Brian, you are such a great teacher. So many people with advanced knowledge (of anything really, not just music) forget what it’s like to be a beginner and end up teaching in a way that seems obscure and hard to follow. Thank you for all your work!
Unbelievably great lesson! I’m 7 days out of open heart surgery and I can’t wait until I’m able to walk down to my office and am allowed to pick up one of my guitars! Fantastic emotional lift! Thank you and God bless you, Walt
Thanks Brian.... I can't thank you enough for all the knowledge that you us....just incredible....the way you educate .....it's like you are the right professor teaching the students exactly what they need to know..... There are many greats on U Tube ........but noone is as good as you..........God bless you for your efforts....👍
Your " The Light Bulb Man " Cause it's like light bulbs always going off ,when you teach. I consider my self still an intermediate player. But your like Frosting on a Cake you smoothly fill all the low spot and transitions in guitar information I've picked up over the years. If I could only practice as much as Ive learned ,I'd be a much much more confident and better player. That time will come soon. But in the mean time I watch and listen to " The Light Bulb Man!" Thank you for I think I've been listen for two years now. So Thank you! Thank you, Thank you .
I agree, I’ve been playing for almost fifteen years and have improved drastically since starting with Brian. Best $10 bucks a month I’ve ever spent, way better than giving it to my ex-wife 😀
Brian, this lesson is possibly the best I've seen from you. It summarised so many aspects related to music in general and cleared up some hazy areas in my mind. All of a sudden the whole concept of improvisation, which I'm certain is the 'Holy Grail' for so many of us, just seems so much simpler than ever before to me. I now feel I have a new license to be free and expressive, armed with so much knowledge gleaned from so many of your earlier lessons. For once I can say that the light bulb truly went on this time. I'm so much more excited about playing than ever before, and I've been playing for well over 50 years! Since joining Active Melody I've been playing and learning for hours every week, but this lesson ties it all together so well. Thank you so much.
This is a nice way to really get started with soloing. It helps to have your phrasing to show how good simple ideas are!!, (play is just like this....says BB King). Um...OK. Beginners get sideways trying to learn too much too fast vs making music. You are helping people to make music and step out and take a chance with a basic framework. Very good lesson. One of the most rewarding times I have had as a musician were helping our friends kids with guitar. All the kids would play Black Sabbath intros and licks and they would all show off to each other. I would check in on them and give pointers, etc. I asked them if anyone knew a song from start to finish, no one knew a song all the way through. I told them to pick a song and learn the intro and the verses and chorus and ending...so they could perform it all by themselves. Fast forward a number of weeks and I show up to a 4th of July party and upstairs in the barn, (converted to be a party room, bar, music, pool table, etc...the Hoopie Room). They had a drum kit and amps!!. I am not a drummer but can keep a song going. Two brothers, (maybe 9 and 12) said, "we know Highway to Hell all the way though". I said lets play it. I did the drums and they played the rhythm parts. I coached them up on the pentatonic box and said when we get here...you play rhythm and you play notes of this scale. Make anything up, just keep soloing. Then nod when you are done and you will switch...the other kid plays solo while the first solo kid takes on the rhythm. Gave it a few run throughs and got the whole party together...cranked up the amps, (Orange Tiny Terror and some VOX thing with one tube) and performed. It was so much fun and the look on those kids faces. We got a huge round of applause and we were really rocking. It ranked up with with some of my best gigs. The joy on their faces and reading their minds.....OMG I AM REALLY DOING IT....They had some real moments where they were making up some nice lines. Anyhow, this lesson feels like a much more informed way to move to the next level and solo. Great job...and thanks for the lesson. I hope folks take this and run with it.
Wow, absolutely ground breaking for me! You asked in another video what was a groundbreaking moment, this is one for me. Thank you Brian. I have been with you for about three years, last week a friend commented what a guitar player I was, hmm- three years ago I didn't know anything beyond the third fret, with your direction I guess I can finally say "I play the guitar" that too is groundbreaking.
