Here is a link for the backing track that I used today. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bsOGyORiRRE.htmlsi=NzpTbiicruU_XPbb. Thanks for all your support everyone.✌️
Thank you very much for your excellent lesson and for sharing all your knowledge with us 🎸🎶👍 Thank you also for sharing my backing track and supporting my channel 🙏😁✌️
@@t-guitar Your backing tracks are clean and clear and very helpful. It’s great to see you having success with your channel! I know good things are coming for you on RU-vid. Thanks buddy.👍
Rusty, I've been playing guitar for almost 40 years. As a teenager, I wanted to play like Van Halen and Randy Rhoads and that's what I focused on. I learned to fly up and down the fretboard with diatonic minor scales, speed picking, string skipping, tapping, etc. I developed a fast right hand, a nice wide vibrato, and could do covers of some pretty difficult solos. But I always felt like an amateur under all the flashy stuff. And finding your channel just last week has shown me what was missing, explained in the best way possible. In the beginning, I wanted to walk before I could crawl, and blew past essential fundamentals. Watching your videos has opened doors and made my playing sound more melodic and purposeful. You've made guitar playing fun and exciting for me again. This is a great lesson here, and I can't wait for the next one. Thanks so much, man.
That’s awesome! I’m glad you’re getting some ideas from the videos! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch my lessons. I hope you have a rockin weekend my brother.✌️
Rusty is by far the easiest to understand instructor on RU-vid, he makes understandable videos. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, I agree 👍👍👍👍☮️❤️
Wait....Practice? Noooooo. That was the answer all along? : - ). Kidding aside, another great lesson Rusty. This is exactly what I've been doing the last month or two. I play every chord all over the neck, both major and minor (better with majors right now) then play the notes around those chords to make it flow, including slides, bends and pull offs. I then take a chord progression, starting with the open position then move up neck with each new inversion of the progression. Funny thing, I can see those inversions/triads and my fingers know how to find them more easily. And yep, I practice them for a couple of hours each night. Thanks Rusty, you are a great teacher. I always look forward to your lessons, including your worship channel as well.👍👍👍
Hey Doug, it sounds like you’re really moving forward in your playing! I see you’re working on the right things. And it sounds like you’re excited about learning new things! Thanks a lot for taking the time to watch my lessons. Enjoy the rest of your weekend Doug.👍
Great lesson Rusty.........since I started learning to play lead using chord tones my playing has dramatically improved it really is the way to go...........as a long time noodler( probably 20 years) I thought when I went down this path that it would take a long time........but the reality is it only took me months to get.......the thing is because I already knew how to bend ...slide in to notes hammer on and pull off I learned the chord tone stuff at a geometric rate....... big thanks Paul from Ireland
Awesome Paul! This is an exciting comment. It was the same way for me. Once I got some of the triads and chord tones under my fingers, I moved forward quickly. And then, like you said, just learning the techniques to make them come alive! I always appreciate your comments. Enjoy your weekend buddy.👍
@rustysguitar1 yes it's fantastic and exciting after literally years of frustration......I find as well that every few days I'm making new connections on the fretboard the chord tone/ arpeggio approach really opens up the fretboard
@@paulkelly6853 I love hearing comments like this, Paul! That is very exciting! No matter how old we get we still are excited about learning something new! Thanks for all your support to my channel👍
Great lesson as always … this is exactly where I am at trying to connect the dots better . shapes are key and I already get that for some people like me , there is a little math involved with intervals etc and when I see the root in different places, it’s starting to unfold
Thank you! I look at the chord shapes more than I do intervals myself. It’s just simpler for me. But they can all be located with the root. I appreciate the comment and thanks for watching.👍
@@rustysguitar1 well you did a great job showing and explaining in this video … there’s a big temptation for a beginner guitarplayer to noodle , if that’s the phrase and you know what I mean … instead of getting a solid melody out of the chords … the power of this all you learn later on , it makes guitar playing more meaningful and intense
Thanks Rusty! Hope you’re doing well. I apologize for missing our lessons last week but I’m getting back on track now .Enjoy your weekend and spiritually! Take care my friend! Please take care.❤
Merci. I've had a block about playing music until now, and my piano slash ukulele teacher had me improv on the minor blues scale. This video comes at a good time. I'm not using tabs and trying to learn with thoroughbass and notation. My teacher is encouraging me, even though it might take more time.
