Yea Andy Timmons... I like watch all his videos, his expression is amazing, he is so IN DA GROOVE, has good phrasing, melodic ideas, and right touch at the right time, one of my top 10 guitarist for a long time !!!
Thanks, you're right about pauses and avoiding "run ons" for sure. I see guitar videos all over youtube with players that have great technique and that are fully capable of great guitar solos but they don't pause enough to give the ear time to rest. I'm guilty of this too and I strive to fix this problem. I notice that playing those rhythmic sections with chords almost does as much justice as a pause where you would just play nothing. The rhythmic chords you apply to the middle of your solo allows the listener (in my opinion) to rest their ear momentarily and gives some breathing room and time anticipate the next phrase instead of hammering the listener over the head with run on sentences. great video thanks again!
Interesting thing is he isn't doing anything real fancy during the solo at 7:44 (no string skipping, tapping sweeps, etc)...just good old fashioned pentatonic licks with some bends, arpeggios, octaves and double stops. He just does them with a groove and phrasing talent few have. Hope he records another solo album in the vein of "Resolution".
so the new album is out (Theme from a Perfect World) and gotta say...I'm extremely disappointed. It's touted as being the "follow-up to Resolution", but it's really mellow and sounds to me like a bunch of undeveloped ideas smashed together in each meandering song. Of course, the solos are great, but the core of the songs aren't nearly as focused or rocking as any of his previous material.
I remember Andy back in Miami, donks ago. He used to play in a top 40band and solo over Boy George songs..these exxxxxxxtennnnnded solos. He was big into Lukather then, and would shred and shred. It was great! Soulful! Aside from his guitar playing, it's his feckin HAIR that doesn't seem to budge ....even at 51, he has that 20yrold looking hair, and it ain't a "LA hair-piece," either! lolol
Well actually it wasn't TOTAL improvisation because the rhythm was from his song "A Night to Remember" off of "Super Seventies". Not trying to belittle it at all, but he has soloed over this chord progression countless times and many off the licks are directly from that song. Still, amazing as always, Andy.
Hey Andy my name is Rob and really enjoyed the lesson it helps me understand some key elements of music, also where I'm at musically and where I kinda need to go and what to work on to achieve my goals. but I want to break things down a little further kinda and ask a deeper question that I'm struggling with a little at the moment. and I am open to hear any feedback from yourself or anyone else for that matter. So, I definitely understand and agree that singing or humming while working on music, with any instrument, absolutely helps with a few of the key elements of music when trying to compose music that works melodically, is effective in getting the message/expression across, capturing emotion, and doing all of these things In the most efficient ways. it is a very effective, but simple approach and thank u for sharing. but what I struggle with is when I have a musical idea in my head or even when I can hum or sing some sound that I really love and would work great in a piece of music, I can't seem to manipulate my instrument to thoroughly get that idea translated into music. I can play the guitar/piano comfortably, I've learned and studied alot and have an above knowledge of music theory in my opinion, I know my scales, intervals and roles they can play, and I am obsessed with music frankly lol. given all this and given the knowledge I have i can't seem to figure out comfortably what component of music theory, or what elements or techniques I need to pull out of the bag to actually make the sounds I want. example: I know that if I am working on some music and I need to figure out what notes make up a particular chord for example, I can go back to the circle of fifths or some of my charts or something to know exactly what notes are in some of the more "complex" chords. to go further, I might do that because I'm using one of those "complex" chords in my progression, and I'm wanting to know each note in the chords just so I know what my chord tones and leading tones etc. are so I can use notes to create suspense or resolution for example. so what can I lean on to make my sounds happen. do I just use my techniques( bends, slides, hammer ons etc.) in different ways until I create a sound for example or is there something I missed along the way. lengthy post huh, yea I'm a complex individual lol. it's hard for me to put my problems into words so I hope everyone can interpret it. I will keep moving forward and keep rocking, and keep the shit coming Andy it's helping guys like me make this thing happen. thanks again
I play in a classic rock band. My One rule when I play leads to the songs that we play is. If you can Hum It, you should pretty much play it note for note. There are memorable phrases. A lot of the times I liked it just improvise and hit some of the keynotes and bends of that particular solo of the song.. For example Tony Iommi has his own style, i’ll try to copy it.
Regarding the ending solo section, Dm, F, Bb, you plaid these chords in different spots on the neck of the guitar. Do you sometimes play caged chords in just one area of the neck?
You sir just made me pick up my guitar again. I always wanted to write my own music, but it never had any feel into it. I will try my best to improve from now on, and I'll let the guitar talk for me :D
I have to say if you can immediately play what you sing it means you can transfer on instrument what plays in your head which is amazing skill and i doubt that even all famous guitar players have that skill!befor i was thinking improvisation means exactly doing that however mostly improvisational is applying right scale in a right moment so you kinda know in advance approximately which notes you gonna choose it's slightly cheating 🤣
Andy is one of those special guys like Robben Ford where after listening to the guy i just play better, they clear away all the bs and get you straight back into the natural musicality that just feels good.
