This is beyond fantastic! Music theory, music history, the best soloing tips I've ever heard, and a personal story. A million dollar lesson, right there. Only it's free! Hats off to you, good sir.
I will never hear any of this the same way agian. This is one of those moments where I learned something and picked up the guitar and my playing changed.
@@JoshSmithGuitar I've rewatched this video a few times now. It's really changing how I see the fretboard. I picked up the guitar and really tried to pick apart what it really means to spell out the chords for the first time. Definitely an "AHA" moment for me. Thanks so much Josh!
Guys like Josh have played an listened to so much blues and jazz, they can think in terms of notes and music in a way that most people are simply not able to. It's like listening to a foreign language to people who aren't fluent in music theory and know every note on the fretboard. It takes a long time to get that good and have that kind of fluency on a guitar. There are no shortcuts, you just have to practice and learn it.
I felt the same way a few years ago, watching him cover this lesson. It motivated me to start theory from scratch. Now, re watching him cover this lesson, it makes sense, when once it absolutely did not. Save this lesson, go back and learn all your notes on fretboard if you haven't already, and then learn chords in each key. I also learned my triads to do this. It took some time and hard work, but then come back to this lesson, and apply his practice technique, and bam! Good luck, the work is worth it!
Aren’t you glad it happened? I don’t ever want to get to the point of where I know it all. I’m just a man, and so thankful that there is so much knowledge crying out in the streets that the journey never ends. For an added treat, do it on one chord and then change it the next time through. There’s a million ways to subvert their expectations, and he just showed you a very important one. Good luck in your journey, brother.
Back in the late ‘70’s in college, Count Basie’s band played for a campus party. No joke! I had no idea who Freddie Green was at the time, but i stood on his side of the stage in total awe of his facility with chords. It seemed like every strum was a new shape, a new inversion, and continuois motion! Thanks Josh for showing us your musical path and your inspiration.
Awesome stuff, if you don’t understand this listen to it over and over again until it sinks deep into your subconsciousness. There is some powerful information about playing through the changes in this lesson.
I have always felt the important part of learning from great players is to find out what they are thinking.....not trying to copy note for note. and Josh, you do a great job of letting us into your head. Thanks.
You’re playing is so freaking musical Josh. You don’t even need a band behind you. You are quickly moving your way up into my favorite guitarists list. I will be getting all your cds now. Well done!
Josh, you demonstrated and verbally explained things in a way I've never heard it before. You opened my eyes and ears to things that I've been trying to figure out for years. Now if I can just get my chubby little fingers to do what I'm hearing in my head! Thank you, man! This video made my head explode!
I love the way the answering phrases at 0:08 for example utilise the Grant Green like lines . More to the point the solo is so coherently constructed. A joy Josh!
This video contains gold that takes the music theory and turns it into real music. . I was close to giving up on my playing. Getting bored with my sound. Felt like 10 doors opened up all at once. Josh, I will forever remember who it was that taught me all of this. Thank you so much.
8 months later I revisited this lesson. I get it now! So many options and so many notes. I’m hearing the chord changes in my playing. But, when chords change so fast especially in turnarounds, it’s still a work in progress. I can see myself spending years on this! This is a lesson worth learning, thanks for posting this!
Hey Josh, I saw you perform at the Stanhope house in NW NJ back in the min 90s.. You were 15 and I believe your CD I bought that night was "WOOD SHEDDING". I remember how good you played then. lots of SRV style..but this now..WOW!! man, you have turned into an even more amazing, amazing musician..
Moments of synchronicity in life blow me away. I still have an s-load to lean about guitar. Call me a loud intermediate, but I've been messing around with I - IV - V changes, practicing in different keys, etc. I like to follow the chords and play the "blues box" (the 3 note on the G string, the 5 and 6 notes on the B string, and the 1 and the 9 on the E string -- in "A" it's fret 6 on the G string and frets 5 and 7 on B and A) and I suddenly "saw" beautiful chromatics everywhere. Obviously I've got the minor 3rd, just a half step back on the G string. But then I started to play the minor 6 on the B string (fret 6 in A) -- it's a beautiful transition note to take you from the IV back to the I. It also works as a chromatic in the middle of a lick to play 6, 6m, 5. The same thing works on the E string, to hit the minor 9 then the root or as a double stop on E and B together. Plus you always have the 7m on the B string. The way Josh was playing all the chromatic notes in the pentatonic scale -- any or all those notes can work in a blues lead. The more I work thru it, the more it blows my mind...
