The timing on this video is perfect! 6 days ago I finally tried this style of playing - and at the weekend one of our highly respected local musicians heard me fumbling around with it and said ‘You’ve got it - keep going!’ I fully intend to keep going… and going….
Something about these triad videos just clicks with me. They just get right to the heart of things and get straight into the musicality. Best teacher on TH-cam?
My problem with improvising is attempting too much too soon, and this lesson is a perfect reminder to keep it simple before moving on. If it weren't for Active Melody I would have given up on playing long time ago! 🙏💕
It's having the confidence to play simple at the start of the soloing journey and not try to fill all the gaps with notes. I usually try to solo 3 levels above where I actually am, doing too much, being too busy and not really properly understanding what I'm doing. This video is perfect.
I agree. I joined Active Melody two years a go at age 74 and learned so much after all of my years playing on and off. Brian is a real great teacher and excellent musician.
I watch a lesson like this, yet another gem from Brian, and I am so grateful to have become a premium member on Active Melody. Folks, seriously, you’ll get way, way value from it than the subscription price, I promise. Many times over. And No, I don’t know Brian personally, he did not ask for any Comments like this, and the only reason I’m writing this here is to thank Brian and encourage anyone who likes his style to go check it out. That’s all. Happy playing, fellow travelers!
Thank you for this type of video lesson. For me the simpler the better. This lesson REALLY helped especially when you showed how to play the I, IV, V chords in ONE SPOT on the neck and not have to jump way up the neck to play the IV, and V chord. Please continue doing these as you say basic / simple concepts without throwing in too much information. I need all the "play by yourself" type videos I can find. since I play alone. Craig Ewinger
This is another one of Brian’s gems I forward to muso friends to try and light a fire under them. The variety, the kaleidoscope and fluidity of his lovely tuition I haven’t been able to match with his contemporaries
I think I'm echoing what 40 other people have said, but perfect lesson for me, perfect timing. Easy enough to understand what to do, plenty to build on. Exactly the lesson I needed, thanks Brian.
As casual player for forty years, and feeling comfortable with playing a lot of easy stuff, I never knew where or how to start improvising as such. This was helpful and useful.
Dear Brian, I'm following your channel for a few months now and I'm always astonished by how easy you are able to break complicated things down to a non-complex level so that I can make some music. For years I played scales and not music. Thanks so much! You are really gifted!
The Way He Teaches You is like he knows what You're going through he shows You the Way You Understand and makes it So MUCH easier to Understand IT'S NOT COMPLICATED AT ALL PS I TRIED FOR YEARS TO PLAY LEAD BOUGHT A TELECASTER AND HE SHOWED LITTLE SCALES I LEARNED AND NOW IT'S LIKE MY GUITAR IS PLAYING BY ITSELF SOOO EASY NOW THAT I KNOW SO THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SIR ARE A GREAT TEACHER LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU PS YOU HAVE A WAY TO TEACH AGAIN THANK YOU
I wasted hundreds of dollars back in the day on guitar lessons, and still couldn't play a thing. Now I found you, and I am off and running! Thank you so much for these awesome videos!
This is so helpful to me. I want to improvise and express myself. Your lessons give me such a useful scaffold to build on, and they help me feel connected to the traditions and structures of the blues.
Would love to see a whole series on improvising from this base model including the ideas touched upon in tab. As for some, Improvising would be a lot easier if all the pieces were in a kit form to help with the know how of using them like building blocks and mix and match. Great topic and arrangement. Appreciate your work.
Totally agree. This is yet another great lesson, and perfect timing for me. I would love to see "step 2" and " step 3" etc where each step challenges us Abit further... Other pentatonics, major/minor etc... But with the important same theme jerking the next step simple and focused. Thanks Brian!
Haha! Great way to say it! I started emerging from out the darkness the first time I watched one of Brian's videos almost 2 years ago. Others (on youtube and in person) have tried to show me a lot of what Brian teaches but it never really clicked. But Brian has a way of making click into place. So many "light bulb" moments.
