Dude he's shockingly good at explaining the methodology of playing and songwriting. Just speaking in front of a camera alone is hard enough. Give this guy a weekly column.
Paul Price for key points most likely but I doubt it's word for word. It doesn't have the cadence of a script at all, none of the guitar world classes have sound like that.
It can be word for word or They can follow the script religiously depending on the producers. Cadence of a script? Not familiar with that one... This 10:31 minute production took some time to make. Of course mistakes were edited out.
Probably didn't take as much time to make as you think and I doubt it's that heavily scripted - this is a guy who knows music theory well who is explaining how he came up with the leads for a song he wrote - not sure why that would require so much time and such a rigid script. Why wouldn't they just get someone else to explain the song?
True masters aren't afraid to give their secrets; they're masters because sharing the joy of their art is more important to them than keeping it for themselves.
He's basically explaining how jazz players tend to approach playing over chord progressions with multiple key centre changes with voice leading and common tensions etc! It's really great stuff!
How in the world do you have an explanation for every single note in an instrumental song?!?! WHAT the ACTUAL FUCK! Major respect PLINI. Major7 respect.
@@tomh4244 me too! I expected worse when I learned that he was an Aussie but I could perfectly understand him w/o subs even tho I'm not a native Eng speaker lol
I subscribed again to Guitar World only because of these Plini lessons. He is not only an extremely versatile and creative player but he is an amazing teacher as well. Make Plini your frequent guest!
"I'm a simple rock guy player heart". That's what makes your music so clever Plini. Take a simple idea and execute it with next level genius. Matt Halpern does the same thing on the drums.
dude, u hv answered my decades long question like how do jazz players hit notes all over the place but still make a lot of sense!!! I am not a pro musician though and never gonna be but im still so fascinated about virtuoso guitar players like you. so thank you! :) keep inspiring!
You know, I've seen so many lessons and Plini's ability to simplify and breakdown his playing to understand what he is doing is unreal! Such an amazing job and so easy to follow! Where can I find more of his lessons?
I could listen to this brilliant, clear, well-defined, perfect tone all day long. And Plini is great in explaining how to get there. Even as an experienced player you can learn a lot. Please give us more of this!
Plini seems like such a great dude and it would seem his music reflects his personality really well. it felt like he was kinda suggesting anyone could have written selenium forest. alas, no Plini, only you could have written it and we love ya for it.
Plini is the next generation of virtuoso guitar player with the perfect balance of feel, melody and technical ability. You can hear the Vai, Satriani and Govan inspiration in his playing. I hope to see him live some day.
Regarding bending practice - I see now that the fact I used to change string gauge and tunings drastically and constantly over 10 years on just the ONE guitar has really slowed down my effective practice of bending. To do that properly today, I need to find the right string gauge that fit the one guitar with one tuning and stick to it. And play other styles with other guitars. Because no matter how long or how good you practice for example David Gilmour bends, if you suddenly change to much thicker strings and lower tunings on the same guitar, you kinda have to rethink and restart from the beginning and you sorta lose progress that had been achieved with lighter strings. ( Well if not lost, your progress is still very much pushed back a lot ) In sum, if you're gonna play with a bunch of different tunings, you need a bunch of guitars
Guitar world, thank you for those videos, it surprises me how effective those lessons could be in a short period of time. I love new prog metal music but this was always so comlicated to me, now you showed us those little bricks that those "huge houses" are made of - thank u very much. Do you plan on inviting John Browne from monuments? He creates great dark and emotional riffs, yet i could't find any information from him on how does he do that even on his channel... I'm sure alot of people would like to know his secrets!
When he says 4th 7th and 9th etc.. does he mean the 4th note in the natural minor scale over a minor chord and the 7th note in the major scale over a major chord ??
Yes, the major and minor scale can be used to find the 4th, 7th and 9th depending on whether it is a minor/major chord. Where it may get confusing if it is a major 7th or dominant 7th. For a C chord, the major 7th would be a B but a dominant 7th is a Bb. The 4th has no difference minor or major. The 9th is effectively a 2 but an octave higher.
