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  • Wow! I didn't know Jeff Goldblum could play guitar! And Paul Giamatti on the accordian!

  • The scarf absolutely makes this video.

  • OK, I never thought I'd ever see a guitar/accordion duet but there it is and it was more enjoyable that I thought it would be.

    Seriously, take the keffiyeh off. Wear it only if you are actually in the Middle East and in a situation that would require its wear, or...change your name to Arafat.

  • I like how everyone is saying he's just going through the motions. It's probably one of the first few times he's seen that chord sheet in front of him. Improvising of a chord progression like that isn't as easy as just playing E minor pentatonic, occasionally switching to G major pentatonic. That's an erratic chord pattern with a lot of different modes and altered chords in that. I reckon only a handful of professional guitarists nowadays would be able to play over that with only a few bum notes

  • @Th1sWasATriumph is a scrub, just listen to his videos.. but even the greatest musicians on earth could possibly learn some sort of lesson from some dipshit like this guy. Not many can grasp that. But oh no, Th1sWasATriumph is too good for shit like that.

  • @chocolateganesh Yes, yes I am. I'll stick to learning from musicians I actually respect, whose work makes me tingle, as opposed to Di Meola, who makes me want to put my head through my own balls.

  • 85 people make me sick

  • Okay morons! Understand this is one of the best guitarist this century. Watch and learn!! Watch these three guys plat together and tell me you can play!

    PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA

  • Has someone already made a hipster Eric Clapton joke?

  • I appeal to all guitarists to stop analysing and start listening! Mr di Meola's contribution to this instrument is .... well .... a giant step forward...listen!.. and stop intellectualizing! enjoy! rejoice! and if you find that impossible!... well ...er... get a life!!!

  • No wonder no one goes to shows anymore. So boring. Just going through the motions...

  • @musiccalgary Don't be sore because he doesn't play in Boring villages like Calgary!

  • @3Deity @sk1972 @CtrlAltDaLEET @Ypnovatis @BobQwack @ARAUZ1625 don't care how long you've been playing, how much effort you put in, what your grand opinions of music are.. or whatever... just needa stfu and take what you can learn from this man. needless to say that he ownz you.. i don't even like the guy, but i know deep in my heart that you all probably suck ass, and i'm just saying this because it makes me feel better knowing their is shittier people out there than me.

  • @chocolateganesh He doesn't own my ass one little bit, because I have absolutely no interest in his phrasing, vibrato, general tone, improvisation, attitude . . . oh, the whole thing really. His technique is enviable, but there's more to life than that.

  • @Th1sWasATriumph Go back to Guitar Hero troll!

  • @Tenebrius1963 Just as long as I'm clear - having no musical affection for someone you admire makes me a troll?

    What a curious notion, to be sure.

  • @Th1sWasATriumph Exactly. There's a difference between not having affection for a great guitarist and totally lacking respect. Why post anything here if you don't even like his music? His technique as you said makes it that he's invited all over the world to play so i guess he's not that bad, how about you post a video of your enviable technique so we can compare?

  • @Tenebrius1963 I do believe I mentioned his technique as being enviable. It's not technique I possess. However, I have no real desire to acquire it, so attempting to call me out on that basis fails. Unless you would have me believe that ONLY technique is the cornerstone of musicianship, improvisation and composition?

  • Guitar record of what? Seizure-like twitching right hand with absolutely no sound comming out?

  • Gay

  • What WR did he supposedly break here? I have heard better amateurs in their basement on YT than this.

  • Wow, he use to have good tone....what happened???

  • @3Deity doubt you know shit about music or art.

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  • @mrajc1964 That is your opinion however the universal truth is that music is emotion.

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  • gosh, is that Robert Downey Jr?! hahaha, totally looks like him though

  • This recording sucks ass.

    Where is the alleged record being set here ?

    I call foul for missleading tittle.

    I get the feeling that carlos santana would rip him appart ultimately.

