herman li & sam totman guitar lesson

[pipe19121994]

whammy pedal rocks..

[Blizzard4242]

to see sam play the "uhm" noise, click on the video picture to pause it and again to play it, then press and hold the 1 key on your keyboard (not keypad)

if it worked, thumbs up! :D

[MrKittles1123]

Personally, I have nothing against Dragonforce and I actually own all of their albums, as I find them to be a very fun and enjoyable band to listen to, however... I can't honestly say I'm overly impressed with Sam or Herman's guitar playing. Not that I'm bashing them, but it seems some people are under the impression that they're virtuosos when if watched closely in videos such as this, it becomes clear that they are relatively simplistic in their approach as well as a bit sloppy.

[SlugzOnTheRun]

-.- Okay, you jealous people saying dragonforce suck and the speed their songs up and all that shit, they're clearly better than you are, and they don't speed any of their stuff up. Go see them live, don't judge by all the crappy cellphone videos you see on youtube, where the sound cuts out every drum beat so you think its shit. They're a good band.

[etaexpress]

piano AUT says sam cant play guitar>piano its because this kinda guitar is beyond you>dont worry tho youll catch up >

[terotele]

the brigde pick up on totman's guitar committed suicide

[MrEllinaras]

The right title would be: Betcha can't play this

[MrEllinaras]

I will need two lifes to get the guitar skills of sam totman. Especially his "signature" tapping technique..... and about 4 lifes to learn the childish riffs that herman li shows.

[crazyclown622]

OMG!!!! the first guy is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good at guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck John Petrucci, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. this is the greatest guitarist ever.

[JZC124]

@crazyclown622 ahahahhhaah you said a good joke

[whitelotus808]

I didnt know that part at 5:21 was actually real. "ill play something shit rrike this with hammer on and pur off".

[NoiseMaker231]

4:57 Of course its the live version.

[DumbShitOnGuitar]

haha sam totman trys to tap sounds like the first trys of tapping of someone who plays a week or two and finds out that he can tip on his fingerboard :D

[Zorlak108]

is it me, or sam's guitar is REALLY out of tune!!!!

[bunnyboybxb]

@Zorlak108 i think too but not sure

[joseph050394]

cual es la cancion del principio?

whats song is first?

[strangestalker3456]

if any one says this band sucks please keep it to yourself

every band starts from the bottom to the top

[TheJuggaloMetalhead]

Herman Ri is coorr

[pollomima]

anyone knows where to find tabs for the first song played ? not through the fire and flames

[UnknownSect333]

Their music isn't very clean. I feel sorry for them.

[quilmesredlager]

i also feel fucking sorry

[poppers112233]

herman ri is coor

[DragonWarriorX99]

lol i love herman li's ascent its like a mixture of Chinese and English hhehehhe

btw DF ARE DA BEST and i agree with most ppl here herman and sam are an awesome duo

\m/^_^\m/

[SpankyJones10]

I love how they call pick scraping one of 'their' 'funny little techniques.'

[Dragonslaya197]

4:53 to 5:12 was nealy perfect! dragonforce is probably my favorite band in the world and i am sick of ppl bagging them out saying that they r bad live and calling them studioforce and the only reason they WERE bad live is becouse they wer drunk and the had alot of technical problems but if u look at some of the more recent 1ns they have performed realy good the only thing that bugs a little bit is that i wish ZP Theart would actualy b seriose when he sings somtimes but it dosnt bother me 2 much

[2pacdragonforce]

what happened to sams front pickups?

[EuphoriaMusicSession]

i guess it doesn't sound like TOTAL shit. i mean at least they got a sponsership from Michelin tires, so you know they've got SOMETHING going.

[JamesOface]

I think I just unlearned how to play guitar from watching this :p

[metalalvich]

no im saying theyre awesome playing together and that they have that special chemistry together that makes them a awesome duo

[quilmesredlager]

yes, dont you know? they are gay,

is not only emotional the connection, also physicall

[metalalvich]

i think herman and sam are awesome as a duo

like paul and marty or steve and satch

[adammatt333]

herman li is generally very sloppy he also claims to have played guitar for 13 years...i dunno if that means 13 years of practice tho

[Jackovasaur]

definitely hasn't cut his hair in 13 years.

[metalalvich]

ahahhahhaaahahahaha so true

[bounty93]

Herman Li isn't a bad guitarist, but there is a ton that are way better.

[pianoAUT]

i think sam totman can´t play guitar

[ravinthelightning1]

@pianoAUT Best he can play solos around you

[jedivolt]

@pianoAUT i think sam totman writes all dragonforce music all on his very own...

