SNEAKY TRICK of Dickey Betts. It’s SIMPLE (Learn in 5 Minutes)

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  • @dreistein
    @dreistein ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Most of the time I play alone. To get a decent Allman touch just play the pentatonic scale parallel on two strings at once. I call it my Fake Allman mode.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fun!

    • @denisechetty4019
      @denisechetty4019 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂👍🎸

    • @JDBodine
      @JDBodine ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fake it till you make it, or don’t have to fake it anymore. Whatever works.

    • @kennewton6626
      @kennewton6626 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s not fake. If it sounds good it is good. In fact, it might also be considered an exercise in double stops.

    • @Christopher-ci3mq
      @Christopher-ci3mq 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hate to ask, but I’m not following what you mean here…

  • @user-ih5me9ym2w
    @user-ih5me9ym2w หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Dickey Betts, the man, the legend, what a legacy....

  • @CraigHollabaugh
    @CraigHollabaugh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This was awesome. Simple, short, well recorded and edited. One the best song movie placements was Jessica in Field of Dreams. Every road trip since 1989 starts with the ceremonial playing of Jessica. Thanks for the video.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Craig!

  • @andyjohnson9205
    @andyjohnson9205 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This formula is transferable to any of the 5 Pentatonic shapes. As long as you skip a shape in between two Pentatonic shapes you will find the harmony. Great trick thank you!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Exactly so! Thanks!

  • @DThompson55
    @DThompson55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    OMG I've been playing guitar since 1962 and it never dawned on me how difficult I was making it and how easy this trick is. It's a whole new thing!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I had the same reaction!

    • @DThompson55
      @DThompson55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MarkZabel I have to put this into my own construct of how I think about the fretboard rather than these pentatonic positions. So I'm thinking about playing the inversions, but on the same string in the same pattern as the original melody, which was the first great insight I got from you. This is very exciting. Running through my looper all last night and coming up with a lot of Les Paul/Mary Ford sounding stuff because I'm not sticking to purely pentatonics, doing bends, etc. But also, you're last trick, the Betts note is just killer. thank you for opening the eyes of this old man.

  • @generalbystander1631
    @generalbystander1631 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you! Love your lessons your outlook and your positive vibes.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      You are so welcome!

  • @DMSProduktions
    @DMSProduktions 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So SWEET the sound! \m/

  • @williamlongyard5887
    @williamlongyard5887 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dickey is the most UNDER-RATED guitarist of the rock era. I can't play guitar at all, but your video was clear and understandable. I love Dickey and often wondered what it was about his style that was so appealing. Thanks for explaining it.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool, thanks!

    • @NetCerpher
      @NetCerpher หลายเดือนก่อน

      my neighbor dickey betts passed today... 4.18.24

  • @hog7203
    @hog7203 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice!
    I wish I had your TH-cam videos 45 years ago to learn from.
    Thanks for the lesson.👍👍

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you like them!

  • @michaelmerrullo2043
    @michaelmerrullo2043 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    😲😃Very cool Mark! I'll have try that with my looper. Never knew you could just go up to positions like that. Nice!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Mike! Yes, it's easy once you get the hang of it, and very addictive!

  • @StratmanDarrell
    @StratmanDarrell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great guitar lesson. Thanks for breaking it down. Keep 'em coming Mark.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, will do!

  • @jcmize50
    @jcmize50 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best articulations of his style for sure. I have been seeking this. Thank you!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

  • @aggit8
    @aggit8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    After years playing I picked out, by ear, Southbound. From there I have always used what I call a minor pentatonic in C with the “house shape” up from that scale. It’s all Dickey and it has gotten me by for years now. 😊

  • @krisstieghorst7415
    @krisstieghorst7415 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Mark fantastic lesson. Your right that one note makes all the difference! 👋🖤🦋🖤

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Kris!!

  • @paso193
    @paso193 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very nice content. Enjoyed your breakdown of the Betts style. Thanks, mate. 👍

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @gus4442
    @gus4442 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you. Never even thought about that. Great tool to add to the toolbox. Always just worked through my harmonies this makes it so easy.

