fhirst lesson of today, this is what i like to do.... than he goes *MAAAAAAAD* so for the start if u want to play like this u got to get MAAAAAD fhirst :D
Steve Vai is a musical genius and a uniquely sensitive guitarist, amongst the very best. He is technically excellent, but there's guys like Shawn Lane and Guthrie Govan who outstrip him quite clearly. People have this image of him being a pure-technique mindless shredder - it couldn't be more wrong. I can't recommend Passion and Warfare enough to anyone who enjoys guitar music.
I agree with the comments about Vai's playing "lacking soul". Technically, he is a master - however, the sometimes strange mixtures end up sounding ice cold.
I get much more of a feeling listening to guitarists like Eric Johnson, Robin Trower, and the late Randy Rhoads. They can shred if they have to - but tone and melody is number one. Their playing says something and has transcended to something more. I feel that guys like Vai, Satriani and that Batio guy are irrelevant in comparison.
Vai just sounds like a computer programme. Techinically brilliant but totally devoid of musical soul. He doesn't understand that sometimes keeping it simple creates the best result. He crams in all the notes, exotic scales & runs because he can, not because they sound good. This is why he has never written a memorable song. He's too complicated & it just ends up sounding like a machine.
@whitbyjet65 This has to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever read. Vai is arguably one of the most passionate guitarists, and in just about every song fuses the use of slow, timed empathetic melodies with very technical runs. He can mash the shredding/sweeping of metal, and the vibrato grace of blues into his own thing. Maybe most people don't wanna listen to a 9minute instrumental on their way to work on the radio. So he's not a mainstream sellout, so what?
@DDRKnightProductions Shredding & sweeping? Thanks for clarifying my point. Shredding & sweeping are the two most emotionless things you can do with a guitar.
@whitbyjet65 Have you even listened to any of his music? Seriously? He isn't some mindless shredder like Yngwie or Jeff Loomis (not to say I don't like Jeff...his music is amazing). Try listening to stuff like Get the hell out of here, The Audience is listening or Bad Horsie then tell me that all they are comprised of is shredding/sweeping.
@Mangoeeeeeeees Of COURSE I've listened to his music. Jeeze! That's why I have an opinion about his music. I just don't rate him. I think he's engineered the soul out of music. The guy's a genius technician but his music leaves me cold. He's like a robot. He's turned music into mathematics.
@whitbyjet65 eh I can't say I agree with your opinion considering you make him sound like some generic metal bands lead guitarist. But it is your opinion and I won't dispute it :)
But I can't say he's my favourite guitarist either...that goes to Satch. However I do think his music has enough feel to it. He certainly gets into it enough when he performs live.
@whitbyjet65 anyway, it's YOUR opinion. it's not a must for a musician to play something you like, or which sounds good to you. to me, music is always a personal expression of emotions, feelings, ideas or opinions. I MEAN IT'S PERSONAL. so, whether you like it or not, it's VAI's music, it's HIS things. what he did is expressing his ideas in his own way, which may not be the way you like.
to you, i guess much jazz and classical music would sound too complicated for you, and what a loss.
@youbadcrazyman That was such a childish outburst. You must be very embarrassed now. You guess wrong. I DO like jazz & classical music. Yes of course I expressed MY opinion. That's the whole point of Youtube. You haven't quite grasped the concept yet, have you? Anyway I'll inform the rest of the world that they MUST NOT express an opinion on Steve Vai, because you like him. I mean...we can't have you upset again, can we?
@whitbyjet65 not as childish as you commenting on your own personal taste and underrated understanding, towards a crowd where the main group actually embraces and digs music on a level, where technique and progressive acts are daily snacks, and most welcome
@whitbyjet65 have you ever tried realizing the fact, that its you who think that. Your ears and musical technique might not be trained or attracted too it, but to the people like me, who actually find simplicity boring and too little of a challenge, breathe for this stuff. Never written a memorable song? your comment is most likely the most stupid i ever came across.
What do you connect with memorable? air time? label promotion? mainstream approval? or individuality!!!! good grief!
@lgcmetallica Dino Cazares, ex-guitarist in Fear Factory and now guitarist in Divine Heresy. I think this little Vai thing is coming from an old video that demonstrates the possibilities whitin 7 strings guitars, because Cazares was one of the first metal guitarists to exclusively use 7 strings.
