Andy Wood guitar series The Woodshed Ep2 Eric Johnson and Joe Bonamassa concepts and phrasing lesson
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- Hello Music lovers! Welcome to episode 2 of the Woodshed! When i asked what you wanted me to cover in this episode you spoke and i listened! You guys asked for a guitar lesson on emulating the sound of guys like Eric Johnson and Joe Bonamassa. This is NOT a "heres the EJ or JB lick" rather, this is a lesson on the concepts i use to emulate their phrasing, and "sound" When Im playing this stuff, im not just reusing specific licks, but instead im trying to use these 3 steps to sound more like them
Thanks so much for the feedback guys! Im enjoying digging through the comments and there will be lots of content for me to look into! Subscribe please, and visit andywoodmusic.com for music, merch, videos, gear etc! Let me know what you'd like to see next, cheers all!
Fantastic content, thank you for being open to share it. Thoughts to your friends and family or anyone affected in Nashville. Let us know if there are legit donation funds we can support.
Thank you so much! Wish I saw that 5 years ago) Also where we can find this axe-fx preset on your website? Or you gonna release like a preset pack in the future?
If you can, teach Guthrie Govan's playing style❤️🎸🙏🏼
Great lesson and teaching style. Thank you so much.
I would say stick to the way your doing these lesions. Your covering the right amount of material and do fantastic job. I sure appreciate it. Thank you very much.
This is the man this whole community needed
strongly agree!
@@KelsterVonShredster A Savior.
Yes
Thank you for talking in intervals instead of just fret numbers. I had a teacher that used to say if you just memorize the fret numbers you use then you'll know the lick in that key, but if you learn the intervals you'll learn the lick in any key.
Perfectly said.
Norm Burt ever heard of Carl Verheyen’s Intervallic Rock?
First viewing and was going to say exactly the same comment.
100% facts! Memorizing fret numbers is the easy way out and it can be effective, but if you take a few extra minutes and get in the habit of speaking and looking at guitar lines intervalically, it will pay off in spades 🤘
So True !!
You're a great teacher Andy. I used to work with your dad at Mayland Community College, and I know he was a great instructor. Not only have you developed a phenomenal playing style, you (I'd wager) have inherited some of Jack's awesomeness for conveying your knowledge as well. Very cool to follow you on YT!
Andy Wood’s dad worked at Mayland??
@@robertenglish7849 Yes - Jack Wood was head of the Criminal Justice Department back when I worked there from '88-'91. I remember him telling me his young son was a great picker. I truly had no idea!
I meant Eric Johnson in person back in 99 he actually gave me the time of day and we had a great 10-minute conversation about life. I recently had the opportunity to do a meet-and-greet with bonamassa 😮 although he's a great player I wish he could be a little more humble to the people who idolize him. That is all
It's strange that I feel like no one ever approached this contents in such an easy and clear way. This is what we need. You make me a happy kid, thanks a lot for sharing this lessons for free, I truly believe that more and more people will enjoy
I see Andy Wood news, I click immediately! 😉👍
I'm paused like only 9 minutes in and tying in what Andy's teaching into some of the licks that I've been using forever and new worlds are opening up. What an absolute inspiration you are, Andy!
I am soooo close to grasping this lol. Im on the verge of a break thru. Im so f'n hapoy i found this channel. So many are for beginners. And thats great, but not for me. No challenge. This is two steps from where i am. And im so stoked there are at least 87 more. Big smile here
I was stuck for yrs in my soloing. This is exactly what unlocked everything. Guys who've been waiting for decades for that magic moment to happen know how impossible it is to thank you enough! 🙏🙏🙏. The sun is shining again! Thank you!
I like that you talk in scale degrees instead of which frets you're playing.
Best lesson of this style in the history of TH-cam... bravo!!!!
Wow! This was about $400 bucks of guitar lessons. You understand what we guitar players are wanting from the inspiration of EC and JB. Thanks a Million!!!