  • @RichardPerrymanGuitarist
    @RichardPerrymanGuitarist ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dickey Betts is probably my favorite guitarist. My band plays a lot of Allman Brothers including Jessica but without the harmony part since I'm the only lead guitarist. We still rock it including the piano solo. The main riff is from the D chord structure or actually C. Its an A scale. At least thats how I see it.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cool. Yes, that's the structure I used to play it in the video.

  • @user-hm1cq9wr2o
    @user-hm1cq9wr2o 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great stuff! Just remember... there's NO lick like Dicky Betts' "One Way Out" groove. Divinely inspired I think. Then Betts' solo is perfect, and then Duane comes in with the slide on top of it... wow! "One Way Out - Live at the Fillmore East" - 6/27/1971"

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks ... and yes, nothing like that!

  • @johnskerlec9663
    @johnskerlec9663 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved how May, used this technique, Jimmy Page as well, then really got into it when I understood what was going on. I've used it on many songs to give it a tonal width with great effect. Thanks for the post Mark.

  • @crlguitar1
    @crlguitar1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yep....That's the sound I love to listen to...harmonized lead....Awesome!

  • @StefanPaul5
    @StefanPaul5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very cool, thanks Mark. It's interesting to note that Dickey was influenced by Western Swing and tried to incorporate that sound and style into his playing.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! You can hear that influence in his double-step picking style. Very good point!

  • @nickm8134
    @nickm8134 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I believe, on the recording, there are three parts - the main melody line is played by Dickey Betts, the low harmony is Gregg Allman on Hammond organ and the high harmony is played by Chuck Leavell on Rhodes piano. Chuck also played the acoustic piano part on the recording.
    I think the twin guitar thing came from their live performances of the song, since Chuck could not play both the Acoustic piano and Rhodes parts at the same time live.
    The song sounds brilliant played either way, though the original recording does have something very special

  • @juliochingaling5824
    @juliochingaling5824 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent video brother.Well done. Blessings.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, you too!

  • @matthewcyahoo
    @matthewcyahoo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video.... You had me at Dodge Dart. I had a 1969 Dodge Dart, slant 6 engine.. I just need your guitar skills to match our choices in 70's Dodge's..

  • @seanwoodburn2616
    @seanwoodburn2616 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great content here!
    I have been playing out of the Allman's catalog since about 1975.
    Your breakdown could not have been more concise or accessible.
    Really a cool Deluxe by the way. I have had her twin since 1980. Original pickups in mine but yours sounds great!
    Cheers!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @michaelbratton472
    @michaelbratton472 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good , great information indeed. Thanks .

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      You bet. Thanks for watching!

  • @larrypower8659
    @larrypower8659 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Brothers And Sisters was the first ABB album without Duane Allman. Les Dudek, a Florida free lancer and friend of Dickey’s, played most of the second lead guitar parts. To hear Les tell it, “Jessica” was his idea. He’s a great player and he did play a lot on that record. About the “Dickey Betts Scale:” Nice description of that. Indeed-it’s a thing. When you have something named after you in music, you’ve had an impact. The “Dickey Betts Scale” and the “Jimi Hendrix Chord” fit the bill. Two giants, two additions to the “slang” of music.

    • @NeverTalkToCops1
      @NeverTalkToCops1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, Dudek is a non thing.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know much about Les. Dickey definitely was the real deal, as you say. Glad you liked the bit about the "Dickey Betts Scale". Thanks!

    • @larrypower8659
      @larrypower8659 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MarkZabel I knew about Les Dudek from guitar mags, etc. About 30 yrs ago I met him through a friend down in Florida and jammed with him a bit. Quite a player.

  • @denisechetty4019
    @denisechetty4019 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great lesson!!!! Please more of it!😊

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @donaldsmith188
    @donaldsmith188 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the Deluxe Les Paul, thanks for this lesson. Never could figure that out.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Happy to help!

