Van Halen's Eruption On Violin

[glotwp55]

Holy hell this guy is a crazy violin player!

Eruption on Violin (http://www.bobbyyang.com/video/750kb.htm)

[/Tilt/]

That was very entertaining.

[BaxterII]

Wow...that's mad skill right there

[ziggy]

that was the funniest thing i've seen all week! he'd have to be playing violin all his life to be that amazing.

[Pat The Baker]

I hate the sound of violins, the only good thing that came out of them was the bow, for Jimmy Page.

[MGselwonK]

thats mad skill, but it sounds like shit on a violen in my opinion....

also ive heard a rumor that yngwie malmsteem(sp?) can play eruption on one hand

thats too :eek: to just believe though, anybody else heard this?

[Asatica]

I some how dont think that ANYONE could play eruption with one hand.

First of all most it is double tapping, (for the people who dont know the theory behind guitar) , where you (if right handed) tap an upper fret with a left finger while simultaneously hammering with you 1st, 3rd and 4th right finger. Second it has a lot of artificial harmonics (where you strike the string with a pick on an angle to get that wah sound- vibrato must be used for that too- ) and thirdly it uses speed picking (well der, you need a pick for that). it is pretty much impossible to play it with one hand, if you did it would sound shit, it would sound a 5 year old trying to play it

[MiKe]

^ The violin's neck is about a quarter the length of a guitar, you don't need to double tap when you can reach every note with one hand. The violin also has a much higher ranger then a guitar, so the harmonics aren't necessary. And a good violinist can duplicate the speed picking with speed bowing, that's not that crazy, he's just fast. This guy did a damn good job of it in my opinion.

[Well Me]

Dude i thought playing it on guitar was hard, that guy is a fucking machine!

[floydheadnumba1]

I could play it. No biggy.

[Pat The Baker]

^ The violin's neck is about a quarter the length of a guitar, you don't need to double tap when you can reach every note with one hand. The violin also has a much higher ranger then a guitar, so the harmonics aren't necessary. And a good violinist can duplicate the speed picking with speed bowing, that's not that crazy, he's just fast. This guy did a damn good job of it in my opinion.
So true, my sister has a violin that I steal to use the bow everynow and then. I checked it out and I can stretch about... 4/5 of it, not sure if its a full size violin. On a full size guitar neck, I can get from 12 to 4, not comfortably or practically.

[Haschishin]

I hate the sound of violins, the only good thing that came out of them was the bow, for Jimmy Page.
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

OMG The Song Remains the same solo is amazing

[Asatica]

^ The violin's neck is about a quarter the length of a guitar, you don't need to double tap when you can reach every note with one hand. The violin also has a much higher ranger then a guitar, so the harmonics aren't necessary. And a good violinist can duplicate the speed picking with speed bowing, that's not that crazy, he's just fast. This guy did a damn good job of it in my opinion.


i thought she/he meant that yngwie malmsteen can play eruption with one hand on guitar :wtf:

But on violin, well yeah :bow: