@@kevinking2468 I appreciate that Kevin! I don’t know deep theory but I can play and teach from the heart. Your comments really mean a lot. Thank you.🤛
I lost some respect for you after seeing your choice of attire for today's video! Just kidding! Great lesson, as always. How about, at the beginning of each lesson, tell us what amp and pedals you are using! Rock on, brother!
That’s funny!😂 They are on a streak right now! That’s a good idea. I change guitars but but for the last 30 or 40 videos I have used the Revv G20 amplifier set clean, and the Revv Tilt overdrive to push it. I can’t say enough good things about that combination so dynamic. I also use it live when I play out. Thanks for taking the time to watch my videos! Talk to you soon buddy. 👍
Hey Rusty - really appreciate this channel. I'm 64 and have been noodling for a long time. You're showing me stuff I know, but in a different way that suddenly makes sense so I can do it with less thinking behind it (if that makes sense.) Anyway, thanks. I really connect with how you play - probably a generational thing.
Hey Steve, I like your comment! This stuff just gives me more confidence when I’m improvising! Thanks so much for watching the lesson and have a great week man 👍
I am elated to have found your channel. I have played the better part of 3 decades, and I know my way. What you have did for me is allow me to teach my children and their children what I know. Before you I lacked the path to send them, and alot of teachers lose their audience. Not you my man and I say thank you.
Thank you Rusty this is a great lesson... I'm loving practicing this and already seems to be improving my playing... Bit of a lightbulb moment for me!! 🎸🎶
Great lesson, Rusty. I find studying songs and analysing what scales are used or combined together has really helped me see my way around the fretboard. And seeing all the chord/scale relationships is a huge thing too.Great to see you fast approaching 50,000 subs.
You’re right, studying songs, and how they put together is an awesome way to learn. And a fun way! Yes, the channel is growing. Thanks to players like you that support me! Thanks so much Ray 🤛
Hi Rusty, I hear your comments about the importance of rhythm skills. Couldn’t agree more, wondering if I’m dabbling in these “lead” lessons too soon? Do you have or can you do a rhythm exercise lesson? I’d like to use it to get better or at least evaluate where I’m at with rhythm. Thank you, your lessons are great!
Yes, Jeff rhythm is so important! I really don’t have much for just rhythm lessons here is one good one though.How To Play Blues Rhythm Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bm6Y04MZNnU.html. But I promise I’ll have one coming up soon. Thanks so much for checking out the video and have a great week.👌
Well, I appreciate that Beatles❤️Girl Karen!!! I would lose them quickly, if I didn’t get right into it! Always good to hear from you Karen! Have a wonderful week ❤️✌️😄
It's notable that for the I and IV chords, the notes you add to A minor pentatonic are the major 3rds (C# and F# respectively), but for the V chord you add the 5th (B) and not the 3rd (G#). Do you find that the G# is too awkward to incorporate into the other notes of the A minor pentatonic?
Hey David, the G# note is a great note choice, but in this video, I was just trying to keep it simple. And for someone just learning this the G sharp note is awkward to get under their fingers. Sounds like you’re already using some of these notes. This is a great skill to get good at! Thanks for the feedback David. I appreciate it buddy.👍
Very nice lesson. Well presented. Just the right pace and right amount of information. I agree with others. You have a really nice teaching style. Liked and Subscribed !!!
Using the same theme from Fleetwood Mac (Christine McVie's great tune)..........you definitely make lead guitar playing fun, Rusty! Once again here you display your concepts nicely and well-paced which allows us to absorb them into our own. One dynamite idea would be after you do a few well taught lessons (say 5-6) that you'd do a separate one that only highlights the 5-6 previous lessons as a review or reminder after working through them separately. I recall this great concept from my days studying for my CPA and it truly works to get the cognitive brain ............or whatever the area of our brains that lock into long-term memory kick in. Jim C.
Hey Jim, i’m happy to hear you liked the lessons. That’s a great idea. About doing some videos and then doing a recap video putting it all together. Thanks a lot for the feedback! Talk to you soon Jim!🤛
I first learned the natural minor (diatonic) scale. It has those extra notes. Then you practice the minor pentatonic along with it. Then it kind of makes more sense
Rusty your an amazing teacher brother , the simplicity of your style opens doors so fast its crazy , i wished i had of been learning this way years ago
This is an invaluable lesson! I had a guitar teacher who used to give me arpeggio exercises that were written down. I found them difficult because I couldn’t understand the relationship between the notes. However when playing different chord shapes I naturally found the arpeggios and linked those back to the scales I’d already learnt. Brett Papa also does a great video on learning the notes from the chords. Thanks for the lesson!
