August Rush Guitar Slapping Song

[robmillsays]

"Robing Williams"

Bicentennial Mang <-

[PKRun11]

This movie is one of my faves. This was a cool scene that inspired me to learn guitar. Such a beautiful sounding instrument.

[djjafeth]

this is E P I C

[MyChocolatelover123]

wait.....andre from victorious?!?!!!?

[dajmanobeder]

andy mckee as a kid !

[TheJiggily]

justin bieber can do it to!!!!!! go on his channel or search it

[LuckyDudeWithAGuitar]

@TheJiggily ITS SO FUCKING FAR AS GOOD AS WHAT AUGUST DID (sorry i don't know the kids name)

[TheJiggily]

amazing!!!

[TheHigginns]

I have never seen this movie. I was recomended it after one of my friends saw me playing like him. Well shit.

[tranrulesalot]

just watched the movie yesterday. Broke my heart.

[realseal1992]

DIOS, que manera de tocaaaar!!!!!!!!!!!

aparte de ser una super pelicula llena de todas emociones, tienen una musica que en mi vida he escuchado...

excelente video...

[TheLordofcod]

lebron travelled

[gabyfreire95]

one of my favorite movies EVER!

[MrTuloCargo25]

Thumbs up if Bieber brought you here!

[starblaster3]

oh my god he's so cute when he plays this, i was smiling the entire time.

[Christensen217]

i fucking love this movie. just watched it for the first time and i want more already =)

[AikoLve]

75 people don't have ears

[TheMrjery62]

i actually tried doin this

[thi3nthanhshadow]

@TheMrjery62 did it work cuz i really can't believe it. he's just hitting it.. not plucking

[MindlessGeneration]

@thi3nthanhshadow As long as you hit directly over 12th, 7th or 5th, you'll get the harmonic, which is what he's doing in the video.

[JSwizzle0825]

andre from victorious



[qmaduro]

Benny prasad plays like this

[chiren95]

Is this on the soundtrack? If so, what is it called??

[mikkachann]

@chiren95 Kaki King, Bari Improv

[ermaheho]

How could someone dislike this?

[MonsieurKaizer]

@ermaheho to be different....

or maybe someone who was hoping to find a guitar slap tutorial or video, but instead found a movie where it's fairly obvious that the kid isn't playing the notes himself. But yeah, looks like an interesting flick

[catti1212]

I love this movie :D

[ladysayuri21]

It is my favourite movie in the world!!!! what AMAZING movie....is the most tender, lovely and beautiful story!!!! simply....charmed! Now I know what is the love really...I think everyone looking for someone important around the world if it was nesesary.....I'd do it...at the end of the world...I don't have children yet...But at the moment I love him/her with all my heart....forever!! I'd care him/her always...be by her/him side....

[sofiaschizo]

does he actually play this?

[wjviper6]

@sofiaschizo no.

[Venomboy66]

Love it i watched the movie in school best part ever for a guitar

[htw6790]

anyone who dislikes this doesn't know what a good movie or what a good song this is

[charmanderstail]

@MrCuppycake1234 Andre?

[guitarvirtuoso14762]

gnr played this when I saw them =)

[RyLo18D]

LOLOL WIZARD



[jasonkritz]

If you want to hear a song similar to this one, check out "Legacy" by my guitar hero Phil Keaggy. Especially the version from his latest album "Live from Kegworth." It is an album he records live from beginning to end without editing. This guy is in his 60's and creates the most beautiful music you have ever heard! It is just him, an acoustic, and a looping pedal ---- AMAZING!!!

[JoshuaCagandahan]

Something I want to wake up to in the morning. :D

[kaahmfish]

The hands belong to Kaki King. I still love this scene though, special effects or not.

[admiralbob77]

A great sense of dynamics and melody, slowly building the song like a real musician does. This really is something...

[DeathBySugarRush]

He's so adorable when he smiles.

