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Greatest instrumentals
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Fire On High - ELO
Hoedown - Emmerson Lake and Pallmer's version
are two I haven't seen listed here yet.
Hoedown - Emmerson Lake and Pallmer's version
are two I haven't seen listed here yet.
Dream Theater - Dance of Eternity, Eratomania
Y.Malmsteen - Trilogy
Catharsis - Into the Oblivion
Also i like instrumental band Iron Attack! This is Japanese band, plays heavy/power metal, also they covered most famous rock bands, such as Helloween, Judas Priest, etc
Y.Malmsteen - Trilogy
Catharsis - Into the Oblivion
Also i like instrumental band Iron Attack! This is Japanese band, plays heavy/power metal, also they covered most famous rock bands, such as Helloween, Judas Priest, etc
Well if you are talking about great instrumental then I would like to suggest "adigo for tiesto".
This is the greatest instrumental song I have ever heard. And This song is created by DJ tiesto. He is the first number DJ in the world.
This is the greatest instrumental song I have ever heard. And This song is created by DJ tiesto. He is the first number DJ in the world.
Good call! I also like Jessica by the Allman Brothers as well. Classic.
Lots of good choices in this thread, and a lot of stuff I've never heard of but really like too.
Buckethead - Shadows Between the Sky (Whole Album).
If anyone likes experimental guitar and hasn't heard of Buckethead I would stronly suggest you check him out. He has a massive library of music.
Animals as Leaders - This is an instrumental group. They have 1 album and it has zero vocals. It's kind of a heavy metal version of Satriani. Amazing guitar work.
Chimaira - Implements of Destruction and The Heart of It All
Trivium - The Crusade
Darkest Hour - Veritas, Aequitas
The Human Abstract - Desiderata
Periphery - Oxmodius
If anyone likes experimental guitar and hasn't heard of Buckethead I would stronly suggest you check him out. He has a massive library of music.
Animals as Leaders - This is an instrumental group. They have 1 album and it has zero vocals. It's kind of a heavy metal version of Satriani. Amazing guitar work.
Chimaira - Implements of Destruction and The Heart of It All
Trivium - The Crusade
Darkest Hour - Veritas, Aequitas
The Human Abstract - Desiderata
Periphery - Oxmodius
Kiko Loureiro - Dilemma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Ju5OX80Fc
More Kiko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TYp43PVgY
(and I couldn't find my favorite solo by itself, but I found a compilation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gegvxv203zU In case you can't tell, I really love his playing).
Rusty Cooley - Under the Influence (this is a tribute to his influences, hence the title. I had a tough time finding more videos of him, but he also used to play for a band called Outworld. He uses 7/8 String guitars.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLUz34iofM
Joe Stump - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (I like the groove feeling it has)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeStZjJsuyA&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Ju5OX80Fc
More Kiko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TYp43PVgY
(and I couldn't find my favorite solo by itself, but I found a compilation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gegvxv203zU In case you can't tell, I really love his playing).
Rusty Cooley - Under the Influence (this is a tribute to his influences, hence the title. I had a tough time finding more videos of him, but he also used to play for a band called Outworld. He uses 7/8 String guitars.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLUz34iofM
Joe Stump - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (I like the groove feeling it has)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeStZjJsuyA&fmt=18
Some great ones...
Paul Gilbert - Scarified
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Van Halen - Eruption
John Petrucci - Glasgow Kiss
But it's all about...
Jason Becker - Altitudes, pure genius.
Oh yeah, Hi!
Paul Gilbert - Scarified
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Van Halen - Eruption
John Petrucci - Glasgow Kiss
But it's all about...
Jason Becker - Altitudes, pure genius.
Oh yeah, Hi!
The long instrumental intro to Sails of Charon by the early Scorpions is a great part. This is where I first heard classical guitar riffs employed on an electric guitar. I think Uli Roth is an overlooked guitarist who should be up there with the Eddies, Steves, and Joes of rock guitar.
Also, of course, Surfing with the Alien, by the great Joe Satriani which got a lot of people seriously into instrumental guitar music. There's so much in that one song that was completely new to guitar players that it's the song people most refer to when trying to find the birth of crazy shred guitar. His first solo going in starts with a two hand tap with pick which is impossibly fast followed by regular very fast playing probably never before seen, then some crazy harmonics working with the dive bombing trem. The transitions of all these styles, all thrown together back to back to back are so seamless few can achieve Joe's fluidity. This was when I first realized that a guitarist could take the hard rock guitar solo genre beyond Eddie Van Halen.
And since we are talking about people named Joe, Joe Pass and his solo work (especially Virtuoso) is just amazing. He sounds like two or three guitarists all at once. His fingerstyle on this body of work is timeless.
Keith Jarrett goes to another dimension and back when he plays piano. It's so hard to describe I won't even try. His bizarre buzzing sound me makes while he plays kind of fits his music though some people don't like it.
Best instrumental music for me is just about anything Coltrane. He takes the instrument which is probably closest to the human voice (as opposed to piano, guitar, bass, or electronica) and uses his breath to emote on the saxophone. I don't know if it's pain or happiness, but his music will always live on.
Also, of course, Surfing with the Alien, by the great Joe Satriani which got a lot of people seriously into instrumental guitar music. There's so much in that one song that was completely new to guitar players that it's the song people most refer to when trying to find the birth of crazy shred guitar. His first solo going in starts with a two hand tap with pick which is impossibly fast followed by regular very fast playing probably never before seen, then some crazy harmonics working with the dive bombing trem. The transitions of all these styles, all thrown together back to back to back are so seamless few can achieve Joe's fluidity. This was when I first realized that a guitarist could take the hard rock guitar solo genre beyond Eddie Van Halen.
And since we are talking about people named Joe, Joe Pass and his solo work (especially Virtuoso) is just amazing. He sounds like two or three guitarists all at once. His fingerstyle on this body of work is timeless.
Keith Jarrett goes to another dimension and back when he plays piano. It's so hard to describe I won't even try. His bizarre buzzing sound me makes while he plays kind of fits his music though some people don't like it.
Best instrumental music for me is just about anything Coltrane. He takes the instrument which is probably closest to the human voice (as opposed to piano, guitar, bass, or electronica) and uses his breath to emote on the saxophone. I don't know if it's pain or happiness, but his music will always live on.
One of my favorite instrumental tracks is Sad Resolution~Seperation from the Fullmetal Alchemist movie OST. It's quite a moving strings piece.