  • @azkeyz Al breaks all the records for the most boring and uninspiring guitarist ever, his counterpart on piano is Chick Diarrhea

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  • Seen Al in 1987 small venue inToronto Canada called the Diamond Club.He has stood the test of time since the early 70s when Jazz or Jazz Fusion was not renowned like R n R. Other famous Guitar Players were in attendence basically paying Homage to one of their Idols. If any of us could play like him it would be our Videos idiots would be critisizing. Stop talkin Shit

  • Al Di Meola Paco De Lucia & Mahavisnu John !! The man is a Legend

  • Robert Downey Jr ftw

  • if you think Al is about speed metal then you don't know guitarists, speed is about Batio, Yngwie.....Al DiMeola, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse is about speed AND musical composition, equally impressive at speed or slow

  • Mmm he really seems to love pleasing "the kids" with his skills. Anyway.. Like everyone, he do what he wants to. I'm glad he seems happy.

  • HAAAAAAaAaaaAaAAAaaaa horrorrrrrrrr

  • anyone can play fast, its much harder to play very slow and accurate

  • @CtrlAltDaLEET

    No it is not, any musician knows that to play anything fast regardless of style or instrument you have to start very slow ( adagissimo ) and gradually increase BPM's until you can play it faster AND accurately ( presto ). Having played for 35 years and studied music I think I would know. And when you practice you always start slow, unless you want CTS.

  • @RexKeltoi

    so you get an idiot to play Got a Match, chances are he's gonna start off with same tempo as the tune. That's because muscle memory is easier than individually playing each note correctly.

    Sure he may not achieve good technique from this but its far easier to play the tune just barely than taking the time to slowly break down each part and playing it correctly.

    Try playing a swing in 10bpm, its frustratingly hard.

  • the pride of Bergenfield , New Jersey!

  • @yenyere121 - I agree with that pal. Al is a superb guitarist and musician, period.

  • knowing theory is good, but when you write music based off of theory, you get steril sounding music that breaks no boundaries. the best music doesnt always follow all the "rules," it just sounds good, which is what music is all about. i think guys like al di meola understand that the best, jazz fusion being so difficult and ground breaking after all

  • @zizagoonium I like how common is this misconception about writing based off of theory. Theory was not something that pre-existed music. Theory was "created" by studying the greatest compositions written by the greatest musical minds at some point in history. And they weren't sterile :P Breaking boundaries is a whole different thing, nothing to do with theory.

  • guthrie on his ass

  • plays the same solo pretty much every time, boring

  • Can someone name this tune? I've never been a big di meola fan, but I'm quite liking this.

  • I was reading some of the comments...  WHAT THE FUCK!!!

  • @sk1972

    That is only true if you are using a single scale on a tune in the same key or hardly any modulation like La Bamba.

    If that's what you play, be my guest.

    Try to play on Pinocchio or say, Giant Steps using your so called "basics" and you'll probably have a laugh yourself trying to figure out what key the tune is in.

    P.S. There's nothing misterious about a sus7 or any other single chord. Limits come out when you have more than 3 of them in the same tune, modulating every bar.

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  • @sk1972 you would definitely not have said that if you knew any theory yourself. Theory isn't about looking at intervals chords keys etc.. Its about learning how to apply that theory to your playing.

    When you really study theory it ends up becoming part of the language you develop on your instrument, i.e. the lines/licks you play, the chords you play how and why where and when. You see and hear things differently so you approach them differently as well broadening your playing

  • @BobQwack

    @pintinslim

    Amen

    +1

  • @sk1972 lol you'll have a grand musical carreer focknuts

    incredible what stupidity can make people say. I'll bet $100 you worship some douchebag friend of yours who's slightly better than you, and he's the one who told you theory is shit. "oh if jimmy says it, he's so good! fuck theory!"

    whether the above is true or not, you're a sad little fellow

  • HIPSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

  • IRONMAN on guitar

  • Whether you think youi have won or lost - arguing in youtube comments makes you a fucking retard

  • Quit bickering and enjoy the music!

  • speed is a gift the guitar gives once it knows you've reached a certain level of skill. some emotion expesses its self as fast

  • holly shietttttt!!!!! :D

  • Is Al trying to hide a goiter under that scarf?

