Another way is to leverage the knowledge of pentatonics but superimpose different ones eg. Em pent over Am7 chord, Bm pent, or shift up/down 1/2 step for outside sounds.
I like the idea of the "train tracks" something to work on so I can easily reference notes around the fretboard for navigating changes. strings 1,5,6 are the easy ones, 2,3,4 are tricky.
Greg, you are in the top five of my top one hundred favorite guitarists of all time. Where in that top five? It varies. Sometimes you number 5, or 4, but most times you are number "ONE!" I love ya, bro. Keep cutting forward. You still have much to show us.
Thanks for uploading this man! I love that 7 notes grouping concept. It make me realize that maybe we can't do totally random in fast and complex lick when improvising, we need a concept that can be sequenced and disguise it little bit.
I like this guy, a lot, ,good explanatory teaching concepts ..great player... I saw him with Simon Phillips , nice guy too.. his band Maragold were great..
Great Lesson! Thanks for uploading this! Greg is one of my favorite guitarist and I am happy to finally have an understanding of his improvisation techniques. I now have more tools to add to my own repertoire and technique. The video is very much appreciated!
Its incredible how I always told myself learning my arpeggios was important, but it took a Greg Howe bootleg video on youtube to make it click and learn. lol
Every time I hear Greg Howe and the likes of Guthrie Govan and Tom Quayle , I suffer from brain palsy. It's not easy to decode extraterrestrials skills
lol... he keeps asking if that's making sense: The brain keeps saying yeah, the fingers are saying WTF?!! I wish I had reached out to this guy for some masterclasses 20 years ago...
Man, I don't know any modes...as an example, you could ask me to play a Lydian mode, and I wouldn't have a clue short of looking it up, how to play a Lydian mode scale....I know it's name, you know, like major scale, minor scale...I know those two...but the other ones...I probably even use them, depending on what the progression I'm playing over is...I've even been through 1st year music theory in college...but that was about 50 years ago...I probably need a refresher, hahaha!
I wish Greg would have used a whiteboard to show exactly how these scales relate. I know theory fairly well, but I dont have scale shapes memorized to understand what he was referring to.
Greg: Plays a super fast pentatonic lick in an effort to show how it can be expanded upon to sound more interesting and less predictable Me: Slows down the video to learn the super fast pentatonic lick
Great info Greg! And let us not forget that what we're really playing by superimposing C Major 7 (what you're calling "B" or actually the B Phrygian Mode Shape) over A Minor is the DORIAN mode "tonality" (you can hear that Major 6th tone in a very pronounced manner in your A Dorian style phrases). In such case, we're actually NOT playing in A Minor anymore "technically", but in the Key of G Major / E minor over an "A Minor/Dorian Groove", and all of the G Major Chord Diatonic modal scale, triad, and 7th arpeggio shapes will apply to the improvisation. My 2 Cents... ;o)
Thanks for your explanation, but I still dont get it. I know C major and A minor have the same notes, but I dont see how dorian and phygian come into play.
He is just being a Wanker and is wrong- Cmaj7 arpeggio over Amin chord is definitely not Dorian because A Dorian needs a F# and the backing track is not based around B min for it to be Phyrgian. Just listen to Greg and don't worry about this wanky shit.
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10 minutes into the video and I'm already 30 years behind Greg
I've been a fan of Howe since I was a kid. Phenomenal player!
I've been watching this video for months (with limited time) and picking up some good stuff. And only about a third of the way in. Just what I need.
Enjoy!!!
Not only is Greg a great player, he's also a great teacher.🙂
Sure thing.
He's also one of the top ADA dental surgeons in the world
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The master himself
game changer lesson for all tipical rock guitarists
The 32 note sequence has broke a rut that I was in for years. Thanks a lot man, it is a milestone for me.
Good luck🙏
damn, this opened my eyes.
An absolutely marvellous guitar player ….
You are right!
Greg for president 2024!
This is gold. Just what I have been looking for. Thanks
You’re welcome🙏
Another way is to leverage the knowledge of pentatonics but superimpose different ones eg. Em pent over Am7 chord, Bm pent, or shift up/down 1/2 step for outside sounds.
I like the idea of the "train tracks" something to work on so I can easily reference notes around the fretboard for navigating changes. strings 1,5,6 are the easy ones, 2,3,4 are tricky.
