@XenoType008 it takes time for stuff like that to sound good to you. u have to understand it thats why you dont like it cos you havent explored it properly
@XenoType008 How in the flying fuck did your comment get so many thumbs up? It's one of the most ignorant things I've ever read concerning a musicians playing style. Get a fucking ear for music before you start spouting off bullshit like that.
@XenoType008 i can see that you are total idiot and that you dont have a singel di meola album....if his music is not worth of listen, then you are retarded asshole...dont give stupid coments....Mclaughlin and Al di Meola are some really rare guitar players who writes incredible music opposite of Joe satriani, Gilbert, Vai sintetic crap without any compositional skills, just music for need for speed 3 computer game....fuck you
for all of you clowns on here that are bashing him because you "think" he comes off in an arrogant way...i have one question for you...Can you do it???..forget about weather he comes off arrogant or not the guy is a WORLD CLASS player and i think i am confident when i say this ..that i could bet my ENTIRE months salary that NONE of you can even set with a player of his class...thanks and have a great day!!!!
@XenoType008 Al strikes me as arrogant, I agree with that - but Scott Henderson? Come on, dude. You clearly just don't like him - which doesn't mean you're allowed to spit such uninformed, trite pigeon shit without supporting it with something a little more insightful. Scott, as with many other greats, understand that theory explains and allows us to discuss music in the absence of instruments. It does not define him, his style, or what he's able to do with the guitar.
@XenoType008 because some people don't want to listen to the same stuff all the time. music is about inovation and it needs people to push the boundries. and besides maybe the "complex puzzle" that is unenjoyable to you is not so for someone else. no need for closed minds in music
@XenoType008 Obviously you missed the point or can't grasp the concept to which Al has touched upon. I met him many years ago. Actually ego wasn't even an issue. He was really down to earth an friendly fella. I have learned alot just from listening. While my style is a far cry from the way he plays. I still have to give credit where it's due.
@XenoType008 You have no right whatsoever to be bagging on this guy. He's a phenomenal musician, which I can tell from your arrogant comment you will never be called, in any style of music. He's not the Miley Cyrus or Beiber of guitar because this stuff isn't a preset beat and one progression looped for 3 minutes with a love poem that sounds like it was written by a 5th grader auto-tuned on top of it; It has depth for people that don't "overload" like yourself. Have some respect.
@XenoType008 Where are the lessons on YOUR page? It just seems to say that you watch lady gaga and justin bieber videos, posting how crap they are, strange behaviour for someone who's an even better guitarist than al dimeola or dimebag? XD
@XenoType008 go learn you changes and shut up....your clueless...its a matter of taste ans your inner ear...i agree with trueslap below....you can play all this crap BUT if your time is off it doesnt matter....lighten up....
@XenoType008 yeah go fuck yourself. I had the pleasure of hanging out with scott and listen to him talk about music for about 2 years and theres nothing arrogant about the guy. He was always way chill and happy to explain his musical ideas or jam whatever I wanted. A true musician. Just because you dont understand it or just cant play it doesn't make them the assholes, It makes you the asshole.
@XenoType008 how on earth did your comment get that many likes? if it doesn't sound good to you, that's a product of your ear and your tastes, the majority of people with a musical ear prefer an accurate guitar tempo, any syncopation has to be well placed and reasoned, or you can shred all you like and not play with proper timing but don't expect musicians to like it.
ok those people out there who trash talk meola are the people who don't understand his music :-) read again "AL DI MEOLA LESSON" so dont expect that this video is for everyone,this is actually a secret technic that hes doin since the 70's..sense of time is very important again "SENSE OF TIME"...got it??
@XenoType008 I agree, though I don't get the arrogant vibe from Scott Henderson, especially in his old age. Al, though, is an arrogant prick. Every interview I've seen he goes on and on about himself and only rags on other players. Why can't he just play without the stupid ego? He thinks he's better than anyone else who doesn't strictly alternate pick but the truth is I'd rather listen to them any day; I don't really enjoy listening to him much, though I'm not ragging on anyone who does.
It is actually a good lesson, even though I would recomend a metronome while you are learning to play Di Meola style rather then tapping your foot. Di Meola´s foot is like a metronome most people don´t have that timing.