Rusty, yet another fantastic lesson! You are teaching me not only to theory … But also my ears and my fingers! I’ve been studying chord tones, this really helps a lot! I hope you take this the right way, but I consider you the Teacher for the working man and woman that play guitar, but don’t have a lot of time, but you break it down where we can spend our time really developing through your concise lessons!
I love the way you put things, Doug! Your comment means a lot! I just try to make lessons of things that I wanted to learn early on. Thanks for all your support man! Have a great week and keep rockin with that guitar.👌
Oh yeah I definitely love the major pentatonic over the 1-4-5. I’ve done several major sounding lessons lately, so I wanted to switch it up to the minor pentatonic. Thanks.👍
Hey Chris, thanks for checking out the video. If I’m not mistaken on the 5 chord, I also bend the F sharp note up to G sharp, which is the third of the E chord. Using all of the notes of the E chord. I really appreciate the question and the feedback. Talk to you soon.👍
Have liked a lot of the other complimentary comments, but in summary, I like the way you get right into it, and you are really helping me get from a rhythm guitarist to being able to do runs and fills based on the chord structure. Which is what I need in my covers band. I don't have the time to learn all the song solos note for note, and often just need to do a sort-of solo over a set of verse chords. Your teaching is aimed at this approach and level. Great stuff!👏👏🤘🤘
Hey Paul, I love this comment!!! You really just summarized what my channel is all about! I’m glad the lessons are helpful and have a great week! Thank you Paul 🤛
Great stuff as always Rusty! Me and my mates all love you ❤❤❤❤❤! And, forgive if I go on a bit here but I lmao feeling inspired so what the hell, here goes.. What you do, reminding people, maybe not in your words but what i got out of your videos, that in order to start the journey towards individual goals whether or not to become a great lead player, to know what where and when each of the chords elements are and where they can apply, you are consistent in, I respect that !! This is what i know from experience is the best place to start, and I think it aligns with your teachings, It is getting to know the chords and through that as bi product- the groove/what links a band in play together all at once, this also helps keep everyone on the same page yet isn't too rigid because the groove is the guidline not just a rule but still has the properties of what a rule has- being the glue that holds it altogether yet as a mutually understood vibe with structure, within a band playing together and still allows room for each player to express a little of their talents/desires to do, or a lot outside of the box, the box that can be limiting, Understanding that at least, thats the beauty of the importance of rythum and why i listen to all the instruments in a band, the first ever lesson i was taght at high school music class, and i wasnt even playing any instrument at the time, it just stuck with me! because i love music so much and naturally you follow your interests right? Well the lesson was more a challenge to listen to a song and isolate each instrument, close your eyes listen, then next instrument until youve found how many and what instruments were playing, the changes in intensity and the change over of whos taking lead, the sharing of room, to let the groove live. this idk i left school at 16year old to start an apprenticeship but it stuck with me and i dont think this lesson/challenge was only about training your ear but i do know that it served my musical interests even after i left school and didn't go to any further musical training apart from a few lessons later, so i kept it up and got better at that and i had always want to so eventually i decided to start the guitar - this lesson in hindsight it was very helpful at the start in keeping in time, and keeping in rythum because what i believe was just a simple lesson about something else like many things can be applied elsewhere so once i learned about melody and the groove it in hindsight made sense to me that that immersive thinking, challenged to learn, early on then when learning rythum of the drums etc feeling the groove was definitely an enormous help that proved useful as a tool, also understanding rythum and groove caused the inspiration to experiment and still keep within the intended feel of the song, its like a lifeline within the song to hold onto and not get lost off on a tangent, is a good line to follow and allows the lead guitar to add emphasis to the song. So rythum is very important as all of the elements are but without getting into the feel of the groove without the knowledge of the chord tones, tonics, Root notes the structure of scales being the foundation for rythum as much as lead and vocals, there isn't life in the song it's like knowing the mathematics being a scale wizard but but not being an artist. So yeah I like how you keep up on the point that rythum is important to start there or go back to your roots, like myself and many musicians can admit have strayed too far in one way its a good place to get back to. Rythum. Jimmy hendrix songs are a great place to start when doing both rythum and lead he had is so well balanced and passionately expressed and with no training if i understand correctly? but look how much influence he has had in his entirety and beyond his life. All that starts at rythum (once you learn if you did like i did- chords by learning songs i liked and played along to i picked up a substantial amount of chords that way, so im bias towards the rythum route, knowledge thats gained through rythum, that way as a bi product of having learned enough which is not as much chords really, not as many as most are led to believe. Thanks again Rusty you teach with the gusto and passion of how a real teacher should be, because you're interests in music are true to you. Visa versa, no one can pretend to be interested when there's no desire/God given talent which isn't the same as being born exceptionally better than everyone else, I believe if there an interest someone has in something anything then it is a talent that if we bury it's a sin man. And you are doing great in your talents. Thanks for not burying them. God bless bro. ❤