Skywalker it's always the interval of the note you're playing relating to the root of said chord (even if it's a minor chord). So, for example, the 4th in an Em7 is an A, the 4th in a Cmaj9 is an F. It doesn't really matter the scale you're thinking. If you play a Bb over a Cmaj chord, you are implying a C7 (C+E+G+Bb). If you play a B natural, you are implying a Cmaj7 (C+E+G+B). Does that make sense?
David Sim ok this makes sense. But let’s say the song is in the key of Em. F# is the second. So if I go and play of Em I’m playing in E but when I’m playing over F# I’m playing stil in the key of Em but I’m playing over the II in thebprogression right? So if I play the 2nd of F# that would be G# right? And then that would make the 2nd of the II the 3rd of the root? Or am I missing it?
David Sim so this is something I have been chasing because what I do is play one chord in the key and then for lead I play the “scale shape” for that key, and it all fits. But I feel like it lacks color. In this scenario you are saying what I could do is play the lead based on the currently being played chord and focusing on notes that the next or previous chord also contains so it becomes more colorful and emotive for the chords being played?
The lesson is inspired by the Selenium forest track, that in my opinion, is the best Plini' song. At this link th-cam.com/video/InR8UDsDdgg/w-d-xo.html you can find my backing track. I made an arrangement slightly different from the original, I hope you like it!
That altered dominant chord for the B I haven't smelled or tasted yet. I'll be surprised if that last chord gives flavor. I'm sure it does, I just don't feel it yet.
Plini around 2:27, I'm not sure if you said 'A minor' or 'E minor', but I believe you said E minor. Either way, I think the chord being played is an E flat minor 9. Just an observation, let me know if anything.
Working on something to the point of insanity... I gotta show this to my wife next time she asks me why i'm practicing the same bend for an hr straight
Considering Rick Graham actually wrote the intro solo to Selenium Forest. I do like the way he explains this and it’s pretty sweet he can play it live.
Holly cow you got long fingers, Plini. I mean when you spread 2nd fret 6th string and 7th fret 1st string......I'm not doing that. I just found out about you in the last couple weeks. Your music is very inspiring.
Those pickups look something like as if one (single) of the pickups (on the humbucker) has the Alnico magnets and the other pickup has a ceramic magnets.
Totally sucked in with this and now I have to learn the whole song haha Yeah give him a break as he’s done a great job explaining things. Maybe more people would benefit from being chilled like him.
2:46, play that over a Cmaj7(b5) to B7(#5b9) (or Bmaj7(b5) to Bb7(#5b9), why is he quoting things a semitone above concert pitch?), for an instant Blue In Green vibe.
Dude he's shockingly good at explaining the methodology of playing and songwriting. Just speaking in front of a camera alone is hard enough. Give this guy a weekly column.
He's using a "Teleprompter" Professional video productions use scripts
Paul Price for key points most likely but I doubt it's word for word. It doesn't have the cadence of a script at all, none of the guitar world classes have sound like that.
It can be word for word or They can follow the script religiously depending on the producers. Cadence of a script? Not familiar with that one... This 10:31 minute production took some time to make. Of course mistakes were edited out.
MrBungle222 to teach is to truly understand
Probably didn't take as much time to make as you think and I doubt it's that heavily scripted - this is a guy who knows music theory well who is explaining how he came up with the leads for a song he wrote - not sure why that would require so much time and such a rigid script. Why wouldn't they just get someone else to explain the song?
Plini’s lessons are pure gold.
True masters aren't afraid to give their secrets; they're masters because sharing the joy of their art is more important to them than keeping it for themselves.
And they know damn well how hard it will
be for everyone to learn it and catch up lol!
He's basically explaining how jazz players tend to approach playing over chord progressions with multiple key centre changes with voice leading and common tensions etc! It's really great stuff!