@TomasMikaX unless your being sarcastic which i hope you are ... then your just unable to appreciate true talent. dont hate because you dont understand, hate because your missing out
2. If the 'mathematical sense' Al referred to at around 5:25 was concerning the shortest trajectory for the plectrum to take, then I not only know what he means but can also say that his down-down-up advise was just wrong. The principles of economy picking (as opposed to alternate picking) would dictate that it be picked down-down-down, which, unlike Al's way, cuts out the need for the pick to be maneuvered around and then under the 3rd string.
@Jason011987 up-down-down is no more efficient than al's down-down-up. Both patterns require changing directions twice per sequence, its the same thing.
With mathematical sense, he refers to an underlying pattern that will make your workflow on the guitar be much more richer since your muscle memory will already have embedded, basic patterns such as DDU and UUD, which are extremely common in picking between a set of 2 or 3 strings rather than the whole set of 6 strings. As he said, it's a mathematical sense, a foundational routing that can boost you. You can develop your own mathematical patterns.
@pran1zzle He didn't say anything about workflow, richness, or routing. That's just you being generous. The problem is 'mathematical sense' is a silly phrase as anything physical can be described mathematically.
I think what he actually meant in the video was 'intuitive sense.' Maintaining an overarching down-up pattern will keep things steady due to earlier learning, as you say.
I just think the mathematical traits of economy picking, which can be made intuitive, are much more compelling.
@woundspooden It's true man. When I was at the guitar institute all the players who could do what he's talking about were good players, all the ones that couldn't were terrible players. You really can't over-emphasise the point.
Maybe so, but then you can write music on a com puter and have it be technicaly perfect, but it doesn't mean it's any good. For the record, I'm a guitar player who gig's every weekend and has a guitar in his hands every free minute I have. SO yreah, I AM a musician and I DO know what I'm talking about. IMO Jimmi Hendrix,. SRV, Jimmy Herring, hell buckethead... all of these guys ahve more feeling to their playing. I'm NOT saying this guy isn't an amazing player, I just don't care for him.
WTF is this guy taling about... Sorry, but Jimmy Herring walks all over this guy IMO. I'm not a Jazz fusion guy though so maybe that's why I don't care for him too much...
@GuitarFitch No I mean the guy's an awesome player for SURE, just prefer Jimmy Herring personaly. Al's exlpinations leave somethng to be desired, but then I guess he's not known for his talking eh...
Sometimes it seems that the better a player is, the worse they are at explaining. I do think Herring is really amazing. Check out my friend Todd Barth and Jimmy jamming when they were students at GIT (MI now)
@4rescue You clearly have not listed to Dimeola and have no musical training if you truly believe what you wrote. Dimeola's music sense, as well as his raw technique, is far beyond what Herring can do.
Al has held up in the looks department way better than the other guitar virtuosos. Shawn Lane was always a fatty boombah, but even Vai is starting to look kinda skeletal these day.
@guitar1963boy Al could blow most guitarists out of the water on shere technique how how you ever came to the conclusion that he is one of the most overrated guitarists beats me. The guy is a jazz fusion legend. He may be a prick ... a lot of the big musicians are...but who cared, the guy can play guitar and is d... good at it, too.
forget diMeola. If you are into fast clean lines and intelligent phrasing listen to Joscho Stephan here on youtube. Why did this guy play with Paco and John, two musical giants ? compared to real talents like Shawn Lane Al is a kind of beginner .
@bluescrusher the fun part about makin music is havin ur own creative ability. he's still doin wat he luvs, makin a new sound that he luvs, thas all that matters . . . right ?
this is beyond advanced. don't even attempt to understand this if you haven't suffered, suffocated and lost trying to find what to "say" with your playing. this is eye opening stuff, but you gotta have your eyes shut before you come here. I can't believe this is free! :)) awesome. I love UtuBe
You should smash all your acoustic guitars, tell Paul Reed Smith the paint job on your signature guitar is ugly, get out your old black Les Paul and tear it up like you used to when you still had some...you know what I mean?
I wonder if Di Meola even knows who Peter Finger is? Why do I bring this up? Because if you were to put these two players in a room, and they had to play a solo guitar concert for an audience - Peter Finger would win hands down, because he can play a 5, 10 minute composition with fullness of sound and great compositions, whereas Di Meola does this start and stop stuff and his solo guitar with a pick is "thin" sounding. This is in response to Di Meola saying the pick is "king" !