Brian,thank you very much for this lesson. I was beginning to get a bit lost but this is very helpful and I did find myself "tapping my foot". It is fun!
Would love to see more lessons like this. Improvising has been a sticking point for me to make it sound like a melody or music and not just a scale. Thanks!!
Another great lesson. I love that opening riff. It can be a challenge to keep things simple and stay in one area of the neck. You've broken it down perfectly. Thank you.
Excellent video. I'm at an intermediate level and currently teaching my best friend to play. This will definitely be his next lesson... along with a great refresher for me. Keep up the good work!
Brian, such a valuable lesson. It’s very basic and yet foundational, setting up the transition from “I don’t know how to to improvise “ to “hey, it’s not as complicated as I thought”. I’ve been an Active Melody member for many years and credit you with opening many doors in my guitar journey. Thanks again, keep up the good work.
What I love LOVE LOVE about these lessons is that there is always a nugget that you can immediately begin using. Maybe the full lesson is too much to digest in one sitting, but there is always at least one nugget that you can use and IMMEDIATELY change and improve your playing. And you ALWAYS get the WHY with the WHAT. The paid membership is well worth the price.
I watch your videos all the time for little nuggets like this. I've probably seen you do these very same concepts in most of the videos I watch, but I actually had an ah ha moment with this one. Thank you!
Wow. I love this. I love how you explain the concept and keeping it simple. Dude! It’s the first video I’ve watched from you, and I think I just became a fan.
This is simplifying this very well Brian:it teaches me to do small bits first and do them well before trying to do the complicated,impressive ones later.
Often simple is more. This was one of the best lessons I ever saw on here. Actually what you played sounded real good and a listener would not even know it was say simple
i couldn't agree more with the comment below. this is beginner heaven ...sugar and spice ..confidence boost. it makes it all worth while picking an instrument up and trying. i think time to join patroen with him ...well done Active Melody ...
Genial, magistral, impresionante. Ha sido una clase enormemente instructiva. No puedo dejar de tocar y probar cosas. Tengo los dedos echando humo. Muchas gracias.
I have so much fun watching you teach and unlocking information in such a way that works for pretty much everyone. Your mannerisms, your tone of voice, the way you are able to articulate instructions honestly makes it fun to watch And learn from you at pretty much any level of ability. I guess all I can say coming from a 68-year-old guy who started playing when he was 12 years old and has owned more guitars than should have been allowed ha-ha , Played by ear and self-taught, played and copied all the old rock and rollers from back in the day, I truly enjoy watching and learning from you. You have definitely opened up and brought back to life this old guitar players joy for making up songs & things to play... Stay safe my friend and thank you for the blessings you bring to your channel and community.
Glad to get this Micro Lesson. I've always played those runs in E or A. Seeing how easy this is, I can now add the key of G to my arsenal. Just need to awaken to it. Thanks Brian!
Great lesson, Brian - thanks. Really simply clarified the close-compact 1-4-5 patterns AND the 1-4-5 notes to land on. As always - useful info well presented. Thank you.
I like that lesson very simple that could grasp. simple pentatonc licks that even I could do. I wrote it down on some tab paper. now I just have todo it. thanks.
Love your teaching, I am a premium member, have played rythum for many years, wanted to go to next level with playing fills in between singing and rhythm. Love the call and response lessons also!!
you are one of the best teacher, never regret being premium member
Don’t apologize for being simple. This is exactly the kind of videos that we need on TH-cam.
The timing on this video is perfect! 6 days ago I finally tried this style of playing - and at the weekend one of our highly respected local musicians heard me fumbling around with it and said ‘You’ve got it - keep going!’ I fully intend to keep going… and going….
Something about these triad videos just clicks with me. They just get right to the heart of things and get straight into the musicality. Best teacher on TH-cam?
Yes, best teacher on TH-cam!
My problem with improvising is attempting too much too soon, and this lesson is a perfect reminder to keep it simple before moving on. If it weren't for Active Melody I would have given up on playing long time ago! 🙏💕
It's having the confidence to play simple at the start of the soloing journey and not try to fill all the gaps with notes. I usually try to solo 3 levels above where I actually am, doing too much, being too busy and not really properly understanding what I'm doing. This video is perfect.
