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Three big lessons here: 1) The key is finding a system that works for you, even if it's not the "proper" one 2) Learn only what you truly like. Don't learn techniques/scales only to prove that you are good enough 3) If it sounds good, it's good. Dave here says a couple of inaccurate things from a theoretical standpoint, but he's nonetheless one of the most amazing improvisers I know. And that's what matters!
@@chrisheath594 "improvisations sound pretty much the same all the time" is another way of saying "distinct style". All great musicians who play their own music have it, that's why they are relatable to their fans who dig their music. Does Pink Floyd travel and deviate across entire spectrum of genres or has a very similar style that makes it one of the greatest bands ever existed? Also, he has never played anything same of his own so I'm not sure what you're referring to here. He improvises every single time, and in a rather flawless and complex way.
You are just as good if not better than all those guitarists you named, you’re you. When I hear you play I literally feel it and that’s when you know it’s great.
A breath of fresh air Dave. After 30+ years of playing this makes more sense in pushing through the wall than anything else I've come across. Perfectly articulated
Hi Dave. As always, a tasty intro (a tad Gary Moore-ish ?). Yesterday (24 sept) Andertons posted a TC signature pedals video, and "the Cap'n" asked for suggestions on who else TC could collaborate with. Last time I checked, you had by far the most votes. And deservedly so. Well done, and keep on doing exactly what you are doing...
Even Zappa saw music as colors and shapes. And he also often struggled to communicate his vision. Gail said he said he felt the most free when he was just improvising half hour long solos on stage I get what you mean... You don't want to get sucked into the mud... You just want to fly
My passion is the Blues 😎.. like you Dave hundreds of hours learning shapes started playing every thing 100mph l thought that's how every guitarist learned 😮.. until I borrowed a BB king CD and after listening knew the Blues was and still is the music l love! I have never been into the theory side of guitar and self taught like you. Will be watching this vid again your explanation of breaking out of the pentatonic boxes fascinate me and just watching this vid has been inspiring! What you play takes me away from reality so please don't ever change ☺ Great intro thanks Dave!
Alright Dave. Pentatonics, modes, and where chords fit i.e. chord theory, were THE breakthrough for me. Like driving a car though, things do become 2nd nature. You start feeling it, and the whole thing feeds on itself, and becomes a self perpetuating force. Theory is wonderful, but it shouldn't limit you. It's a starting point, and then it's about taste and imagination 🌴
Just want to say man your videos are great All your intros have made me look at what I do on guitar completely different and I’m glad to be able to see you with myself being fairly new to guitar there’s so much emotion in your playing I love it thank you so much and I sincerely mean it
I go on a journey every time i hear one of your solos Dave. The emotions and feelings that come out of you are amazing. i say it every time but thanks again mate.
Love the tone of your guitar in this one. I really need to study your channel and see if you have a video on your pedal board and how your set up your sound. It's awesome. This video was so enlightening and has left me with lots and lots and lots of questions of myself. Thank you so much for posting this video. No off to find your unlocking the neck video :)
I’ve watched a lot of your videos man but I come back to this one for that intro. That’s pure passion. You and the guitar look one, like you understand each other. Absolutely incredible
Okay. So I enjoy all of your videos. This one though has been by far, the most valuable, relatable one you've ever done. I'm not a theory guy but I've been playing for over 20 years (I'm 33) and I'm still having eureka moments that change my playing. This video gave me two of those moments and I can't tell you how grateful I am for that. Thanks man. ❤
Dave this is a great video that makes absolute sense, Am presently watching your "Unlocking the Neck" upload and I have to say you certainly have a knack for teaching the guitar in a way thats easy to follow. Well done keep up the good work
Hello Dave. Just to let you know that your playing does take me on a journey. Like you say about you not thinking about the technicalities and theories when you’re playing, your playing doesn’t make me think about those things either when I hear it. It lifts me up and carries me along. I love it and live it. Thank you so much.
great vid, love your video's , always come away feeling i've learned something. your honesty comes across, makes me think what your saying is something worth listening to. thanks for posting
Dave, just wanted to say that your unlocking the neck video has helped me a lot in the past month. In a month my playing started to sound a lot better than before. I'm half way through this and I've learned a lot too. Thanks a lot and have a great day.
Hey Dave, recently discovered your channel. Just wanted to try to thank you. You’ve re-inspired those early roots of when I first picked up the guitar 15 years ago. It’s been a long journey, I had begun to grow a little stale in my learning and my motivation to push the bounds of expression. But watching a lot of your videos I have been able to get back to that child-like fascination I had when I began playing guitar, where i just sit down for hours and listen so closely to each note and what each note is telling me, spending hours studying and taking it all in naturally as a child would. I haven’t felt like this about my playing in years. Thank you so much man, and your music is epic.
AMAZING ! I knew you were a great guitar player , but after all the videos I've watched , and everything I've heard , (It's clear to me now , you are far beyond just a great guitar player). You are an absolute genius ! Your playing , sound , tone , feeling and emotion in your playing is amazing ! I'm so lucky I stumbled onto your channel. More people need to hear your amazing talent ! \m/ \m/
Simply put you’re a great player with tons of feel in your playing , emotional playing is at its best . I haven’t heard anyone in a long long time play with as much strength and emotion as you and Poppa chubby another guitar player . Listening to you reminds me of a great player named Stevie Ray Vaughan , just tons of emotion and feel .. Awesome playing
Never heard of you before but learned more from this than I have spending countless hours learning scales/songs on youtube. Very Impressed and look forward to going back and checking out your other lessons!
Awesome jamming. Just love your slow, bluesy, deep bends vibrato. You are one of my ULTIMATE FAVORITE U Tubers. Keep it up Brother. This is Bill from Phoenix Arizona U.S.A.
Your philosophy of guitar is most inspirational thing for me. I have the same goal of being able to completely shut my brain off and just play. I've only gotten serious about guitar in the last year so I have quite a bit of road ahead of me. Thank you for your monologues they help more than you could know!
The way you describe your improvisation where the guitar simply becomes a medium through which you express yourself - that unconscious directness - really resonated with me. I'm at an early stage in my guitar journey, not been playing two years yet, but I know where I'd like to go with it which is to be able to use the instrument to convey moods. To feel something and let it sound out from the guitar (or bass). Your approach is entirely in tune with my way of thinking - I see music theory as descriptive, a way to talk about what we play rather than giving us a set of rules to follow. The ear is the most important guide. Great vid - thank you!