So stoked I found out about you Andy & the Woodshed. Thanks to Travis Toy (guest on Music is Win with Tyler Larson) .
Great lesson here, can't wait to practice it. Thank you very much kind sir. Inspiration appreciated!!
Best Eric Johnson lesson On TH-cam I’ve found so far
Andy, loved this lesson of insight. And thanks again for the Fedora style. I appreciate you being REAL, what a breath of fresh air
Second video??? Well you're REALLY good at this. As well as one HELL of a guitar player!
This was a great lesson buddy, and I think you’re gonna internet just fine!
Maaaan these lesson vids are killer, thanks for doing these.
Wow! Andy you are easy to listen too and watch. You're not only an awesome player, but an awesome teacher too. You're also very inspiring and sort of funny. Rock on brother!
Great display of your playing thanks
The power of Andy Wood!! Nobody is asking for the preset for the axe...rather focusing on the content!! Wow
Andy is hands down the teacher and performer that makes the most advanced playing the most attainable. You're a hero in this house brother ! !
i just got to say whoever in the hell gave this video a thumbs down obviously don’t know music ! Andy is a Guitar Genius! just an Amazing player
Andy ,thanks for getting up there and playing my dads guitar! Andy came into Gilleys one night after Flatts residency , my band was playing ….such a nice dude and a heck of a player!
Was introduced to you via Greg Koch's interview, and was really impressed. These videos are some of the best on the web already.
You are a good teacher that presents ideas and concepts clearly. Very cool, indeed!
Great lesson, very well presented...
Wow. Great lesson, Andy. This has single-handedly helped me more than any other lesson I’ve watched on TH-cam. It really opened my eyes to start navigating the fretboard with more confidence. Thanks!
AWESOME dude!!!!
I just bought Andy’s Telecaster Shred course--exactly what I needed--and I'm truly digging his playing right now. He does tend to use some terms in ways I'm not accustomed to. For example, he often uses the word harmony to describe the melody, color, or tonal character of a scale, whereas I've always understood it as the effect produced when two or more notes were played together to create chords or harmonize a melody. But, it’s a minor point. The guy is an incredible player, and it’s obvious there’s a lot to learn from him. I'll definitely soak up as much as I can from him. It's one thing to be able to shred like Batio or Yngwie, but it's something else to be able to pretty much do it all like Andy does. That's the kinda player I'd rather be.
Great Lesson, Uncle ben sent me and he was not joking your Method to this style of playing is a super good man
Brian Burke Booyah!
The Gsus joke on Ash Wednesday.... well played, sir. Great lesson, btw.
Thanks to Uncle Ben Eller for pointing me your way! Excellent lesson! Your dialog and explanations are perfect, I love hearing the specific thought processes and analogies (Cascading or falling down the stairs in my case!).
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"Traverse" the fretboard? Excellent lesson, so glad you're doing these. I will watch every single one.
Instantly and immediately some of the best guitar instruction on the interwebs! Man keep these coming!!!
So excited for the Woodshed series! I would love to hear your approach on improvising. Your live rendition of Midnight Train To Georgia absolutely blew me away and to get a glimpse of that would be absolutely amazing. Cheers!
Woo yes Andy!!
great lesson Andy....& nailed the Tone too !! great stuff !!
You make it seem so obvious that I"m screaming 'I know this, so why didn't I know this?!' Thank you so much for repackaging the old pentatonic in these cascading, repeatable forms. Sounds amazing and is very useful.
Nice video! I learned something new with that backstep to the root move. I've been playing almost 55 years and I just wouldn't normally think to do that, until today. thank you!
This is awesome! A great topic would be interesting chords to play over.
Bruh! That's an action packed lesson. It's harder than you think to find a great teacher. But your stuff is always accessible.
And I used to teach similarly..."don't try to cop the exact licks, instead cop the VIBE, and the licks will fall into place.."
I’m a huge fan of EJ and Joe and this is by far the best instruction of the style I’ve come across. Thank you Sir!
Love ta hv u as a next door neighbor! Thx for helping us Andy!
