I really love his teaching style. He is magnificent at conveying concepts. I've learnt a lot from some of his articles and teaching material. Anyone who wants to improve the guitar playing should absolutely study Joe Satriani.
The one thing I really love about all these instructional videos Joe has done over the years is that he's really trying to teach the student real musicianship. A lot of the videos nowadays mostly focus on speed (and that's fine, I admit to being a shred fan myself) - but imo things like knowing all the different keys, scales and modes, recognizing intervals and chord voicings are so much more important for one to become a professional musician than just technical ability.
Thank God this dude is on the face of this world. His music has gotten me through so many problems, i have a lot of respect for this talented man. thank you Joe you re the best.
This video is very good. I have seen Joe in concert many times and knew he was a teacher but this really shows him in a manner such as I haven't seen before. He has a very calm, matter-of-fact nature that is so not intimidating. I've always thought he seemed like a cool dude but this really confirms it. Very helpful and usable tips. Go Joe!
Excellent! Most people on youtube want to show you a particular run, method or song. I'm always left wondering how they attain those particular sounds. My hands never seem to be strong or agile enough to do it so I get frustrated and quit trying. This shows me how to build a foundation for doing those things. Thank you.
i love how he says im not really warmed up yet even though he can play that tiny solo with amazing speed and accuracy and show us those amazing little drills and lessons
@bulaba911 You must have misunderstood me; I think Joe Satriani is one of the best musicians alive, and one of the best guitarists too. I was just trying to reason with another commenter.
Joe Satriani has a good soul and that is why he is blessed with the way he plays, he has worked very hard for it and anyone who wants to be good needs to put in the research and the hard work and to know your limitations, thank you Joe for such a cool lesson
I posted this video to help guitarists of multiple skill levels, to allow them to hear advice from a master in the field. If you are here to bash Joe Satriani, I kindly ask you to leave.
Satriani IS a great teacher. He learnt from and taught some great guitarists himself. He probably is one of the greatest guitar knowledge experts (playing wise) alive today. Do what feels comfortable was a tip i particularly like and it's the most important. Everyone is different and uses different playing styles, think outside the box.. Good video.
This provided me with a whole new look on scales. I don't know any scales except A minor pentatonic because I don't feel like learning music theory. This has motivated me to try and use the whole neck.
I felt the same way earlier this year when I first picked up the guitar and I have average size hands at best. Now I can reach from the first fret to fifth with relative ease. If I can give any advice that helped me is try a chromatic excercise with a 4 finger/4 fret stretch, play the first 4 notes on the Low E string in succession from the first fret to fourth...then move to A string, D, G, B and E. Move over a fret, repeat and come back to Low E. Repeat this all the way up the fingerboard.
Joe, You're awesome!! There's not too many guitar gods out there today that share with us lowly amatures (that aspire to play like this) as much as you do. THANKS AGAIN!!
Yes, i had the exact same problem before. it's all about the strength in your fingers; when you use a hammer on, you must always press your finger on the fret you are hammering on pretty hard, and when you release your finger from the fret, make sure you grab it a little up and then release it fast with a the grab, which is very important.
Within the first 10 or 12 seconds of figure 6 I swear I hear a structure from one of the first 3 Castlevania games from NES!! Satriani! Love Castlevania! Wheeee!!
Great tips! sorta simplifies my practice routine now. Guitar is not overly complex when simply following these rituals. After a few weeks you really start to notice some great dexterity. Guitar playing to me is, muscular development and communication between fingers and different parts of the brain that are not commonly used before undergoing guitar playing. Hand to eye coordination is also bettered.
if your taking the time to learn all the notes, your doing a much better job than most guitarists, most other read tabs. I played violin for about 10 years (4 to about 14) before I started playing guitar, so I was lucky that I didnt fall into that hole.
joe I am a ten year old guitar player and I am one of your biggest fans and my dad phillip went back stage with you when you met his friend on an airplane and I want to go to one of your conserts PS...your awsome
It can also have alot to do with the settings of your guitar and amp. Digital or modeling systems seem to not "amplify" hammers and pull-offs as much, but still this can be circumvented. If you wanna play at more modest volumes I'd say get something like a Tube Screamer and play it through a dirty amp, should get a pretty loud h/o p/off sound. This is in addition to what efhve said, it your not hitting it and snapping your finger off, the string wont resonate well. Let me know if this helps.