  • @user-qf5jv3dh1j
    @user-qf5jv3dh1j 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very cool! Thank you!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you liked it!

  • @slowhand6
    @slowhand6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for making this easy to understand! Where is the link to the next video you point to at the end?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome. Here's the link: th-cam.com/play/PLSVfUQKkNUqZr6jUIMbjUnmEAdKMVgL7T.html

  • @thejamnasium6447
    @thejamnasium6447 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm such a huge Dickey, Duane, and especially Jack Pearson fan

  • @RICCARDOREARDON
    @RICCARDOREARDON 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    PHENOMENAL VIDEO LESSON...
    FANTASTIC...

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @mikemaloney1772
    @mikemaloney1772 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Huge western swing influences w Dickey Betts❤

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely!

  • @tvs3497
    @tvs3497 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes, sir, very nice indeed. If I may draw your attention to the live 1971 Fillmore concert briefly; on Hot 'lanta, consider those lead harmonies that bend and flow in and out so subtle yet with the power of Godzilla breaking out and wreaking havoc upon the listeners. The point is it wasn't what they played so much as how they played it. And that, my fellow guitar masters, is why they are the legends that they are today; never to be duplicated, only imitated. Oh, and add in some bass and organ harmonies while you're in there. I'm hardly worthy to even be talking about them.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Any comment referencing Godzilla gets a thumbs up from me!

    • @kevinallison2227
      @kevinallison2227 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes
      Very nice description
      Thanks for sharing that analogy!

  • @robhead22
    @robhead22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too much fun!! Thank you!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @cheezyridr
    @cheezyridr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    the lesson is great and all, but can we all just take a moment to appreciate the mini humbuckers?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOL!

  • @gclaborn
    @gclaborn ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey Mark, love your playing and lessons, but like others, there seem to be some inconsistencies in this one that I found confusing:
    1) At 2:30, you show the alleged notes of 3rd position Em pentatonic; except it's not because it shows 3 C# notes.... not part of Em pentatonic. It's F# minor pentatonic. I think you just missed by two frets.
    2) The notes to be played that you show in blue (I think that's what you're trying to do) on frets 6,7,9&10 are not the notes you actually play which are down on frets 4-8?? What you play is in 3rd pos. Em penta.
    3) If by "play the same pattern" you mean play the same relative fret positions on each string but just moved up, that's not what's happening. The fret pattern played in the harmony is NOT the same as the pattern played in the melody. For example in the melody, the third note, G is on the same fret as the starting note; that is, fret 0. In the harmony the 3rd note (B) is on fret 4 while the starting note is fret 5. I think you mean play the same relative note in the 3rd position as was played in 1st position.... the two licks each start on the 5th note of their respective positions and the 1st four notes are 5,1,2,1
    Most of my confusion stemmed from the incorrect display at 2:30. I get it now... cool trick!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry I messed up the diagrams. Thanks for letting me know. I check pretty thoroughly, but sometimes I miss it. It's all done by hand, and mistakes can be made.
      Yes, the same relative note 2 positions up from the primary lick.

  • @PedroSilvaMusic
    @PedroSilvaMusic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great lesson 👍

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you liked it!

  • @davidmccaffery7977
    @davidmccaffery7977 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the simple things in everything, especially music which can seem overwhelming 👍

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too.

  • @ayoung1
    @ayoung1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lord, have mercy. Dickie Betts!

    • @ayoung1
      @ayoung1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry: Dickey.

  • @CHill-uh1fg
    @CHill-uh1fg ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoyed that tip,and I had to laugh when you talked about your dodge dart, because I was a teenager in the 70's and my first car was a 67dodge dart.😉

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it! That's great, mine was a 1973 version. Great car, but a total rust bucket near the end.

  • @grantsmythe8625
    @grantsmythe8625 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I do love Dickey Betts. Some time after Duane died, Dickey seemed to add a certain kind of bend to some of his notes and it sounded out of key, to me, but evidently not ot him because he kept it up. He was certainly a fine player and of equal rank with his early-in-life buddy, Duane Allman.