I agree. I joined Active Melody two years a go at age 74 and learned so much after all of my years playing on and off. Brian is a real great teacher and excellent musician.
Same here. Trying to play 16th s maybe slow down a bit
Hi Jola, long time. Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄.
@@douglaschristine8387 thanks, Doug, Merry Christmas!🎄
I watch a lesson like this, yet another gem from Brian, and I am so grateful to have become a premium member on Active Melody. Folks, seriously, you’ll get way, way value from it than the subscription price, I promise. Many times over. And No, I don’t know Brian personally, he did not ask for any Comments like this, and the only reason I’m writing this here is to thank Brian and encourage anyone who likes his style to go check it out.
That’s all. Happy playing, fellow travelers!
Spot on!
I agree with you whole heartly, the best money I ever spent on music.
So glad I'm a premium member!
Best teacher on TH-cam hands down
Thank you for this type of video lesson. For me the simpler the better. This lesson REALLY helped especially when you showed how to play the I, IV, V chords in ONE SPOT on the neck and not have to jump way up the neck to play the IV, and V chord. Please continue doing these as you say basic / simple concepts without throwing in too much information. I need all the "play by yourself" type videos I can find. since I play alone. Craig Ewinger
This is another one of Brian’s gems I forward to muso friends to try and light a fire under them. The variety, the kaleidoscope and fluidity of his lovely tuition I haven’t been able to match with his contemporaries
How in the hell does he keep coming up with quality stuff like this constantly? As good as guitar lessons get! No lie! 🤘
I consider your channel to be one of the best for learning guitar and I'm sure the community would echo that. thanks so much, Ted in Sebastian, Fl
Well taught lesson, and right at the basic level. Perfect for a beginner like myself! Thanks!
Another perfect bite of instruction with a simple exercise that is actually a gateway to improv instead of memorizing. Thanks
I love your 'play by yourself' lessons Brian. They are challenging but achievable. Thank you once again.
I think I'm echoing what 40 other people have said, but perfect lesson for me, perfect timing. Easy enough to understand what to do, plenty to build on. Exactly the lesson I needed, thanks Brian.
Best idea I have seen for a simple Improvisation. Would like more like this.
As casual player for forty years, and feeling comfortable with playing a lot of easy stuff, I never knew where or how to start improvising as such. This was helpful and useful.
This is absolutely fantastic Brian, please more like this!
Brilliant......this is exactly the content I need to see...thank you so much.
That four chord illustration five minutes in just blew my mind. Thank you again
Dear Brian, I'm following your channel for a few months now and I'm always astonished by how easy you are able to break complicated things down to a non-complex level so that I can make some music. For years I played scales and not music. Thanks so much! You are really gifted!
The Way He Teaches You is like he knows what You're going through he shows You the Way You Understand and makes it So MUCH easier to Understand IT'S NOT COMPLICATED AT ALL PS I TRIED FOR YEARS TO PLAY LEAD BOUGHT A TELECASTER AND HE SHOWED LITTLE SCALES I LEARNED AND NOW IT'S LIKE MY GUITAR IS PLAYING BY ITSELF SOOO EASY NOW THAT I KNOW SO THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SIR ARE A GREAT TEACHER LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU PS YOU HAVE A WAY TO TEACH AGAIN THANK YOU
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I wasted hundreds of dollars back in the day on guitar lessons, and still couldn't play a thing. Now I found you, and I am off and running! Thank you so much for these awesome videos!
I derived much enjoyment out this short lesson, thanks Brian it got me going again .
you are a great teacher. Thank you very much
Another concise and extremely useful lesson. Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
This is so helpful to me. I want to improvise and express myself. Your lessons give me such a useful scaffold to build on, and they help me feel connected to the traditions and structures of the blues.
Would love to see a whole series on improvising from this base model including the ideas touched upon in tab. As for some, Improvising would be a lot easier if all the pieces were in a kit form to help with the know how of using them like building blocks and mix and match. Great topic and arrangement. Appreciate your work.
