Kudos for the Video! Apologies for the intrusion, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Riddleagan Blossoming Solo Remedy (do a search on google)? It is a smashing exclusive product for mastering guitar scales minus the normal expense. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my best friend Jordan after many years got astronomical results with it.
Excellent lesson! Rhythm is all too often ignored when it comes to guitar solos. It's part of the reason I'm glad that I was already a drummer before becoming a guitarist.
Great tutorial but I would have to say that number seven is my favorite tip of them all. That simple trick alone has really opened my eyes with my guitar playing if I ever want to do is solo
The rhythmic quoting is a great idea, thank you! Also my #8 is don't over do it, more than 4 or 5 types of note lenghts can be counterproductive and make the solo a bit too confusing for the audience, it makes you stand out, but not in a nice way.
Thank you for this excellent demonstration. This is a side of my playing I've been overlooking for a long time. I know a lot of scales and arpeggios, but I often just end up playing boring straight 8ths. I believe that working hard and often on this could turn each of my melodic ideas into 20 licks that sound completely different while also improving my general sense of time (which is very far from perfect).
Thank you so much I already have gotten better thanks to this video. I was always trying to learn new scales to sound better but what I needed was to add some Rhythm to the scales I already knew. Thank you
A small hint of my own - learn to swing. Combining swung eight notes with longer notes, triplets, straight notes and polyrhythms leads to some really complex, but groovy rhythms.
I don't agree with the term verbal diarrhea a text must be impressive at first sight to have an impact on the reader or else any kind of argumentation is weak and lame also punctuation only leaves time for the reader to think but he or she must not rest while reading or he or she will not get your point and just imagin a way to say that you are wrong furthermore punctuation only makes your comment arder to read because it's not just a long flow of words leading the reader to the almighty truce alsoifyouputspacebetweenwordsitiseasiertociteonlyapartofthetextandtrytoproveitwrongbutyoucannotifyourtextisonelongwordthatdoesnotmakesanysense Just kidding you're right mate
I'd like to toss out a correction, if I may: Most guitars typically use one of the soft maples for their tops. Soft maple tends to be figured far more often than hard maple, and it takes stains/dyes well (hard maple does not like being stained or dyed and it comes out really blotchy; it requires a tinted shader or clear coat instead.) Soft maple isn't one species, but several (the thing that makes them "soft" is that they're not as hard/dense as Hard Maple, which is a specific species. Both are still moderately hard woods.) The dried weight of soft maples is generally between 34-40lbs per cubic foot. Most guitar manufacturers these days (including Gibson) use African Mahogany (aka Khaya), because Genuine Mahogany (aka Honduran Mahogany) is incredibly expensive and difficult to obtain now thanks to hundreds of years of irresponsible over-harvesting; Genuine Mahogany is typically reserved for custom shop and other high-end instruments due to its scarcity. I bring this up because the dried weight of African Mahogany is about 40lbs per cubic foot, while the dried weight of Genuine (Honduran) Mahogany is 37lbs per cubic foot. In other words, both are basically the same weight as the various maple species used for tops. If you made a carved-top LP with a solid chunk of mahogany instead of a maple cap, it would weigh the same as one with a maple cap. The top on an LP adds weight to the body simply because there's more wood, not because of a weight difference between maple and mahogany. Just for fun (and since I'm already on the topic): Sapele is sometimes used as a mahogany substitute (they're in the same family), but it weighs around 42lbs per cubic foot, which is closer to the weight of Hard Maple (about 44lb per cubic foot.) As for why Gibson started using weight relief (or "tone chambers" or whatever the hell they're pitching them as this year), I have no idea. I have a hypothesis, but it's just my best guess as a guitarist and occasional woodworker. Only Gibson knows the real answer, but I'd bet money that it's far less interesting than how their marketing department tends to spin it. ;)
good video, but i was expecting something involving dead notes or chords as well. that's a trick i use often, to add a chord in my solos to hammer the emphasis of what kind of rhythm i'm playing. play a run, couple of dead notes, then bam! a chord in accord with the drums. not always on the main beat, either. bang your head when playing, you'll find adding a chord on the off-beat to be both jarring and memorable. i'd recommend listening to alice in chain's man in the box for a great rhythmic example.
