Your Self-Doubt on Guitar Will VANISH By Doing This!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มี.ค. 2024
- We all want to play with confidence on guitar, especially when soloing. You can eliminate your self-doubt on guitar if you simply limit what you play and focus on being musical with fewer notes. It seems like it wouldn't work, but it does! Play fewer notes and sound way more accomplished! Beginners can immediately sound like they've been playing guitar a long time!
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Have you tried this sort of practice method before? Have you noticed how you immediately sound more confident and intentional in what you play?
have 2 years of guitar practice, I love blues, specifically the solos, working with pentatonic scales were a challenge for me, I saw that I was only making my learning more complicated, man.
Holy shit you just opened my playing by a million levels and I've been playing for over 30yrs thanks man I owe ya big time
A couple years ago there was a “4 note challenge” backing track floating around TH-cam. It taught me a lot. This guy knows the secret sauce
Yes. It's good to be reminded, thank you! I would take 3 or 4 notes and play them every way I could possibly think of. Doing this while moving to different positions and an occasional burst of speed created my best improvised solos.
Its gotta have something to do with playing along to other notes, if your so used to playing alone it can change to just noise of the single voice delivering all tones at all times, it looses all thought and direction.
Being a blues player for most of my life I have always believed less is more. Make each note work harder.
No, more is more. A person who shreds can play the blues but I cannot say the same for a blues player unless its Joe bonamassa and even hes not that technical. I love the blues but when people say that less is more it makes me feel like they are just lazy. It really just depends on the song. We have to serve the song. If a song needs less notes then less is more.
@abhaysharma5072 my favorite players are the ones who know everything but know when to hold back. That's why Satriani is one of my favorites...a shredder that loves Jimi Hendrix and blues
@@abhaysharma5072Yes, less is more🤓
@@abhaysharma5072I guess you haven't listened to Eric Johnson? Shred guitar and blues guitar aren't mutually exclusive.
Ka-Blam! After 50+ years of acoustic guitar, and 2 years after of setting aside my flat pick for a spell, I just now heard exactly what I needed. Perfect timing. Perfect framing. Perfect coffee. Perfect morning. It's a great day in the Southland.
Cheers ☕️!
Glad this video found you at a good time! :) Thank you for watching!
best advice i've seen in a very long time.
creativity is not born of hyperabundance...
but of dearth...tyvm.
Thanks! Love the quote! I appreciate you watching!
like climbing to the top of the mountain and the guru gives you '2 notes' which change your life, thanks!
Very good lesson, and its so true. Back when i was beginning to feel very comfortable with a guitar in my hands, but still very stiff and robotic, i stopped trying to play scales and songs completely. I spent a few months or more doing nothing but bending strings, vibrato, trills and hammers, sliding up to a set note, sliding down to a set note. As soon as i was comfortable with these motions i went back to thinking in terms of songs again. All of the stuff i had been working on instantly began incorporating itself into my playing. The robot was gone, and was replaced by a far more confident sounding player. I began breaking scales into chunks and sliding into some sliding out of others. Adding bends and trills where i might have stuck 3 or 4 uncertain notes to fill space. It might just be the Holy Grail lesson for confidence and creative comfort.
Thank you very much! Loved reading your experience of going from robotic to melodic!
That's a great tip! I also remember one of the instructors at the RMA saying that you should let your playing breathe. I found that to be useful too.
Thanks! Yep, breathing and space are as important as the notes. I’m always amazed at great players and how little they actually play when laying down a great melody!
Me too
Thank pw I'm a very very beginner however I'm determined to eventually sound like I know what I'm doing there's this desire inside of my heart mind and soul like a constant balanced f lame that inspires me to express myself with my guitar and share these feelings and thoughts that only music,language can articulate I'm currently playing by ear while simultaneously improvising particaly every style and I'm very guilty of attempting to include the entire fretboard I'm so grateful for this reformation to slow the tempo and a few notes instead of stabing blindly in the dark 😅😂😊❤
I’ve played guitar for many years. This makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for watching and I hope it helps!
This is good advice. I have seen so many guitar players in YT playing perfectly, very fast and very cleanly but sounding totally soulless. They have been practicing those hard scales for 5 years, and sound like computers with a bad tone.
