Josh Smith - How to Start Playing Through Changes
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He is telling the story of how he learned to play the guitar like it all happened last Wednesday. Brilliant man.
That was one hell of a week!
This was one of those "the more you learn the more you realize you don't know" moments for me.
Snap!
I felt the same way a few years ago, watching him cover this lesson. It motivated me to start theory from scratch. Now, re watching him cover this lesson, it makes sense, when once it absolutely did not. Save this lesson, go back and learn all your notes on fretboard if you haven't already, and then learn chords in each key. I also learned my triads to do this. It took some time and hard work, but then come back to this lesson, and apply his practice technique, and bam! Good luck, the work is worth it!
the deeper you go the deeper it gets!
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Aren’t you glad it happened? I don’t ever want to get to the point of where I know it all. I’m just a man, and so thankful that there is so much knowledge crying out in the streets that the journey never ends. For an added treat, do it on one chord and then change it the next time through. There’s a million ways to subvert their expectations, and he just showed you a very important one. Good luck in your journey, brother.
This is beyond fantastic! Music theory, music history, the best soloing tips I've ever heard, and a personal story. A million dollar lesson, right there. Only it's free! Hats off to you, good sir.
Totally agree! Exactly my thoughts before scrolling down to the comments section.
I love this guy, I can practice 24-7 and I'll never be half as good. Incredible!!
This is the coldest, most validating intro playing i've seen all day! excited to watch this now
I will never hear any of this the same way agian. This is one of those moments where I learned something and picked up the guitar and my playing changed.
I love to hear that
@@JoshSmithGuitar I've rewatched this video a few times now. It's really changing how I see the fretboard. I picked up the guitar and really tried to pick apart what it really means to spell out the chords for the first time. Definitely an "AHA" moment for me. Thanks so much Josh!
Same. Complete A-HA moment. More education like this and I might actually get somewhere.
Guys like Josh have played an listened to so much blues and jazz, they can think in terms of notes and music in a way that most people are simply not able to. It's like listening to a foreign language to people who aren't fluent in music theory and know every note on the fretboard. It takes a long time to get that good and have that kind of fluency on a guitar. There are no shortcuts, you just have to practice and learn it.
Thanks for the kind words
ahhhh haaaa finding lessons right when you need them is priceless thanks dude
The biggest thing I learned from this is how much I still have to learn! Very inspiring! Thank You!
I have always felt the important part of learning from great players is to find out what they are thinking.....not trying to copy note for note.
and Josh, you do a great job of letting us into your head. Thanks.
That is very true. Some note for note is good tho, teaches you new ways to phrase stuff
Back in the late ‘70’s in college, Count Basie’s band played for a campus party. No joke!
I had no idea who Freddie Green was at the time, but i stood on his side of the stage in total awe of his facility with chords. It seemed like every strum was a new shape, a new inversion, and continuois motion! Thanks Josh for showing us your musical path and your inspiration.
Awesome stuff, if you don’t understand this listen to it over and over again until it sinks deep into your subconsciousness. There is some powerful information about playing through the changes in this lesson.
You’re playing is so freaking musical Josh. You don’t even need a band behind you. You are quickly moving your way up into my favorite guitarists list. I will be getting all your cds now. Well done!
I never get sick of hearing Josh talk about his journey of musical discovery. Makes him super relatable and easy to understand
Thanks!
Man, I don’t understand 99% of what Josh is saying but I am friggin’ hooked! Please, please keep it coming!
Keep on listening. You’ll get it!
Just keep playing man. You have these crazy breakthrough moments throughout your playing
Everyone gets them at different points and its random but it all makes sense at some point. Juat takes dedication and practice. Real practice lol dont just noodle. You will progress so fast if you practice correctly. Tons of people noodle for years, then actually start playing and learning many years in and wishthey did it from the start, I've seen it many times.
Hope you stick with it! You are in the right place for sure. Josh is THE MAN.
Chord superimposition. Get Ted Greene’s Chord Chemistry and study the section on Blues (and the numerous turnarounds). You don’t have to play all the chords, you can play lines that represent the chords at certain points (this is really what Josh is saying). Ted also has a couple of single note soloing books out, the second one has ideas about playing over changes and things like melodic patterns, useful scale fingerings, etc. These two books will change your guitar life.
@@tyshred9251 So in your opinion what does”practice correctly “ mean specifically?
@@Boogieplex dont waste time noodling. Make your practice count. Actually try learning new stuff. Find some excercises to do. Start learning theory. All those are good things to do. Do I really have to say that though? Josh is a perfect place for any guitarist to learn from. Beginner or Pro. Josh will teach you some cool shit. He is awesome. Tomo fujita is another amazing teacher. Triads are so important.
Josh, you demonstrated and verbally explained things in a way I've never heard it before. You opened my eyes and ears to things that I've been trying to figure out for years. Now if I can just get my chubby little fingers to do what I'm hearing in my head! Thank you, man! This video made my head explode!
