Anytime is perfect timing for a D18. Congrats and good luck. Play it all the time. The more you play it, the better it sounds, and the better you feel.
I'm a person with ADD and this video is like an ever flowing river of knowledge that, for some reason, I can perfectly understand and stay focused on. Amazing.
OMG this sounds cool! And ...“No matter how long I’ve been playing, sometimes I trip over the third string or whatever” That is encouraging! Thank you! 🙏
@@jasminedakota3958 yeah and sometimes I just pinch all the strings at once with my thumb and index finger as a punctuation, esp. Blues songs. We are all inventors of one kind or another.
@@StoicTrader-Yes, because the quote incorrectly made it seem like the teacher was saying that he still messes up by saying he "trips over the third string" He isn't saying that he messes up, he is saying that he "drifts over to the third string" so this comment is completely incorrect and correcting it is necessary, because it changes the meaning.
This is the single most helpful alternate picking lesson I’ve watched so far. Very accessible and taught without any ego at all. Thanks you so much! Can’t wait to try this.
I'm more impressed with his ability to speak in one continuous sentence while changing styles, strum patterns, and genres, I would have to play the example, stop, talk about it, then go to another, but he talks plainly while alternate picking some really busy stuff. Like this dude.
Blues from the Low Lowlands ... This man inspired and educated me back in the 80's when I lived in Detroit . Nobody knows more about the history of the blues .
Dude just taught me more in 12 min than I’ve learned on any other video these last few months, it finally sounds like I’m really actually playing something 😆💜
Nice to see someone else playing their E major chord with the “wrong” fingers like I do. I’ve got construction worker’s hands, not long thin musician’s fingers and it was all I could manage back when I was a beginner. I get sick of people telling me my fingers should be in other positions. It works fine for me just like it does for this gentleman.
I play a right handed guitar upside down because I am left handed, I've been playing this way for 7 years now 😂 And I am pretty sure I won't be able to play a "normal guitar" made for people like me anymore.
We are all different and have different strengths and weaknesses. Trick is turning your weakness into a strength by adapting your style to make it work for you. I have arthritis bad now and bar F chords are not an option any more, no worries, I can play a full F chord by wrapping my thumb around the neck to fret the 1st fret 6th string just enough to make it barely sound like a muffled F if I really need it. And for play Rev Gary Davis, it is needed to make his music work. But truth is I have changed my entire style in last few years to play more partial chords and now I play up the neck way more easier than before and gone are the old boring cowboy chords we all get stuck with for way to long. I learned much of my music from John Cephas like Rev Jones here and John would play most his chords by fingering 2 strings at once with his broad flattened fingertips, then he was free to use the free fingers to do melody work. His first position E chord was first/index finger fretting the first fret G string like we all do and then his 2nd finger would fret 2 strings, the 5th and 4th strings, at once on the 2nd fret. It is all about efficiency and John could play so effortlessly, it seemed he hardly moved his fingers. There is no wrong or right way to do it, it is your way that counts, so figure out the best way for you to make the sounds you are hearing and want to play.
Marcia Ewell ...yeah I hear you. I started out and stayed for years with mainly open chords because I sing, and I could just play with my eyes closed a lot. Nowadays I play a lot of blues stuff so it forced me past a lot of fears and self imposed barriers...you can’t attempt BB King style licks etc unless you move a long way out of your comfort zone. I keep remembering that Django Reinhardt had a couple of fingers missing, from memory, and he used that as a plus to get his own unique style. I’m a way better player than I ever told myself I could be 20 or 30 years ago... I guess we eventually outgrow our own fears as well as the negativity others put into us when we’re younger and less sure of ourselves.
@@fondoodle59 Yep Django is perfect example of what I was getting at and if he did not have his "disability" he likely would have never developed his unique awesome swing jazz guitar style. Another is Renoir, the french impressionistic painter who in later life suffered with rheumatoid arthritis and could barely hold his paintbrush. But he figured out another way to hold his brush, which changed his style and in most art historians eyes, for the better. So we all get to deal with this eventually, some sooner and some later, but most of us will have to deal with loss of being able to do things we could do when we were younger, or before accident or disability. You can dive deep into depression and cry "why me" or you take on the challenge and figure out how to turn your lemons into lemonade. My last song is about these sorts of challenges, do you regret the decisions you made or things that happened or do you accept life and deal. I really like Rev Jones and his teachings!