  • @tallpaul1020
    @tallpaul1020 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great lesson Mark!!! Dickie was and still is overshadowed by Duane. Great guitarist and still rocking!!! Keep up the great work. See ya on the next Livestream!!!!! Keep em coming!!🎸

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks a ton Paul! See you soon!

    • @joerectifier
      @joerectifier ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not to take anything away from Duane - but I have always focused on Dickie. Dickie is a very expressive player and truly channels his inners. I also loved his tone

  • @chesterproudfoot9864
    @chesterproudfoot9864 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good tips and explanation! The harmonies between Duane and Dickey have a unique sound that has made ABB one of my favorite bands ever. I've managed to learn most of Blue Sky (through Duane's solo + harmony part) and will soon get Dickey's solo + harmnony down. Playing both solos back to back is relatively straightforward, but I was wondering how on earth would I be able to do both harmony parts on one guitar? Do I just choose one and/or use a pedal? This really helps to at least approximate that sound so I won't go crazy. Thanks!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks! You could either use a looper to lay down the primary line and overdub the harmony or try a harmonizer pedal. Either way it's really fun to do!

    • @officialfanofrichiebricker8324
      @officialfanofrichiebricker8324 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A looper pedal can work but you have to start with just one guitar then play the second on top of the loop

  • @DetVen
    @DetVen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:34 - Dicky Betts with a PRS?!?! Yeeeah!

  • @lenniejosephful
    @lenniejosephful ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it!

  • @chuckpotockimusic2288
    @chuckpotockimusic2288 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    As fantastic and iconic as this song is, unfortunately Duane Allman was dead by this point. 😪🙏🎸 Dickey Betts played alongside an uncredited Les Dudek, who played the harmony part as well as the acoustic rhythm part, and he was a session musician for Capricorn Records at the time. The Allman Brothers' management were really pushing for Dudek to be in the band, and their encouragement had him believing that he'd really gotten the gig, so he began telling people that he was a shoo-in for the band...but that wasn't the case, and the rest of the band were furious that he was making this publicly known, least of all that he or anyone could actually replace Duane...😮
    That in itself is an entirely different story, but in spite of the circumstances, Les Dudek deserves credit and his due for being in a right place albeit wrong time scenario and lent his great talents to this classic!

    • @koshersalaami
      @koshersalaami ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always thought the upper voice in Jessica was organ.

    • @guitarkis4969
      @guitarkis4969 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I use to play City Magic by Les Dudek decades ago. Loved the harmonized lick that started the song and continued throughout.

    • @derhandtrommler
      @derhandtrommler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@koshersalaami nope. Gregg played the organ and he wasn't all that proficient at it at this point in their history.

    • @derhandtrommler
      @derhandtrommler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dudek dated Cher after she and Gregg split. He had a minor hit in 1976 with "Old Judge Jones" Dickey really wanted to be the only guitar player in the ABB after pianist Chuck Leavell joined in 1973. That's the primary reason Dudek was never asked to join.

    • @clos5700
      @clos5700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Les Dudek is underrated as a guitar player.

  • @jimc6687
    @jimc6687 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My best friend (and conveniently next-door neighbor) Tom was one year ahead of me including with his driver's license. Tom also was an only child and both his parents owned cars.......so generally we got stuck cruising in his mom's Dodge Dart (identical to yours only bronze colored with a vinyl roof) which represented great independence, but the true treat was borrowing his dad the judge's sweet baby blue colored Ford Galaxie 500 XL! Then we moved from a Harmony guitar to a sweet Strat or LP!! Jim C.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome! The one pictured in the video wasn't my car, BUT it appeared to be the same year, model and color. (Dart Swinger ... Sky Blue) Loved that car. Sad day when I took it to the junkyard, but man I drove the heck out of it.