[yolapinky]

magical

[MsCheycutie]

am i the only one who heard him saying MAN IM GONE KILL IT hahaha

[LiquidFantasy96]

@MsCheycutie he says "i'm gonna kill him"

[crazyboy4793]

everytime i play a song with slapping like andy mckee everyone always says"oh thats like the kid from the movie hes good" why does every one think its him playing the guitar.

[TexasRable]

I know his an actor and it's fake... Bit this is really inspiring... BTW, thumbs up if u agree justin bieber was not even close to this

[abongnelah]

justin bieber figured this out in like 5 mins 

[admiralbob77]

@abongnelah Sorry, no, Bieber really didn't. Bieber is to this what Nigel Tufnel is to Jimmy Page.

[Scipe91]

this song is on itunes and is called Bari Improv. If anyone wants it.

[DYLANDREWMACIVERTON]

the most liked comments have square numbers :D

[EdgyXD]

Does anyone know the tuning or this?

[DawnOfDoom12]

"Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded." Jimi Hendrix

That's the song that keeps me going....

[crazyjohn88cp]

2 years ago me music teacher made my class watch this. that was the only thing enjoyable about that class

[YokiCentral]

^^ =D 8D c: o U o <3

[Sevilou]

i'm inspired anew

[andykins118118]

i think it's kinda stupid that the shitty justin bieber one has 4 times as many views

[MultiGanjamann]

there are about 20-30 music which make you cry because they make you happy like never before and this is one of them

[unamedsabetodo]

buenisiiiimoOOOOOo!!!



[randypratama37]

I Want to Learn it Badly :9

[AikoLve]

That is the best part out of the whole entire movie!

[poirepire23]

@AikoLve this is the best movie of my whole entire life !

[DiNoRaWr60]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar this is?

[Areoxy]

@DiNoRaWr60 I think it's an Gibson J-200.

[JesusFreak9186]

Justin bieber brought me here :D

[mountainman15]

A kid in my guitar class played this and it made me soo happy i will never be happy again...

[nma305]

There is something about this movie and "The Legend of 1900" that just make me feel good to be a musician.

[19Elizabeth96]

amazing. its just pure beauty

[Hannason100]

Just beautiful..

[auroradrow]

When I was a little girl I would flip the guitar & play it like this. I was too small to play a bigger guitar. I had watched my cousin using an autoharp & full size harp so I figured play it like the autoharp. I didn't have my own guitar so I only did this around people who did. A friend took me to see Chuck Berry. On a break I went near one of the guitars & played it on its side again. The people I was with offered to get me one I could learn to play normally. A white Gibsons jr.

[MikieandDan]

gibson j200

[kaarugonjou13]

Isn't this this called hammering? You can do it with a guitar with nice, soft strings and an amplifier.

[someperson1001]

@kaarugonjou13 No a hammer-on is when you play a string with your picking hand and then using your fretting hand press your finger on a fret that is higher than the note you just played. The style you see here is really called guitar slap/tap. If you wanna see more of this style, look up "Airtap!" by Erik Mongrain. He does the same style seen here except it's way more advanced than this song. Pretty nice-sounding tune too.

[GirlyCoolgal]

Whooooaaaahhh!!!! Talent. This is called talent.

[EddLineUnderscoreOne]

@GirlyCoolgal also known as pre-recorded music.

[vPoyZon]

its andy mckee's son

[bambifan62]

Haha I love when Arthur is like "Roxanne! Man, I'm gonna kill him!" And then he comes in and he's just like "Woah......" lol

[Ellusionist022]

Great song.

[tishihara1994]

he's slapping a mexican cyclops.

[summ3rs1ut]

I can do this :)

[Steelpick27]

I love the look on Arty's face when he walks in the room. ^.^

[iLoveZReedy]

the black kid was on iCarly lol

[hudson1051]

I love the rythm of this melody! (:

[THEFIREANDFLAMES117]

Can you actually do that?

[DustinDolby]

I like the description.

Robing Williams was really great in this movie though.

