I know you're supposed to be helping us to be better players but every time I watch your videos I get totally inspire to just play. So I just watch um a few times until I can focus. Thanks for sharing this with us
Glad to hear you're finding the videos inspiring. I hope it's leading you to pick up your guitar more. Like I've said before, I appreciate you watching, Wayne.
Makes you wonder how many guitarists, back in the day, spent hours and hours and hours in front of their turntables picking up and dropping the needle back onto the album to figure out exactly what B.B. was doing. Think about that! Great information, my friend! 👍
Surprisingly, I’m old enough to have caught the tail end of learning licks from albums on a turntable. My parents had a turntable, cassette deck, and a cd player. Like so many before the internet, I learned so much about playing guitar by listening to the greats on all three of those formats. I’m glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Carson! Your comment about wanting to have more discussion about playing with other players (and less about tone) inspired me to make the video.
Those are kind words. I’m glad you found it helpful. I don’t really replicate BB’s vibrato very well; I mean who does, it’s not easy to mimic. I mainly wanted to relay a lot of the phrasing concepts I picked up on. The tune “How Blue Can You Get” contains a lot of these phrasing ideas. Make sure you study that one and try to copy the intonation of his bends and his timing bc he does it better. Thanks for watching.
@@tonecast1 You deserve it. What makes your video different from the hundreds of other BB King videos is how you explain what he did to get his signature tone. There are tons of BB licks videos on TH-cam that one can just learn and copy but to understand the approach he took and how you laid that out is fantastic. Live at the Regal and Live in Cook County Jail are my most favorite BB King CDs I have and listen to regularly for decades, so I was happy the TH-cam algorithms recommended this video. Yeah, that vibrato he does is so distinct along with that higher octave hit! I got to see him live 4 times along with Albert King and will never forget it, so memorable. Thanks for your additional tips in your comments!
I’m envious that you’ve seen both BB King and Albert King live several times. I’m sure that was outstanding. You’re right that learning licks sans any understanding of what’s happening can short change your ability to apply them in your own music. If you understand it, you can apply it in more instances and it will actually work. A lick out of context is the same an out of context sentence; it’s weird and lacks impact.
@@tonecast1 Well said! Yeah, was lucky to be living here in CA's bay area, BB King made quite a lot of appearances here and Albert not as much but still able to see him multiple times. This was back in the 80's and 90's though BB showed up for much longer through 2015 with Albert passing away much earlier. Thanks again.
Ruling! I immediately tried substituting the 6th for the 7th and instantly felt cooler. Super helpful lesson, and of course the tone is choice. Thanks man!
Yeah man, the 6th in place of the 7th is a great sound; a little more sophisticated and uptown like the man himself. B.B. was a big fan of Charlie Christian, T-Bone, & Django - I'm sure he borrowed some other cool things from those guys I haven't picked up on yet. Thanks for watching!
Mining the work of the greats from the past is one the best ways to grow as a musician. I learned Naima last year and it was surprisingly tricky for me to land all the chord voicings in sequence. I love to hear Coltrane play a ballad.
Smashingly good tone in addition to real-deal practical advice! That ES tho! Bravo again. I like the idea of changing thought processes and subbing different intervals against the Minor Pentatonic. Seems to make the phrasing sound way more connected / organic than when you hear players "audibly alternating" between Pentatonic Major and Minor, if that makes sense. BB et al. were certainly thinking about "saying" something and "feeling" and not worrying about major or minor and so on so this method is likely more akin to their subconscious methodology
Well said! The greats just expressed themselves through the language of sound; what they were feeling or wanted to say. They’re not thinking all this theoretical jargon in the moment. The theory talk just helps us communicate it to each other while learning. Early in my days of playing, I would alternate between playing minor and major pentatonic “licks” and it sounded awful. 😂 I’ve gotten a lot more mileage out of my phrasing in blues superimposing chord tones over the minor pentatonic or substituting certain intervals in the minor pentatonic for intervals in the chord. This approach is applicable to all genres, Blues is a great vehicle for refining your phrasing bc it’s not an overwhelming amount of chords. You can worry less about 15 different chords coming at you and focus more on making your note selection and timing as musical as possible.
I like his playing! Chicken shack were part of the British blues explosion. Look at when my left eye jumps, and baby’s got me crying - for starters. It was the band Christine McVie was in before Fleetwood Mac.
I know you're supposed to be helping us to be better players but every time I watch your videos I get totally inspire to just play. So I just watch um a few times until I can focus. Thanks for sharing this with us
Glad to hear you're finding the videos inspiring. I hope it's leading you to pick up your guitar more. Like I've said before, I appreciate you watching, Wayne.
