How to play Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare solo tutorial with tabs / cover

[paulb0a7x]

damien 6 fr ?



[Ashorama7410]

Good playing, but a lot of the tabs are way off. 

[Siveriuss]

I like how he has a shitty guitar at the beggining, and playin' slow, as an amateur,

and then, he has a super-ultimate guitar and playin' like a pro.

[therockguitarist96]

About how long did it take you to build it up to speed?

[ahmadramadani]

syn use D for the string 6th, not E



[therockguitarist96]

Thank you this video has been very helpful while learning this song

[kungfudragon99]

wow this is great played and accurate. well done you've just earned a sub

[TheD3MoNZz]

91,911 views... thats unfortunate..

[moshe20026]

THX BRO...

[jinxmike]

u dont deserve a dean...add some tabs

[FecklessCretin]

@jinxmike First, it's not a dean, second, there are tabs. Read the description...

[NightRoadFilms]

lol its hard to posses at first but then gets ez

[imhereforsomething]

with your annotations, on the first annotation you had played the 15th fret on the b string, at the very end and its not up there, is that supposed to be right? just wondering

[acepivoter]

thank you!

[Silvester94T3]

Dude,I think that we have the same cheapshit guitar :p

[opikhvikers]

thanks you veri much brother for you playing :)

[EspGuitars1337]

Thanks a lot man!

[stormday2]

And i can officaly say, mine sounds nothing like this.

[zackisnumone]

Man that last little bit kills me.

[tirtha2chester]

your guitar is pretty good but better get rid of the processor as its SICk... like with all digitechs this one sounds artificial too.... you should get a better processor for a good babe like Damien.... anyways the vid helped... thanks a lot...

[aquaagu2]

omfg nice schecter damien 6. did you put seymour duncan invaders on it?

[smackdabbledoo]

but do u pick the thing that sounds like sweep picking or do u hammer on

[smackdabbledoo]

sumtins fucked up at 0:18-0:25

[MrMetalMikey]

hey, what are you using to make your guitar sound like that?

[alexyeung9]

@MrMetalMikey using a rp250 with a custom distortion, peavey bandit 112 , and a cheapshit guitar, lol

[BrianKohl1997]

@alexyeung9 I have rp90.. your distortion is...?? ... please

[senorfunkypanda]

this helped me out a ton ur the best, oh and wat settings did u use for ur custom distortion cuz it sounded sick watever u did

[alexyeung9]

@senorfunkypanda well i play through a Digitech RP250 into a peavey bandit 112 , le Rp settings are kinda complicated i dont really know em, but the bandit is on the "vintage" setting, with all low, 4 mid and 5 high

[senorfunkypanda]

@alexyeung9 alright thanks man

[ShadowDog415]

cool man thanks for putting this up i'm gonna sit down and learn this all tomorrow

[ApocalipticBassist]

Hey man great lesson , do you think you could post the actual song or link to where you found the tabs? cause i can never really find anyones that are genuine.

Thanks if ye can

Great vids

[blevripidou100]

sorry but what is tremolo picking?

[PersonLarge]

@blevripidou100 repeating the same note really fast basically..:)

[blevripidou100]

@PersonLarge ahh cool thankyou :) ive been teaching myself to play since xmas, and without videos likes this i would suck :P thanks for the lesson

[toreyseavers13]

love the song. this video is a great help..but what does my guitar need to be tuned 2?

[alexyeung9]

@toreyseavers13 dropped D

[gabrielkuklinski]

first: you are amazing....

second: avenged is amazing....

third: the solo is amazing...

nothing more to say...XD

[draguntamer]

Wow, you play that like it's nothing. I'm so jelly nowe =(

[mptshu]

That part at 0:36 can be done with hammer-ons?

[alexyeung9]

@mptshu whatever floats ur boat

[sickshaun1]

@alexyeung9 not really man to play that lick clean its str8 sweep picking or it dosnt shread

[sickshaun1]

@alexyeung9 not really man to play that lick clean its str8 sweep picking or it dosnt shread sins solos sound cool for a reason lol

[nunswithguns918]

how long have you been playing? this is good

[masteratemu]

dude is thier any tips i can get the timing on the hammer on after the beginning

[alexyeung9]

@masteratemu im not sure what part you're talking about. as far as i know. all the solo is picked

[masteratemu]

@alexyeung9

were u play 3rd string 12 13 14 2nd string 13 14 15 1st string 13 14 15 16 and then the same excep 1st 12 13 14 15.

