Thanks, Kory. This is a nice jump off point for putting together a routine - very comprehensive. I'm glad you're communicating the importance of practice, and your sharing of specifics. Not many of you honest YT guitar guys are out here, who are willing to talk about what one *really* has to do to get facility with the instrument.
@ agree - those little things like "hey - I didn't used to know what intervals I was playing as I was playing them 6 months ago" are really rewarding. Just found your channel today, and very glad I did.
Just found you and subscribed. I’ve known for a long time that learning where all the notes are is a big deal and at 69 yo time is getting short so it’s on my bucket list. Going to watch everything you’ve got on learning the fretboard. Thanks for the videos.
This is certainly a good way to become a professional, very versatile player. I don't know if it's the best way to stimulate your creativity. I would say: find a style, genre you like and dive realy realy deep into it. Read about it, listen al lot to it, find out what you like about it, what element of it speaks to you, then play, practice tons of it and try to make it your own. Transform it, combine it with other genres you love and study them too.
I understand what you're saying, but remember that studio greats like Tommy Tedesco, Larry Carlton and Brent Mason knew all this stuff (and all studied jazz as well) and played on 1000's of hit records, TV shows and movies, coming up with the iconic parts and themes we know and love - ON THE SPOT, and it was knowing all this stuff that allowed them to be creative in a high-stress environment and still come up with the goods. From Tedesco's work with The Beach Boys, the Batman, MASH and Godfather themes, work with Michael Jackson, etc. even playing the ethnic music during the gross Indiana Jones Temple of Doom monkey brain eating scene, Larry Carlton improvising the solo to Steely Dan's 'Kid Charlemagne' in ONE TAKE, all were done on the spot by knowing all scales, triads, arpeggios and chord inversions. I really believe it is a myth that learning all this stuff makes you less creative. Having access to more tools doesn't make the craftsman less capable. I think people assume it's a choice - EITHER learn all this boring stuff (and risk losing your identity) OR just play by ear and BE YOU. You can do both, but it is a lot of work and requires a lot of time. What people really are saying is, "I don't have 8 hours a day to play guitar, so if I have to choose, I'm going with the fun option," which is totally understandable. But understand this too - I've been teaching guitar for 20+ years, all to adults who have tried the 'fun option' for sometimes decades - and it isn't fulfilling. One of my most common discussions with a new student is "Hi, I've been playing for 40 years. I'm 60. I haven't improved since college, and still play the same songs and can't get any better. What's wrong?" He never took the time to learn the instrument - he just wanted to take his 'innate creativity' and explore and BE HIM - and no growth ever happened. I've seen it time and time again.
@@KoreyHicksGuitar Well, I think, if you wanna sound like Larry Carlton and the likes and be able to do what they did, then you better learn all the stuff they learnt, so I agree with you. But if you wanna sound like Paco Di Lucia, you better spent your hours playing flamenco. And if you're really inspired by metal, I would suggest playing as much metal as you like. But if you wanna get better in any genre you aspire, you'll have to be critical of your playing, and you have to set goals, like you say. I think, what sets great players apart, is the (inner) ear they have. They hear something in the music of others and in their own music that most don't and work hard to develop that further. I'm a guitar teacher too by the way, so these are also concepts I've been thinking about a lot too.
4am!!!….😳 what time to do you go to bed?? Brilliant video Korey, I started watching your channel last weekend and it soon became obvious that I know nothing 😢. Have joined your Patreon - is the practice regimen available to download there somewhere? 🙏
@@alexnoble6134 hi Alex! I go to bed around 10 PM, unless it’s a gig night and I get home at 2 AM and wake up at 7. That practice chart is actually on Patreon, probably buried pretty low because I put it on there a couple months back, but I will repost it plus a couple other ideas that I’ve created for students in the past. Have a great day!
Reverse of circle of 5ths, and commonly used in jazz and modern music pedagody because a lot of chord progressions (iim7 - V7 - IMaj7) go in 4ths. It’s a great way of structuring practice. C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G Think of something you would want to practice such as a barre chord and then try to play all 12 of them cycle 4 as quickly as possible from memory in
@KoreyHicksGuitar Thank you. The idea of cycling fast from memory is an added boost. I can do it slowly. I don't know why I couldn't suss out what you were talking about. I've known 4ths and 5ths for quite some time. You have a great channel!
Sorry you were disappointed, my goal with this kind of information isn't to be entertaining, but to give insights into how to create sustainable musical growth on the instrument. The truth is that serious practice isn't 'fun' or 'entertaining', and it often feels like a lot of hard work. Few YT guitarists feel like sharing this truth, because it isn't a popular opinion, it is more acceptable to say "just learn songs and that's it, you'll get better" After 20+ years teaching 40-70 students a week (mostly all adults who tried to get better by 'just learning songs' and it never worked) and 5 years as a college professor of guitar, designing a productive practice regimen is one of the most common questions I get asked. The answer is a boring one, sure, but the results speak for themselves.
@@KoreyHicksGuitar Absolutely....Tommy Emmanuel says this as well. Learn the skills first. Skills are not music. When you master those skills, you then can make real music. (ie. take what's in your heart and lay it down on the fretboard).
Thanks, Kory. This is a nice jump off point for putting together a routine - very comprehensive. I'm glad you're communicating the importance of practice, and your sharing of specifics. Not many of you honest YT guitar guys are out here, who are willing to talk about what one *really* has to do to get facility with the instrument.
@@gregfgermano8743 thank you for the nice comment! There’s no substitute for hard work, and the process can actually be extremely enjoyable!
@ agree - those little things like "hey - I didn't used to know what intervals I was playing as I was playing them 6 months ago" are really rewarding. Just found your channel today, and very glad I did.