He reminds me of my 4th and 5th grade band teacher. Simplifies everything to where everything is understandable and easy to digest quickly. If I could double like this video I would.
Sometimes you come across a lesson and the teacher is able to make things just click, and you can see something you weren't able to before, this was one of those lessons. Thank you for sharing.
Rev. Jones discussion of shapes resonates with me because that's how I've always done it but never heard it explained. I tried explaining to a formally trained college music major keyboard player that I couldn't play a song if I was thinking about the notes he just got disgusted and packed up and left practice (we were about finished anyway). I probably didn't explain myself right. I might think about notes when I'm learning a song but for the most part think about patterns and shapes. I only think about shapes and my ears once I have a general idea. Great video. Rev. Jones mentions of shapes is why I bought his trufire lessons.
Personally, I think it takes the exact opposite. It takes a complete LACK of concentration. He's just doing muscle memory things and talking over it, it's like you telling someone how to walk as you're out strolling around.
I had thumb and finger picks sitting in a drawer. I only tried to use them once before. But I put them on, and took what you taught me this morning and ran with it. Now I can't stop! Thank you very much. I'm using the Piedmont roll with my resonator in open D tuning also. I was stuck in a rut with my tri-cone National and thought I might never be any good with it. Your lesson cracked it all wide open for me in the space of a couple hours. I'm already playing my National way better than I was and I'm stringing new licks together.
@@66Pipes66 Now I'm putting on two finger picks for Roger McGuinn style rolls on my electric 12 string haha! Wish me luck. Rev is right about the right hand. I'm woke.
Trying this out now. I'm starting to work on finger picking, after being a strummer and flat picker for many years. Thank you for putting this out there. Much appreciated!
John Fahey was a big fan of the Piedmont roll. So much of his music would drop in and out of it along with travis picking and straight flat picking. The way you broke this down completely opened up Fahey's music to me in ONE LESSON! Thank you so much. I've been in a rut for a while with my right hand picking...
I wish I had bumped into this guy when I started learning in 1966. Watch , learn and enjoy 😉 kids. Ps you don’t need the thumb pic btw. You can develop a decent thumb callus in a week or so. Have fun , keep practising 😇
I learned much of my blues from John back in the 80's as well and still have all the original handouts he passed out and tapes I made. John had a handout for this lesson and it has all the strings and fingers you would use to pick the different chords used in playing blues. It is pretty easy to figure out as the Rev says, you use the 2 obvious lower strings to do the alternating bass with your thumb and then pick out the melody and/or the proper chord notes with your first finger. As you get more comfortable with the style, you add some syncopation and melody variations to personalize it to your liking and viola it works, like adding some spice to flavor a soup you make from scratch. To learn, just focus on one simple song you hear and know well and play it over and over, the boring part,... then personalize it so it is more interesting and becomes your song and next song will be easier. John, like most the old pickers, only used thumb and index finger and the thumb and index finger style has a distinct style that is very authentic to the old Piedmont blues sounds, sometimes you brush 2 strings at once with the index finger when you want to hear both strings and sometimes you drop the thumb down to help pick out the melody on the first few strings. Most modern pickers use thumb, index and 2nd finger it seems, but I see the Rev Jones here is true to John's teachings and uses only index. John was a wonderful man and passionate about teaching and playing blues. RIP John Cephas and know your legacy and music are both being passed on to others as you so generously did for us.
i never learned guitar, but for few months i was discovering what i am searching for . Blues... yes thats what i was searching . super nice video to LEARN
I am enjoying his course on TrueFire Streaming service. The advantage is that he provides a series of lessons with full blues tunes with tabs. He is a great teacher.
When you learn a new technique dont over do it. Practice the new thing for a few minutes and then switch to something you know and remember that its better to practice a few minutes a day than to practice once a week for hours. :-) That intimidating technique will become second nature before you know it.
Crazy seeing something I’ve done for years being taught. I was unable to play the lead parts of Chet Atkins style and settled into this pattern. Really cool!