[alexyeung9]

@masteratemu well about the timing idk how can i help you , just practice till it sounds right, think the trick there is play 4 notes consecutively instead of the 3 . example 12 13 14 13 and it should sound fine

[masteratemu]

@alexyeung9

oooooo thanks man

[masteratemu]

@alexyeung9

one question how long did it took u to play it all perfectly

[alexyeung9]

@masteratemu idk maybe a week

[syngates971]

is 0:45 all picked or hammer ons?

[alexyeung9]

@syngates971 whatever floats ur boat. i believe all picked sounds better

[syngates971]

@alexyeung9 is that what you do?

[alexyeung9]

@syngates971  yup

[syngates971]

@alexyeung9 thanks

[zqmbfg]

at 1:35 do you know how there are the 3 notes all on the 10th fret? when u normally play the solo, do you just play all of those with one sweep or pick them individually?

[alexyeung9]

@zqmbfg one sweep for all of em

[AboxofNinjas]

Do you mind making a .txt download for the tab, saves me from having to look at the video every time i go to practice the solo. Great work though

-Thumbs up to keep this near the top. >:3

[SynysterShadows523]

dude that's so beast..

you put invaders on that Damien 6?

i've got the same guitar and was going to do the same thing

but i ended up having to replace the ghetto ass tremolo that comes with it, with a Schaller Floyd Rose

but i just want to ask are the pickups worth the money?

[alexyeung9]

@SynysterShadows523 its actually a Damien Fr , and i like th epickups way more than those emgs so id say so

[victorsalmim]

i'm always lost on 1:25 ><

[PineappleJams]

Dude ur so fukn awsome can u add me and maybe like send me the tabs for this or sum and pls do a review of guitar and distortion pedal

[ItrolledYou]

can u review that guitar please

[alexyeung9]

@ItrolledYou u want me to make a review of the red guitar?? lol. its a generic one "Palmer" i bought in costa rica, i don't even know where it came from XD , they got stock pickups , 22 frets , idk what else to say

[Heaw3n]

thx man it realy helped!!!!

[zqmbfg]

wait so whts wrong with the official tab book? how is it outdated?

[alexyeung9]

@zqmbfg i meant, this video is outdated, i made it long before i bought the tab book, so this isn't the official tabs

[zqmbfg]

@alexyeung9 did you get these tabs by ear then..? 

[alexyeung9]

@zqmbfg yes

[ItrolledYou]

hehe you got me there :D it looks just like a Dean Baby ML....Sounds pretty nice too

[zqmbfg]

is this the part synyster plays or zacky?

[alexyeung9]

@zqmbfg Synyster

[zqmbfg]

@alexyeung9 ok cool, i hate how tabs online are so innacurate. do you have the avenged sevenfold album tab book? heard it wasn't accurate at all. (btw you should teach afterlife)

[alexyeung9]

@zqmbfg well i do have the tab book and i think its pretty accurate, this isnt from the tab book, "notice the date" lol, and regarding afterlife, i do have a lesson, look for it on my channel or something

[potatogod5]

excellent!

[ItrolledYou]

is that the baby ml?

[alexyeung9]

@ItrolledYou it fooled you didnt it? XD its an imitation, cheap thing made in my country" Costa Rica "

[AlexJBulloch1994]

great lesson m8 helped loads thanx (:

[ampworx1972]

good lesson. better than the other ones out there

[zqmbfg]

your tone is amazing, how much was the pedal?

[Rentoutz]

I can't really tell at the beggining cause the tab is off from what your playing

[jedimastergarcia87]

I thought Nightmare was in drop d. Can it be played in drop d and standard tuning? I was going to give the solo a try this week. I'll upload a video once I got the solo down.

[alexyeung9]

@jedimastergarcia87 it's in dropped D , im just saying that for the solo you dont NEED to go dropped D tuning but the song is in dropped D

[PONTEProductions]

thanks you!

[alexyeung9]

@TheYusri96 you do, i did this tutorial long time ago, in the tab book its in the same string and u gotta slide

[sl96jr]

standard tuning?

