This is called the perfect lesson: 1- a killer lick 2- an excellent explanation of where the lick comes from 3- an excellent explanation of its context ... 4- great sound 5- played beautifully. Ross, You rule! All the Best, Mordi.
OK, Ross. Herer's my message I should have prob'ly shared a while ago. My story is a little different than yours. I used to play guitar totally by ear, learning with others and from others in blues/jazz workshops. Got some playing in jam sessions and pub gigs under my belt - all of that like 20 years ago. Now after having raised my kids a trifle and getting to grips with the professional path I chose, once again I manage to find half an hour or a full hour to sit with a guitar and crack my fingers bending again. And here comes you with this very distinctive kind of serving attitude that shines through all you do here. It's as if you were running to record a video strip to share some idea that you have designed or learned from somebody. Others have already complimented the composition and flow of your videos. What I would like to pinpoint is that your use of "call and response" technique is splendid - it truly guides watchers' attention. What I personally love is that you link so many dots from within guitar practice, musicality, music theory, your personal experience growing with a guitar on your lap and kindness towards the listener that you've managed to re-energise old mans' joyful and mindful playing. Please accept my sincere gratitude for your work. BTW: Your pronunciation is bliss for a non-native speaker educated in high-brow standard English. For me it is like listening to a fresh and insightful manner of phrasing on an instrument ;-)
Ross is now my favorite electric blues player, because he *gets it*, meaning each of his phrases sounds like it was composed beforehand, it tells a gorgeous little musical story, and both begins and ends in exactly the right place.
I've recently been re-inspired to break through the intermediate plateau and started scouting TH-cam to supplement my in-person lessons. I've watched hundreds of videos at this point and Ross is really one of maybe two people I aspire to play like. The lessons and explanations are just fantastic and inspiring. The licks are unique and impressive, but not totally out of reach either. Signed up and waiting for the 2.0 course to be released. Thank you for creating all this valuable content Ross!
THANKS ROSS!!! LOVED this lesson very precise and detailed without too much complicated theory and actually broken down very easily t understand. I am also a Robben Ford fan ...
Other than the playing, which is great, I like to point out that the format and presentation of the video itself is very good. It's all I want in an instructional video: accessible, clear, structured, bite-sized, the illustration of the concept is good (we can hear it, we can read it, and we can use the video to navigate - the shot helps), and gives enough information to help us develop our own ideas.
Thanks, Ross! This was helpful in coming up with my own licks. Mainly the last minute or so was useful (to me), the first part, well, ok. (I knew it...but not everyone does). Thanks!
I caught a glimpse of the title 'Robben Ford' as I moved my phone. I had my headphones on as I was working & the vid started playing. I thought hmm that sounds a lot like Ross though I thought it was Robben of course. Then you started your introduction & I realised it was one of your vids. We can't escape our own peculiar styles can we though we do take a lot from each other?
Robben Ford is such a fantastic musicien and guitarist, great to get an insight into one of his signature scales for want of a better expression.Great lesson as usual, TAB is very helpful and nice Telecaster, many thanks for this one, i'll be learning the whole solo with pleasure, great job !
Hey Ross great video. This is a pretty specific request, but maybe you could do a lesson on the lick at :30 of Robben Ford's new song Blues for Lonnie Johnson. Not really sure what he's doing there or why it works but such a cool lick that's stuck with me.
Amazing, someone needed to figure that out for us plebs! Ultimately it comes from early jazz right? Guys like Matt Schofield and Josh Smith figured that out as well...
Great lesson! Now I’m wondering, is there any place in an A blues progression when you could use a whole-half diminished scale starting on A (i.e., A, B, C, D, D#, F, F#, G#)? Maybe going from the I chord to the V chord?
ohhh Wow dude, this was absolutely amazing! it still blows my mind that we can find this kind of content for FREE here on TH-cam (insert-mind-blown-emoji) 128K subs...? you deserve to be in the millions. cheers from Australia
In this case what's the difference in the usage of the half-whole diminished and the altered scale? I mean there's only a note that misses and the flattened sixth different... Is this sufficient to choose one instead of the other to create some tension?
This was a great lesson. Thank you so much. Also, what model is that Telecaster? What pickups? It sounds and looks awesome. Ed: nevermind i found it on one of your earlier videos, strangles titled "My American Professional II Telecaster". Haha
There is actually only one diminished scale, starting on C, C# or D. The contrast between so-called half-whole vs whole-half merely marks where you start in the scale. But that's the same with any diatonic scale as well, so to me it's an artificial distinction. What he's playing here are fragments of a diminished scale.
I bought his online Bullet proof theory course a few months ago and trust me, it has to be one of the most well explained, accessible and easy to understand theory courses in the world. The way he step by step. unpacks and demystifies the whole subject is just genius. Good for you Ross and thank you.