Good explanation Brian. We are told to resolve back to the root note..or whichever we started the lick on. Which we can do, but we don't have to. I find always doing that starts to sound a bit tired, boring after a while. Staying in key is good, and easier, less to think about as you rightly say. Targeting chord tones, adding say a Major 3rd or sharp 6 to minor pentatonic adds flavour..you have a few more blue notes at your disposal if you think of them as such..and of course the usual blue note..Adding the 2nd is another option..there's many options available. Following chord changes does sound more sophisticated, but to me not so much if you do that all the time, I tend to do that at certain times, when I want a different "voice". Like when you're talking with someone you both have a different voice. Again it adds some spice to things. Targeting chord tones while staying in key again I see as another way to add a little more flavour, a few sprinkles so to speak. Given chords will often share a note ..or two, targeting those will sound fine over those chords, even if one chord does not have a shared note. I tend to bend to common notes a fair bit.. So always a good idea to know the chord tones of each chord and which ones might share notes. I look at it as if I were baking a cake, you have lots of ingredients but you don't use all of them at the same time.. It depends what cake you want. But you can add more ingredients to your cupboard as you go. The pentatonic is a great scale by itself, eventually though you might want to add a new ingredient. Trick is to just use the ones you need and don't over egg the puddin' ..Or cake.. Best advice in this video? Trust your ears..if it sounds right then it probably is right, you'll know if it isn't.
Perfect video for the intermediate player looking for direction on lead guitar, but overwhelmed by the concept of following chord changes. "Just get in there and let your ear guide you." I like that.
I can't believe how good your little teachings are. I'm amazed at how much I've learned just trying to watching what your doing. I realize I've been doing most of this already, I just didn't know what I was doing. Thanks man....
I have often wondered about this very thing, I have asked myself a million times how to use licks ; so I have been playing for 28 years and I do not know one lick. I assumed until I knew how to use them there was no reason to learn them. I understand the concept of using licks now so I must learn some thank you so much BRIAN
Brian, thank you once again for yet another aamazing lesson! Do you have a way of teaching to where we can use it in our plant almost immediately with a little practice and dedication. Your able to convey a sense of feeling that has helped me to develop more of a sense of feeling, thank you again !
part 1 HOLY SHIT!!!! That is simple yet very profound information .considering so many people will not advance for so many reasons understanding how to use the pentatonic’s . I did all this intuitively from day one and then got pushed wayward trying to understand theory which confused me and made my playing regress significantly . I wish I understood this simple information much earlier as a BASE of which I could wander out from to learn stuff but then return to as the thing I enjoy most and am best at is improvising over tracks or making my own backing backing tracks and doing the same thing and creating “songs” that although not always structurally right in regards to patterns and symmetry like a pop song still sound like music and are often pleasing . I want to improve in regards to structure and keeping the “count” right for the rhythms I lay down over drum tracks . But now I know why when I stop thinking I and other people think I play well and the second I try to think or get obsessed with landing on root notes I sound like garbage . Man, it is very dangerous what you learn and when and from who . You have to go with your instincts . Man this is true with ALL THINGS IN LIFE , INCLUDING things that are complicated like music. If your a musical genius stuff will come to you but sometimes if your not or struggle with certain things it’s Ok to stick with the pentatonic thing and JUST HAVE FUN which will allow you be creative in those times when you just want to have fun or be expressive. Don’t need to stay in the “boxes” all the time or stagnate but neither do you have to eschew the simplicity as hack , for simpletons or played out if that’s where you are finding your creative juices flowing . The internet HAS FUCKED MUSICAL EXPRESSION UP. There are so many virtuoso guitar players because of info available to so many that more outliers have emerged in regards to technique , ability and understanding including little kids who play technically better then virtually any player besides a few masters from early in the last century and in many cases “blow the pants “ off of rock guitar hero’s from the 60s 70s when electric guitar music and playing was really taking off In regards to technique . Even the virtuoso