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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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annekaz says
Like this one!
Ronald M says
Nice Allman vibe!
Stephen S says
Me too! HAVING A LIGHTBULB MOMENT. Awesome work Brian!
Andy K says
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Steve W says
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…
pan054 says
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
Scott P says
The player has a loop function is the bottom toolbar.
pan054 says
Thanks Scott, but I was talking about the presentations.
Edgee says
Buy a Vidami pedal
wrick m says
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.
MARCOS B says
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.
Jon A says
YES! Absolutely agree, this would make a very good thing very much better.
Glad you asked, I forgot!
Cheers, Jon, UK
Michael Allen says
Thanks Brian. I can’t wait to learn this one
JohnStrat says
A good lesson for sure an little Garcia feel looks to be tucked into it, very nice.
JohnStrat
radtek says
That’s what I heard too.
Jim M says
Full of groove, licks and technique.
San Luis Rey says
This sounds great Brian! It’s going to be a good week for this old dog learning some new tricks.
kennard r says
I like it!
thomas w says
like
Daniel H says
I am hearing a little TTB in this one . . . about time!
Dennis T says
Hi Brian
Do you like your guitar strap?
Dennis T says
Hi Brian
Do you like your guitar strap? I haven’t seen you use that one before.
Brian says
i do
David D says
Billy Gibbons has some unique strap Solutions for folks like me that have neck and back issues
David D says
One of those Innovations is a strap button on the headstock like George Harrison.
sciencefiction says
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
kennard r says
How do you bend your little finger flat? Mine doesn’t work that way
Paul N says
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.
Brian says
I always push the string as opposed to pull it – not sure where I did that… but not something i typically do
David D says
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
Bill K says
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.
Cayetano D says
Great sounding lessons you put out every week Brian thanks for your hard work. I like it!!
Torquil O says
Good one! a hopeful groove🎶
Doug C says
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.
Raymond P says
Great lesson Brian.
Ray
Carlos G says
has conseguido que crezca semana a semana.
Genio
Gracias
Dennis L says
The tab is turned around in the free guitar lesson! My brain is wired the other way!!!
Alexander C says
Yeah I am not sure but the tab seems a little different than how he is playing it.
David S says
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
Brooks D says
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!
Kenneth M says
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!
MARCOS B says
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.
MARCOS B says
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.
timothy9 says
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!
Alessio A says
Great lesson!
Ciao
ljg says
Hi Brian,
Wondering what the logic is using the “G” chord to the D than the A.
Thanks…..Lucas.
daniele f says
Secondary subdominant ?
G 4th of D …D4th of A ?
daniele f says
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 !
ljg says
Thanks Daniele for your response,much appreciated…..ljg
daniele f says
Just glad to share the little I know or I think I know 🎶
Grady B says
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
herby m says
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.
Chris says
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
Keith R says
A lot of great ideas in less than 60 seconds without any overplaying. Great job as always!!!
Adam F says
Hi Brian,
Is that a Fender Telecaster you are playing here? I can’t quite make out the name on it
Chris B says
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.
Mike H says
Hey Brian,
Just wanted to say thank you! This lesson is exactly what I needed and has helped me out tremendously!
Matthew R says
This made what my ear has been trying to work out make sense. Thanks!
Nik K says
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…)
Chris S says
Got some shades of Jerry Garcia in there, excellent lesson.
Alexander C says
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.
Marek S says
Really diggin this one.
Andrew R says
Really enjoy this lesson, One of my favourites Brian. Thank you.
Dan V says
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 🙂
Walter D says
excellent stuff Brian – so useful for me – thank you!