The best way to create tension with a string instrument is to put 12 gauge strings on your acoustic guitar for the first time and tune up the G string slowly until it's aaaalmost in tune but then starts creaking. AAAAAAHHH!!!!! *Turns head away from fretboard*
Nice vid Ross. Love the counting advice. I really struggle with that. I've got a few nice SRV Solos down. Was hoping to loop and perform one or 2 live but my timing sucks!
I’ve just watched 4 diminished scale lessons - 2 by R Ford. All totally confusing. But you are lesson number 5. And you are the first person to explain that the scale is only for the lead up to the 4 chord. The A dim scale doesn’t land on D7. It’s a half step shy. Whew! Clarity. Plus you took the trouble to explain that the only real magic note in the scale is the flat 9. Now I know what to do. Sign me up.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist dang! Sounds ridiculous. Of you don’t mind me asking, which amp model is it? I have a Fractal and wouldn’t mind trying to recreate this tone!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Yes, amazing tone. Can you please share how you achieved it on your stomp? Or what preset it is. I'm thinking about selling my pedals and buying a stomp.
Totally random observation but I will never understand why 7#9s have always been called the "Hendrix chord" because he was nowhere near the first person to use them. Wes used a D7#9 to resolve the main riff of Four On Six and The Beatles used it in Taxman. Those are just a couple of instances. Maybe they call it that because he used it in such a rock context? Anybody else ever thought of that?
Thanks for putting soooo much effort into these. A resource like this back in the sixties would have been useful, to say the least. I had "Mel Bay Guitar Method Grades 1-7". It was wretched. Never practiced and sight-read everything (poorly). All the teacher did was puff on Winstons and write the fingerings over the chords. Put me off of playing until I was 17. I'll see myself out.
What I like most of you is your ability to put theory into pratice. It's not that easy. Most of us learn a new lesson and forget in a couple of days cause we lack the ability to master to new element and put it in our playing.
This is called the perfect lesson: 1- a killer lick 2- an excellent explanation of where the lick comes from 3- an excellent explanation of its context ... 4- great sound 5- played beautifully. Ross, You rule! All the Best, Mordi.
Thank you so much Mordi!
Your licks and teaching style (the tabs help tremendously) has helped me more in the past decade than anyone has, by far! Thank you.
Thank you so much Erik!
True
Love your playing.
This guy just keeps getting better and better. Always a great way of explaining things
OK, Ross. Herer's my message I should have prob'ly shared a while ago. My story is a little different than yours. I used to play guitar totally by ear, learning with others and from others in blues/jazz workshops. Got some playing in jam sessions and pub gigs under my belt - all of that like 20 years ago. Now after having raised my kids a trifle and getting to grips with the professional path I chose, once again I manage to find half an hour or a full hour to sit with a guitar and crack my fingers bending again.
And here comes you with this very distinctive kind of serving attitude that shines through all you do here. It's as if you were running to record a video strip to share some idea that you have designed or learned from somebody. Others have already complimented the composition and flow of your videos. What I would like to pinpoint is that your use of "call and response" technique is splendid - it truly guides watchers' attention.
What I personally love is that you link so many dots from within guitar practice, musicality, music theory, your personal experience growing with a guitar on your lap and kindness towards the listener that you've managed to re-energise old mans' joyful and mindful playing.
Please accept my sincere gratitude for your work.
BTW: Your pronunciation is bliss for a non-native speaker educated in high-brow standard English. For me it is like listening to a fresh and insightful manner of phrasing on an instrument ;-)
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words :)
I got your Bulletproof 1 last December and with these lessons I have improved my playing a lot, cheers from Mexico!
Thank you Gerry! I love hearing that :)
Ross is now my favorite electric blues player, because he *gets it*, meaning each of his phrases sounds like it was composed beforehand, it tells a gorgeous little musical story, and both begins and ends in exactly the right place.
This channel is awesome, just subscribed
I've recently been re-inspired to break through the intermediate plateau and started scouting TH-cam to supplement my in-person lessons. I've watched hundreds of videos at this point and Ross is really one of maybe two people I aspire to play like. The lessons and explanations are just fantastic and inspiring. The licks are unique and impressive, but not totally out of reach either. Signed up and waiting for the 2.0 course to be released. Thank you for creating all this valuable content Ross!
I appreciate that Matt thank you
Tasty playing!
Thanks George! You're an awesome player
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Cheers Ross - Loving the videos!
Thank you for this great lesson.!!!! Keep rocking!!
Ross you are a great teacher and player! Very well explained !
THANKS ROSS!!! LOVED this lesson very precise and detailed without too much complicated theory and actually broken down very easily t understand. I am also a Robben Ford fan ...