[alexyeung9]

@sl96jr Dropped D but this solo doesnt require u to play the 6th string so u can play it in standard if u want

[calvinthepro18]

thanks i cuoldnt get the rythm of the 15's and 14's

[demonmprint666]

cool lesion lol i play it all the time lol

[LilPedroa15]

hey thanks alot man it really helped and out of all the others i saw this was the best

[FluXenFTW]

Hey, could u write the tabs on a Word document or something and send it to me please? Thanks :)

[nandyajoearmstrong]

hey alex, can u teach me Nightmare a7x by Acoustic guitar please?

[calvery28]

when it gets to the bend on 17 do you strum all the notes before the 16 or are they hammer ons?

[alexyeung9]

@calvery28 i pick them all

[Artimus666]

Good job - thanks! This was a good helping hand. Now have a version of my own up :D

[TheElderScrollsFour]

dude yo utore it up this helped me alot! thanks bro!

[XxBlksnshnxX]

Did you change the pickups in your damien?

[alexyeung9]

@XxBlksnshnxX  yea, Invaders SH-8

[MrEmiliordz]

thnx man it helped a lot!!

[iTzslaashv2]

nice

check my version xD

[247rckr]

hey, can you message me the tabs so i can see them more clearly?

[soralaka1]

hey dude what amp settings r u on? great tutorial. like is it crunch or metal or insane or what?

[alexyeung9]

@soralaka1 as for the digitech, im not very sure.. , but for the amp i got 10 low 1 mid and 5 high , in a clean vintage sound

[soralaka1]

@alexyeung9 but idk how to get that clean vintage sound?

[alexyeung9]

@soralaka1 well i meant in the amp, the amp has a switch that says vintage lol

[soralaka1]

@alexyeung9 ooo lol thanks anyways dude i have a line 6 and one it i dont have that lol

[kanaziras]

2:00 = you mean, this is how I play it, it's totaly not supposed to sound like that, you have no vibrato/feeling (as syn have, evil vibrato feeling) have too many "empty strings" (like Y.J. Malmsteen) and mid-endig is all messed up!!! but nice try anyway for tutoring newbie players... \m/

[tuckisgod]

hey dude nice lesson can u have a look at my cover please thank you :D

[Leon91195]

Awesome cover!!!

[Benjaminmorn]

awesome closelook

[kLzNify]

ty for tabs pracced 5 days now ;D all the other takes it so fast again ty ;D;D and GL whit the guitar playing

[Daredevil1221]

umm,, if im not mistake i think at 2:43, the alternate picking, you do the picking and its a slide to the other note.. i dnt think its picked like that... lol hope i made sense... just trying to help.. great tutorial.. actually helped alott!

[mononasaso]

Exelent :D thks for the video Bro! 5*

[Phoenixblood23]

Damn ummmm is there a printable version of this?

[micahkemp72]

damien fr is a great cheap guitar i also play one one great video

[19JAYSMI95]

great lesson I looked at loads of different lessons on the solo but yours is the est great help thanks

[alexyeung9]

@19JAYSMI95 thanks i appreciate ur comment : )

[lilc22supra]

dude thanks

[04barnetta]

Dude, this is awesome, what's the amp settings?

[careypricefan11]

Great job, sounds perfect =)

[zNMxBulletz]

great tutorial, thanks

[LeftyMadness]

the tremolo picking part is all on one string... the rest is spot on

[calebkate]

Most of it looks good, but during the tremolo picking part he does slides. Watch the video. Anyways nice lesson.

[CGjamppl]

there's something magical with the way that the second video does the first strumming of each note and how his fingers move... and also when he goes (17-13-then to the 2nd string 15- then to the 3rd string 14, then back up, and that fast part.) nice job on the video's guys or guy idk if it's the same person playing the second solo. but yeah. nice work to both/one of you, sounds great.

[alexyeung9]

@CGjamppl thx dude, yeah, its just me and me lol

[CGjamppl]

@alexyeung9 nice job. what guitar do you have? and how do you strum and finger along like that so fast? lots of practice? cuz i cant do it right now.

[alexyeung9]

@CGjamppl SChecter damien Fr for the cover, and a palmer ml, for the tutorial, its a generic one. anyways, yep lots of practice

[AnywayzMcWTF]

Nice vid dude, thanks for helping, I really wanted to know this, I reckon I might need to try and pick up my speed though on the faster parts in this solo. Anyways, thanks for the help.