Well said Mike! I love playing and teaching. You said several times about importance of rhythm. It’s the musical element. It’s not an easy thing to teach. I appreciate the support to the channel. Have a great week Mike. 🙏
Thanks Rusty for another great lesson! You are teaching people who have played guitar for 3 and 4 and over 4 Decade's. Your Utube Channel is Excellent! You are a Breath of Fresh Air the way you teach guitar! Thankyou Very Much!! Cheers
I spent a lot of years trying to learn this stuff, so I definitely relate to everyone that is learning! And I appreciate the comment and have a great week Terry 👍
Great lesson Rusty. Any idea of how to not sound to repetitive when doing this? I find my playing to be boring, because I tend to focus now so much on these notes and always do the same moves over and over again. Currently, when practicing, I'm trying to just hit any random note and try to maneuver myself out of the mess in hopes to find an interesting sound I might like and reuse another time. Any ideas? Cheers, Martin
In my playing, I always focus on one central scale. Then, like I said, in this video, I add notes from the chords to the scale. What helps me is switching between pentatonic-based licks and nailing some of the chord tones. And if you do this in different pentatonic positions, that’s when things will start sounding fresh. But easier said than done! I still work on this every day myself. Good to hear from you, Martin! Talk to you soon buddy.👍
Really Good Lessons I Had Today. 7 Lessons Videos, Along With The Short Videos. Awesome ! . I Keep Learning. Thanks/Gracias. See You And Talk To You Soon ! .
I like how you explained this. I've known for years that many of my favorite licks use both major and minor notes, and now I'm one step closer to understanding it and making it work for myself. Thanks!
When you understand it better, you will have the confidence to use those Licks and Phrases whenever you want. That’s exciting Jonathan! Thanks for checking out the lesson.👍
Re inspired to work on “Need your love so bad.” Written by Little Willie John and his brother Wiltsie, but I can’t get enough of Peter Green’s version right now. And guess what? It’s in A major, just what you covered. 😊
Hi Rusty , I have played guitar for many years , way before anything like your channel was thought of . You have given me so many new playing ideas that were under my fingers and i never saw them before, thank you so much
I’m excited for you, Brian! I’m glad the lessons are giving you new ideas and confidence. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week buddy.👍
Love it. I'm reminded of when Jimmy Page walks it down so well in 'I Can't Quit You Baby' off Led Zep I. It's such a great way to add some real depth to the solo. Thanks, Rusty! Love your teaching style, and I'm subscribing today!! (Old man noodler here, 40 plus years.) Cheers!
Hi Rusty, thank you for this video. I have not played guitar in many years (played in high school in the 70s), and even then I only took a couple of lessons from a guy showing me what he called power chords. After that I was concentrating on trying to play lead and didn't really learn rhythm chord playing, or even reading music. I was just going by what sounded good. So, all of these years later, I'm looking for a simple way to get back into playing. I think this video, combining rhythm and lead, along with learning some basic notes, will help me a lot. Have a great rest of the week and weekend! Marc
I’m excited for you Marc! I took about a 20 year break, and when I started playing again is when I really realize how much I enjoyed the instrument. And I know you will, too! It’s time to start having fun! Thanks for watching the lesson and let’s talk soon.👍
@@rustysguitar1 Thanks, Rusty. I agree, time for some fun. My wife plays the drums, and I picked up an electronic keyboard last year, then a 3-string slide guitar last month. We are making a music room in our house, and we need to start having fun together with it.
Hey Craig! I am from the Aurora area. Yes, fun year for the Cubbies! That’s cool that you’re close by. Thanks for checking out my videos. Talk to you soon bud.👍
Wouldn't you solve a lot of that by using an a Major pentatonic instead of Minor, since you are playing A Major not minor anyway. So either slide back so your pinky is on the A note (5th fret) of the E string or play the next shape of the pentatonic scale (5-7, 4-7,4-7,4-6,5-7,5-7 from low E to high E).
Oh I get it. The parallel minor pentatonic scale will be rather chord tone weak on some of the other chords so you are appending the missing diatonic notes in the minor pentatonic (3,6,2) to make it a full diatonic scale (actually a weird funky hybrid is formed with both a 3 and m3) so it has them. I wonder if this is what Jerry Garcia is Playing. I figured he was playing a mixolydian scale and chromatically slipping in the M7 with the m7. I bet many players resort to this since it’s somewhere between mixo and Dorian, two popular modes.