Thanks so much!
I love the way the answering phrases at 0:08 for example utilise the Grant Green like lines . More to the point the solo is so coherently constructed. A joy Josh!
Josh this a great boil down summary of concepts that can seem intimidating at first. I’ve always appreciated teachers that give short but dense lessons packed full of knowledge to work on, especially in plain language. Awesome work brother !
My light bulb is still off but I'm working on it! Always a pleasure to listen and learn from JS.
This video contains gold that takes the music theory and turns it into real music. . I was close to giving up on my playing. Getting bored with my sound. Felt like 10 doors opened up all at once. Josh, I will forever remember who it was that taught me all of this. Thank you so much.
This just might be the greatest mind jump video for guitarist on the internet. Wealth of information right here.
This might be the most valuable guitar video on all of TH-cam.
8 months later I revisited this lesson. I get it now! So many options and so many notes. I’m hearing the chord changes in my playing. But, when chords change so fast especially in turnarounds, it’s still a work in progress. I can see myself spending years on this! This is a lesson worth learning, thanks for posting this!
have been looking for this video all my life
thanks Josh!
Happy to help!
Luv it when aJosh. Turns all ridgemont high spicoli... with. 😳 WHOA
Josh, I was originally a bit intimidated by your tattoos (I guess? IDK why) and have found you to be one of the most kind and incredibly talented players I’ve ever known about. Congratulations on your great communication, engaging, enthusiastic manner, and fantastic playing. Incredible to watch and learn from you. Tx!
WOOOOOO Josh,you just dumped 10lbs of knowledge into a 1 lb bag! Good thing its on video and we can go back and re watch and re watch. Thanks for so much good gravy in which to dip our biscuits.
Josh, what a beautiful playing and sharing, thank you
Josh, you explained this really well. I wish I learned it like this in my early days of playing. Thanks you!
Amazing musician, amazing lesson, Josh! You're a living legend. This lesson has so much knowledge. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
So generous of you to share your insights with us! Thank you Josh.
This video is kicking my ass and I'm literally a third of the way through.
Gonna sub because this dude got theory chops.
20 min of pure gold! Thank you! More clarity in that explanation that any other "playing over/through the changes" vid on TH-cam.
Thank you Josh, since I have been following you I have learnt so much, and it's really made an impact on my playing.
What a GREAT lesson! Thanks, Josh!
Gosh Josh! It's just brilliant.
Been self learning for a long time. This was incredibly helpful to know how to direct my practice. No more noodling!!
Thanks!
Keep playing through those changes! Cheers Josh!!
Dude, You make a lot of sense! Thanks for sharing this.
Always inspiring us to reach for more. Thanks Josh, great lesson!
Well done, Josh.
Hey Josh, I saw you perform at the Stanhope house in NW NJ back in the min 90s.. You were 15 and I believe your CD I bought that night was "WOOD SHEDDING". I remember how good you played then. lots of SRV style..but this now..WOW!! man, you have turned into an even more amazing, amazing musician..
Sounds so good! Sorry I can’t think of anything more elegant to write!
sounds great josh! cheers!
Josh, I love the way you spell it out! Makes it easier to understand! You’re a great teacher as well as a player! Thank you!
Super duper jazz blues lesson that heard! Thanks a lot, Josh!
19 minutes and 34 seconds of pure joy... Many thanks!
Thank you Josh for sharing this content. You, Guthrie and Ford Thurston are really helping us Rock EVH guys move along to this approach. Most of us were mostly concentrating on shred guitar techniques and totally removed from Jazz approaches.
Mind blowing information. It opens up so many possibiities! Need time to digest it, though. Thank you, Josh!
This is SO MUCH information, in a good way.
Listened in for about 2 minutes and had to subscribe. Thanks to YT for recommending your channel. Great playing, great presentation, laid back but deep and understandable.
Thanks Josh! I never understood playing over/through the changes until I heard you explain your approach. Really helps make sense of it all. Cheers and hope to catch you in the UK again once this shit is all over! 👊
This is a gem of a video, thanks Josh! Best lesson out there imo
Great playing and lesson Josh!!!! Thank You!!!
Moments of synchronicity in life blow me away. I still have an s-load to lean about guitar. Call me a loud intermediate, but I've been messing around with I - IV - V changes, practicing in different keys, etc. I like to follow the chords and play the "blues box" (the 3 note on the G string, the 5 and 6 notes on the B string, and the 1 and the 9 on the E string -- in "A" it's fret 6 on the G string and frets 5 and 7 on B and A) and I suddenly "saw" beautiful chromatics everywhere.
Obviously I've got the minor 3rd, just a half step back on the G string. But then I started to play the minor 6 on the B string (fret 6 in A) -- it's a beautiful transition note to take you from the IV back to the I. It also works as a chromatic in the middle of a lick to play 6, 6m, 5. The same thing works on the E string, to hit the minor 9 then the root or as a double stop on E and B together. Plus you always have the 7m on the B string.