D'Addario EXL120 (9 gauge). He's a fan of thin strings, mostly because he does a lot of bending. Remember though, string gauge dosent always feel the same on different guitars. Les Pauls for example usually require thicker strings due to the shortened scale length compared to a strat. After that though it's preference, I use 9's on my paul, and I also use 9's on my strat and ibanez(which both have the same scale length.) I hope I answered your question.
He definitely is. Met him at a record signing a couple of years ago and he could not have been nicer. No pretense about him whatsoever, he was geuninely friendly and approachable.
I have an old Jackson guitar, it has a real buttery smooth thin neck. I still play it, although I'm not exactly sure the model, I mostly play my Gibson LP standard though, but most of my gigs are for big band jazz concerts.
The way he keeps the note progression loud is he picks, then hammers the note, then he pulls his finger off of the string at an angle, bending the string and using his finger as an extra pick, so to speak. You need to turn your hand towards the floor ever so slightly to give it some extra strength.
if you learn the notes on the neck that always makes it easier, but search youtube for a video called "Hopscotch Method", that should help you. I am recalling this from memory but im pretty sure the video is still around, it's a good method for getting around the neck. Hope this helps!
I'd like to add, too, that most great guitarists adapt their style of play to suit their brains and physiognomy. If stretches aren't your thing, focus on chromaticism and 1-finger-per-fret shapes. You may find your fingers are stronger than longer, spindlier finger shapes and this could be an advantage for hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends etc. Go with your strengths and be the best YOU ever. PS Pat Metheny is a stellar example of that...
@71GA See figure 8. I often find myself when I'm playing legato I do all downstrokes. He's just picking so slow, it's a habitual action. But when he's picking multiple notes on the same string, he uses alternate picking. (fig 8).
your doing fine. Learning theory will really help you get better faster if you understand it. The manual skill will come with patience and GOOD practice - (Ex. 30 minutes a day is better than 1 very long session a week, no short cuts, don't just learn songs, understand them) things like that
To be honest, as a teacher myself, out of key practice is best for new students who dont know the scales or intervals yet. So they can practice something until they gain more knowledge/strength.
Hey rjcool1988. I think I mite have have suggestion. It's something I learnt from a John Petrucci book. If you are having trouble reaching with your little finger then try the same exercise on a higher fret. Starting high and gradually moving to the lower frets is like progressive overload so you can add resistance as you improve. It's a pretty simple idea, but it works quite well.
To clarify: He's not referring to economy picking, that's something unrelated. He's referring to your left hand movement: When you change from chord to chord, or note to note, try to keep your fingers as close to the fretboard as possible when you lift them up, and try to only press them down with the pressure needed to sound the note and keep it ringing. It helps to keep your hand parallel to the fretboard. You have to practice this slow, but it will help you play faster.
ity may be thew string is too low, that's what happened with me. there are two (usually) screws at the bridge that you can move up so it doesn't buzz on the fret.
Satch is one of the exceptions. He's truly a guitar teacher before he went mainstream. That means he knows what he's teaching and can articulate it effectively. At the same time he is aware of his students skill level and how to communicate such ideas. But yeah, he can only teach his approach, not his guitar playing per se, so that part is left for us to learn.
I really love his teaching style. He is magnificent at conveying concepts. I've learnt a lot from some of his articles and teaching material. Anyone who wants to improve the guitar playing should absolutely study Joe Satriani.
The one thing I really love about all these instructional videos
Joe has done over the years is that he's really trying to teach the
student real musicianship. A lot of the videos nowadays mostly
focus on speed (and that's fine, I admit to being a shred fan myself) -
but imo things like knowing all the different keys, scales and modes,
recognizing intervals and chord voicings are so much more important
for one to become a professional musician than just technical ability.