Just found you and subscribed. I’ve known for a long time that learning where all the notes are is a big deal and at 69 yo time is getting short so it’s on my bucket list. Going to watch everything you’ve got on learning the fretboard. Thanks for the videos.
@@BFromUpNorth excellent! Welcome aboard! Let me know if you have any questions
Thank you, now I understand why I make no progress. Complete lack of structure . Will try to get up earlier.
Great ideas for setting up a practice routine that will yield results!!
New subscriber to your channel. Love all the content and your playing. Thank you.
Welcome aboard and thank you Tim!!!
This is certainly a good way to become a professional, very versatile player. I don't know if it's the best way to stimulate your creativity. I would say: find a style, genre you like and dive realy realy deep into it. Read about it, listen al lot to it, find out what you like about it, what element of it speaks to you, then play, practice tons of it and try to make it your own. Transform it, combine it with other genres you love and study them too.
I understand what you're saying, but remember that studio greats like Tommy Tedesco, Larry Carlton and Brent Mason knew all this stuff (and all studied jazz as well) and played on 1000's of hit records, TV shows and movies, coming up with the iconic parts and themes we know and love - ON THE SPOT, and it was knowing all this stuff that allowed them to be creative in a high-stress environment and still come up with the goods. From Tedesco's work with The Beach Boys, the Batman, MASH and Godfather themes, work with Michael Jackson, etc. even playing the ethnic music during the gross Indiana Jones Temple of Doom monkey brain eating scene, Larry Carlton improvising the solo to Steely Dan's 'Kid Charlemagne' in ONE TAKE, all were done on the spot by knowing all scales, triads, arpeggios and chord inversions. I really believe it is a myth that learning all this stuff makes you less creative. Having access to more tools doesn't make the craftsman less capable. I think people assume it's a choice - EITHER learn all this boring stuff (and risk losing your identity) OR just play by ear and BE YOU. You can do both, but it is a lot of work and requires a lot of time. What people really are saying is, "I don't have 8 hours a day to play guitar, so if I have to choose, I'm going with the fun option," which is totally understandable. But understand this too - I've been teaching guitar for 20+ years, all to adults who have tried the 'fun option' for sometimes decades - and it isn't fulfilling. One of my most common discussions with a new student is "Hi, I've been playing for 40 years. I'm 60. I haven't improved since college, and still play the same songs and can't get any better. What's wrong?" He never took the time to learn the instrument - he just wanted to take his 'innate creativity' and explore and BE HIM - and no growth ever happened. I've seen it time and time again.
@@KoreyHicksGuitar Well, I think, if you wanna sound like Larry Carlton and the likes and be able to do what they did, then you better learn all the stuff they learnt, so I agree with you. But if you wanna sound like Paco Di Lucia, you better spent your hours playing flamenco. And if you're really inspired by metal, I would suggest playing as much metal as you like. But if you wanna get better in any genre you aspire, you'll have to be critical of your playing, and you have to set goals, like you say. I think, what sets great players apart, is the (inner) ear they have. They hear something in the music of others and in their own music that most don't and work hard to develop that further. I'm a guitar teacher too by the way, so these are also concepts I've been thinking about a lot too.
Wish I could go back 30 yrs and have the free time as a kid to practice like that
Maybe when I retire
Do it!
excellent lesson
Thanks for watching, I'm glad it helps!
4am!!!….😳 what time to do you go to bed??
Brilliant video Korey, I started watching your channel last weekend and it soon became obvious that I know nothing 😢. Have joined your Patreon - is the practice regimen available to download there somewhere? 🙏
@@alexnoble6134 hi Alex! I go to bed around 10 PM, unless it’s a gig night and I get home at 2 AM and wake up at 7.
That practice chart is actually on Patreon, probably buried pretty low because I put it on there a couple months back, but I will repost it plus a couple other ideas that I’ve created for students in the past. Have a great day!
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What is "cycle 4?"
Reverse of circle of 5ths, and commonly used in jazz and modern music pedagody because a lot of chord progressions (iim7 - V7 - IMaj7) go in 4ths. It’s a great way of structuring practice.
C F Bb Eb Ab Db F# B E A D G
Think of something you would want to practice such as a barre chord and then try to play all 12 of them cycle 4 as quickly as possible from memory in
@KoreyHicksGuitar Thank you. The idea of cycling fast from memory is an added boost. I can do it slowly. I don't know why I couldn't suss out what you were talking about. I've known 4ths and 5ths for quite some time.
You have a great channel!
@ thank you so much, Gary! I wrote a theory book that has tons of these kinds of exercises in it over on my Patreon
1100 views, just 9 comments.
I guess everyone was dumbfounded, like me. Not sure we needed this read to us. Sorry but not engaging.
Sorry you were disappointed, my goal with this kind of information isn't to be entertaining, but to give insights into how to create sustainable musical growth on the instrument. The truth is that serious practice isn't 'fun' or 'entertaining', and it often feels like a lot of hard work. Few YT guitarists feel like sharing this truth, because it isn't a popular opinion, it is more acceptable to say "just learn songs and that's it, you'll get better" After 20+ years teaching 40-70 students a week (mostly all adults who tried to get better by 'just learning songs' and it never worked) and 5 years as a college professor of guitar, designing a productive practice regimen is one of the most common questions I get asked. The answer is a boring one, sure, but the results speak for themselves.
@@KoreyHicksGuitar Absolutely....Tommy Emmanuel says this as well. Learn the skills first. Skills are not music. When you master those skills, you then can make real music. (ie. take what's in your heart and lay it down on the fretboard).