HOW TO SOLO LIKE JIM ROOT! 

heh, the “roots” of the channel

Happy to help!

DEAD

ROOT beer lol

Thank you so much! Comments like this motivate me to keep going, so sincerely thank you.

Thanks! Any suggestions on topics to cover in a second installment of it?

Like I said in the video, I'd recommend knowing your scales before tackling these. What I did when I decided I wanted to play lead guitar is I found my favorite key and my teacher helped me map out all the modes (E Natural Minor was/is my favorite key). Once you know all the positions of one key, eventually you can translate that information to any key you want to play in. For the legato runs, I'd recommend first doing some hammer ons and pull offs between two notes instead of 3, but then eventually working your way up to 3 note per string legato runs. I highly recommend practicing with a metronome and starting out slow, while gradually building up speed.

You're welcome a lot

Yeah that's a great idea! I can certainly do the same style lesson as this, just rhythm examples instead of soloing.

You're welcome, thanks for watching

It’s not a race, everyone progresses at different speeds.

Thanks for watching!

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Very true, I’ll have to make sure to include that tip in my next lesson

Thanks, it's a Chaps brand shirt, I think I got it at Kohl's.

Legato is basically when you are using alot of hammer ons and pull offs instead of picking

D’Addario EXL 116s, 11-52

I'd find a guitar teacher near you that you connect with and go from there. If not, there's tons of beginner lessons on RU-vid

@@BlackacreDoe how did u start though? Like what did u first do and learn when u started

It was from a video he did for Guitar Part TV back in the AHIG era.

Legato is essentially using hammer-ons and pull-offs

@@BlackacreDoe what does that mean?

Yes

@@BlackacreDoe sir what would be 3 pedals u recommend to emulate jim roots tone?

@@mianakamoto5727 He used to use an MXR GT-OD which is one of my favorite overdrive pedals. But I'm more of a believer in using your ears and hands, nobody's ever going to sound like him because there's only one Jim.

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@@BlackacreDoe where can I find a guitar teacher

Tons of places. Music shops, classified ads, lots of people teach via Skype/Zoom now, etc.

@@BlackacreDoe do you teach ?

Not anymore, except for these videos

Many years of practice