How in the world do you have an explanation for every single note in an instrumental song?!?! WHAT the ACTUAL FUCK! Major respect PLINI. Major7 respect.
major 7 respect lol
@@RudyAyoub LMAAAAO
🤣😂
Humble Plini will always have a place in my heart. Monster player and friendly Aussie.
he's aussie?? waw funny, i generally don't understand anything aussie guys say with their accent but here it was crystal clear!
@@tomh4244 me too! I expected worse when I learned that he was an Aussie but I could perfectly understand him w/o subs even tho I'm not a native Eng speaker lol
Seen two lessons from Plini now. These are some of the best lessons I've seen in a while.
There should be at least 20 more of these
one of the best GW lesson's...solid theory and foundation, real world application, you guys are missing out not watching this
Nope. I randomly click videos, hit pause, and comment on them without watching. It's a skill.
You, friend, earned an lol
This dude is the best example of the saying "Talent is just practiced passion." He knows exactly what he's playing and why he's playing it.
"Fall down the stairs"...I'm going to use that from now on. That's a brilliant way of putting it when talking about something like that.
EVH used to use that term to describe his soloing back in the early 80s.
Plini is a genius!!! The way he plays the guitar is just amazing!!!
But that doesn't make him a genius.
I subscribed again to Guitar World only because of these Plini lessons.
He is not only an extremely versatile and creative player but he is an amazing teacher as well.
Make Plini your frequent guest!
"I'm a simple rock guy player heart". That's what makes your music so clever Plini. Take a simple idea and execute it with next level genius. Matt Halpern does the same thing on the drums.
Practical and easy to follow explanations on how to play over chords. Hard to find this.
He is a genius
The Bob Ross of guitar
Alexander Matte happy notes here and here
yeah (bob ross voice)
I thought that would be guthrie.
Nah thats Guthrie
Thats paul davids
Great lesson! Plus one vote for more Plini!
Guy's awesome, and I loved what he said about Guthrie, seeing lessons from these two guitarists has changed my way of thinking about music.
I would like to see more from you as you have a great way to explain melodic development.
dude, u hv answered my decades long question like how do jazz players hit notes all over the place but still make a lot of sense!!! I am not a pro musician though and never gonna be but im still so fascinated about virtuoso guitar players like you. so thank you! :) keep inspiring!
Wow, you built a really nice bridge between the common "thinking" of us guitar players and the theory. Thanks a lot.
Plini!! I like to think of his music as in, precious moments in time of my life. Amazing artist and awesome job in these videos.
He makes really inserting masterclasses and know exactly how to explain topics in a very easy way, I love it!
this guy is real as fuck and smart as hell. the way he speaks, explains things, and what he creates. musical genius.
Best part of this is how the expressive guitar can be by how you approach each note as one or many.
Great content.
Best lesson ive watched explaining how to solo over chord progression, thank you!
You know, I've seen so many lessons and Plini's ability to simplify and breakdown his playing to understand what he is doing is unreal! Such an amazing job and so easy to follow! Where can I find more of his lessons?
I could listen to this brilliant, clear, well-defined, perfect tone all day long. And Plini is great in explaining how to get there. Even as an experienced player you can learn a lot. Please give us more of this!
Plini seems like such a great dude and it would seem his music reflects his personality really well. it felt like he was kinda suggesting anyone could have written selenium forest. alas, no Plini, only you could have written it and we love ya for it.
Plini is the next generation of virtuoso guitar player with the perfect balance of feel, melody and technical ability. You can hear the Vai, Satriani and Govan inspiration in his playing.
I hope to see him live some day.
7:26 - Dang, that 2nd to 7th fret stretch. This man has contortionist hands.
or a fanned fret guitar
@@SpookyStorkRunningWild that... makes it harder...
Robadobflob look buddy i don’t think you need to be telling us you’re getting harder. we don’t wanna know
Now which Plini are you: Plini the Younger, or Plini the Older?
Harumph, or Who's been rubbing your lamp? I think they are Pliny, with a Y...