Great tips. But he still tried to kill Harry Potter.
Yes!!! you're right!!
Damn spiders
Thank God this dude is on the face of this world. His music has gotten me through so many problems, i have a lot of respect for this talented man. thank you Joe you re the best.
Figure 6 creeps me out
This video is very good. I have seen Joe in concert many times and knew he was a teacher but this really shows him in a manner such as I haven't seen before. He has a very calm, matter-of-fact nature that is so not intimidating. I've always thought he seemed like a cool dude but this really confirms it. Very helpful and usable tips. Go Joe!
Definitely good advice to live by as a guitarist! Straight from the master himself :)
Excellent! Most people on youtube want to show you a particular run, method or song. I'm always left wondering how they attain those particular sounds. My hands never seem to be strong or agile enough to do it so I get frustrated and quit trying. This shows me how to build a foundation for doing those things. Thank you.
When Satch talks about guitar, you just listen! He's just an amazing guitarist!
Priceless Tips.. I remember seeing this Years ago and it hitting home while starting to learn.🙏 great sounding guitar too.. yea.. 😌🙌🎶
3:08 "I'm not really warmed up right now"
O_O
bav123 right?
the video that flipped me to upper intermediate level. i love you joe satriani, thank you
Damn it, he makes it look SO easy to do, master hahha.
i love how he says im not really warmed up yet even though he can play that tiny solo with amazing speed and accuracy and show us those amazing little drills and lessons
When Joe Satch talk about guitar, you listen.
You know, I've watched this video a million times and only now have I realized the efficacy of these exercises. Joe is still a great teacher.
amazing player and instructor. I walked away from this with a few ideas
I admire Joe for these insights and his willingness to share. It speaks volumes about the man.
Please. No epic trolls here. If I see any they will be deleted. thanks.
I’m back after watching this 10 years ago. These are solid tips for lead playing.
@bulaba911 You must have misunderstood me; I think Joe Satriani is one of the best musicians alive, and one of the best guitarists too. I was just trying to reason with another commenter.
In every way , shape , and form he has got it all down ....
He has this very common sense approach to teaching ....
Joe's awesome !
U r the best!
Joe Satriani has a good soul and that is why he is blessed with the way he plays, he has worked very hard for it and anyone who wants to be good needs to put in the research and the hard work and to know your limitations, thank you Joe for such a cool lesson
1:57 I tryed, and I lost my finger.
The man possesses striking balance of talent and work ethic. Thanks for sharing this.
I posted this video to help guitarists of multiple skill levels, to allow them to hear advice from a master in the field. If you are here to bash Joe Satriani, I kindly ask you to leave.
FearTheCalm what if my hand was too small for figure 2
@@trentonayershandsoffire3620 use a classical guitar sitting stance and keep ur palm off the guitar neck, you will be able to reach pretty far.
Satriani IS a great teacher. He learnt from and taught some great guitarists himself. He probably is one of the greatest guitar knowledge experts (playing wise) alive today.
Do what feels comfortable was a tip i particularly like and it's the most important. Everyone is different and uses different playing styles, think outside the box.. Good video.
I want to watch puppy videos.
And you call this an easy warm-up Joe??? this is already genius !! with love and respect Joe, thx for the inspirational lesson !!
seriously wtf is that beanie
This provided me with a whole new look on scales. I don't know any scales except A minor pentatonic because I don't feel like learning music theory. This has motivated me to try and use the whole neck.
great, if you're after that 'firetruck that has to pee' sound....
I felt the same way earlier this year when I first picked up the guitar and I have average size hands at best. Now I can reach from the first fret to fifth with relative ease.
If I can give any advice that helped me is try a chromatic excercise with a 4 finger/4 fret stretch, play the first 4 notes on the Low E string in succession from the first fret to fourth...then move to A string, D, G, B and E. Move over a fret, repeat and come back to Low E. Repeat this all the way up the fingerboard.
He's such a brilliant, practical guy. Clearly the heart of a teacher.
Joe, You're awesome!! There's not too many guitar gods out there today that share with us lowly amatures (that aspire to play like this) as much as you do. THANKS AGAIN!!