@guitardw Dude is music and guitar playing a competition or about expressing yourself and your musicality? You shouldn't do a rat race... You know what i Mean? :D
I once heard Di Meola say the pick is "king" for articulation and he's never heard anyone that plays with fingers instead of pick be as articulate (as he is). Well, has DI Meola ever heard of a fingerstyle guitarist named Peter Finger? Finger uses thumbpick and fingerpicks, so maybe that's not quite what Al's saying, but I wonder if Al's ever heard any of Peter Finger's work - pieces like his new "Heading East", "Spice of Life", "Between the Lines", etc.
I've been using steel toe boots for my foot tapping with 5lb weight to give some resistance to my right hand - uh uh e , I have the door open , ya now what i mean , ah forget about it !
He plays this out there guitar line, looks at the guy and says "You know what I mean". Hilarious, his rhythm is uncanny and amazing but that shit was funny to me.
He knows precisely what he's talking about. I've heard other teachers hammer on this exact thing. Unfortunately not all do, because they don't get it themselves, and because guitarists tend not to be brilliant rhythmically. Part of what East Indian music solidified for McLaughlin, Spanish music (in part) for Di Meola (I think). To know SOLIDLY where the beat is, in your gut, and still being able to be completely free around it, "outiside," but dead solid.
This video is a perfect example of hard a time guys like di Meola and Jaco, who are/were GODS on their instruments, have in trying to explain what makes them so good lol.
41 people dont know what he means...
MetalDark93 6 days ago
i like al. a-bit stuck on himself and eccentric. Obviously a monster player in his style, but so are thousands of you tube and closet players.
toejam498 1 week ago
NIce!
Arpia2007 3 weeks ago
2:44 I know what he meant --> "i a a a ahahaha a i a" i think it was some kind of morse code but with vowels
aridahl 3 weeks ago
@XenoType008 it takes time for stuff like that to sound good to you. u have to understand it thats why you dont like it cos you havent explored it properly
charliehustlenflow 4 weeks ago
This was very useful, thank you!
Y'know what I mean?
Atsushikimkim 1 month ago
Thank you very much !
whenmyguitar 1 month ago
@XenoType008 How in the flying fuck did your comment get so many thumbs up? It's one of the most ignorant things I've ever read concerning a musicians playing style. Get a fucking ear for music before you start spouting off bullshit like that.
THEAndrewCS 1 month ago
@THEAndrewCS I agree with you.
ABshookme 1 month ago
*Plays a scale as difficult as fuck*
then
YouKnowWhat I mean ? :)
o0Stranger0o 1 month ago
@XenoType008 this is pathetic, this isnt theory... this is phrasing
prjctcivilian 1 month ago
you know what i mean?
neilvankleeff 1 month ago
2:44 ak ek ek ek ek ekekekek ik ek, you know what i mean?
odinnoah 1 month ago
@XenoType008 i can see that you are total idiot and that you dont have a singel di meola album....if his music is not worth of listen, then you are retarded asshole...dont give stupid coments....Mclaughlin and Al di Meola are some really rare guitar players who writes incredible music opposite of Joe satriani, Gilbert, Vai sintetic crap without any compositional skills, just music for need for speed 3 computer game....fuck you
bajko1000 1 month ago
I'm so freaking inlove with Al Di Meola until I would give my left big toe to meet him lol
busybody19 1 month ago
He's pretty good, youknowwhatimean
mrmogensen 1 month ago
@XenoType008 ... i very much enjoy the sound of the music he creates. People are all too critical of those who try to further themselves wit theory.
joshuakreusler 1 month ago
for all of you clowns on here that are bashing him because you "think" he comes off in an arrogant way...i have one question for you...Can you do it???..forget about weather he comes off arrogant or not the guy is a WORLD CLASS player and i think i am confident when i say this ..that i could bet my ENTIRE months salary that NONE of you can even set with a player of his class...thanks and have a great day!!!!
