Guitar Lesson - How to play Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm

[200130769]

no solo? and you play it like you just learned how to play guitar. the main riff you dont have to go all over the fret board on the top string haha. after u hit the 5th fret go to the third and then the second fret on the a string. that way you dont gotta stare at your guitar while playing cuz your moving all over the fret board.

[roseofjerichoband]

@200130769 the reason I stay on one string is I'm trying to keep the lesson as true to how the actual guitarist plays it. he plays the entire part on the low e string. check the smooth criminal video if you want to see it.

[CKS5000]

Isn't it funny how his left hand looks like its dancing?hehhehhehLOL

[madnessyes]

amp settings? :)

[roseofjerichoband]

@madnessyes Gain at 8, low at 8, mid at 3, high at 8.

[madnessyes]

@roseofjerichoband cheers!

[noobboy360]

lol ur dog is like wtf is happening

[warley787]

gostei muito do seu video voce toca muito bem!

[lunalimonlimon]

thankyou good friend

[N4K3S]

can you post the strumming patterns please?

[roseofjerichoband]

@N4K3S in what form would you like the patterns charted?

[N4K3S]

@roseofjerichoband just the strumming patterns for all the chords and parts u play, if that makes sense

[CKS5000]

@N4K3S Try this,(first pattern with single notes[I think its probably the same pattern when its power chords])DUDDUDUDUDUDUDDU=55535­77578888735. Start slow and work your way up.

[N4K3S]

@CKS5000 thank you so much :)

[CKS5000]

@N4K3S I was having a tough time trying to figure it out too, the problem is he is doing all down strokes.

[chance6111]

i have a guitar exactly like urs

[VideoGamer4Life94]

whered u get ur guitar

[roseofjerichoband]

@VideoGamer4Life94 I bought it on Ebay several years ago.

[crossfadefan67]

Did anyone else see the dog?

[roseofjerichoband]

@crossfadefan67 I did =)

[measton77]

Ok thanks a lot :)

[measton77]

what do you put for amp settings? plz post

O O

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[roseofjerichoband]

@measton77 uhh - well pretty much i turn the low end up all the way, turn the mids down, then turn the gain up pretty much as far as it goes.

[sgtfox13]

Awesome, but can you PLEASE post the strumming patterns for the chords? I can't seem to work the pattern out...

[devoidsigma]

thanks for the vid and unlike other people's videos you actually include a tab.

nice playing to by the way

[telecaster24]

Great Job, blank everyone else, you helped me out.Thank You BRUTTHA of another MUTTHA...

[jettsta2401]

sweet guitar it sounds good for a squire model

[soggyblunts420]

what model squier is dat?

[noobboy360]

=O thats all...maybe not fukin awesome dude

[DaTayo09]

lightin up Burrito this guys decent!!!!

[kirstyms03]

3:55 = dog in the reflection =P

[aaronnaquin14]

dued u suck at this dued

[yellowcolourteam]

How can I trust you if you dont know how to spell ''guitar'' lmfao!

[molamica]

The Tabs helped is what I was after, but yeah, improvements could've been made.

[MantageManiac]

you sound great but some of the tabs in your description dont match up to what your sayin in the video. are u sur u typed them right?

[tyler11091]

dude i dont care what these haters are saying but dude u rocked this song :)

[nikita1994rus]

very nice and cool

[MiNameIsDEAN]

tht aint how u play this song it sound the same but wrong notes sorry mane

[croat2006]

great lesson mate, thank you

[Unknown3560236]

Dude, fuck what everyone else is sayin. . . . you get 3 words from me, PRETTY FRIGGIN AWESOME!!!!

[roseofjerichoband]

@Unknown3560236 Thumbs Up!

[corey14253]

@Unknown3560236 thats what im talking about. i say the same thing

[corey14253]

@Unknown3560236 thats what im talking about. i say the same thing

[aldopoloyo]

the dog is like what the hell

[KurtzCobain1]

thxs you are a great theacher

Your guitar looks Kurt's Cobain guitar....

[loooool115]

i think this is the best smooth criminal lesson at youtube!! and i have seen more crappy cameras^^

[coolcourky]

Just look at his hand. I mean mega lol! Look how fast it's going!

[roseofjerichoband]

@DOCSAFETUBE

...

FAIL

[ernychop]

@roseofjerichoband how? thats fucking bad ass dude

[moronwithcomputer]

@DOCSAFETUBE this a guitar lesson for the AAF cover; do you understand that?

[yaelus1]

u rock man! Thumbs up for this dude!

[lifetaker008]

:D i love the guitar

[omegaguitarist1]

great lesson it really helped =)

[Rockbobm]

burritoman must have burrito grease all over his glasses.

[roseofjerichoband]

@Rockbobm i agree. its pretty amazing to me how many people can complain about something THAT IS TOTALLY FREE.

[theskatekr3w]

on the main verse is it just alternative struming up until u move to the 7th fret?

