this is probably my favorite video on youtube. The level of skill this dude has just floors me... every time I watch this I'm blown away. simply incredible.
How in the world could anyone, let alone 7 people, dislike this. They would have to be idiots with absolutely no idea of what it takes to play this piece so well. Absolutely amazing!!!
How in the world could anyone, let alone 7 people, dislike this. They would have to be idiots with absolutely no idea of what it takes to play this piece so well. Absolutely amazing!!!
Why doesn't this have more views? I bet all the noobs who like Ewan now have never seen this. Good for him though, the more people that like him the more the world will know about his talent.
Hello, I hope Mr. Dobson reads this. I am a fellow musician 20+years now. There are times in our music lifes where we come up against what i call "Walls". We get stuck and feel like we can't write, play, we think we suck or just don't feel like playing. I've been in that rut for sometime now and then yesterday my Best friend showed me Ewan Dobsons's video's on here. WOW!!!!!
This man is trully disiplined, focused, well minded and definately driven
That is just "beginning" to describe what i felt when hearing and seeing Mr. Dobson play. He has put that musical inspiration back into me. I know what it means to practice that much. Thank you Mr. Dobson for being a blessing to us all, and gracing us with your musical style.
damn i only live 2 hours away from this guy, i would do anything to meet him and have a few words and maybe a jam. his newer stuff (past couple years) is extremely outstanding and alot of it takes days of practice just to get the amadextric capabilities down
man...i don`t know you but let me tell you this...u make us guitar players look like people that can t play at all...I m just shocked by the way ur playing that thing....Speechless.....U are one of a kind !!!
good play my friend, i go to study the lic. in music, (guitar) and the teachers are very stricts, they not permit the pick obiusly, but im also a elctric guitar and y think, if paganini for the violin use the arch but why not use the pick for the guitar what you think?. good look my friend and sorry for my bad english i speak spanish cheers from mexico.
Guitar is one of those things where it's impossible to quantify who's "the best", however, from time to time, a contender for that title arises. He's one of them. Took 3rd at Winfield this last year, which should've been first IMO.
If you watch carefully in his videos, his hands seem to be unusually large. Seems to be a case where everything 'came together' as far as the the highest caliber musical mind, maximum dedication to learn and the best possible physical gifts to accomplish the task.
i've known ewan for over 10 yrs since we were teenagers... though he s naturally gifted, he s one of the few to have understood that music requires lots of work and patience, and has incredible willpower, he's easily able to practice countless hours a day (and practice slowly and correctly to get everything right) without getting bored... that's really the secret to his success
Wow..people who are knocking the visual of his Candyrat videos should see this. Then it would make a lot more sense. He's obviously become much more disciplined in all aspects of his life hence what he now wears. The playing has only gotten better if that was possible. And he looks much healthier now as well. Kudos.
I wish I could rate this 10 stars! 5 for performing that high octave on a steel string acoustic with no cut away! Then 5 for weight loss! I found Ewan by way of my @rpoland subscription...now, on to Ewan's channel!
seriously, that's something very hard to develop. I'm slowly starting to work on it now, but I know it will take me years to have it independent of the ring finger.
i've known ewan since we were about 16 yrs old or so.. .at that age he was just as good as this... until about recently he had no care to share his music with the world.. so i'm glad he finally did it
Well consider that it was written for violin, then adapted for guitar. Both on gut strings and finger picked on classical guitar. Now think about how much easier it must be to play on steel strings.
to be honest with you, I think it would be harder to play this on a steel string guitar with a pick... acoustic steel strings are not as smooth to play as a classical.
Have you ever had proper classical training? Nylon may seem easier but it's not. It's much easier to gain speed with a pick than it is with fingers. Try alternate picking with two fingers i,m,i,m, then try with a pick. Pick is much faster. I guarantee it.
Ok. I find that difficult to believe and since you have no videos of you playing, even more so. Watch Dimitris Kotronakis on the related videos here. It's tough to sweep pick without a pick. Not that it can't be done, it's just not as easy or as fluid. Classical guitar neck is wider, deeper and the frets are larger. Also, it is more difficult to reach the higher frets because the join is at the 12th fret rather than the 14th.