TheXXXDB 1 month ago
@XenoType008 Al strikes me as arrogant, I agree with that - but Scott Henderson? Come on, dude. You clearly just don't like him - which doesn't mean you're allowed to spit such uninformed, trite pigeon shit without supporting it with something a little more insightful. Scott, as with many other greats, understand that theory explains and allows us to discuss music in the absence of instruments. It does not define him, his style, or what he's able to do with the guitar.
yagamei 1 month ago
Love his music....sorry I watched this... as Al says "know what I mean?"....
bojomike 1 month ago
2:45 stupidest moment of a guitar lesson ever.
marticho 1 month ago
Looks like he was drunk. Said "two times up" and played three up :-P
stephantubeman 1 month ago
except you can totally alternate pick all that stuff
bimsterfls 1 month ago
@XenoType008 because some people don't want to listen to the same stuff all the time. music is about inovation and it needs people to push the boundries. and besides maybe the "complex puzzle" that is unenjoyable to you is not so for someone else. no need for closed minds in music
BRONKAHO3 1 month ago 2
"ya know what he mean?"
;D
DavidS992 2 months ago 19
@XenoType008 Obviously you missed the point or can't grasp the concept to which Al has touched upon. I met him many years ago. Actually ego wasn't even an issue. He was really down to earth an friendly fella. I have learned alot just from listening. While my style is a far cry from the way he plays. I still have to give credit where it's due.
XDarkSyntaXOriginal 2 months ago
Fuck you Al, you arrogant fuck, you're no shit!!!
TurkiyeCumhurbaskani 2 months ago
you know what i mean...?
RAMULUS31 2 months ago 2
@XenoType008 You have no right whatsoever to be bagging on this guy. He's a phenomenal musician, which I can tell from your arrogant comment you will never be called, in any style of music. He's not the Miley Cyrus or Beiber of guitar because this stuff isn't a preset beat and one progression looped for 3 minutes with a love poem that sounds like it was written by a 5th grader auto-tuned on top of it; It has depth for people that don't "overload" like yourself. Have some respect.
al4996 2 months ago
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al4996 2 months ago
@XenoType008 Where are the lessons on YOUR page? It just seems to say that you watch lady gaga and justin bieber videos, posting how crap they are, strange behaviour for someone who's an even better guitarist than al dimeola or dimebag? XD
Rrrrobbo 2 months ago
What guitar brand plays Al on in this video? Suhr, PRS Guitar????
MrChristianBrondum 2 months ago
This so very deep. Melody means a lot, but rhythm should not be forgotten. Fantastic!
stakleni00 2 months ago
"y' know what i mean?"
enzogrubisa 2 months ago 6
@XenoType008 go learn you changes and shut up....your clueless...its a matter of taste ans your inner ear...i agree with trueslap below....you can play all this crap BUT if your time is off it doesnt matter....lighten up....
TheXXXDB 2 months ago
@XenoType008 yeah go fuck yourself. I had the pleasure of hanging out with scott and listen to him talk about music for about 2 years and theres nothing arrogant about the guy. He was always way chill and happy to explain his musical ideas or jam whatever I wanted. A true musician. Just because you dont understand it or just cant play it doesn't make them the assholes, It makes you the asshole.
sirus1987 3 months ago 2
@XenoType008 how on earth did your comment get that many likes? if it doesn't sound good to you, that's a product of your ear and your tastes, the majority of people with a musical ear prefer an accurate guitar tempo, any syncopation has to be well placed and reasoned, or you can shred all you like and not play with proper timing but don't expect musicians to like it.
truthslap 3 months ago
2:42 is hilarius :)
kakabulle243 3 months ago 2
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kakabulle243 3 months ago
U know what I mean?
MOSDEFemcees 3 months ago
Al di MeLOLa
respiko 3 months ago
I didn't understand what he was saying about his alternate picking and how it makes mathematical sense or how he accents. Someone clarify please?
BlastFromYesterday 3 months ago
yeah I know what you mean ! Damnit.
monstershanu 3 months ago
@XenoType008 hey dude…..shut the fuck up!
michel1162 3 months ago 2
@michel1162 looks like he has no idea what Al is talkin about .
Remy16121993 3 months ago
ok those people out there who trash talk meola are the people who don't understand his music :-) read again "AL DI MEOLA LESSON" so dont expect that this video is for everyone,this is actually a secret technic that hes doin since the 70's..sense of time is very important again "SENSE OF TIME"...got it??
xXPsychoTempusXx 3 months ago
"you know what i mean?"