@EdgarMalmsteen Vai and Buckethead are far more diverse in their style and sound than Malmsteen and his neo-classical shred same-song-over-and-over repetitiveness. Technically, Yngwie is a very proficient player, but his music is just so boring. Plus, he's a bloated grease bucket, a coronary waiting to happen. It's funny seeing him wedged into skin tight pants whilst he sadly clings to 80's hair metal trappings.
@anaphrodisiac oh, be nice to yngwie. he is actually the only of the three you mentioned that will eventually end up in the rock hall of fame. yngwie has made a much bigger dent than vai and buckethead ever did.
@EdgarMalmsteen uhmm, yeah i think that many people just think that malmsteen is just a computer. vai has inspired so much people, if you think that he is overrated. you suck.. anduhh, the most overrated is that kfc shithead
ele e foda !! eu sem querer me gambar , tenho muita abilidade igual a ele mas , ele tem uma performase e uma criatividade para solos que eu nao chego perto !! ele e muito bom
@romullogtr This kind of lessons is called "Owned". Meaning: The point of the video is to "teach you a lesson" (Bad meaning). That lesson is to show you how much you suck at guitar.
I don't want to be a bitch, but you should give this video another name, because this isn't a lesson, he's just showing some things you can do on a 7 string, or some of the things he likes to do on a 7 string.
isnt it odd that if any one else played this on youtube the video would get millions of views.. People just like bad guitar playing. Steve Vai is Numero Uno.
This must be a short lesson on what you can do with a seven string. I'm certain the dude in the beginning was Dino Cazares, who now plays an Ibanez eight string, but still uses seven strings on some of his songs. Steve Vai keeps his tuned average, while Dino will tune down his seven string one or two full steps.
this is partly whats wrong with music, guys like him being hailed as great guitarists when all they can do is play fast and complicated, yet the sound they produce is terrible
fuck me i had this video when i was a kid. i had just bought a seven string ibanez!! (which is long gone now btw). the guy at the beginning is the guitarist for fear factory and the guy at the end was wes borland from limp bizkit.
Steve should have his own range of fridges and sandwich toasters. They'd be the coolest and fastest on the market. AMIRITE? Vai-fridgeration! Totally vai-olating your groceries with a cool blast of shred.
@dimeowns100 what i'm saying is why have an extra string and not use it for a demonstartion you dumb fuck, and now your gonna piss me off and make me tell you how much of a fag this guy really is, have you ever seen the fag dance he does in the movie crossroads and all the other gay shit he did in david lee roth vidoes shut your cockhole and eat a bowl of dick you defender of the fags
@xPrisonOfTheMindx Man your an idiot just like the rest of these politically correct dumb fucks on here, And by the way i've seen the faggot do the same thing live so don't tell me shit you fucking pole smoker, alot of people did regretfull shit in the 80's don't get me wrong and I'm not saying that he sucks at guitar.All I'm saying is why act like a queer when you don't have you fucking jackass get a fucking clue or sink with the rest of them you dumb Cunt
so basically:"troll, troll, troll, blah blah blah, insult, fuck, blah, fuck openmindedness, disregard that, i am retarded and can't tell steve vai is using a low b, blah blah, i'm a fucktard, get a clue and don't be individual, blah etc?"
@bdoginit01 Lol Well he still used it dumbass. Dosnt really matter if it was only used open. He couldnt have played that note in that octave without the low B string.
@BALSACTHEWARRIOR Dork I never said he didn't use the B string, but why do a demonstartion of a 7 string and only play the B string open was my orignal question and some other homo ( not you xPrisonOfTheMindx) started bashing me about that so I had to be an ass back to him lol
@bdoginit01 But the point is. He did use the low B. And it is worth the demonstration because he was showing you that by just using even that extra open b, you can make something completely new that you couldnt if you had a normal six string (:
@pinkcheesey101 yes what?modal key transfer?just play the ionian or major scale..each time start on the different note of the major scale apart from the 1st cause thats your root,start on 2nd or 3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th whatever until you hit the same note 1 octave higher and then transfer that to the key that you started with when you played major checkout theodore tziras videos they are nice and simple the way it should be
@pinkcheesey101 That means a substitution over a "pedal tone" which is a Piano term it means " an open string " You want to work out chord scales and triads for different modes like Lydian Phrigian Harmonic minor and create progressions over the pedal showing of the tonality of each mode . You notice Satriani will write a whole song based on 1 exotic scale so they will substitute A different scale over the pedal and take the song in that direction Satch teaches this
This was NEVER intended to be a lesson....it was a demonstration, part of a video of people showing off their 7-string ibanez guitars. Just FYI for OP and any confused viewers.
