Scott Radcliff Guitar
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Three Reasons You Should Learn Music Theory
I don’t think this question will ever go away. Especially for guitar players. We will always rationalize by stating great guitar players that didn’t understand theory.
Based on my experience, I go through three reasons why you should learn music theory. It’s worth it.
1. Music Theory will help you communicate
2. It’s probably not what you think. (You don’t have to sight read music)
3. Theory will help you find your voice
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How I Use Barre Chords On Guitar. Even When People Say Not To.
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It's really common for some guitar players to tell you barre chords are wrong. They might say they make you look a certain way, or that you don't need those big chords. I want to offer an alternative approach. They are fine. And in many circumstances, preferred. They can have a level of efficiency in sounds that aren't as easily accessible if bound to a simple triad. Triads definitely have thei...
Dial in the Neck Pickup First for a Sweet Guitar Tone
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If you haven’t tried it, try dialing in your guitar tone on the neck pickup for a nice fat edge of breakup tone. Amp: Vox AC15 Guitar: Reverend Jetstream 390
Getting Started with Chord Numbers in a Major Key
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I'm a huge fan of making my own charts for all songs. That's some version of the Nashville Number System, but not entirely strict to the way some people do it. But in order to do that, you have to understand how the numbers for chords in a key work. If that's new to you, hopefully this will help point you in the right direction. 0:00 Intro Playing 1:13 Intro to Chord Numbers 3:37 Demonstrate Ch...
An Approach to Practicing Arpeggios
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Part of my practice routine to get the creative juices flowing. I can’t get enough of that melodic arpeggio sound. 0:00 Intro Playing 1:11 Intro to Practice Routine 4:01 Arpeggio Demonstration
When Should You Learn Music Theory on Guitar
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A small dive into my over engineering TH-cam videos failure. More about how and when to learn music theory.
Saturday morning jam track
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Note to UMG. I wrote and played all of this, expect adding a logic drummer. You can't have it!
Everything I’ve Learned About Using IEMs as a Guitar Player So Far.
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This is everything, or at least everything I can remember, about what I’ve learned using in ear monitors and silent stages. Also, a little bit at the end about how to set up your mix (sorry about the noisy room) IEMs mentioned: a.co/d/ccpgAdc Guitar Friends Podcast: th-cam.com/video/WK7jpCeJSAU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gnh1DdmWLZU5pOn6
How I Approach Hybrid Picking
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A single coil tone with no pedal board that exposes every imperfection you can think of 😲 And a bit about how I got started hybrid picking and where I’m at now. I also discover that maybe the pinky is useful in hybrid picking…
Lighting test….
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Just adding some light to see it it improves the look….
Pentatonic Scale: How Do You Know You Really Know the It?
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A smallish dive into how I approached, and still approach, the notes of the pentatonic scale. And by some failure, expose the fact that knowing every pentatonic position is less important than understanding the intervals.
Mixolydian Mode: An Approach to Practice
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Building upon the previous Ionian Lydian video, I add mixolydian to progression, talk a bit about what it is, and play through some things. Ionian, Lydian practice video: th-cam.com/video/16WZJbSjEaw/w-d-xo.html
Practice Modal Playing with Ionian and Lydian
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Practice Modal Playing with Ionian and Lydian
How to Ask Good Music Theory Questions
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How to Ask Good Music Theory Questions
How to play through chord changes
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How to play through chord changes
A somewhat dark and odd feeling loop.
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A somewhat dark and odd feeling loop.
No loop this week. But a bit about how to come up with melodies over chord progressions
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No loop this week. But a bit about how to come up with melodies over chord progressions
Midweek Loop
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Midweek Loop
Friday Noodle in B
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Friday Noodle in B
How to determine what a chord is, so you don’t have to ask someone “What chord is this?”
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How to determine what a chord is, so you don’t have to ask someone “What chord is this?”
How to practice outside of your normal pentatonic box
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How to practice outside of your normal pentatonic box
Kicking the Tires on a PRS
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Kicking the Tires on a PRS
Building Melody Parts Over a Chord Progression
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Building Melody Parts Over a Chord Progression
Building a Track From a Chord Progression
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Building a Track From a Chord Progression
Don’t over practice. Just play.
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Don’t over practice. Just play.
Improv 002
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Improv 002
Share more improv. Mistakes included
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Share more improv. Mistakes included
Friday Jam!
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Friday Jam!
Fun with Seventh Chords
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Fun with Seventh Chords
How to play lead guitar. Part I: Subdivision and Chord Tones
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How to play lead guitar. Part I: Subdivision and Chord Tones

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  • @ronnieking1025
    @ronnieking1025 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Buy a Telecaster and a Tweed Blues Jr.

  • @stevonh
    @stevonh วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sounds nice & clean to me! Nice guitar too! Could I ask for the make / model? I see "revere" on the neck, so, maybe a Reverend? What's the porpoise of that hat? ... sorry... had to

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hahaha I wear a Dolphins hat 90% of the time. And I have for many years. I’ve never heard that joke. Well done! Yep! It’s a Reverend. The best mid-level guitars made, in my opinion. Jetstream 390 reverendguitars.com/guitars/jetstream-390/

    • @stevonh
      @stevonh วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@scottradcliffguitar Thank you! Yes, they are unique and so many models. I've only tried one so far. I've watched plenty of Don Shula games. Those were the days, my friend.

