I have dropped all other subscriptions and I cling on to this one for all the insighs. Technical and musical shifts that Brian comes up with. Brian is so expert at teaching how to play in one place and yet sound so dynamic. Excellent lesson.
I agree I think this is the right way to go all the way play that guitar Believe me I hooked up with guitar master method for since 2017 I haven't got this far and I just did it on it for a couple days
Guys, Brian's subscription is worth every penny if you love all things blues and improvisation and just generally learning stuff (which never ends) then sign up, I've never regretted it.
Without a doubt you are one of the best guitar teachers on the internet. Been a member for several years. Well worth the money for the volume and quality of your materials! Thank you, Brian!!
I’ve been a member of Active Melody for the last four or five years, and have learned so much from Brian. This lesson is but another example of the valuable musical eduction that he has to give. I can’t tell you how many times I have just shaken my head in awe at the knowledge that I have received. Thanks again Brian. For your insight, your knowledge, and your passion for passing it on.
Really appreciate the clarity of your lessons. Often persons with your talent cannot communicate in a way that is clear and easy to understand. Thank you for what you are doing.
I don't know how to thak you Brian. I know all the stuffs youre teaching but was a little confused and your instructions made it clear to me. God bless you dear Brian!
Brian, this is absolutely terrific. Substitutions add so much colour to the basic chords and your clear explanation has added even more to what I have already learnt from you over the years. Every day's a school day! One of the best of so many excellent lessons.
Just started playing again...after 30 years off. This time, rather than playing "by ear", I'm into learning theory. On that subject, I like your videos the best!
Woahhhhhhhh very excellent lesson. This is nice and concise but explains it very well! I’ve needed this to solidify my info for years. Glad I found it!
This was a fantastic lesson. It put together many things I knew but wasn't relating. I'm saving this for review again a few times. Thanks Brian. You're the best.
I absolutely love this.....I like you always say "my thought process" which leaves the door open for and encourages us to find our own process👍👍👍👍👍( 5 out of 5)
Thanks for this lesson. I enjoy substituting chords from time to time. It helps me from having most everything I create sound like everything else I've done previously. Adding "Variety" to my playing! Imagine that! Helps make a very Mechanical and Uncreative Player (Me) sound better than he should.
Hi Brian, I don't watch too many of these kind of videos but it changed my mind and I learned a lot from it. The same goes with the Caged videos and modes, thank you 🙏.
Please MORE like this!😂 love it, alot for me to practise, whenever I think now I know almost everything, I watch something I dont know by your videos and I am like "whattt?? I didnt know that.." 😂
Thanks for that, Brian, again very useful even though it covered ground I already knew, but somehow repetition from a different angle substantiates your knowledge and makes you a little more comfortable with it. Oddly, I first came across the ‘two chords superimposed on each other sound’ in practice decades ago, but I didn’t have a clue as to the ‘why’ until I started taking playing more seriously and took jazz guitar lessons (and btw my teacher made me realise that despite the superficial ‘simple music’ image country guitars are some of the best players around, as good as any jazzer any day). The thought that crossed my mind is that when we first ‘get into theory’, it’s a bit like walking into a jungle without a map, but little by little (in my case slowly) it all begins to come together and to make sense and - ironically! - with understanding comes the insight that it’s all a little simpler than we thought: the patterns in chords etc. Another insight I had was about ‘classical’ music (called by some when I was young in a small town on the Thames in Oxfordshire ‘serious’ music): ‘he’s only using a D major chord followed by a G major then an E minor! Bloody cheat!’ (i.e. ‘classical music should be more ‘complex’). The insight? Er, no, it’s just the same - sound, though orchestration does create more complex effects. Relating that to your video, the some of the strings playing a Bm over others playing a G major). Once I had got my head around ‘modes’, I realised how essentially simple they are, too. And I made a very short video for my son, also learning guitar, simply playing each of the seven modes (in Western music, that is) in Garageband, note by note, one mode after the other and telling him to LISTEN to the different sounds they made: that would teach him everything about modes. The theory could come later. Anyway, thank you and all the best from - a very rainy summer washout - North Cornwall, UK. P
Great lesson though I did get a little lost at times...but that's probably me being thick! One thing I would love to see you do is a lesson on the way Willie Nelson plays with your own take on it as I love the way you play.
"I hope a light bulb went off for someone".... I have so many "light bulb" moments watching your videos, if you sent me a "light bill", I'd go broke. Great lesson as usual.
I enjoy you weekly lessons and have learned so much from them. You do a great job explaining and challenging me to see the relationships in your teachings. You put thing into a useable idea perfect for adding to my own creations in playing and song writing. I am local to you in Williamson county and collect guitars as well. That's a unusual parlor guitar your playing, what is it?
I am confused on how your can play a Gmaj7th triad then move up with the same position to become a G9th then a G6th. Wouldn't they all be some form of a Maj7th? Help!
My man Brian great lesson !! Tell me the secret we’re do u get all those Killer guitar s the acoustics your collection is endless and always high end !! The neck on that guitar in the video looks Devine !! I play lowdens and matons myself I’m getting a Martin this year I’m thinking a 00028 ec model !! Cheers Brian Ireland 🇮🇪
It's so interesting but confusing too how everything connects. I'm a premium member again. I was years ago but it was too much for my level. Since then learned enough theory and fretboard to follow your lessons and to understand what's going on.
I'm just trying to figure out how you call the B Lydian....For the key of G B would be third interval so wouldn't that be Phrygian? And C would be the 4th which would be Lydian. Or am I mistaken?
Light bulb moments for sure! Brian, how did you learn all of this? Taking lessons with someone over the years or picking it up on your own through books or videos? Thanks for your insights.
I’ve been curious about that too. Brian has an intimate knowledge of the guitar, I’ve wondered about his background, music education and formal training on guitar.
How is the A minor triad under one finger on the 5th fret also seen as a D9 chord because there's just the 5th, 9th/2nd, and a flat 7th of a D chord? There's no D, no third, just the fifth of a D, that's just one note of a chord triad. Couldn't it even be seen as something else then as well? Doesn't really matter though what that chord is called, it sounds right. It has notes from D, D minor and G major. This lesson is excellent, haven't seen this kind of approach from any other teacher.
you don't HAVE to play a root note (or even a third) to represent a chord. remember, the ACTUAL D chord is being played in the jam track - so you're playing a substitution on top of that chord to color it in a way that it sounds like a D 9 - that's how all of this works.
@@jspendleton3898 no - sorry i should have clarified. i meant that the Martin is far superior. i've had lots of issues with this guitar - and had to spend a lot of money having the neck rebuilt - the original one had many issues. It plays and sounds great now, but has had a lot of work unfortunately.
I admit to being confused about where the root is in the ‘9’ chord! The ‘6’ chord that you show, is based on the E, the actual 6th degree, which is minor, but the 9 chord you show, is based on moving up the G major 7 shape on the D string. Usually that ‘stairstep’, minor shape has its root on the G string, not the high E. This what’s confusing me! In this case, you have the root based on Bb, the minor third of a G minor chord. See what I mean?
Just follow the sound - does it sound right? Can you hear that 9 chord sound? Remember, you're blending 2 chords... this stairstep minor chord is just extra notes you're adding to the chord underneath.