Hi Dave love your videos! I've played the guitar on and off 15 years (not consistently though cos i had few year break) but 2 years ago i started learning theory too and it elevated my composition element of playing a lot. I learned major and minor patterns and what the relative majors are to minors and vice versa. Now im just trying to learn some more licks/patterns and also spider walk exercise as it helps me with the finger dexterity. your such an amazing guitarist have a nice day
I've been following your philosophy of learning what interests me on guitar and my improvement has been much more satisfying. I'm finally to point where I can understand and apply your unlocking the neck video. It's not work at all if you love it! Great stuff💞
This is why I love music and particularly the guitar. People can have completely different approaches to theory and applying it to guitar playing, as long as it works for you it's great! Although I do enjoy the theory, scales CAGED and whatnot, I completely agree with you about developing aural skills, flow state when soloing and complete focus on what interests us most as players. The mega scale you were playing is basically a combination of the E shape minor pentatonic blues scale and Dorian mode. Slash uses it all the time for his quicker runs (think 'November Rain' outro solo). Great playing as always and thanks for providing me with a fresh look at theory! 😊
My biggest regret is not learning more theory when i was younger. Im now trying to catch up 20 years later and wish id just done it when i was 16 when learning stuff seemed a lot easier
In a positive light its great that you have it now to get involved in. It might not have been the right time for you to get into it. I know 16 year old wouldn't have done it (and didn't) even if I knew it would help me lol
The biggest leaps not in my skill or knowledge but in ability to process, understand, and communicate in this language came from two courses I took as humanities for college electives - and I took them at a community college - were Theory 1 - which in most community colleges should be sight singing and ear training to learn to hear and identify simple intervalic relationships and the second was Keyboarding 1 which in most community colleges translates to fundamentals of music structure as practiced every class - very very good use of 8-10 weeks of time and not really any homework in either class because you are working most of the time you are there on practice and demonstration in groups and alone for assessment. You never forget what you learned because it's all in your mental muscle memory and it's all fundamentals that you realize you were using every time you pick up an instrument to make neat sounds...I was actually 27 at the time and there was literally no demographic represented, it seemed a completely random sampling from every walk of life imaginable, so your stigmas are valid for you but I can say they're not real and overcomeable with practice, as is everything in life, whatever ones you think you might have dialed into your cognitive bias.
Nice one Dave, we share the same guitarist's values and inspiration. You've given me some ideas to help with my flow playing as I find that I've been stuck in the same rut for 5years of just picking up the guitar and playing the same shapes and patterns. Time to break the rut.
Fab stuff. Youre an inspiring guitarist and thanks for all your info. I always learn something new from your videos. Oh and my C60 works a treat loud. Thanks for spwnding time exploring those crush amos!
This is just one of the greatest videos i ever see, it was awesome to see your explanation about what you learn through the years and i realized that i'm following a similar path with my way to play guitar, after see this video i just wanna jam more and more, anyway your are awesome dude, greetings from Argentina!!!
Dave. A sincerely thank you for putting this out. I am in no way dyslectic (I have a university degree) but I have had aversion against theory my whole life. Right now I am taking a course on bass where we are learning boxes, shapes and arpeggios at Scotts bass lessons. And you kind of sorted out that course for me with this video, and are a massive inspiration to getting through the things I can not stand in order to get where I want. I have always been into learning and playing by ear, but I need some meat on the bones theory wise. And the way you sum things up (from about 46:15) is just brilliant. You manage to put words on things like hardly anyone else can, and by putting out this you inspire loads of people to go out and be the best musician they can be. But in a genuine and "real" way, not a constructed and "fake" way. The world are full of copies, you are a true original, in the best possible way. So again, a big thank you Dave!
Dave, what John and Jimmy do to you, you do that to us, and I’m grateful for having discovered your channel for two years now. Unconsciously I seem to be following your path with pentatonic shapes, and the corresponding diatonic notes here and there (megascales!) and I don't need to think too much about it when playing. Damn, sometimes I even play something that remotely sounds like some of your intros and outros (minus the subtlety and speed) :)
Dave, you've influenced me to reconsider, practice, and expand pentatonic scales after many years of being stuck in same-ole limited patterns, which has opened new doors of creativity for me. I really appreciate that.
Hi Dave, thank you for sharing. I love musical instruments but have always felt bad about the fact that heavily structured learning doesn't hold my interest. I discovered your videos while I am contemplating buying my first guitar and really appreciate the content you are producing. I can't play a song but will spend hours taking myself on random soundscape journeys , usually on my piano, ukulele or synth and have a great time doing so. I am always aiming to up my game skills wise but often get sidetracked exploring what sounds I find along the way. It's awesome to hear someone who plays as well as you mention the power and importance of a musical journey whether it be formally structured or not and this makes me feel so much better about my unfocused mind . I'm excited and off to check out some guitars at my local store. You are an INSPIRATION to many, keep on doing what you do.
Id played for years (poorly) without understanding the fretboard because of how daunting of a task conceptualizing it on the fly seemed to be. "Unlocking the neck" was the video where things finally clicked and I began to work towards being able to play what I was feeling. Wish I didn't waste so much time with that mental block since I'm still working towards being able to turn off my mind and avoid taking an analytical approach to how to sound good, but the theory lessons on Dave's channel were probably the single-most useful resources to contribute to my playing and understanding of guitar. Super comprehensible and stripped down, and especially fun to watch because Dave is clearly a extraordinary musician in his own right. Super thankful for these videos :)
Another nice video Dave. I've a similar story to you in some respects. I've been playing for nearly 25 years on and off, so I'm half decent...but other than the basics like pentatonic, blues, major, minor scales....I know naff all theory. During lockdown I get into playing a bit more again and started "understanding" shapes...a real revelation. I'd being playing all these licks and solos for decades...and its only now I understand them and can actually apply them to my music playing.
Thanks Dave you really said everything that I was killing my self to find someone to talk about it, it is the way it woks you answered my question so accurate and helped me not to get lost with the music theory that I have been so confused about recently , much love and respect 🌱
I had to comment after watching this. I've played guitar for 55+ years. I learned more or less the same way that you did. It has served me well for the most part. But I must admit that if I would have learned more theory, I do believe that I would have had a much more lucrative and successful career in all aspects of music. I am currently working a lot and LOVING it. I guess it all depends on what you want to accomplish. BTW I really enjoy what you do on TH-cam. Just my 2 cents worth. Cheers from Arizona!
