zulu mike thanks fam’ 🙏🏾☺️ In fact, music should be a conversation, a story told clearly to inspire and bring people to heaven 🤷🏾♂️ One love to the family in Zimbabwe ❤️
I traveled through Central Africa some 30 years ago. From Douala to Kisangani I remember the beat of this music. It was a very powerful and exciting sound. I do a Travis type picking with a plect. This seem somewhat similar but a more exciting sound. Good luck with the project.
Pat Flynn good ☺️ 30 years ago ?! Was it for work ? Happy to read that I am sure this experience has created a unique style of yours 🤔 Thanks for the support 🙏🏾
Pat Flynn wow Amazing ! 👌🏾 I hope you have made a book with all those memories ☺️ You probably know Africa more than me and many other native africans 😅
Man I've always loved this style of music since visiting Africa a few years ago, so much life and beauty between the notes. Thank you so much for sharing and please keep them coming 🙏🏼
@@IsaacSariel-English I lived in Botswana for a year but I was blessed with the opportunity to see pretty much the whole of southern Africa. Met a lot of amazing people who were kind enough to introduce me to Seben! along with a lot of other African vibes. I've been trying to incorporate similar flavours into my own music and you've helped a lot
Alex J amazing ☺️ my pleasure I am happy to read your message 🙏🏾 And it’s good to see open minded people like you, hope you will come back in Africa 💪🏾
Hello Mr Isaac, my name is William from Kenya and am actually much impacted to your teaching and the way they're clear. I really like music and especially playing guitar.
I'm playing guitar for my church. My friend told me to find Congolese seven and I found you. Your vids are sooo helpful, god bless you. I was learning more blues guitar but, you got me more hooked on Congolese rumba.
MasterStepz9 • happy to help you and to show you this new way of appreciating guitar ☺️ Stick around fam’ many things to share together as long as God will give us je strength to do so 🙏🏾
Thank you so much, Mr Isaac. Have been following you for two years now and I have learnt so much from you. You are the best teacher I have ever met on TH-cam when it comes to African lead and rythymic guitar. Just some few lessons have missed due to the language you use sometimes. God bless you!
I’m so happy I found your videos! Your playing is wonderful So excited to be learning from you after picking up my guitar for the first time in many years! I’ve always loved various African styles but never thought I could learn. You are a great teacher and I believe I can finally learn the guitar that makes me feel most happy!!
I am glad to read that I will do my best to help you even more so you can really enjoy playing your guitar ☺️🙏🏾 Wish you the best Jennifer stay blessed
That Congolese rumda melody at the beginning it's lovely. It's amazing how with simple open chords you can create countless sweet melodies. Also love others melodies, lovely conversations questions and answers. Congolese Rumba 💕💕 European G😀 , my index is not free . THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!
Isaac, I like the way you explain how to learn playing sebene. I grew up dancing Congolese music, but this time, I developed interest in learning how to play guitar.
Brother issac may God bless you so much. Actually your lessons are touching me and making more interesting to learn, so far I have advanced my guitar player.
Isaac that's perfect bro, Congolese people are great as far as music is concern. Am much lucky to have Congolese teacher in Kenya, he also has vast experience in guitar playing. Am lucky enough to have him as my guitar teacher. You Congolese people are blessing to us. Isaac God bless you and may you live long so that you keep inspiring us.
Issac singing the rhythm at 6:24 is very useful. Picking goes somewhat easier if you know the beat pattern behind it. GREAT sound. I use a pick + 2 fingers to get these types of layers, but now I realize it's good to leave some air around those arpeggiated notes.
Im feelin this style havent seen it explained at its Root, Im liken this sound i all ways enjoyed the Rumba ... Thank you brother from Seattle this is so good III be back...
@@IsaacSariel-English I kept it simple and started jamming in C using the I-IV-V-IV chord progression and arpeggiating the C-shape chord just along the A string in the C-shape, just focussing on the rhythm! I finally start to hear what I (as a plain vanilla white European 🤣) like so much in seben. This will be my basis to find more efficient voicings and then finally start improvising...something which eluded me for so long!! Thank you so much! Just seeing you do it on an acoustic guitar was what clicked with me!