stunt guitarists like Vai as an example that seemed so unique in that ability have 10 year old asian girls with TEENY FINGERs playing some of his compositions and techniques . Shredders abound . Same with great blues young blues players who would have been 100% thought to have been to the crossroad to achieve their level of playing as a young person are not in short demand considering it is not a terribly popular art with the advent of things like rap that is a different skill set and all the digital tools that remove the need to play an instrument and sometimes don’t even need actual understanding of music and just a good ear for what sounds good to create something decent . I have a mess of learning difficulties including dyslexia that expresses differently then many people think of , I read like a beast, meaning with ease , speed and great comprehension but I can’t see what somebody else is actually doing on a fretboard watching a video it’s all jumbled to me. Can’t quickly look at strings and name them besides the high and low e . However I can remember patterns on the neck , patterns of chord shapes and other patterns even if I don’t understand what they really signify and if I don’t try to hard to grasp them conceptually and just let stuff flow and do on intuition I produce results MUCH BETTER then when I try the opposite . I started in my 30s and my instructor I had for a couple months (and never again) said he never saw somebody advance so quickly young or old to fly around the neck with speed , accuracy , feel an emotion so quickly . I practiced 10 hours a day and went from not playing to learning the a minor pentatonic scale and playing over backing tracks and flying around , bending and all kinds of stuff to the point that many people believed I was a “player “ and my instructor wanted me to play an open mic (I guess he wanted to say here is an older student of mine after playing for 2 months or whatever) .
Greetings from London. If I had that hat I'm sure I could play guitar. You've got me mesmerised. I'm convinced you could make music out of my bicycle brake wire.
Dont say that. I watched a Bahamian man in the 70's with a dime store electric guitar all strung with the same diameter fishing leader wire. He and his band jammed. The drums were various plastic buckets.
This video just flashed up on m notifications! Looking forward to watching this when I get home. I’ve asked this question many times on various other channels
Great lesson. Finally, I got it. If the song is in the key of A, you can play A minor or A major pentatonic or mix. BUT if the song is in the key of Am ONLY I can use Am pentatonic. I was enjoying my subscription on Active Melody.com , until the covid came and I had to prioritize expenses. too bad. Keep the good work Brian .
Oh, I think this is a great question. I see lessons, courses, etc. called "Essential Blues Licks" or "Jazz Licks You Must Know," and I'm like "And then what?"
“Let your ear tell you.” Something I’ve learned over the last few months after finally investing in a better electronic setup. Trust in the direction your feelings take you!
This was great, an expanded video on which notes to aim for etc when playing over the chords would be good? But more on how to play over the chords I guess I’m trying to say. I’m at that stage where I want to start to figure out how to get out of playing in the key of the song solely. Thank you, great video 🙏
Great lesson will never stop learning from you!! About to check out 130...because it seems when i mix them back n forth it sounds like garbage...no matter how i mix them....my phrases maybe idk...but would luv since i know where they are (scales) to be able to mix them
Fitting the fills in rhythmically might be an interesting lesson? It seems that you fit them in at certain beats of the measure and end them at appropriate times.
Can you please make a video on how to strum the Blues I see how you putting your fingers on chords and using your one finger but I don't understand I can't see you the way you strum the strings if it's up or down and when please teach me how to strum
I think the person that had the question about how to play the licks in a song, may already know what key to play it in, but may be wondering how and when to actually incorporate it into the song. For instance if it's some kind of multi-combination fast Stevie Ray Vaughan type of lick, which may be a more complex answer that involves the tempo of the song timing, rhythm, etc... He may also know some heavy metal riff, that probably won't fit well in a blues lick, even if it's in the same key.
JustinGuitar focuses on A Minor Blues / Pentatonic in his blues guitar / rhythm courses. Lots of great material to lay the groundwork, scale, licks, rhythm, chords, all the good stuff in detail.
@@evettecorrea441 you and me both! I know a few licks but I feel like I haven't found a way to create very good phrases yet. Working at it though. Have you dug into stuff like curls / bends / vibrato etc to make your playing more expressive?