[EsmeeJadesong]

thumbs up if justin bieber brought you here?♥

[duffmanana]

@EsmeeJadesong fuck you justin is gay. dont link him with august.

[EsmeeJadesong]

@duffmanana Justin isn't gay, and I just have compared him to August Flush what you gunna do bitch?

[duffmanana]

@EsmeeJadesong august Rush *

[EsmeeJadesong]

@duffmanana Do I give a fuck?

[geezelleflora09]

...i wanna learn how to play a guitar..love this movie..♥♥♥

[WhoaMonstuh]

soooo delicious :) i loved this movie. and i did this on my guitar and it was awesome!

[Mariadc96]

i learned this a few years back because i felt i could hear the music too!(: love august rush!

[shikatema09neyu]

This is so cool! I tried it on my guitar and it was totally great! I love this part! Thanks for the upload.

[emilolsen100]

@asenceofclarity yes :)

[dragoniteice]

I tried it with my guitar. It actually worked! I was like "Wow!"

[dragoniteice]

This is my favorite part of the movie. Ever.

[marisolmusicgirl]

justin bieber braught me here lol <3

[MyNewPerspective1]

@marisolmusicgirl ... why does biebers name have to be in every single video i watch... can't he just leave or something?

[dwightismylife]

this guy at my camp played this and i peed my pants it was so good! p.s. who is robing williams?

[hiphopgirl422]

Thumbs up if jb got u here..

[jleigh2413]

I tried this but then i realized it wouldn't work cause it's tuned to open D...or C, i forget, and obviously there's a loop pedal used in there along with a delay of some sort.....so i failed..... :P

[someperson1001]

@jleigh2413 Tuning is from low to high is CGCDGE, but the E is tuned down one who octave than what it would normally played. This song isn't that hard to play actually; why don't you give it another try?

[jleigh2413]

@someperson1001 haha thanks i've actually gotten better at it. i know how to play Dueling Guitars from this movie perfectly.

[iNGUYENprizes]

LOL ANDRE FROM VICTORIOUS

[Izmad45]

is that andre from victorious??

[TheMPHardy]

@Izmad45 I saw the movie an hour ago and I was thinking the same. It's for sure andre from victorious!!

[omjitsamy]

most touching movie ever <3

[ThingAllZ]

Justin brought me here ♥

beautiful music ♥

[maximusbiddo]

@ThingAllZ fuckoff then

[Iwasntpayingattentio]

This is epic.

[ejwjoy]

....AAHHHHH the bar at the bottom changed!!!!! it turned black!!!!! totally random!!!!!

[WS6blue]

Look up Andy McKee!!

[bestfilmz]

This is stupid guitars aren't fucking drums

[TheWriteitdown]

@bestfilmz Music has no rules. If something is beautiful you just have to accept it and let the good energy run thru you. Smiley face period dot comma satisfaction

[FRIEDFISHPLZ]

68 people don't like slapping the guitar. Stonies.

[shoesthatmatch]

Justin Bieber's book "My First Step 2 Forever" brought me here. (:

[AriqoFlip]

@shoesthatmatch you must be in the wrong place then

[AznNinjaAnimeLover]

Everywhere I go, no I know who knows how to play a guitar can do this... I so wanna learn!!

[peaceloveandpeaches]

i tried this, and my strings broke!

[tronmaster6]

the people who disliked this hate life

[TheJujubean2000]

sick

[J2K2C2V2]

Thumbs up if you wanna wake up in the morning listening to this !!

[ldawn21]

@J2K2C2V2 I just did :)

[bruno2788]

@J2K2C2V2 or about a year I did.

[12KDani]

Is that really possible?

[VivaLaMente]

In all honesty this is the only way i can effectively play anything on guitar :p

[08sunbabe]

i've got to try this technique

[jwhenscheid]

I was at a church camp talent show last night and someone did this. It was AWESOME.