WOOOOOO Josh,you just dumped 10lbs of knowledge into a 1 lb bag! Good thing its on video and we can go back and re watch and re watch. Thanks for so much good gravy in which to dip our biscuits.
Josh this a great boil down summary of concepts that can seem intimidating at first. I’ve always appreciated teachers that give short but dense lessons packed full of knowledge to work on, especially in plain language. Awesome work brother !
Josh is definitely the best blues player alive at the moment his taste and style is unbelievable love this guy's music and hope to see him stick around a long time there aren't many left like him
Just keep playing man. You have these crazy breakthrough moments throughout your playing Everyone gets them at different points and its random but it all makes sense at some point. Juat takes dedication and practice. Real practice lol dont just noodle. You will progress so fast if you practice correctly. Tons of people noodle for years, then actually start playing and learning many years in and wishthey did it from the start, I've seen it many times. Hope you stick with it! You are in the right place for sure. Josh is THE MAN.
Chord superimposition. Get Ted Greene’s Chord Chemistry and study the section on Blues (and the numerous turnarounds). You don’t have to play all the chords, you can play lines that represent the chords at certain points (this is really what Josh is saying). Ted also has a couple of single note soloing books out, the second one has ideas about playing over changes and things like melodic patterns, useful scale fingerings, etc. These two books will change your guitar life.
@@Boogieplex dont waste time noodling. Make your practice count. Actually try learning new stuff. Find some excercises to do. Start learning theory. All those are good things to do. Do I really have to say that though? Josh is a perfect place for any guitarist to learn from. Beginner or Pro. Josh will teach you some cool shit. He is awesome. Tomo fujita is another amazing teacher. Triads are so important.
Thank you Josh for sharing this content. You, Guthrie and Ford Thurston are really helping us Rock EVH guys move along to this approach. Most of us were mostly concentrating on shred guitar techniques and totally removed from Jazz approaches.
Wow Brother. Your skills are off the hook. I envy you. I’m just a garage musician. I’m an old man now 63 and a fractured spine. I have a little studio room but I can’t even comprehend your skills. I kind of got sidetracked when I was younger. You know ? Just trying to find some happiness in my 10 x 10 room. I have 2 amps and 5 guitars. I wish I could enjoy playing the guitar like you. Peace brother God bless you
Josh you are the best guitarist of our generation. I truly mean that. Both Inspirational and depressing lol. I look back at my heroes SRV/clapton/Jimi/Robben Ford and if I'm honest you beat all of them when it comes to what's played and what I feel.
Even without the chords behind your improv, I could still hear the changes. That's what I call playing through the changes! Loved the playing, love that Novo!
You can play a diminished chord one semitone down from any chord. Man. My mind has been so blown away that I'll have to spend the rest of the day picking up the pieces.
I'm trying to find a way to express how perfectly this hit my brain. Such a great approach weaving theory and history and personal experience while sounding down to earth and excited like you just discovered these nuggets yesterday. Incredible teacher, storyteller, and student of the craft.
I’ve watched a few vids of you explaining these concepts Josh. They’re all so very eye opening, but this ones the best! Thank you for sharing and God bless!
Listened in for about 2 minutes and had to subscribe. Thanks to YT for recommending your channel. Great playing, great presentation, laid back but deep and understandable.
Thanks Josh! I never understood playing over/through the changes until I heard you explain your approach. Really helps make sense of it all. Cheers and hope to catch you in the UK again once this shit is all over! 👊
Josh that's a beautiful piece of work, telling stories that take a listener through (not over) different levels of musical development. Custom made for me. Saved. Thanks a lot.
Hi Josh, I’ve been playing for 40 years now and I just got my mind blown. Thanks for the schooling and I hope this old dog can absorb some of the knowledge you just gave us. Well done!