@@noddyboffin2988 I know all that, I'm right there with ya, I just don't know how to use the blues pentatonic scales, I feel like I'm stuck, because I keep playing the same thing over and over.
@Evette Correa @NoddyBoffin I don’t mean to come off condescending, but are y’all playing against any type of jam tracks? What I found was SessionBand and bought the Blues edition and have only had it a couple weeks and my playing is starting to improve. By bounds. Outline and trace around the chord, use the scale to move from chord to chord. Hammer the bejesus out of the chord tones, move on to next. Listen. Those five notes, have so much magic over a I or IV Dominant 7. Play V minor over the V chord and you can never go wrong. You both say you have it. Do it. Nobody knows what you’re going to play next. Own the mistakes. If it sounds good, then it probably is. Be well.
Good video man. Very helpful. I know it ain’t easy but sometimes little graphics, even white boxes with maj or min in them, scales chords etc. help people like me get through the talks parts without zoning out. I made it though! Lol and I appreciate the tips. Thanks.
I’d like to see all the “vlogs” captured and stored on the ActiveMelody website, rather than just 3rd-party locations such as Spotify, TH-cam, etc. It’s fine to post them everywhere for exposure, but also should be a permanent asset on activemelody.com.
I like getting useful information laid out smoothly and by someone who is not flashy or full of show off. Good teacher.
Best by far
Brian, you are such a great teacher. So many people with advanced knowledge (of anything really, not just music) forget what it’s like to be a beginner and end up teaching in a way that seems obscure and hard to follow. Thank you for all your work!
You ever have the right guitar lesson/video come to you at just the right time? This is that.
You know what they say: "When the student is ready the teacher will appear!" :)
Probably one of the, if not the most genuine guitar lessons I've ever watched.
Unbelievably great lesson! I’m 7 days out of open heart surgery and I can’t wait until I’m able to walk down to my office and am allowed to pick up one of my guitars!
Fantastic emotional lift!
Thank you and
God bless you,
Walt
Thanks Brian.... I can't thank you enough for all the knowledge that you us....just incredible....the way you educate .....it's like you are the right professor teaching the students exactly what they need to know..... There are many greats on U Tube ........but noone is as good as you..........God bless you for your efforts....👍
Thanks Brian, this lesson really tied up a lot of things I've wondered about for a long time. Simple and valuable lesson.
Hey, Brian - Love your "fireside chats" on the different aspects of playing guitar. Please keep 'em coming!
Your " The Light Bulb Man "
Cause it's like light bulbs always going off ,when you teach.
I consider my self still an intermediate player.
But your like Frosting on a Cake you smoothly fill all the low spot and transitions in guitar information I've picked up over the years.
If I could only practice as much as Ive learned ,I'd be a much much more confident and better player.
That time will come soon.
But in the mean time I watch and listen to " The Light Bulb Man!"
Thank you for I think I've been listen for two years now.
So Thank you! Thank you, Thank you .
💡👍
I agree, I’ve been playing for almost fifteen years and have improved drastically since starting with Brian. Best $10 bucks a month I’ve ever spent, way better than giving it to my ex-wife 😀
@@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes your ex wife’s a guitar teacher? 😄
Brian, this lesson is possibly the best I've seen from you. It summarised so many aspects related to music in general and cleared up some hazy areas in my mind. All of a sudden the whole concept of improvisation, which I'm certain is the 'Holy Grail' for so many of us, just seems so much simpler than ever before to me. I now feel I have a new license to be free and expressive, armed with so much knowledge gleaned from so many of your earlier lessons. For once I can say that the light bulb truly went on this time. I'm so much more excited about playing than ever before, and I've been playing for well over 50 years! Since joining Active Melody I've been playing and learning for hours every week, but this lesson ties it all together so well. Thank you so much.
I agree I've always just practiced my chords and songs and not too much on soloing. I got it now 👍, thanks Brian, another hit .
Ditto!