I LOVE THIS MAN AND HIS PLAYING
Jesse Michel I love you dude!
Man those finger movement tips are worth more than gold. Thanks so much
Very cool! Keep it up
I believe the word you were looking for was "traverses". But son, you are so awesome you speak using whatever words you wish, I'll just keep sitting here in awe of you're insane talents. I will also get to bookmarking this entire series. Amazing. Just amazing.
hi andy, i'm levon, my uncle ben sent me here to learn how to shred like eric johnson. this lesson is quite advanced, but i am making progress with the first run in the video, wish me luck, thanks!
LevonsWound heck yeah man!
This is the best explanation of EJ's style that I've ever seen. Thank you! I've wanted to get closer to being able to improvise in EJ's style for a long time, but just couldn't figure it all out.
Intervals! Yes! We are not guitarists, we are musicians who use a guitar. Keep up the good work! Love your TrueFire courses as well.
most accurate description of pidgeon forge i ever heard
I watched a couple of pedal reviews and people on them kept saying "You should listen to Andy Wood", "Andy Wood is awesome", blah blah blah. So here I am. This is GOLD!
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The first 2 episodes will keep me busy for the next 6 months. Thanks!!
Fellow east Tennessean here. Great stuff as always! RIP Disc Exchange!
Well I’m glad you’re not playing video games. What an awesome lesson! I appreciate how you have managed to capture a snippet of advice from a life time of guitar playing, and then put it in a short 20 minute video that pretty much anyone can understand. I’ve always struggled with knowing the best way to make the pentatonic lines “smooth”. That’s the first lesson that makes sense to me. Thanks.
But enough talk, time for me to get practising! Keep up the great work Andy!
Good God were have you been. Phenomenal teacher.
Possibly the best lesson on TH-cam.
This is the approach to music ive been waiting for, and the best guy for the job is doing it. Gotta thank Uncle B for pointing me to this channel!
Basement Rocker 👍👍
I've been subscribing from the first Woodshed session, but lately I've been going back over these at watching them with a much more attentive eye/ear. Pure gold! It's far more valuable to learn how to "think guitar" in a few styles than it is to learn a few licks by wrote. Give a man a fish, and you can feed him for a day. Teach him how to think guitar, and who cares about fish.
Your teaching style is ridiculously great. Great to get concepts and adapt that to how it works best for you. Definitely showing us all how to fish. Following you now.
I love your awakening story! I couldn't buy all those albums fast enough in the 80's ... or Paul Gilbert's instructional videos back then.
Andy is my favorite guitar teacher now 💖💖💖💖🙏🙏 love you man
The density of this little nugget of a tutorial is like a neutron star. I’ve been working on this style for years with unsatisfying results until now. So well done - my theory is relatively weak but this guy speaks a language I can understand.
I don’t know why I’ve never stumbled upon your channel until now. But I have and still am binge watching all your videos. The more I watch the more pissed off I get at myself for not diving in deep years ago. I have always been a very good guitar player but I can’t even hold a flame next to you dude. I am mostly self taught and never had support to progress when I was young but I grew up with a bunch of musicians older than me that took me and a few others my age under their wings and showed us the way. So I have progressed slowly through three marriages, three daughters and eight years in the Air Force and everything else life has thrown in my path...anyway enough of my useless ranting.
Thank you, great lessons, very overwhelming but awesome and humbling...
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the best eric johnson style lesson out there by far!
That was a great lesson and great fun. Thanks!
Holy crap , i came to this video because he said this is what made him want to play guitar the first time he heard this solo. I had to hear it and I'm blown away. Wow.
Hi Andy wondered about your delay settings for eJ J b sounds you demonstrate so beautifully in-this video subbed ages ago thanks again 🙏😊👍
You talk how I think .... and from the looks of it .... I’m not the only one. Killer lesson man.
Without a doubt the best EJ analysis I’ve ever seen. New subscriber here! The interval idea is supreme, I’m an old blocking guy stuck on patterns, this is a revelation. Thank you so much for opening my eyes. Keep em coming.