  • Iron man in his free time...

  • That's a Dean Hardtail from their custom shop, I have one myself and they're very nice instuments. I had the pleasure of doing a master's class with mr. Di Meola around 25 years ago and was suprised to learn he didn't really grasp much in terms of music theory. That said, he still impressed me as one heck of a great player. We all learn our craft and style in our own way and that's just a part of what makes the guitar such a wonderful instrument to learn. Seams like he's still going strong.

  • @couerl Incorrect sir or madame. He plays a Paul Reed Smith. It is the Al Di Meola Prism. prsguitars /aldimeolaprism/

  • @danielfoofan I'll be darned, they lookexactly like Dean Hartails. Thanks for the correction.

  • @couerl The only reason I knew that was because I am Paul Reed Smith fanatic. They are great sounding guitars and more and more artists are starting to play them. I would love to get my hands on some of the newer models, but they are just very expensive.

  • He plays well of course, but what's with that snake around his neck?

  • wow reminds me of lawrence welk on speed

  • This song is called "Umbras", comes from Al's recording La Melodia! Found this out by asking on Al's fan page on Facebook :)

  • Is it me or does he resemble Tony Stark? I knew it!!!! Al Di Meola is IRON MAN!!!!

  • I'm assuming his neck gets cold when he plays.

  • guinness guitar record of what?

  • i like dose sound!!

    

  • And that proves that a Mesa Boogie Mark V can do any tone!

  • adam jones on the other hand is very good and a way better choice for your point.

  • and yes I play! & I have for 20 years!

  • thurston moore has an ego and he can't play worth shit!!! his music is obnoxious for the sake of it! he has no talent whatsoever!

  • ok...so i was lookin at vic wooten who is Bass! and it takes me to some douche that rush can do better...shit maybe even santana...no offense..but youtube fooled me.. sorry folks

  • Iron Man's guitar solo?? whew! I hope this will be shown in "The Avengers!"

  • Can some one tell me the name of this peace of music ?

  • what's with the douchey scarf??

  • @cpage07 hes Al Di Meola, he can wear whatever he wants

  • @cpage07 what's with the douchey comment?

  • I appreciate good musicianship as well...This guy is a great guitar player in that hes a clean player...There isnt any emotion in the music from what Im hearing...just a bunch of notes that say nothing.

  • @TravelersTale I thought his playing was very dynamic. It moved up and down and made you feel the intensity come and go. I think people who can't play clean and quick say they play with emotion instead.

  • @RickyBellMusic thumps up ! best comment i´ve read here .

  • @RickyBellMusic You sound like one of those who goes to shows and holds up score cards to the guitarist after each song-your comment was fine til ya had to throw in your shitbag opinion that made no sense to anyone but you and 3 other 'fretboard finesse freaks'-y'all can take a walk

  • @blitzshriek999 It makes perfect sense. Guitarists use the word emotion and feeling as a crutch. When talking about Al, he's nimble and quick but he doesn't over use it. He's got voicing and scale changes that if taken completely away from the rhythm could stand alone as a song.

    From each guitarist, there is something to be learned. I guess to a slow brain, every note above quarter notes at 120bpm sounds like speed metal. (less commenting, more practicing)

  • @RickyBellMusic Do you play? And whats ur thought on Neil Young-Thurston Moore-Carlos Santana-Adam Jones etc-people who avoid the trappings and egos that come with overschooling and just want to get down to the basis of lettin that soul rip-think they're jealous of the likes of Al?Just sayin, there are varying degrees of being emotional with playin(howevr, thx for ur opinion sorry if i was rude bfore)

  • @blitzshriek999 Spare me. Neil Young? You must be joking. A great songwriter but who mentions him as a good guitarist never mind among the greats. Carlos Santana has been playing Karaoke guitar for near enough 30 years. Al DiMeola keeps pushing the creativity bar. He may not be the nicest person but he is among the guitar greats, no question about that. Al DiMeola has more to offer on the guitar then all those four put together x100.

