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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to jam by yourself (no jam track needed), using the same basic chords in 3 neck positions.
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Like this one!
Nice Allman vibe!
Me too! HAVING A LIGHTBULB MOMENT. Awesome work Brian!
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Brian if u see this can u please set me straight – the video has you changing chords a little ahead of the one count. Tabs say it’s four of the previous bar?? I’m easily confused and timing is my nemesis. Please comment…
Hi Brian,
Would you consider adding a 10 sec backwards and a 10 sec froward button to the user interface. It would make it a bit easier to replay bits of your lessons.
cheers
The player has a loop function is the bottom toolbar.
Thanks Scott, but I was talking about the presentations.
Buy a Vidami pedal
Would you happen to know if that pedal would work on an iPadPro? I can’t seem to be able to highlight anything on SoundSlice for looping, using an IPadPro.
Si trabajas con ordenador, la barra espaciadora, para la imagen y si la pulsas de nuevo, continúa el video.
Usando la flecha izquierda, retrocede 5 segundos, flecha derecha, avanza 5 segundos.
Va muy bien.
YES! Absolutely agree, this would make a very good thing very much better.
Glad you asked, I forgot!
Cheers, Jon, UK
thats a great idea! there is no doubt that when listening to the lesson, one often needs to go back and relisten several times! the lopper is for a different purpose Scott P.
Thanks Brian. I can’t wait to learn this one
A good lesson for sure an little Garcia feel looks to be tucked into it, very nice.
JohnStrat
That’s what I heard too.
Full of groove, licks and technique.
This sounds great Brian! It’s going to be a good week for this old dog learning some new tricks.
I like it!
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I am hearing a little TTB in this one . . . about time!
Hi Brian
Do you like your guitar strap?
Hi Brian
Do you like your guitar strap? I haven’t seen you use that one before.
i do
Billy Gibbons has some unique strap Solutions for folks like me that have neck and back issues
One of those Innovations is a strap button on the headstock like George Harrison.
Great lesson, Brian. According to many of your previous lessons, couldn’t this lesson also be viewed as mainly a one chord lesson, A major plus A6 major (A6 major same chord as F# minor). Then, most of the licks could be thought of as A major pentatonic licks.
Larry
How do you bend your little finger flat? Mine doesn’t work that way
Brian, a question and a comment:
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now. When you bend notes, I always see you bend them toward the E base string. In this lesson, you bent, or pulled, the bend toward the high E string in one note in one section? Was there a purpose to that? A preference? The sound seems to be the same either way. Obviously on the E strings, you have no choice.
My comment is my playing sounds a lot better with a jam track! Hides all the mistakes!
Thanks. Great lesson.
I always push the string as opposed to pull it – not sure where I did that… but not something i typically do
I tend to push up on the top four strings and down on the bottom 2 for me do not get ugly adjacent string sounds
Hi and greetings from London, UK.
Really appreciate the points (5 mins or so in) about “feeling” the rhythm as opposed to counting it out . Much more intuitive. Gives me confidence as very few online tutors seem to mention this.
Great sounding lessons you put out every week Brian thanks for your hard work. I like it!!
Good one! a hopeful groove🎶
Brian,
Awesome lesson! This is how I like to practice too. It is good to hear your thoughts behind the licks and how to tie them to the chords. It’s gonna be a good week of guitar playing!
Doug C.
Great lesson Brian.
Ray
has conseguido que crezca semana a semana.
Genio
Gracias
The tab is turned around in the free guitar lesson! My brain is wired the other way!!!
Yeah I am not sure but the tab seems a little different than how he is playing it.
Brian, Another fantastic lesson.So many light bulb moments.Keep up the good work. By the way, how about doing a patriotic song before July 4th gets here so we can learn it well enough to
play it for other people.Thanks again for all your hard work putting all these lessons together. Thank you,Thank you, Thank you Dave
Awesome lesson! On a side note, I have been struggling to find a comfortable guitar strap with lots of adjustability. The strap you are using in this video looks very comfortable. What type/model is this strap?
Thank you!
Can’t wait to dig into this one. Every lesson is so enticing, my scatter mind leaves the last one I was working on and jumps to the new one!
Hola, quiero hacer un comentario dirigido a todos y también a Brian, por supuesto. Muy recomendable guardar las lecciones favoritas pero, lo mejor es repasarlas de vez en cuando y comprobar cómo queda el conocimiento y la práctica en la memoria. Somos muy afortunados los que nos gusta la música, la guitarra en concreto. A mi edad 64… resulta muy satisfactorio poder practicar con lecciones del estilo de Brian. Felicidades por vuestro éxito Brian y equipo. Lamento no poder escribir en inglés.
Si trabajas con ordenador, la barra espaciadora, para la imagen y si la pulsas de nuevo, continúa el video.
Usando la flecha izquierda, retrocede 5 segundos, flecha derecha, avanza 5 segundos.
Va muy bien.
One of my all time favourites. You can go in so many directions with these ideas. The chord/ scale relationships are a lightbulb moment for me. Thank you Brian!
Great lesson!
Ciao
Hi Brian,
Wondering what the logic is using the “G” chord to the D than the A.
Thanks…..Lucas.
Secondary subdominant ?
G 4th of D …D4th of A ?
Most of the time we have seen secondary dominant like B to E to A
And I really like the sound of this G to D to A
Thanks Brian !
Thanks Daniele for your response,much appreciated…..ljg
Just glad to share the little I know or I think I know 🎶
Hey Lucas and all,
I was wondering the same thing. Seemed to me that this was in A Mixolydian (the 5th degree of the D major). When I viewed it from that perspective, the chords seemed to fit.
Brian: Can you help clear this up?
Thanks all, Grady
It finally dawned on me that each Major Pentatonic Scale Position matches a specific CAGED Shape. Shapes GEDCA for positions 1 thru 5. ie playing an “A” chord using the “G” CAGED shape ALWAYS uses position 1 of the Major Pentatonic Scale positions. Thanks.
I ‘ve just been watching this other video (not advertising this guy ) but the starting guitar diagrams show this very clearly….
only realized this myself recently
A lot of great ideas in less than 60 seconds without any overplaying. Great job as always!!!
Hi Brian,
Is that a Fender Telecaster you are playing here? I can’t quite make out the name on it
Thank you Brian. Love it.
You must feel like you’re repeating yourself all the time. But these lessons, the repetition of these principles in lots of different ways is absolutely brilliant.
You’ve cleared a path through what was an impenetrable jungle of trying to understand chords in several positions, pentatonic patterns and how to make sense of it all
Thanks again.
Hey Brian,
Just wanted to say thank you! This lesson is exactly what I needed and has helped me out tremendously!
This made what my ear has been trying to work out make sense. Thanks!
Another fantastic lesson, Brian! I so appreciate what you do – your approach/ method is so clear and you’re such an engaging person – I’m learning so much from you and it is life-enhancing stuff (been struggling to learn guitar for 30 years but finally feel I’m making progress now…)
Got some shades of Jerry Garcia in there, excellent lesson.
I think youre playing the F#m chord differently from the transcription. You are playing the e shape barre chord, but in the transcription it is different. Just wanted to make sure I was seeing it correctly.
Really diggin this one.
Really enjoy this lesson, One of my favourites Brian. Thank you.
This is what Guitar playing is all about for me. Playing a chord progression and adding my own licks. This has to be one of the greatest lessons of all time. I’m drinking it! Thanks. Please do more like this If possible.
Dan
Ps your ditties are rather melancholy. Just sayin 🙂
excellent stuff Brian – so useful for me – thank you!