Take 5 for tapping guitar

[Yarsh52]

This was awesome! Keep up the fantastic work.

[Dmorrowshares]

Wow, I am equally impressed...one of my all time favs!!!

[wlud]

Man, such a talent deserves better videos.. Great job.. !

[Fernzero]

I can't express how much I enjoy this video. I would love to see a high quality sounding remake of this, if possible!

[Bruellbox]

greate!

[SixStringPirate]

one of my favorite tunes of all time. you did an awesome job. i like the improv on it. keep it goin.

[guitarjc]

Extremely good. I think the tapping techniques brings a nice momentum to the piece, which is similar to the original. Thank you very much for posting

[genanigaurav]

man u r like stanley jordan s elder brother lol .. really cool , looking forward for some more videos from u, i play that style too, but am really an amateur at that ..

[zerobio]

Superb! You are amazing with this! 5*'s

[xis333]

thanks for the comments. YES, i'm still a huge fan of SJ...i mean, he DID make this technique work for other musics besides van halen guitar solos. It's funny that everyone comments on the crickets! Its kinda the same response i get at red-neck bar open mics when i play this tune...lol..yes i did improvise

[HaIeybop]

hahaha, your hilarious

[danohrly]

This screams Stanley Jordan! haha

Very nice Jazz standard piece, I love the crickets chirping in the background, too.

Did you improvise the right hand melodies?

Great vid

[batistakiller1993]

Nice !!...5/5

[toniomegghie]

great! This is the first time that i see a jazz-classical song done with tapping technique! :D

[xis333]

glad ya like it...more to come soon

[dileband]

Thanks for the comments, loving yr vids. I'm gonna keep going away at it. Great way to play, Cheers for the encouragement. SiMoN :)

[michelaresi]

Thanks to youtube that gives me the opportunity to listen great musicians like you!!!!!

[dparrstick]

Great playing!

Nice. :-)

[happyslappysoong]

nice. really like it

[xis333]

becuz piano is hard....lol

[uncleparsnip]

this is very good. but if you are going to play the guitar in that way why not just play piano?

still great though

[ibanezbloke]

Its called touch guitar man. Its an established way of playing. Look up the master of this style - his names stanley jordan. And I mean absolutly no disrespect to this guy - he is amazing

[spec2re]

um... andee mckee, anybody?

[ibanezbloke]

Look up jordan - tapping is one of mckees many techniques, but Jordan has truly honed it to an art. Sreiously, after a little practise I fond mckees tapping pretty easy, but I can only play 1 of jordans tracks

[scheidtl]

very cool.

[dschultznet]

That is incredible! I really enjoyed listening. Very impressive.

[picoloku]

very cool.... keep up the good playing my man..!

[xOtaliOx]

Oh my god. You RULE dude! That is Awesome as!!!!! xD Wish I could!! Love that music! Amazing!!!

[metalguitarist658]

thats awesome!!!

[jellyman38]

he is cool but i prefer hevey metal ROK ON!!!!

[Electroguy1]

Awesome work man.

Find a better background to play against though it makes you look like an amateur when you're clearly not. ^_^

[higgyfogo]

Wow. I thought this video was going to suck. I was wrong. Nice job.

[paullongball]

Just beautiful! You are awesome, xis333, a soul man with fire!

A truckload of stars for you, my friend!

beep beep beep "Back it up...OK, boys, dump 'em right here!" ;D

[snoochieboochies420]

i love it when people tap without the same evh riffs. tapping is ment for a multitude of musical stylings.and blusey/jazz tapping is the fucking shit!

[voytash89]

OMG! Amazing!

[trumpetguy84]

I still like Brubecks version better but its still solid playing. Keep it up man!

[ai4281]

wow, you are as good as Stanley Jordan, if not better! I enjoyed it, thx!

[AtrumAethra]

haha i don't think so

but still fucking amazing

[mahoneysmusic]

great playing man, makes me want to try tapping on my electric more

[minilou84]

fanchement bravo !

[xis333]

thanks!

[JasonHUN]

cool

[b24warbaby]

geez .. I gota practice more.

What scales are you working from ?

[xis333]

mostly dorian mode

[sasquash88]

any chance you could tab it?

[canariosdelmonte]

great sound man ¡good one champion!

[JalapenoPip]

your my hero yo

[kohoutekcorporation]

Beautiful. Simply put.

[daxkhmer]

i give you mad mad props for this cuz i havent heard alot of people pull this off and it sounds realli clean for what it is mad props and more to ya

[LydianMode]

that's great

[RonBaggerman]

nice music , keep tapping!

[alepav]

Great!! Te Chapman Stick is a very difficult instrument for guitar players. Fret spacing are too wide. (at last for me! )

[hersoveela]

Excellent

[flintblade]

very nice playing, i love the solo!

we seem to have similar taste when it comes to cover tunes.. i play this one too!

[xis333]

let me know when ya put a cover of this tune up!...by the way...did you start out playing the tap guitar you have ,or did ya start out on "noramal" 6 string and progress to other chapman stick instruments?...if so was it a difficult transition?

