Oh yeah where was this in 1972, OH yeah PIANO books. I can tell ya it was tough learning everything by Ear back then. I can remember learning Til there Was You by the Beatles, a Beautiful Jazzy type solo. Sure was not in a Song Book back then. I got this Bizarre book back then with the Beatles on the cover. It has no TABS, they did not exist back then, written out in regular notation. It turns out it was song Endings, and or Song beginning Bits/intros., and they were not even specific to any Beatles songs. I think one of them was very similar to closing lines in the Song Slow Down, the Larry Williams song the Beatles did. The 1st ROCK/Blues book I know of came out in late 73 called Improvising Rock Guitar with Pat Thrall, it was BOX SYSTEM for guitar and cliches, think chuck berry. Another word not even Found in the Book, which would be a Cliches today RIFF or Riffing, but that was what it was. Today Guitar instruction is ALL over the Place. Look up the BOOK here on TH-cam, for the songs on the demo Disk that came with the Book. Quite Historical, we all laughed back then and the Garage/basement band back then plays one of the Demo Songs. LOL.
Oh, so right! Although, learning by wearing out needles and vinyls (I went thru 4 of Kottke's Armadillo albums), was really great ear training. And, all that was good for learning songs but did little for my understanding of theory. Jack is really adept at showing us these morsels.
This is so fundamental and Jack laid it out perfectly. This is the grind you need to learn to play blues or any genre without sounding like you are only doing scale runs. I'm a cheap mf and this is one of the only guitar channels that actually tempts me to buy a course.
I have both of Jack's TrueFire courses and they are excellent. I've been working on his Shades of Blues course for many months now and there is so much incredible information in that one course that I haven't got further than the fourth lesson, mainly because I really want to get the information under my fingers before I move onto another lesson. If you're going to buy one course, I really can't recommend Shades Of Blues enough.
@@stephenowen5229 Hi Stephen, I bought the Shades of Blues Truefire course as well. I found that some of the sections are easier than others. Try "Latin Flavours". It was easier to learn for me. I'm looking for someone to jam with to help implement Jack's techniques. Only problem is i live in Sydney Australia!
Ok... I just need a moment here... You've just superboosted my understanding on how to navigate the fretboard in a clear, concise and understandable way. You sir, are a true master. Thank you so much!😁
Jack, I gotta tell you. This is a quality lesson. It's the most moving lesson I've ever watched. Funny though, before now I could never follow your videos but only because they were over my head. So I think I've upgraded a bit enough for this lesson to finally make you among the clearest tutors on TH-cam. This lesson moved my mind so much, I feel my playing is just about to pop. Thank you
I first saw Jack on Brett Papa's channel and it was amazing. I'm learning SO much from Jack's videos. He has an excellent grasp of what is needed to be an amazing teacher. Thank you, Sir Ruch!
This video should have over a million likes. So important to a guitarist who knows his pentatonic shapes and has no idea how to play through changes with them.
I've been playing all my life but I never really heard it explained so straight forward and simply. Using the CAGED system just makes it a lot more logical and easier to remember. As usual Jack, very well articulated and demonstrated. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing teaching and playing skills ! Thanks a lot for sharing Jack ! :) 0:29 intro solo 7:26 first solo 11:26 second solo 15:06 third solo 17:53 fourth solo 22:03 fifth solo
Outstanding piece of work this Jack... thank you. Rest assured that this very comprehensive roadmap you have set out is exactly what helps.... this took me years to "nut out" on my own and enough grief..... so this is very helpful.
Well Jack what can I say? You are the coolest guitar instructor with no greediness at all and you lay it out just the way it is,so easy to understand, thanks my man!!
Arpeggios are probably the most important musical construct to learn until it becomes a reflexive instinct. It’s so easy to associate with practice the sound shape correlation. I view them as a hybrid of a pentatonic and triad chord tone playing. I guess because that’s what they are, a linking up of triads in a pentatonic scale grip or subset of a pentatonic scale. Great video 👍👍👍
I practice a lot and can play some difficult pieces but playing the changes requires an entirely different thought process. This is a great workout - thanks Jack
Thank you Sir... For the outstanding quality of the content and pedagogy of every lesson, for the perfect blend of elegance and (apparent...) simplicity in your lines... And thank you in the name of all non-British/Americans for your calm, simple and clear diction, which makes that we (at least I...) don't even have concience that the course is given in a foreign langage.
Wow, what a great lesson. You are an excellent player and teacher. One thing I would really appreciate it is a lesson ontechnique for playing arpeggios , you are so smooth.
