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And please guys no more thumbs down 😒 these guys know what they're talking about if you don't understand and I know this personally you're probably not paying attention or you learned music theory out of order go back start from scratch and pay attention and plus practice your scales 🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🤘🎸
Two things my sax teacher (!) drummed into me were, always practice with a metronome & don't just leave it in the same 4/4 rhythm at the same rate, change it around a bit. Try a bossa nova rhythm or a waltz. And remember, it's harder to play slow than fast, so slow down the tempo sometimes, don't just speed it up. The three things... Great video.
I've been playing, campfire acoustic strumming for around 40 years. Over the last years or so, I am now advancing my skills and learning electric, and focusing on Blues. This is amazing information, I am absolutely going to apply this to my practice. Thanks Eddie, you are amazing!
Saw this 3 months ago when I started. Didn't know any scales back then. After learning w RU-vid videos for 3 months, I purchased Eddie's Country Guitar Courses 2 weeks ago, thrilled about it. Chords, rhythms, scales all start to come together for me. Looking at this video again today by chance, and by luck. I will definitely practice now. Thank you!
Great tip, stumbled upon this just “noodling” and decided to try with pentatonic scales. Didn’t necessarily play whole scales, just picked out some of the notes. Threw in some bends, pull offs, hammer-ons. ✌🏼
Honestly think this might be one of the most impactful videos you've put up. It might seem like a small change to make but the results can be game changing, and not just for guitar players. This is important for any instrument you play and can take away the monotony that many feel in the early to mid stages of learning, when there is so much repetition trying to get things under your fingers. Great lesson clearly explained.
This is very well explained. As we learn hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, picking and tapping techniques etc., this opens up a whole new world of fun for player and listener. Nicely done! 😎👍🏻
Just got my first guitar, fulfilling one of many life goals. Searching for tips and exercises, I found this channel! Short, straight to the point, no over selling videos got you a sub! Thanks.
@@guardianobserver6593 yes, I recommend that you give it at minimum two to three hours a day. Find songs that you actually like and want to have fun with! Don't be hard on your self. Good luck!
I've started experimenting with scales in similar manner like this few weeks ago (I have a guitar not more than three months now) on my own and it changed the game for me completely. So thanks for posting this! Looks like my practice wasn't useless.
Gentlemen don't give these lessons for themselves they're trying to help you absorb and appreciate the beautiful structure and sound mechanisms of the guitar thank them! Thank you guys
Eddie, I took 10 weeks to master the fretboard back in June of 2022. After 10 weeks I was amazed at how much I had learned in 10 short weeks. You're so right about needing to learn to play rythem! 7 months after playing my first pentatonic scale, I still find myself playing the scale and wishing I was playing more musically. This video has opened my eyes to what I was slowly discovering, don't play the scales straight through, mix it up, have fun hold notes and have rests, stop playing the scales and make music instead. THANKS!
Striking coincidence :I started playing triplets, 1/4, note, 16th notes whilst playing the scale. A lot of focus and discipline needed to maintain rhythmic structure. No pain, no gain. Thank you for validating my practice routine. PS : SWINGING 8ths in blues came naturally to me. It's the other rhythms that have me in a knot when soloing /lead.
That’s the secret, it also took me years to figure out, it’s very rear that I could find any RU-vid video that teaches guitar 🎸 that actually teaches you how to count the lick. IE Rhythm 🎵. And the proper use of counting and using the metronome to keep you right. If you can’t count a lick, how do you know it’s going to work with the rest of the band. To me Rhythm is the most important element in music. This aspect is strongly overlooked.
I have a pretty decent amount of knowledge when it comes to music. However, when I came across guitar I was pretty intimidated. In a couple weeks I start freshman year and I'm taking guitar class to hopefully gain more knowledge on the instrument. This rhythm thing may seem pretty small and insignificant, but it really helped me practice. Subscribed
I began playing in about March of 2020 when covid hit. I play pretty much every day still. I tried this method for a while. This advice is the best advice I've ever gotten from anyone regarding guitar. I've been struggling trying to figure out how to play melody to a backing track and this simple exercise REALLY HELPS! Thank you so much for this!
Thanks for the insight in choosing particular notes in the pentatonic scale and playing it with rhythm. It really helps me to understand how to make music in different ways but in the same scale.
I may have pulled a homer. I started learning the guitar 4 months ago...and on THAT same scale, I did play with the notes so it would sound like -something . Just because I was curious what it would sound like.
You have the wonderful ability to make basic music theory and actually practicing it - fun !! Thanks for everything you do for those of us who admit we need some help !!
Ok Eddie, I am hooked . I’ve listened to about 4 of your videos. Each one was very good and I’ve made those riffs my own. I am 62 years old have been playing guitar since about 1967. So its been a few years. Ive never taken a lesson and cant read music. I can play almost any music if I want. Still I am not a true guitarist, just a player, mostly for my own enjoyment. I’ve learned a lot from you in just a few videos I’ve wached. This is another great one. Thank You!
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I’m looking to “join” one of these online guitar schools. I’ve been playing music for 35 years. Started off on guitar, but was going nowhere. So I switched to drums and went HEAVY FULL BORE practicing everyday. I slept, ate, and drank drums for about 2-3 years. But drums are loud and you can only play them so much, but my dads acoustic was always there. I basically taught myself
wow. you just helped me out of a long learning plateau. not a rut but a very long plateau. Now if i could learn to sing ang keep a steady rhythm without feeling like i might have a stroke.
Where was e-tablature and computers back in the 80s? I had to buy books and there werent a ton of books from bands that I liked. I bought about everyone I could find.
Oh yeah I forgot to tell y'all I know my fretboard and my scales now all I need is technique and speed and I wouldn't have got there without some of your help I greatly appreciate this channel thank you for the great content 🎸🤘🎸😊
When I started guitar, I took my chance of never learning the pentatonic scale actually, of course I knew it but I never played solos in the scale. It really helped me with really creative solos if anybody wants to try that by chance too
I thought that's what you were supposed to do anyway... I never just played scales straight, I always mix them up & make different rhythms. I guess I'm on the right track then. 👍🤟 I just need to start memorizing full fret scale patterns.
Eddie, a little suggestion to make this lesson even more fun, interesting and a "teaching" moment. Why not sing as you go along. What I mean by sing is name each note as you play. You'll not only learn rhythm, you'll also learn where each note is on the upper frets. When I was studing classical guitar scales from a 300 page book. I was instructed to name each note.
Great video. Thanks Eddie! As a side note, instead of holding the last note, I occasionally will practice a bend. Nice practice session to add that in. Thanks again.
Love this lesson, Eddie, and it is very helpful as I am just now starting my journey as a guitar player trying to learn to do more than just strum my guitar. Thanks for the lesson.
🚩I totally agree! Wish I was shown How to Use it! When trying to learn the overwhelming amount of scales, ur mind goes Mechanical, instead of Creative=Sad. Thanks, for all these 1 Page Excercizes.. Helps more than you think. APPRECIATE !
Merry Christmas and a happy new year Eddie to you and your family. Thanks for all your insight and valuable experience that you share throughout the year
You know I’ve heard a lot of drummers say they will do the opposite and try to make their drums more melodic. Some drummers can sing and play drums at the same time, others while they may be able to sing won’t want a mike anywhere near their mouth because their humming something that fits with what their playing .