Ross that tele is gorgeous ! I have 2 teles both american standards i love them would rather gig with that than any other guitar
Thank you Ross for a great lesson...
Awesome playing and brilliant teaching method.
Thank you!
Great playing and lesson! Thank you so much! Greetings from Brazil.
Nice one! TrueType RF manner, great explained!
Love your playing Ross. You're the real deal buddy.
Thank you Paul!
Perfect as usual!
Other than the playing, which is great, I like to point out that the format and presentation of the video itself is very good. It's all I want in an instructional video: accessible, clear, structured, bite-sized, the illustration of the concept is good (we can hear it, we can read it, and we can use the video to navigate - the shot helps), and gives enough information to help us develop our own ideas.
Thanks so much Andre. I'm happy to hear that :)
Thanks for the delicious lick, please do a lesson on playing over minor blues changes
Man! That was freaking cool, i was in the mood and this is perfect! You really rock! 🤘
Thank you🙏
Thanks, Ross! This was helpful in coming up with my own licks. Mainly the last minute or so was useful (to me), the first part, well, ok. (I knew it...but not everyone does). Thanks!
Another great lesson ross.
I caught a glimpse of the title 'Robben Ford' as I moved my phone. I had my headphones on as I was working & the vid started playing. I thought hmm that sounds a lot like Ross though I thought it was Robben of course. Then you started your introduction & I realised it was one of your vids. We can't escape our own peculiar styles can we though we do take a lot from each other?
Great lesson. You've got Robben Ford's blues sound nailed -- and I always tried to figure it out but couldn't quite get it. Thanks Ross.
Thanks so much Tim!
Complimenti!
Finally understood it! Thank you…great lesson!
Awesome Brad, thanks!
Robben Ford is such a fantastic musicien and guitarist, great to get an insight into one of his signature scales for want of a better expression.Great lesson as usual, TAB is very helpful and nice Telecaster, many thanks for this one, i'll be learning the whole solo with pleasure, great job !
Thanks so much!
Thank You so Much
THIS is how all guitar lessons should be done, clear and concise segments using precise language and comprehensive demonstration. Thank you Ross!!
Thank you Frank!
Awesome as usual!
Thanks Jim!
Now I have material to study for the next month... Thanks again Ross!
Thanks Richard, enjoy! :)
What a great video. Super well explained. I can hear shades of Larry Carlton's solo in Kid Charlemagne
Bloody awesome as usual mate.
Thank you Jared!
Nice, Ross!
Thank you!
Gorgeous guitar.....✨👍
Thanks!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Which Model?
Hey Ross great video. This is a pretty specific request, but maybe you could do a lesson on the lick at :30 of Robben Ford's new song Blues for Lonnie Johnson. Not really sure what he's doing there or why it works but such a cool lick that's stuck with me.
I love all of this style playing. Please write some music Ross. You are very talented. Songs move everything
Thank you! I'll get around to it one day
🎉🎉🎉
I love theories. Keep them coming. Love from India ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
Pretty pretty please make your HX Stomp preset available Ross 🙃
Amazing, someone needed to figure that out for us plebs! Ultimately it comes from early jazz right? Guys like Matt Schofield and Josh Smith figured that out as well...
Is this available? Link didn't work
Great lesson! Now I’m wondering, is there any place in an A blues progression when you could use a whole-half diminished scale starting on A (i.e., A, B, C, D, D#, F, F#, G#)? Maybe going from the I chord to the V chord?
Over the IV#dim7
ohhh Wow dude, this was absolutely amazing! it still blows my mind that we can find this kind of content for FREE here on TH-cam (insert-mind-blown-emoji)
128K subs...? you deserve to be in the millions. cheers from Australia
Thanks so much!
Sorry this scale is used only in major blues?
Can you make a video in playing style of Emmanuel headberg?
😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
In this case what's the difference in the usage of the half-whole diminished and the altered scale? I mean there's only a note that misses and the flattened sixth different... Is this sufficient to choose one instead of the other to create some tension?
You sound great but you should give the solo some space!!!
This was a great lesson. Thank you so much. Also, what model is that Telecaster? What pickups? It sounds and looks awesome. Ed: nevermind i found it on one of your earlier videos, strangles titled "My American Professional II Telecaster". Haha
the E on the b string is the same note as the E on the G string... I know I know. I'm really trying.
What's with the Jacuzzi music in the background? Cringe.
There is actually only one diminished scale, starting on C, C# or D. The contrast between so-called half-whole vs whole-half merely marks where you start in the scale. But that's the same with any diatonic scale as well, so to me it's an artificial distinction. What he's playing here are fragments of a diminished scale.