Did you see the dude in the beginning? Big dude with a big guitar and big sound...he even had this gigantor watch! Idk. I just found something slightly humorous about that. lol Sweet lick, though. I wanted to hear more!
ye lol, ive seen vai twice and he does suck at improvistion, if his hands didnt move at the speed of light and have the knowledge of 1000 guitarin gurus his improv would sound like polystyrene!
yes ive got it and the g3's and the visual sound theories and the new where the wild things are and some old video of his, hes amazin! the best is die 2 live of where the wild things are its crazy but i think i prefer whispering a prayer from astoria
@JustinBieberKicksAss u are retarded Steve has been around since 1982 he pretty much invented slot of scales. He is one of the most unique guitarists out there
WTF, man? This Steve Vai dude doesn't even know scales like the diminished fugue or harmonic elevator. I wonder if he only recently started playing? Why is he posting videos on YouTube?
@JustinBieberKicksAssdude enough with the stupid commets, u do not know alot about steve vai anyway and u dont even listen to rock or metal all u listen is that justin bieber shit so go fuck urself prick
If I could play guitar like Steve Vai, it would be like being able to suck my own dick. I would never leave the house.
breadfan262 3 weeks ago
@breadfan262 WTF? O_O
Slackware10 1 week ago
@breadfan262 LMAO!
MCXpress 1 week ago
fhirst lesson of today, this is what i like to do.... than he goes *MAAAAAAAD* so for the start if u want to play like this u got to get MAAAAAD fhirst :D
2222Ruud2222 3 weeks ago
Pointless wanking.
mateo2 1 month ago
@mateo2 Your right, go listen to an album by him without all the pointless wanking, do you have any albums?
TheLydianRocks 1 week ago
@TheLydianRocks
Sure I do. And except for maybe a few songs, they are musically very poor in my opinion.
mateo2 1 week ago
greatest lesson ever
rrrtbds12223 2 months ago
whoever said anytihng about Vai lacking soul has said one of the stupiedest things anyone has ever said in the history of man kind.
bearmastandrea 2 months ago
nice riff there
wctennisnyc 2 months ago
He is teaching this: You will never play like me!!!!
dumecawi 3 months ago 5
who are the fucking guys in the first an last second, who interfere with my steve vai feeling..
Stevin13 3 months ago
nice
guitar11339 4 months ago
Steve Vai is a musical genius and a uniquely sensitive guitarist, amongst the very best. He is technically excellent, but there's guys like Shawn Lane and Guthrie Govan who outstrip him quite clearly. People have this image of him being a pure-technique mindless shredder - it couldn't be more wrong. I can't recommend Passion and Warfare enough to anyone who enjoys guitar music.
antonio610 4 months ago
I didn't learn anything
Darkit2099 4 months ago
I agree with the comments about Vai's playing "lacking soul". Technically, he is a master - however, the sometimes strange mixtures end up sounding ice cold.
I get much more of a feeling listening to guitarists like Eric Johnson, Robin Trower, and the late Randy Rhoads. They can shred if they have to - but tone and melody is number one. Their playing says something and has transcended to something more. I feel that guys like Vai, Satriani and that Batio guy are irrelevant in comparison.
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MrTommySullivan 4 months ago
Yeah I agree where's the fucking melody?
TheJojozlo 4 months ago
Comentaristas. Dejen de pelearse.
Commenters. Stop fighting.
CompoArmonicoEnFuga 4 months ago
The lesson is "You will never play guitar this fucking godly as I do, son."
RyuuzakiiL 4 months ago
F this a-hole,,, who gives a shttt mr vai you can play 7 strings...KayCee666, you fkn suck,, you labled it a lesson to get more veiws,, fU!!!
Detoxx23 4 months ago
Who's the random fat dude at the beginning?
skateboardinguitaris 4 months ago
@skateboardinguitaris i think that's dino cazares from divine heresy
Deathman8181 4 months ago
I believe it´s a portuguese metal guru António Freitas , but I'm not 100% sure.
Great Steve Vai video , he is a real master playing guitar, but I don´t think it is a lesson :(
Joao666P 3 months ago
@Joao666P you dont say..
