Andy McKee - Art of Motion

[mulotwo]

Magic !

[chi854]

I'd like to see devin townsend and andy mckee do a project together.

[saveing]

amazing :D

[lockhartER]

fantastic!!

he is the first historical guitalist

since michel hedges appeared in the guitar

music field.

[EsveldtCamine9]

@lockhartER

Kaki king anyone?

[nilinar09]

so amazing =/

[RandomoVideos]

he's lost a lot of weight

[wilo5658]

Please, can anyone tell me about the tuning...? Thanks..! =)...

[zhanglue1]

E B G# C# A F#

[LuisSantiesteban]

impresionante

[dabat]

Amazing Andy, keep up the great work, and hook me up some time when your in the UK!

[FioLoccoz]

haha in the background u can hear X Japan O___O wooooooot where is Shetland ?? tell me please

[DBoVolente]

It's in Europe xD It's a part of the UnitedKingdoms...U know? GreatBritain? :D

[Guitar14091]

what are they saying in the background at o:30? :P why does it sound like is playing in a higher pitch or is it just me?

[selkie72]

A photographer asking if he can get past the end of the table, very small venue and totally packed! Brilliant gig!

[jkshoujk]

@Guitar14091

You're right, it's higher pitch by half a step. So the tuning would be G A# D A C F, instead of F# A C# G# B E which I didn't know was actually possible without snapping strings

[m0sesm01]

@Guitar14091 it is harmonics

[CHICKENSNIFFER17]

has anyone else on here tried to emulate the mckee and almost became obsessed in their pursuit of acheiving a smidgen o his genius.

Its almost crushing me to watch somone this good knowing I will never even get near the level of class this man has.

Class video thank you so much for sharing

[aytekincem94]

I think his live performance is not really really good (if you compare it with his art of motion video)

[jkshoujk]

Yeah, Ebon Coast and Art of Motion are two songs that I prefer his older versions over his live ones.

[tsubasaISfun]

I'm the exact opposite. I went to his life show in Boston and every song he never failed to blow my mind. I think the way to put it is: if he's unbelievable on youtube, he's beyond conceiving live.

[jkshoujk]

I agree, his live performances are amazing. And some of his new ideas, I agree, never fail to blow people's minds.

But to be specific, his latest version of Ebon Coast is a bit too fast. The ending is perfect though, the tone he has in the outro, the bass really pops, it's amazing.

And I'm starting to disagree with myself now. I like this version, and I used to go with his album version, but now that I've seen some more recent live videos, I like his live performances of Art of Motion.

[jkshoujk]

NintendoDSKid and henrydtuason have some great quality live videos.

[FlamingForce]

Which is also an on-the-fly recording, so yeah.

Your comment makes no sense

Sorry.

[seanellerker]

its in the tuning that f# a c# g# b e like most people on here have said, pay attention people lol

[MasMacho]

i want that avalon.....

[amino0o]

have the courtesy to SHUT UP while mckee plays.. jeez.

[IIIISolidSnakeIIII]

it sounds 1 step above its original tuning of F#AC#G#BE

[detroidxl]

its actually DADGAD tuning

[jkshoujk]

I highly doubt that. The only Andy McKee song in DADGAD (Open Dsus4 Tuning) is Drifting. All of the official tunings are on his website. Also, seeing as how DADGAD isn't even in the same pattern has F#AC#G#BE, then that wouldn't make any sense, even if he were to alter the tuning by tuning it up or down a step or so.

Sorry, it's just a pet peeve when people assume that all fingerstyle songs are all in DADGAD.

[detroidxl]

yeah yeah yeah

my bad lmao

i didnt see the title

XD

im so stupid yes art of moition is a bit funky

but the tuning you said i believe is correct

[jkshoujk]

It's all good xD.

[seanellerker]

no it isnt in dadgad, what is it with people thinking it is, driftin is in dadgad....duh

[EvanFingerstyle]

Yeah, that's what I've been saying this entire time lol... no need for reiteration people.

[EvanFingerstyle]

This is "jkshoujk" by the way.

[seanellerker]

was backing u up :)

[detroidxl]

HAVE I NOT MADE IT CLEAR THAT I MADE A MISTAKE!!

jesus christ

[BillyAtAteThirty]

dextroid, as in the album by the chiptune artist dexter?

[tehz0r]

well, i think people assume the guitar is in dadgad tuning when they see the player tapping, using percussion techniques, rather then when they are fingerpicking.

[kimpaa17]

Does someone know wich tuning he play's in this version? :-)

[pjclmnsn]

this song is awesommme

[jkshoujk]

Is he playing in a different tuning? The notes sound a bit different

[serenadeprince]

peace bringer

[detroidxl]

i wonder wat pickup he uses

[Matthew1e]

The Nothing else matters metode.

[dogwomble]

It looks like he's using a Fishman combo magnetic + internal mic.

[redneckbearhunter154]

seems like he has the same problem i do playing in front of people...gets nervous and messes up a little...

[bfrwasnthere]

I'm pretty sure everyone has the same problem. :)

[IamtheGrynch]

I didn't hear any mistakes... Then again, when you're playing something like this? Who does notice but Andy?

[J0sA1Ac]

i heard alil rhythm probs.

but i guess it doesnt really matter.

[dampklas]

did he play it with the baritone?

[ThomasAWilliam]

Not originally or in this no.

[KurtSandford]

Has he gotten better?? :S

[KdMCyris]

WoW with no beard. XD

[HungarianGuitarist]

yeh big thanks for this quality videos...

this guy is switch off my brain and give me some peaceful minutes...

[esbroker]

Selkie72 thanks for uploading this !

[selkie72]

No problem, was a great gig!

Cheers Ryan