You find it hard to believe I studied classical guitar? That's a bit silly. Everything else you say is true, but I still say it's more difficult on the steel string which is just a more difficult instrument to play in my own opinion. All the obstacles you have mentioned can be overcome by proper positioning which I imagine you already know.
Maybe it's a matter of comfort then? I don't find steel string difficult at all. And, the use of a pick just makes it that much easier. Finger picking a classical piece on steel is difficult but sweep picking through a piece is a lot easier than trying to alternate pick through it on nylon. That's just my opinion.
I myself have not been classically trained, and you are probably right about the right hand part being easier with a pick, but I think the left hand part with nylon strings would be easier, and for an experienced classical or flamenco player, the right hand part shouldn't be a problem using three fingers.
Jason becker didn't even get a chance really.....just imagine how he'd be now and all the music he would have made if he didn't come down with that crippling disease....So i don know how someone can go off and talk shit about becker like that....
Not enough you mean. The intro could not be played on guitar because it is simply to fast ascending in pitch. Paganini would probably like it anyways because he was one of the fastest classical musicians of that time and he still is probably.
You should cut heads with the Karate Kid...
dpipkin79 1 week ago
is this guy yngwie malmsteen in disguise lol because this is excellent and on acoustic as well i bet his fingers bled after this 1
shredmaster100 1 week ago
Still the best version of this song.your awesome man.
jimmys511 3 weeks ago
bravo
jrvln777 1 month ago
WOW!! u r fast:S hahahahahahahah im like O_o ive seen fast guitar players but u wow :S hahahahhaha
cabitothekid 1 month ago
How many musicians are needed to change a lamp? 10. One to change the lamp and nine, to say that they can do it better.
ImTheChopo 2 months ago
wow!!! sweet!!
phantomdickattackify 3 months ago
Killer man. I like this one way better without the karate kid overtones. That is serious dedication. Bravo to you man !!!!
dudestube 4 months ago
E tolsty
koldunas1991 4 months ago
A 15 year old girl can do better:
watch?v=fVUeQ7fzpBY&feature=related
Just kiddin' you rock!
HitMock 5 months ago
Nice!!
placo10100 6 months ago
Do you have tab for this arrangement?...Excellent skills...Way to go....
lostgalleon66 6 months ago
tabs?
sydebewbzgigity 6 months ago
Is this Ewan? I was going to post about how all this guy is missing is a rice hat and recording equipment.
brslade 6 months ago
All I got to say is WOW! you are awesome!
salazarguitarmusic 6 months ago
this is probably my favorite video on youtube. The level of skill this dude has just floors me... every time I watch this I'm blown away. simply incredible.
theschneal 7 months ago
subd man, your a legend, very clear playin man, :-)
damosapian 7 months ago
I've been listening to Ewan's music for over the past week now, it's time I bought his CD, fucking exactly my cup of tea
Thanks mr Dobson, if you're ever around Belgium, drop by
Xhaosz 8 months ago
congratulations mand..you are the man!!!
joseraysouza 9 months ago
FUCK YEAH!! YOU RULES MEN
JINGCITRUSS 9 months ago
Hehe your skinny now
CuduCane 9 months ago
Very impressive. Perhaps better than Yngwie. But going for a little Timo Tolkki look here. Glad that looks can change.
HerraTS 9 months ago
holy fuck, imagine what would happen if you give this guy an electric guitar O_O
fuckin awesome man, keep it up!
fendergibson154 10 months ago
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This guy plays really well! Where is that other video where he's laughing and acting goofy before and after playing this piece? I miss that one.
anim8guitarfreek 10 months ago
This guy plays really well! Where is that other video where he's laughing and acting goofy before and after playing this piece? I miss that one.
anim8guitarfreek 10 months ago
Paganini's 5th is my favorite
tefoca 10 months ago
and he is not asian!
FrankLincolnWright 10 months ago
Gooood, i hate you.. Now i have to get carpal tunnel again just to get my ego up and running.
anokah 11 months ago 2
this dud eis awsom. what kind of guitar is he on, it has good tone?
RoosterTheKid 11 months ago
Do guitars make people lose weight? lol Andy Mckee also lost lot of weight oer the years.