Just so super clear- I got immediately how this way of approaching solos applies to any piece. And so calmly delivered- just awesome. Not to mention also that delicious tone on your 335! Thank you thank you THANK YOU from the UK!!!!❤
I love the tone of that guitar. It's so simple but creamy. I want to play my les paul but my Ibanez semi hollow kind of vibrates like an acoustic but still electric. I cant stop playing it. I need a 335 or 345. Love the channel man.
dom7 book ending triad chord tones comes at a good time with what Im practicing , thanks for people thinking of how to reduce caged shapes into groupings.. G and E shapes are basically serving the 6 string root note chords and C and A shapes serving the 5 string root note chords , for staying more left or right , and there are 3 unique sweeps possible for your basic major , basic minor triads
Thank you Jack Ruch. This lesson is so clear and practical... Studying the fret-board on and on, thanks for applying it. Cool, thanks again. Just bought a year on TrueFire. Will look for your lessons there too!
Keep your finger on the screen and listen to Jack at 1,5x the speed, then you will realise how laid back he his, very funny! Jack, your knowledge is impressive and your teaching skills may be even greater! Thank you so much, your content has provided me with endless new goals and long time overdue improvments!
Amazing lesson! Jack, this really helps someone like myself who understands the caged system and the 145 approach , but wants to give more nuance and feeling to my playing!
Kinda similar to what I did to help learn the fretboard. I made major 9th, minor 9th, and dominant 9 arpeggios, and turned them into 2 notes per string shapes that ascend in alphabetical order, sort of like pentatonics.
This is a great lesson. That said, I feel like a 2 year old trying to follow with each of the arpeggios (having to slow this wayyyy down for myself and thinking through each note).
THANK YOU, FOR THIS LESSON! {IMHO: I REALLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD SHOW THE PRECISE FINGERING DIAGRAMS FOR EACH CHORD THAT YOU ARE DEMONSTRATIONG, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, TO ALWAYS SEE WHERE YOUR FRETTING FINGERS ARE FALLING!]
Hi Jack I got your truefire course it's fantastic I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to play great blues or jazzy blues guitar. I was wondering if you could do a lesson like this on the minor blues with arpeggios and licks in the five positions. Thanks for the excellent content.
Very cool! fretboard diagrams would make this infinitely better for us visual learners (pretty much every guitarist) but still this is good just listening and trying to follow fingers. But seriously, start including graphics and your content would be much more accessible.
Great lesson Jack! I love that I can learn from someone who can teach the theory as well as how to apply it with great phrasing. Just a quick question, for some arpeggios, such as the D shape, I tend to gravitate on the thin strings of the arpeggio since I find the note positions awkward on the thick strings. Do you think this is ok, or should I still learn the full arpeggio shape? You’re an amazing teacher and I look forward to the Patreon practice sessions!
Hey Jack.! I just subscribed to your Patreon site.. been following you on UTube for years.. ❤️..but this particular video made me want more..!🔥 … I don’t know where to find the pdf for this lesson though..😩 I’ll keep looking.. but I don’t see a search bar..or index…🤔
I play an Epiphone Casino, a very similar instrument with different pickups and wiring to what he's working with here. I just can't get over how good his amp settings are. Whenever he picks even slightly hard, the tone teeters on the edge of break-up. I can get something close to this with a Boss Katana 100W but I would live to know how he gets this to be so responsive.
Wow… to be 17 again and have access to this kind of information. Kids today are so lucky!
I agree!
Oh yeah where was this in 1972, OH yeah PIANO books. I can tell ya it was tough learning everything by Ear back then. I can remember learning Til there Was You by the Beatles, a Beautiful Jazzy type solo. Sure was not in a Song Book back then. I got this Bizarre book back then with the Beatles on the cover. It has no TABS, they did not exist back then, written out in regular notation. It turns out it was song Endings, and or Song beginning Bits/intros., and they were not even specific to any Beatles songs. I think one of them was very similar to closing lines in the Song Slow Down, the Larry Williams song the Beatles did. The 1st ROCK/Blues book I know of came out in late 73 called Improvising Rock Guitar with Pat Thrall, it was BOX SYSTEM for guitar and cliches, think chuck berry. Another word not even Found in the Book, which would be a Cliches today RIFF or Riffing, but that was what it was. Today Guitar instruction is ALL over the Place. Look up the BOOK here on TH-cam, for the songs on the demo Disk that came with the Book. Quite Historical, we all laughed back then and the Garage/basement band back then plays one of the Demo Songs. LOL.
Oh, so right! Although, learning by wearing out needles and vinyls (I went thru 4 of Kottke's Armadillo albums), was really great ear training. And, all that was good for learning songs but did little for my understanding of theory. Jack is really adept at showing us these morsels.