    • @stevenday9687
      @stevenday9687 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had a 1965. Galaxy 500 2 door when I was a kid. How I wish I had it now. Galaxies ended up being bigger cars but this was before that. 289cc . Be worth a fortune these days.

  • @giulioluzzardi7632
    @giulioluzzardi7632 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always good to see a Mark Zabel viddy and then improvising on it, thanks!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

    • @giulioluzzardi7632
      @giulioluzzardi7632 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MarkZabel A little thanks for a job well done is obligatory!

    • @giulioluzzardi7632
      @giulioluzzardi7632 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A

  • @johngulotta7951
    @johngulotta7951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love playing that song Jessica

  • @charlie-obrien
    @charlie-obrien 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mark, I appreciate that you eschew the use of the pedal to "mimic" this technique. In the guitar community and on TH-cam especially it sometimes feels like interesting music couldn't be created without the use of pedals, when in fact great guitarists and musicians like Betts and many others found the way and most pedals only try to replicate it.
    My guitar "guru" once told me..."All pedals are cheating and with a little more practice and imagination you won't need them."
    He did recommend an amp with spring reverb and was ok with an EQ and drive pedal, though.
    This video was a great display of how an inventive approach can produce a legendary sound.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Charlie! Steve Cropper's advice for pedals was to throw them away. While I'm not quite there, I do know my playing and sound got much better the less junk I put on it. What happens is that you're forced to use your hands to get the sound you want. There are limits of course, but not as many as people think.

    • @julesbrunton1728
      @julesbrunton1728 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MarkZabelhaving a second musician to play a harmony with is awesome but in reality... a bit extravagant. You can do it by yourself with overdubs but live? Pedals have their place

  • @erict1917
    @erict1917 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice.

  • @tomfoolery2082
    @tomfoolery2082 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is cool , I need all the help I can get .

  • @joev4483
    @joev4483 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yes!

  • @jheezie
    @jheezie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, that was awesome!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @calvincosby921
    @calvincosby921 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes. It does sound like like Dickey and Duane. And like Mark. And hopefully soon, me 😁🎸

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rock on!

  • @Tenoken
    @Tenoken 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I play that extra note all the time in my pentatonic solos! Knowing that Dickey Betts is my likely influence makes it more special!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, sounds great over the V chord especially.

  • @seabyrd1948
    @seabyrd1948 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful lesson. More ABB & Dickey please. Do you still have the Dodge?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Yes on ABB ... alas, no on the Dodge.

  • @PreacherAtArrakeen
    @PreacherAtArrakeen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool. The few times I've done that, I calculated the harmonies for each corresponding note of the main line. More fun than a harmonizer to DT yourself, imo.

  • @philiphill6697
    @philiphill6697 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No other song has so influenced my own playing as much as Blue Sky. It's all about MELODY.

  • @donaldkershaw6371
    @donaldkershaw6371 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

  • @StefanGBucher
    @StefanGBucher ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah, this is the longer version of your TIkTok. Thank you! So seeing the two parts together, it's just the entire riff moved up three frets-exactly the same across the board? I get confused when you say "play it in this other position." We're not finding the unison notes in that different scale pattern, we're just moving up the exact move?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      "It" equals the same pattern - same strings and same sequence. Different notes, because it's in a different position. Slow down (using the gear icon) the video during one of the double-guitar sections and you'll see what's going on.

  • @pauldigirolamo600
    @pauldigirolamo600 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice little trick, I'll have to try that! You can actually play both notes yourself by just using the 4th above the original note, playing 2 strings at a time. A little tricky to work out the fingering but 4ths are an easy interval to grab and it sounds great.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fun to try. And yes, 4ths (and 3rds) are fairly easy to finger and play. (Not necessarily as fluidly as single note phrases though)

    • @pauldigirolamo600
      @pauldigirolamo600 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MarkZabel Definitely not, but a nice way to incorporate the sound if you're the only lead guitarist!

    • @georgejasper8794
      @georgejasper8794 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gotta make sure you get the right mix of 4ths and 3rds or you sound like you're playing a samesan! Happened to us one time when we incorrectly worked out the beginning to Don't Want You No More.