Al Di Melola
xnirsom 4 months ago 2
@xnirsom pretty normal in america ;)
Remy16121993 3 months ago
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xnirsom 4 months ago
Al Di Meola is talking about spaces? Fuck he doesn't stop to leave any... just plays fast with ZERO feeling..
attractivefrenchguy 4 months ago
@attractivefrenchguy check this video out Al Di Meola - Senor Mouse
Sscreamingdizbuster 3 months ago
@XenoType008 slamming Al is justifiable. Slamming Scott Henderson makes you sound like an idiot.
bobslob69 4 months ago
eh uh eh ah eh eh eh eh ah uh *waves arm*
know what i mean?
No Al, no i don't
chopperharris100 4 months ago
I like how there are parallels between what Al is talking about and the recent movement in certain metal bands with grooves and accents (djent, etc.)
ncastle4 4 months ago
vrey good lesson !
Dust0fNation 4 months ago
@XenoType008 someones pissed about their own musical talent
eddieisfiction 4 months ago
Al diyaknowwhatimean Melola
JamesGod08 4 months ago
@XenoType008 yeah I'm guessing you don't any theory lol cause that's what all half ass players say haha
sciulli27 4 months ago
@XenoType008 I agree, though I don't get the arrogant vibe from Scott Henderson, especially in his old age. Al, though, is an arrogant prick. Every interview I've seen he goes on and on about himself and only rags on other players. Why can't he just play without the stupid ego? He thinks he's better than anyone else who doesn't strictly alternate pick but the truth is I'd rather listen to them any day; I don't really enjoy listening to him much, though I'm not ragging on anyone who does.
Fishies125 4 months ago
this isnt a guitar lesson more of his own personal opinion or theory on rhythm and stuff
shimeonmorpheus 4 months ago
THANX!!!!
MrRamto13 4 months ago
I was totally going to comment "you know what I mean?" but someone beat me to it long ago...
unicursalhex 4 months ago
Steve Morse does the up down up thing pretty well.
ConspireToConspire 4 months ago
Somebody stole a bunch of dots off his fretboard. Know what I mean?
xsited1 4 months ago
I love it when guitarists explain things:
pluckpluckpluckpickpickpickdoodlydoodlydoo..
"you know what I mean?"
mm5192 5 months ago
I like the guy in the background..he never says yes he just grunts lol
Misticmyst73 5 months ago
This helped tremendously. I first saw this clip ages ago and took note of the foot tapping, and now I know notice I do it. Cheers Al.
ExtremeBogom 5 months ago in playlist 3rd Guitar playlist
A very good lesson!!!,is true.
viorcustom 5 months ago
@viorcustom
It is actually a good lesson, even though I would recomend a metronome while you are learning to play Di Meola style rather then tapping your foot. Di Meola´s foot is like a metronome most people don´t have that timing.
SevenCircles 5 months ago
This is a very bad lesson.
TomasMikaX 5 months ago
@TomasMikaX unless your being sarcastic which i hope you are ... then your just unable to appreciate true talent. dont hate because you dont understand, hate because your missing out
spike4379 5 months ago
@spike4379 I am not talking about his talent, I am talking about how this lesson is teaching you nothing.
TomasMikaX 5 months ago
I know what he means and think he is well up his own arse.
iamgav71 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you have no idea what he means.
tattvam4 5 months ago
"Spaces Scare People" you gotta love this lesson
mrprogjazzgto 6 months ago
You know what I mean? NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. Hahaha.
DavidMackey11 6 months ago
Armand Assante is awesome.
1251wire 6 months ago
makes sense to me
sand12377 6 months ago
i gots me a metronome foot,what did you get for christmas,bitch?!
brainsareus 6 months ago
is, "know what i mean"?, the white boy translation of, "you unda'stan' what i'm sayn'"?
brainsareus 6 months ago
does anybody know what he meant?
nikVonDoom 6 months ago 2
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
HillaryHitler 6 months ago
al sounds so utterly bored in this video
g3rrar1 6 months ago
1. I like him!
2. If the 'mathematical sense' Al referred to at around 5:25 was concerning the shortest trajectory for the plectrum to take, then I not only know what he means but can also say that his down-down-up advise was just wrong. The principles of economy picking (as opposed to alternate picking) would dictate that it be picked down-down-down, which, unlike Al's way, cuts out the need for the pick to be maneuvered around and then under the 3rd string.