Except that now 1) good guitarists are very common, and 2) they all sound alike.
@@joebeamish Jack Ruch does not sound like Gutherie Trapp, and neither sound like JOHN CORDY. But there are alot alike somewhat.
This is so fundamental and Jack laid it out perfectly. This is the grind you need to learn to play blues or any genre without sounding like you are only doing scale runs. I'm a cheap mf and this is one of the only guitar channels that actually tempts me to buy a course.
I have both of Jack's TrueFire courses and they are excellent. I've been working on his Shades of Blues course for many months now and there is so much incredible information in that one course that I haven't got further than the fourth lesson, mainly because I really want to get the information under my fingers before I move onto another lesson. If you're going to buy one course, I really can't recommend Shades Of Blues enough.
@@stephenowen5229 yeah Shades of Blues is a very well done course!
Yessir. What both Steves said.
I'm also a cheap mf! Yay
@@stephenowen5229 Hi Stephen, I bought the Shades of Blues Truefire course as well. I found that some of the sections are easier than others. Try "Latin Flavours". It was easier to learn for me. I'm looking for someone to jam with to help implement Jack's techniques. Only problem is i live in Sydney Australia!
Practised this one for about two hours and really felt I was getting somewhere instead of my usual pentatonic stuff. Terrific lesson. Thanks Jack
You're like the Bob Ross of TH-cam Guitar Masters. You're so calming and engaging. Great lesson. Thanks!
Thank you! That’s definitely what I’m aiming for
Who is Bob Ross ?
@@jimini2419 Artist who used to have painting show on TV. th-cam.com/video/lLWEXRAnQd0/w-d-xo.html
@@jimini2419 A painting artist, you can look him up here on TH-cam. Follow him and you might paint a mountain landscape.
DUDE I have both of his Tru fire courses and they are 100000% worth it!!!
Ok... I just need a moment here... You've just superboosted my understanding on how to navigate the fretboard in a clear, concise and understandable way. You sir, are a true master. Thank you so much!😁
Jack is outstanding, guitarist & teacher
Thank you!
Jack, I gotta tell you. This is a quality lesson. It's the most moving lesson I've ever watched. Funny though, before now I could never follow your videos but only because they were over my head. So I think I've upgraded a bit enough for this lesson to finally make you among the clearest tutors on TH-cam. This lesson moved my mind so much, I feel my playing is just about to pop.
Thank you
Simply the best articulated, defined and well spoken blues Guitar lesson I have found to date…
Thank you!!
I appreciate you Jack. You could’ve easily sold all your lessons for 100s of dollars but you have it up here for free. This is high quality lessons.
I first saw Jack on Brett Papa's channel and it was amazing. I'm learning SO much from Jack's videos. He has an excellent grasp of what is needed to be an amazing teacher. Thank you, Sir Ruch!
Hey thanks Bill!
I also say the same video ! What a great network of great players and teachers and most of all , inspirers
Love the lesson! And that 335 is a gorgeous ax as well.
This video should have over a million likes. So important to a guitarist who knows his pentatonic shapes and has no idea how to play through changes with them.
I've been playing all my life but I never really heard it explained so straight forward and simply. Using the CAGED system just makes it a lot more logical and easier to remember. As usual Jack, very well articulated and demonstrated. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Peter!
Amazing teaching and playing skills ! Thanks a lot for sharing Jack ! :)
0:29 intro solo
7:26 first solo
11:26 second solo
15:06 third solo
17:53 fourth solo
22:03 fifth solo
So wonderfully patient. Every video of Mr Ruch is explained so perfectly you can't get confused in any way.
Thank you!
Hey, taildragger. I like your handle.
Very gracious of you to share your expertise and knowledge. Getting a lot of miles out of these lessons. Really appreciate it.
Thanks
Most. Chill. Instructor. Ever.
Great stuff!
A brilliant tutorial. I've been playing for about 40 years and this has inspired me to have a serious crack at soloing.
Outstanding piece of work this Jack... thank you. Rest assured that this very comprehensive roadmap you have set out is exactly what helps.... this took me years to "nut out" on my own and enough grief..... so this is very helpful.
Well Jack what can I say? You are the coolest guitar instructor with no greediness at all and you lay it out just the way it is,so easy to understand, thanks my man!!