Yes, i had the exact same problem before. it's all about the strength in your fingers; when you use a hammer on, you must always press your finger on the fret you are hammering on pretty hard, and when you release your finger from the fret, make sure you grab it a little up and then release it fast with a the grab, which is very important.
wow.... just wow.. tryed this lesson out for about 30 minutes and now my pinky can do things it never did befor :O im amazed
A terrific helpful video, courtesy of one of the greatest guitar players of all time.. Great post. Thanks!!
He's my favorite guitar player for all time! Great lesson.
17 years ago? This must be one of the first videos uploaded to TH-cam! Why doesn’t this have 100m views??
Hello : )
Times has changed so much since 2006, it’s crazy.
not only a great player, but a great teacher as well.
Within the first 10 or 12 seconds of figure 6 I swear I hear a structure from one of the first 3 Castlevania games from NES!! Satriani! Love Castlevania! Wheeee!!
Have my front row ticket for a Satch show in October, can't wait!!
Great tips! sorta simplifies my practice routine now. Guitar is not overly complex when simply following these rituals. After a few weeks you really start to notice some great dexterity. Guitar playing to me is, muscular development and communication between fingers and different parts of the brain that are not commonly used before undergoing guitar playing. Hand to eye coordination is also bettered.
The last exercise was nice. Tanks mr. Satriani!
Wow..Ive been playing for 21 years and i find this exercise fascinating
To fellow guitarists, we know this is gold.
Those diminished chords sound really cool in the pattern he plays it in. Slightly gypsy jazz-like.
if your taking the time to learn all the notes, your doing a much better job than most guitarists, most other read tabs. I played violin for about 10 years (4 to about 14) before I started playing guitar, so I was lucky that I didnt fall into that hole.
joe I am a ten year old guitar player and I am one of your biggest fans and my dad phillip went back stage with you when you met his friend on an airplane and I want to go to one of your conserts PS...your awsome
this is probably the best advice I found yet
excellent!
wow nice exercise/warm up! and Joe satriani still makes it sound so awesome/nice :D
It can also have alot to do with the settings of your guitar and amp. Digital or modeling systems seem to not "amplify" hammers and pull-offs as much, but still this can be circumvented. If you wanna play at more modest volumes I'd say get something like a Tube Screamer and play it through a dirty amp, should get a pretty loud h/o p/off sound. This is in addition to what efhve said, it your not hitting it and snapping your finger off, the string wont resonate well. Let me know if this helps.
D'Addario EXL120 (9 gauge). He's a fan of thin strings, mostly because he does a lot of bending. Remember though, string gauge dosent always feel the same on different guitars. Les Pauls for example usually require thicker strings due to the shortened scale length compared to a strat. After that though it's preference, I use 9's on my paul, and I also use 9's on my strat and ibanez(which both have the same scale length.) I hope I answered your question.
tone is everything...satriani is coming to my country by the end of the month.
this lesson is worth good amount of money, i am glad that he teaches careless of getting money out of it
He definitely is. Met him at a record signing a couple of years ago and he could not have been nicer. No pretense about him whatsoever, he was geuninely friendly and approachable.
I have an old Jackson guitar, it has a real buttery smooth thin neck. I still play it, although I'm not exactly sure the model, I mostly play my Gibson LP standard though, but most of my gigs are for big band jazz concerts.
The way he keeps the note progression loud is he picks, then hammers the note, then he pulls his finger off of the string at an angle, bending the string and using his finger as an extra pick, so to speak. You need to turn your hand towards the floor ever so slightly to give it some extra strength.
I suck slightly less on guitar, because of this simple lesson. Love it.
Joe Satriani is an amazingly humble man and an unbelievably incredible guitar player...
I watch a lot of his recorded concerts and that appears to be his favorite guitar.