Flamencanta 3 weeks ago
1:18 wtf
redlinerox123 4 months ago
something about vai's playing which makes it sound 'magical'
T97UK 4 months ago
Vai just sounds like a computer programme. Techinically brilliant but totally devoid of musical soul. He doesn't understand that sometimes keeping it simple creates the best result. He crams in all the notes, exotic scales & runs because he can, not because they sound good. This is why he has never written a memorable song. He's too complicated & it just ends up sounding like a machine.
whitbyjet65 4 months ago
@whitbyjet65 This has to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever read. Vai is arguably one of the most passionate guitarists, and in just about every song fuses the use of slow, timed empathetic melodies with very technical runs. He can mash the shredding/sweeping of metal, and the vibrato grace of blues into his own thing. Maybe most people don't wanna listen to a 9minute instrumental on their way to work on the radio. So he's not a mainstream sellout, so what?
DDRKnightProductions 4 months ago
@DDRKnightProductions Shredding & sweeping? Thanks for clarifying my point. Shredding & sweeping are the two most emotionless things you can do with a guitar.
whitbyjet65 4 months ago
@whitbyjet65 Have you even listened to any of his music? Seriously? He isn't some mindless shredder like Yngwie or Jeff Loomis (not to say I don't like Jeff...his music is amazing). Try listening to stuff like Get the hell out of here, The Audience is listening or Bad Horsie then tell me that all they are comprised of is shredding/sweeping.
Mangoeeeeeeees 4 months ago
@Mangoeeeeeeees Of COURSE I've listened to his music. Jeeze! That's why I have an opinion about his music. I just don't rate him. I think he's engineered the soul out of music. The guy's a genius technician but his music leaves me cold. He's like a robot. He's turned music into mathematics.
whitbyjet65 4 months ago
@whitbyjet65 eh I can't say I agree with your opinion considering you make him sound like some generic metal bands lead guitarist. But it is your opinion and I won't dispute it :)
But I can't say he's my favourite guitarist either...that goes to Satch. However I do think his music has enough feel to it. He certainly gets into it enough when he performs live.
Mangoeeeeeeees 4 months ago
@whitbyjet65 anyway, it's YOUR opinion. it's not a must for a musician to play something you like, or which sounds good to you. to me, music is always a personal expression of emotions, feelings, ideas or opinions. I MEAN IT'S PERSONAL. so, whether you like it or not, it's VAI's music, it's HIS things. what he did is expressing his ideas in his own way, which may not be the way you like.
to you, i guess much jazz and classical music would sound too complicated for you, and what a loss.
youbadcrazyman 4 months ago
@youbadcrazyman That was such a childish outburst. You must be very embarrassed now. You guess wrong. I DO like jazz & classical music. Yes of course I expressed MY opinion. That's the whole point of Youtube. You haven't quite grasped the concept yet, have you? Anyway I'll inform the rest of the world that they MUST NOT express an opinion on Steve Vai, because you like him. I mean...we can't have you upset again, can we?
whitbyjet65 4 months ago
@whitbyjet65 not as childish as you commenting on your own personal taste and underrated understanding, towards a crowd where the main group actually embraces and digs music on a level, where technique and progressive acts are daily snacks, and most welcome
zajac1661 3 months ago
@whitbyjet65 so i guess it would be much better to learn to appreciate different kinds of music instead of sticking to what you love only.
youbadcrazyman 4 months ago
@youbadcrazyman That comment was straight out of infant school!
whitbyjet65 4 months ago
@whitbyjet65 have you ever tried realizing the fact, that its you who think that. Your ears and musical technique might not be trained or attracted too it, but to the people like me, who actually find simplicity boring and too little of a challenge, breathe for this stuff. Never written a memorable song? your comment is most likely the most stupid i ever came across.
What do you connect with memorable? air time? label promotion? mainstream approval? or individuality!!!! good grief!
zajac1661 3 months ago
well I don't see any lesson, but I definitely just got schooled.
LennoxBrigade 5 months ago 2
who was the fat guy in the beginning
lgcmetallica 5 months ago
@lgcmetallica That's vai in 10 years. he's gonna blow up like a puffer fish, just like Yngwie.
speaks66 5 months ago
@lgcmetallica Dino Cazares, ex-guitarist in Fear Factory and now guitarist in Divine Heresy. I think this little Vai thing is coming from an old video that demonstrates the possibilities whitin 7 strings guitars, because Cazares was one of the first metal guitarists to exclusively use 7 strings.