The way Josh was playing all the chromatic notes in the pentatonic scale -- any or all those notes can work in a blues lead. The more I work thru it, the more it blows my mind...
You have a very personal, calm and rational way of presenting what could be some very technical material. I think you have a natural knack for this, Josh! It took me a long time (pre YT days) to figure out symmetrical scales and how they can connect things. Well done😄👍.
I really dig how Josh brought this all back to learning harmonic cadences. Learn II-V-I, vi-II-V-I, iii-vi, I-vi-IV-V, I-vi-iv-V, II-biii°-I, dim half step up from any current chord turns it into a II-V using a tritone for the V.
This is all great stuff, work the cadences and learn lines over them with target times. Then you can play lines you've worked out across those cadences by thinking of a single chord in a progression as it's own key center. Incorporate target tones to target the next chord on the progression.
I believe all roads lead here for anyone wanting to be a successful improvisor. Learn all your cadences and build lines to have an extensive repetoire. Then use those as the tools to solo over any other changes you come across to make interesting lines.
Reminds me of fractals from mathematics, you keep layering the music within music to make ever mote beautiful music.
I’ve watched a few vids of you explaining these concepts Josh. They’re all so very eye opening, but this ones the best! Thank you for sharing and God bless!
Mate that was spellbinding. You walk us through this voyage of discovery so well. Many thanks!
WoW! This was a whole course summarized so nicely. Thanks Josh! Amazing! ♥ Love your course$ and talent!
Precious. He wholeheartedly shared every corner of his past curiosity and discoveries
Thank you so much. I've been work on and off on this sort of stuff for years. This is the clearest and most down to earth explanation I've seen. I now have more confidence to use these ideas. It's stunning that you have clearly outline so much in under 20 minutes.
I have learnt a lot of theory this past year, I can follow everthing your saying. But playing it as tasty as Josh is something totally different. Great video. Subscribed! Keep it up Josh.
Light years beyond awesome. Beautifully played and demonstrated. Thank you.
Just wonderful!
This is great stuff!
Gonna have to watch it a few more times I think.
Its definitely a lightbulb moment for me after watching this. ✨
Even without the chords behind your improv, I could still hear the changes. That's what I call playing through the changes! Loved the playing, love that Novo!
This is like...the only instructional video you'll ever need! 😍
Excellent. My brain is buzzing!
God bless you!! I feel like you just opened my eyes, thank you for the diminished chord explanation
This man is blowing my mind!
That’s the way it’s done, josh! You’re as talented and hardworking as they come. I’m a big fan, and you keep it up.😊
I finally knew enough to learn something from this lesson.... Been a long time coming.... He is the bomb!!!
Such a deep lesson in such a simple way. The real thing 👍👍👍😊
Thanks for this amazing guitar lesson, so inspiring.
youre a legend! thanks for sharing this channel online!
Josh smith, you are the MAN‼️💪🏼🤘🏼 Definitely a huge inspiration!!! THANK YOU! 🙏🏼
Josh that's a beautiful piece of work, telling stories that take a listener through (not over) different levels of musical development. Custom made for me. Saved. Thanks a lot.
This is a much needed lesson! Thanks!
Thanks Mr Smith for this wonderful lesson 🙏
Thank you for playing beautiful music and sharing this vital information 👏
I feel overwhelmed but intrigued. You play like magic, love it. I'll watch this video again and some of your other stuff. There's a lot to learn. Hahaha. Thanks Brother. Love and peace ✌️ to you.
Amazing lesson. Thank you man. Very appreciated.
As always I came for the lesson and left in awe of your playing...
Best lesson I've seen from you Josh. Great explanations. May take forever but I'll grab one fraction at a time. Thanks for sharing !!!
Josh, what a lesson, cheers dude! This is my 4th time watching it and I'm sure it will be another 8 or more to get my head round the concepts. This is one cool lesson, there aren't many teachers or players that can get their ideas across so well. Cheers dude!
this man is giving away gold. thanks for the video
Years of work ahead, just to apply that stuff ! Let’s Go !
Thanks Josh! Really stepped up my comping and solos!
Thank you Josh Smith
This is really great, very useful! Thanks a lot, Josh!
This is the best lesson i have every heard. Thank you for sharing Josh, you're doing us all a huge favor.
This is soo beautiful and deep. Tnx
The best guitar lesson in my life! Many thanks
Absolutely brilliant video Josh - truly ear opening! Thank you is an understatement!! 👍👍👍
So much information in this video. I periodically come back to it and learn something new.
Fireworks in my brain!! Great video Josh.
Gold! Thanks so much!
Josh is definitely the best blues player alive at the moment his taste and style is unbelievable love this guy's music and hope to see him stick around a long time there aren't many left like him
Killer lesson Josh!