Great Video Lesson !!! Got all the "Truefire Rev Robert Jones" lessons, so far. Just need more time to practice. Excellent Instruction coupled with History lessons !!
thank u kind Sir for showing us this!! took about a week of non-stop alternate thumbing B4 it finally started happening for me... was starting to think it never would... but now its easy!? only drawback? i hardly ever use my flat-pick anymore cuz this is funner (is that even a word?) glad i stuck with it. if anybody is having trouble... i bet a dollar if u jst turn off TV for a week (like i did!) u'll get it. i'am convinced guitar ability is directly proportional to how much TV we watch :)
"Boredom is a great friend of guitar player" ❤ Great line! True is: boredom is the best friend of all artist! If you want creativity drive, youre have to meet your friend Boredom! Learn that in a book of psychology! Great video! When he say ... Im a chord guys! So happy to know that i was a chord guy too! Learn about blue and myself! Great video tabarnak!
Got me very excited with this one! I'm still mastering my first fingerstyle pattern, but I feel very motivated to one day get to where I can use this piedmont roll in lots of tunes. Great lesson!
You are a great teacher, Rev Jones. I love the blues and the techniques you share. I like the work of some of the greats, especially Mississippi John Hurt's, "Since I laid my burden down." For some reason, I can't seem to get the rhythm down for blues styles roles, and I stay with no more than 12 chords played on the third fret, strumming or fingerpicking, depending on the song. I only play hymns and Christian music, and I would love to add some blues roles to certain traditional hymns. Anyway, I am 75 years old, and still learning.
What a lovely fellah ! Great lesson, thanks. I think around 8:30 he says “playing the bass line, while implying the melody” , maybe I am hearing him wrong (?) but I really like the idea of “implying” the melody. That’s kinda what I’ve been doing for years !
It's because he's improvising and frankly undisciplined. He's not playing the same pattern every time, which is fine. But your brain is looking for a consistent pattern and you will not find it in his playing. As he says, @7:47 it has a lot of variation, so he embraces a random approach. And when he starts adding the melody, he neglects the bass and completely alters the pattern @8:45.
'boredom is a great friend to guitar players' powerful. I thought I just didnt have what it takes cause I felt like I was playing the same kind of on a jam track in e minor. Just started a week ago and got my first guitar. Now I know I'm on the right track!!!
Boredom is your brain looking for something more that your fingers aren't yet trained to do. Always start slow and work up to speed but understand that speed is nothing more than accuracy applied - remain accurate and consistent and you will build speed as the muscle memory becomes inherent. You'll surprise yourself what you can achieve once you have a few chops under your belt. Learning one chop can help understand another and learning that makes a better understanding of another thing so it's a knock-on effect in that respect. Steve Stine, to name just one, is a great teacher for all abilities. If you haven't checked him out yet, I suggest you have a gander. All the best and keep rocking 🤟
That’s why you learn new songs and keep on learning because the guitar is, in reality, a complex instrument and can be played many different ways and tunings
Kinda like banjo rolls or chicken pickin on a Tele.. I love the drone with the country blues approach. I'll definitely be working on this. This would be really cool in Drop D and droning in the key of D. Set a looper up and play some leads over it.. Thanks for the lesson!!
"Boredom is a great friend of guitar players." You got that right!
Especially relevant these days!
@@TrueFireTV started playing two months ago and bought my beautiful Martin d18 a week ago. Perfect timing
Anytime is perfect timing for a D18. Congrats and good luck. Play it all the time. The more you play it, the better it sounds, and the better you feel.
@@StoicTrader- Good luck to you, amazing choice, enjoy it.
@@StoicTrader- i know this comment was from a while ago, but where'd you get your d18? I'm actually looking for one now. Was it old or new?
I'm a person with ADD and this video is like an ever flowing river of knowledge that, for some reason, I can perfectly understand and stay focused on. Amazing.
OMG this sounds cool!
And ...“No matter how long I’ve been playing, sometimes I trip over the third string or whatever”
That is encouraging! Thank you! 🙏
"Sometimes I'll drift over and start playing the third string or whatever"
Exactly!
@@jasminedakota3958 yeah and sometimes I just pinch all the strings at once with my thumb and index finger as a punctuation, esp. Blues songs. We are all inventors of one kind or another.
@@ssy12335 nah this person was snob headed enough to actually correct the sentence the first guy quoted.
