Ricks Graham - Improv over a classic 80's ballad BT 

I know it's in the title, but wait, this is improv?

@@VisboerAnton You can hear its improvised. He's always on the edge, you never quite know what he's gonna do.

Who incidentally does plenty of pentatonic or mostly-pentatonic runs.

@@kenhaze5230 No he doesn't. If you'd actually seen more of his videos, you'd know he mixes in loads of different scales.

@@danielbentley7117Oh no worries, you can't read.

This is also improvised

Bryce Saylor checkout plini's newest album handmade cities.i always refer to him as jazz feelsion, because it has the technicality of fusion but with immense feel

u dont know too much musicians then pal'

@@JuanPabloContrerasC he said the only guy he know

@@jamesmiles3341 Yeah...He most know the guy for real..!! 😊👍

Jerry Bjørnsen It's not about how many hours, but how he practiced in general. Check out his fingers when playing. They barely move. Rick sat down for hours and played everything so slowly until every tiny bit of excessive movement was eliminated, then he sped up and so on. Not to mention the crazy theory he puts on that fretboard in real-time. Most of us would fall asleep only thinking of that, but Rick here is THE example that it really paid off. He is doing extreeeeeeeemely well ;)

Amber57499 yeah but he still has well over 20,000 hours of practice. That matters a hell of a lot more than “how” he practiced.

Mastery = repetition + quality of repetitions....must have both. You can become excellent at doing things the wrong way. Lol

@@stevebrule9343 you can practice the same thing for a million hours and still never get it right if you aren't properly analyzing what you're doing wrong. You can get the same thing down in a day if you do. Quality of practice is by far more important than quantity of practice

+1

I love Joe but not sure he can do this as well as Rick.

ghost53pilot Rick Graham is amazing he can play any style very well rounded. His classical videos are incredible.

I'm sure Joe Satriani would say HOW !!!!

Joe Satriani may just say 'Ni Hao' as he probably speaks Chinese too?? Okay,, I was getting bored!

That was so satisfying that words are not enough!

No offense man, Rick is awesome I wish I could play like him, But there are some stupid good players on this rock, like Guthrie Govan, Steve Via and Paul Gilbert that you might want to listen to before crowning anyone rock God. What I like about Ricks playing is the feel, anyone can play fast, Eddie Van halen can fly up and down the fretboard too and hit dive bombs, but he plays with feeling and grove. It's not always about playing 1000 notes a measure...All this being said, Rick your tone is killer (fractal I'm guessing) and you remind me of Steve Lukather

i would personally say the only person on the list that you provided that can actually outplay rick is Guthrie. all the other ones listed may have a more prolific career than, but rick graham is a better player than them.

+Jacob Walker what and how rick is better than vai do u mean as a musician or as a guitarist or as composer?? I think vai is on a different level at those 3 aspects ,maybe Graham is kind of new to our ears and a bit great shredder with solid legato nd tone but get back and lsiten to vai in his primetime ..man sorry but what u said is kinda like blasphemy :-) :-) am kidding of course its a matter of taste anyhow cheers

This guy is good, but some of you most be related to him, if he where that good most of us would have already heard of him before youtube.

+Jacob Walker well buckethead has just as good chops as he does hell so does nick johnston....um how bout andy james....

Satch got more fame and prominence, but as far as feel, tone, phrasing, technique and beauty of execution, Rick is neck and neck with Satch by every measure.

Satch is very hard working and tours constantly, that's why he's more famous and was doing this stuff in the 1980's.. and he's a nice bloke too. Hats off to Rick Graham, you don't get this good without persistence and sacrifice

MysticCystim reminds me of the solo from is there love in space.

MysticCystim satch has much more catchy melody

hooler47pp The problem is. What to practice. If I only have one hour per day, how should I spend that hour? Thank you for the response though;.

One hour is enough if you do it right. Do half an hour or more of intense exercises with a metronome and then use the rest doing creative play over a backing track. Plan your own exercise regime, because this depends on your skill level and the areas you want to push. Typically you would prioritize your left hand strength and accuracy, learning the C major scale in 3-note-per-string format all over the neck. It will take months to learn the fingering well but will worth it as every position is a different mode, meaning you will be able to play on every chord you hear just by moving the shame shapes around the neck. Find someone that will teach you about how to practice and don't bother with licks much. Realize that you could be playing all day with no progress if you don't do the things it takes to have progress. Don't even bother to start if you are not obsessed with guitar. If you are not, just play for fun and be happy, there is nothing wrong with that.

I am dobbing!!

Isaac Bishara x2