3. The timing advise was good shit.
Jason011987 7 months ago
@Jason011987 Addendum: down-down-down would only apply for the 1st time, repetitions of the phrase would require an up-down-down pattern.
Jason011987 7 months ago
@Jason011987 up-down-down is no more efficient than al's down-down-up. Both patterns require changing directions twice per sequence, its the same thing.
yuppyguitar1 5 months ago
@Jason011987 You don't know what he meant.
With mathematical sense, he refers to an underlying pattern that will make your workflow on the guitar be much more richer since your muscle memory will already have embedded, basic patterns such as DDU and UUD, which are extremely common in picking between a set of 2 or 3 strings rather than the whole set of 6 strings. As he said, it's a mathematical sense, a foundational routing that can boost you. You can develop your own mathematical patterns.
pran1zzle 5 months ago
@pran1zzle He didn't say anything about workflow, richness, or routing. That's just you being generous. The problem is 'mathematical sense' is a silly phrase as anything physical can be described mathematically.
I think what he actually meant in the video was 'intuitive sense.' Maintaining an overarching down-up pattern will keep things steady due to earlier learning, as you say.
I just think the mathematical traits of economy picking, which can be made intuitive, are much more compelling.
Jason011987 5 months ago
i dont know what you mean
metallgeneration 7 months ago
596 people are AI fans
wthrudoing 7 months ago 7
....is he drunk!?
beckuma23 7 months ago 3
this dude got some muscles !
monkeyy992 7 months ago
I was waiting for him to break out of character eventually. This guy can't be like this all the time.
gorfjorf2112112 7 months ago
2:45!
elchafa 7 months ago
@elchafa lol
DaemoniumCC 7 months ago
@woundspooden thats the key to rhythm. He didn't say to playing the guitar.
NotechisMusic 7 months ago
the key to playing the guitar is tapping your foot apparantly
woundspooden 7 months ago
@woundspooden It's true man. When I was at the guitar institute all the players who could do what he's talking about were good players, all the ones that couldn't were terrible players. You really can't over-emphasise the point.
vubear 7 months ago 2
"You know what I mean?"-Al Di Meola
THEZAKINATOR101495 7 months ago 4
best right hand technique in the world
Harrisonmon 7 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Every times he says "You know what I mean?"
I expect "You Fucking bitch!!!!!!" and shoot from a gun....
MrDrunken85 7 months ago
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MrDrunken85 7 months ago
You know what I mean? Duh duh duh duh dun. See what im saying?
moreiraeladio1 7 months ago
<3
MrDina79 7 months ago
Know what I mean?
janecroft 8 months ago
29 people dont know what he means
Afran646 8 months ago 2
In the "jaz" realm, I vastly prefer John Scofield... that's just my opinion.
4rescue 8 months ago
Maybe so, but then you can write music on a com puter and have it be technicaly perfect, but it doesn't mean it's any good. For the record, I'm a guitar player who gig's every weekend and has a guitar in his hands every free minute I have. SO yreah, I AM a musician and I DO know what I'm talking about. IMO Jimmi Hendrix,. SRV, Jimmy Herring, hell buckethead... all of these guys ahve more feeling to their playing. I'm NOT saying this guy isn't an amazing player, I just don't care for him.
4rescue 8 months ago
e,a,e,ah,e,a,e,ah. Youknowwhatimean.
Pazak68 8 months ago 2
@Pazak68
HAHAHAH!!!!!
trinakria007 8 months ago
YouknowwhatImean? :D
tizioincognito95 8 months ago
2:45 to 2:52 is the strangest thing I have ever seen him do...
Jesuselpacifo 8 months ago
And al di meola discovers something new! Racism!
LehmannDaHero 8 months ago
Great player, good advice; it just seems that the coffee doesn't take effect until near the end of the video
AllBluesCat 8 months ago
WTF is this guy taling about... Sorry, but Jimmy Herring walks all over this guy IMO. I'm not a Jazz fusion guy though so maybe that's why I don't care for him too much...
4rescue 8 months ago
your kidding right? I hope your not that deaf.
GuitarFitch 8 months ago
@GuitarFitch No I mean the guy's an awesome player for SURE, just prefer Jimmy Herring personaly. Al's exlpinations leave somethng to be desired, but then I guess he's not known for his talking eh...
