Views : 58,448
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Dec 29, 2021 ^^
Rating : 4.949 (23/1,766 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-02-09T06:08:58.983243Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Ian, you are one of YouTube's gems. For me, you are the exact teacher I needed. I have learned more from you in the last few months than I have learned in the last 45 years since I first learned the 5 forms of the pentatonic. After a long time, I am truly inspired again.
Thank you, brother. Happy Holidays and have an awesome new year. I can hardly wait for your upcoming videos. - Jstn, lead guitarist/singer for Just An Expression
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Hi - You are by far the most impressive guitar teacher I have ever seen in your ability to communicate with students about music and guitar. You have asked what lessons students would like to hear/see. My input would be more on how to develop and practice timing in general and especially with different right-hand patterns. Guitar teachers spend a great deal of time on mastering the fingerboard, finger mechanics, music theory. Then they say things like, "and if you can just hit the chord changes, you have it!" Uhhhh, but, how do I get there. Some lessons on improving proper timing in practical ways would be great. As well, keeping time with the strumming/picking when varying the chord and left-hand arpeggios and other choices is something missing from most guitar instructors help. I want to "Hit the changes", but need some guidance. Thanks for all you do.
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@KevinIlsen
2 years ago
Being able to play a riff in different places on the neck has another benefit, in addition to the finger exercise. When you're initially trying to figure out how to play a riff that you hear, it's not enough to just know the notes and timing of the riff. The tone will be different depending on where it's played. If you're really trying to make it sound as close to the original as possible, WHERE you play it will make a big difference. For example: playing thin strings near the nut will sound different than playing thicker strings higher up the neck. ALSO -- within a particular riff, you have options of whether to stay on the same string vs. move to a different string. Some guitarists love riffs and solos that stick to a single string (Neil Young obviously comes to mind!), and in some cases that is important for the sound that you're after. But it's far more common for a player to articulate the riff across different strings, and if you're able to recognize how the riff relates to scale patterns AND CHORD SHAPES it really improves your ability to learn riffs more quickly -- especially riffs that extend across a multi-chord progression.
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