesisrogue]

@waepaenow I said 32nd notes - not 32nd fret.

Try and get your facts right before you LOL.

[pouckis]

25 years??? wow... im playing 8 months and i think its long time xD

[VALERYTHESTRANGE]

the accent is wrong

[alexyellow]

@VALERYTHESTRANGE

we don't care

[SEBErockss]

finalmente un italiano!!grande!! comunque bel lavoro..grande

[MrJuanse1]

Great I have a question... Do you pick everithing??? ore you use tapping in some notes???

[xxxrichimaxxx]

¿¿??

[bulletinyurass]

1:22 he sais 'DEMON SHIT' :D

[Macingo88]

belloooo il solo anche la spiegazione:-)attento xo che se sono triadi quello è un c#dim no semidiminuito giusto una piccolezza...ciaoo!!!

[MGD112671]

true exellence \m/

[fenderteo]

Ottimo lavoro! Bravo!

[pacyficc]

nice thank you

[stratofaster01]

at 1:22 it sounds like he said demon shit

[1971SuperLead]

Nice guitar!!!!

[Finester92]

secondo me l'hot rail al ponte per fare hard rock è il top, a me perlomeno piace tantissimo. sto cutomizzando la mia strato e uso hot rail al ponte, jeff beck al manico e al centro un city limited single coil per non perdere completamente il suono strato. comunque grande suoni molto bene, io suono da 10 anni e ora imparo sto assolo che ho scoperto ieri xD

[cadauctions31]

You are a great teacher on video. I like how you are showing hwo to do this in slow play, rather than just showing the solo and letting everyone figure out what you are doing if that makes sense to you!

[ShakalakaYAGU]

ho scoperto che eri italiano dopo aver imparato la parte xD

[TheLauraster]

you are very good:) u can fast playing and that is nice:)

Hmm i am dutch:P But i can speak english how long u playing electric guitar?

[monideepgoswami]

can i play the song without Seymour Duncan Hot ???????????what is its use????plz help!!!!!!!

[tatometal]

GRAZIE 

[keihardgek]

great solo! How long do you play guitar now??

[alexyellow]

@keihardgek Thank you! about 25 years and never stopped to study! Cheers from Italy!

[PRETERNATURAL14]

IKAW ESTE TARANTADO DI NAGENGLISHC PURO KASTILA WALA NAMANG KWENTA!!!!!

EL BUROL IKAW BUKAS DAHIL PATAY KITA INYO....

[ranadik311]

nice beat

[gagginicol]

6 un mito! una leggenda, veramente bravo!

[borbottante]

fantastic!

[a7xMadx]

ENGLISH!

THIS ISN'T Spanish youtube or french, watever!

[gagginicol]

@a7xMadx ITALIAN!

[wkd0]

how do you play that little bit about 0:18 seconds in to the video

also can you tell me the tabs for 25 seconds in to it i cant see what your pressing on lol :) thanks

[dirtydonki]

Brilliant lesson. Best on Youtube!

[EspKamui]

Ciao alex. Bellissima lezzione, pero hai dei consigli per imparare lo sweeping ché usi per l'inizio del solo?

[SoildSnakej7]

Bella lezione, grazie sei molto bravo.

[byk12345678]

bad solo.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ramon0489]

thanks God i speak italian!!!

[switch0123]

is that a dimarzio fast track ????????

[alexyellow]

@switch0123 no it's a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails

[MattiaC95]

bravo! xk nn fai una lesson su qualke assolo di Stef Burns? pls

[roywatson7]

nice lesson- thanks

[mgfdh]

thats a stretch with small hands!!!

[xLegoGunsx]

if only this worked on acoustic...

[stoofbuis]

hi Alex,great lesson.BTW.,What bridge PU. is in your strat.I am asking this because i had a dimarzio pro-track in mine,and it did not sounded as fat as yours!Thanks

[alexyellow]

@stoofbuis Thank you! It's a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails!

[stoofbuis]

@alexyellow ok. thanks

[XAlphaZEROX]

@stoofbuis If you need a fat sound by DiMarzio, get the Tone Zone S.