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar วันที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠@@stevonhSpeaking my language. I miss winning Dolphins football.

  • @GigaAndy-db7bw
    @GigaAndy-db7bw 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice tone, and feeling. Greetings from Germany. 💙💙💙

  • @bryanwilliams3665
    @bryanwilliams3665 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's a dead art today but in the 70s people used the vol controls on the guitar and their " touch' in the right hand for all their dynamics.... And to get clean tones . A lot of Jimmy Pages Magic for instance is in his right ( picking)hand....

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yea! I wish I was a little better at using volume and tone controls. I do use them. But not nearly as much as I should.

  • @Johnny-oy9fh
    @Johnny-oy9fh 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I couldn't gig using IEM's..I've always used loud floor monitors and loud backline...

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It took me forever to get used to IEMs. Still prefer a loud stage. But I've learn to adjust and find something that works. It still kinda sucks compared to a loud amp behind me.

  • @ShreddingFinn
    @ShreddingFinn 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have had the same pair of KZs for at least 4 years. I will use Walmart specials in a pinch and be fine, never was tempted to spend $1500 as ultimately you are at the mercy or the person running the board

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      1000% Ultimately the board decides. Silent stages are a terrible idea. - But those KZs sound surprisingly good when the board is sending someone usable.

  • @osaaaa5444
    @osaaaa5444 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    very good, keep going

  • @markcrystaltownsend1578
    @markcrystaltownsend1578 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome work. Sounds amazing

  • @kevinlandry1908
    @kevinlandry1908 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sounds good! Keep it up!

  • @cliffirddelbridge2810
    @cliffirddelbridge2810 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pretty and melodic

  • @scottradcliffguitar
    @scottradcliffguitar หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

  • @SimonSmith68
    @SimonSmith68 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely tone & melody ❤

  • @eddwardherron3452
    @eddwardherron3452 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the sound I've tried to find. Excellent, sir! Please, though, provide tabs for those of us not so talented. Great work!

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I appreciate that. I’ve never made tabs before. I imagine there is software for that, but I don’t know how to use it.

  • @Gummmmy
    @Gummmmy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sounds great! It has a very nice feeling to it.

  • @whoatherebuddy
    @whoatherebuddy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful ❤

  • @bonkknob3240
    @bonkknob3240 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cool!

  • @VirtueCanada
    @VirtueCanada 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sick tune 🤘

  • @ford-oz3vs
    @ford-oz3vs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice! Needs to be 7 minutes long

  • @slowfinger2
    @slowfinger2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Respect for hanging it out there Scott. I'm sort of doing the same things you are, in my learning, songwriting, music theory journey. That Dorian approach with the 6, played off the second. Cool. I'm going to work that in. I saw a YT lesson (title: Minor 6th Arpeggio - the Most Important Arpeggio to learn/play on the guitar) with Tracy Kim and he started the 4 note arpeggio on the 5'th. Add in the second C#, to make it pentatonic, for even more fun. It's the same notes, different sound. I like the sound without the 7'th. Start on the F# on 9'th fret and play the notes on 5'th and 4'th strings. Very musical, and jazzy to play. Been having a gas mapping it onto different positions. Like the one under the hand at the B 7'th fret. Get 2-1/2 octaves starting on B 6'th string, and you get a cool slide on the 3'rd string. Liked and subscribed. Congrat's you pre-Grand Dad.

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! Real Grand Dad now! -- Thanks for mentioning that video. I'm going to check that out.

  • @ByTheSpirit84
    @ByTheSpirit84 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would counting it like triplet feel also work? Seems like it would.

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep. It is two set of triplets. It’s really 2/4 with two sets of triplets for each quarter note

  • @gussywellz9714
    @gussywellz9714 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like that u are not using standard scale patterns but actually formulating a melodic structure....cheers

  • @gussywellz9714
    @gussywellz9714 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hey scott, good stuff, I gotta get back to playing/recording again....how long have u been playing??cheers

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! About 20 years. Big gap when I didn’t touch a guitar for 10 years or so while raising kids, and got back into once my son was old enough to play.

    • @gussywellz9714
      @gussywellz9714 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scottradcliffguitar same situation for me didnt touch a guitar for about 12 yrs....slowly getting back to it ....cheers

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good luck to you. I know the second time around I learned way more and am having even more fun than the first time.

  • @RickSandersMusic
    @RickSandersMusic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this. It's definitely a risk to over-prepare. Great insight!

  • @micahallen518
    @micahallen518 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is the typa guitar that makes me happy someone invented instruments

  • @YoungJosh98
    @YoungJosh98 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This type of content makes me super happy that there is an algorithm. Sounds better than the guitarist at Hardrock Cafe at foxwoods casino in CT 2 weeks ago. Nice work

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks man! Such a nice comment. Means a lot.

  • @zayden5759
    @zayden5759 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    keep it up unc

  • @zacharends8109
    @zacharends8109 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🔥

  • @pissnachoes
    @pissnachoes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quartal?