Very good young Sir . . . This is such great advice, especially for newbies and intermediate players. I call this "restraint" and I still use it as a tool. I am 67 and have been playing since I was 8. A great way to start to create a solo is to do as you did and then build off of it. Works for me anyway
Restraint is the toughest thing for folks to get down sometimes because we learn all these scales and feel we have to incorporate it all to be good. Not really the case at all! Thanks so much for watching and giving us your thoughts!
I've been playing for just over a year and even though my knowledge is very basic, my eyes went wide open as I was seeing this lesson. Reading some of the comments below, I came to the conclusion that I'm a very lucky man today to be seeing this golden lesson at an early stage of my playing. Thank you very much sir!!
Thanks so much for your kind words and I'm really glad you found it helpful!
Hi Paul, thanks for this video. I have a long story with the guitar, but I'll try to make this short and to the point. I started playing guitar in high school (I'm 61 now), and had basic lessons, learning power chords but not music theory. Then life happened, I stopped playing after high school, but now I am starting to play again after all of these years.
I never knew all of the scales, or even the notes I could play, I just play what sounds good to me. I was playing recently in this exact way you describe in the video, and to my surprise, my wife said that it sounded good. I usually only use the middle strings, sometimes going high, sometimes low, but the majority of the time I am using two strings like you just did.
We are putting a music room together in our house. My wife plays the drums, and I've also picked up an electronic keyboard to start expanding my playing. This will help a lot, since I won't be worried about trying to play every string in every fret, I'll keep doing what I've been doing.
I hope it does help and thank you for checking out the video!
I have recorded many songs without actually knowing what to do on my guitar, but they sound pretty decent. My drumming is pretty good but my guitar needed this.
Are You Saying? Less Is More? This is True in My
Life for Everything. Thank You for the Video. 🙂
And "Could" you say, Simplify? Rather than limit.
Love this. Thank you.
Nice job!
What an eye opener, great fundamental tip
Thanks for posting this great advice. I'm glad I found this
We get more and more technical and want to incorporate so much that we forget to actually FEEL the music. I believe every single player has something brilliant to offer if they just feel and flow with the music. Stumbled upon this video randomly but m gonna share this with everyone I know who plays!
This is awesome! Thanks I will incorporate this immediately!
Really insightful concept and instruction.
First off: the guitar is a tool…. A vessel to release your emotion. You cannot be a robot! Good test……. If you can’t sing or hum or whistle a melody: start with that. Second, learn all positions of the pentatonic scale. 3rd, learn all modal positions. 4th, learn/know what key your in and its relative minor! Then……. Play like you sing, hum or whistle. Jam…. Relax. Use the scales and modes to explore melody! It’s easy really;) easy steps to shred:)
Great advice! I appreciate your points!
I can play a C scale.
I ALMOST played guitar one time. It was AMAZING!!
Sounds like you’re a tool
Sure, if your only goal is to play fast. Learning scales is the way everyone does it. I just play what sounds good. If a scale is your guideline you’re going to be creatively crippled.
Brilliant. Thank you.
Excellent video 👍
this was very helpful. Thanks for making this
Good lesson!
This is what I've been missing or overlooking...thank you. 👍 👍
glad I found your channel. this info is gold my friend
Fantastic !!!
Awesome advice!
Excellent advice!
This is great advice.
Nice, thanks sir!
Awesome!
This makes so much sense. Going to try this today when I practice. Thanks.
I like that JP model
Really good advise and it makes playing more fun while being more expressive. Thanks
Fantastic work on this man. Awesome video!!
Thanks so much Daniel! I appreciate it!
Wow! Hats off to you, Paul! This is so helpful and it improves my soloing❤❤❤
35 years of playing guitar and this is literally the most impactful advice I’ve ever heard. I’ve heard it explained in other ways, but you deliver the message well. Thanks!!
the shine on that headstock 😍
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching and hope it's helpful!
Love this idea. 'Light Up The Sky' is one of my favorite EVH solos, and certainly one of his easiest
Great stuff Paul!!!!
Thank you! I appreciate you checking it out!
Yes. Totally correct and imperative.
Bro this is genius! Thank you S.O.G.!
