Thank you so much for this tutorial! I am a rock musician (and at heart a jazz head...) who is making the transition to writing for a potential television series that is in the vein of 'Top Gear' but more than just cars...This music is beautiful and has always been a complete mystery to me. You have really opened my eyes and ears. I believe that really good music is not only heard, but felt. There has been some atmospheric music that has moved me to tears because it was so expressive and beautiful... Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Amazing! I literally am writing an ambient style song right now out of nowhere, simply based on what you showed in this video. Amazing how in music the most beautiful things are often the most simple too. My creativity has just opened a gateway, thank you!
I think this is the best "starter" lesson I watched on the topic of Ambient guitar. You know why? Because everyone can use these basic ideas to make an epic piece, without any problems or digging deep in channels and tutorials. The drone can be made by a synth, and a couple of string instruments play those two-note chords, and with a bit of creativity, even a beginner musician can make great pieces. Although I knew all you said in this video, I spent time on watching it, and I'll share the video with people who ask me "how to get started with making ambient music". Great Job!
Such a great lesson Antoine, at the moment I continue practicing the lessons of the Academy, it is easy to stay stuck in the same notes and in the same movements or chords, little by little I am releasing my hands and overcoming the anxiety of wanting to learn quickly. Thank you so much for everything !!!! Daniel Vega
"so, the only thing you have to do is to put back your drone sound, put a lot of reverb on, and just play with those chords randomly all over the place, like this..." My man, this is the guitar lesson that I can do for sure, thanks.
This really is a useful video... different instrumentation can make these simple ideas more interesting & adding in other notes to the chords can then stretch it into new places.
The lesson was, in my opinion, very useful to the beginning guitar player wanting to play and not realizing how darn easy it is to start playing something beautiful and yet quite simple. Guys I have been learning so much more in extreme depth on Antoine's Master Class online courses. I am sharing that information to you without being asked to because if you want to really excel and become just as good as Antoine, the ambient guitar academy Master Class will get you there I swear it. It won't be long and I will be sharing my creations on RU-vid as well. You're welcome! :D
@@AntoineMichaudGuitar - Hey Mr. A.M.‼ I’m an old man trying to live a childhood dream of learning how to play guitar , even if it’s just a little strumming (lol ) , I was trying…BUT…just my luck, l was interrupted in my“teen years”, fresh out of high school by a “Crazy Asian War “ called Vietnam ‼Sooo , here I am , 50+ years later wanting to give it another try ‼ But I ran across this channel and found out my “squeaky noise “ , can lead me to something that sounds ok if done with the instructions of someone like you. I love trying this type music… and it’s great for an old man like me‼ Sooo…I claim “YOU” as my favorite‼ Keep up the great music and your tutorials-- Richard
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have used this almost every communion at church for some subtle ambient background music. You can also play the open D string with this and it adds some fullness.
On your video about recording seamless drone sounds on a looper , you used chords. In this video you say recrd the d5without the dry signal using only the d5. How did you get a seamless drone sound on your loooper only that one chord? Thanks
Bravo Antoine - simple et efficace. Je pense que c'était une vidéo parfaite pour commencer avec le genre :) En effet, on a entendu cette progression des milliers de fois, mais ça fonctionne tellement bien ... Merci!
This is so great for church. Can you please make a tutorial for a simple chord progression like D A Bm G, and how to use the ambient guitar chord? thank you
You could learn something like that in the free course I'm offering on my website, and also download the chord charts and exercises! It's here: www.ambientguitaracademy.com/ambient-guitar-chord-structures
How about some chord progressions and riffs that are very sentimental and nostalgic? I like to play sentimental at times but really blast heavy and loud, it with great tones, like how Jimi SRV, or surf bands, or early 60's instrumental bands might, not all wussy and soft rock
You forgot the shimmer! Lol! So overused, but beautiful in occasional context. As always, Antoine, a thoughtful and helpful video. One thing I think about when playing ambient for the public (and not for other ambient musicians) is that the average listener doesn’t know what sounds and approaches are ordinary or overdone. They just hear it as beautiful. A common comment I get as an ambient street musician is that listeners tell me they can’t believe a guitar is making all of these beautiful sounds. So if we look at what you say in the context of comparing one’s playing with other ambient players on RU-vid, you’re dead-on correct! 👏🏻 But consider the people who your music reaches outside of this community. They hear it as meditative, regardless of the approach. Myself, I find my ears need more non-diatonic harmony floating around and a melody that recurs against ever-shifting chords. We have to keep ourselves entertained too! ✌🏻
Isn’t 5th fret on 6th string on A position? Root should be D major or 5th fret 5th string if I’m not mistaken :S I’m a little new to music theory do forgive my ignorance.
I have the same question. I found out that there's a switch to kill dry inside the pedal. A problem arises when you need the dry sound again. Lol. I do think you can turn it off via software (toneprint) and have a specific reverb preset that has no dry sound. Or program your mash to kill the dry sound when pressed (regardless of pressure). I haven't done it yet. Just got the pedal but I think (?) I've read enough.
Dude, aside from this being great instruction.... that's a nice guitar! Glad to see it in the hands of someone who is actually doing things with it, and cool things at that!!!