Great stuff and very helpful to get insight to how you think about the fretboard. Thanks, Andy
Brilliant lesson. I've subscribed. Uncle Ben Eller sent me here :)
David Yates eeeeyyyyy!!!!
Same!!!
Me as well!
Andy, I love your playing and your teaching style. I’d be interested in knowing your approach when it comes to transcribing ideas from other instruments. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge, and have a great day!
Dear Andy, really amazing stuff, you are sharing, enjoyed every bit of it, do take care at this time of crisis and be safe, God bless
Helll ya I'm stoked about this series this is awesome! I love what Eric Gales does with this style as well that dude is nuts. Thank you for the thoughtful explanations going through these examples - really helps!! Keep em coming
I went from not sounding like Eric Johnson to sounding like Eric Johnson in 20 minutes. Excellent video.
Great video! How about video on Dann Huff style of playing.
Great stuff Andy, thanks for posting
Excellent lesson! Thank You
I got a lot out of this video. It’s very timely as I just got a little mini lesson from Rick Beato’s Instagram and it was essentially the same concept. Traversing the neck horizontally. I guess that’s how I would describe it. From the nut to the bridge and back, with shorter, linear runs, in between. Whatever it is, it makes sense to me and it’s definitely pushing me into new thought patterns. Yowza!
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. So good. You're a great teacher. I love learning from someone so talented and polished, but yet you're so humble and real... Did I say thank you?
Uncle Ben Eller plugged the video and I just had to come over and take a look. Great lesson Andy! Ok, I'm a guitar newb. My guitar teacher is teaching me to see/use triads to harmonize the major scale; for soloing ideas, we're exploring all things pentatonic. I would be interested in learning more about how to see/conceptualize the 5 pentatonic box shapes as scale degrees and ultimately as intervals while trying to solo. When playing the boxes, I tend to get lost on what scale degree I'm playing as I move across the strings vertically. I hope all of that makes sense. And if not, well, make some more lessons like this one because it was pretty dang nifty! Thanks man!!
Great stuff here Andy!!
Love it just spent my entire getting all these ideas under my fingers and ingrained in my mind would love a video about your song shred neck just the all around styles you use in song thanks again Andy your fans appreciate taking time for this
Hey, Andy Great Mojo on the 5's you should put together a "Take Five" TrueFire Course on this! Rock On!!!🔥🔥🔥
I'm liking the new vids so far, can't get enough guitar lessons or inspiration.
Yeah man! Awesome video, Andy. Love it!
I’m still coming back to this 1 year later.
Fantastic lesson
40+ years of playing and I am still learning too. Enjoy this journey Andy!!
Thank you for this lesson! I would love to see you go over how you compose/write your songs, and explain your through processes behind it 🤘
Andy! Can you breakdown the verse part of Shredneck in a future video please. Great seeing you finally getting on here properly!
Thanks for the great vid, Andy! Great teaching, now a sub of yours!!
Such a great way to approach a topic like this. Seriously, this is the best lesson I’ve seen in the EJ and Joe Bonamassa style of odd note groupings. Maybe the hexatonic subject is up to date ?? This extra flavor is extremely important. Just adding to your pentatonic the key note to add a specific scale vibe. Not many lessons out there on the subject. thanks for your great efforts Andy !
Thanks Andy! b7!!!!! Brilliant. Great teacher.
I had all the puzzle pieces, but I needed Andy to put them together. Thanks man!
Great stuff Andy! I like the approach of thinking of the harmony and not the just fret numbers, it gives so much more context to what you are hearing.
You are genuis. The best I've ever seen . You are flush with knowledge , skill , versatility and the ability and apparent desire to share your thoughts in comprehendible manner.
Very cool, looking forward to jamming with this preset too!
Thank you Andy, for giving me so much information and good exercises to become a better guitar player. Keep up the good work! Stay safe and take care! I hope i can see you live here in germany after the virus! Greetings from germany. Bye Fightclub