The best info i have come across in a long time. Great tip!
Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching!
Excellent. There's so much content about shredding. It's very refreshing to see someone talk about melody and timing!
Absolutely love this concept 😍.
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Great advice. Thanks for sharing.
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Love this idea!
Thank you! I loved it when I first saw it as it worked so quickly! :)
Great video. Simple but powerful concept. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you! I’m so happy you found it helpful and I appreciate you watching! Simplicity is the answer! :-)
This makes so much sense and makes me feel better about my learning on guitar. Just yesterday I was practicing and noodling around with C major scale. I found I enjoyed simpler solo’s as you displayed compared to trying to force a bunch of the scale in a solo or riff situation. Yet, my inner thoughts begin to say things like “ yea that’s cool but is that actually learning guitar “. This puts me at ease knowing I’m doing something right.
Great video. I will be trying this out!
Thanks! I think it'll definitely help and I appreciate you watching!
This is great. Thank you!
You're welcome and I appreciate you watching the video!
Great lesson. Thank you!
Thank you for checking it out!
Great lesson! Thanks heaps.
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Well explained! Great info
Thanks very much! I appreciate you watching!
Nice video and lesson and cool guitar !
Thank you! And thanks for watching! :)
Incredible! Been learning on YT w no instructor for a year and a half and this has been one of the most valuable videos I’ve come across. Thank you
This is fantastic advice.
Thank you! I really appreciate you watching!
That quick solo you played was fantastic!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate you watching and for your kind words!
Really enjoyed this, I also get caught up in scaling the scale. Thanks for the tips
Thank you very much! We all scale the scale. :) Appreciate you watching!
Beautiful playing and beautiful guitar!!!
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That Majesty is GORGEOUS
Thank you! I think so too! :)
Is that john patrucci's model?
GREAT ADVICE ! I like your idea, and will try to work on it !
Thank you! I hope this proves to be helpful for you!
Fantastic idea.
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Thank you. This is very helpful to me.
Awesome! I'm really glad it was helpful and thank you for checking out the video!
Thank you for the video Paul
Thanks so much for watching!
Excellent ❤
Thank you for watching!
Great thank you
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Thank you for the amazing tips. Your channel is great 😊
Thanks so much for the kind words! I really do appreciate you watching.
Very nice!
Thank you for watching the video!
Nice! Thanks man!
Thank you for watching! :)
Great video. Love the lime green majesty. I have the enchanted forest, it’s my favorite guitar I’ve ever played
Cool lesson, very insightful .
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Great tips, and man that guitar is absolutely stunning!
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Great video.
Very helpful.
Thanks
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Thank you so much, ive been struggling with improving recently and hearing this brought a new light to my practice
Thank you and I hope this really proves helpful for you!
Great info!
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Paul - I could listen to your phrasing all day - just so smooth - and the tone of your guitar - awesome!
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Good job man, new sub!
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Great advice.!
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Great video. Thanks.
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Interesting approach. Thank you for highlighting sir. Much appreciated : )
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Gold!!!
Learned a couple of Neil Young songs last year: Down By The River and Cinnamon Girl. I was floored by the simplicity of his solos, many variations of the same notes. Since then I have felt very comfortable playing solos. Even played Zombie solo off the top of my head. Surprised myself as much as band mates.
I’ve been saying this for years! Playing musically vs technically. Nice to see someone else vocalizing this concept. Thank you!
Great advice.
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Great advice
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This is possibly one of the most important and helpful guitar videos I've watched so far. Thank you big time!
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Thank you. I really needed this advice. Having learned my pent. scales I didn't know where to go next.
Thank you and I hope it's helpful for you! I appreciate you watching!
Great lesson
Thank you so much! Hope it's helpful for you!
Really good advice here. Thanks!
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I’m astounded at the lifetime players chiming in here, wondering why they are watching this but Hey, I haven’t been playing long and this is the best advice I’ve seen to get me further.
Best lesson so far, brother!
Thanks man! I appreciate it! :)
excellent
Great simple suggestion to make things fun and enjoyable
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You've got a new subscriber! Awesome eye opening video, thank you so much!
Thank you! I appreciate the sub as well and I'm glad you found the video helpful!