@@StoicTrader-Yes, because the quote incorrectly made it seem like the teacher was saying that he still messes up by saying he "trips over the third string" He isn't saying that he messes up, he is saying that he "drifts over to the third string" so this comment is completely incorrect and correcting it is necessary, because it changes the meaning.
This is the single most helpful alternate picking lesson I’ve watched so far. Very accessible and taught without any ego at all. Thanks you so much! Can’t wait to try this.
Completely agree!
I really like his easy going style and demeanor he is a good teacher........
I'm more impressed with his ability to speak in one continuous sentence while changing styles, strum patterns, and genres, I would have to play the example, stop, talk about it, then go to another, but he talks plainly while alternate picking some really busy stuff. Like this dude.
You simply never ever stop learning guitar when on the journey.
That's the fun part.🙏😷❗🎵🎶🎸
Blues from the Low Lowlands ... This man inspired and educated me back in the 80's when I lived in Detroit . Nobody knows more about the history of the blues .
Dude just taught me more in 12 min than I’ve learned on any other video these last few months, it finally sounds like I’m really actually playing something 😆💜
Could listen to this guy speak aaaaaall day long.
What's holding you back? 🧐🤯
Nice to see someone else playing their E major chord with the “wrong” fingers like I do. I’ve got construction worker’s hands, not long thin musician’s fingers and it was all I could manage back when I was a beginner. I get sick of people telling me my fingers should be in other positions. It works fine for me just like it does for this gentleman.
I play a right handed guitar upside down because I am left handed, I've been playing this way for 7 years now 😂 And I am pretty sure I won't be able to play a "normal guitar" made for people like me anymore.
We are all different and have different strengths and weaknesses. Trick is turning your weakness into a strength by adapting your style to make it work for you. I have arthritis bad now and bar F chords are not an option any more, no worries, I can play a full F chord by wrapping my thumb around the neck to fret the 1st fret 6th string just enough to make it barely sound like a muffled F if I really need it. And for play Rev Gary Davis, it is needed to make his music work. But truth is I have changed my entire style in last few years to play more partial chords and now I play up the neck way more easier than before and gone are the old boring cowboy chords we all get stuck with for way to long. I learned much of my music from John Cephas like Rev Jones here and John would play most his chords by fingering 2 strings at once with his broad flattened fingertips, then he was free to use the free fingers to do melody work. His first position E chord was first/index finger fretting the first fret G string like we all do and then his 2nd finger would fret 2 strings, the 5th and 4th strings, at once on the 2nd fret. It is all about efficiency and John could play so effortlessly, it seemed he hardly moved his fingers. There is no wrong or right way to do it, it is your way that counts, so figure out the best way for you to make the sounds you are hearing and want to play.
Marcia Ewell ...yeah I hear you. I started out and stayed for years with mainly open chords because I sing, and I could just play with my eyes closed a lot. Nowadays I play a lot of blues stuff so it forced me past a lot of fears and self imposed barriers...you can’t attempt BB King style licks etc unless you move a long way out of your comfort zone. I keep remembering that Django Reinhardt had a couple of fingers missing, from memory, and he used that as a plus to get his own unique style. I’m a way better player than I ever told myself I could be 20 or 30 years ago... I guess we eventually outgrow our own fears as well as the negativity others put into us when we’re younger and less sure of ourselves.
_MeTaL BoNeZ_ lots of great players have done exactly what you’re doing my friend!
@@fondoodle59 Yep Django is perfect example of what I was getting at and if he did not have his "disability" he likely would have never developed his unique awesome swing jazz guitar style. Another is Renoir, the french impressionistic painter who in later life suffered with rheumatoid arthritis and could barely hold his paintbrush. But he figured out another way to hold his brush, which changed his style and in most art historians eyes, for the better. So we all get to deal with this eventually, some sooner and some later, but most of us will have to deal with loss of being able to do things we could do when we were younger, or before accident or disability. You can dive deep into depression and cry "why me" or you take on the challenge and figure out how to turn your lemons into lemonade. My last song is about these sorts of challenges, do you regret the decisions you made or things that happened or do you accept life and deal. I really like Rev Jones and his teachings!