Clevergamer 11 months ago
@Clevergamer If you move your hands like that then yes.
brslade 6 months ago
This is amazing. I think I need to show some more people this video...
somerandomkidmike 11 months ago
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How in the world could anyone, let alone 7 people, dislike this. They would have to be idiots with absolutely no idea of what it takes to play this piece so well. Absolutely amazing!!!
solartoast 11 months ago
How in the world could anyone, let alone 7 people, dislike this. They would have to be idiots with absolutely no idea of what it takes to play this piece so well. Absolutely amazing!!!
solartoast 11 months ago
stunning. I would even venture so far as to say that it can compete with Steve Vai's version, which I have only previously said of Jason Becker
NeufilmsInc 11 months ago
Why doesn't this have more views? I bet all the noobs who like Ewan now have never seen this. Good for him though, the more people that like him the more the world will know about his talent.
therising1 11 months ago
you are my god!
davitamens94 1 year ago
Hello, I hope Mr. Dobson reads this. I am a fellow musician 20+years now. There are times in our music lifes where we come up against what i call "Walls". We get stuck and feel like we can't write, play, we think we suck or just don't feel like playing. I've been in that rut for sometime now and then yesterday my Best friend showed me Ewan Dobsons's video's on here. WOW!!!!!
This man is trully disiplined, focused, well minded and definately driven
megamersh 1 year ago
That is just "beginning" to describe what i felt when hearing and seeing Mr. Dobson play. He has put that musical inspiration back into me. I know what it means to practice that much. Thank you Mr. Dobson for being a blessing to us all, and gracing us with your musical style.
megamersh 1 year ago
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megamersh 1 year ago
Nice, that's one of the highest like/dislike ratio I've ever seen on youtube.
pierolivier111 1 year ago
@pierolivier111 Like it
pierolivier111 1 year ago
OMG! I cant make my fingers run so fast :"(
Benaliaf 1 year ago
damn he's changed!
kdjfnvjvd 1 year ago
its....the amazing guitar player ive seen in youtube...I MEAN IT....man how the hell do you play like that!!!? saludos!!!
diegobagdarrel 1 year ago
Acoustic Shredding
TimeGlass32 1 year ago
AWESOMEEE
jhcvvee 1 year ago
AWESOMEEE
jhcvvee 1 year ago
7 justin bieber fans dislike this vid......
odioreligion 1 year ago
damn i only live 2 hours away from this guy, i would do anything to meet him and have a few words and maybe a jam. his newer stuff (past couple years) is extremely outstanding and alot of it takes days of practice just to get the amadextric capabilities down
XxMaLcLmPwNsxX 1 year ago
GODDAMN FRREAK!!!all alone in that apartment with that refrigerator~!!!! Oh yeah,...I'm jealous! Phenominal!!!!!!!
coonboy75 1 year ago
very good ;) now try it with your fingers lol
hobbitg3 1 year ago
where do yuo get the sheet music?
yuepon13 1 year ago
he proves,fats play better
shittyfuck 1 year ago
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He looks completely different! Great job on the new look :)
alexv50 1 year ago
He looks completely different! Great job on the new look
alexv50 1 year ago
his account is closed :( that rpoland company probs owns his soul now, gr8 cover m8 ;)
lantyboy 1 year ago
Yessss!!! Eat your heart out Yngwie!
tk3141 1 year ago
He looks like KG of Tenacious D But with a long hair wig :P
trogdor1266 1 year ago
man...i don`t know you but let me tell you this...u make us guitar players look like people that can t play at all...I m just shocked by the way ur playing that thing....Speechless.....U are one of a kind !!!
boscorionmorier 1 year ago
that sounds great! awsome job man!
bizzyb30 1 year ago
good play my friend, i go to study the lic. in music, (guitar) and the teachers are very stricts, they not permit the pick obiusly, but im also a elctric guitar and y think, if paganini for the violin use the arch but why not use the pick for the guitar what you think?. good look my friend and sorry for my bad english i speak spanish cheers from mexico.
URIELROJO 1 year ago
nice blueridge
Poopfemur 1 year ago
This man has soul and spirit...
viddelt 1 year ago
amazing!
Pollero20 1 year ago
The link in the video annotation leads to a closed YouTube account.