I can't believe how good your videos are...even the biggest scrub would understand you ... And I love the last point you mentioned, I'll probably try that with some cannibal corpse lyrics xD
Hey man So I was thinking While writing this comment About how to phrase all of my sentences to make it a more interesting read So I tried and I tried But I Couldn't really think of a very interesting Comment to make but I just wanted to say WELL DONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
First, you need Edward Van Halen. Second, you can't get Edward Van Halen unless you have a righteous video. Third, get Edward Van Halen so you can make a righteous video! Forth, profit!
@Samuraiguitarist Im a patron and do you happen to have the audio files ''When Genres Collide'' I wanna upload a cover of your solo for one of them on instagram and make you a proud Sensei
I'm a bit confused about the Polyrhythm part. Isn't that actually a 3 over 4 polymeter instead of a polyrhythm ? I may be wrong though , would love some clarification !
Sukrit Munshi polyrhythms always start on "one" whereas polymetres don't have to repeat anytime. Simple difference between them. Polyrhythm 4 over 3 is basically 3/3 and 4/4 at the same time. They make an interesting and completely unique structure
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You should start a series where you jam to some backing track for 5 minutes.I can't get enough of your guitar playing
Yeah, I really dug the examples!!!
Yeh that'd be cool
Tru dat
you mean that?@@checknate8820
Love that rhythmic quotes idea. Never came across that before.
The last tip was awesome. Amazing how a Xmas song can sound groovy when soloing.
As Lars Ulrich once said: ''What's a metronome?''
Giant Douche no he didn't
Zachariah Cargo its a joke..
Giant Douche Aw! Poor Lars always gets the short end of the drum stick. He's really just a jazz guitarist stuck in a drummers body.
i think this is very funny! Greetings from HQ
Kudos for the Video! Apologies for the intrusion, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Riddleagan Blossoming Solo Remedy (do a search on google)? It is a smashing exclusive product for mastering guitar scales minus the normal expense. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my best friend Jordan after many years got astronomical results with it.
The editing was great in this. Made everything much easier!
It really did make it easier to follow!
Excellent lesson! Rhythm is all too often ignored when it comes to guitar solos. It's part of the reason I'm glad that I was already a drummer before becoming a guitarist.
Great tutorial but I would have to say that number seven is my favorite tip of them all. That simple trick alone has really opened my eyes with my guitar playing if I ever want to do is solo
But I don't wanna fuckify my solos😳
Lol watch this video get unmonetized because of that
I heard it too :P
Love this channel yo. Glad to have discovered it.
Thanks Samurai! Favorite guitar channel hands down! Clear, useful, innovative, professional content once again.
Super super helpful! This video, along with your video about making solos 10× better!! As advertised! Def worth the watch 🤘🎸🙏
The rhythmic quoting is a great idea, thank you! Also my #8 is don't over do it, more than 4 or 5 types of note lenghts can be counterproductive and make the solo a bit too confusing for the audience, it makes you stand out, but not in a nice way.
Dude,.. that was an eye opening lesson ! A fresh perspective to standard 6 string playing !! Great work ! 😀🎸
Thank you for this excellent demonstration. This is a side of my playing I've been overlooking for a long time. I know a lot of scales and arpeggios, but I often just end up playing boring straight 8ths. I believe that working hard and often on this could turn each of my melodic ideas into 20 licks that sound completely different while also improving my general sense of time (which is very far from perfect).
That very last tuplet example is lit. Damn.
::steals::
It's tough but sounds super cool
Thank you so much I already have gotten better thanks to this video. I was always trying to learn new scales to sound better but what I needed was to add some Rhythm to the scales I already knew. Thank you
Really great video! Mixing up rhythm is so important to creating interesting musical ideas. I'm glad you covered this, and so well too!