He reminds me of my 4th and 5th grade band teacher. Simplifies everything to where everything is understandable and easy to digest quickly. If I could double like this video I would.
So kind to take real time to share this - thank you
Sometimes you come across a lesson and the teacher is able to make things just click, and you can see something you weren't able to before, this was one of those lessons. Thank you for sharing.
1 great player
2 great teacher
3 great spirit
man thanks rev
hope you do more of these your the best teacher out there
God bless you sir
Rev. Jones discussion of shapes resonates with me because that's how I've always done it but never heard it explained. I tried explaining to a formally trained college music major keyboard player that I couldn't play a song if I was thinking about the notes he just got disgusted and packed up and left practice (we were about finished anyway). I probably didn't explain myself right. I might think about notes when I'm learning a song but for the most part think about patterns and shapes. I only think about shapes and my ears once I have a general idea. Great video. Rev. Jones mentions of shapes is why I bought his trufire lessons.
I can feel myself breathe better on every note. It likes opens your lungs man . amazing.
This takes a lot of concentration, to talk about it while you're doing it. Great video!
Personally, I think it takes the exact opposite. It takes a complete LACK of concentration. He's just doing muscle memory things and talking over it, it's like you telling someone how to walk as you're out strolling around.
Nope, I've been playing 30 years and I still can't talk and play at the same time without screwing my face up and spluttering my words out 😂😂😂
I had thumb and finger picks sitting in a drawer. I only tried to use them once before. But I put them on, and took what you taught me this morning and ran with it. Now I can't stop! Thank you very much. I'm using the Piedmont roll with my resonator in open D tuning also. I was stuck in a rut with my tri-cone National and thought I might never be any good with it. Your lesson cracked it all wide open for me in the space of a couple hours. I'm already playing my National way better than I was and I'm stringing new licks together.
House RN ,I like this guy,I’ve been trying to learn this for so long. Specifically to play “buckets of rain” in open d.
@@66Pipes66 Now I'm putting on two finger picks for Roger McGuinn style rolls on my electric 12 string haha! Wish me luck. Rev is right about the right hand. I'm woke.
The first two lines of your comment could be a song lyric, "Ode to my lonely guitar" maybe?
The Reverend is an excellent teacher. We're so glad he was able to help you in your journey 🎸🤘
Great video.. plain instructions, clear. Good quality. God Is Good ❤️
Trying this out now. I'm starting to work on finger picking, after being a strummer and flat picker for many years. Thank you for putting this out there. Much appreciated!
I wish such clear and descriptive lessons were available to me when I was first learning as a teenager, I would be so good by now.
John Fahey was a big fan of the Piedmont roll. So much of his music would drop in and out of it along with travis picking and straight flat picking. The way you broke this down completely opened up Fahey's music to me in ONE LESSON! Thank you so much. I've been in a rut for a while with my right hand picking...
That man is a teacher! ❤️
I wish I had bumped into this guy when I started learning in 1966. Watch , learn and enjoy 😉 kids.
Ps you don’t need the thumb pic btw. You can develop a decent thumb callus in a week or so.
Have fun , keep practising 😇
I think past a certain tempo the pick helps the thumb keep up without tiring too.
I learned much of my blues from John back in the 80's as well and still have all the original handouts he passed out and tapes I made. John had a handout for this lesson and it has all the strings and fingers you would use to pick the different chords used in playing blues. It is pretty easy to figure out as the Rev says, you use the 2 obvious lower strings to do the alternating bass with your thumb and then pick out the melody and/or the proper chord notes with your first finger. As you get more comfortable with the style, you add some syncopation and melody variations to personalize it to your liking and viola it works, like adding some spice to flavor a soup you make from scratch. To learn, just focus on one simple song you hear and know well and play it over and over, the boring part,... then personalize it so it is more interesting and becomes your song and next song will be easier. John, like most the old pickers, only used thumb and index finger and the thumb and index finger style has a distinct style that is very authentic to the old Piedmont blues sounds, sometimes you brush 2 strings at once with the index finger when you want to hear both strings and sometimes you drop the thumb down to help pick out the melody on the first few strings. Most modern pickers use thumb, index and 2nd finger it seems, but I see the Rev Jones here is true to John's teachings and uses only index. John was a wonderful man and passionate about teaching and playing blues. RIP John Cephas and know your legacy and music are both being passed on to others as you so generously did for us.
i never learned guitar, but for few months i was discovering what i am searching for . Blues... yes thats what i was searching . super nice video to LEARN
I like that you said you see things by shape(chords) I relate cause thats how I see ..ty Pastor Jones for sharing your guitar wisdom..