  • @JBGuitarInstruction
    @JBGuitarInstruction ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great lesson on harmony without theory. A friend told me “If you’re thinking you’re stinking”.

  • @UkeAbuse
    @UkeAbuse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm no guitar professor. I am here because youtube keeps goading me to watch this video. The logic I always used is add the 4 to the R. ie. If in key of E, the harmony riff will be played in A. Simple theory for a simple man. Again, if it's in C, the harmony is in F. With that said, there are no steadfast rules, just whatever sounds good to the player. Just so happens using the 4 sounds tasty. Don't forget to add some unique grace/expression (bends?) to both. When the notes are played exactly the same it sounds robotic and starched, might as well use the harmony pedal. Sometimes the riffs are not played exactly the same, this is probably due to modes and/or mixing major with minor which can sound awesome. In this case there will be times when the R riff has to use a whole step, but the harmony uses a half. Now that's where it gets "tricky".

  • @johndaugherty4127
    @johndaugherty4127 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love your goldtop! That's the thing about learning guitar, you are kind of let downby how easy it is to copy your idols. But, it is not the playing, so much, as it is coming up with something unique and GOOD! 5:06

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Exactly. The information about scales, chords, the notes of the fretboard, etc. is all there for all of us equally. Good players think about what to do with the ingredients.

  • @GreggoMusicChannel
    @GreggoMusicChannel 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Interesting but complicated. Probably because I play by ear and learned all the notes by listening to records and copying the notes. Now I know what note goes with what sound and what fret.
    An easy but precise bit would have been from the introduction from Mountain Jam. Duane used that kind of pattern, too.

  • @ethanschoof7989
    @ethanschoof7989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So in the final result, you're just playing notes an octave above correct? Because I think at the beginning you were playin the fourth or fifth notes or something like that relative to the "primary" sequence. Both sound great, but just wanted to ask since its something I noticed

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No. The notes are either a 3rd or 4th above the original. (Pentatonic scales omit 2 notes, so the intervals are not 100% consistent.)
      Skipping 5 pentatonic positions would give you an octave.

  • @user-kk1ui4oy1s
    @user-kk1ui4oy1s 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The e minor pentatonic diagram shown around 2:30 of this video is wrong

  • @ctcards2636
    @ctcards2636 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know whats funny is after watching this... i never realized how much Allmans was in my lead playing haha! Im a Jerry Garcia type of player but i add this Allmans feel to stuff that keeps the energy going where the music sometimes crashes. Anywhoo thanks for the video. Also give us the scoop on that guitar ! I love no binding on a LP

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it. The guitar is a 1970s Studio Tribute LP. So I guess because it's a Studio tribute, they left the binding off.

    • @kevinallison2227
      @kevinallison2227 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I read where Duane loved Jerry's playing

  • @georgejasper8794
    @georgejasper8794 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Before you added the hexatonic you had what we used to call the "asian" harmony. That note makes all the difference in the world - without it, sounds like something from a kung fu movie. Nice lesson.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool, thanks!

  • @jaykuchera5058
    @jaykuchera5058 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark, thank you for the great video. Wanted to let you know that the follow-up video that you pointed to his about ZZ Top, not a deeper dive into Dickey Batts. Let me know if I am missing something. Thanks a bunch for your awesome work

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I change the order of the playlist sometimes. I guess I switched Dickey out of the pole position. Thanks for letting me know.

    • @jaykuchera5058
      @jaykuchera5058 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      please post link to your deeper Betts dive ( the other one went to your ZZTop piece)

  • @monmixer
    @monmixer ปีที่แล้ว

    I played ina a couple bands with another guitarist. We played a lot of harmony guitar parts. Counting is the easy way to figure out the harmony notes.