One of your best instructional videos !
I'd also say that this applies to other instruments as well, especially in a jazz environment. Very helpful!
This is nothing but an AMAZING lesson!
Thanks a lot SamuraiGuitarist! I'm struggling with my solos for a long time and this video seems to be very helpful.
Great job breaking down and explaining these tricks!
I don't even understand any of these since I gave up all the technical long time ago. Yet I still find it interesting. Arigato gozaimas, Sensei!
One of your best videos!
That sweet tone
2:26 every Kirk Hammett solo ever
DRUGS'HAVEN *obligatory wah joke*
Space Cow 01 lol
DRUGS'HAVEN every Metallica fan ever: ACTCHUALLY
@C A M bitch pls
*puts on 2.0x speed*
A small hint of my own - learn to swing. Combining swung eight notes with longer notes, triplets, straight notes and polyrhythms leads to some really complex, but groovy rhythms.
Perfect video and presentation and playing man 🤘👍🤘
Awesome video. Thanks a lot. Greets from Argentina!
DUDE. Agh! Such a good video. As usual! Thanks!
I'm going to be humming that sweet rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for days. Thanks :)
I appreciate the use of the notation.
I don't agree with the term verbal diarrhea a text must be impressive at first sight to have an impact on the reader or else any kind of argumentation is weak and lame also punctuation only leaves time for the reader to think but he or she must not rest while reading or he or she will not get your point and just imagin a way to say that you are wrong furthermore punctuation only makes your comment arder to read because it's not just a long flow of words leading the reader to the almighty truce alsoifyouputspacebetweenwordsitiseasiertociteonlyapartofthetextandtrytoproveitwrongbutyoucannotifyourtextisonelongwordthatdoesnotmakesanysense
Just kidding you're right mate
I'd like to toss out a correction, if I may:
Most guitars typically use one of the soft maples for their tops. Soft maple tends to be figured far more often than hard maple, and it takes stains/dyes well (hard maple does not like being stained or dyed and it comes out really blotchy; it requires a tinted shader or clear coat instead.) Soft maple isn't one species, but several (the thing that makes them "soft" is that they're not as hard/dense as Hard Maple, which is a specific species. Both are still moderately hard woods.) The dried weight of soft maples is generally between 34-40lbs per cubic foot. Most guitar manufacturers these days (including Gibson) use African Mahogany (aka Khaya), because Genuine Mahogany (aka Honduran Mahogany) is incredibly expensive and difficult to obtain now thanks to hundreds of years of irresponsible over-harvesting; Genuine Mahogany is typically reserved for custom shop and other high-end instruments due to its scarcity.
I bring this up because the dried weight of African Mahogany is about 40lbs per cubic foot, while the dried weight of Genuine (Honduran) Mahogany is 37lbs per cubic foot. In other words, both are basically the same weight as the various maple species used for tops. If you made a carved-top LP with a solid chunk of mahogany instead of a maple cap, it would weigh the same as one with a maple cap. The top on an LP adds weight to the body simply because there's more wood, not because of a weight difference between maple and mahogany.
Just for fun (and since I'm already on the topic): Sapele is sometimes used as a mahogany substitute (they're in the same family), but it weighs around 42lbs per cubic foot, which is closer to the weight of Hard Maple (about 44lb per cubic foot.)
As for why Gibson started using weight relief (or "tone chambers" or whatever the hell they're pitching them as this year), I have no idea. I have a hypothesis, but it's just my best guess as a guitarist and occasional woodworker. Only Gibson knows the real answer, but I'd bet money that it's far less interesting than how their marketing department tends to spin it. ;)
good video, but i was expecting something involving dead notes or chords as well. that's a trick i use often, to add a chord in my solos to hammer the emphasis of what kind of rhythm i'm playing. play a run, couple of dead notes, then bam! a chord in accord with the drums. not always on the main beat, either. bang your head when playing, you'll find adding a chord on the off-beat to be both jarring and memorable. i'd recommend listening to alice in chain's man in the box for a great rhythmic example.