[Valquirialecabel1]

son excelentes ya que su genero extremo posee una velocidad muy rigida ademas los dos combinan bn. herman usa muchas escalas pero con un limite de trastes y sam puede alcanzar muchos trastes en un tiempo demasiado corto, los dos tienen muchas habilidades son muy buenos

[TheVoorhees13]

exacto no son malos solo que ps si le echan mucha crema a sus tacos no? con aquello de los efectos y por lo mismo el vivo ps nada que ver y la gente quiere escuchar en vivo lo que en el album y ps nel, como sea ami me encantan estos weyes sobre todo herman lo amoooo!!! esta bien wapote jejee!!

[expensivepig]

is that an ic400?

[spiritfirex]

si bien a algunos les gusta y a otros no, , no es que sean malos. pero son ambisiosos por querer hacer demaciados efectos y trucos.

NO> no son dioses del metal ni del rock.

es solo una banda mas con su propio estilo.

SI> si creen que lo que tocan solo esta bueno por los efectos. AGARREN UNA GUITARRA DE VERDAD Y PRACTIQUEN UN TEMA, veran que si no usan efectos igual tienen un buen ritmo. EXEPTO LOS SOLOS DE HERMAN LI QUE SON MUCHO DEDO AQUI Y ALLA , fuera de eso, tienen buenos temas.¡IBANEZ!

[3Z3K13L08]

Herman Li is cool, period.

^^

[sup3a]

he is, fuck you haters

[drmltj411]

so terr arr of your friends herman ree is coor or i wirr shit on your head

[Rumessen1]

iceman

[kailz1992]

sam using what type of Ibanez??

[ArisingSoul]

Iceman

[TheVoorhees13]

rimandojr214 dices que los que no saben de musica es a los que les gusta? osea que dices que satriani y Vai no saben de musica? por que por si no lo sabias herman ha tocado con ellos, yo creo que aqui el que no sabe de musica eres tu, son buenos tampoco puedo decir que tiene el nivel de vai o satriani pero de que lo son lo son, si no por que herman compartio escenario con ellos??

[metalheadblues]

sam is hilarious not sure if he's drunk or acting like an idiot haha they seem like decent musicians don't see why people hate them

[rimandojr214]

because they give the effect to people who don't know anything about music that guitar is only about speed, and the faster you play, the better you are

[edgarrg94]

No es que sean malos solamente que ya se quedaron con la fama de que aparentaban haser cosas que en vivo no podian, pero enrealidad pues por algo tienen muchos fanes no??

pero a mi no me gustan jaja

[bibiranger]

they are good, not overrated, just good;)

[TheRoomStudios]

look up the parody to this vid called "Herman Li Is Cool"

it's a classic.

pretty damn funny.

after that, check out the parody I did based off of that parody. it's a video response to the "Herman Li Is Cool" video titled "Re: Herman Li Is Cool"

[spiritfirex]

=todos los que jodan sin rason se la comen=

haver si saco algo de este video... shhhhhhu silencio! XD

[tonkoisafatmess]

yh they cant play live and what? who cares? if you dont like em dont listen 2 em but their records are cool and its just who they are, every band is different

[Funkadelik13]

and their tone sucks balls

[OMGH4X3RN00B]

I like the lead tone Herman has, but he puts it to shame

[Funkadelik13]

everyone says they suck because they do. they are complete shit.

[xSnoweyexp]

u fuckers dont know anytging about them , why does everyone say that dragonforce sucks. They actually made some really good music.

[joelmvp08]

they are overrated but they don't suck like people say

[Hummbuckerz23]

They have no taste for tone....

[jakeysevenfold]

Sam owns Herman.

[slash646]

THEY ALL SUCK!!!!!!!!!!

[kallikallar]

Really, really, really overated guitarist...

[frennirockin]

what's the point of slagging them off, they just have their own way of doing things.....and neither of them suck

[MarchingBlueNGold]

I prefer Sam ver Herman , because all of hermans solo's are at breeak neck speed and sound slike someone took a song and cranked it up to a 300 tempo , all of sams solos are cool and rythmic

[YOUxARExAxCUNT]

neither of them are great guitarists and herman is incredibly sloppy i prefer sam to herman but i dont consider either to be any where near up to par compared to other guitarists out there

[Rockgod7321]

i hate how people dont give sam credit, HE WRITES THE SONGS AND SOLOS AND PLAYS THEM, not just herman.

[stephenw969]

sam plays solos on the records noobs and hes the coolest

[Turb0negr0]

I RUV HERMAN RI

[dezsi1313]

oh mabn thx+

[rumblinjungl]

Sam shows us practically the whole song and herman just pulls out his wammy pedals lol...