ClassicTracks2 1 year ago
genial!!!!
carlosflamenco 1 year ago
He's playing it on an acoustic, with a pick, steel string no less.
kjohney 1 year ago
His hair had to go for his Ninja/Jedi Knight battles, and he lost the weight with guitar solos- looks like some crazy finger exercises to me! :-)
pianojessica2000 1 year ago
Guitar is one of those things where it's impossible to quantify who's "the best", however, from time to time, a contender for that title arises. He's one of them. Took 3rd at Winfield this last year, which should've been first IMO.
If you watch carefully in his videos, his hands seem to be unusually large. Seems to be a case where everything 'came together' as far as the the highest caliber musical mind, maximum dedication to learn and the best possible physical gifts to accomplish the task.
RoofFiddler 1 year ago 13
i've known ewan for over 10 yrs since we were teenagers... though he s naturally gifted, he s one of the few to have understood that music requires lots of work and patience, and has incredible willpower, he's easily able to practice countless hours a day (and practice slowly and correctly to get everything right) without getting bored... that's really the secret to his success
dmmc1043 1 year ago 25
Ok, just stumbled on this vid and have burned all my musical equipement in one pile... thanx Mr. Dobson!
saicosis2 1 year ago
that guy is as good as anyone
Thricemaster 1 year ago
now let aside the music, he looks way better now with hair cut and a few pounds less than in this vid lol :)
Congrats on the image advance ;)
TurboBorsuk 2 years ago
Excellent , and no ninja suit cool.
ricster103 2 years ago 4
simply amazing, thanks for posting!
gamerska 2 years ago
Try to do a guitar and violin duet whith his song.
rceretta 2 years ago
WOW! Great playing. Love it!
Do you have the tabs? :)
artistfood 2 years ago
holy shit, did he ever lose weight!
ShaneThompson94 2 years ago 4
man he has lost a lot of weight wince this video
killmaster 2 years ago 2
@killmaster yeah at first i did not realise it was him O.o
Hypermarc21 2 years ago
holy shit
musicman14083 2 years ago 2
you mother is men !!!
Sonatametalera 2 years ago
Is there an adjective to describe that?
RomanSandy 2 years ago
Wow..people who are knocking the visual of his Candyrat videos should see this. Then it would make a lot more sense. He's obviously become much more disciplined in all aspects of his life hence what he now wears. The playing has only gotten better if that was possible. And he looks much healthier now as well. Kudos.
cranie4 2 years ago 2
Except that this video was taken before the CandyRat vid.
If people can't appreciate this then fuck em'.
firstcoming 2 years ago
Yes that's what i meant by "now". This was 2 or 3 years ago. He's way more intense now.
cranie4 2 years ago
he was intense 10 yrs ago, i have videos from back then, i'll see if he 'll let me post them... he used to be a classical guitar champ
dmmc1043 2 years ago
That would be cool to see. Andy Mckee has some older ones up so you can trace his progress. Nice to do the same with Ewan.
cranie4 2 years ago
Definitely. That would be awesome!!!
therising1 2 years ago
absolutely amazing!
Anonymouslives 2 years ago
I wish I could rate this 10 stars! 5 for performing that high octave on a steel string acoustic with no cut away! Then 5 for weight loss! I found Ewan by way of my @rpoland subscription...now, on to Ewan's channel!
Spyder8477 2 years ago
kick ass perform dude awesomee!!
i can't play it yet!
KillerMarce 2 years ago
wow he spreads his pinky pretty far. good pinky usage.
mystique1721 2 years ago
yeah! his pinky has a life of it's own. independent of the other fingers.
czimon 2 years ago
seriously, that's something very hard to develop. I'm slowly starting to work on it now, but I know it will take me years to have it independent of the ring finger.
mystique1721 2 years ago
the pinky was rarely used on the guitar (non-classical that is ) until abuot the 70s/80s.... anyway practice makes perfect
dmmc1043 2 years ago
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331coupe 2 years ago
he's one of those guys who continues to be a prodigy well after childhood
LoafofCat 2 years ago
He lost allot of weight since 2007, not that it would influence my taste in music, but still good for him.
BonScottAC 2 years ago
Huh? Oh, sorry, just gotta pick my mouth up off of the floor here..
CodyAllenmusic 2 years ago
creo que es la mejor version que he escuchado para guitarra.
Eduar5577 2 years ago
das ist schon echt der hammer..dieses alles auf reihe zu bekommenn!! respekt;)
Anno377 2 years ago
AWESOME. Really awesome.