Totally agree. This is yet another great lesson, and perfect timing for me. I would love to see "step 2" and " step 3" etc where each step challenges us Abit further... Other pentatonics, major/minor etc... But with the important same theme jerking the next step simple and focused.
Thanks Brian!
I'd love to see the same thing
Great lesson. I would like to see the same thing.
Brian you are a genius. It is so simple yet I never thought about just like that.
Great stuff Brian!! 👌
Thanks for the lightbulb moment, I am finally emerging out of the darkness!!
Haha! Great way to say it! I started emerging from out the darkness the first time I watched one of Brian's videos almost 2 years ago. Others (on youtube and in person) have tried to show me a lot of what Brian teaches but it never really clicked. But Brian has a way of making click into place. So many "light bulb" moments.
Keeping it simple. It's perfect! Thanks Brian!
Brian knows how to show how one tendon works. I love his approach.
I have to say, for me this was what I needed to hear/be taught at this point in my learning. Thank you so much.
Extremely good lesson on how to make complicated music more simple.....I have always appreciated your teaching you are the best!
simple and great way to get you started on improv. Fantastic
Brian,thank you very much for this lesson. I was beginning to get a bit lost but this is very helpful and I did find myself "tapping my foot". It is fun!
Would love to see more lessons like this. Improvising has been a sticking point for me to make it sound like a melody or music and not just a scale. Thanks!!
Another great lesson. I love that opening riff. It can be a challenge to keep things simple and stay in one area of the neck. You've broken it down perfectly. Thank you.
I’ve watched dozens and dozens of these type of videos. This is among the most useful. Thank you!
Very useful lesson! Start with the basic chords, simple rhythm and some lead lines nearby and then build up 👍 .🎸💡
Excellent video. I'm at an intermediate level and currently teaching my best friend to play. This will definitely be his next lesson... along with a great refresher for me. Keep up the good work!
and u can end that on open strings..that works too..thanks for ur simple instruction style..it sure helps this oldtimer...love it
This is excellent! I've been struggling with this! Thanks...
Brian, such a valuable lesson. It’s very basic and yet foundational, setting up the transition from “I don’t know how to to improvise “ to “hey, it’s not as complicated as I thought”. I’ve been an Active Melody member for many years and credit you with opening many doors in my guitar journey. Thanks again, keep up the good work.
I loved this lesson Brian because it was simple enough for me to actually play well. Thanks, Buddy!!
I'm a 58 year old beginner, been at it two years, I'm ready for this. Thank you, and I'll let you know how it's going in a couple months. lol.
What I love LOVE LOVE about these lessons is that there is always a nugget that you can immediately begin using. Maybe the full lesson is too much to digest in one sitting, but there is always at least one nugget that you can use and IMMEDIATELY change and improve your playing. And you ALWAYS get the WHY with the WHAT. The paid membership is well worth the price.
I watch your videos all the time for little nuggets like this. I've probably seen you do these very same concepts in most of the videos I watch, but I actually had an ah ha moment with this one. Thank you!
Wow Brian, unless that's some fancy wallpaper you can get stateside. That's one hell of a vinyl collection behind you!👍
I had abandoned the guitar after many years of "playing" but you have helped me light the fire again. King regards o
You are gifted and thanks for sharing your experience. I love watching your videos. Lov from Bombay
Wow. I love this. I love how you explain the concept and keeping it simple.
Dude! It’s the first video I’ve watched from you, and I think I just became a fan.
Did I mention before that you are an inspirational tutor, excellent lesson, it melted my face.....!
Thank you for another great lesson. I really appreciate your approach to teaching.
This is simplifying this very well Brian:it teaches me to do small bits first and do them well before trying to do the complicated,impressive ones later.
Awesome lesson, second to none. So clear.
I love how explain things in whatever your teaching on Brian, i have learned a lot from you,
this micro lesson is so helpful for me. Thank you.
WS looking at one of your lessons from roughly 5 yrs back & it occurred to me just how far you have progressed. A good idea here,Thanks 💡.