Once you start improvising and playing more with your ear, it’s not only more fun, but you will move into advanced level in no time! I appreciate your comment Lawrence and enjoy the rest of your weekend mate 👍
Every video you produce I learn something new, but something I’ve known for years 😂 Oxymoron I know, but I ripped out my own riff over that progression and when I was done, sounded like a 9 minute Picasso in drop C You’re a great teacher Rusty, don’t care what your wife says about you, you’re the best
Some players really think that a magical guitar lesson will make them a better player. I was kidding around but practice is the key. It’s always good to hear from you Karen. I hope all is well and I hope you enjoy your weekend also.❤️
Great lesson. Rusty. It sounds very sweet and soulful. I think I understand why Dave Gilmour's solos sounds so musical and emotional now. Thanks for your hard work.
You did it again Rusty, awesome lesson, the more I follow you the more I see clear the connections and much important how to use them to sound melodic and make good music, thanks a lot my friend, have a nice Sunday ahead!
I’m old but I still get excited when I make new connections on the fretboard! And it sounds like you get excited also. Thanks a lot for checking out my lessons RAFA. Happy Sunday to you my friend🙏
Sir...your lessons are getting better and better. Not only your playing is great (at least to me ...a forever beginner) the way you teach...your voice and explanations are awesome. You´ re going up among all those " condescent teachers " ( Duude...dont do that ...do this...and then he plays a bunch of quick notes that only Steve Vai can follow. Thanks a lot for teh time and dedication you do on your classes...Thanks
Great lesson Rusty 🎸 I’m having a lot of fun my friend 👍🏻 it’s all coming together nicely now, thanks to you. Thanks and have a great week buddy 👍🏻🏴🎸
Thanks Rusty for another excellent lesson and a Reminder about chord Tones. Targeting the root and 3rd and 5th notes of the chords that your playing over. Cheers and Happy Days
So awesome of you to share your knowledge... you're so skilled... this is awesomely put together and relaxing to follow... al master in your field by all means dear one✌️🌹
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! Your lessons are always informative and full of good advice! I love your shirt, BTW! Thanks again! Look forward to your next video. Take care and be well. Respectfully, Doug Piper.
Man Rusty, yo have become my go to guy on you tube!! I’ve been playing for years and you have really opened my eyes and have shown very practical approaches to playing, you mention often that you wish you knew these techniques years ago and I totally agree, thanks again Rusty, I’m enjoying these lessons so much.. keep it up and thanks for your time doing this. Sincerely M
Cool lesson Rusty, the part where you were in the E minor chord, so from 7 to 9 to 8 on the B string then going 7 to 9 to 7 on the B then 7 to 9 to 5 on the B then back to 8 to 7 on on the b sounded cool. Its 3 am.here ive been playing guitar all day lol getting tired now tho lol
Then after that i went 7 to 9 to 5 on g string i was like way cool really sounded nice thanks Rusty. I added a couple other notes and im lovin this lol
Let me see if I got this: you’re soloing with the notes that make up the chord(s) and maybe expanding with the scale? Say, A chord tones and the A minor pentatonic?
Hey Tony, the video was in the key of E minor. The key of A minor has different chords but you can definitely use the same concept. You can play the notes in each chord, one at a time. While connecting them with the a minor pentatonic scale. Thanks a lot for checking out the video. 👍
Hi Rusty. Thank you so much for all your helpful videos. I am trying to find one I viewed a while ago which was based over Cmajor and Fmajor and wss for melodic solos. Any idea what the title was? Unless I am missing something you might consider categorising your videos. Maybe I should be creating a playlist of the ones I particularly like. .
I’m always happy to help! I do have some playlist, but I definitely should make one for melodic soloing. And also breakdown some other categories to make it easier to find videos for sure. I appreciate the feedback here. Have a great weekend John.👍
As always, another great lesson Rusty. Guess you’ve been playing a long time to get so good. I’m nearly 73 and been playing 4 years. Don’t think I’ll ever reach your level but I practice nearly every day. Thanks. And 100k very soon.
Hey Scooby, I appreciate you taking the time to watch my lessons buddy! I have been playing since I was a teenager. I enjoy it more now than I ever have though. I hope we can keep working on this stuff together. I know you’re improving. I can hear it in your comments. And yes, the channels growing. Very exciting. Hope you have a rockin weekend my friend.👍
Such great lessons, especially for beginners and intermediate players! Helps a lot, thanks Rusty. I’m having challenge being able to know where all the notes are to be able to move between chord changes. I guess it’ll come with time and practice.
Knowing the fretboard is very important. That will give you confidence when improvising for sure you don’t even have to have a guitar in your hands to learn the fretboard. Just try to think about the notes during the day a small group of notes and they will start connecting for you. Thanks for checking out my lessons. Have a great weekend.👍