Excellent Video and Ideas for a video! This is really cool!
Thanks Sensei for this great lesson!
Jared was right man this dude's good. Keep up the good work fam.
I've always wanted to know how to fuckify my soloing. Thanx Steve.
Thanks my friend, this was really helpful!
Great video as always man ! :D
Thank you for such a great lesson
I love his dry humor :D
#6 reminds me of when I spazz practicing scales. Talk about unpredictable accents...
Awesome video, very helpful :) Thanks!
Very cool lesson my brother...........
If little wayne was a 1 and Petrucci a 10, my solos would be a 2 :D
Awesome advice!
Watching this on silent looks like it's on fast-forward.
Ben Littleton holy shit. It really does
Welp, I guess I'm gonna challenge myself to fit Amazing Grace's rhythm into a guitar solo.
"Pop goes the weasel" is pretty good to mix in too ;)
use "i VI VII" i love to solo over that personally, and i'm not even good. :P
Thanks, really helpful!
I can't believe how good your videos are...even the biggest scrub would understand you ... And I love the last point you mentioned, I'll probably try that with some cannibal corpse lyrics xD
GET THE FUNK OUTTA HEREEE
USE A METRONOME... and #7... incredibly useful tips. Thanks Steve! xD
Arigato Sensei
Seriously, now it starts for me an entire day of practicing ahaha :D
Hey man
So I was thinking
While writing this comment
About how to phrase all of my sentences to make it a more interesting read
So I tried and I tried
But I
Couldn't really think of a very interesting
Comment to make
but I just wanted to say WELL DONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Teaching tips from sensei would be cool
Thank you!
Damn! Thank you!
Keep it funky, my friends.
Neat.
GREAT VIDEO
IT WAS LAUNDRY DAY FOR HIM.
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer homey! :)
Rudolph the red-nosed, rock star, rail-snorting reindeer lol
Excellent
7:43 that moment when you get trolled
Aw man I got destroyed lol!
That's a good one.
Smart. but didn't get me
Sagi Dash I’m an idiot
While not a guitar track, my most recent uploaded video is of a phrase that makes use of that 3 against 4 polyrhythm.
Thanks :)
Nice Video, is the backing track anywhere available?
great
Does anybody else experience the entire 1:04:47:22 of the 7:42 video fly-by in about 5 seconds?
how to get out of the confort playing zone? anyone have an advise?
👍
Do you know what the best pickups are for my strat?
NERTEND OH! Tex mex, texas specials, custom shop 69s... Find some you like and buy them
First, you need Edward Van Halen.
Second, you can't get Edward Van Halen unless you have a righteous video.
Third, get Edward Van Halen so you can make a righteous video!
Forth, profit!
What about pauses?
He said there is Rhythm in Rhythm. when he said you can accent the beat, and polyrhythms and stuff
is there a name for the song used in your example
@Samuraiguitarist Im a patron and do you happen to have the audio files ''When Genres Collide'' I wanna upload a cover of your solo for one of them on instagram and make you a proud Sensei
Email sent.
I'm a bit confused about the Polyrhythm part. Isn't that actually a 3 over 4 polymeter instead of a polyrhythm ? I may be wrong though , would love some clarification !
Sukrit Munshi polyrhythms always start on "one" whereas polymetres don't have to repeat anytime. Simple difference between them. Polyrhythm 4 over 3 is basically 3/3 and 4/4 at the same time. They make an interesting and completely unique structure
"Fuckify"
My Solos would go better un-"fuckified" thank you very much.
2nd
605th
Did somebody ring the *dinkster*
If Sensei pins this, I will like my own comment.
Sgt.LMAO What's the point?
3rd i guess :(
Pleeeeeease add '"normal" notation. Looking at Tabs, I see just numbers. With notation you see instantly what it sounds like. Thank you!
Funk what now?
1st
3rd