Dedalusalley 5 months ago
is this a lesson?....lol..XD
ianzt 5 months ago
@EdgarMalmsteen Vai and Buckethead are far more diverse in their style and sound than Malmsteen and his neo-classical shred same-song-over-and-over repetitiveness. Technically, Yngwie is a very proficient player, but his music is just so boring. Plus, he's a bloated grease bucket, a coronary waiting to happen. It's funny seeing him wedged into skin tight pants whilst he sadly clings to 80's hair metal trappings.
anaphrodisiac 6 months ago 7
@anaphrodisiac oh, be nice to yngwie. he is actually the only of the three you mentioned that will eventually end up in the rock hall of fame. yngwie has made a much bigger dent than vai and buckethead ever did.
RangRing68 2 months ago
@anaphrodisiac Buckethead Is Diverse .. But Vai Without the Whammy Bar and Pedal ??
EkonEzung 1 month ago
Good lesson... i learned i wont ever play as near as that...
Timmonsec 6 months ago
@EdgarMalmsteen uhmm, yeah i think that many people just think that malmsteen is just a computer. vai has inspired so much people, if you think that he is overrated. you suck.. anduhh, the most overrated is that kfc shithead
iSlash96 6 months ago
@EdgarMalmsteen maybe after malmsteen
iSlash96 6 months ago
@EdgarMalmsteen
He is not over-rated at all, his playing is amazing, you just cant see it. oh and also from your point of view how is he overrated??
PGm0nkey 6 months ago
This is not a lesson...Someone asked him to play something and they put it in a DVD as we all can see. There are others playing before and after him.
Ugallardo 6 months ago
ele e foda !! eu sem querer me gambar , tenho muita abilidade igual a ele mas , ele tem uma performase e uma criatividade para solos que eu nao chego perto !! ele e muito bom
robertocazo1 6 months ago
@EdgarMalmsteen really? you stupid fuck? may I ask you, do you even own a guitar?
zZorgZz 6 months ago
What the hell does Dino Cazares in a Vai-video?
Dino is just fat.
Blader999 7 months ago
where's the fucking lesson?
romullogtr 7 months ago 66
@romullogtr
the lesson is that steve vai should stick to 6 string guitars lol. not dissing on him, i just don't think that he is a good 7 string player.
Fluffypopcicle 6 months ago
@romullogtr This kind of lessons is called "Owned". Meaning: The point of the video is to "teach you a lesson" (Bad meaning). That lesson is to show you how much you suck at guitar.
FinalFantasyCenter 5 months ago
that was great! wait.. what did i learn?
ilikemybong 7 months ago 4
he sucks cock at playing the seven string guitar.
FeedMeForiAmATroll 7 months ago
lesson?
more like "guitar noobs ur shit and i own you"
naa, vai is fucking awesome and a great inspiration
25jonathan 7 months ago
So...where do I find the lesson?
aravindh2002 7 months ago
shit.
MrEllinaras 7 months ago
thats more like showing what u can do with 7 string rather than a real guitar lesson
8GVirus 8 months ago
what lesson
yoheff988 8 months ago
how is this a lesson?
scubaboytellem 8 months ago
@scubaboytellem I guess it's a lesson for someone who can play guitar really good but didn't know he/she could use a open 7th string :p
FreeScience 7 months ago
@scubaboytellem Well, the lesson is, Nobody will ever get close to playing like Vai lol
Sweepersdaughter 7 months ago
It sounds like the theme song from Ranma 1/2...
Oorakhhye 9 months ago
lol...his showing some things thats why its still a lesson noob..ahahaha
MANANSALA143 9 months ago
I don't want to be a bitch, but you should give this video another name, because this isn't a lesson, he's just showing some things you can do on a 7 string, or some of the things he likes to do on a 7 string.
brando18guitarplyr 9 months ago 4
Steve Vai! Jeff Beck! R the best slingers alive!!
jzdee 9 months ago
if i can get my wife to quit spending my money matbe i can buy a 7 string
runingblackbear 9 months ago 4
wow now i know how to play that
mralexforbes 10 months ago
la verdad esque cada guitarrista nos enseña una diferente leccion..desde rockeros asta musicos de funk de todos podemos aprender..
joshua19896 10 months ago
la verdad esque cada guitarrista nos enseña una diferente leccion..desde rockeros asta musicos de funk de todos podemos aprender..
joshua19896 10 months ago
isnt it odd that if any one else played this on youtube the video would get millions of views.. People just like bad guitar playing. Steve Vai is Numero Uno.
THEGOBBLESTOP 10 months ago
Does anyone know what Mode or Scale Steve is using here, it sounds like lydian but im not sure, thank you :)
JoeFarmerFarndonJr 10 months ago
@JoeFarmerFarndonJr He's playing B Major (Ionian). Lydian has a raised 4 (tritone) that gives it an exotic flavour.
