Guitar Lesson: Powerslave Riff by Iron Maiden

[alejandromoriel]

WRONG

[angusyoungashweenie9]

luv ur shirt :3

[MartyrOfMetal]

Bad power chord form dude.

[sasop117]

tell me why i have to be a powerslave!

[PeanutDinho]

Gay

[guitarpassion1]

Thank you so much, you r great.

[panterasmak]

que poca eres muy bueno

[hughrmccallum]

Loved the clip - this is my favourite song.

Could you do a clip on the first part of the lead break for Powerslave? Struggling with it. This clip very much helped me with the intro so thanks for that.

Cheers man.

fellow Maiden Fan

[shawno97]

is this on fast forward... or are you just jumpy

[crnalegija1023]

great videos . top

[jacobamado]

Dude thank you so much

[denim747leather]

i dont get all these complaints you are getting on this vid, i think its cool, ive seen the tabs for this riff but when ive come to do it, it sounds not right, since watching this vid youve made it look so much easier, cheers

[agentcamo]

Why does everyone complain about this,

He is atleast trying

[wolfgangclive]

@agentcamo its great that he is trying and hes doing pretty good but it is rather annoying to see a guy teaching it incorrectly

[FnordyMiguel]

it would be great if u put the tabs in the momment that u're explaining...

[JJScat]

that ain't the way to play it...

[0oIronMaideno0]

i hope you know how messily your playing this riff, and that you add in extra hammer ons accidently at the start, and that this is not worthy of 72,000 views. Why people dont just get a tab if they find it that hard to work out i dont know

[gitbad]

@0oIronMaideno0 haha this is an old vid i know its off, I was just wingin it I'm going to replace it with a better one soon!!

[wolfgangclive]

@0oIronMaideno0 agreed with iron miaden dude, play it on the open a, so much easier and sounds way tighter, i worked that out when i was 15

[TheMetalfan123]

@0oIronMaideno0 man he's not bad at all

[darkmaldition]

bn pero el tiempo se lo culea!!!!

[Greenman422]

You can play, but your sense of rythm is SHIT

[BuddyOverThere]

his tone sounds like 2 sweaty balls hitting together. and the riff sounds wrong at the end.

[IanPlusDrums]

Thanks mate

[whathexup]

Great sounds just like the record. :)

[azkaban1351996]

what a bout the other parts???? i would like to see fear of the dark part 2

[crmunoz]

bad

[ekku1979]

Use the open A string...

[martynm]

Try playing this using an open A string rather than on the bottom E, it is much much easier and doesn't require lots of sliding

[MetalliDeth24]

SOOOO WRONG, the right way is easier

[MaidenGuitarGanja]

easy

[shirlyucantbeserious]

cool shirt

[bermotter]

I do my powerchords with my pinky as well, is that weird?

[Brandob971]

@bermotter I use my index and ring fingers for chords

[icedbullet666]

to be honest with you thats quite common for guitarist to also use there pinkies, it allows for easier switches and scales.

[JoeCalfire]

i would recommend you use your ring finger, it helps with stretching out your fingers.

[BEATLEJEWZ]

@bermotter well kurt cobain used his pinky for powerchords and he had a number 1 hit using his pinky so you are cool

[monkeynaaier14]

@BEATLEJEWZ and you're a wana be cool guy

[jkhara12]

geez dude ur awesome

[ledcasper]

Easy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[darthhull85]

short lessons that help. so win.

[Warchest1]

So wrong and so bad.

[Amerikhastan]

stfu, id like too see you do better, but youu cant cant you n00b

[Warchest1]

Give me a couple weeks and ill have it down

[coolcourky]

@Warchest1 Good... could you contact me when you do... It would be well appreciated...

[Brandob971]

@Warchest1 This guy didnt look up the tab like most of people, he used his BRAIN to figure it out. Which takes a lot of skil

[emosk8r3]

@Warchest1

Agreed.

[coolcourky]

@Warchest1 I kno... they don't do as many notes... Apart from that it's pretty good...

[BrianS8N]

omg, it sounds fine, why do people always dig on others trying to show what they know? Unless you have "the ear" then stfu cause its a video and its never going to sound exactly the same, everyone plays slightly diff.

[Hunger4Power]

this is pretty bad actually

[superguitarnoob]

nice explorer

[Wildtigerwarrior]

si tu postura fuese mejor se entenderia mejor

[LivingWorstNightmare]

This is wrong. It's not played on the top 2 strings, the only thing that's close is the single note part at the end, but I agree this is way off. it don't sound right at all

[metalheadsam437]

its exactly the same notes

[LuxLuxKlan]

nice1 5/5

[Mosse190]

End seems to be a bit off but otherwise 5/5 O.O

[Axmanjacks]

What keyy?????????

[Axmanjacks]

what key is it in?

[ziggypop79]

doesnt sound right to me.

[MagnumBullets47]

You are playing wrong, man.