TatoMelon 2 years ago
this version is much better then the one you did for candyrat
TomOnGuitar 2 years ago
he's lost a shitload of weight, cut his hair and got some awesome outfits to go with it, but yeah
MelleB90 2 years ago 25
Well done :))
slimvillan 2 years ago
Amazing player!!!
jewsh666 2 years ago
Awesome!
jasonr123guitar 2 years ago
i just came
shredr18 2 years ago
Insane........well done! That is amazing to listen to and I can only imagine the work that went into it.
zmolbreak 2 years ago
fucking insane brooo shit :S
underplagues 2 years ago
doood! he got a hair cut and lost weight! i never imaged that this is ewan!
holy crap, even two years ago he beats the crap out of me on guitar!
Hey you, yeah you who posted this vid! tell him: im impressed! (only in case you know him, haha)
Gagrant90 2 years ago 2
i've known ewan since we were about 16 yrs old or so.. .at that age he was just as good as this... until about recently he had no care to share his music with the world.. so i'm glad he finally did it
dmmc1043 2 years ago
i think a lot of people are glad he did^^
he´s just incredible...
Gagrant90 2 years ago
@dmmc1043: That's fascinating. Many of us are so glad that he decided to share his music.
Thm46 1 year ago
ma sei di imola??!
rikkarlo 2 years ago
excellent playing... could not do it better myself... xD
chainsofpower 2 years ago
Is this the guy on candyrat?? O_O
NPC919 2 years ago
uhu yeah... he had a neat transformation huh xD
K1LL14N 2 years ago
Holy crap, he should have a website about how he beat world of warcraft XD
NPC919 2 years ago
it sure is.....he went into the army I think
BryanRason 2 years ago
no he didn't ... he's just crazy, always has been, alwasy will be! hahaha
dmmc1043 2 years ago
Giant FINGERS maaaan!
BSA2417666 2 years ago
For those of you new to Ewan I recommend: watch?v=4-JBgD8brIU
legunncat 2 years ago
lol below
v v
LiamG095 2 years ago
There's a spider on your guitar! No wait, that's just his insanely fast-moving fingers.
TannerW1982 2 years ago
Alright, now you're ready to play a rock-off against Steve Vai and Beelzebub
DudeManGuy1019 2 years ago 2
Obviously nobody else saw Crossroads : /
Soma874 2 years ago
crossroads? featuring steve vai as "the devil?"
mbkilgannon2113 2 years ago
you remind me of the great guitarist
Shawn Lane:)
nice playing man!:D
viktortheman1337 2 years ago
wow, respect..
Niallphillips 2 years ago
you are awesome!
newbie22 2 years ago
Five stars for The Karate Kid
RSKueffner 2 years ago
some1 buy this guy an electric guitar he's good
ox0Jason0xo 2 years ago
Why do you want people to wank on electric guitars. What this guy does is acoustic metal.
canucktheclown 2 years ago
Here! Here! Acoustic metal is the way to go!
thejerrrd 2 years ago
it's actually more difficult to play this on his acoustic, no need to decrease difficulty here.
DrowningDelevan 2 years ago
oh i no it is it hurts playing metal on acoustic but this would sound good on electric
ox0Jason0xo 2 years ago
haha seriously!
tman916x 2 years ago
Holy shit! Never seen it done on a steel string before. Excellent.
MacabreBerries 2 years ago
Well consider that it was written for violin, then adapted for guitar. Both on gut strings and finger picked on classical guitar. Now think about how much easier it must be to play on steel strings.
hueseph 2 years ago
to be honest with you, I think it would be harder to play this on a steel string guitar with a pick... acoustic steel strings are not as smooth to play as a classical.
moonunitenar 2 years ago
Have you ever had proper classical training? Nylon may seem easier but it's not. It's much easier to gain speed with a pick than it is with fingers. Try alternate picking with two fingers i,m,i,m, then try with a pick. Pick is much faster. I guarantee it.
hueseph 2 years ago
I have had classical training and I would say this piece would be more difficult on steel string.
legunncat 2 years ago
Ok. I find that difficult to believe and since you have no videos of you playing, even more so. Watch Dimitris Kotronakis on the related videos here. It's tough to sweep pick without a pick. Not that it can't be done, it's just not as easy or as fluid. Classical guitar neck is wider, deeper and the frets are larger. Also, it is more difficult to reach the higher frets because the join is at the 12th fret rather than the 14th.
