How to play jump guitar Videos

• 1. Guitar Lesson, Part One - Jump (VAN HALEN): How to Play the Keyboard Parts on Guitar
• 2. How to play Jump by Van Halen on guitar:Lesson By Mike Gross (Like Comment Subscribe.)
• 3. How to Play Jump in the Fire by Metallica Guitar Lesson (w/ Tabs!!)
• 4. Berklee Online Guitar Lesson: How to Play '40s and '50s Jump Style Blues
• 5. Guitar Lesson: Metallica - Jump In The Fire (Intro)
• 6. Greg Howe - Jump Start Guitar Lesson | How to Play!
• 7. Jump Right In (Zac Brown Band) Easy Guitar Lesson Strum Capo 1st Fret How to Play

Guitar Lesson, Part One - Jump (VAN HALEN): How to Play the Keyboard Parts on Guitar

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oscar albuquerque commented on 30 Aug 2015

YOU ARE AMAZING REALLY! Identify myself a lot with your sounds and videos. Do you know the live guitar sound of Van Halen and Zakk Wylde during 89 and 95? I have a Line6 Pod Hd 500 and wanted to capture that type of sound and i dont know how to do it, can you give me a hint on that one please? Thanks!

PDXguitarfreak commented on 03 Jun 2013

I generally use the top 3 fingers for finger picking 3 note chords: index, middle, and ring. If a chord calls for 4 notes, I generally add the pinky to the aforementioned 3 fingers. However, all of that depends on what the chord is. If a chord calls for 5 notes, obviously then I use all 5 fingers.

PDXguitarfreak commented on 26 Feb 2013

Condescending? Hey when you can make a lesson this good, then maybe you will understand my attitude. Just kidding! :) Honestly bro, my intent was never to come off that way. Sorry if it did.

PDXguitarfreak commented on 22 Mar 2013

LOL sorry, I like to build up to my lessons, for better or worse :) If you want to skip the intro, go to 1:31 for the tablature lesson, or 6:11 for the keyboard section lesson.

Luke Pridemore commented on 02 Jun 2013

What fingers do you use to fingerpick? Do you use the thumb at all? Or just the top 3 like the usual fingerstyle picking?

JasonXXXXI commented on 28 Feb 2013

lol good reply, i shouldnt be so sensitive, laughter is more important than people's feelings thats for sure!

Jeff Bailey commented on 18 Mar 2012

Awesome Lesson ! PDXguitarfreak is the best !! You can even shred keyboards on guitar !!!!! Take care !!

scott19651965 commented on 16 Sep 2012

Man that is awesome. Your the first person I have seen compose it this way! Keep them coming!

Rocko Parker commented on 15 Oct 2013

All the video is OK, everybody can understand the lesson. Thanks for say what P and H means

John Bornilla commented on 06 Sep 2012

awesome.. your video tutorial is easy to understand compare to others thanks man!

PixxyLixxx commented on 20 Mar 2012

Loved the lesson, bro. I'm looking forward to the solo lesson :) Rock on, Dave!!

jho928 commented on 22 Jun 2012

Great Video Great Lesson What effects are you using to get the keyboard sound ?

MICHAEL DAVIS commented on 31 Jul 2012

Sounds a lot like the keyboard!!! Great Job! Thanks for the lesson!!!

jho928 commented on 22 Jun 2012

Also any chance you can upload the Drums and Bass track for this?

GuitarSolosHD commented on 24 Sep 2012

The secret of this guy is his hair haha, great video lesson!!

John Teichman commented on 18 Mar 2012

Thanks, great. Even for older chimps that love Van Halen!!!

MaybeAutumn commented on 22 Aug 2012

Cool lesson! Thx for taking the time to prepare this vid!!

Ivan Fernandes commented on 18 Mar 2012

Always brilhant, Dave. Keep blowing your minds!

JasonXXXXI commented on 26 Feb 2013

Very good lesson! A bit condescending though..

Solid_gabe136 commented on 18 Mar 2012

nice XD, enjoyed your stairway solo lesson

dioseolo commented on 18 Mar 2012

Congrats on your 100th video!

How to play Jump by Van Halen on guitar:Lesson By Mike Gross (Like Comment Subscribe.)

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frank23969 commented on 03 Jan 2013

Thank you for this lesson....the live version is waaay cooler than the studio version and I have been trying to figure it out for a long time......

mike gross commented on 15 Dec 2012

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How to Play Jump in the Fire by Metallica Guitar Lesson (w/ Tabs!!)

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Kathen Worley commented on 22 Feb 2015

Actually By Dave mustaine Get yo facts straight..

conconexplosion commented on 12 Apr 2015

+Kathen Worley James Hetfield and Dave Mustaine

Berklee Online Guitar Lesson: How to Play '40s and '50s Jump Style Blues

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ragingstorm33 commented on 04 Feb 2009

wow thats an awesome debate, i dont think they have it pinpoint i was reading in a guitar mag i don't remb what one, that is started for the most part at the same time and a bit i know it got big with the specials and such of the 60s, to be honest i just got the article and it keeps saying who cares if it came from British or Jamaica, its prob like the blues in that sense on it maby started in two places being very close to each other in sound. (because of this kind of playing of blues) skinhead

bassiehd commented on 07 Feb 2009

When jump blues waned in the late 50s, Jamaican musicians developed their own version of the rhythm with a Caribbean lilt and British & Latin influences, that became known worldwide as ska. The British skinheads adopted later ska and rocksteady in the latter half of the 60s; The skinhead movement had a revival with the punk movement of the mid-to-late 70s when there was a bond between punk rock and reggae. The Specials didn't come around until the British 2-tone ska revival of the late 70s.