  • @WarrenPeaceOG
    @WarrenPeaceOG ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like these OG guitar stories. My biggest fail/success was not realising Arlo Guthrie played Alice's Restaurant with a capo as there was no video or photos! So I learned it by ear from the LP without a capo. Craziest chords ever! None of them looked like normal chords. My left hand was in a perpetual claw shape. It took about 6 months to be able to play it. 20 years later I saw a video on YT and realised my mistake. It took about 15 minutes to learn and all the chords were simple, standard open chords🤣

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL! Yep, that was what it was. Maybe someone down at the music store knew or you'd see them in concert and see their hands (with binoculars and a contact high!).

    • @texasbelle6111
      @texasbelle6111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Similar story, I learned pieces by Doc Watson and Roy Buchanan with a flatpick. Then when I went to see them they were fingerpicking. No wonder it was so difficult.

    • @WarrenPeaceOG
      @WarrenPeaceOG 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@texasbelle6111 🤣

  • @officialfanofrichiebricker8324
    @officialfanofrichiebricker8324 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ive always found that there is always a note that sounds off playing straight 5ths and always add a4th in there. Dont know why, maybe to add tension then back to the perfect 5ths(wait, theyre not always perfect so add a 4th)

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's true ... BUT if you use pentatonic scales shifted by 2 positions, the intervals are going to be 3rds and 4ths. Harmonizing in 5ths is less common.
      The usual reason for going away from the typical harmonizing (for example, harmonizing in 3rds using the major scale) is to fit the end of a phrase to chord tones. So when you hear it vary, it's often to accommodate a chord on a sustained note.

  • @4amsolo
    @4amsolo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is the model Les paul that you are using here?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2012 Les Paul 1970s Tribute.

  • @MrJudo2go
    @MrJudo2go ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dat SWEET

  • @ekblase
    @ekblase 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first time you display the second minor position graphic (position #3, at 2:30), I believe it's a whole step (two frets) up from where you're actually playing the lick. Or did I miss something?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correct.

  • @almirantenelson1469
    @almirantenelson1469 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do that in many songs and sometimes parte of the notes I play them one octave above or below.

  • @bigtimbo4236
    @bigtimbo4236 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What I don't understand is that if you are playing an E Major Pentatonic scale and move it up 2 positions, aren't you still in E Major Pentatonic, just in a different position. Wouldn't it be correct to say I am playing in E Major, in position 2?? I'm no theory guy, so it doesn't make sense to m

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, but you don't play the same notes - you play the same sequence (same string patterns). So you play different notes. If you watch the cuts where I'm playing both parts it will be clear. Slow the video down if you need to.

    • @bigtimbo4236
      @bigtimbo4236 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Mark Zabel OK, thanks!! Makes a lot of sense now! I'm a subscriber to your channel and watch every video. You have taught me some very important things, so I thank you for what you do! AND, for the fact that unlike most people, YOU actually respond!

    • @PhilBaird1
      @PhilBaird1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarkZabel Sorry Mark, but I don't get it either. How is the third position shown here the same string pattern as the first (open) position ? It doesn't look anything like it to me. It's a completely different pattern and scale surely, with a C# and an F#. What am I missing here ?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      @philbaird1 No, it's the same scale. Just a different position. (E.g., position 1 for the primary and position 3 for the harmony)
      And you play the same string pattern. If pentatonic patterns are used, each pentatonic position has for each string only two notes - one closer to the nut and one closer to the bridge, in any position.
      For example, if you play a pattern in one of the positions, say on the fourth string bridge to nut to bridge again. Then in the other position, the higher position, you do the same thing - fourth string bridge to nut to bridge.

  • @richardelg4412
    @richardelg4412 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude! I had the same car. The blue was darker though. ❤

  • @Breakrite
    @Breakrite ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was the graphic overlay for Em pentatonic #3 on the wrong frets?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh dear! Yes, it's 2 frets closer to the bridge than it should be. Wish I could edit that. Darn!

    • @Breakrite
      @Breakrite ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarkZabel Mark, I’m subscribing anyway. Lol. 😂 Really like your videos. I wasn’t nitpicking, I was harmonizing and said whoa, I’m off..