hueseph 2 years ago
You find it hard to believe I studied classical guitar? That's a bit silly. Everything else you say is true, but I still say it's more difficult on the steel string which is just a more difficult instrument to play in my own opinion. All the obstacles you have mentioned can be overcome by proper positioning which I imagine you already know.
legunncat 2 years ago
Maybe it's a matter of comfort then? I don't find steel string difficult at all. And, the use of a pick just makes it that much easier. Finger picking a classical piece on steel is difficult but sweep picking through a piece is a lot easier than trying to alternate pick through it on nylon. That's just my opinion.
hueseph 2 years ago
I myself have not been classically trained, and you are probably right about the right hand part being easier with a pick, but I think the left hand part with nylon strings would be easier, and for an experienced classical or flamenco player, the right hand part shouldn't be a problem using three fingers.
moonunitenar 2 years ago
bravo, bella
DeathCalamaro 2 years ago
What happened to your other ewan dobson videos? Those were great.
stimult 2 years ago
VERY VERY AWESOME!!!! Bravo, bravo, bravo!!!
theramingo 2 years ago
VERY IMPRESSIVE i can barely play that on an electric much less on an acoustic very nice
j2dal2dao 2 years ago
estas enfermo!!!!!!!!!!!
metallica3595 2 years ago
Niiiiiiiice, it was pretty cool to watch!
1reeb 2 years ago
hell yeah, dill! are you playin a blueridge here??? Thats what I been playin too
jazzpsalti 2 years ago
Bravo 10+,poi con un chitarra acustica !
sanblem 2 years ago
incredible!
RandyChambersGuitar 2 years ago
Bravo, Bravo.
meherdad 2 years ago
omg the poor guy seems like he was just about to die.. lol damn great job!! awesome!!
GODamnGoodGuiTarist 2 years ago
This man is clearly a robot. That was impossible.
JesseBuss 2 years ago 6
Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!
cornypoop123 2 years ago
outstanding
perromanchado 2 years ago
fuckin awesome.... Genius
astaire2012 2 years ago
it sounds so much better on an acoustic/classical guitar in comparison to the the people who play it on an electric guitar. bravo!
Guitarlacrosse4 2 years ago 2
I thought that was impossible...
Petrucci158 2 years ago
This has to be the best , it's the right pace and tempo for this piece.
PubicWi6 2 years ago
owned? yes :)
oozt 2 years ago 2
nice dude! its safe to shred classical. the "no feeling" dudes hide under a rock.
seanjohn135 2 years ago 2
mother fucker, this guy is my hero
prtilla 2 years ago
Oh shit...
FeastedUpon 2 years ago
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Far, far better than any of the faggot versions by those wankers Vai, Malmsteen, or Becker.
wladdaimpala88 2 years ago
easy, it could be Vai or Malmsteen but Jason Becker is one of the greatest guitarrist that have ever lived he deserves alot or respect
RSDarkAxxus 2 years ago 4
Jason becker didn't even get a chance really.....just imagine how he'd be now and all the music he would have made if he didn't come down with that crippling disease....So i don know how someone can go off and talk shit about becker like that....
lebouski 2 years ago 2
thats an amazing you tube name! One of my favorite movies!!!
42johnnywonton 2 years ago
Great Ewan! The sweep picking is flawless and highly musical.
Check out my fingerstyle version for Flamenco guitar. Let me know what you think.
You can find out under "Omar Torrez, Eugene's Trick Bag"
Peace Ewan, Great job!
coco7010 2 years ago
good job dude, really, rock on!
lordOFbrooklyn 2 years ago
Goddamn. How long did it take you to master this piece?
Aelle2000 2 years ago
you are a god :) teach me :P
hendrixisthesex 2 years ago
too many notes
purplejugnut 2 years ago
Not enough you mean. The intro could not be played on guitar because it is simply to fast ascending in pitch. Paganini would probably like it anyways because he was one of the fastest classical musicians of that time and he still is probably.
FeastedUpon 2 years ago
ok. that's fucking insane.
philx1111 2 years ago 2
god.......much better than the electr-guitar one!!!!!!
CKmakifuji 2 years ago