Joshua Nnachi ha ha .. Thank you very much fam’ 🙏🏾☺️ No more train noise but the apartment is in front of a big popular square so .. 😅 you may have heard police siren in the previous video... 🤷🏾♂️ Hopefully I will have my own house where nothing will disturb 🙏🏾☺️
Erasto Yeshua thank you very much fam’ still practicing to be the best 🙏🏾☺️ You know I was imagining that WA was standing for « Wakanda State » 🤦🏾♂️.. Anyway big up to all the Washington family hope to meet you soon 😘
"wakanda state" I like that....🤣🤣 To he honest though, your videos truly inspired me to play guitar. I can't go a day without listening to your guitar videos. The lessons & examples you give, 👏👏👏 it's just too perfect bro, WELL DONE
Erasto Yeshua my pleasure fam’ thank you very much for the support so encouraging to keep recording 🙏🏾❤️ What do you think of a podcast ? I think about creating my own one to give people motivation with my guitar and some African tone 🤔
@@IsaacSariel-English you're welcome man. I think podcasts would be fantastic man. Especially for those of us who want to learn sebene and play it well. You should do it man.
Juste génial, je vais travailler sur ça. Je suis des cours de guitare mais écouter est très intéressant et une belle façon d'apprendre la rumba que d'aller à mon cours. Merci 🙏🏽
@@alanross3843 playing a chord whether a triad, seventh. whatever but playing the notes in ascending or descending order for instance. to play a c major triad "arpeggio" would be playing C E G
@Kevin Rose You're not useless. It depends on what you're playing on. Electric or Acoustic. Picks help for easy shredding on the Electric guitar. So you just need to get patience and practice using your pick and you're good to go.
Try using a thumb pick. It'll give you the ability to use your fingers when you want and still have the pick for quick melodies, arpeggios, and solos. Also look into flamenco techniques to expand your finger picking skills
Was needing a new tutor (baritone uke. I find it actually suits older blues, and international folk music styles quite fine) after I outgrew my last one. So happy to have just found you! Have been drumming all my life, so this rhumba rhythm isn't the problem-the Arpeggios are what I gotta focus on! :-D
Kipla Rono love you my Kenian family I did not expect you to be that much to follow my videos on TH-cam I hope to do special masterclass in Kenya to meet all of you if God make the way 💭🙏🏾
@@IsaacSariel-English Do it brother, your training skills on Guitar is all what i love, i also believe that one day we shall meet and i would play guitar like you bro. You will remain the best teacher on TH-cam .i welcome you to Kenya ,karibu kenya hakuna matata kaka.
Very interesting. Very! Thanks for sharing! 19:22 - this is the G maj I originally learned, but I now use the others you discuss because I find them more useful - more versatile.
Looking to learn different musical styles...I've stumbled on Congolese Rumba...that sound very similar to Bluegrass, finger picking style....just accents on a different beats Thank you!
Nice One. Love the Central African sound, particularly the bright timbre of guitar associated with the much loved music of Kakai Kilonso. Wish I could go back one day. Further South - love the sound of Shwi Nomtekhala. Stay well.
@@bloggtalk5085 yup. Great artist and fond memories of Red Earth, big smiles and great coffee. Not sure about Tusker and White Cap though. Stay well. x
Yes Isaac!, Your approach to teaching guitar is good! Simplistic.. You make it look and feel its like talking> I love this. I am from Zimbabwe!
zulu mike thanks fam’ 🙏🏾☺️
In fact, music should be a conversation, a story told clearly to inspire and bring people to heaven 🤷🏾♂️
One love to the family in Zimbabwe ❤️
I traveled through Central Africa some 30 years ago. From Douala to Kisangani I remember the beat of this music. It was a very powerful and exciting sound. I do a Travis type picking with a plect. This seem somewhat similar but a more exciting sound. Good luck with the project.
Pat Flynn good ☺️ 30 years ago ?! Was it for work ?
Happy to read that I am sure this experience has created a unique style of yours 🤔
Thanks for the support 🙏🏾
Traveling in a overland truck through North, West, Central and East Africa just for the sake of making the journey and experiencing the real Africa.
Pat Flynn wow Amazing ! 👌🏾
I hope you have made a book with all those memories ☺️
You probably know Africa more than me and many other native africans 😅
Man I've always loved this style of music since visiting Africa a few years ago, so much life and beauty between the notes. Thank you so much for sharing and please keep them coming 🙏🏼
Alex J thank you very much for your interest and support 🙏🏾 In which country have you been ?
@@IsaacSariel-English I lived in Botswana for a year but I was blessed with the opportunity to see pretty much the whole of southern Africa. Met a lot of amazing people who were kind enough to introduce me to Seben! along with a lot of other African vibes. I've been trying to incorporate similar flavours into my own music and you've helped a lot
Alex J amazing ☺️ my pleasure I am happy to read your message 🙏🏾
And it’s good to see open minded people like you, hope you will come back in Africa 💪🏾
Good teaching there
Hello Mr Isaac, my name is William from Kenya and am actually much impacted to your teaching and the way they're clear. I really like music and especially playing guitar.