There’s a lot of different ways to look at mixing the major and minor sound. In this video I definitely was keeping it simple. But we should still learn the intervals. Thanks for the feedback bro 😎
This may take more characters than I am allowed, BUT here goes…I canNOT begin to say how much this lesson helped me, and I am DEEPLY grateful!! I have been trying to figure out the concept of how to play more “to the chords” in my lead phrasing for MANY years now! I have SCOURED the internet, as well as grilled local teachers and players trying to find EXACTLY how to get this sound that Rusty described so incredibly well in this video, but have struck out for YEARS now!! I seriously think you can forget 90% of what you know and just focus on what Rusty has taught us here, and your solos will be as good as they ever need to be….for MY ears anyway!!! IMO….THIS video is the HOLY GRAIL!!! THANK YOU RUSTY!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is such a great comment, Kenny! And I’m really happy to help! Pentatonic. Scales can still be a good focus, but you still need to play to the chords. It’s not an easy task, but it sounds like you are really moving forward now. I still work on this concept every day myself. It’s easy to get carried away, playing up and down a scale without realizing the structure of the chords you’re playing over. Thanks again for this awesome comment. Means a lot. Have a rockin week ahead buddy.😎
@@rustysguitar1 I am 58 yrs old and i have been playing, as well as pursuing improvement on the instrument, for the better part of 40 years now. I know the fretboard extremely well. I know the 5 Pentatonic shapes as well as the diatonic shapes all over the board. I know the CAGED system inside and out. I can solo all over the fretboard in any key or mode both horizontally and vertically and diagonally. I am very pleased with my ability to improvise solos in any style (except more complicated Jazz things, which I don’t aspire to anyway), and I think my playing is musical and sounds very good, but the “thing” i have been lacking in terribly is this concept you explained soooo well! This is the MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH I have been looking for that made it all “click” JUST LIKE YOU SAID it would!! You were RIGHT!! If you or anyone can send me any links to other videos that teach this equally well, I would love to see them!! Personally, I don’t think there is a better video that exists on the whole web than THIS one right here!! ETERNALLY grateful!!!🙏🏻
@@KennyWayneMusic so many of my videos are focused this topic. You have a lot of knowledge. I will have to look into some more specific videos that would help you. But thanks so much for checking out this lesson. Have a Rockin week ahead buddy 😎.
Rusty, have you ever heard of the "flat 5" which, for example, is really just a regular 5th fret Pentatonic with the 8th fret G-string thrown in to jazz it up... but I got to where I was throwin in several other discordant notes with it ~ all around the 4th, 5th, and 6th string ~ 7th, 8th, 9th fret. I eventually figured out that I could get away with all sorts of bizarre discordant note combinations within an improvised riff and the weirder it gets the more you sound like a musical jazz genius as long as your riff starts on a normal familiar note and ends up on a normal familiar note. Is that about the size of it or am I all mixed up like usual, Rusty?
Are use the flat five all the time. The blue note. I don’t think about it much. I just add it briefly into my playing. Thanks for checking out the video.👍
What a great tutorial. I’ve been playing for a long time and sorting my theory knowledge and application is what I’m focusing on and this is a great example of that integration. Great stuff. Really enjoying the channel.
Hey Dave, I’d like how you said, sorting my theory knowledge and the application. A lot of players struggle with this. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. Thanks for taking the time to watch my videos.👍
Can you recommend a lesson or video of yours that provides a simple explanation of understanding notes on the fretboard and how to find them? For the life of me I cannot put this puzzle together. I think what confuses me is that there seems to be minor exceptions with each rule. I have been playing guitar a year now 30mins - 1 hour a day. Thank you!
I don’t really have videos on fretboard. But it’s so important to memorize it. You just have to memorize the notes and relate those to the chords and scales that you use every day. Thanks for checking out the video. Later bro 😎
Awesome, one day I hope something clicks, anything clicks I think I’ll have to forego bar chords like many I’m still not following. I get add the extra note once I find them, I think you are saying play the pentatonic and add a note Thanks for sharing
Great tips especially for the solo. If you drop the pinky to add the high 7th on the rhythm track, it screams bluesy! (especially on the four or five). Sneaking it into the solo adds some spice. Thx for another informative vid.
All I can say is AWESOME LESSONS! You get straight to the point! Just learning the 1st position of the Minor Pentatonic and then learning the notes is very important then you point out the Major 3rd which you are teaching the bar chord and this opens the door for any good leads!! Easiest guitar lesson to jump start any beginner! Thanks 🙏🏻
Hey Kevin, yes, just adding a note here and there to the pentatonic scale really helps it come alive! Thanks so much for checking out the video and let’s talk soon🤛
nicely crafted topic, its so simple it might just work when under the pressure of live jamming i can see extending those targets into the other 4 shapes, and also I noticed the 3 target notes in a different order are all the chords 6th degree with respect to G C D , E A B are the 6th degree, but as B E A are 3rd , 3rd and 5th , thanks for the nudge on resorting the perspective