[AlLsTaRbAsEbAlL24]

hha

[Snakeof34]

Sam got Ibanez STM-1

Li recently got Ibanez E-GEN 18 (blue guitar)

[DOUGLAS300000000]

purple

[SIXDAYS12]

which one

[holeassskate]

Whats the name of the guitar ?

[WORLDDOMINATORPRO]

herman and sam have got to be the greatest guitar players in the world!!! : )

[RobertFerrera123]

u r the only person besides me that think they r great u r right

[takemahockey]

i think they are awesome

[rumblinjungl]

chah not.

[andymoor24]

I must say tht herman is awesome, but sam... meh, hes not exactly great

[RobertFerrera123]

how does he make that squel noise wit out the whammy bar??

[corza001]

whammy pedal ?

[takemahockey]

whammy pedal and there is a whammy bar its a natural harmonic

[meffinune]

addd bits and pieces ^o) tht wud be a technical term then eh? :S ^o)

[Sperzel]

The thins about them that I've noticed is that their playing has come a long way playing-wise since this video, wich is great!

[iamrathercool12121]

they are sooo sloppy

this vid shows that sam is better than herman

he is tighter but lacks control hence why he goes out of time when he plays slow

way better guitarists out there

[leifnoto]

I still dont understand why everyone is cutting on these guys. They don't suck. I think everyone just hates them because they are so famous and in guitar media stuff so much for playing such a gay style of music.

[Zer0nite]

It's because retards believe everything they see on youtube, that's why there's so much hate for them on here.

[rkalamdani]

how do u disbelieve a video?

[HXCpr0n]

See, they aren't even good. Period. Drunk or sober

[MKrock0]

i jusr realizede how ugly sams guitar really is lol.

[allof8death]

ny one else notice that sams guitar only has one humbucker??? i guess he just akes that out cuz he just plays the bridge pick up all the time oh well he still is awesome :D

[edoggy49]

for some reason i love how he makes the guitar squeal at 3:59

[ElmisterJorge]

sam's shirt is awesome.

[stephenw969]

i love sams zealand accent and hermans british accent and freds french accents

and zps something accent

[itsgoodforyourcolons]

i like sam's scottie accent :)

they're both awesome

[METALLICAM4N]

that is not a Scottish accent!

[Jimmy1720]

SEE? When they're sober, the aren't that awful.

[MKrock0]

still not great though!

(im probly getting like 50 thumbs down for this)

[MAG00GLER]

sam is actually a pretty decend rhythm player

[sgstam]

they make it look so easy....

[9392westber]

does anybody have the tab for fig 7 the irish picking riff?

[billykid84]

Are you for fucking REAL??? You can't figure THAT out? Wow. You have a HUGE future ahead of you in music!

[9293berwest]

hey billyboy that was five months ago i figured it out i watched the video and got after two times just wanted to see if anybody had it to double check it is always nice to double check.

[sanOierO92]

Blimey , they work so well together when they play the part at the end together . It sounds so good .

[SimmiTN]

hate sam!?sam is the best!!!

[superalexms]

HERMAN LI es Diosssssssss

[TheVoorhees13]

si ami tambien me gusta chingos como toca aun que hay algunos que se ponen muy nenas cuando dices lo que opinas les gusta dar pero no que les den, como un tal bryan no se que que anda por ahi saludos compa jajaja!!!

[ShrededToDeath]

chekout my cover of through the fire and flames. i play in a thrash stlye so it sounds abiut diff instead of being covered in effects

[aaronneale]

y do thy make it look so easy

[gizmotehmonkey]

what chords is sam playing starting on 0.28? i cant find tab

[SonEsmonduu]

x355xx, 466xxx, 688xxx

C5, G#5, A#5

That's how it was recorded. But here he is playing it as he does live, so sound like this video you have to dune down a half step.

[burn271]

dont break your sting when you play this :D :D :D

[imeisuharsono]

dont break your fingers

[forgivenpast]

what is that wand thing herman uses for pac-man anyone???

[ShuguProductions]

Tremelo Bar.

[itsgoodforyourcolons]

the whammy bar

[cantthink0f0ne]

they suck a lot

[kar98ksniper]

omg they r fuckin ugly noobs

[sepherimorth]

hey does anybody know what these guys are tuned to? and i want a straight answer, if there are people who hate this band, but are for some reason still choosing to be dicks and comment stupid shit, i don't want your fucking replys.

[JonTheDeeDeeDee]

standard tuning

[rafa7008]

lol calm down

[sepherimorth]

sorry, i just hate those people. they don't make any sense...