LilOlFunnyBoy 10 months ago
@LilOlFunnyBoy definitely major sounds, very likely both ionian and lydian.
Sivels 10 months ago
@Sivels Not Lydian or Major scale. Listen to the lick at 0:45 and especially the octaves at 1:06 - B, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E, D#
LilOlFunnyBoy 9 months ago
@JoeFarmerFarndonJr Listening further, it's Mixolydian (flattened 7).
LilOlFunnyBoy 10 months ago
@LilOlFunnyBoy Brilliant Thank you Mate :)
JoeFarmerFarndonJr 10 months ago
@EdgarMalmsteen OOOH WAIT ... That comes from somebody who has a "malmsteen" nickname...
copaslo 10 months ago 43
@copaslo fatallityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
ILOVEAYANAMI 10 months ago
@copaslo Hey! Malmsteen is awesome, and so is Vai.
Whackooyzero 6 months ago
i'll never be able to do dis
johnmeeksjr 11 months ago
Okay Steve, you can play octaves......good job.
boxtrap21 11 months ago
sounds like a lower deeper version of die to live.
heroofguitar322 11 months ago
nothing special, but this is stevai note :D :D
novid191187 11 months ago
ok i got it!!
thanks for the lesson Steve!!
agallo17 11 months ago
piece of shit
clkvlk 11 months ago
vai was born to b a guitar god...look at those hands !!!
sexyduck69 11 months ago
BEST LESSON EVAR
DjChrispyNuggets 11 months ago
now tahts how u use a dropped string or 7th string. i hate it when people use it just to CHUG CHUG CHUG and do nothing creative with it.
thojyout23 11 months ago
he is the most flawless guitarist ever... i think... cause he's tone remains the same in any situation...
tabotabojayar 11 months ago
Vai finds notes that I didn't know where on my guitar.
MrDarinWarren 11 months ago
lol, steve vai have a big moster fingers Oo
Demmettreus 11 months ago
0:00 to 0:02 WTF was that ? Hilarious anyway. lol
MagnumBullets47 1 year ago 4
Can you get more original?
44SuperShredder 1 year ago
watch?v=SDlJjYxsSq8 watch and learn heheh
freevidhunter 1 year ago
MIErda para que lo dejaron steve centadoo :S xD
TheSantiagomarquez 1 year ago
i can't believe so much disrespect for a legend steve vai saw his carrer all the way through more than i can say for alot of people including myself
joescout 1 year ago
I learned so much
/sarcasm off
WachaDrop 1 year ago
I don't have a string. Ergo, I FAIL.
gnrcr 1 year ago
Who was that gay lookin guy at the end?
Videoguru184 1 year ago 2
@Videoguru184
That's wes borland .. ex. limp bizkit guitarist
xonerful 1 year ago
This must be a short lesson on what you can do with a seven string. I'm certain the dude in the beginning was Dino Cazares, who now plays an Ibanez eight string, but still uses seven strings on some of his songs. Steve Vai keeps his tuned average, while Dino will tune down his seven string one or two full steps.
RyseTheWizard 1 year ago
did anyone else see the fat guy in the beginning??? :P
captainsim1 1 year ago
@captainsim1 Haha, did you see the skinny guy at the end?
youztuber5000 1 year ago
@youztuber5000 Steve? lol yes he is quite scrawny..
StadiumArcadium1234 1 year ago
He also did some 7 string octave chords near the end too. Sound great
cowcrusher 1 year ago 2
this is partly whats wrong with music, guys like him being hailed as great guitarists when all they can do is play fast and complicated, yet the sound they produce is terrible
dbmcfc 1 year ago
Thumbs up for tubby the 7-string in the beginning. :)
st0shattack 1 year ago
fuck me i had this video when i was a kid. i had just bought a seven string ibanez!! (which is long gone now btw). the guy at the beginning is the guitarist for fear factory and the guy at the end was wes borland from limp bizkit.
aaronbrakefield 1 year ago
haha the fat dude at the start was random.
peesoshit 1 year ago
his tone is really bad in this vid
xPrisonOfTheMindx 1 year ago
Steve should have his own range of fridges and sandwich toasters. They'd be the coolest and fastest on the market. AMIRITE? Vai-fridgeration! Totally vai-olating your groceries with a cool blast of shred.
ugforthewin 1 year ago
All he did on the B string is hit open notes, what's so impressive about that?