This is a nice way to really get started with soloing. It helps to have your phrasing to show how good simple ideas are!!, (play is just like this....says BB King). Um...OK. Beginners get sideways trying to learn too much too fast vs making music. You are helping people to make music and step out and take a chance with a basic framework. Very good lesson. One of the most rewarding times I have had as a musician were helping our friends kids with guitar. All the kids would play Black Sabbath intros and licks and they would all show off to each other. I would check in on them and give pointers, etc. I asked them if anyone knew a song from start to finish, no one knew a song all the way through. I told them to pick a song and learn the intro and the verses and chorus and ending...so they could perform it all by themselves. Fast forward a number of weeks and I show up to a 4th of July party and upstairs in the barn, (converted to be a party room, bar, music, pool table, etc...the Hoopie Room). They had a drum kit and amps!!. I am not a drummer but can keep a song going. Two brothers, (maybe 9 and 12) said, "we know Highway to Hell all the way though". I said lets play it. I did the drums and they played the rhythm parts. I coached them up on the pentatonic box and said when we get here...you play rhythm and you play notes of this scale. Make anything up, just keep soloing. Then nod when you are done and you will switch...the other kid plays solo while the first solo kid takes on the rhythm. Gave it a few run throughs and got the whole party together...cranked up the amps, (Orange Tiny Terror and some VOX thing with one tube) and performed. It was so much fun and the look on those kids faces. We got a huge round of applause and we were really rocking. It ranked up with with some of my best gigs. The joy on their faces and reading their minds.....OMG I AM REALLY DOING IT....They had some real moments where they were making up some nice lines. Anyhow, this lesson feels like a much more informed way to move to the next level and solo. Great job...and thanks for the lesson. I hope folks take this and run with it.
He is absolutely right when he says " let your ear tell you, it will pull your fingers to where they need to go" Excellent point!!!
It takes time to develop.
But once you see and hear it . its yours
Working my way through all your VLOGs. OMG light bulbs lighting up here. How come nobody says this so directly?!?!?! Wonderful.
FINALLY! Someone has explained it to me after literally decades of me not understanding what turns out to be quite a simple concept. THANK YOU!
Wow, absolutely ground breaking for me! You asked in another video what was a groundbreaking moment, this is one for me. Thank you Brian.
I have been with you for about three years, last week a friend commented what a guitar player I was, hmm- three years ago I didn't know anything beyond the third fret, with your direction I guess I can finally say "I play the guitar" that too is groundbreaking.
Another superb lesson expertly taught.
Geo J
I’ve seen these concepts explained before but never so clearly outlined. That first lick is really melodic and stylish. 👌
Good explanation Brian. We are told to resolve back to the root note..or whichever we started the lick on. Which we can do, but we don't have to.
I find always doing that starts to sound a bit tired, boring after a while.
Staying in key is good, and easier, less to think about as you rightly say.
Targeting chord tones, adding say a Major 3rd or sharp 6 to minor pentatonic adds flavour..you have a few more blue notes at your disposal if you think of them as such..and of course the usual blue note..Adding the 2nd is another option..there's many options available.
Following chord changes does sound more sophisticated, but to me not so much if you do that all the time, I tend to do that at certain times, when I want a different "voice". Like when you're talking with someone you both have a different voice. Again it adds some spice to things.
Targeting chord tones while staying in key again I see as another way to add a little more flavour, a few sprinkles so to speak.
Given chords will often share a note ..or two, targeting those will sound fine over those chords, even if one chord does not have a shared note.
I tend to bend to common notes a fair bit..
So always a good idea to know the chord tones of each chord and which ones might share notes.
I look at it as if I were baking a cake, you have lots of ingredients but you don't use all of them at the same time.. It depends what cake you want. But you can add more ingredients to your cupboard as you go.
The pentatonic is a great scale by itself, eventually though you might want to add a new ingredient.
Trick is to just use the ones you need and don't over egg the puddin' ..Or cake..
Best advice in this video? Trust your ears..if it sounds right then it probably is right, you'll know if it isn't.
Perfect video for the intermediate player looking for direction on lead guitar, but overwhelmed by the concept of following chord changes. "Just get in there and let your ear guide you." I like that.