Hi Dave! Sorry, me again! ;-)I found your explanation about learning the pentatonic scale on string by string fascinating and suddenly I noticed, that I read about such a concept in Mick Goodricks excellent book "The advancing guitarist". I must give this a try, because I'm still thinking in boxes. So it is definitely worth, watching your videos more than twice ;-). Thanks again so much for all your input, it's very inspiring!
Everythng you do is at the least very interesting, and always, very instructive. But, I must say for me, this video, along with your "Unlocking the Fretboard" are pure golden genius. I wish I had found you twelve years ago. Would have saved me a lot of frustration, wasted energy and actually, money (on manuals and instructional materials.) Your process now guides my practice, my goals, and just plain where I would like to be as a guitar player. I will never get to the place you are, but to play organically, without thinking, and expressly individually, is the Emerald City. I even look at the fretboard differently now. I dutifully learned my five positions of the minor pentatonic/blues scales, but so often found myself locked into specific boxes up and down. Tried to push myself to jump around more, but limpingly so. I think some of what some people would see as learning impediments in your case, actually were blessings and benefits for your journey. You learned it your own way, and this gave you a much deeper understanding of all of it. So, this is to thank you for such a tremendous gift to me. Here goes a beggar trying to choose, but if you ever get the inclination, please, more on the "super scale." Those add on note choices. I'll approach them myself as I gain an ability all over the fretboard, but you simplify and teach so well.
I have just discovered your channel. Very interesting video and great playing. I have watched 30 minutes of the video now and will for sure get to the end. Very rarely I watch a longer video than 15 minutes, keep up the great work! Subbed.
The way you describe your music theory and learning only what you need or want is very similar to my guitar lessons, my tutor tuts but understands! New T Shirt range! The logo on the guitar you painted red plus "did that make any sense" I would buy 1 or more definitely 👍
Greetings from NY to you Dave and the community! Im with ya Dave on the theory thing. I think its takes away from the aspects of expressing yourself on the guitar and the enjoyment of playing. Thanks for the vid man, enjoyed your commentary! :-)
Thank you, Dave for existing and for being so great and so engaged with your subscribers. No one on youtube has a relationship with their community like you do.
Out of park this video mate .... been playing a while now and have followed the theory with my lessons which I enjoy....but I like asking questions and making it more about me than the syllabus. Gives me hope to do what I enjoy 😊
Thanks Dave for a brilliant informative video .it made a lot of sense about unlocking the neck so you can pay more freely and express yourself.keep on doing what you do.
Hi dave hope your having a blessed and glorious day. I've taken a huge lesson and amount of encouragement from what you said about just focusing on what you know and not rushing the process I'm so glad I watched your videos and am thankful for your insight. By the way your not stupid.
What a dream it would be to have Dave as a roommate! I'm currently getting back to guitar after a few years on bass. I've never been interested in learning the theory but hearing you speaking about unplugging the brain and just playing speaks so much to me! Also I completely agree on the "I want to play with my feelings" part, but in order to do that, you had to get a fair bit of theory, as someone said, you have to get a colour palette ;) I might get some guitar lessons to motivate me to get my theory good enough to be able to improvise. Worst thing is I never learned it on the bass either, it's funny though because I think soloing looks a lot like bass playing, as you mostly play 1 note at a time ;)
Dave, you already do take us on a journey!! It’s not something you should aspire to, you’re there right now. Every intro jam is a journey, an experience for anyone watching, the way you express yourself through your playing, your feel and natural musicality... I suppose you could call it soul? Charlie was right
Dave, thanks for being sincere about your passion! It is like a band aid for lot of folks I am sure. I am at the end of my 30’s and two years ago built myself 3string to see if I “get” stringed instrument. It was fun but melodically limited. Later built tele partscaster...to get access to six strings. You see, I have not a slightest interest to learn songs, I just can’t manage connecting myself with that, feels wrooong. But boy that makes learning instrument frustrating. The jazzy impro you played, I felt excitement. I describe it “you do not know where you are or where you are heading but it holds together”. I love that kind of musical “harmonies”. You say that you kind of started to play neck unconsciously almost like 20 years ago😶. All I am dreaming about is that I would not need to think while playing but I do not know where to put the fingers! Anyway, would you please make a chart from your “mega scale” like you did one on the other video? Seeing it visually would help to understand what shapes are you mixing together. Thank you again for being what you are!
Two things hat really helped me learn music theory was one, buy a keyboard the black and white keys just stand out so much better and make the learning process so much easier, and secondly, and this is what really got things moving for me , print off an image of the guitar fretboard onto a piece of A4 paper and sandwich it between two pieces of clear perspex then buy some marker pens that wipe off easy and aren't permanent and practice drawing your scales chords notes etc etc when you are away from your guitar , like when you're at work during your breaks , i've been doing this for nearly 15 years and boy does it work , i also like to put on a music channel on my TV and while a song is playing try and work out what key its in before the song finishes, if you do get it try adding something to it, also find some tunes on youtube etc without any guitar on them and then try and add something of your own to spice it up, its like going for a band rehearsal and you don't really know there songs, its a good feeling when you can do this and keeps you motivated
Thanks for your explanation Dave, for me pentatonic scales, the intervals and how chords are made. Thats the theory that clicked with me, now Im working on my ear and trying to express myself
I feel pretty good about my progress after listening to you during this video. I don’t learn theory because I struggle with it and that’s just sets me up with self doubt and ultimate failure. I just want to play like you and forget the purists who want to push their own agenda. Nothing for it but to practice and get on with it .. Thanks again Dave for your help on my journey.. 🙏🏻👍🇦🇺
Watching this video make me feel a lot better now. I'm still learning all the pentatonic positions but i feel realy good when i'm playing it, and every time i tried to learn like, the major scale, CAGED system all the other stuff it never came easy to me, it was always so unatural. Seeing one of my favorite guitar player saying he felt the same made me more in ease with myself, thank you mr dave
This is so freeing! I'm finding as I noodle that I'm playing 'wrong' notes that are adding to the flavour of my playing. It's the relation between the notes that give them distinctive characters. And I simply can't remember most theory cos I'm crusty old git Thank you Dave, this one of the most important lessons I've ever had.