That "thank you" at the end was hilarious lol
Thanks man well explained. You have become a huge inspiration 👌
This free lesson is gold !
great lesson
Regarding bending practice - I see now that the fact I used to change string gauge and tunings drastically and constantly over 10 years on just the ONE guitar has really slowed down my effective practice of bending. To do that properly today, I need to find the right string gauge that fit the one guitar with one tuning and stick to it. And play other styles with other guitars.
Because no matter how long or how good you practice for example David Gilmour bends, if you suddenly change to much thicker strings and lower tunings on the same guitar, you kinda have to rethink and restart from the beginning and you sorta lose progress that had been achieved with lighter strings. ( Well if not lost, your progress is still very much pushed back a lot )
In sum, if you're gonna play with a bunch of different tunings, you need a bunch of guitars
Awesome, he's really detailed and knowledgeable, which I really appreciate.
beautiful....just beautiful tone
So well explained I’ll remember this stuff. Thanks Plini YOU PROCK !!!!
Guitar world, thank you for those videos, it surprises me how effective those lessons could be in a short period of time. I love new prog metal music but this was always so comlicated to me, now you showed us those little bricks that those "huge houses" are made of - thank u very much. Do you plan on inviting John Browne from monuments? He creates great dark and emotional riffs, yet i could't find any information from him on how does he do that even on his channel... I'm sure alot of people would like to know his secrets!
When he says 4th 7th and 9th etc.. does he mean the 4th note in the natural minor scale over a minor chord and the 7th note in the major scale over a major chord ??
Skywalker hes talking about intervals.
atomia123 yeah, intervals in the minor and major scales right ?
Between the root note of the chord
Yes, the major and minor scale can be used to find the 4th, 7th and 9th depending on whether it is a minor/major chord. Where it may get confusing if it is a major 7th or dominant 7th. For a C chord, the major 7th would be a B but a dominant 7th is a Bb. The 4th has no difference minor or major. The 9th is effectively a 2 but an octave higher.
Skywalker it's always the interval of the note you're playing relating to the root of said chord (even if it's a minor chord). So, for example, the 4th in an Em7 is an A, the 4th in a Cmaj9 is an F. It doesn't really matter the scale you're thinking. If you play a Bb over a Cmaj chord, you are implying a C7 (C+E+G+Bb). If you play a B natural, you are implying a Cmaj7 (C+E+G+B). Does that make sense?
10:07 PAN´s beginning note
this guy is amazing
Write a book man!
my favorite guitarist and man, he has long fingers
Great lesson, plini rocks!
8:45 THAT WAS GUTRHIE'S WORDS! from I don't remember which interview but.. so true!
I love how when he’s talking he’s holding his hands like Jimmy Page in the back. Just a really cool thing I think
Thanks for posting this, excellent lesson!
"a week without food and water" lol
GW has really upped its game with these video instructional series.
Awesome Lesson!!
Yes! now it's on time! :D great vid
Yes!
Thank you for this lesson.
Great explanation and great song. I wish he gave Rick Graham credit for the intro solo however
Yeah, Rick's probably pissed at him now
Why would he give credit to Rick for this solo, when Rick only played the solo that comes afterwards?
I quit doing cocaine because I would always bend it sharp.
when talking about playing the 2nd over the Eminor, or 4th over A etc - are we talking 2nd relative to Eminor, or 2nd relative to the key of the song?
David Sim ok this makes sense. But let’s say the song is in the key of Em. F# is the second. So if I go and play of Em I’m playing in E but when I’m playing over F# I’m playing stil in the key of Em but I’m playing over the II in thebprogression right? So if I play the 2nd of F# that would be G# right? And then that would make the 2nd of the II the 3rd of the root? Or am I missing it?
David Sim so this is something I have been chasing because what I do is play one chord in the key and then for lead I play the “scale shape” for that key, and it all fits. But I feel like it lacks color. In this scenario you are saying what I could do is play the lead based on the currently being played chord and focusing on notes that the next or previous chord also contains so it becomes more colorful and emotive for the chords being played?