The REAL version has simples notes.

Put a wrong version in a guitar LESSON is not cool.

[MEOWGONEWILD]

um there are many ways and u prob lookin at wrong one so dont come in here bmin

[shutup69er]

sick t shirt

[vexzivous]

sick dude

i pent hours learning the coming curse riff you put on here and thanks a lot it really helped my trembola picking

im gonna start this one right now ^^

again thanks man 5/5 for sure

[checogarciardz]

thanks really helped!!!

[pwgamer007]

hey man, you´re rocking! 5 stars! thx

[skatesftw]

sounds better then the real tab imo

[silvrcrank]

all that work to avoid using your pinky? better off just biting the bullet and learning it. it makes this riff much simpler and you're going to need that finger for the solos later in the song anyhow.

[MagnumBullets47]

The real riff is more simple,i´m sure.

[Ra6nar]

u changed it a bit, but anyway, great playing

[marcobrouwer]

lol thnx gitbad . would be nice some of the other peeps would appreciate these lessons also that inspire us too play . what i dont understand is if they can play it so much better like they say . why the hell they are watching a lesson from you then lol.

keep up the good work i love it

[1drumgod55]

alright this guy is doin it right hes in the right tune and and it sounds good and just like the song ur just jealous becuz he can play better than u

[mikkey51]

Maiden doesn't play the hammer pull, but who cares, ur a great guitarist!

[aalainhulsbosch]

your not that great dude

[DaMnMeSsEdUpKeYbOaRd]

@aalainhulsbosch he never said he was... besides, you saw him play one riff, you cant say if someones a good or bad guitarist from that, christ

[phille22]

this fucking sucks. totally wrong tone

[MagnumBullets47]

This riff is completed awesome!!Iron Maiden always give me inspiration to play a eletric guitar.

[nincopyjasb]

hey dude your great, the other video of the fast part of black sabbath was great too. what are the effect and pedal that your using?.

[gitbad]

Its just my guitar with EMG active pickups plugged into a 50W Marshall AVT Amp in overdrive mode, no pedals, no effects

[JayDeeSG]

This riff is much easier played from the open A position. It sounds to "mechanical" in the barre chord position.

[Ra6nar]

dude, i would say exactly the same thing :)

[GuitarDudek77]

Dude every single power chord is wrong because its supposed to be in Harmonic Minor and because of it, your version is much different than the song and your hammer and pulls can use some work

You do have some other good videos

Up the Irons Bro

[gitbad]

It is still in A harmonic minor the way I play it!!! But I admit I filmed this vid in a hurry a year ago and I will replace it with a better version as soon as I can

[monkeynaaier14]

@GuitarDudek77 ur a fag

[inuyasha333]

Haha What the hell!?

If your going to show a lesson at least put more than the intro riff, and if someone is trying to learn this song you don't show the easiest part, anyone could get this down easy from a guitar tab or something, You should maybe add the part that people are finding difficult, I'm sorry...but this is fucking retarded

[turbomaximus1966]

shut up. do you think he's gonna post a guitar lesson of some solo? some people rather watch videos if they are available. I prefer tabs though

[vladamirr]

1. you have a good shirt

2. you didnt do it too well in my opinion, reasons: a) when u pick your guitar, when u hit it (sorry, cant find a better word) u accent the wrong things (another bad word, lol) b) when u pick single notes right after the power chord u do it also not to good, especially for an instructional video :) c) it would sound better with downstrokes,  lose the alternate picking, thats why u dont have that edge

3. cheers :)

[turbofritz2]

Or at least it doesn´t sound right at the start. I think you should do more palm mute in order to make it sound right.

[JimisRocker]

all of ur lessons are perfect!!!!!very good job!!!

[teci95]

you are the best!!!

[rodox80]

Dude, you herlped me! thanks a lot!

wish you the best

[pistedcop]

your lessons are very good!

[nightshade520]

dude fuck you get a life he plays good and explains well thats what the lesson is for dickface

[drummondF]

thank you for not wasting any time with this lesson.

cheers

[Razor745]

Great lessons!

[bamjr911]

love the shirt!!!

[MHarley93]

I just started playing guitar a year ago and so far you exlained stuff so easy. all the way from the chords to the strumming. good job A+

[phille22]

sucked

[Jackwiththeguitar]

shut up and fuck you..............

[lgnat]

wat model guitar is that?

[dan2stories]

ehhhhh i believe its a uh..watcha call it.....ummmmmm epiphone explorer..=P correct me if im wrong..

[blind313]

bro, u need to give the lessons on your site for free and accept donations or something. Cuz young guitarist (myself) dont have credit cards to pay. and i would donate by money order or something. Please take it into consideration.

[Ferreira018]

Great video, pal. I love Iron Maiden.

[dominic159951]

but u didnt

[ErnestoMag]

I lol'd

[daniel4ever001]

cheers