[TiahGothGirl96]

.............I think ill stick to piano ^^

[burritoman49]

haha i love how you say "this is a guitar lesson" this is just a glorified cover. the camera isnt close enough to your hands for anyone to see where youre fingers are, and you dont care to explain what power chords youre even using, sorry mate. Good luck next time.

[roseofjerichoband]

@burritoman49 Yeah my camera is not very good. I take it you did not look at the tab in the description. That is supposed to supplement for the crappy camera.

[jhev107]

@burritoman49 dude, you're absolutely right...

[revstrat]

Jeez, you want everything spoon-fed to you?? Use his video as a guide and USE YOUR EARS! It ain't that hard!!

[CWall000]

@burritoman49 I thought it was a great lesson. I'm far from a great guitar player, but by the end of the lesson I was almost playing in time with him.

Thumbs up!

[CWall000]

@burritoman49 I thought it was a great lesson. I'm far from a great guitar player, but by the end of the lesson I was almost playing in time with him. I guess people can't figure anything out without someone posting where exactly to place your fingers.

Thumbs up!

[brandino13]

@burritoman49 idk, but im not a very good guitar player, and i learned the whole song just fine. weirdddddd.......

[Kkpblue]

You played the song well but it wasn't a lesson, it was you playing way too fast playing chords you didn't even explain properly or go through telling me each note to play. your dog is cool though!

[Maukylen]

awesome :)

[deanLEMAN]

O.o Looks pretty hard i think i can't play it D;.

[aldoluvschickens]

HOLY FUCKEN SHIT BALLS THIS IS A GOOD VIDEO AND THE SONG IS SO FUN TO PLAYLOL

[lnteI]

can you tell what you use to amp your guitar??

[lnteI]

Your Dog is the best :)

[roseofjerichoband]

@lnteI Yeah, Brodie is our official band mascot.

[Cosm07]

awesome!!!

[GeorgeChucher]

thanks for your lesson you are good and i like your dog in the corner

[OutrageSGM]

Thankx man! Great vid. but can you please put a vid. for the solo? that would be awsome!

Keep Rockin!

[allrockers44]

i just want to know if it's standard tuning??tnx

[roseofjerichoband]

@allrockers44 yes, standard tuning

[666iveta]

you very fast,,, and bad teacher ..

[roseofjerichoband]

@666iveta Hey, what can I say. I'm not satisfied til you're not satisfied.

[INFAMOUSALITY]

Hey man I appreciate you putting this video up. I just learned the song lol. Sweet!

[DaGuitarlearner69]

Cool dog

[thebacanaut]

What's the tuning for this song?

[DaGuitarlearner69]

Standard or drop d all power chords till solo

[thebacanaut]

Thanks.

[FromTheAshes7]

Freakin B-A! Awesome!!! Yeah, you didn't talk much, but you showed step-by-step. So though the song looks extremely hard, it probably isn't as bad as I first thought.

Thank you!

[killy703]

will you please do a solo lesson

[Stucsteen]

nice work! thank you

[MAXXX1195]

But hav you got the solo tabs?

[MAXXX1195]

nice

Very nice guitar ;p

[herbapower]

ha ha =D i just leaned !! thanks

[WierdO1223]

to be honest, i didnt like it just next time show a close up of the guitar and the frets, because i cant learn what place to swich to. Thanks, Very good by the way, but to me not very good techer

[winsum22]

if you take a good look, and if you play guitar for a while, and if you can coint. it is easy. and if you can read the TABS or on the right!!!!

[Gdawg55350]

puppy :D lol

[whatdalol]

Whats is the amp setup? mine doesnt seem to sound right?

[roseofjerichoband]

In general, you want to set your overdrive gain fairly high depending on how much fuzz you want. Also if you have EQ on your amp you want to raise the low and the high and lower the mid. Another issue is the more inexpensive amps just won't sound that good, especially on the distortion.

[nwilson59]

@roseofjerichoband well, i use a roland micro cube, and i hav the gain allll the way up, and i use the rectifier setting. it also sounds pretty good that way

[yeashas]

@roseofjerichoband does the sp-10 have overdrive(because i want to get that rock sound)?sry..but i'm planning to buy an elec and i need some help in selecting an amp

[TGJ2321]

wait, wut tuneing???????

[MindFreakDude212]

duddeee ... u rock

[AlexGrambergChannel]

when is it muted? if even

is it alternated picking?

disortion at all?

[roseofjerichoband]

@AlexGrambergChannel Only the verses are muted and alternated picking. I use distortion throughout the entire song.

[AlexGrambergChannel]

okay thanks =] i was wondering because mine sounded off a bit

[MegaSkwid]

This vid really helped a lot! thnx :)

[morpheus9995]

Thaks a lot!!! The Tabs were so Useful!!! You're GREAT!!!

[Doze2JDM]

sweeet. this video really helped alot. 5 stars!! =D

[jeronette]

where do u get ur tabs at

[roseofjerichoband]

@jeronette I don't get them anywhere, I create them myself.