You still stand to be the best Online teacher have come across Isaac
Minista Denis trynna do my best fam’ 🙏🏾☺️
I’m a beginner bro, I’ve never played before but I want to learn how to play rumba from scratch.. I love the way u teach
I'm playing guitar for my church. My friend told me to find Congolese seven and I found you. Your vids are sooo helpful, god bless you. I was learning more blues guitar but, you got me more hooked on Congolese rumba.
MasterStepz9 • happy to help you and to show you this new way of appreciating guitar ☺️
Stick around fam’ many things to share together as long as God will give us je strength to do so 🙏🏾
One of my best teachers. I love you Sir.
Thank you so much, Mr Isaac. Have been following you for two years now and I have learnt so much from you. You are the best teacher I have ever met on TH-cam when it comes to African lead and rythymic guitar. Just some few lessons have missed due to the language you use sometimes. God bless you!
You are a good player, I need to learn howbto play congolese Rhumba tunes.
I’m so happy I found your videos! Your playing is wonderful So excited to be learning from you after picking up my guitar for the first time in many years! I’ve always loved various African styles but never thought I could learn. You are a great teacher and I believe I can finally learn the guitar that makes me feel most happy!!
I am glad to read that I will do my best to help you even more so you can really enjoy playing your guitar ☺️🙏🏾 Wish you the best Jennifer stay blessed
Great...my number 1 teacher. Never found someone who explains guitar playing like you do!
Simon Titus thank you very much fam’ I try to explain it the easiest possible so any one can relate 🙏🏾☺️
@@IsaacSariel-English following from Kenya!
actually following from Australia
@@IsaacSariel-English can you send to me plz?
every heavy song I enjoy is almost alway"s a 3 chord groove🎶 Arpeggio and the Broken Chords should be your group name pure love❤️
This that why I remember again my country in 1970 just RDC Congolese rumba with lutumba
That Congolese rumda melody at the beginning it's lovely. It's amazing how with simple open chords you can create countless sweet melodies.
Also love others melodies, lovely conversations questions and answers. Congolese Rumba 💕💕
European G😀 , my index is not free .
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!
Issac, you are such a good teacher. I like how calmly you speak and clearly you share your ideas!
Isaac, I like the way you explain how to learn playing sebene. I grew up dancing Congolese music, but this time, I developed interest in learning how to play guitar.
Am impressed ,,,,with just three chords ...from Kenya
Same!
So amazing love 🎉.
This guitar style is amazing. Your lesson is so learner friendly. More please.
Such great music. The groove. Really makes one appreciate African music.
I was zero from playing the guitar but since I watched your video I have developed my guitar little bit thanks so much God bless you more and more bro
So happy to read this kind of feedback 😍🥰 Let’d carry on together 🙏🏾
Je suis débutant dans la guitare, c’est merveilleux ce que vous faites frère, un vrai régal
Brother issac may God bless you so much. Actually your lessons are touching me and making more interesting to learn, so far I have advanced my guitar player.
denniskeoro87 dennis my pleasure I am happy to read that ☺️🙏🏾 good luck on your guitar learning journey 💪🏾
Isaac that's perfect bro, Congolese people are great as far as music is concern. Am much lucky to have Congolese teacher in Kenya, he also has vast experience in guitar playing. Am lucky enough to have him as my guitar teacher. You Congolese people are blessing to us. Isaac God bless you and may you live long so that you keep inspiring us.
Love it Isaac. Simple music but the "feel" is the hard part until you've got it. I going to give this try for sure.
Bro Sariel you are a blessing to many keep it up bro.
Other days. Your lessons are a live concert, but today gosh freakin darnit. You are teaching.
Ibrahim Turay 🤷🏾♂️ hope that helps
Another great video from THE Coach!! Thanks for the motivation and inspiration...
Moustapha Diop my pleasure 🥰🙏🏾
C'est un plaisir de te voir de retour!!!😊😊😊
Issac singing the rhythm at 6:24 is very useful. Picking goes somewhat easier if you know the beat pattern behind it. GREAT sound. I use a pick + 2 fingers to get these types of layers, but now I realize it's good to leave some air around those arpeggiated notes.
l like your effort and work in sharing your ideas and making it simple to understand.Thanks and keep up the good work.
Great lesson love the African guitar style .
i was impressed more than I learned. Need a video to learn each individual cord.
Thank you so much sir I really learnt alot from you I pray that the Lord will continue to strengthen you Amen.....