  • @darkoanton5 stay with me dude. u brought up the word 'emotion' and i was referring to THAT alone- bogging down the subject in order to win an argument doesn't interest me in the least-ur stock full of nothing more than inflammatory OPINIONS-and b4 u continue to dis rock players, let me say ive bn playing for 31 yrs-it was seeing andres segovia that made me want to pick up the damn thing to begin with...adios

  • @blitzshriek999 Spare me because all you rockers come up with to shoot down great players like DiMeola is to say that all they are is technical and offer nothing emotionally. That's complete nonsense. So bu the players you mention are not anywhere close to Al DiMeola as guitarists. Personally, I like Neil Young's music. He's a great songwriter and a unique performer and I enjoy seeing his live shows.

  • @darkoanton5 To me and most well rounded people I know, the aforementioned players are better! Of course, i realize I'm saying this aware of being completely out of my element-I swear I didn't come here to start shit, kinda stumbled on it-that being said, Michael Hedges, Stanley Jordan, Robert Johnson, Django Reinhardt, all among this 'rocker's' faves-all real, no dumbass ego that is all too easy to see in guys like a.d., vai and malmsteem, to name a few...no offense

  • @blitzshriek999 We are not talking about Di Meola's persona. And yes you did come here to start shit. I've yet to stumble upon a Neil Young or Carlos Santana video where somebody says that they are not as good as Di Meola or McLaughlin. I've seen your type of post far too often.

  • @darkoanton5 I did not come here to start shit. But I will sign off letting u know what a narrow-minded pathetic pussy u are, desperate to win a fucking argument that wasn't ur discussion to begin with. You are a dime a dozen egomaniac bitch. to hell with u

  • @darkoanton5 Thank God I only meet pathetic hero worshipper twits like u on YT -spewing out the kind of self serving pseudo intellectual crap u hear in some coffee house-admit it, u are ONE LONELY SAP..speakin of egos, whatsa matter, did i bruise yours? Stay out of the kitchen, ya obviously cant take the heat :D

  • @blitzshriek999 I'm no hero worshipper. But I don't go around trashing great players on youtube. You are one sad individual because even a great player wouldn't trash Di Meola. You are one sad individual. Go back to your Rock Band video game you wannabe be guitar critic.

    You think you comments bother. lmao You really think highly of yourself. Did you happen to get a good fortune cookie the other day? Is that why you're feeling so good about yourself. Go look in a mirror and cry you schmuck.

  • @darkoanton5 Look, you sad idiot. You are conveniently skipping over the points I am making to, again, win a fucking argument, rather than broaden an outlook on music-your dumbass fanaticism won't allow for u to see what I'm even getting at. Sorry I wasted a moment of my life on talking to you, never again

  • @darkoanton5 that pissed me off- "and yes you did come on here to start shit"-ur a smug prick, to top it all off. Ur wrong about that-but u know it all, eh? Hate to name call, I really do-but u sir, are a JERK

  • @blitzshriek999 You are clueless bum.

  • I smell another slow handed beginner worshipping pure speed....

    Students admire speed in itself, cos it can take years of practice.

    OR, it may come in a week of hardcore exercise (on one tune).

    Impressive for neophites, but slip in a few modulations and the average sunday metal kid will turn into a speechless puppet, showing all his limits.

    Al Di Meola is not such kid, he can play on intricate harmonies too, ways slower fcourse.

    Speed is just one way to express one thing.

    Music is a language.

  • @ARAUZ1625

    I act impressed too when one of my students plays fast licks studied by heart all night, then I flip in a few new changes to remind them without openly disregarding their desperate efforts to look cool, that music is a language which has to tell a story (talking real fast and pauseless doesn't make a story interesting, typing fast doesn't define a good writer). From the very 1st lesson I teach that learning by heart is an exercise not a solo.

    They normally get the hint.

  • @BobQwack i agree with you, i can see you know youre stuff my teacher  has a similar aproach but it just gets to me when some players make jazz or classical music out to be a impossible feat to play when really its all about the effort you put into youre craft and learning the musical language and finding youre own voice on the instrument

  • @ARAUZ1625

    Thanks.