4rescue 8 months ago
Sometimes it seems that the better a player is, the worse they are at explaining. I do think Herring is really amazing. Check out my friend Todd Barth and Jimmy jamming when they were students at GIT (MI now)
GuitarFitch 7 months ago
@4rescue You clearly have not listed to Dimeola and have no musical training if you truly believe what you wrote. Dimeola's music sense, as well as his raw technique, is far beyond what Herring can do.
keeg021985 8 months ago 2
one word... unowatimeen
dozerification 9 months ago
You know what i mean :) btw good lesson :D
limontusce 9 months ago
Njunowannamean?
JustusFriedolin 9 months ago
russel crowee????
ReinRockz 9 months ago
You know what I mean?
SummitDrums 9 months ago 94
Very good info...very insightful...good guy too.
railcar123 9 months ago
yh ah ah ah ah ah ah ahahahah yh ah...you know what I mean? THAT IS THE KEY...
Michalcech 9 months ago
Al has held up in the looks department way better than the other guitar virtuosos. Shawn Lane was always a fatty boombah, but even Vai is starting to look kinda skeletal these day.
shway250 10 months ago
one of most overrated guitarists on the planet when it comes to improvistion,and an obnoxious prick as well !!!!
guitar1963boy 10 months ago
@guitar1963boy Al could blow most guitarists out of the water on shere technique how how you ever came to the conclusion that he is one of the most overrated guitarists beats me. The guy is a jazz fusion legend. He may be a prick ... a lot of the big musicians are...but who cared, the guy can play guitar and is d... good at it, too.
q2w3bn876 9 months ago 3
what kinda guitar is he using
bskkid4eva 10 months ago
If Shawn Lane was alive he would slap you for saying that about Al Di Meola
And far Jazz Giants you must be joking saying that Al is not a Jazz Legend.
Shawn lane is faster and was a Guitar Great for sure RIP. You must be a youngster
to say something like that about Al.
foxybrown2 10 months ago 3
Dude Joscho Stephan is the Man but his rhythm in his right hand is not like Al's
And even Shawn did not have that kind of rhythm in his right hand Shawn was faster but his rhythm was nothing like Al's
foxybrown2 10 months ago
forget diMeola. If you are into fast clean lines and intelligent phrasing listen to Joscho Stephan here on youtube. Why did this guy play with Paco and John, two musical giants ? compared to real talents like Shawn Lane Al is a kind of beginner .
emeraldomusik 10 months ago
Al's best bits:
- "spaces scare people, they scare musicians"
- "know what I mean?"
- "e i a eh ah ug uh...that is key"
- "forget about every other lesson in the book...you have to be able to tap your foot"
- "two down, one up...mathematical sense"
Al...you are a crazy genius...no one knows what you mean.
TheMightyReds5 10 months ago 5
@TheMightyReds5, I'm not a true musician, but I understand everything he's saying.
NotYourTypicalNegro 9 months ago
Al Di, I get what you're saying, but I don't know what you mean because it's above my mortal comprehension.
Tipperman 10 months ago
@bluescrusher the fun part about makin music is havin ur own creative ability. he's still doin wat he luvs, makin a new sound that he luvs, thas all that matters . . . right ?
EmmanuelObi 10 months ago 2
this is beyond advanced. don't even attempt to understand this if you haven't suffered, suffocated and lost trying to find what to "say" with your playing. this is eye opening stuff, but you gotta have your eyes shut before you come here. I can't believe this is free! :)) awesome. I love UtuBe
SokSa 10 months ago
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hahahahahahahahaha 2:45 Wa...tha...fuck...."you know what I mean?"
pablox875 10 months ago
You should smash all your acoustic guitars, tell Paul Reed Smith the paint job on your signature guitar is ugly, get out your old black Les Paul and tear it up like you used to when you still had some...you know what I mean?
bluescrusher 10 months ago
I developed my rhyrhm... from playing rhythm...
tweenboxyeah 10 months ago
This was abstract.
gnrcr 10 months ago
Al seriously talks like he could be in a Scorsese movie.
DavePerry2012 10 months ago 27
@DavePerry2012
That's a Jersey accent you're enjoying.