I am enjoying his course on TrueFire Streaming service. The advantage is that he provides a series of lessons with full blues tunes with tabs. He is a great teacher.
This guy is amazing I’m learning so much more in this playlist than I have in the last 5 years
Very clear and easy to follow instruction. And you have such a relaxed 😎 teaching style. Thanks!!!
Thank you Rev. Robert,
This morning I finally got it.
I've only been playing guitar for a short time and finger picking is something I've been intimidated by until I watched this. Thank you!
When you learn a new technique dont over do it. Practice the new thing for a few minutes and then switch to something you know and remember that its better to practice a few minutes a day than to practice once a week for hours. :-) That intimidating technique will become second nature before you know it.
Was looking for a guitar lesson on Piedmont by destroy boys but instead I found something much better! Very helpful technique lesson!
Crazy seeing something I’ve done for years being taught. I was unable to play the lead parts of Chet Atkins style and settled into this pattern. Really cool!
I’m glad I found this. Excellent teacher
You really spoke to me... Im a shape learner myself... patterns too... Never thought I could do this type of stuff but Im going to give it a whirl.
i would go to church with this fellow any day of the week. lead on, brother!
Thank You Rev. Robert Jones your lessons are so helpful !
Thanks for the lesson my friend. Been playing for some time now and you helped me out here. Your a pleasant teacher and I'm going to be following
Great Video Lesson !!! Got all the "Truefire Rev Robert Jones" lessons, so far. Just need more time to practice. Excellent Instruction coupled with History lessons !!
I'm not as guitar player yet but plan on learning a stringed instrument. You're teaching method, including close-up images really help. Thank you!
thank u kind Sir for showing us this!! took about a week of non-stop alternate thumbing B4 it finally started happening for me... was starting to think it never would... but now its easy!? only drawback? i hardly ever use my flat-pick anymore cuz this is funner (is that even a word?) glad i stuck with it. if anybody is having trouble... i bet a dollar if u jst turn off TV for a week (like i did!) u'll get it. i'am convinced guitar ability is directly proportional to how much TV we watch :)
I saw Sir John Jackson from Piedmont/ VA area play that exact version of freight train and singing live and that's the reason I started playing music.
Great lesson. Nothing better than an inspiring teacher. Thanks for sharing.
I subscribed the moment you said "boredom is a great friend of guitar players."
Finally, the REAL piedmont style! Yay, thank you!
What an amazing teacher
"Boredom is a great friend of guitar player" ❤
Great line! True is: boredom is the best friend of all artist! If you want creativity drive, youre have to meet your friend Boredom! Learn that in a book of psychology!
Great video!
When he say ... Im a chord guys! So happy to know that i was a chord guy too! Learn about blue and myself! Great video tabarnak!
A great explanation on some tricky picking. A chord guy-shape guy so simple but great perspective. Thanks Doc
This is pretty much my style, or what I learned listening to John Hurt. I've been feeling out this for a while. Thanks.
great thank you!! greetings from germany, here the blues is far far away.
Got me very excited with this one! I'm still mastering my first fingerstyle pattern, but I feel very motivated to one day get to where I can use this piedmont roll in lots of tunes. Great lesson!
Don’t know what else this channel posts, but I susbcribed one minute into this video.
Brilliant demo. Thanks.
You are a great teacher, Rev Jones. I love the blues and the techniques you share. I like the work of some of the greats, especially Mississippi John Hurt's, "Since I laid my burden down." For some reason, I can't seem to get the rhythm down for blues styles roles, and I stay with no more than 12 chords played on the third fret, strumming or fingerpicking, depending on the song. I only play hymns and Christian music, and I would love to add some blues roles to certain traditional hymns. Anyway, I am 75 years old, and still learning.
speaking of Mississippi John Hurt, he was great in 'Mississippi elephant man' Hahahahaha
What a lovely fellah ! Great lesson, thanks.
