Rusty, I'm 53 and have always loved the guitar but never really increased my ability outside the basic knowledge of chords, 12 bar blues, the minor pentatonic, and intro's from tablature. I've had some fine guitar instructors over the years that I've learned a bit from too. I haven' experienced a lot of growth in the last 30 years. Within the last year It's been on my heart to learn the blues as it's always been a dream of mine. I found you and man I just can't get enough of your videos. Whenever I'm in my car they are playing in the background. My eyes have been opened and my excitement level for playing and following my dream has been rekindled. I just wanted to say thank you. You are a blessing to me. I only wish I knew this stuff a long time ago. I'm super happy you have the worship channel now too. I'm a believer and love the fact that my guitar teacher is a solid dude that loves the Lord.
This is an awesome comment Scott I’m so glad you are getting something from the videos. I can hear your excitement and that excites me also. Thank you for the support of my channel and I hope you have a rockin weekend Scott. Talk to you soon soon buddy.🙏
Thanks for your kind words B B! This support really means alot! Much more to come. If you ever have any questions feel free to ask anytime! Have a wonderful weekend bud 👍
Do you know is more appreciated than liking and subscribing? Me, the viewer who got another great approach to creating melodies over a chord progression. Yes, it was eye opening about how these simple things just get overlooked. Awesome video! Thank you Rusty!!!
Really glad you got some thing from the lesson Jason. I to need to be reminded of things I learned in the past. Thanks for checking out the video and have a great weekend.👍
Yet another great lesson, Rusty! Seeing the chord shapes/notes in each of the 5 pentatonic positions by adding the half steps results in access to the full diatonic scale and is next-level. Nothing wrong about that pentatonic sound we all love, but having access to those other 2 notes (3 if you count the blues note) is melodic magic. Thanks!
@@rustysguitar1 Your lessons always get me to thinking about why I approach things like I do, and help bring clarity. This excellent lesson dove-tails with my approach. I like to think of the pentatonic as the safe notes and the two half-step notes as flavor to be used judiciously. I tend to use the 4 plus pentatonic on the 2 and 4 chords, the 7 plus pentatonic on the 3 and 5 chords, and the pentatonic over the 1 and 6 chords except for passing notes. Knowing the pentatonic patterns and where the 1, 4 and 7 are in each is this old guy's approach to favoring chord tones. The chord patterns become obvious after awhile. Thanks!
Fantastic lesson Rusty on how to solo more melodically, something I think we all strive for no matter what level we're at, as a young guitar player I was probably guilty of wailing away and maybe not paying enough attention to the chord tones and changes, it's definitely something I've become more aware of as I've gotten older, wonderful playing and tutorial my friend well done 🎸👏👏🙏🏻
Fantastic buddy 👍🏻 thanks for another brilliant tutorial. Using the extensions and the blues note is really making me sound ‘really quite good’ because of you my friend. My main issue now, is with timing. When and where you start, pause and end, to really sound like you own it. Thank you Rusty 🙏🏻 have a wonderful weekend bud 👍🏻🏴🎸
Hey Dave, you are right the timing is a hard thing to teach. A lot of it is just feel. Practice with a metronome and really listen to players that you like. Thanks for checking out the video and have a great weekend with your family.👍
I'm glad I came across your channel today Rusty! I've been binge watching your channel just about all day, and I've been practicing some of the stuff you've been teaching. I'm gonna subscribe and keep watching, and maybe I'll get out of the rut I've been in the last year. Thanks, my man!
Great lesson Rusty. I've been working on my triads lately and to see the chord shapes inside this scale, that I've studying, WOW!! Thanks for the insight, my friend.☮️🎸
Always keep the solo melodic , and yes follow the chord shapes ...you can’t go wrong with this .. good lesson ... 😊.... got a new tune out for which I use this technique., mind you ... as a solo guitarist... the solo starts almost at the end ... I’m working on a tune right now that has lots of chords and key changes .. and you can solo .. not playing the pentatonic because of the many chord changes and key changes ., best is to use the notes in chord progression to keep up ..... well you’ll have to sit for this tune ... I’m working on the lyrics right now ... how about walking in the rain ? A real bluesy song
Thanks John! I did check out your video! Nice work! I liked the improvising at the end! That’s what guitar playing is all about! Have a great rest of your weekend👍
Hello from Germany, Rusty! A few weeks ago I stumbled across your channel and found so many fantastic videos. I am stuck in that beginner-half-intermediate level and the way you show and explain things are just great. Does it make sense to follow a certain order in your videos to improve my playing? Thank you so much, Rusty Olli from Lüneburg / Germany ( who also is 61 yo (-: )
Hey Oliver, there isn’t any order. Check out the video title, around things that you’re working on. Greetings from the USA! Thanks for checking out the videos 👍
OK Rusty, today I'm going to try my Fender American Ultra Lux, it looks a lot like yours . a desperate attempt, maybe that will help. 😁 thanks for the great new video!
i struggle a lot with getting out of the "box"and harmonizing with chord changes this is helping,i have a question...do you think that learning caged system would help because im slow and i dont quite get it?
Using triads and arpeggios, and also the caged system are all ways to visualize the fretboard. I really like using the triad. Three note groupings of a chord. Using the root note of each chord, you can locate these all over the fretboard very easily. The caged system uses all of the strings in the same way. But triads are a simpler way to see these shapes. Keep working at it and keep on rockin.👍
@@rustysguitar1 what gauge of strings do you think is best for picking because I use light strings and I think I'm going to change to heavier ones on my Telecaster Thanks Darryl
It is hard to hear the changes. Sometimes you have to count each measure. Each chord will play for a certain amount of beats. Keep working at it buddy! Thanks for checking out the video Joseph.👍
Hey John, thank you for the message! I’m doing well. Just have some personal things going on. I will have a new video lesson coming out later this week. I appreciate you buddy 🤛