The more I hear this cat playing, the more he's becoming a new favorite! Thanks True Fire! BTW, are the jam tracks that come with the packages spelled out in charts? Just curious. Thanks!
***** Usually he'd be using his Mesa Boogie Lonestar, and it sounds a bit like that in this video. I'd check out the gear rundown he has, his tone is epic as.
All the information in this video is pretty great, but too much distortion and reverb on the guitar...can't hear the backing track through the fuzz and string noise. It's a pretty killer sound, but the point of the video is the interaction of the solo over the backing chords.
So Andy is just improvising for a guitar lesson and plays one of the greatest solos I've heard haha epic!
I just get inspired to play when I hear Andy. I stopped playing for years and have now started again :) Even bought myself a nice new guitar.
Chris Davies good for you, man.
Andy really is inspiring.
Good for you. I was in a similar place not that long ago. Now im playing better than ever and have collected some great gear.
Yea Andy Timmons... I like watch all his videos, his expression is amazing, he is so IN DA GROOVE, has good phrasing, melodic ideas, and right touch at the right time, one of my top 10 guitarist for a long time !!!
Thanks, you're right about pauses and avoiding "run ons" for sure. I see guitar videos all over youtube with players that have great technique and that are fully capable of great guitar solos but they don't pause enough to give the ear time to rest. I'm guilty of this too and I strive to fix this problem. I notice that playing those rhythmic sections with chords almost does as much justice as a pause where you would just play nothing. The rhythmic chords you apply to the middle of your solo allows the listener (in my opinion) to rest their ear momentarily and gives some breathing room and time anticipate the next phrase instead of hammering the listener over the head with run on sentences. great video thanks again!
It's funny that I always return to this video LESSON only to listen to this 7:47 great solo :)
same lol
Andy is, in my opinion, the most awesome and inspiring guitar player! I love you man! Thxs for you music...
Poetry in motion, Truly one of my favorite guitar players, bar none! Thank you Andy!
Interesting thing is he isn't doing anything real fancy during the solo at 7:44 (no string skipping, tapping sweeps, etc)...just good old fashioned pentatonic licks with some bends, arpeggios, octaves and double stops. He just does them with a groove and phrasing talent few have. Hope he records another solo album in the vein of "Resolution".
Yeah I noticed that too. He didn't do anything fancy but it sounded great.
He was playing mostly in d minor, but the note choice and feel was more important than anything else.
so the new album is out (Theme from a Perfect World) and gotta say...I'm extremely disappointed. It's touted as being the "follow-up to Resolution", but it's really mellow and sounds to me like a bunch of undeveloped ideas smashed together in each meandering song. Of course, the solos are great, but the core of the songs aren't nearly as focused or rocking as any of his previous material.
taradead I prefer that album to most actually, I like the less rocky sound and more mellow melodic approach, personally my favorite
taradead hellz ya!!
Of course there's no thumbs down on this video.
GAH he's so good
all you had to say and 3 smart-assed pieces of shit had to try and be funny by clicking dislike.
taradead You're wrong, there's 7.
you're wrong, there's 12
@@pilotamurorei 14 now.
there are actually no dislikes now haha
I remember Andy back in Miami, donks ago. He used to play in a top 40band and solo over Boy George songs..these exxxxxxxtennnnnded solos. He was big into Lukather then, and would shred and shred. It was great! Soulful! Aside from his guitar playing, it's his feckin HAIR that doesn't seem to budge ....even at 51, he has that 20yrold looking hair, and it ain't a "LA hair-piece," either! lolol
Some really Great Demonstrations and Advice there......Thankyou Andy!
His playing from the first DD album to the second is quite amazing.
Holy shit that last improv was off the hook! Can't wait to steal some ideas from that!
Well actually it wasn't TOTAL improvisation because the rhythm was from his song "A Night to Remember" off of "Super Seventies". Not trying to belittle it at all, but he has soloed over this chord progression countless times and many off the licks are directly from that song. Still, amazing as always, Andy.
Loved that, got to hear more of this guy. Only found out about him browsing TH-cam looking at Mesa Boogie amps, now I'm hooked.
Check out the ''Live-Resolution'' concert here on youtube.
+David Lodge Please do what ***** said. You won't regret it!
Apologies, I have only just seen these comments. I will check out the concert, many thanks. Still think this guy is superb.
The master of phrasing!!