No jokes, this guy is the smoothest player I’ve seen in my short time starting to learn the guitar. And he’s a great teacher
Arpeggios are probably the most important musical construct to learn until it becomes a reflexive instinct. It’s so easy to associate with practice the sound shape correlation. I view them as a hybrid of a pentatonic and triad chord tone playing. I guess because that’s what they are, a linking up of triads in a pentatonic scale grip or subset of a pentatonic scale. Great video 👍👍👍
I practice a lot and can play some difficult pieces but playing the changes requires an entirely different thought process. This is a great workout - thanks Jack
Well said! Thank you
just drill it the way you drill everything else. eventually it will stick and your instincts will take over.
Man! I needed this lesson about 15 years ago! TY!
Thank you Sir... For the outstanding quality of the content and pedagogy of every lesson, for the perfect blend of elegance and (apparent...) simplicity in your lines... And thank you in the name of all non-British/Americans for your calm, simple and clear diction, which makes that we (at least I...) don't even have concience that the course is given in a foreign langage.
You're very welcome!
Wow, what a great lesson. You are an excellent player and teacher. One thing I would really appreciate it is a lesson ontechnique for playing arpeggios , you are so smooth.
Jack, your right hand is so syrupy smooth. Thx for great teaching content.
Just so super clear- I got immediately how this way of approaching solos applies to any piece. And so calmly delivered- just awesome. Not to mention also that delicious tone on your 335! Thank you thank you THANK YOU from the UK!!!!❤
It is a joy to just watch your fingers simply caress the fretboard
Not only are you an amazing guitarist but also a great great teacher. And that combination very few master :-)
Thank you!
Absolutely amazing teacher. Thank you for taking the time to help us become better guitar players!
This is a tremendous lesson Jack, so clearly explained and feels like it’s the foundation or scaffolding for so much other stuff. Thanks very much!
His chill is paramount.
I love the tone of that guitar. It's so simple but creamy. I want to play my les paul but my Ibanez semi hollow kind of vibrates like an acoustic but still electric. I cant stop playing it. I need a 335 or 345. Love the channel man.
Thanks Dan!
Thank you for sharing thousands of hours of practice in minutes! Natural teacher man! Thank you❤🤘🏻💪🏻🔥
Jack - your videos just keep getting better!!!!
Dude I can’t thank you enough for your support! You’re the man
This is possibly the greatest guitar lesson ever. You are the man! Thank you! 🤘
My pleasure!!
I just want to say one word. Beautiful. Especially your playing style is unbelievable. You showed how best to get out of the pentatonic scale.
Thank you so much
dom7 book ending triad chord tones comes at a good time with what Im practicing , thanks
for people thinking of how to reduce caged shapes into groupings.. G and E shapes are basically serving the 6 string root note chords and C and A shapes serving the 5 string root note chords , for staying more left or right , and there are 3 unique sweeps possible for your basic major , basic minor triads
Jack, you are my new guitar hero. What a great lesson! Thank you SO MUCH!
Also, that's a real nice backing track to emphasise your wonderful technique.
One of the greatest guitar lessons I've seen on youtube. This is top notch instruction. Thanks, sir.
Outstanding lesson from a great teacher, and I should know - I've followed a few.
Jack Ruch’s - Smooth Class! In other words.. Jack’s Class of Smooth! Love Your Stuff Jack! Keep Up the Great Work! 👍🎸✌️😎
Thank you!
Thank you Jack Ruch. This lesson is so clear and practical... Studying the fret-board on and on, thanks for applying it. Cool, thanks again. Just bought a year on TrueFire. Will look for your lessons there too!
Thank you!!
Great to hear!
Jack’s really good at explaining things.
I've been dissecting this and the solos over the past few days this exercise is super helpful for visualization!
Great to hear!!
Only been playing for 60 years but some very useful revision here. Thanks!
Whatta great great teacher you are Jack🙏❤️lucky to have find you here on TH-cam thanks for your valuable information and lesson
the biggest change in my point of view, thank you very much!
Thank you for showing me how to play and learn these shapes, very interested.
Keep your finger on the screen and listen to Jack at 1,5x the speed, then you will realise how laid back he his, very funny!
Jack, your knowledge is impressive and your teaching skills may be even greater!
Thank you so much, your content has provided me with endless new goals and long time overdue improvments!
I am a beginner guitar player and this was an epic video for me! Thank you so much for this lesson
Always perfectly played and never a wasted note 👍🎸 best to you and yours Jack, thanks so much for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Wow! To be 57 again and have access to information like this. Kids are so lucky today 😂
One of the best videos on TH-cam. Will be joining the Patreon page. Thank you.