I love this type of instruction. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Just got the premier membership. Finally starting to understand theory better. It’s only been a week. Great stuff.
I love how you bring it all down to Earth for us, Brian, it is so helpful! Btw I love the music room background here, very eye-pleasing 😍🙂
It's a green screen. There's actually a drooling St. Bernard behind him
@@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar Haha! If anything, that would be a pug named Arlo ☺️
I can't believe how good your little teachings are. I'm amazed at how much I've learned just trying to watching what your doing. I realize I've been doing most of this already, I just didn't know what I was doing. Thanks man....
That just helped me sooooo much. I am a beginner and that just made everything make so much more sense ! Thank you.
I have often wondered about this very thing, I have asked myself a million times how to use licks ; so I have been playing for 28 years and I do not know one lick. I assumed until I knew how to use them there was no reason to learn them. I understand the concept of using licks now so I must learn some thank you so much BRIAN
this was extremely helpful
Now I know what to do! Loved the licks and open jams
That was definitely a lightbulb lesson for me Brian, I'll be going over lesson EP130 again to revise mixing the major and minor.
Major (not a minor) lightbulb moment. Thank you very very much, brilliant stuff
That was great. Thank you. You made it understandable . Instead of about YOU, like so many others trying the same.
What a tremendously informative lesson, thank you!!
Very instructive explanation of the use of minor pentatonic scales...a must! Thanks 🎶🎶🎶
Brian, thank you once again for yet another aamazing lesson! Do you have a way of teaching to where we can use it in our plant almost immediately with a little practice and dedication. Your able to convey a sense of feeling that has helped me to develop more of a sense of feeling, thank you again !
part 1
HOLY SHIT!!!! That is simple yet very profound information .considering so many people will not advance for so many reasons understanding how to use the pentatonic’s . I did all this intuitively from day one and then got pushed wayward trying to understand theory which confused me and made my playing regress significantly . I wish I understood this simple information much earlier as a BASE of which I could wander out from to learn stuff but then return to as the thing I enjoy most and am best at is improvising over tracks or making my own backing backing tracks and doing the same thing and creating “songs” that although not always structurally right in regards to patterns and symmetry like a pop song still sound like music and are often pleasing . I want to improve in regards to structure and keeping the “count” right for the rhythms I lay down over drum tracks .
But now I know why when I stop thinking I and other people think I play well and the second I try to think or get obsessed with landing on root notes I sound like garbage .
Man, it is very dangerous what you learn and when and from who .
You have to go with your instincts . Man this is true with ALL THINGS IN LIFE , INCLUDING things that are complicated like music. If your a musical genius stuff will come to you but sometimes if your not or struggle with certain things it’s Ok to stick with the pentatonic thing and JUST HAVE FUN which will allow you be creative in those times when you just want to have fun or be expressive. Don’t need to stay in the “boxes” all the time or stagnate but neither do you have to eschew the simplicity as hack , for simpletons or played out if that’s where you are finding your creative juices flowing .
The internet HAS FUCKED MUSICAL EXPRESSION UP. There are so many virtuoso guitar players because of info available to so many that more outliers have emerged in regards to technique , ability and understanding including little kids who play technically better then virtually any player besides a few masters from early in the last century and in many cases “blow the pants “ off of rock guitar hero’s from the 60s 70s when electric guitar music and playing was really taking off In regards to technique .
Even the virtuoso stunt guitarists like Vai as an example that seemed so unique in that ability have 10 year old asian girls with TEENY FINGERs playing some of his compositions and techniques . Shredders abound . Same with great blues young blues players who would have been 100% thought to have been to the crossroad to achieve their level of playing as a young person are not in short demand considering it is not a terribly popular art with the advent of things like rap that is a different skill set and all the digital tools that remove the need to play an instrument and sometimes don’t even need actual understanding of music and just a good ear for what sounds good to create something decent .