Hi Dave, thanks for this video. Quite an eye-opener... My knowledge about theory is (was) even less than yours, but this video showed me that through the years I've done things much the same as you (of course on a lower level). I've got two thing which I will always remember. Once someone (a jazz guitarist) told me: if you make a mistake, just repeat it several times and people will think it's meant to be. The other thing was told to me by my wife, long ago, when we were still students in the academy of art. When discussing about what's the most important thing a painting should tell you, her answer was: "I love to paint" . (I know, a bit like Bob Ross, The Joy Of Painting...) But it is true. It's all about emotions and feelings. And that counts for music as well. I don't think it's a good idea to make a painting/music from a pure theoretical background, because it will become nothing more but a trick, a scientific thing and the danger is you're losing the emotional part. You can get benefit from theoretical knowledge (to understand what you are doing) but remember, first people started making music, only afterwards people came up with the theory about it.
Loved this video. Jimi's 'May this be love" song is a lot like what youre saying in terms of playing linearly. Songs like Machine gun band of gypsies and the long slow version of voodoo chile on electric ladyland to me are great examples of what your saying about getting lost in the moment of improvising They're like meditations in a single key. Great stuff Dave, loving your approach 👍🙏
Lovely video Dave, just found your stuff and it totally resonates. I've had the exact*** learning journey as you, and so far, I'm at 27:58. I've found that "mega" scale on my own and use the notes, without knowing the deeper theory of it. It's fun! Still got loads more to learn but small steps.
I know these types of subject aren't a pleasure for you Dave so thanks for taking the trouble for us. Said before i've seen the unlocking the fretboard video, made my own diagrams and play from memory all the positions and extra notes. Bet many others have learned from it too and this one. However - I despair, feel like taking an axe to my axe. "I don't think about it, just get lost and play up and down the neck". Don't think that will ever happen for me. You don't seem to know how unique you are buddy. Happy you can get in the zone with ease now Dave, if any one deserves that pleasure it's you. Oh and it didn't go unnoticed you played some ot those trills in the intro. :). Thanks again.
Hey Dave greetings from South Africa again That's one of the most honest hours of music discussion I've ever watched. So refreshing , especially on You Tube where everyone is trying to be a music professor. Yes mostly they show the theory, and play the theory, but they don't make music, they present a blueprint that will win a technical award, but you can't listen to it. True this, I know because I've been playing for 30 years and I took the exact road you have, learning shapes and not learning a scale that sounds terrible on its own Even though I've been playing long, I haven't reached anywhere near your level of emotional knowledge, and certainly haven't reached the speed levels you can achieve but I push on every day. The one thing I do want to ask you is how much value do you put on learning every formal chord and all it's various forms and extensions ?
Uh, this is exactly what I’ve been doing over the last three years. I’ve been thinking I need to know more, but now .. . Maybe not? Haha. I’ve been concentrating on interval’s lately. It’s helping me develop a new ear. So it’s been a lot of fun. I’m so happy seeing someone who approaches it the same as me!! I can’t believe it. This is so great! Thanks for sharing.
Finally subscribed, what took me so long? Hehe! (I never quite got all that youtube stuff) Genuine guitar lord you are, keep rocking! I liked how you respect and value transistor amps, when there was a "war" tube vs solid state, guitar players arguing against each other. You make a point by just playing from the heart and as Frank Zappa said "shut up and play yer guitar"... point is, whatever is available, if you play from your soul, it is going to sound right. This is how I remember watching your videos years ago, memories. Now I am consciously subscribing, because you and guys from andertons rock and contribute so many generations will keep growing to keep this world rocking and rolling!
Thanks for the video, i watched your video with the notes on the fret board which opens up the neck more, would be interested to see how you approach rhythm and chords ect. Thanks again great stuff
Intro: OMG! You are blinking well amazing man. Why the heck are you not signed up - maybe not what you want. Your touch and control is beyond words man. Fantastic guitar. Inspirational video teach in too.
Really good stuff, as always, David. I now feel no shame in loving the pentatonic scale. It just draws me in. American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis is quoted as once saying, "I really don't play scales, I just play the notes that sound good." But I believe he knew theory well. I'm trying to embrace what he meant by that. So though I do know the pentatonic, I try not to be limited by it, instead just finding notes that sound good in a phrase I may want to follow. Now: Back to the video!!!...Thanks a lot. Have a great day. Cheers. ❤
Dave I literally love the way how you approach of soloing and understanding the song and i love to be able to see your own perspective of playing and the way you just look at fretboard and knows what to do I am hoping you give me a advice of what i needed to know first??? What should i learn first? Major? Minor? Because im starting to lose the spark of playing or practicing everyday..”am i right to know this major? Or there is something i should know first before this”
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You wanna be like John Frusciante, I wanna be like Dave Simpson!
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You and me both, Friend.
It only becomes a stronger desire as time goes on...
Me too! So bad! I'm not understand what Dave talking. Can only listen music)))
Three big lessons here: 1) The key is finding a system that works for you, even if it's not the "proper" one 2) Learn only what you truly like. Don't learn techniques/scales only to prove that you are good enough 3) If it sounds good, it's good. Dave here says a couple of inaccurate things from a theoretical standpoint, but he's nonetheless one of the most amazing improvisers I know. And that's what matters!
Screw rules, Dave trailblazers his own path here.
@@chrisheath594
"improvisations sound pretty much the same all the time" is another way of saying "distinct style". All great musicians who play their own music have it, that's why they are relatable to their fans who dig their music. Does Pink Floyd travel and deviate across entire spectrum of genres or has a very similar style that makes it one of the greatest bands ever existed?
Also, he has never played anything same of his own so I'm not sure what you're referring to here. He improvises every single time, and in a rather flawless and complex way.
He's amazing isn't he
You are just as good if not better than all those guitarists you named, you’re you. When I hear you play I literally feel it and that’s when you know it’s great.
That was like, Gilmour Level quality there. Stupendous, as usual.
Dave... Watch your back! You are spilling all guitar secrets! 😂😂😂 Just got to this video... Pure gold!
You've got your colour palette, now you can paint your pictures and create your art.
A breath of fresh air Dave. After 30+ years of playing this makes more sense in pushing through the wall than anything else I've come across. Perfectly articulated
Thank you very much. :)
Hi Dave.
As always, a tasty intro (a tad Gary Moore-ish ?).
Yesterday (24 sept) Andertons posted a TC signature pedals video, and "the Cap'n" asked for suggestions on who else TC could collaborate with. Last time I checked, you had by far the most votes. And deservedly so.