Nwafor Christian amen brother 🙏🏾
Thanks for the prayer ☺️
I get what you're saying "play the middle", that gets the feel for that style. Thanks.
This is beautiful, I have to learn this!!
feel appreciated teacher👑👑👑👍👍
Im feelin this style havent seen it explained at its Root, Im liken this sound i all ways enjoyed the Rumba ... Thank you brother from Seattle this is so good III be back...
I didn't think about Finding such a good teacher
Salut mon grand j'espère que vous allez bien je veut vous parler votre contact s'il vous plaît 🙏
Thank you so much for this lesson sir, although I'm a keyboardist and I'm beginning to pick interest in playing guitar as well. Bless you sir.
big up brother Sariel,may God bless you.
New way to learn African rhytmic guitar. Thank you Issac
Ah, thank you, Isaac! Exactly what I was looking for! 😃😃😃
gbormann71 my pleasure 😉
@@IsaacSariel-English I kept it simple and started jamming in C using the I-IV-V-IV chord progression and arpeggiating the C-shape chord just along the A string in the C-shape, just focussing on the rhythm!
I finally start to hear what I (as a plain vanilla white European 🤣) like so much in seben. This will be my basis to find more efficient voicings and then finally start improvising...something which eluded me for so long!!
Thank you so much! Just seeing you do it on an acoustic guitar was what clicked with me!
You are the power player! ! Let God bless you.
this is extremely so productive please and simple to understand
Super good. Trying to follow up and learn.
I say thank you ,long time ago,I was looking a teacher
Like you
I begin newly to learn
God bless you my ticher irespect u man.
God bless you fam’ 🙏🏾
“I'm married now..." Haha! Congrats, Isaac. Speaking of the new apartment, there'll be no more interfering noise of trains passing.
Joshua Nnachi ha ha .. Thank you very much fam’ 🙏🏾☺️
No more train noise but the apartment is in front of a big popular square so .. 😅 you may have heard police siren in the previous video... 🤷🏾♂️
Hopefully I will have my own house where nothing will disturb 🙏🏾☺️
it's clear. i have been looking for someone to teach me how to play congolese ruhmba all over east africa...and then i found it online! lol !
Clarissa Maracci happy to read your message and to see that this video is helpful ☺️🙏🏾 Welcome to the Sebene family ! 😉
Fantastic teacher. Keep up the ggood work
Thank you so much brother.
Mr. Sariel, you're truly taleneted my bro. 😎RESPECT😎 from WA state.
Erasto Yeshua thank you very much fam’ still practicing to be the best 🙏🏾☺️
You know I was imagining that WA was standing for « Wakanda State » 🤦🏾♂️..
Anyway big up to all the Washington family hope to meet you soon 😘
"wakanda state" I like that....🤣🤣
To he honest though, your videos truly inspired me to play guitar. I can't go a day without listening to your guitar videos. The lessons & examples you give, 👏👏👏 it's just too perfect bro, WELL DONE
Erasto Yeshua my pleasure fam’ thank you very much for the support so encouraging to keep recording 🙏🏾❤️
What do you think of a podcast ? I think about creating my own one to give people motivation with my guitar and some African tone 🤔
@@IsaacSariel-English you're welcome man.
I think podcasts would be fantastic man. Especially for those of us who want to learn sebene and play it well. You should do it man.
@@IsaacSariel-English Marie Sigue send me the note please call me at 347-237-982!
Juste génial, je vais travailler sur ça. Je suis des cours de guitare mais écouter est très intéressant et une belle façon d'apprendre la rumba que d'aller à mon cours. Merci 🙏🏽
Wow this is amazing teaching bless you my lord bro
Gech Ye geta lijii my pleasure fam’ ☺️🙏🏾 Blessings
Arpeggios: making basic chords sound better for more than 3,000 years
Most Hated what defines an arpeggio?
@@alanross3843 playing a chord whether a triad, seventh. whatever but playing the notes in ascending or descending order for instance. to play a c major triad "arpeggio" would be playing C E G
chords have only existed for the past 500 or so years
Please looked me i play guitar jam 🎸🎼
So simple and well put really enjoyed this lesson purely because of the way you teach👌🏻
What's the Congolese take on finger style? I'm pretty useless with a pick but naturally comfortable using fingers
@Kevin Rose You're not useless. It depends on what you're playing on. Electric or Acoustic. Picks help for easy shredding on the Electric guitar. So you just need to get patience and practice using your pick and you're good to go.
Try using a thumb pick. It'll give you the ability to use your fingers when you want and still have the pick for quick melodies, arpeggios, and solos. Also look into flamenco techniques to expand your finger picking skills
Isaac Sariel...you're awesome boss
Wow! Thank you for sharing, great work...