[Stylist91]

not good sorry

[Warheart94]

Hi! Thanks for the lesson, i found it really helpfull, 5 stars!

[SKeNdA220687]

btw very good playing..5 stars

[SKeNdA220687]

btw very good playing..5 stars

[bigun1999999]

speak english

[guitfdlr]

@bigun1999999 learn Spanish

[fuciek]

@bigun1999999 Damn! I was going to say that.

[Tapiola2007]

@bigun1999999 Wow! How ignorant can somebody be? Why don't you learn Italian?

[HammerCOB]

@bigun1999999 Why do people always think that everybody on youtube should speak English. They are others languages too!

[bergimus95]

CIAO....BELLISSIMO IL SOLO...ma potresti spiegare anche come si fa la pennata???? te ne sarei grato!

[seanninja12]

thanks alot man

[OldShatterhand1985]

bad lesson

wrong accent !!!!

[alexyellow]

so this is what I'M playing not what John Norum used to play on his records because

I'm not a GUITAR PERFORMANCE CLONER like kids.. and probably like YOU, I'm a GUITAR PLAYER and I like so much what I can do with my guitars... with music..

[OldShatterhand1985]

... so this is your interpretation of this solo, but the title is The final countdown solo and thats why I noticed some mistakes... dont get me wrong... I'm just trying to play this solo last days and I wondering how John N. could make such a great pattern...

[Adde3030]

But when theres a lesson you should do whats on the record on not what you think sounds good . . .

[aintnaive]

ohh because all in the world have to speak fucking englsh ...

[ibanezvann]

@OldShatterhand1985 ...how could u say lyk dat..its almost perfect

[SKeNdA220687]

@OldShatterhand1985

haha who tells him ... I checked your videos and you better to shut up

[AWGMJANS]

@OldShatterhand1985 Muggenzifter!

[5im069MeTaL5ix]

Gran bel videoooo!!!

E poi spieghi benissimooo

Dawero grazie mille

Ps. mi sono iscritto al tuo canale ^-^

[bergimus95]

bello il microonde dietro...

[alexyellow]

grazie, mi serve per cuocere bambocci quindicenni senza sporcare troppo in giro...

[bergimus95]

fallito

[alexyellow]

..fossi in te piuttosto mi chiederei come mai su quasi 60000 visitatori sei stato l'unico a notare il microonde dietro

[byk12345678]

@bergimus95 dobrzitto .!

[MUTTER95]

thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnn­nnnnnnnnx alot

[chojinkid]

grande chitarrista, triads cmq si pronuncia "traiads" :)

[pilu3073]

bravo ottimo aiuto!!

[kof0rules]

Fantastico!!!però un po di distorzioni in piu nn avrebbero fatto male

[emwjmannen2]

ENGLISH PLEASE YOU ASSHOLE

[Bluecheer90]

Ma chiudi la bocca razza di depensante...Va in mone cojòn chi no tu ses ati!

[emwjmannen2]

@Bluecheer90 sug min kuk din jävla fitta! jävla idioter somalltid ska snacka på spanska! DRA ÅT HELVETE!!!

[Bluecheer90]

Haha patetico cretino...spariti un còlp tal cjaf biaat rincojonìt!

[kosherkenn]

its lacking

[GalloMega7]

grande lezione! Ma il pickup che hai al ponte e' un seymour duncan vero? io l'ho montato sulla mia squier da battaglia, e' hot rails qualcosa di silmile?

[chojinkid]

potrebbe essere un mini jb

[EuropeFactor]

Super job! Your tutorial is excellent and has been a massive help to me in learning this tricky solo

[TheMikyguitar]

weee grandissimo bellissimo asssolo degli europe!!!

[Ishmael8765678]

en ingles por favor?

[maartenvanderpoll]

i think he's italian, not spanish ;-)

[tangypasta]

lol he makes it look easy...

[magnex93]

che pickup hai al ponte ?

[Ishmael8765678]

que?

[sunmas]

I agree with szymonwoj1. You're playing the right positions and notes, but you're not consistent with the tempo. It should consist of 16th notes with 32th notes. The little pull-off in every chord(/arpeggio should be 32:s. I suggest you get some sheet paper and write it down, it's easier to see. I didn't mean to be out of order, just to help you a bit...