Well done, and keep on doing exactly what you are doing...
Dave had my vote. I would buy several! I assume he would get a piece of the action!
The Tone City Gravylicious....
Yes - some Gary in there very definitely but a very Dave journey somewhere 👏
He should have used the Lemondrop! ;)
The intro is straight up Gilmour style
Even Zappa saw music as colors and shapes. And he also often struggled to communicate his vision. Gail said he said he felt the most free when he was just improvising half hour long solos on stage
I get what you mean... You don't want to get sucked into the mud... You just want to fly
That intro was out of this world🔥
That's why I like you
It's about the journey
Not the destination
I like where you're going
👏Well said!
My passion is the Blues 😎.. like you Dave hundreds of hours learning shapes started playing every thing 100mph l thought that's how every guitarist learned 😮.. until I borrowed a BB king CD and after listening knew the Blues was and still is the music l love! I have never been into the theory side of guitar and self taught like you. Will be watching this vid again your explanation of breaking out of the pentatonic boxes fascinate me and just watching this vid has been inspiring! What you play takes me away from reality so please don't ever change ☺ Great intro thanks Dave!
Alright Dave. Pentatonics, modes, and where chords fit i.e. chord theory, were THE breakthrough for me. Like driving a car though, things do become 2nd nature. You start feeling it, and the whole thing feeds on itself, and becomes a self perpetuating force. Theory is wonderful, but it shouldn't limit you. It's a starting point, and then it's about taste and imagination 🌴
Just want to say man your videos are great All your intros have made me look at what I do on guitar completely different and I’m glad to be able to see you with myself being fairly new to guitar there’s so much emotion in your playing I love it thank you so much and I sincerely mean it
A suggestion for your T-shirt range Dave. "If that makes any sense?". I would get one!
I go on a journey every time i hear one of your solos Dave. The emotions and feelings that come out of you are amazing. i say it every time but thanks again mate.
Love the tone of your guitar in this one. I really need to study your channel and see if you have a video on your pedal board and how your set up your sound. It's awesome.
This video was so enlightening and has left me with lots and lots and lots of questions of myself. Thank you so much for posting this video.
No off to find your unlocking the neck video :)
Now that would be a video worth watching.
I’ve watched a lot of your videos man but I come back to this one for that intro. That’s pure passion. You and the guitar look one, like you understand each other. Absolutely incredible
You already take me with you on your solos, you are such an inspiration to me and probably so many more, so glad I come across your channel 🎸.
Okay. So I enjoy all of your videos. This one though has been by far, the most valuable, relatable one you've ever done. I'm not a theory guy but I've been playing for over 20 years (I'm 33) and I'm still having eureka moments that change my playing. This video gave me two of those moments and I can't tell you how grateful I am for that. Thanks man. ❤
Dave this is a great video that makes absolute sense, Am presently watching your "Unlocking the Neck" upload and I have to say you certainly have a knack for teaching the guitar in a way thats easy to follow. Well done keep up the good work
Hello Dave. Just to let you know that your playing does take me on a journey. Like you say about you not thinking about the technicalities and theories when you’re playing, your playing doesn’t make me think about those things either when I hear it. It lifts me up and carries me along. I love it and live it. Thank you so much.
great vid, love your video's , always come away feeling i've learned something. your honesty comes across, makes me think what your saying is something worth listening to. thanks for posting
Hey Dave! This was a very important episode today. Thanks for doing this!! This is great insight
Dave, just wanted to say that your unlocking the neck video has helped me a lot in the past month. In a month my playing started to sound a lot better than before. I'm half way through this and I've learned a lot too. Thanks a lot and have a great day.
Hey Dave, recently discovered your channel. Just wanted to try to thank you. You’ve re-inspired those early roots of when I first picked up the guitar 15 years ago. It’s been a long journey, I had begun to grow a little stale in my learning and my motivation to push the bounds of expression. But watching a lot of your videos I have been able to get back to that child-like fascination I had when I began playing guitar, where i just sit down for hours and listen so closely to each note and what each note is telling me, spending hours studying and taking it all in naturally as a child would. I haven’t felt like this about my playing in years. Thank you so much man, and your music is epic.
AMAZING ! I knew you were a great guitar player , but after all the videos I've watched , and everything I've heard , (It's clear to me now , you are far beyond just a great guitar player). You are an absolute genius ! Your playing , sound , tone , feeling and emotion in your playing is amazing ! I'm so lucky I stumbled onto your channel. More people need to hear your amazing talent ! \m/ \m/
Simply put you’re a great player with tons of feel in your playing , emotional playing is at its best . I haven’t heard anyone in a long long time play with as much strength and emotion as you and Poppa chubby another guitar player . Listening to you reminds me of a great player named Stevie Ray Vaughan , just tons of emotion and feel ..
Awesome playing
Never heard of you before but learned more from this than I have spending countless hours learning scales/songs on youtube. Very Impressed and look forward to going back and checking out your other lessons!
You did it again Dave and you somehow keep coming up with these amazing solos! It's awesome! great video !
Your solos really do take me on a journey
I think you arent aware how amazing you are
Awesome jamming. Just love your slow, bluesy, deep bends vibrato. You are one of my ULTIMATE FAVORITE U Tubers. Keep it up Brother.
This is Bill from Phoenix Arizona U.S.A.
Your philosophy of guitar is most inspirational thing for me. I have the same goal of being able to completely shut my brain off and just play. I've only gotten serious about guitar in the last year so I have quite a bit of road ahead of me. Thank you for your monologues they help more than you could know!
The Unlocking the neck video has helped me more than any other youtube video in this, my 1st year of learning the guitar. Many thanks Dave.
The way you describe your improvisation where the guitar simply becomes a medium through which you express yourself - that unconscious directness - really resonated with me. I'm at an early stage in my guitar journey, not been playing two years yet, but I know where I'd like to go with it which is to be able to use the instrument to convey moods. To feel something and let it sound out from the guitar (or bass). Your approach is entirely in tune with my way of thinking - I see music theory as descriptive, a way to talk about what we play rather than giving us a set of rules to follow. The ear is the most important guide. Great vid - thank you!
brilliant walk through Dave....enjoyed this clip quite a bit
Hi Dave love your videos! I've played the guitar on and off 15 years (not consistently though cos i had few year break) but 2 years ago i started learning theory too and it elevated my composition element of playing a lot. I learned major and minor patterns and what the relative majors are to minors and vice versa. Now im just trying to learn some more licks/patterns and also spider walk exercise as it helps me with the finger dexterity. your such an amazing guitarist have a nice day
I've been following your philosophy of learning what interests me on guitar and my improvement has been much more satisfying. I'm finally to point where I can understand and apply your unlocking the neck video. It's not work at all if you love it! Great stuff💞
This is why I love music and particularly the guitar. People can have completely different approaches to theory and applying it to guitar playing, as long as it works for you it's great! Although I do enjoy the theory, scales CAGED and whatnot, I completely agree with you about developing aural skills, flow state when soloing and complete focus on what interests us most as players.