Excellent. Thank you so much. What a great teacher, great music.
Love this lesson. Really felt like I was connecting things I had learnt and joining them together to make music.
Hey Brian this is much more than a lesson ..this is could be an entire course !! More than happier to be a member ! Thanks
Simple but so fun! Thanks from France...
Often simple is more. This was one of the best lessons I ever saw on here. Actually what you played sounded real good and a listener would not even know it was say simple
Hi Brian, always enjoy these short lessons. Much appreciated
Thank you for the great content per usual!
What an awesome lesson! it's in the right hand, a wise man once told me that.
i couldn't agree more with the comment below. this is beginner heaven ...sugar and spice ..confidence boost. it makes it all worth while picking an instrument up and trying. i think time to join patroen with him ...well done Active Melody ...
Genial, magistral, impresionante. Ha sido una clase enormemente instructiva. No puedo dejar de tocar y probar cosas. Tengo los dedos echando humo. Muchas gracias.
Great basics to take off from. Thanks Brian.
This is awesome. Very simple and very effective at playing melodies to the chord tones, in the same general area of the fretboard.
Thanks Brian! It's making good sense to me now! Thanks for sharing!
Love the simplicity.
Really helpful lesson, thanks. Wasn't overwhelming at all. Can't wait to try it.
Great fun lesson....I like the simplicity just for sitting around and picking by myself
Thanks Brian
I have so much fun watching you teach and unlocking information in such a way that works for pretty much everyone. Your mannerisms, your tone of voice, the way you are able to articulate instructions honestly makes it fun to watch And learn from you at pretty much any level of ability. I guess all I can say coming from a 68-year-old guy who started playing when he was 12 years old and has owned more guitars than should have been allowed ha-ha , Played by ear and self-taught, played and copied all the old rock and rollers from back in the day, I truly enjoy watching and learning from you. You have definitely opened up and brought back to life this old guitar players joy for making up songs & things to play... Stay safe my friend and thank you for the blessings you bring to your channel and community.
thank you Brian, I need to get to this next level. Much appreciated.
I loved it Brian….. I used it right away and did a little ad-lobbing, too. Thanks a lot!!
You're the best. Great teacher.
Best guitar tutorial video ever! Thanks Brian🙏🙌
Brian, really like your teaching and your delivery of what you are teaching. THANKS for all that you do!
Thank you I love simplicity, still making it rich!
Glad to get this Micro Lesson. I've always played those runs in E or A. Seeing how easy this is, I can now add the key of G to my arsenal. Just need to awaken to it. Thanks Brian!
Man your the best teacher out there for me!
Great lesson, Brian - thanks. Really simply clarified the close-compact 1-4-5 patterns AND the 1-4-5 notes to land on. As always - useful info well presented. Thank you.
I like that lesson very simple that could grasp. simple pentatonc licks that even I could do. I wrote it down on some tab paper. now I just have todo it. thanks.
This lesson is exactly what I needed. Thank you, and, I hope you do more of these. I may become a subscriber in the future with lessons like this one.
These little lesson help me so much! Downloaded the TAB. :)
This is what I needed for a kick start of my impro. Journey...thanks a lot sir!!! Awsm!
Simplicity is often much more inspirational than complexity. Thanks a lot!
Much appreciated. Always get sucked into starting with tricky stuff not always successfully so this really helped.
I really LOVED this lesson. So much FUN!!
Simple, straight forward and super fun. Great lesson. Thanks
Like your teaching style and these mini lessons. Thanks!
great lesson to help me wrap my head around improvisation over a chord. Thanks!
I enjoyed the lesson. Nice to focus on one area to force you to develop more style within that area.
Love your teaching, I am a premium member, have played rythum for many years, wanted to go to next level with playing fills in between singing and rhythm. Love the call and response lessons also!!
I don't remember ever seeing a better explanation of how to start improvising. This should be a pre-requisite to Improv 101. Thanks Brian!
A perfect lesson for me. Loved it! Thanks Brian
Good lesson. Very enlightening for the beginner.