[sunmas]

You've got it all wrong dude!!

[alexyellow]

So, why do you speak if you have knowledge to perform this solo perfectly?

Put your personal performance of this solo please so we all will be illuminated

[szymonwoj1]

almost perfect, the problem with the solo is its uneven accentuation due to the shorter lenght of the pulled-off note and the one preceding it, the right pattern includes 6 notes (you play them, but you have to distribute them differently, the two mentioned notes are shorter - you have to fit them into the rythm) but should be played as a 5 note pattern (the two mentioned notes are of the same length as the remaining separate notes, thus 6-1=5) within 4/4 rythm pattern = uneven accentuation.

[EuropeFactor]

I think you are nit-picking to be honest...as you say..'almost perfect'. It sounds very close to the original to me

[szymonwoj1]

Slow down the solo with any software and listen which notes are accentuated

[headlesssoldier]

don't even bother reading their comments. They don't realize that the tempo IS the same, but you are changing the groupings....JUST LIKE JOHN NORUM PLAYS IT.

[szymonwoj1]

yes, the tempo is the same, can it be different? the problem is that he is NOT changing the groupings

[maartenvanderpoll]

to my ear he is. maybe not when he slows it down, but defenitely in the real time version at the beginning. i can hear the timing change

[nygoly]

it's is alter picking or sweep bros?

plz help me :(

i'm amauter

[123Combine]

its a flick off and hammer on.

[Hexibaz]

its alternative , as you up pick , but you may call it sweeping too but i dont really call it sweeping unless its up to three strings which this isnt , but its kinda like upward and downward sweeping, but we call it alternative though

[VILASpeople]

theres sweep pickng with 2 strings man

[judomouse]

Kinda lame that you need the hair band on the 1st fret to get rid of excess string noise.

:¬(

[alexyellow]

hair band is placed out of the fingerboard, watch out; I only use it when I play 8 fingers tapping placing it about at the 3rd fret

[dondanzig]

Forza italia! well done, nice playing.

[mbruscinato]

Alex sei un grande! Grazie

[localhero635]

Thank you very much!

Great lesson!

[barbeytuz]

Está un tanto mal en los tiempos, hay una semicorchea y 3 fusas, y tu cuentas las 4 como semicorcheas.

[dino19788]

ottimo lavoro sai !! Ora devo solo cercare di suonare il più veloce possibile 'sto lick :-)

[xxxxxx009]

one word: great!!!

[ROROX6969]

muy buena leccion alex, es muy didactico a quienes estamos entrando en el mundo de la musica, sigue asi.

[jimmy15151]

ok, you should know what youre gonna talk about before you start, i know spanish, its my first language, and this is definitely not spanish, i dont know wtf it is, but i know its not spanish, but at least you can see how its played and if not there are a lot of other videos

[alexyellow]

The languages you can hear in this video are Italian and English.

In what other "wtf " languages you want to hear about learning to play this solo?

[jimmy15151]

sorry if i was rude, it was definitely not my intention, all the opposite, i just wanted to let everyone know that this wasnt spanish, that i had no idea what it was but i knew it wasnt spanish, i really appreciate the video... in the comment i meant to reply to the one that commented before me

[SVBarnard]

AHG!!!! Spanish!!!! WTF!!! This is english youtube not spanish. WTF why dont you post this in english please fuck!!!!

[MartinXxStorn]

What is this too guitar. What is your name?? if you please

[GUITARD75]

very good. if someone cant follow you on this they need to downgrade to bass. lol

[XxXFerdyXxX]

Complimenti il video è molto ben fatto era da parekkio ke stavo cercando un video come questo e finalmente l'ho trovato....vorrei farti una domanda....per riuscire a suonarlo come si deve ke procedimento si dv fare (tipo esercizio o robe del genere) ????

[Matheus222]

You call this a lesson? You don't even explain how you play, you just show it - Call this: "solo slowmotion" instead!

Thanks anyway...

[Matheus222]

Some words from his mouth would be great.

[Skeletine]

Just because you don't speak Spanish doesn't mean he's not explaining it.

[Junttilanten]

Nice :D