I bought his online Bullet proof theory course a few months ago and trust me, it has to be one of the most well explained, accessible and easy to understand theory courses in the world. The way he step by step. unpacks and demystifies the whole subject is just genius. Good for you Ross and thank you.
Ah thank you so much!
Same here!
I’m sorry bro,
but I’m stealing this!!
And when people say
W O W I’ll give you all the credit !!!
Thanks.
what kinda guitar is this? sending u lots of love!
The best way to create tension with a string instrument is to put 12 gauge strings on your acoustic guitar for the first time and tune up the G string slowly until it's aaaalmost in tune but then starts creaking. AAAAAAHHH!!!!! *Turns head away from fretboard*
Tasty ! if you make 12bar blues approach video(s) after seiing that...you just got a paid customer :D
Nice vid Ross. Love the counting advice. I really struggle with that. I've got a few nice SRV Solos down. Was hoping to loop and perform one or 2 live but my timing sucks!
I’ve just watched 4 diminished scale lessons - 2 by R Ford. All totally confusing. But you are lesson number 5. And you are the first person to explain that the scale is only for the lead up to the 4 chord. The A dim scale doesn’t land on D7. It’s a half step shy. Whew! Clarity. Plus you took the trouble to explain that the only real magic note in the scale is the flat 9. Now I know what to do. Sign me up.
J'adore la musique de Robben Ford 🥰 vert nice playin 👍🙏 bonne continuation 🎶🎸♥️
Tasty!
this is harder than it sounds.. at least for me it is.. dang
i really want that clarity in my guitar playing but literally got stuck in boxes also.....
Damn that guitar tone is sweet man!
Hi Ross I just brought your book yesterday is this all in the book thanks
Can you post a link to the tabs again? Theyre gone
argh, link doesn't work....
is that a Casio lcd display? Great lesson too!
That telecaster is a stunner😮😮
It’s a Fender American Pro 2 in mystic green and rosewood fretboard
That tone is🔥! Definitely nailed that Ford thing and even some Matt Schofield phrasing. What were ya using for that tone?
Thank you! Huge Matt Schofield fan. My line 6 hx stomp xl
@@RossCampbellGuitarist dang! Sounds ridiculous. Of you don’t mind me asking, which amp model is it? I have a Fractal and wouldn’t mind trying to recreate this tone!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Yes, amazing tone. Can you please share how you achieved it on your stomp? Or what preset it is. I'm thinking about selling my pedals and buying a stomp.
Great lesson
excellent
Cool
Amazing, in the last year you became the most consistent source of amazing guitar content on TH-cam, thanks man 🤘🏽
Aw thank you so much!
Totally random observation but I will never understand why 7#9s have always been called the "Hendrix chord" because he was nowhere near the first person to use them. Wes used a D7#9 to resolve the main riff of Four On Six and The Beatles used it in Taxman. Those are just a couple of instances. Maybe they call it that because he used it in such a rock context? Anybody else ever thought of that?
I have the exact same guitar strap. I feel special 😂
Love the EB straps!
Thanks for putting soooo much effort into these. A resource like this back in the sixties would have been useful, to say the least. I had "Mel Bay Guitar Method Grades 1-7". It was wretched. Never practiced and sight-read everything (poorly). All the teacher did was puff on Winstons and write the fingerings over the chords. Put me off of playing until I was 17. I'll see myself out.
This is fantastic, thank you!
Thank you!
Blues is simply my favorite kind of style soloing. There's so much great talent to this day!
I'd probably say it's my favourite as well!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Awesome!
Simple major and minor blues scales mixing with some standard blues patterns like 6th. It must be all free in tab. Thank you.
Great explanation and just about kept with it. Stood in front of Robben and Larry at the Jazz Club a while back. Your vid is lifting the lid for me!
Excellent work Ross, thank you for this.
Robben Ford is a longtime favorite of mine, you’ve certainly captured his feel and phrasing in this lesson.
So clearly explained.....thanks a lot .Now We have to work hard and practice !
the flat 2nd is a part of the SRV lick?
Great stuff presented here. I love Robben Ford. I hit like. What was the song on the outro?
What I like most of you is your ability to put theory into pratice. It's not that easy. Most of us learn a new lesson and forget in a couple of days cause we lack the ability to master to new element and put it in our playing.
Brilliant lesson. I'm a huge Robben Ford fan so this is great in my eyes.
High level lesson, very clairely done. Good job .thanks a lot
Excellent teacher. Thank you
Thanks for all this info. Cheers!
The more ‘outside’ lessons the better! 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice!!! Subscribed🎉🎉
Lick has Larry Carlton feel and sound.
great lesson as always! thank you Ross.
Great lesson !!!
Excellent .Bravo