I think around 8:30 he says “playing the bass line, while implying the melody” , maybe I am hearing him wrong (?) but I really like the idea of “implying” the melody. That’s kinda what I’ve been doing for years !
this is one of the best lessons i have seen yet thank you sir and this helped me out a lot.
LOVE your approach and style. I try and try to get my students to approach rhythm and the board like this. Very cool man, thank you 🤘
Well done Reverand, great job of explaining and demonstrating this technique
Simple but sounds so complex in sound thanks for great tips
It's because he's improvising and frankly undisciplined. He's not playing the same pattern every time, which is fine. But your brain is looking for a consistent pattern and you will not find it in his playing. As he says, @7:47 it has a lot of variation, so he embraces a random approach. And when he starts adding the melody, he neglects the bass and completely alters the pattern @8:45.
I love that country picking!
Clear, calm, wonderful.
Thank you for sharing this!!! I guess I’m a chord person. Loved your explanation!! It’s simple to visualize.
Wow. This is informative, smooth and inspiring. Thanks!!
8:45 The Reverend plays freight train🥰
Love Elisabeth cotten
I love her too. Pete Seeger was a blessing in many ways.
the very best lesson on utube thanks so much
'boredom is a great friend to guitar players' powerful. I thought I just didnt have what it takes cause I felt like I was playing the same kind of on a jam track in e minor. Just started a week ago and got my first guitar. Now I know I'm on the right track!!!
Boredom is your brain looking for something more that your fingers aren't yet trained to do. Always start slow and work up to speed but understand that speed is nothing more than accuracy applied - remain accurate and consistent and you will build speed as the muscle memory becomes inherent.
You'll surprise yourself what you can achieve once you have a few chops under your belt. Learning one chop can help understand another and learning that makes a better understanding of another thing so it's a knock-on effect in that respect.
Steve Stine, to name just one, is a great teacher for all abilities. If you haven't checked him out yet, I suggest you have a gander.
All the best and keep rocking 🤟
I really love watching and listening to him😊
Bluest man I've ever seen
Robertaaaaaa where areeeeee you
Such a criminally underrated artist
That was a great lesson and a technique that I think would work well for me. Thanks much! I'm gonna try and get that down.
God Bless you my Brother!
Thank you for passing on knowledge. This style of playing is beautiful
I can read and write music, but it is easier to think of the music in a pattern. Great video.
I love your channel by the way. Lots of good stuff. I gotta figure out how to play an a chord with one finger like that.. looks so much simpler.
I can't wait to see you in Ojai CA in October!!!
What a great lesson! A weird combo of difficult yet simple somehow. Great with different chord E voicings. Thank you!
Been picking for quite some time n , honestly, you just made me understand what im doing !!! Thank you sir,
Thank you friend. I needed that. Great playing and once again thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I really needed this. Thank you for the great, well demonstrated lesson.
That’s why you learn new songs and keep on learning because the guitar is, in reality, a complex instrument and can be played many different ways and tunings
Cherish these players.
A VERY absorbable lesson.
Thank you
Thank you greatly for your wonderful explanation
This is great, I found a lot of useful instruction and you seem like a really cool guy!
Thank you for posting sir. Very informative.
Thank you. This helps my Freight Train a lot. 😀🎸
This is pretty soothing. He could just pick and read the phone book and I'm pretty sure it would improve your day and help you sleep.
Nice the way you go in depth !
The Reverend spares no details! A true blues player 🎸
Amazing! Learned so much, Thx!😃
thanks so much this is great! also glad to be introduced to a new artist, especially one who is such a good teacher.
Lovely teacher.
This was fantastic! Thank you so much for this, I will be practicing it for sure.
He has such a pleasant voice I'd almost rather listen to it than to guitar music.
Très agréable et merci
Amazing technique! Thank you sir!!
Thanks Rev, Tommy Emmanuel and Keb Mo’ are my favorites. Thanks for the post, liked it a lot.
Had to subscribe, the lesson was great and very understandable.
Kinda like banjo rolls or chicken pickin on a Tele.. I love the drone with the country blues approach. I'll definitely be working on this.
This would be really cool in Drop D and droning in the key of D.
Set a looper up and play some leads over it..
Thanks for the lesson!!