I have a mess of learning difficulties including dyslexia that expresses differently then many people think of , I read like a beast, meaning with ease , speed and great comprehension but I can’t see what somebody else is actually doing on a fretboard watching a video it’s all jumbled to me. Can’t quickly look at strings and name them besides the high and low e . However I can remember patterns on the neck , patterns of chord shapes and other patterns even if I don’t understand what they really signify and if I don’t try to hard to grasp them conceptually and just let stuff flow and do on intuition I produce results MUCH BETTER then when I try the opposite .
I started in my 30s and my instructor I had for a couple months (and never again) said he never saw somebody advance so quickly young or old to fly around the neck with speed , accuracy , feel an emotion so quickly . I practiced 10 hours a day and went from not playing to learning the a minor pentatonic scale and playing over backing tracks and flying around , bending and all kinds of stuff to the point that many people believed I was a “player “ and my instructor wanted me to play an open mic (I guess he wanted to say here is an older student of mine after playing for 2 months or whatever) .
Great demonstration of the concept. There's a lot of good players out there but not many good teachers. Great job Brian!
Great question. Great answer. Thank, Brian!
Greetings from London. If I had that hat I'm sure I could play guitar. You've got me mesmerised. I'm convinced you could make music out of my bicycle brake wire.
Dont say that. I watched a Bahamian man in the 70's with a dime store electric guitar all strung with the same diameter fishing leader wire. He and his band jammed. The drums were various plastic buckets.
Lightbulb at 9:33 when you do harmonized walk down on 1st and 3rd, then 2nd and 4th. Thqnks. Harmonies are so much fun.
This video just flashed up on m notifications! Looking forward to watching this when I get home. I’ve asked this question many times on various other channels
May have been me that asked this question on this channel! 🤜🏻
Wow this info is awesome my friend we are blessed having you😜
Another superb lesson. Thank you Brian.
Fantastic information. Very inspiring. Thank you Brian!
Great lesson. Finally, I got it. If the song is in the key of A, you can play A minor or A major pentatonic or mix. BUT if the song is in the key of Am ONLY I can use Am pentatonic. I was enjoying my subscription on Active Melody.com , until the covid came and I had to prioritize expenses. too bad. Keep the good work Brian .
That is SUCH a great lesson. I agree with others; what a great teacher.
Beautiful guitar. Love the color. Who's the maker?
Nice lesson. Very helpful. Thanks Brian!
Great! One of most useful lessons and advices I have found on the net! And I dig hard. Subscribed emediately!
dont usually comment on teaching vids but for those who are tryin to get their heads around lead guitar its a pretty good video.
Thank you for such a valuable lesson.
Oh, I think this is a great question. I see lessons, courses, etc. called "Essential Blues Licks" or "Jazz Licks You Must Know," and I'm like "And then what?"
“Let your ear tell you.” Something I’ve learned over the last few months after finally investing in a better electronic setup. Trust in the direction your feelings take you!
Awesome!!! You're the coolest teacher!!!
thank you for a great lesson, right to the point
I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years now and did not know that. Thanks!
Awesome! That's what I was looking for. Thanks a lot. God bless you.
wow! an eye-opener/ lightbulb moment for a beginner.
Thanks so much, you explained it so much understandable and useable
This is really helpful, it makes you realise it’s not that complicated. I just need to work on getting the tempo right.
Tempo is speed. If you are referring to rhythm or timing, then try tapping your foot.
This was great, an expanded video on which notes to aim for etc when playing over the chords would be good?
But more on how to play over the chords I guess I’m trying to say.
I’m at that stage where I want to start to figure out how to get out of playing in the key of the song solely.
Thank you, great video 🙏
Thanks Brian! Echoing others, this is great 👍
Very good explanation. Thanks
Great lesson will never stop learning from you!! About to check out 130...because it seems when i mix them back n forth it sounds like garbage...no matter how i mix them....my phrases maybe idk...but would luv since i know where they are (scales) to be able to mix them
Brian, thanks for this lesson, really helpful and easy to understand.
Really, really helpful. Thanks. You are the best.
Love this, very useful information
Thanks Brian! Also - cool looking peach tele!