The mega scale you were playing is basically a combination of the E shape minor pentatonic blues scale and Dorian mode. Slash uses it all the time for his quicker runs (think 'November Rain' outro solo).
Great playing as always and thanks for providing me with a fresh look at theory! 😊
My biggest regret is not learning more theory when i was younger. Im now trying to catch up 20 years later and wish id just done it when i was 16 when learning stuff seemed a lot easier
Dude, I love your channel!!
I’m with you on that
In a positive light its great that you have it now to get involved in. It might not have been the right time for you to get into it. I know 16 year old wouldn't have done it (and didn't) even if I knew it would help me lol
The biggest leaps not in my skill or knowledge but in ability to process, understand, and communicate in this language came from two courses I took as humanities for college electives - and I took them at a community college - were Theory 1 - which in most community colleges should be sight singing and ear training to learn to hear and identify simple intervalic relationships and the second was Keyboarding 1 which in most community colleges translates to fundamentals of music structure as practiced every class - very very good use of 8-10 weeks of time and not really any homework in either class because you are working most of the time you are there on practice and demonstration in groups and alone for assessment. You never forget what you learned because it's all in your mental muscle memory and it's all fundamentals that you realize you were using every time you pick up an instrument to make neat sounds...I was actually 27 at the time and there was literally no demographic represented, it seemed a completely random sampling from every walk of life imaginable, so your stigmas are valid for you but I can say they're not real and overcomeable with practice, as is everything in life, whatever ones you think you might have dialed into your cognitive bias.
Nice one Dave, we share the same guitarist's values and inspiration. You've given me some ideas to help with my flow playing as I find that I've been stuck in the same rut for 5years of just picking up the guitar and playing the same shapes and patterns. Time to break the rut.
Your intro solo made me make that Robin Trower face when the drums kicked in Dave, now I'm stuck like that. It feels great.
Fab stuff. Youre an inspiring guitarist and thanks for all your info. I always learn something new from your videos. Oh and my C60 works a treat loud. Thanks for spwnding time exploring those crush amos!
This is just one of the greatest videos i ever see, it was awesome to see your explanation about what you learn through the years and i realized that i'm following a similar path with my way to play guitar, after see this video i just wanna jam more and more, anyway your are awesome dude, greetings from Argentina!!!
Dave. A sincerely thank you for putting this out. I am in no way dyslectic (I have a university degree) but I have had aversion against theory my whole life. Right now I am taking a course on bass where we are learning boxes, shapes and arpeggios at Scotts bass lessons. And you kind of sorted out that course for me with this video, and are a massive inspiration to getting through the things I can not stand in order to get where I want. I have always been into learning and playing by ear, but I need some meat on the bones theory wise. And the way you sum things up (from about 46:15) is just brilliant. You manage to put words on things like hardly anyone else can, and by putting out this you inspire loads of people to go out and be the best musician they can be. But in a genuine and "real" way, not a constructed and "fake" way. The world are full of copies, you are a true original, in the best possible way. So again, a big thank you Dave!
Dave, what John and Jimmy do to you, you do that to us, and I’m grateful for having discovered your channel for two years now. Unconsciously I seem to be following your path with pentatonic shapes, and the corresponding diatonic notes here and there (megascales!) and I don't need to think too much about it when playing. Damn, sometimes I even play something that remotely sounds like some of your intros and outros (minus the subtlety and speed) :)
Dave, you've influenced me to reconsider, practice, and expand pentatonic scales after many years of being stuck in same-ole limited patterns, which has opened new doors of creativity for me. I really appreciate that.
Hi Dave, thank you for sharing. I love musical instruments but have always felt bad about the fact that heavily structured learning doesn't hold my interest.
I discovered your videos while I am contemplating buying my first guitar and really appreciate the content you are producing. I can't play a song but will spend hours taking myself on random soundscape journeys , usually on my piano, ukulele or synth and have a great time doing so. I am always aiming to up my game skills wise but often get sidetracked exploring what sounds I find along the way. It's awesome to hear someone who plays as well as you mention the power and importance of a musical journey whether it be formally structured or not and this makes me feel so much better about my unfocused mind . I'm excited and off to check out some guitars at my local store. You are an INSPIRATION to many, keep on doing what you do.
Id played for years (poorly) without understanding the fretboard because of how daunting of a task conceptualizing it on the fly seemed to be. "Unlocking the neck" was the video where things finally clicked and I began to work towards being able to play what I was feeling.
Wish I didn't waste so much time with that mental block since I'm still working towards being able to turn off my mind and avoid taking an analytical approach to how to sound good, but the theory lessons on Dave's channel were probably the single-most useful resources to contribute to my playing and understanding of guitar. Super comprehensible and stripped down, and especially fun to watch because Dave is clearly a extraordinary musician in his own right. Super thankful for these videos :)
Another nice video Dave. I've a similar story to you in some respects. I've been playing for nearly 25 years on and off, so I'm half decent...but other than the basics like pentatonic, blues, major, minor scales....I know naff all theory. During lockdown I get into playing a bit more again and started "understanding" shapes...a real revelation. I'd being playing all these licks and solos for decades...and its only now I understand them and can actually apply them to my music playing.
Thanks Dave you really said everything that I was killing my self to find someone to talk about it, it is the way it woks you answered my question so accurate and helped me not to get lost with the music theory that I have been so confused about recently , much love and respect 🌱
I had to comment after watching this. I've played guitar for 55+ years. I learned more or less the same way that you did. It has served me well for the most part. But I must admit that if I would have learned more theory, I do believe that I would have had a much more lucrative and successful career in all aspects of music. I am currently working a lot and LOVING it. I guess it all depends on what you want to accomplish. BTW I really enjoy what you do on TH-cam. Just my 2 cents worth. Cheers from Arizona!