[roseofjerichoband]

@theguitarking55 A strat can definitely can play this song. The amp you are using is really more important than the guitar.

[whatdalol]

! questions is it alternate picking?

[roseofjerichoband]

@whatdalol Yes, the verse is alternate picking

[whatdalol]

Thanks ! it took me a while to get the intro to the right speed as it doesnt sound anything like it slowed down but thanks ! great video¬!

[evilwill3040]

ur tabs are confusing

[Bloodlustpt42]

Thank you!! This helped me alot!!

BTW i noticed you're dog :P he's awesome.

[roseofjerichoband]

@Bloodlustpt42 yea, that's Brodie

[demonblod]

wtf? do you have some like heavy metal distortion going on or something?

[redbook5544332211]

It the shot man

[Eman619]

is it palm muted?

[roseofjerichoband]

@Eman619 yes, the verses are palm muted.

[JacqueLiinee10]

thats very easy to play..!!

:)

[ageofempires5040]

solo?????????? who???

[slipknoises]

youre god jaja

[BartooLP]

3:50 lol

a dog

[pokemonclara]

i love this song so much and its sounds so cool

[ubergamepwner]

is it a squire jaguar? get a fender one if it is much better tone

[antgorin]

can you play it on acoustic guitar

by the way i rock!!!!!!!!!

[jake5568]

sorry tht was my friend

[jake5568]

u should put it in tab u now how frustrating it is to try to watch you

[roseofjerichoband]

i assume you did not read the description.

[the0euro0mutt]

holy shit man , you rock

[jOeRoCkEr666]

good cover but if you can play the solo it will be great that you show how to play it, you should think it

[MrYeswecan14]

very nice cover dude but a squier has a sound that could be recognised from a mile away

[Cloxzable]

NICE FIREBIRD!!!!

[roseofjerichoband]

Thanks for the comment, but Im actually playing a Jaguar.

[rsc2610]

these help but u need to mute the sound cause it sound very dirty, and its dificult to identify the notes

[kclark830]

what is tune

[roseofjerichoband]

Standard tuning.

[narutoninetails12]

omg your sick

[dynochickenmonkey]

thanks 5*

[tehgrim08]

your dog was like 0.o (wtf is master doing?)

[teoroman12]

thank you man

[heredero1986]

good

[MegaSkwid]

this really helped

[x0on0826]

is this in drop d??

[roseofjerichoband]

No, standard tuning.

[XexplodingpenguinX]

thx this helped

[TheWallProducciones]

your dog!!!!

[Saintdylan]

I want a jaguar D;

[schizowallflower]

You're actually good. Some people on YouTube pretend to be but this was actually great.

[BonyThrone]

dude, please post a lesson for "glow" by alien ant farm :) especially the solo thanks

[chucknorris0325]

yea, i didnt take that into consideration, good playing too btw

[chucknorris0325]

you have way too much bass in that sound of yours, turn it down to like 3 or 4 and treble 8 or 9

[roseofjerichoband]

thanks for the feedback - keep in mind you are hearing the amp through the microphone of a web cam. most of what you are hearing is the microphone distorting due to having the amp too loud.

[switchpark97]

dude do u have the solo?

[ezer998]

wat the solo?

[ZombieRiots]

hey this is awesome, just wondering how you play your right hand form the intro and verse riff,, alternate plucking? all down? palm muted i cant seem to get it thanks

[Kokushi666]

alt

[roseofjerichoband]

Hey, in this video I'm playing all of the verses with alternate strumming and palm muting.

[hengry1994]

you rock !!!

:O

[HalenmathewSkates1]

and also alien ant farm ! its like f.o.b they got the beat it by Michael jackson , well alien ant farm got the smooth criminal song and made it sound hardcore rock

[jaisondsmad]

Smooth Criminal Is By Michael Jackson Not Alien Ant Farm

[roseofjerichoband]

I take it you didn't watch the video.

[ejk81496]

originally by michael jackson but aaf did a cover

[luchsocer]

dude that sick!!!

[jaredspeed12]

gutiar?????q es eso???

[Miamouton]

Thx, great !

[369backintime]

10/10

good job dude

thanks for the tabs

[FeX39]

thnx man, u are awesome!!!

[Fredwiener]

Four words... GAVE ME A BONER!!!

Great work man, you should do some videos to just like show off your Madd Skittles!!

[ninoeros]

dude that was so cool

tnx. i need to practice

[sbluccio]

nice dog! xD

[freerunner125]

thanks so much

really good lesson

[styxfan12]

dude... that was sick!! thanks a lot for tabs too!

[Xsvid]

thanks for the video man

5/5

[KallanAlexander]

how do you play all these things by bullet for my valentine?

[robalex93]

bunisimo y espo que yo hablo español y pude :D

[Sephiroth1646]

Is that a fender jaguar squire version?