  • @NewLifeWithGuitar
    @NewLifeWithGuitar ปีที่แล้ว

    This is great!!! I just started learning guitar a few months ago & I'm documenting my entire learning journey on here so this was super motivational!

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s awesome! I wouldn’t have been brave enough to do that when I started

    • @NewLifeWithGuitar
      @NewLifeWithGuitar ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottradcliffguitar Haha I may live to regret it in the future hahah... no, it's a great journey! And thanks for the great videos you put out.. they're appreciated!

  • @hunterroth8301
    @hunterroth8301 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful guitar man!

  • @Finewhether
    @Finewhether ปีที่แล้ว

    subbed man

  • @suedeface
    @suedeface ปีที่แล้ว

    Using the A minor box as an example. If in minor key, the first note on 6th string is the root (you'd play this when in A minor), if in major key the second note is the root (you'd play this when in C major). Same scales, just different starting points and relationships to the notes in the chords. If playing over A7 you are really playing in A mixolydian which is where mixing major and minor comes in. You have that A minor box mixed with notes from A major (slide the A minor box down 3 frets so the 2nd note is the A). If you superimposed A mixolydian, you'd see a lot of the notes overlapping the A minor and A major pentatonics. If you're playing an A7 chord or arpeggio, you see the notes line up with A mixolydian. I think the easiest thing is to just play notes from the chords. Start there making melodies. Then, add notes from a scale as "passing tones" and land on a chord tone.

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice phrasing and feel Scott

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting this Scott. You’d be surprised how many of my musician friends do not know their intervals. They know the scale but don’t understand how chords are derived from the intervals in the scale.

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, I know a few also that could really connect some dots by spending just a little but of time studying some core concepts. - I want to talk about diatonic chords next

  • @FirebirdMorningSky
    @FirebirdMorningSky ปีที่แล้ว

    “how to learn music theory” quite literally the same phrase I have pondered for weeks on end for I do not know a thing about it. hope to stick around & learn something

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      That's great! Happy to help. I have about 3-4 more planned, and then see where it goes.

    • @FirebirdMorningSky
      @FirebirdMorningSky ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottradcliffguitar salute Scott ✌🏽

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, somebody has been working on their touch. That was beautiful and heartfelt Scott. Love the triple P90 setup.

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet tone and playing Scott

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Biff! I think I spotted you in the Guthrie live stream last night 🎉

    • @biffleonetti5298
      @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottradcliffguitar yeah, I chimed in with a post last night. Guthrie and his band were sounding great. Looking forward to the record he just did with Uncle Larry.

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always good to see you posting your vids. Your love of the instrument definitely comes across.

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Biff! Sometime I second guess myself, but share it anyway. 😏

    • @biffleonetti5298
      @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottradcliffguitar I’ve been playing since I was 13, I’m 61 now. I went through a period in the late 80s and the early 90s where I hardly touched my guitars but that’s all behind me. I play daily, it’s a religion to me. If a day goes by where I can’t play, the next day I’m on it. Then when Tom Bukovac started his youtube channel it made me feel great knowing there are other people that live the guitar playing lifestyle. It’s who we are Scott, it’s what we do and we MUST do it. Take care buddy.

  • @drewbocop
    @drewbocop ปีที่แล้ว

    absolute fire

  • @Joseph_I16
    @Joseph_I16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very calming 😅

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang Scott, that was beautiful. I like the way you gave your playing plenty of space. It didn’t sound depressing to me at all. It was a hopeful sound to me. Great job.

  • @lindasue6571
    @lindasue6571 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @obiwankenobi4529
    @obiwankenobi4529 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was beautifull man, keep it up!

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I really appreciate that. Love the name and profile pic!

  • @LBD-2021
    @LBD-2021 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello!! I came here from Jordan JMS drums! You are a fabulous musician!!👏👏✝️

  • @donthaveaname1086
    @donthaveaname1086 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your hat caught my attention. Go fins.

  • @tyleroser2015
    @tyleroser2015 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of Buckethead

  • @kyawminpike4376
    @kyawminpike4376 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much touching to me. Simple and perfect. Can I know the name of the melody?

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! There is no name. I just made it up as I played over the progression.

  • @jasonjewell1667
    @jasonjewell1667 ปีที่แล้ว

    That sounds beautiful. Can you tell what the exact effect and settings mg is. I need to get this sound added to my playing

    • @scottradcliffguitar
      @scottradcliffguitar ปีที่แล้ว

      Neck PU Vox AC15 Top boost Tone cut: 1 o’clock Bass: noon Treble: 1 o’clock Reverb: 3 o’clock Volume: low bedroom levels Electro Harmonix Canyon Delay: 1/4 note delay 68 bpm Strymon Cloudfront: Decay: 1 o’clock Mix: 11 o’clock Pre-Delay: 7 o’clock Tone: noon Mod: noon

  • @roomiesghost4644
    @roomiesghost4644 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s cool man! Keep it up

  • @biffleonetti5298
    @biffleonetti5298 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice tone and playing. Keep making these videos Scott.