Friggin awesome!!! Love your vibe and your style! Thank you for sharing 🤗
That a reissue or actual '59 style 335,.sounds really nice, and great info along with it to keep you hooked
This so cool! Picked up Mel Bay appegio book!!👍🏽
Cool Jack, your smooth! Love these laid back Blues runs
another excellent lesson, demonstrating the importance of fundamentals...I've got a few weeks of practice now :)
This is great, Jack. Thanks. I agree with everybody that your calm, deliberate approach is really helpful.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks
Beautiful tone and playing
Once again Jack you are so smooth in teaching style👍😁
What seemed as some sort of magical talent only a few possessed in my youth seems logical with proper guidance and education.. Thanks!!
Amazing lesson! Jack, this really helps someone like myself who understands the caged system and the 145 approach , but wants to give more nuance and feeling to my playing!
Awesome! Thanks Doug
@@JackRuch thank you Jack!
Kinda similar to what I did to help learn the fretboard. I made major 9th, minor 9th, and dominant 9 arpeggios, and turned them into 2 notes per string shapes that ascend in alphabetical order, sort of like pentatonics.
This is a great lesson. That said, I feel like a 2 year old trying to follow with each of the arpeggios (having to slow this wayyyy down for myself and thinking through each note).
Fantastic Lesson especially for musicians coming back to the guitar 10/10
Glad you liked it
Learning all the 7th chord arpeggio qualities is a task and a half, but once you get them all down I think you can solo over anything really
THANK YOU, FOR THIS LESSON! {IMHO: I REALLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD SHOW THE PRECISE FINGERING DIAGRAMS FOR EACH CHORD THAT YOU ARE DEMONSTRATIONG, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, TO ALWAYS SEE WHERE YOUR FRETTING FINGERS ARE FALLING!]
Hi Jack I got your truefire course it's fantastic I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to play great blues or jazzy blues guitar. I was wondering if you could do a lesson like this on the minor blues with arpeggios and licks in the five positions. Thanks for the excellent content.
Hey Anthony, thanks man!! I am definitely going to do a lesson on that
Excellent presentation Jack, very clear and oh so useful. Thank you.
Awesome tutorial Jack 🎸🤟🙌
Great lesson. Very helpful. Can you also explain how the pentatonic scales work in these same positions. Extremely grateful.💯👍🎸
What a great lesson! I really need this info. Thank you!
This is a GREAT learning lesson. Thanks for doing this.
Excellent tutorial thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Got these down now. Many thanks
Great teacher and player!
I have known some guitar players with very impressive chops over the years but they were terrible at teaching others. Jack you do both equally well!.
Thanks Jim!
Gold, pure gold.
Mind blowing, literally! Awesome lesson.
Glad you liked it!
Very cool! fretboard diagrams would make this infinitely better for us visual learners (pretty much every guitarist) but still this is good just listening and trying to follow fingers. But seriously, start including graphics and your content would be much more accessible.
Mr. Ruch, wow great video
Awesome lesson. I wish you had given away the backing tracks!!
Thanks.
Great lesson Jack! Thanks!👍👍👍
THANKS VERY MUCH GEORGES GREATS ADVICES
Man a lot to digest. I'm a gonna pour this into my concrete noggin a small section at a time.
Great lesson Jack! I love that I can learn from someone who can teach the theory as well as how to apply it with great phrasing.
Just a quick question, for some arpeggios, such as the D shape, I tend to gravitate on the thin strings of the arpeggio since I find the note positions awkward on the thick strings. Do you think this is ok, or should I still learn the full arpeggio shape?
You’re an amazing teacher and I look forward to the Patreon practice sessions!
I would recommend learning the full shapes. You can break them up between string sets when you’re coming up with licks.
Another helpful video! Thanks 😊
So glad!
Thanks Jack.......well done.
Another great lesson Jack 🤘
Thanks again!
Hey Jack.! I just subscribed to your Patreon site.. been following you on UTube for years.. ❤️..but this particular video made me want more..!🔥 … I don’t know where to find the pdf for this lesson though..😩 I’ll keep looking.. but I don’t see a search bar..or index…🤔
Thanks my man from Ireland 🇮🇪 cheers great lesson have you got a print out of those appreggio shapes thanks take care !! Brian Ireland 🇮🇪
Señor Rich, maestro de maestros!
Great lesson, very much appreciated
Thanks Marvin!
Thank you for all that you share with us. So good!!
It's my pleasure!
@@JackRuch You are a brilliant guitarist and man you videos are so informative.
This is fantastic !
I play an Epiphone Casino, a very similar instrument with different pickups and wiring to what he's working with here. I just can't get over how good his amp settings are. Whenever he picks even slightly hard, the tone teeters on the edge of break-up. I can get something close to this with a Boss Katana 100W but I would live to know how he gets this to be so responsive.
Jim from Western PA