Hi Dave! Sorry, me again! ;-)I found your explanation about learning the pentatonic scale on string by string fascinating and suddenly I noticed, that I read about such a concept in Mick Goodricks excellent book "The advancing guitarist". I must give this a try, because I'm still thinking in boxes. So it is definitely worth, watching your videos more than twice ;-). Thanks again so much for all your input, it's very inspiring!
Everythng you do is at the least very interesting, and always, very instructive. But, I must say for me, this video, along with your "Unlocking the Fretboard" are pure golden genius. I wish I had found you twelve years ago. Would have saved me a lot of frustration, wasted energy and actually, money (on manuals and instructional materials.) Your process now guides my practice, my goals, and just plain where I would like to be as a guitar player. I will never get to the place you are, but to play organically, without thinking, and expressly individually, is the Emerald City. I even look at the fretboard differently now. I dutifully learned my five positions of the minor pentatonic/blues scales, but so often found myself locked into specific boxes up and down. Tried to push myself to jump around more, but limpingly so. I think some of what some people would see as learning impediments in your case, actually were blessings and benefits for your journey. You learned it your own way, and this gave you a much deeper understanding of all of it. So, this is to thank you for such a tremendous gift to me. Here goes a beggar trying to choose, but if you ever get the inclination, please, more on the "super scale." Those add on note choices. I'll approach them myself as I gain an ability all over the fretboard, but you simplify and teach so well.
I have just discovered your channel. Very interesting video and great playing. I have watched 30 minutes of the video now and will for sure get to the end. Very rarely I watch a longer video than 15 minutes, keep up the great work! Subbed.
Welcome to team Simpson ☺
My friend you have found the best guitar channel on the tube. Welcome to Simpson world
Dave can waffle for 30 mins for practice.welcome to the channel it's a great place to be.
The way you describe your music theory and learning only what you need or want is very similar to my guitar lessons, my tutor tuts but understands!
New T Shirt range! The logo on the guitar you painted red plus "did that make any sense" I would buy 1 or more definitely 👍
Greetings from NY to you Dave and the community! Im with ya Dave on the theory thing. I think its takes away from the aspects of expressing
yourself on the guitar and the enjoyment of playing. Thanks for the vid man, enjoyed your commentary! :-)
Thank you, Dave for existing and for being so great and so engaged with your subscribers. No one on youtube has a relationship with their community like you do.
Out of park this video mate .... been playing a while now and have followed the theory with my lessons which I enjoy....but I like asking questions and making it more about me than the syllabus. Gives me hope to do what I enjoy 😊
Thanks Dave for a brilliant informative video .it made a lot of sense about unlocking the neck so you can pay more freely and express yourself.keep on doing what you do.
Hi dave hope your having a blessed and glorious day. I've taken a huge lesson and amount of encouragement from what you said about just focusing on what you know and not rushing the process I'm so glad I watched your videos and am thankful for your insight. By the way your not stupid.
What a dream it would be to have Dave as a roommate! I'm currently getting back to guitar after a few years on bass.
I've never been interested in learning the theory but hearing you speaking about unplugging the brain and just playing speaks so much to me!
Also I completely agree on the "I want to play with my feelings" part, but in order to do that, you had to get a fair bit of theory, as someone said, you have to get a colour palette ;)
I might get some guitar lessons to motivate me to get my theory good enough to be able to improvise.
Worst thing is I never learned it on the bass either, it's funny though because I think soloing looks a lot like bass playing, as you mostly play 1 note at a time ;)
Much love from New Mexico dave. That intro gave me the chills at 2:43 threw 3:10 amazing intro 👏
Dave, you already do take us on a journey!! It’s not something you should aspire to, you’re there right now. Every intro jam is a journey, an experience for anyone watching, the way you express yourself through your playing, your feel and natural musicality... I suppose you could call it soul? Charlie was right
Such an inspiring and liberating video, Dave! 😎🎸
Dave, thanks for being sincere about your passion! It is like a band aid for lot of folks I am sure.
I am at the end of my 30’s and two years ago built myself 3string to see if I “get” stringed instrument. It was fun but melodically limited. Later built tele partscaster...to get access to six strings.
You see, I have not a slightest interest to learn songs, I just can’t manage connecting myself with that, feels wrooong. But boy that makes learning instrument frustrating.
The jazzy impro you played, I felt excitement. I describe it “you do not know where you are or where you are heading but it holds together”. I love that kind of musical “harmonies”.
You say that you kind of started to play neck unconsciously almost like 20 years ago😶.
All I am dreaming about is that I would not need to think while playing but I do not know where to put the fingers!
Anyway, would you please make a chart from your “mega scale” like you did one on the other video? Seeing it visually would help to understand what shapes are you mixing together.
Thank you again for being what you are!
Two things hat really helped me learn music theory was one, buy a keyboard the black and white keys just stand out so much better and make the learning process so much easier, and secondly, and this is what really got things moving for me , print off an image of the guitar fretboard onto a piece of A4 paper and sandwich it between two pieces of clear perspex then buy some marker pens that wipe off easy and aren't permanent and practice drawing your scales chords notes etc etc when you are away from your guitar , like when you're at work during your breaks , i've been doing this for nearly 15 years and boy does it work , i also like to put on a music channel on my TV and while a song is playing try and work out what key its in before the song finishes, if you do get it try adding something to it, also find some tunes on youtube etc without any guitar on them and then try and add something of your own to spice it up, its like going for a band rehearsal and you don't really know there songs, its a good feeling when you can do this and keeps you motivated
That's it ! That's what I wanted to make for my own lesson plan !
Great tip
Thanks for your explanation Dave, for me pentatonic scales, the intervals and how chords are made. Thats the theory that clicked with me, now Im working on my ear and trying to express myself
I feel pretty good about my progress after listening to you during this video. I don’t learn theory because I struggle with it and that’s just sets me up with self doubt and ultimate failure. I just want to play like you and forget the purists who want to push their own agenda. Nothing for it but to practice and get on with it ..
Thanks again Dave for your help on my journey.. 🙏🏻👍🇦🇺
Watching this video make me feel a lot better now. I'm still learning all the pentatonic positions but i feel realy good when i'm playing it, and every time i tried to learn like, the major scale, CAGED system all the other stuff it never came easy to me, it was always so unatural. Seeing one of my favorite guitar player saying he felt the same made me more in ease with myself, thank you mr dave
This is so freeing! I'm finding as I noodle that I'm playing 'wrong' notes that are adding to the flavour of my playing. It's the relation between the notes that give them distinctive characters. And I simply can't remember most theory cos I'm crusty old git
Thank you Dave, this one of the most important lessons I've ever had.