    Music is a language, some languages are objectively harder and more complicated than others. More complete as a studies cv. Jazz doesn't count more nor is it more popular (sadly charts say I am right). It requires more. Just a fact. Modern jazz has an intricate grammar, absolutely not for everybody. It's not a matter of taste, rock can sound good too. Even some metal (really dont like) players can be interesting. They just have much less material to work through.

  • @ARAUZ1625

    I sense you like rock, but you are taking jazz lessons,arent you.

    That means you might be on the right path, regardless the style you will one day express (your own, hopefully and I sincerely wish you so).

    Modern jazz is not impossible, it just requires much more.

    I don't have time to teach anymore, I'd skip tours and thats not likely. but my line was: never choke students initiative, but teach em not to play the same thing the same way twice.

    Unless u play classical or trad. fcourse

  • @SquigglyJ0e

    +1

    Classical and traditional music both require reiteration as a general approach, because one of their main intents is historical preservation. Playing a composition as it was. There is still much room for interpretation and sometimes framed improvisation.

    Unquestionably a different path tho.

    Still far from choosing Liszt's Flight of the Bumblebee played on 3 parallel distortion pedals as a reference for tecnhical skills. It's only a way to wreck a great composition.

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  • @BobQwack excellent comment. thank you for saying that! 

  • @jamesedwardtheobald

    thanks buddy

  • @BobQwack What, they get the hint to find a different tutor that doesn't disparage what they want to learn? I agree that mindlessly playing fast is pretty meaningless to me, but at the same time, you can't impose that on someone.

  • @TravelersTale People feel emotion from different styles of music. Some people prefer slow playing and think it has more "emotion", others don't. How do you define emotion in music though? Just because he isn't playing slow and making goofy faces doesn't mean he isn't putting emotion into it. I'm sure he feels emotion from playing it and plenty of others feel it from listening to it. I'm sure he wouldn't still be doing this after 40 plus years if he didn't.

  • what record did this break?

  • Name of this song plaise

  • Long solos get boring after a while no matter how good it is...this playing doesnt have much emotion or feel...every note sounds the same to me...Guitar solos are way to long considering it isnt saying much.

  • @TravelersTale

    Depends on how much you like MUSIC and not MTV ,quick shot bursts of kiddie pop.Sorry,but that is only YOUR opinion! The nuances mean something to an appreciative ear and usually possess more musicality in it than an undeveloped little pop-troid "hit"!.

  • Al's got his head so far up his own arse he cant hear what he's playing!

  • Ну хорошо играет, и что? Ничего выдающегося не увидел.

  • One thing that many people forget is that music is subjective; technical proficiency is fine, but it doesn't mean that someone will like or dislike them.

  • Anyone know which song this is?

  • Di Meola always sounds a bit "plastic" to me..........I prefer the poet of Mc Laughlin o must funki feel of Scoffield........And of course Mr Metheny colors........

    Di Meola run soooo fast, but... Nop.

  • Great musicians are like tasting a good wine. One should use the word different, rather than better or worse.

  • Wow Robert Downey Junior can do everything!

  • HOW REMARKABLE - that this absolute virtuoso should have been SO connected to and influenced by the legendary Chick Corea... what a musical 'marriage made in heaven'!!!

  • Muisc is not a competition!! It there to be enjoyed..either as a listener or as a player..The fact the someone may prefer one kind of music to another really does not matter..This does not mean that one kind of music is better or worse, simply different. Robert Johnson was not one of the most technical guitarists. BUT what he brought to the music world. he was a treasure so behold. Simlar to beethoven but in a different genre.

  • Wow I love Al di Meola and his string muted sound ,in his Intructional Video he said to always pick every note, well for im that is perfect. I also love Allan Holdsworth and his sound. Allan maybe picks 2 notes out of 10. Thats how he gets his awesome flowing legato sound. All these players are great and unique. Its pointless to compare and say one is better than the other.

  • Natuurlijk is er een algemene beste performer.