Daim0th 7 months ago
@Daim0th Yea, I knew he was from Jersey, but I wasn't expecting that the first time I heard him talk. His accent is pretty strong. :-)
DavePerry2012 7 months ago
I wonder if Di Meola even knows who Peter Finger is? Why do I bring this up? Because if you were to put these two players in a room, and they had to play a solo guitar concert for an audience - Peter Finger would win hands down, because he can play a 5, 10 minute composition with fullness of sound and great compositions, whereas Di Meola does this start and stop stuff and his solo guitar with a pick is "thin" sounding. This is in response to Di Meola saying the pick is "king" !
guitardw 10 months ago
@guitardw Dude is music and guitar playing a competition or about expressing yourself and your musicality? You shouldn't do a rat race... You know what i Mean? :D
eMKayJR 8 months ago
I once heard Di Meola say the pick is "king" for articulation and he's never heard anyone that plays with fingers instead of pick be as articulate (as he is). Well, has DI Meola ever heard of a fingerstyle guitarist named Peter Finger? Finger uses thumbpick and fingerpicks, so maybe that's not quite what Al's saying, but I wonder if Al's ever heard any of Peter Finger's work - pieces like his new "Heading East", "Spice of Life", "Between the Lines", etc.
guitardw 10 months ago
@jaccor45 DIDN'T KNOW HE HAS A DAUGHTER..... HOW OLD IS SHE? WHAT'S THE RUMOR?
REDWOLFINN 10 months ago
No, Al, I don't know what you mean. if i did, i'd probably be a lot better guitar player, lol.
deadenddude 11 months ago
@MrXAVIERDB And Ritenour taps his foot all the time too
BadSneakers 11 months ago
im so fuckn high!
coreyjclay 11 months ago 2
You keep using that phrase, I don't think it means what you think it means...you know what I mean? Thats funny right there...you know what I mean?
guitarran 11 months ago
@jaccor45 Whats the rumor
tgnz24 11 months ago
@jaccor45 Whats the rumor
tgnz24 11 months ago
Al is the greatest ''you know what i mean ''
vase40 11 months ago
@vase40 Vern
wolves750 11 months ago
This guy is great, but no one wants to exercise the rhythm part... We all know that but it's just too hard.
We want the magic way, something like: "play this two notes raise your head, close your eyes and feel the music"
ultimoorejondeltarro 11 months ago
@ultimoorejondeltarro Are you joking?
Whackooyzero 11 months ago
@Whackooyzero Of course... hard work... life is hard, so it's music
ultimoorejondeltarro 11 months ago
2:44 ... ill be using that dance move next time i go out
txsspecial 11 months ago 2
Here is what he is trying to say simplified:Tap your foot use it as a metronome improve your timing.
ishani859 11 months ago 4
I've been using steel toe boots for my foot tapping with 5lb weight to give some resistance to my right hand - uh uh e , I have the door open , ya now what i mean , ah forget about it !
luvispro 1 year ago
Your foot is more important than anything that your hands are doing - that's pretty much what he said.
MrGuitarguy1986 1 year ago 3
@MrGuitarguy1986 ...and that's why I play guitar with my feet...
UncleTito72 11 months ago
He plays this out there guitar line, looks at the guy and says "You know what I mean". Hilarious, his rhythm is uncanny and amazing but that shit was funny to me.
willeng84 1 year ago
i can pat my head while rubbing my belly while walking and chewing gum all simultaneously, but i still don't know what he means
ultrakool 1 year ago
di meola ain't got anything I want...
IJIT11809 1 year ago
He knows precisely what he's talking about. I've heard other teachers hammer on this exact thing. Unfortunately not all do, because they don't get it themselves, and because guitarists tend not to be brilliant rhythmically. Part of what East Indian music solidified for McLaughlin, Spanish music (in part) for Di Meola (I think). To know SOLIDLY where the beat is, in your gut, and still being able to be completely free around it, "outiside," but dead solid.
KnowKnot 1 year ago 3
Damn! What if I don't have feet.... O_o
Seriously, I agree with the foot tapping thing.
krzychguit 1 year ago
This video is a perfect example of hard a time guys like di Meola and Jaco, who are/were GODS on their instruments, have in trying to explain what makes them so good lol.
homeslice1479 1 year ago
4:56 inspired by CALL OF KTULU