Excellent tutorial. Thanks!
a very cool lesson Brian. Thanks
Great lesson Brian. Thank you
great lesson. guitar needs to be centered more in the shot. your one of my favorites
All these years I've been over-thinking this....Thanks!
Man you're a good teacher.
Best teacher by far!
That looks like an extremely comfortable and laid back room Brian 👍👍
Fitting the fills in rhythmically might be an interesting lesson? It seems that you fit them in at certain beats of the measure and end them at appropriate times.
Another fantastic lesson! 👏👏👏
You are a star man !!! Thank you.
Great lesson 👍
Loved it. Cant wait to practice a bit of it.
Can you do a Call and Response by switching between the Major and Minor pentatonic?
Can you please make a video on how to strum the Blues I see how you putting your fingers on chords and using your one finger but I don't understand I can't see you the way you strum the strings if it's up or down and when please teach me how to strum
Can you please do one strumming and your fingers on the fretboard
Simple but profound. Thanks...
Great lesson and remarks!
Can you please explain what you are doing when planning over the chord changes?
Another great lesson !
Thank goodness someone else had the same question I have.
I think the person that had the question about how to play the licks in a song, may already know what key to play it in, but may be wondering how and when to actually incorporate it into the song. For instance if it's some kind of multi-combination fast Stevie Ray Vaughan type of lick, which may be a more complex answer that involves the tempo of the song timing, rhythm, etc...
He may also know some heavy metal riff, that probably won't fit well in a blues lick, even if it's in the same key.
Can you do a tutorial on the Am blues scales, and how to play that in some kind of jam track.
JustinGuitar focuses on A Minor Blues / Pentatonic in his blues guitar / rhythm courses. Lots of great material to lay the groundwork, scale, licks, rhythm, chords, all the good stuff in detail.
@@noddyboffin2988 yeah I know all the Am blues scales, plus extension... I love the blues, I just need that quick start, and how to actually play it.
@@evettecorrea441 you and me both! I know a few licks but I feel like I haven't found a way to create very good phrases yet. Working at it though. Have you dug into stuff like curls / bends / vibrato etc to make your playing more expressive?
@@noddyboffin2988 I know all that, I'm right there with ya, I just don't know how to use the blues pentatonic scales, I feel like I'm stuck, because I keep playing the same thing over and over.
@Evette Correa
@NoddyBoffin
I don’t mean to come off condescending, but are y’all playing against any type of jam tracks?
What I found was SessionBand and bought the Blues edition and have only had it a couple weeks and my playing is starting to improve. By bounds.
Outline and trace around the chord, use the scale to move from chord to chord. Hammer the bejesus out of the chord tones, move on to next.
Listen.
Those five notes, have so much magic over a I or IV Dominant 7.
Play V minor over the V chord and you can never go wrong.
You both say you have it. Do it.
Nobody knows what you’re going to play next. Own the mistakes. If it sounds good, then it probably is.
Be well.
The pentatonic scales and caged what the best thing that help me all over the fretboard
Your vids are very helpful thanks man
Great video man! Thank you. What glasses are you wearing?
Too advanced for a beginner like me but he presents it so it doesn’t overwhelm. He just gave me a roadmap to my learning.
Hey,do you still practice everyday? If so, please don't put it down, keep at it and good luck!✌🤟
Good video man. Very helpful. I know it ain’t easy but sometimes little graphics, even white boxes with maj or min in them, scales chords etc. help people like me get through the talks parts without zoning out. I made it though! Lol and I appreciate the tips. Thanks.
Best teacher ever
thanks for boiling it all down into something simple
Great lesson - THANK YOU!
Brian owns da blues now! Way to go Brian.
great lesson...thanks
How can we get your jam tracts? Great lesson!
I’d like to see all the “vlogs” captured and stored on the ActiveMelody website, rather than just 3rd-party locations such as Spotify, TH-cam, etc. It’s fine to post them everywhere for exposure, but also should be a permanent asset on activemelody.com.
They will, I'm building them up and will put them all on the site in a new section