    En in dit geval valt het nog eens te onderbouwen ook.

    Als je 16 kunt spelen behoor je tot de betere gitaristen

    Hoor je 32ste dan zit je in de ere divisie

    Maar hendrix speelde en hoorde 64ste wat een unicum is.

    Daarom is een nummer als machine gun nooit nagespeeld, de feel kan niemand erin leggen.

    Killing floor is nog zo'n voorbeeld.

  • Hendrix, Clapton, and Winter are all good blues and rock guitarists. Pass, Montgomery, and Christian are good jazz guitarists. de Lucia, Rosenberg, and La Grene are good latin guitarists. They all fill our hearts in certain ways so I guess comparisons don't matter. Let's all be thankful for the diversity.

  • great Reefer

  • Al should work on his ego cause he ain't all that shit as he might think he is

  • Once, Miles Davis said to a reporter: "There's not such a thing as THE BEST in art, the best writer, the best chitarist, the best painter and so on. You might say there ARE the best... Me included."

  • shit

    

  • Robert Downey Jr is pretty good at guitar.

    

  • @MisterGrooves

    Good actor too, but a hobbyist guitarist and nothing to do with professionals and GREAT guitarists!

  • @MisterGrooves PFFT That's Jude Law. Get it right!

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  • EAR CANDY..LOVE it stop the debating They, you, everyone else,me and others we are all great players and isn't subjective..One mans taste is another mans garbage..But I love all music..except polka( I know someone else loves it ) ..

  • That scarf is epic. Why is this vid labeled guinness guitar record?

  • Awesome use of effects ,great dynamics DiMeola ripping as usual!

  • that accordion player is killin. seriously

  • Wow!I'm really not onto that shit...Time to move on....Maybe alittle Kossoff or Hendrix.Later

  • Thanks for this treasure....

  • whats the guiness record here?

  • @vershaki It was a meeting in Wroclaw, about 6 346 guitarists gathered in one place to play "Hey Joe". When it was done, many artists played on stage.

  • dudes good at the style of playing but nothing to get a sandy vagina over. most people dont even give a shit about this dude. not my idea of a good time sitting around drinking wine and listening to this elevator music.

  • shit quality

  • Too much talk about Vai and Hendrix. Hendrix will always be considered the best because no one was ever as effortlessly fluid as he was. And Vai? What about Zappa himself? If you've never heard of "Friday Night in San Francisco" with Dimeola, McLaughlin, and Delucia, check it out. No effects, just pure shred put to the wood.

  • @occams99 Hendrix was effortless to me too, but my roommate has been playing 17 years and I'm amazed at how relaxed and effortless he is. But he probably will never achieve the reputation and legendary status of Hendrix, Van Halen, Rhoads, Di Meola regardless of how much he plays or the amount of effort to be a better guitarist. Anyways, that Friday Night in San Franciso is an amazing album, and I consider it a leganday recording. Les Paul was a legend but not my favorite guitarist.

  • Legend Al Di Meola, deeeeeeeeep respect ;)

  • Cheeseburgers are better than tacos!! And Tacos blow away pizza!!, but no! Pizza kicks ass over spaghetti.......No way dude!!!!!!!!!!Spaghetti is WAAAAYYYY overrated!!!!!....fuckin idiots..God DAMN I'm tired of fuckin idiots!.

  • whay´s tehe record???

  • Saying one great guitarist is better or worst than some other great guitarist is an immature pastime. People who argue Hendrix isn't as good as Vai might as well be arguing Segovia isn't as good as Joe Pass. They need to grow up a little, stop being so egotistical about their own preferences and know that a true musician still recognises greatness in another even when they may not be a keen fan of their musical genre. Is blue a better colour than red or is yellow better than both of them?

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  • @HandyBendyGandhi Well said.

  • @HandyBendyGandhi thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @HandyBendyGandhi

    lol segovia thought any guitar not in the form of classical guitar was rubbish

    but i do understand what you're trying too say

  • @HandyBendyGandhi

    I agree with you. B-) Sadly, it is m