    • @PhilBaird1
      @PhilBaird1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarkZabel I thought something wasn't right. I'll have another go at it. Appreciate your help Mark.

  • @PaulMernaugh
    @PaulMernaugh ปีที่แล้ว

    I had the exact same Dodge Dart Swinger and same color.

  • @tomf9292
    @tomf9292 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is the Emaj pent the same as Aminor?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  หลายเดือนก่อน

      No. It's the same as C# minor pentatonic.

  • @brushstroke3733
    @brushstroke3733 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What do you mean by "the same sequence of notes" in the next position? Do you mean you start on and play the same exact notes, or are you speaking of a fingering pattern?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fingering pattern.

  • @crobilly19
    @crobilly19 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, let me thank you for your time for putting your videos out. You are a fucking awesome guitarist...love this. The one on Leslie west!..I work a lot but i will subscribe and look for other videos you have, again thank you so much😂

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @jubyerhashin8214
    @jubyerhashin8214 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish you still had the Dart 🚙

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Long gone my friend. Over 40 years gone.

  • @jeffrowlette
    @jeffrowlette ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ok....that was cool!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you dug it! Thanks for watching!

    • @jeffrowlette
      @jeffrowlette ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MarkZabel I'm a pretty good guitarist, advanced by anyone's standards....so I don't get to learn new tricks as often as when I was younger. But YOU just gave me something! I've never met you and probably never will, but you gave me something.
      Thank you!!!! I'll do my best to pay it forward!
      Jeff

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! That's what it's all about.

  • @tbone2451
    @tbone2451 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good stuff Mark, can this be played on a strat 🤭

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Hmmm ... don't know if I've ever seen Dickey (or Duane) with a Strat. PRS maybe. LOL!

    • @ThaiThom
      @ThaiThom ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, only on a Mustang. :)

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThaiThom LOL!

  • @Mr._Fit_Atheist
    @Mr._Fit_Atheist หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice lesson! I wish I had taken time to master this concept years ago. too much of the BB box, lol......I just always thought of Allman Brother's sound as major scale guitar wanking minus the 7th.... no dissonant notes from them boys...all the sweet stuff only.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @Kuyunu
    @Kuyunu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great lesson, minor correction one typo is the ‘3rd position’ is written two frets too high.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Yes, I noticed that after publishing. Wish TH-cam would allow a correction. Oh well, I'll live with it! Thanks again!

  • @Hicky33
    @Hicky33 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it applicable to a full scale or there's something to avoid?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good question. It's applicable to a full (major) scale too - or mixolydian mode or whatever. The trick when using a full major scale is to use the 3NP systems. That way you have the same number of notes on each string and the harmony part is easy, because it's the same pattern as the primary.

    • @Hicky33
      @Hicky33 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarkZabel thanks 😀

  • @chillinit8544
    @chillinit8544 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I see you are preparing for the Southern Rock Live Stream! "Guitarmony"? Did you just make that up?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      A friend of mine used that word. I liked it so much I "stole" it from him! LOL!

  • @raiderjohnthemadbomber8666
    @raiderjohnthemadbomber8666 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dicky loves his major pentatonics.

  • @charlesdjones1
    @charlesdjones1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm getting some strong David Van Driessen vibes, but that's not a bad thing.

  • @jayrosenstein957
    @jayrosenstein957 ปีที่แล้ว

    FYI that photo of Duane you use at 1:03 was shot by my good friend Amalie Rothschild.

  • @thomasrogers4534
    @thomasrogers4534 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hank Marvin does a great version of Jessica. I have played his version live in a three piece band? and I think I got away with it.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting. Gonna check it out.

  • @jkvcrdr7245
    @jkvcrdr7245 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't I just capo up 3 or 4 frets to play the harmony part?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Good question. No, that's a great idea, but you need to play the notes of the same key. So, it's possible, but not "just" ... you'd have to play over a different shape of the scale still.

  • @goodknight37
    @goodknight37 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always remember Dickey😢