I love this guy!
Give us more of this rhumba music sir, we really wanna learn it and how to play it on the guitar
Wow thanks so much Isaac ,I've learnt a lot,👌👌👌
Have been learning strum, will also join your lessons for rumba.
Thank you so much Isaac.
Was needing a new tutor (baritone uke. I find it actually suits older blues, and international folk music styles quite fine) after I outgrew my last one. So happy to have just found you! Have been drumming all my life, so this rhumba rhythm isn't the problem-the Arpeggios are what I gotta focus on! :-D
More blessings wish to meet you one time. Amazing brother
This is fantastic, will visit so often
Merci bcp pour ton aide, vraiment j’aime ton enseignement J
Thank you ! I am from Ethiopia!
Henok Bezawork big up to the family in Ethiopia ❤️☺️
félicitations tu fais du bon boulot
Great video of some great rhythms. The rhythm is the key . Merci bien
The best option for me, is to meet you live bro Isaac, i need to see you playing while I'm sitted with you,much love from Kenya
Kipla Rono love you my Kenian family I did not expect you to be that much to follow my videos on TH-cam I hope to do special masterclass in Kenya to meet all of you if God make the way 💭🙏🏾
@@IsaacSariel-English Do it brother, your training skills on Guitar is all what i love, i also believe that one day we shall meet and i would play guitar like you bro. You will remain the best teacher on TH-cam .i welcome you to Kenya ,karibu kenya hakuna matata kaka.
Very interesting. Very! Thanks for sharing!
19:22 - this is the G maj I originally learned, but I now use the others you discuss because I find them more useful - more versatile.
M R nice
Thanks alot boss... I really appreciate this video
Great teaching, thank you.
i enjoy your lessons bro i just wish i can have more of it . thanks
nshom raguel i will do my best to give you more 🙏🏾
Félicitations, coach, bravo 👏👏👏❤️🌹✊💪🙏
best GUITAR teacaher ever. thanks a lots bro. but please show us the picking pattern as well ok. thanks for the great lesson bro.
Yes the teacher is one of the best, thanks.
Isaac thank you sharing. Your lessons are brilliant... excellent approach excellent explanations. And you’ve added another subscriber.
Steven Beaulieu welcome to the family ☺️🙏🏾
Sangonini!
Alway wanted to learn this. Thanks so much!
Sango malamu muana mboka!
chaleureuse appréciation de la capitale du Kenya ... Nairobi...keep it flowing brother
Njoro Kurubu merci du soutien 🙏🏾☺️ Salutations à la famille de Nairobi 😘
thanks for this inspirational lesson
Isaac! i love your teaching style, the clarity and precision, man i wanna be like you and pray like you!!! @Jameson from kenya
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Looking to learn different musical styles...I've stumbled on Congolese Rumba...that sound very similar to Bluegrass, finger picking style....just accents on a different beats
Thank you!
i gotta take my guitar out the case ;-) thanks isaac haha
Asante saana sir great video
Sa serai bien de faire une vidéo sur les accords à connaître pour le sebene ( tous) puis une vidéo sur comment placer des note, intervalles etc...
Black Bull c’est noté je vais essayer de faire juste un peu de patience 😉
I like your work bro....
This is great it sound better. it turns guitar cord around for a taste honestly.
yes bro isaac lovely teacher
Great! nice teacher. keep it up. we are here to follow you.
Mr. Thierry thank you very much for the support family 🥰
Thanks Isaac, ur videos are truly helpful, big up to u man
Just amazing I need that gift
Beautiful! Thank You Sincerely.
Thanks Israël for this video!! I want to learn congolese music but i don't know where begin please help me!! Thanks Again for this video
Love this, Isaac! Thank you - Ken in Hawaii
Ken Johnston from Hawaii? 🥰 Hi to the family from Hawaii, I hope to see one day there ☺️🙏🏾
Best teacher for the best student. Too bad we’re slow
Nice One. Love the Central African sound, particularly the bright timbre of guitar associated with the much loved music of Kakai Kilonso. Wish I could go back one day. Further South - love the sound of Shwi Nomtekhala. Stay well.
Kakai was Kenyan..east africa...probably inspired by central a fricans especially congolese
@@bloggtalk5085 yup. Great artist and fond memories of Red Earth, big smiles and great coffee. Not sure about Tusker and White Cap though. Stay well. x
Lovely music, struggling with the picking. Will have to watch it a few times for sure.
I feel your pain fam’ it’s a problem for many beginner even for me when I started but I am sure you can make it 💪🏾😉
you're so helpful my man