I'm Charlie Long, a guitarist and teacher based in the United States. I help advanced beginner and intermediate guitarists develop the tools to make sense of playing solos and improvising.
Ever notice how great guitar parts feel good to play? Like they make sense to the muscles in your hand ? Every time I learn a Zeppelin song ,that’s the first thing that jumps out at me. The chords and fills are like elegant equations in physical space.
Yr an awesome teacher! But that Kings X song sounds more musical than that Djent modern music u played that yr kids liked. Djent music lack melody, its more about their flashy guitar technique instead of melody. But overall u made great points that I will surely use in my practice Charlie.
@@CharlieLongGuitar in all seriousness, your material is the best by far. When I find time to practice I always go to you for things that hurt, but I know I need.
It’s crazy that I found this lesson, I’m just figuring this stuff out over the last couple of months but I wasn’t 100% sure I was doing it correct. Thanks for the affirmation and great explanation. Now to really get it locked in.
You are an exceptional teacher. After about 2 years of daily practice, I'd say i'm definitely leaving the beginner stages and getting into intermediate levels of understanding and skills. The principles/philosophies you discuss are very thought provoking. I am confident they will pay huge dividends. thank you so much
I fixed the noodling thing a couple years ago: realized that whenever I sit down and play there's a moment where there's this epic shit coming out, whether on guitar or piano, so now I rarely play without hitting record in the DAW first. I mean It's not like we need to save on tape, so it can run in the background while I explore some scale and see what happens. Then I just delete the silence, listen through and delete the trash, and what's left is enough generally for a couple songs which I didn't know I was writing. Then just do a pass through with a midi drum kit and stuff takes shape, track by track. It's like speed-writing by improvisation.
@@CharlieLongGuitar it's done something unexpected too, it expanded my definition of what you can make into a song, and brought me back to figuring out the theory *after the inspiration occurs and gets recorded, which is nice because that can box a person in, sticking to a specific key.
Great video! Super cool tips to diversify your playing. Oh man I know all about ruts. Thanx for the ideas and the wake up call. I've been stuck & bored for so long I stopped playing.
this is fabulous. i have already learned the 5 pentatonic patterns, the CAGED 7 note patterns, and all of the 3 NPS patterns. I also know where the major and minor roots reside in all those patterns. But, I don't know any triad or arpeggio shapes. I've been looking for a good place to learn those next. I printed out your pdf and I'm going to get real good at this. thanks a bunch sir
It’s funny to come across my own comments from months ago and see the progress. The chords make the scale musical. That’s why there’s so many videos about combining chords and scales/melody. The notes all have chords. That’s it. The arpeggios are all the same chord. BUT the two chord is minor LOL. All that makes this a good lesson thx!
Charlie, thank you so much for another superb lesson. I have been following your video tutorials for about a month now and in that time my playing ability has sky rocketed. That "plateau" that I have been stuck on (seemingly forever) is now in my rear view mirror. Just can't thank you enough - your content and teaching style is just pure, pure gold
Thanks for the wonderful comment! You know what would help me? What were you struggling with that kept you on the plateau?? What else would you like to learn? Thanks and all the best with your playing! 🎸🔥🎶🔥🎸
@@CharlieLongGuitar Even when I was a beginner I never wanted to play like anybody else but everything I was taught or learned seemed to point me towards that goal - I did however want to know how to create the emotion I felt when I heard the blues and rock at my local music venue. Inevitably I discovered CAGED and the "boxes" which of course did their job of "boxing" me in - disillusionment followed. I decided that I needed to understand music theory but even after hours of study I couldn't apply it and make the sounds in my head. I spent hours learning scale shapes and triad shapes and most people that heard me play thought that I played ok - but not me! The emphasis you place on studying and knowing how to weave all the scale notes together around triads and arpeggios has been my "golden key". Your video critique on CAGED was for me a stellar event. Similarly your video on 7th arpeggios is now the foundation of all my practice and like others have written enough to keep me motivated for quite some time. By the way I can now play quite a few of things that I can hear in my head. You really have a great talent, thank you once again.
Hi Charlie - I always find your lessons immediately useful. Just one issue - there's a mistake in the diagram at 12:07. The diagonal pentatonic shows G A on the 2nd string then C D E on the 1st string, but it should be G A B on the 2nd then D E on the 1st!
I didn't learn this to this kind of detail, but in studying barre chords up and down (a great discovery all on its own for me) you start to recognize the patterns of the chords depending on where you are on the neck. When I was a kid, about 12, I could read music easily. I've completely lost that skill, but still retain a few bits and pieces of chords and the circle of fifths, all that, all of which is helpful to add into these bits.
I'm shocked you don't have 500k views on these vids. Ultra accessible and applicable knowledge here. I share your vids with everyone I know who plays guitar.
I really appreciate that comment. Sometimes I’m pretty shocked at what DOES get 500k views and think I need to dumb my stuff way down. But I don’t wanna do that! Thanks for taking time to comment 🎸🎶🔥🎶🎸
Charlie “24 Carat” Long dishing out more nuggets from the mother load vein of arpeggios. These “skeleton” building blocks create a perfect way to develop ear training for how each arpeggio sounds. I rely on my ear a lot and this method helps me connect what I hear in my head with what’s going on from a music theory perspective on the fret board. Connecting what I hear with what I see on the fret board with the theory behind it is a real aha moment. Thanks Charlie!
Thankfully you have four fingers and a thumb up in the thumbnail or we would never comprehend 5 things. What’s next a video on 10 things with two hands. 😂 Not picking on you. Seems everyone does that even though it’s stupid.
Charlie, your lessons are just jam packed with great information. I am a solid intermediate plus player, and I could spend an entire month just unpacking the nuggets from this one lesson alone. Thank you.