[huntergruntetr123]

I loooove freddie's smile!!! I just can't get over his dimples!! XD

[stardustseeker]

67 people have no taste in good music when they hear it.

[isyou]

this movie was terrible

[chanco815]

This is the best wake up alarm

[star81817]

i tried this after the movie and my guitar strings broke... That was the most fail attempt ever

[TeannaChane1]

id love 2 wake up 2 this song

[kiraluvsMB]

is that andre from victorious

[AmuTatsMeh]

@kiraluvsMB

Yep, that is Andre from the show Victorious.

[TheTaraMonster99]

@OWrucereal omg me too!!!

[MusicLoveSite]

2:01 !!!!!!!!!!

[MusicLoveSite]

The most beautiful and exciting music moment in the movie. It was amazing...

[HowlingWolf93]

Man, would I kill to have that guitar and be able to do that on the day.... ooh well, gotta practice I guess :) Love the movie :D

[BkkCollin]

(insert gay justin bieber comments saying he can do this when he cant. then say he is so talented with a <3

[OWrucereal]

I CAME HERE CAUSE JUSTIN BIEBER!!!!

[shaneylle]

@OWrucereal who cares...

[BkkCollin]

@OWrucereal TITS OR GET THE FUCK OUT!!!

[DrakesBestFriend]

@OWrucereal OOOO...I'm jumping with joy

[redwhiteandgreen123]

@gevespe agreed :)

[redwhiteandgreen123]

It's so catchy XD

[gevespe]

robin williams should copyright his smile! :)

[agarrett707]

Who cares if this scene is physically impossible, the song is great and interesting to listen to. I do feel like playing the guitar after this, except I know that I won't be able to make anything enjoyable until I have much more practice. Nobody can just "mess around" with a guitar and play something like this.

[DudeWheresMyDeLorean]

The whole idea that August just starts slapping his guitar and music comes out is preposterous. Even the most gifted musical prodigy must practice and learn. If you're thinking of learning guitar shortly after watching this movie, trust me, this is not how it happens. Even Mozart and Chopin had to painstakingly embark on a slow and arduous journey into the magical world of music. It's an incredible experience, but you can't have it all at once. If you want it badly enough, you will endure.

[xsemievilx]

@DudeWheresMyDeLorean Buddy, it's just a movie. If this kid DIDN'T just start slapping his guitar and music DIDN'T just come out, there'd be no movie. Just think of it this way; It all makes for a great story. Whether it's true or not.

[DudeWheresMyDeLorean]

@xsemievilx Actually, I really enjoyed the movie, however I chuckled during this scene. I just wanted to make it clear to people who were inspired by this movie to learn and play guitar that their experience will not be as effortless. If I had approached the guitar with the absurd notion that the instrument plays itself, I would've packed it in long ago. I just think this scene is a little misleading for aspiring guitarists.

[giants1125]

@xsemievilx j

[ChrisCastrejon]

is that Guitar pedal set up to an amp?

[xxLeeWolfxx]

@ChrisCastrejon - Yep at 0:42 you can see it has a cord going from the output and it's kinda blurry so you can't really see that it goes to the amp behind him. But you can see the amp throughout.

[RaidenNamikaze]

@xxLeeWolfxx - Also, isn't that the amp behind him at [0:52]?

[TheChocolateShoes]

This movie is to beautiful, i can't tell ya.

[dyegreen1]

try downtuning to DADGAD. not what it's tuned to here, but same idea and easy.

[xPurpleCupakee]

GUITAR ABUSE

[900forever]

The real guitar slapping starts at 0:43 and fyi, it doesn't work on electric guitars xD

[zagorith14]

Lol Robing Williams

[hellozoshi]

anything is possible when it comes to music :3

[TheCrimsonIdol987]

Delay pedal helps to keep the rhythm.

:)

[CreativityInsideArt]

I tried this with my guitar, and it slapped me back

[muzicmyheart1]

@CreativityInsideArt lol...

[Devguy101]

@CreativityInsideArt i assume u were in soviet russia?