More Plini, please..!
The lesson is inspired by the Selenium forest track, that in my opinion, is the best Plini' song. At this link th-cam.com/video/InR8UDsDdgg/w-d-xo.html you can find my backing track. I made an arrangement slightly different from the original, I hope you like it!
Needed to hear this, thnx!
Awesome lesson, awesome solo. Well done! Where can I buy your solo album? :)
Damn this dudes giving us all thr secrets, genius!
That altered dominant chord for the B I haven't smelled or tasted yet. I'll be surprised if that last chord gives flavor. I'm sure it does, I just don't feel it yet.
I knew that in some point of the video he would mention Guthrie.
Plini around 2:27, I'm not sure if you said 'A minor' or 'E minor', but I believe you said E minor. Either way, I think the chord being played is an E flat minor 9. Just an observation, let me know if anything.
E minor 9
Working on something to the point of insanity... I gotta show this to my wife next time she asks me why i'm practicing the same bend for an hr straight
Sounds like a good band in a guitar.
Even that slide he did was better than everything I play.
Considering Rick Graham actually wrote the intro solo to Selenium Forest. I do like the way he explains this and it’s pretty sweet he can play it live.
Rick graham only wrote the second half of the intro. Pretty much everything after the legato he plays here. Lol
I did actually learn that a long time ago. 2 years ago I was misinformed lol
Good lesson.
I just found out about him and he is my new guitar hero!!!!
Great tone, sound and really good lesson. Clear instruction, no wanking around...just wish he was in standard tuning...
Holly cow you got long fingers, Plini. I mean when you spread 2nd fret 6th string and 7th fret 1st string......I'm not doing that. I just found out about you in the last couple weeks. Your music is very inspiring.
Isn't that first solo played by Rick Graham on the recording?
link to previous video?
Those pickups look something like as if one (single) of the pickups (on the humbucker) has the Alnico magnets and the other pickup has a ceramic magnets.
good lesson
I need to know the pedals for that tone in 5:56 if its amp pedal anything i wanna know
Just a little bit of reverb should do it
What kind of string tickness you think is ok for tuning in this kind of playing,,C ,,i think i want to try some of this
7:45 gold
That tone 🤤
Does Plini generally play in drop C#???? He mentioned that early in the vid. Jus wondering, im a new fan. Plini is phenomenal!
Triple S yeah all of his stuff is written in drop c#
Really good explanation of leading and common tones! Nice!
Totally sucked in with this and now I have to learn the whole song haha
Yeah give him a break as he’s done a great job explaining things.
Maybe more people would benefit from being chilled like him.
Helpful
Isn’t the first solo by rick graham ?
2:46, play that over a Cmaj7(b5) to B7(#5b9) (or Bmaj7(b5) to Bb7(#5b9), why is he quoting things a semitone above concert pitch?), for an instant Blue In Green vibe.
top methodology show
Can someone tell me what's the song in the beginning?
ReisRays sounds like his newest single: Salt + Charcoal
Thanks man, didnt get around to listining to it yet. thanks!
in fact it is salt+charcoal!
So is this a vi, iv, ii, iii Chord progression the key of F# major?
vi IV ii iii in Eb :)
Selenium Forest, Easily his best work
Jibraeel Danish My friend heard Selenium Forest live and decided to buy or download all of Plini' s material
its fantastic, but my vote goes for paper moon. it depends on what you find important in a song, but paper moon covers so much ground.
Guys he jut started.
oh I have no doubt there are more masterpieces coming down the pipe, but we can still have opinions on whats out right now haha.
Cascade has become my new Paper Moon :)
Song in the beginning??
What's the name of the song from the intro?
That would be “Salt + Charcoal”
I love plini but does his timing seem off in this?
What’s the name of the song at the beginning
Selenium forest
Actually no, it's salt + charcoal
Jacob Pompa thank you
"how do ii play solos over chord prroew??"
"start by playing a solothe notes."
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