bdoginit01 1 year ago
@bdoginit01 Any osng would be boring if you singled out one string...
dimeowns100 1 year ago
@dimeowns100 no shit but why have a 7 string if you only play open on the B string dipshit.
bdoginit01 1 year ago
@bdoginit01 becuase as soon as you get a 7 stirng doesnt mean you need to sit there playing a B powerchord for ages, musically narrowminded retard.
dimeowns100 1 year ago
@dimeowns100 what i'm saying is why have an extra string and not use it for a demonstartion you dumb fuck, and now your gonna piss me off and make me tell you how much of a fag this guy really is, have you ever seen the fag dance he does in the movie crossroads and all the other gay shit he did in david lee roth vidoes shut your cockhole and eat a bowl of dick you defender of the fags
bdoginit01 1 year ago
@bdoginit01 No. Fcuk you.
dimeowns100 1 year ago
@bdoginit01
first of all, steve uses the low b string for the first riff he plays.
second, his sexual orientation should be of no importance to you.
third, i'm sure you can gauge someones sexual preference by the way you see them dance in a movie, especially an 80s movie.
if you're a troll, you're not doing it right, if you're not a troll and are just legitimately retarded, my condolences.
xPrisonOfTheMindx 1 year ago
@xPrisonOfTheMindx Man your an idiot just like the rest of these politically correct dumb fucks on here, And by the way i've seen the faggot do the same thing live so don't tell me shit you fucking pole smoker, alot of people did regretfull shit in the 80's don't get me wrong and I'm not saying that he sucks at guitar.All I'm saying is why act like a queer when you don't have you fucking jackass get a fucking clue or sink with the rest of them you dumb Cunt
bdoginit01 1 year ago
@bdoginit01
so basically:"troll, troll, troll, blah blah blah, insult, fuck, blah, fuck openmindedness, disregard that, i am retarded and can't tell steve vai is using a low b, blah blah, i'm a fucktard, get a clue and don't be individual, blah etc?"
i lol'd
xPrisonOfTheMindx 1 year ago
@xPrisonOfTheMindx Yea, basicly lol
BALSACTHEWARRIOR 1 year ago
@bdoginit01 He used the extra string dumb shit. If you played guitar you would be able to tell just by listening. ITS A LOWER TONE... Dumbass.
BALSACTHEWARRIOR 1 year ago
@BALSACTHEWARRIOR Read and watch the video again HE ONLY USES THE B ( extra string in retard terms) STRING OPEN...........Dumass
bdoginit01 1 year ago
@bdoginit01 Lol Well he still used it dumbass. Dosnt really matter if it was only used open. He couldnt have played that note in that octave without the low B string.
BALSACTHEWARRIOR 1 year ago
@BALSACTHEWARRIOR Dork I never said he didn't use the B string, but why do a demonstartion of a 7 string and only play the B string open was my orignal question and some other homo ( not you xPrisonOfTheMindx) started bashing me about that so I had to be an ass back to him lol
bdoginit01 1 year ago
@bdoginit01 But the point is. He did use the low B. And it is worth the demonstration because he was showing you that by just using even that extra open b, you can make something completely new that you couldnt if you had a normal six string (:
BALSACTHEWARRIOR 1 year ago
@BALSACTHEWARRIOR Ya I hear ya on that good thinking
bdoginit01 1 year ago
...Pitch axis theory? Anyone?
pinkcheesey101 1 year ago
@pinkcheesey101 yes what?modal key transfer?just play the ionian or major scale..each time start on the different note of the major scale apart from the 1st cause thats your root,start on 2nd or 3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th whatever until you hit the same note 1 octave higher and then transfer that to the key that you started with when you played major checkout theodore tziras videos they are nice and simple the way it should be
dpapaioannow 1 year ago
@pinkcheesey101 That means a substitution over a "pedal tone" which is a Piano term it means " an open string " You want to work out chord scales and triads for different modes like Lydian Phrigian Harmonic minor and create progressions over the pedal showing of the tonality of each mode . You notice Satriani will write a whole song based on 1 exotic scale so they will substitute A different scale over the pedal and take the song in that direction Satch teaches this
ChaoticRealm7771 1 year ago
Vai gained a little weight at the beginning of the video
jfr04 1 year ago 184
@jfr04 His fingers burned it all off for him
someweirdkid95 1 year ago
@jfr04
haha that's dino cazares
wolfman109h 11 months ago
@jfr04 just a little? :P
Waldoz53 9 months ago
@jfr04 but his guitar shredding made him sweat so much that he lost all of it
ecgedsel 7 months ago
@jfr04 Thats Dino, not Steve Vai...