Jesus you're good. And you explain stuff really well too.👍
Hey Andy my name is Rob and really enjoyed the lesson it helps me understand some key elements of music, also where I'm at musically and where I kinda need to go and what to work on to achieve my goals. but I want to break things down a little further kinda and ask a deeper question that I'm struggling with a little at the moment. and I am open to hear any feedback from yourself or anyone else for that matter. So, I definitely understand and agree that singing or humming while working on music, with any instrument, absolutely helps with a few of the key elements of music when trying to compose music that works melodically, is effective in getting the message/expression across, capturing emotion, and doing all of these things In the most efficient ways. it is a very effective, but simple approach and thank u for sharing. but what I struggle with is when I have a musical idea in my head or even when I can hum or sing some sound that I really love and would work great in a piece of music, I can't seem to manipulate my instrument to thoroughly get that idea translated into music. I can play the guitar/piano comfortably, I've learned and studied alot and have an above knowledge of music theory in my opinion, I know my scales, intervals and roles they can play, and I am obsessed with music frankly lol. given all this and given the knowledge I have i can't seem to figure out comfortably what component of music theory, or what elements or techniques I need to pull out of the bag to actually make the sounds I want. example: I know that if I am working on some music and I need to figure out what notes make up a particular chord for example, I can go back to the circle of fifths or some of my charts or something to know exactly what notes are in some of the more "complex" chords. to go further, I might do that because I'm using one of those "complex" chords in my progression, and I'm wanting to know each note in the chords just so I know what my chord tones and leading tones etc. are so I can use notes to create suspense or resolution for example. so what can I lean on to make my sounds happen. do I just use my techniques( bends, slides, hammer ons etc.) in different ways until I create a sound for example or is there something I missed along the way. lengthy post huh, yea I'm a complex individual lol. it's hard for me to put my problems into words so I hope everyone can interpret it. I will keep moving forward and keep rocking, and keep the shit coming Andy it's helping guys like me make this thing happen. thanks again
Amazing player+amazing lesson. Thanks
Thank you Andy!
guaaargrghh... this guys playing is out of this world, soo elegant.
Really great lesson
the phrasing he starts at 7:42 strikes like lightning, very unique technique.
I play in a classic rock band. My One rule when I play leads to the songs that we play is. If you can Hum It, you should pretty much play it note for note. There are memorable phrases. A lot of the times I liked it just improvise and hit some of the keynotes and bends of that particular solo of the song.. For example Tony Iommi has his own style, i’ll try to copy it.
this is such a revelationary lesson
Ya, his tone and playing has made me wanna play again.
superb lesson!
"Like your phrasing"?....you are a master!
A true player can never sit still while playing I love it.
Regarding the ending solo section, Dm, F, Bb, you plaid these chords in different spots on the neck of the guitar. Do you sometimes play caged chords in just one area of the neck?
Mr Andy.. Can you give explanation / example about phrasing with other style.. Not only blues or pentatonic... Thanx before
You sir just made me pick up my guitar again. I always wanted to write my own music, but it never had any feel into it. I will try my best to improve from now on, and I'll let the guitar talk for me :D
How did you do until this day?
Kick ass lesson. Really helpful.
This man is a god
If you hold your breath that will affect your phrasing too. Because you have less time, you try to say everything you can before you blackout.
I have to say if you can immediately play what you sing it means you can transfer on instrument what plays in your head which is amazing skill and i doubt that even all famous guitar players have that skill!befor i was thinking improvisation means exactly doing that however mostly improvisational is applying right scale in a right moment so you kinda know in advance approximately which notes you gonna choose it's slightly cheating 🤣
Been looking at Andy's signature Ibanez. Anyone here have any experience playing it? If so would love some feedback.
Andy is one of those special guys like Robben Ford where after listening to the guy i just play better, they clear away all the bs and get you straight back into the natural musicality that just feels good.
The more I hear this cat playing, the more he's becoming a new favorite! Thanks True Fire! BTW, are the jam tracks that come with the packages spelled out in charts? Just curious. Thanks!
I hear a lot of similarity with John Mayer his phrasing. Anyone else hear it?
Vittorio De Santis exactly what I was thinking about
what gear is using to get his clean and distort tone?
***** Usually he'd be using his Mesa Boogie Lonestar, and it sounds a bit like that in this video. I'd check out the gear rundown he has, his tone is epic as.
Mesa Boogie lonestar, xotic bb preamp, carl martin compressor are staples of the god like tone of at
dont you phrase the words of the song?
CROSSTOWN TRAFFFICCC!!
Phrases: him michael lee and blues saraceno
Andy really looks like Jeff Loomis
“Okay, I was just improvising there but....”
so the trick is to hum what is in your head in instant grat tutorital tims.. prahsing s a lanuage...
i didnt know matt damon play guitar
great player but listening wares you out .the playing I mean the lessons great also .
Cool !! And it just sounded like a ‘Ballad’ neoclassical solo to me ! 😨
Labu
He kind of looks and sounds like jeff loomis. Lol a jazzy loomis.
All the information in this video is pretty great, but too much distortion and reverb on the guitar...can't hear the backing track through the fuzz and string noise. It's a pretty killer sound, but the point of the video is the interaction of the solo over the backing chords.
its all fine when i hear it.
Are you kidding ?
benlead76 He could of done this with out a backing track for all I care. That tone is amazing.
Okay I thought I played well