Frank L Macias commented on 15 Sep 2008

Here in Texas a lot of good guitar players use a turn around that involve three chords prior to ending up on the four to close the phrase. These chords are normally used on shuffle-type tunes.Randy Garibay from San Antonio passed away a few years ago. He had so many variations of this three chord progression that it was mind-boggling. It would fit in well with T-Bone tune you are doing. Boz Scaggs (from Texas) does it alot on "Running Blue". Can you show us how to do some of those?

babakazam2 commented on 08 May 2008

hi ,,,this is really cool...I need your help in something....I love to learn how to play on the giutar...and am trying for a quite long time...but the problim that I can't go to have some lessons for a family reasons....sand i can't learn how to play even from a book or online...coz I can't undrestan how to put my hands...so could you please give me an advice so I can learn fast...another thing..I don't know the name of the key too...sorry but I really want to learn

kenokid commented on 08 Jun 2013

Finally, an instructor who can help with "jazzy playing" while using full chords, not some combination of inside work that most of us aren't familiar with. Learned more in this video than in many years of playing ( and snobbery, from 'experts who could play exotic riffs, but can't get anyone to do more than to look for food while they're playing!)

icicular commented on 24 Sep 2008

You all have it backwards. Reggae came from SKA. In the early 60s, Ska was first, influenced by Florida radio the Jamaicans heard, and put to their island rhythms. Then came Bluebeat, Rocksteady, and Reggae. Then came the dub and dancehall stuff. Listen to the Skatalites. Youll thank me later!

will nolan commented on 25 Jun 2010

@DoctorNumber46 theres recordings of fats domino in the 40s using rythms we know as ska today theres on from the late 50s i found here on youtube called WHEN ITS RAINING blues,jazz,rock n roll etc they are all connected someway or another , i guess im lucky i happen to like all those styles

thailow117 commented on 04 Oct 2009

to end the whole ska/upstroke discussion: ska, for the largest part is binary in terms of rhythm, whereas jump blues is based on a ternary feel, upon which the shuffle fell is created. the techniques utilized are similar if not same, ye the groove, the backbone, is entlirely different.

MyLittleRat commented on 14 Feb 2008

dont missunderstand me here... I do respect all music styles, but i dont wanna call this music... The guitar is almost the same... But like i said... i respect all music styles, cuz every musicstyle aint easy to make... even if it's blues or heavy metal.. good work and keep it up =)

Fatshead commented on 15 Sep 2010

I'd say a it's a '58 or 9 es-335 with pafs. Looks dead mint, probably worth 25k. Mike is an awesome player, has the jump swing style down cold with great feel. If you're ever in Boston or the area, check him out with pianist Davis Maxwell or the Toni Lynn Washington band.

Mary Dugan commented on 06 Sep 2015

This is Texas Shuffle which came from the Polkas of the German, Polish and Czech immigrants. There are many of them in Texas. The Jamaicans heard this on the radio, probably from the X stations in Mexico. Billy Gibbons sings about these stations. " I Heard It On the X".

Steven Rivers commented on 18 Jan 2011

Surely thats a casino, or the gibson equivelent? It has a trapeze tailpiece which indicates to me that its fully hollow bodied rather than having the semi solid construction of a 335, or am i missing something?

wesmatron commented on 31 Jul 2010

@icicular Wow...well I never knew that. I assumed that Reggae would have been a modern adaptation of a folk music...I thought Ska is what white folks did to reggae. I learn something new every day.

JohnTouchstoneTV commented on 17 Mar 2012

Actually enjoyed this guitar lesson more than the Minor Blues Chord Progressions - Guitar Lesson , once again Berklee Music scores with an outstanding lesson Thanks for sharing guys

EmeraldFlowsion62 commented on 22 Oct 2012

Definitely listen to the original Ska of the 60's. It's truly amazing music. You can get the Trojan Records Ska Boxsets which have a good amount of outstanding material.

Steven Watt commented on 06 Jun 2008

this guy is a great teacher . Most guys are soooo up themselves . he comes across so laid back and it makes you concentrate more on what you are doing .

bluesdoor commented on 21 Oct 2007

Yes he would hold the V this allows for more melodic choices in your leads to weave greatness. Chuck Berry also did this on most of his hits.

andrewt248 commented on 02 Sep 2008

Ska definitely cam from raggae. The major difference being that this style uses the swing feel and the blues chord progression.

sleepyeddiejames commented on 09 Jul 2007

T-Bone would rarely do a V-IV turnaround. Quite often music from this genre of blues would play a long V.

John Welborn commented on 08 Sep 2011

One of my favorite guitar instructors on You Tube....Low key teaching style with high key results!

Zeke Bourgeois commented on 05 Sep 2008

Whoa, ska did not originate from this style. It came from reggae, they just use similar technique.

Guitar Lesson: Metallica - Jump In The Fire (Intro)

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Massimiliano Fiorini commented on 20 Jan 2015

Hmmm I'm playing the intro scale doing a bar on the 4,5,6 strings 3rd fret and playing the other notes with the other fingers.. Less movements = better precision (actually, i'm very comfortable with that). Btw this guy's playing in alternate picking, which is not a big problem, but it's just wrong..

Migraineboy 420 commented on 27 Aug 2015

+Massimiliano Fiorini Thanks for your comment, I thought that I'm the only one who saw it.

Greg Howe - Jump Start Guitar Lesson | How to Play!

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fra9594 commented on 28 Apr 2015

molto interessante spero che si facciano dei video anche di Govan ciao grandi w musicoff

MusicOff - La grande comunità online per musicisti commented on 29 Apr 2015

+fra9594 Sicuramente ci sarà l'occasione, intanto abbiamo questo già online ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQSsSjqwJUU

Jump Right In (Zac Brown Band) Easy Guitar Lesson Strum Capo 1st Fret How to Play