[sepherimorth]

now see, that's exactly the kind of response i didn't want. if you don't like them, you wanna know what you should do? don't listen to them!!! simple as that. oh, and thanks for being Example A, that way others know what not to do. Thanks for being a fuck-up =D

[fallstoofar]

ExampleA here again FUCK OFF and DIE!!!!!!

[edoggy49]

you're stupid...

[fallstoofar]

at least I'm not stupid.

[metalhead1945]

wtf ur both idiots!

[fing3rbang]

Surely thats our choice not yours, let us worship the band, we dont have to listen to and do what you say =]

[jords1992]

at the end of the day all the haters will never just accept the fact that no1 cares that DF isn't the best but they do make some good songs and people who tke them too seriously really piss me off.

[DragonForcebest]

DragonForce best!

[metal925]

they are the dest at shredding but when comes to the the sound of the solos they arent the best

[ilRockettaroDOC]

w i dragonforce

[TStarZZ]

MM I feel you now.. yeah DF isn't the best they actually suck compared to Buckethead and Paul Gilbert.. People shouldn't judge this band and worship it as a god..

[meanmrmustad]

Buckethead and PG arent really metal,

Dave and Poland/marty are betta.

They don't seem like they take themselves too seriously on this vid

[TStarZZ]

Dude I'm a fan and I don't say they are the best... I love buckethead too but i mean cmon these guys are pretty good, but there is better.

[Haxxledor]

That sounded like raping to guitars at once o.O

[staticxfrk]

you cant talk because you dont even know you'r two, to and too's, learn some proper grammer u little fag, what are u like 10?

[Haxxledor]

No but I am german, not everyone speaks English as his mothertongue. Learn German and if you can speak it without mistakes than you can come back and blame me. Also you wrote you'r instead of your. You wrote u thats also wrong. I know that I make mistakes but thats normal. It has nothing to do with DF either, so tell me why they cant play live. Thats just a little bit strange in my opinion.

[fing3rbang]

1.English is very widely spread and easily spoken... 2. DONT FUCKIN WATCH IF YOU DONT LIKE THE BAND YOU FUCKING ATTENTION SEEKING ARGUMENTATIVE CHILD!

Oh and Hi =]

[rafa7008]

Hey.. Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch. Ich bin eigentlich Deutsch lernen

[ThatSillyMosher]

Dragonforce fans have no idea what a real guitarist is.. they suck they cant play live. the greatest guitarists are people who dont join pussy bands.

[halberdboy]

bwahahahaha. if you're a fan of this band you have to go kill yourself.

[eninadaiz]

studio fags.

Mr. Andres

[DragonForcebest]

shure!

[runescapemaniac22]

i am a huge fan of dragonforce so i would have to say thats like the best video i have ever seen

[bsilver887]

dragonfail?

[sushimandaddi]

rancid rawks ice man is a cool guitar too.

[newCJ]

Iceman rules, I have one

[DragonForcebest]

Best Band best Guitarists!

[metalhead826]

pause not

[linebacker7424]

LMFAOOOOO

[tonsa92]

never

[jumpe0404]

well, sure, if you prefer playing without any talent

[garfish111]

Yeah, sam and herman got no talent?, i would like to see you play that fast, with harmonic riffs

[jumpe0404]

why should i? that wont chance the fact that they suck

[garfish111]

you gotta explain your self then

[jumpe0404]

well, all i have to say is dragonforce sucks lol

[fing3rbang]

haha pathetic

[taleofrevenge]

sam loves rancid, wtf

[g35crazy]

they sound sooooo much better here not wasted and w/o the band

[dbikeguy]

its sounds like shit by itself, but together it sounds much better

[ComputerGeek27]

DAMN Hermans got a HUGE wah pedal!! kicks the shit out of mine!@

[RevolutionDsquad]

like DF or not you must admit that their tone is kickass

[TaKeCONTROL89]

Notice how Herman is sitting done when he plays the solos.

Notice how he fucks up when he plays them live cos he's standing up. (Y)

[Seligsuper]

and hes drunk O.o" lol

[nsalxhack]

naaaaaaa k veer como sale en el video -.-

[jimblethegreat]

dragonforce arent amazing live from what i have seen in videos but im going to see them in october to see for my self!!

[garfish111]

any know what guitar and pickups he uses?

[garfish111]

i mean Sam's guitar

[KevlarBrad]

Sam is playing an Ibanez Iceman and I think he's using DiMarzio pickups. I could be wrong, though.

[ploumtagada]

Both pickups are DiMarzio Evolutions.

[thebestofstefano]

troppo bravi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vorrei essere brvo solo un quarto cm loro

[sc3n3777]

They did a nice job on the live version of the solo. It sucks though how people think they can't play their music live... =/