53:10
just a time stamp for me, I want to come back and steal it.
You make my life better Dave. Thank you.
Hi Dave, thanks for this video. Quite an eye-opener... My knowledge about theory is (was) even less than yours, but this video showed me that through the years I've done things much the same as you (of course on a lower level). I've got two thing which I will always remember. Once someone (a jazz guitarist) told me: if you make a mistake, just repeat it several times and people will think it's meant to be.
The other thing was told to me by my wife, long ago, when we were still students in the academy of art. When discussing about what's the most important thing a painting should tell you, her answer was: "I love to paint" . (I know, a bit like Bob Ross, The Joy Of Painting...) But it is true. It's all about emotions and feelings. And that counts for music as well. I don't think it's a good idea to make a painting/music from a pure theoretical background, because it will become nothing more but a trick, a scientific thing and the danger is you're losing the emotional part. You can get benefit from theoretical knowledge (to understand what you are doing) but remember, first people started making music, only afterwards people came up with the theory about it.
Loved this video. Jimi's 'May this be love" song is a lot like what youre saying in terms of playing linearly. Songs like Machine gun band of gypsies and the long slow version of voodoo chile on electric ladyland to me are great examples of what your saying about getting lost in the moment of improvising They're like meditations in a single key. Great stuff Dave, loving your approach 👍🙏
"Keep it simple" I love that. Very inspiring video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I love the sound you made at 3:33. So beautiful.
Thanks, dave.
This video is really helpful for a beginner like me. I understand the fretboard more now.
Lovely video Dave, just found your stuff and it totally resonates. I've had the exact*** learning journey as you, and so far, I'm at 27:58. I've found that "mega" scale on my own and use the notes, without knowing the deeper theory of it. It's fun! Still got loads more to learn but small steps.
i really enjoy your music and your guitar playing. Thanks for sharing man. stay safe.
I know these types of subject aren't a pleasure for you Dave so thanks for taking the trouble for us. Said before i've seen the unlocking the fretboard video, made my own diagrams and play from memory all the positions and extra notes. Bet many others have learned from it too and this one.
However - I despair, feel like taking an axe to my axe. "I don't think about it, just get lost and play up and down the neck". Don't think that will ever happen for me. You don't seem to know how unique you are buddy. Happy you can get in the zone with ease now Dave, if any one deserves that pleasure it's you. Oh and it didn't go unnoticed you played some ot those trills in the intro. :). Thanks again.
this will be one of those videos I'll waych over and over to get everything out of it. Thanks Dave
Hey Dave greetings from South Africa again
That's one of the most honest hours of music discussion I've ever watched.
So refreshing , especially on You Tube where everyone is trying to be a music professor.
Yes mostly they show the theory, and play the theory, but they don't make music, they present a blueprint that will win a technical award, but you can't listen to it.
True this, I know because I've been playing for 30 years and I took the exact road you have, learning shapes and not learning a scale that sounds terrible on its own
Even though I've been playing long, I haven't reached anywhere near your level of emotional knowledge, and certainly haven't reached the speed levels you can achieve but I push on every day.
The one thing I do want to ask you is how much value do you put on learning every formal chord and all it's various forms and extensions ?
I can listen to you pour out your heart and soul all day you are an amazing guitar player
Beautiful man ! Very inspiring ! All the best to you
Uh, this is exactly what I’ve been doing over the last three years. I’ve been thinking I need to know more, but now .. . Maybe not? Haha. I’ve been concentrating on interval’s lately. It’s helping me develop a new ear. So it’s been a lot of fun. I’m so happy seeing someone who approaches it the same as me!! I can’t believe it. This is so great! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dave you give me confidence in my playing ,i think for a good musician you have to be a good person and that is who you are ...Rock on !
Thanks for this Dave! You are a true inspiration
Finally subscribed, what took me so long? Hehe! (I never quite got all that youtube stuff) Genuine guitar lord you are, keep rocking! I liked how you respect and value transistor amps, when there was a "war" tube vs solid state, guitar players arguing against each other. You make a point by just playing from the heart and as Frank Zappa said "shut up and play yer guitar"... point is, whatever is available, if you play from your soul, it is going to sound right. This is how I remember watching your videos years ago, memories. Now I am consciously subscribing, because you and guys from andertons rock and contribute so many generations will keep growing to keep this world rocking and rolling!
This was so so useful, thank you Dave.
Thanks for the video, i watched your video with the notes on the fret board which opens up the neck more, would be interested to see how you approach rhythm and chords ect. Thanks again great stuff
Intro: OMG! You are blinking well amazing man. Why the heck are you not signed up - maybe not what you want. Your touch and control is beyond words man. Fantastic guitar. Inspirational video teach in too.
"Turning my brain out" is another one! Love your stuff Dave.
Thank you Dave for making my head calm.
Ik love your playing you inspire me to grab my Squire affinity en practice my ass of.
Greets from Holland
Dave,
Thanks for that very informative and helpful video.
Guitar music theory can be over complicated minefield for lots of people myself included.
I wouldn’t be sitting here watching this at 1:37am if you wasn’t great at expressing yourself in your solos man. 🤘🏽
Well done Dave! As always , I enjoyed your vid. Thx and keep it up!
Really good stuff, as always, David. I now feel no shame in loving the pentatonic scale. It just draws me in. American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis is quoted as once saying, "I really don't play scales, I just play the notes that sound good." But I believe he knew theory well. I'm trying to embrace what he meant by that. So though I do know the pentatonic, I try not to be limited by it, instead just finding notes that sound good in a phrase I may want to follow. Now: Back to the video!!!...Thanks a lot. Have a great day. Cheers. ❤
38:06 Thanks for the mini guitar lesson there. I have been trying to find a video where someone would do just that for ages lmao
The amazing Sir David Simpson never disappoints! A true Strat Master! Amazing as always my friend!
WOW, what an impressive insight - thank you so much. That is fascinating.
Dave I literally love the way how you approach of soloing and understanding the song and i love to be able to see your own perspective of playing and the way you just look at fretboard and knows what to do
I am hoping you give me a advice of what i needed to know first??? What should i learn first? Major? Minor? Because im starting to lose the spark of playing or practicing everyday..”am i right to know this major? Or there is something i should know first before this”