Greg, you are in the top five of my top one hundred favorite guitarists of all time. Where in that top five? It varies. Sometimes you number 5, or 4, but most times you are number "ONE!" I love ya, bro. Keep cutting forward. You still have much to show us.
Hi Greg! Can you teach us the song Extraction? Greetings from the Patagonia Argentina
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Thank you sssooo much for putting this on YT...
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Thanks for uploading this man! I love that 7 notes grouping concept. It make me realize that maybe we can't do totally random in fast and complex lick when improvising, we need a concept that can be sequenced and disguise it little bit.
Thanks Tony for uploading this masterclass! Really appreciated!
You took off all the translation parts....great!....Thanks for sharing!
Thank You Too!
Thanks for uploading! This has been the most insightful clinic I heard him do.
thanks for concising this.
You guys have to listen to an album called TILT, by Greg Howe and Richie Kotzen. Really, it's an amazing record.
Sure.
Thanks for the rec!!!
Brilliant guitarist
Fantastic!!!
I like this guy, a lot, ,good explanatory teaching concepts ..great player... I saw him with Simon Phillips , nice guy too.. his band Maragold were great..
Thanks, Greg!!!😊
Great Lesson! Thanks for uploading this! Greg is one of my favorite guitarist and I am happy to finally have an understanding of his improvisation techniques. I now have more tools to add to my own repertoire and technique. The video is very much appreciated!
Great lesson with Master Howe! 👌🎸🎶🙂
Of course!!!🙏
Its incredible how I always told myself learning my arpeggios was important, but it took a Greg Howe bootleg video on youtube to make it click and learn. lol
Yeah. He’s a Guitar God :)
Every time I hear Greg Howe and the likes of Guthrie Govan and Tom Quayle , I suffer from brain palsy. It's not easy to decode extraterrestrials skills
15:34 or, the ZELDA arpeggio. :)
lol... he keeps asking if that's making sense:
The brain keeps saying yeah, the fingers are saying WTF?!!
I wish I had reached out to this guy for some masterclasses 20 years ago...
Man, I don't know any modes...as an example, you could ask me to play a Lydian mode, and I wouldn't have a clue short of looking it up, how to play a Lydian mode scale....I know it's name, you know, like major scale, minor scale...I know those two...but the other ones...I probably even use them, depending on what the progression I'm playing over is...I've even been through 1st year music theory in college...but that was about 50 years ago...I probably need a refresher, hahaha!
I wish Greg would have used a whiteboard to show exactly how these scales relate. I know theory fairly well, but I dont have scale shapes memorized to understand what he was referring to.
Thank u so much for this
GH is the best All-Around Lead Guitarist
Of course!
Greg: Plays a super fast pentatonic lick in an effort to show how it can be expanded upon to sound more interesting and less predictable
Me: Slows down the video to learn the super fast pentatonic lick
32:32 makessense
Such insightful masterclass! Learnt so much. Thank you for this video!
Great info Greg! And let us not forget that what we're really playing by superimposing C Major 7 (what you're calling "B" or actually the B Phrygian Mode Shape) over A Minor is the DORIAN mode "tonality" (you can hear that Major 6th tone in a very pronounced manner in your A Dorian style phrases). In such case, we're actually NOT playing in A Minor anymore "technically", but in the Key of G Major / E minor over an "A Minor/Dorian Groove", and all of the G Major Chord Diatonic modal scale, triad, and 7th arpeggio shapes will apply to the improvisation. My 2 Cents... ;o)
I thought I understood theory until I read this comment! Lol
@NicholasNorway ... I know brother. These dudes are ultra hardcore on music theory. It even sounds like they are from another dimension, right ?
@johnm... Steve Vai, is that you ?
Thanks for your explanation, but I still dont get it. I know C major and A minor have the same notes, but I dont see how dorian and phygian come into play.
He is just being a Wanker and is wrong- Cmaj7 arpeggio over Amin chord is definitely not Dorian because A Dorian needs a F# and the backing track is not based around B min for it to be Phyrgian. Just listen to Greg and don't worry about this wanky shit.
27:34 Maybe your fingers don't have a problem with that! ;)
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Of course:)
Many Thanks!!!
7 notes and somehow 12 semitones that may 'always have an opportunity' regardless of the key you are playing
What's the name of the song that opens up the video?
"Dance" from "Parallax"
@@jemubk Thanks man!!