[nonnanoes]

thank you for tab

[court0145]

This really helped, thanks! :) You should do a tutorial with tabs for the whole song

[court0145]

This really helped, thanks! :)

[audiplayman44]

hey, great job on this song, but i got a queston, on fast parts of the actual solo like from 0:38 to 0:50, do you make hammer ons or actually strum each note? ( i do hammer ons but i dont know which way it actualy sounds better)

[alexyeung9]

@audiplayman44 well idk, i just play it sometimes with hammer ons, sometimes i pick it all

[audiplayman44]

@alexyeung9 thankx, i actually wanted to know if I needed to pick it all or if I can use hammer ons, and I got just one last doubt, about that same part, how do you strum it so fast, i mean i can strum that fast but not when it comes to both hands coordination

[alexyeung9]

@audiplayman44 well pick it all, and idk, you just have to practice. cant really find a way to explain it lol good luck!

[audiplayman44]

@alexyeung9 ok thanx, great vid, i will practice this entire week

[jamiewiththehatX3]

@audiplayman44 hey

what i normally do to tremelo pick it hold the pick at an angle as if your almost strumming with its side and just strum that area like as if your hand almost vibrates above the string and your pick catches the string

hope that helped =)

[audiplayman44]

@jamiewiththehatX3 i am going to try it, thnx for the advise

[OptoOcto]

@audiplayman44 It's actually a sweep picking method. Hammer ons work fine though.

[audiplayman44]

@OptoOcto ok, thnx

[mrfunnydude911]

thanks this is awesome

[lorddwoelfchen]

i can´t play guitar but you did a great job :D

i´m fascinated ;)

[nonnanoes]

tank you for tab

[jamiewiththehatX3]

the part at 1:27 is this part palm muted?

[alexyeung9]

@jamiewiththehatX3 yes

[jamiewiththehatX3]

@alexyeung9 thankyou =D

[cccp20062]

The solo actually starts just at 0:36, the beginning of this is just a duel guitar harmony, like a pre-solo :P

[alexyeung9]

@cccp20062 a well some people cant play it lol

[park157396]

nice sketcher

[MattFTW009]

I love your pickups.

[Namaguem]

too much high on your guitar sound ! :S

[vgamedude12]

Is your guitar not tuned correctly for the song, or is that just the camera? It sounds a bit off.

[xurfaceisfunnyx]

lovin the white invaders

[littlewing4813]

Dude! It was a good lesson. But damn! Tab your shit right. I had to watch it like a million times to get it right. Thank you.

[tracybrauer]

Hey.... uhmm im gonna learn electric guitar... and i keep seeing videos with these tabs... wtf are they and how do you read them ????

[Macdrummer11]

@tracybrauer They show you what fret to play rather than the actual note to play.

The numbers are the frets and at the far left shows which string to play

D|---5--- 5th fret d string.

[brasherjo]

Thank you so fucking much!!!

[LukzHenrike]

aff

[TheJosh9550]

i play it different to that if you get the latest edition of total guitar it has a tutorial disc which teaches it how synyster plays it (:

[cANIBALIST1C]

D: You're ferakin good, thanks for putting the tabs in in the vid.xD

[TheRocklife13]

is the guitar tune standard or drup D? cause at the intro u have D,A,D,G,B.e

and in the rest of the tabs u have E,A,D,G,B,e. ;) lol nice cover dude and thanks for the tabs :DDD

[alexyeung9]

@TheRocklife13 Dropped D lol sorry imma correct that now

[TheRocklife13]

@alexyeung9 dude this is awesome xD but thankyou verry mush!!!!

[A7Xforever1994]

nice job man Ty 4 the TABSSS!!!!

[aCyanDinosaur]

What paddle is he using!?

[alexyeung9]

@aCyanDinosaur if you mean by pedal its a digitech rp250 , its on the description

[a7xlover10]

gr8 .. thnx so much dude

[DeColbster]

neat cover can you write out the tabs in the description so i can print them out plz

[alexyeung9]

@DeColbster that would take a while i dont really wanna do that lol sry :/

[Seph360]

Can someone give me tips for developing speed?

[vayne92]

@Seph360. There's no secret to that.... its just practise practise practise unfortunately :(