[flintblade]

hey dude. i've posted take five.

when i first started i was playing 6-string. i took lessons for two years tapping on 6-string.

transition from 6-string to double-neck 7-string wasn't so bad, cause it's still a guitar tuning.

chapman stick was a much bigger change to get used to, it's been about a year since i got my stick.

[pmacellaro]

Take 5 on guitar? Amazing. Great talent.

[Lahed92801]

Do you use a compressor?

[xis333]

nope...all that was used is a small crate street amp called a "taxi" and the guitar itself

[Lahed92801]

nice technique then! All technique, not gear.

[vaisteen2003]

is this the OST for the tv series MONK???

[xis333]

what is "OST"?

[Lahed92801]

NO! Lol. It's the most popular piece in the 5/4 time signature. It's the Dvae Brubeck Quartet's 1964 smash hit, take five.

[listeningriffin]

awesome! give us lessons pretty please!

[xis333]

thanks for the replies!...when i can find a block of time to plan and make 4 to 10 minute lessons on different topics and short-cuts i have found along the way,i'll put them up 3 or 4 at a vids time...i really want to see this technique change the way the instrument is played,and see how different players utilize it.

[cavanhaguitar]

My friend, you have great talent! It was excellent! Great piece of work! I cansay the same about what you do in "Message in a bottle". Keep on it, man!

[xis333]

Thanks alot!

[Lahed92801]

damn it, I'm sorry, I've only been playing guitar for a year... I feel so inferior... Amazing playing...

[kingarthurthefirst]

Hey there - wow! Really classy tapping, I love it, and the crickets too! adds to the atmosphere!! heh!

[xis333]

thanks alot...more are coming on the way,and maybe a short tutorial on how to arrange tunes for solo tapping if theres enough interest...thanks for the comments

[Dean2006]

Id say if you were to put a tutorial on how to finger tap like you'd become infamous on youtube, would love a few pointers, cant seem to master it

[xis333]

hehehe....others have mentioned the crickets too...lol

[diegasso]

bom pra caralhooooooo

[Javamanx]

Hey man, really cool, sometimes you don't seem exactly at tempo (with the chords) but really cool, compliments.

[xis333]

thanx for the advice.I'm starting to study classical music to help with my time,which i know tends to "sway" every now and then....

[xis333]

i learned it from a Jazz "real" book...i never learned to use tabs

[753159258456]

wow man thats an unreal technique you got there, a truly excellant player

[Fishlipps]

hehe the crickets were making a great backing tune

execellent music!

[xis333]

thanks for the remarks....i use .008 xtra light gauge strings set as close to the neck as i can.the guitar is an old 80's era WEstone played thru a small Crate/taxi street amp....2)yes i've heard of adam fulara....great player

[genscales]

Totally awesome. I love tapping that's not just people trying to be Eddie Van Halen or Jason Becker. Most excellent. Two questions. What are you using for guitar/string setups? Have you ever looked up Adam Fulara? If you haven't, you totally should. He is the tapping master.

[genscales]

Yep, there are a few things you can do. Get a raquet ball or tennis ball and squeeze it five times in a row, then squeeze and hold for five ten seconds as hard as you can. Do this for twenty minutes a day and in a week your right hand should be killer.

[xis333]

hehehhehe

[xis333]

you can either strengthen the hand with weight traqining. or take the easier way...and make the instrument easier to play!. try dropping the tuning a half step at a time and/or drop the bridge saddles as low as they can go without getting too many buzzy frets.another thing is to play around with how ya "hang" the guitar on ya,which affects wrist placement. ya want as straight a wrist as ya can. THEN start teaching your right hand scales,just like a piano player.hope these are helpful tips....

[fjacques]

awesome dude, sounds great, you got skills

[DOUGHOWELL]

That was flat out incredible.

[renevatio4]

That is great man, i love how its just you in front of your side door. Sounds like whomever taught you how to play did a great job of keeping your creativity alive. Im trying out some of this style lately and you inspired me to do it...

[xis333]

thanks for the vote of confidence!...i've been working at this style "exclusively" for about 2 years

[storminthedistance]

I see you're a Stanley Jordan fan. Not too many people can do that kind of stuff. VERY difficult style. Awesome dude, keep it up. Well done!

[finley40]

Can I make a consructive critique?? Try to make your meoldys notes sustain longer on the head.You cut them off to early sometimes.Other than that your really good<and I know that style is REALLY HARD so I say it with total respEct...Good work!!!

[xis333]

thanks alot for the input...i hate to admit...but you may be right...lol...i will think on this a bit

[xis333]

nope...its an 80's era Westone "cheap" pawn shop guitar i bought about ten years ago being played thru a Crate "Taxi" street amp

[dimebucker]

Lol nice do u play left and right handed guitars?

[xis333]

ya mean double-neck guitars?...never tried...i am thinking of getting a combination guitar/bass tapping instrument called a chapman stick or a Warr guitar....

[dimebucker]

Yeah, Well i think u should give it a try its good 2 try new things out :)

[WAVEEES]

Good job. I wish I could do that.

[xis333]

thanks alot....been working on it for a couple years now...practice and patience is most of what it takes....

[jcruse234]

VERY nice

[xis333]

thank you for the vote of confidence...will try to get more tunes up soon