gwrAr67 6 months ago
@gwrAr67 thats a joke, not a serious statement....
jaidonnn 6 months ago
@gwrAr67 Thanks Captain Obvious!!!!! LOL!!!!
jfr04 6 months ago
please tell me HE did not improve this?
ajkfrty7 1 year ago
@ajkfrty7 yep he did, he's insane like that
EpictheEpicest 1 year ago
you can tell vai was like "wtf is this extra shit on here for i just want to shred"
guitarnukka724 1 year ago
probably my fave clip of him, or one of my faves
midnight260 1 year ago
That "big guy" at the beginning was Dino from Fear Factory.
axegrinder87 1 year ago 5
@axegrinder87 i knew it i thought the same thing
sailorslax35 1 year ago
@axegrinder87 Dont be too offended by this, but rather than Fear Factory...More like Fat Factory
gh3rckl3gend 1 year ago
vai is the best xD
KingOfShadows1500 1 year ago
This was NEVER intended to be a lesson....it was a demonstration, part of a video of people showing off their 7-string ibanez guitars. Just FYI for OP and any confused viewers.
seankenny08 1 year ago 4
Did you see the dude in the beginning? Big dude with a big guitar and big sound...he even had this gigantor watch! Idk. I just found something slightly humorous about that. lol Sweet lick, though. I wanted to hear more!
dpdennis7 1 year ago
You have just been Vai'd.
HELLVIEWluvPWG 1 year ago
LOL @ "This is what I like to do with a seven string" as he makes the other guy feel like a noob lol
METALLIDETH901 1 year ago
That shit sounded like alot of suck.
frwyguy 1 year ago
Steve Vai is not just a great guitar player... he's an idiot as well.
DDoms99 1 year ago
The Boy From Seatle
fess04 1 year ago
I taught him that ..
MylinaspaincA 1 year ago
All I learned is that Steve Vai is a billion times better at playing guitar than I am. Oh, wait, I already knew that. hahahahaha
420dudemeister 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"Here's some of the things you can do with a 7-string..." NO... WE CAN'T!
FunkMasterSteez 1 year ago
lesson on how to suck at improvisation
PathologistReport 1 year ago 7
@PathologistReport
ye lol, ive seen vai twice and he does suck at improvistion, if his hands didnt move at the speed of light and have the knowledge of 1000 guitarin gurus his improv would sound like polystyrene!
happyrichie 1 year ago
@happyrichie You kidding? Watch his live at the astoria videos, a ton of improv, he's so amazing! You need to learn to listen
MyxHarnett 1 year ago
@MyxHarnett
yes ive got it and the g3's and the visual sound theories and the new where the wild things are and some old video of his, hes amazin! the best is die 2 live of where the wild things are its crazy but i think i prefer whispering a prayer from astoria
happyrichie 1 year ago
One of the God's working it! :D
SlashWorshipper1993 1 year ago
@JustinBieberKicksAss u are retarded Steve has been around since 1982 he pretty much invented slot of scales. He is one of the most unique guitarists out there
ASSBREAKER28 1 year ago
1:19 wtF? first dino, now this guy??? XD
randommoosebrains 1 year ago
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WTF, man? This Steve Vai dude doesn't even know scales like the diminished fugue or harmonic elevator. I wonder if he only recently started playing? Why is he posting videos on YouTube?
JustinBieberKicksAss 1 year ago
@JustinBieberKicksAss what? I was commenting on the black dude at the end idiot
randommoosebrains 1 year ago
@JustinBieberKicksAss
obvious troll is obvious
MeneerJelle 1 year ago
@JustinBieberKicksAssdude enough with the stupid commets, u do not know alot about steve vai anyway and u dont even listen to rock or metal all u listen is that justin bieber shit so go fuck urself prick
iroc4u2nite 1 year ago
@iroc4u2nite Ya'll niggas postin in a troll thread.
raziel34 1 year ago
@JustinBieberKicksAss ..............everyone stop feeding the troll
alex102473 1 year ago
@JustinBieberKicksAss a fat troll will always be a fat troll
FunkMasterSteez 1 year ago
if you you learn anything from this its how to accept defeat
riprandy318 1 year ago 112
@riprandy318 Coolest comment ever!!!
thezorba1 1 year ago 5
@riprandy318 im better than steve vai
Zazmiz 1 year ago