Eddie Van Halen

[icepac]

What people are now noticing is what Eddie does between solos.

He knows how to announce a storm of a solo is coming, fit the solo to the song, and he knows how to get back to the song from the solo.   

All one has to do is listen to the album "Fair Warning" to hear his amazing rhythm guitar playing.

[Animl-AW]

What people are now noticing is what Eddie does between solos.

He knows how to announce a storm of a solo is coming, fit the solo to the song, and he knows how to get back to the song from the solo.   

All one has to do is listen to the album "Fair Warning" to hear his amazing rhythm guitar playing.

Me thinks his fluent ability to coordinate both hands on the fret board comes from the same coordination of playing the piano/keyboard. Keyboard and guitar playing go hand in hand, easier for one to learn the other.

I wish I could remember the name, Larry something I think,… a black guy … everything he played was 100% both hands on fret board, no pick at all. Played some really cool stuff, it just wasn’t man stream, more like smooth jazz.

Glad someone posted this, great interview.

EV is/was a monster. But Randy Rhodes not far behind.

[morfiend]

Me thinks his fluent ability to coordinate both hands on the fret board comes from the same coordination of playing the piano/keyboard. Keyboard and guitar playing go hand in hand, easier for one to learn the other.

I wish I could remember the name, Larry something I think,… a black guy … everything he played was 100% both hands on fret board, no pick at all. Played some really cool stuff, it just wasn’t man stream, more like smooth jazz.

Glad someone posted this, great interview.



EV is/was a monster. But Randy Rhodes not far behind.

I heard a podcast about the Van halens and they said Eddie started out learning the piano.

[Animl-AW]

I heard a podcast about the Van halens and they said Eddie started out learning the piano.

Pretty sure thats true, may have been mentioned above. I think I heard it decades ago. As soon as I did it made sense of similar cords on the keyboard and fretboard. He does play KB parts of songs, nothing complicated tho.

The way the brains of Eddie, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Randy Rhoads flow is stunning. They rarely pause to regroup into the next riff. Its one steady flow. Players like David Gilmour will pause.a little.