I love satriani he is so cool. fantastic musician Thanks for posting this video.
dam this video helped alot ! getting better at the hammering and pull offs also at strectching the most
great vid.
any warm up exercices with the right hand as well ?
that chord exercise is BRUTAL
hey man thx for the tips sooooo helped me by the way your guitar playing is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo awsome
if you learn the notes on the neck that always makes it easier, but search youtube for a video called "Hopscotch Method", that should help you. I am recalling this from memory but im pretty sure the video is still around, it's a good method for getting around the neck. Hope this helps!
I'd like to add, too, that most great guitarists adapt their style of play to suit their brains and physiognomy. If stretches aren't your thing, focus on chromaticism and 1-finger-per-fret shapes. You may find your fingers are stronger than longer, spindlier finger shapes and this could be an advantage for hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends etc. Go with your strengths and be the best YOU ever.
PS Pat Metheny is a stellar example of that...
great job joe, you seem like normal down to earth guy, keep the beginner stuff coming
Useful tips and exercises not only for the newbie.
@71GA See figure 8. I often find myself when I'm playing legato I do all downstrokes. He's just picking so slow, it's a habitual action. But when he's picking multiple notes on the same string, he uses alternate picking. (fig 8).
your doing fine. Learning theory will really help you get better faster if you understand it. The manual skill will come with patience and GOOD practice - (Ex. 30 minutes a day is better than 1 very long session a week, no short cuts, don't just learn songs, understand them) things like that
He seems like one the friends you have who actually show up to help you move.
@lucidsg it's just a finger per string. Ex: 1 finger on 1st fret of E string - 2 finger on 2nd fret of A string.
To be honest, as a teacher myself, out of key practice is best for new students who dont know the scales or intervals yet. So they can practice something until they gain more knowledge/strength.
Hey rjcool1988. I think I mite have have suggestion.
It's something I learnt from a John Petrucci book. If you are having trouble reaching with your little finger then try the same exercise on a higher fret. Starting high and gradually moving to the lower frets is like progressive overload so you can add resistance as you improve.
It's a pretty simple idea, but it works quite well.
We shake hands in 2008 , at Guitar Center Manhattan NY city, very nice guy.
To clarify: He's not referring to economy picking, that's something unrelated. He's referring to your left hand movement: When you change from chord to chord, or note to note, try to keep your fingers as close to the fretboard as possible when you lift them up, and try to only press them down with the pressure needed to sound the note and keep it ringing. It helps to keep your hand parallel to the fretboard. You have to practice this slow, but it will help you play faster.
You can tell he's a brilliant teacher, no wonder Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett turned out alright after learning off this legend.
ity may be thew string is too low, that's what happened with me. there are two (usually) screws at the bridge that you can move up so it doesn't buzz on the fret.
.... Excelente 🎸 compa ..🕶️✌🏽
Satch is one of the exceptions. He's truly a guitar teacher before he went mainstream. That means he knows what he's teaching and can articulate it effectively. At the same time he is aware of his students skill level and how to communicate such ideas. But yeah, he can only teach his approach, not his guitar playing per se, so that part is left for us to learn.
guys a great teacher, wonder if he still teaches
I will go and practice those 40 hours a day. Thank you for teaching me, master.
Nothing like 40/8 practice. Somehow longer than 24/7.
@MisticWays actually you can't stop it from braking.
if the string is old it will brake, inevitably.
and yes it has happenned to me, many times lol
Great Video. Thank you for posting. Where can I get the Figures (no) that is mentioned on the video
The font in the beggining Looks like an AVATAR one, just as magical as his playing.
thanks for tha tips. i will practise so much now. thanx ur a legend
shit! he's actually trying to teach! not just show off like many of the other 'lessons' on youtube!
thanks alot dude
This is a blessing....thank you Satch....
I loved improvising with the E major while the open low E was ringing, I think I'm going to get an ebow and do that.
Dude your guitar and tips are awesome thanks I'm sure to practice these ;)
i so wanted to take lessons from him...he seems to be a very cool dude....
great tips! thx satch!keep it outta the box. practicing and listening!
Not only is he a guitar god,he actually knows HOW to teach.
I have the book he wrote with a collection of all his tips!! Its an awesome book!
Joe Satriani Silent Predator song by JD Carricatti , awesome !!!