Makes you wonder how many guitarists, back in the day, spent hours and hours and hours in front of their turntables picking up and dropping the needle back onto the album to figure out exactly what B.B. was doing. Think about that! Great information, my friend! 👍
Surprisingly, I’m old enough to have caught the tail end of learning licks from albums on a turntable. My parents had a turntable, cassette deck, and a cd player. Like so many before the internet, I learned so much about playing guitar by listening to the greats on all three of those formats. I’m glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching.
@@tonecast1 Amazing information ✨
More please...
Sure thing. The plan is to weave lessons about playing along side lessons about how to use gear into the channel’s content. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Great lesson! Lots of useful things to learn here!
Thanks Carson! Your comment about wanting to have more discussion about playing with other players (and less about tone) inspired me to make the video.
@@tonecast1 I'm just glad there's some of your licks I can continue stealing. :)
This is an incredible lesson, I'll be mining this one for a while! Subscribed 👍
Thanks for the sub! I’m glad you found the lesson useful.
That was really insightful. You really got the essence of his phrasing techniques superbly! Going to study your video diligently. Thanks much!
Those are kind words. I’m glad you found it helpful. I don’t really replicate BB’s vibrato very well; I mean who does, it’s not easy to mimic. I mainly wanted to relay a lot of the phrasing concepts I picked up on. The tune “How Blue Can You Get” contains a lot of these phrasing ideas. Make sure you study that one and try to copy the intonation of his bends and his timing bc he does it better. Thanks for watching.
@@tonecast1 You deserve it. What makes your video different from the hundreds of other BB King videos is how you explain what he did to get his signature tone. There are tons of BB licks videos on TH-cam that one can just learn and copy but to understand the approach he took and how you laid that out is fantastic. Live at the Regal and Live in Cook County Jail are my most favorite BB King CDs I have and listen to regularly for decades, so I was happy the TH-cam algorithms recommended this video. Yeah, that vibrato he does is so distinct along with that higher octave hit! I got to see him live 4 times along with Albert King and will never forget it, so memorable. Thanks for your additional tips in your comments!
I’m envious that you’ve seen both BB King and Albert King live several times. I’m sure that was outstanding. You’re right that learning licks sans any understanding of what’s happening can short change your ability to apply them in your own music. If you understand it, you can apply it in more instances and it will actually work. A lick out of context is the same an out of context sentence; it’s weird and lacks impact.
@@tonecast1 Well said! Yeah, was lucky to be living here in CA's bay area, BB King made quite a lot of appearances here and Albert not as much but still able to see him multiple times. This was back in the 80's and 90's though BB showed up for much longer through 2015 with Albert passing away much earlier. Thanks again.
Ruling! I immediately tried substituting the 6th for the 7th and instantly felt cooler. Super helpful lesson, and of course the tone is choice. Thanks man!
Yeah man, the 6th in place of the 7th is a great sound; a little more sophisticated and uptown like the man himself. B.B. was a big fan of Charlie Christian, T-Bone, & Django - I'm sure he borrowed some other cool things from those guys I haven't picked up on yet. Thanks for watching!
Nice, thanks. I try to do some Wes Montgomery and even play some of Coltrain and Parkers stuff on guitar to get some freshness at times.
Mining the work of the greats from the past is one the best ways to grow as a musician. I learned Naima last year and it was surprisingly tricky for me to land all the chord voicings in sequence. I love to hear Coltrane play a ballad.
Great stuff!
Thanks for watching!
Another great video really love your channel
Thanks, Jules. I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching.
Smashingly good tone in addition to real-deal practical advice! That ES tho! Bravo again. I like the idea of changing thought processes and subbing different intervals against the Minor Pentatonic. Seems to make the phrasing sound way more connected / organic than when you hear players "audibly alternating" between Pentatonic Major and Minor, if that makes sense. BB et al. were certainly thinking about "saying" something and "feeling" and not worrying about major or minor and so on so this method is likely more akin to their subconscious methodology
Well said! The greats just expressed themselves through the language of sound; what they were feeling or wanted to say. They’re not thinking all this theoretical jargon in the moment. The theory talk just helps us communicate it to each other while learning.
Early in my days of playing, I would alternate between playing minor and major pentatonic “licks” and it sounded awful. 😂 I’ve gotten a lot more mileage out of my phrasing in blues superimposing chord tones over the minor pentatonic or substituting certain intervals in the minor pentatonic for intervals in the chord. This approach is applicable to all genres, Blues is a great vehicle for refining your phrasing bc it’s not an overwhelming amount of chords. You can worry less about 15 different chords coming at you and focus more on making your note selection and timing as musical as possible.
Your playing reminds me of Stan Webb. 👍
Hopefully that's a good thing. 😏 I'll look him up. Thanks for watching.
I like his playing! Chicken shack were part of the British blues explosion. Look at when my left eye jumps, and baby’s got me crying - for starters. It was the band Christine McVie was in before Fleetwood Mac.