Since I've been loving you, I've noticed you have the tendency to ramble on over the hills and far away, leaving me rather dazed and confused at times. But hey, hey what can I do, I still have a whole lotta love for you, no sense letting this communication breakdown turn into a heartbreaker. So I'm gonna give you all my love, hoping that when the levee breaks you don't leave me out here standing like a fool in the rain, reaching for the stairway to heaven.
Ian. Thank you, thank you , thank you ! When I decided to get into guitar in my late fortys (52 now) I wanted to understand it. The beginners books helped some. But THIS is what I've been craving. Your "in the mind of" and vids like this one have me glued to your channel. I can't thank you enough.
This is so coincidental, because I had that same opinion about this lessons or tutorials or whatever they call this way of explaining by Sean Daniel!! And I am 54 (and believe me I've had my share of methods and stuff) so we have something in common I think. Greetings from Frans Venrooy!!!☮️☯️ 🎸😉fransvenrooy@gmail.com
Zeppelin is still the best band of all time. Listen to their live bootlegs from 1969-1973. You'll be witnessing 4 master musicians who know each other so well they can each lead and improv and know that the rest of the band can keep up, who are in the storm's eye of inventiveness. The furnace of creation!
Thank you, sir. I've seen others try to explain this concept (minor pentatonic w/ major third), but never this clearly. Great examples. The intelligence you have provided will shorten the war by years and save countless lives.
I've ALWAYS wondered why that extra note in his scales sounded so good, but now having the structure broken down, I can appreciate Page's compositions so much more! Good stuff, brother! Thank you!
I’m a fairly experienced guitar player, on my 9th year right now. Never really played with other people much. Never had the opportunity. But man you’re unlocking something in my mind when it comes to creation and scales and soloing. It’s all so wonderful. Thank you for turning a lonely musician’s frustrations into excitement and opportunities. Love this channel.
I used to listen to the blues like crazy at one time. All those songs remind me of those country blues players mainly Charlie Patton. I still have his entire recordings and I went off on this tangent and learned how to play all these Charlie Patton songs. I got addicted. Anyway..
If you watch old versions of Jimmy playing the How Many More Times solo, you'll notice it's in E minor but he's playing that major 3rd. I noticed that when I was a kid and thought it was cool. Never thought about him doing it on riffs.
I have been trying to play guitar for about 8 years, and I have never been able to put things together to get beyond a 4 chord strummer - until I started watching your videos. Things are starting to click a a great pace. You are a great teacher, my friend.
You're a GREAT teacher Rob. I too was highly inspired by Jimmy page (after Clapton) and I've been doing most of these tricks for years. That slide from the minor third to the major third has become a signature in my playing. And using mixalodian scales. Watching your videos has given me the theoretical understanding of what I'd been doing intuitively for decades and with that has come a new freedom to create intentionally.
You have single-handedly reignited my enthusiasm for playing guitar. Been stuck in a rut guitar wise for a few years now but see light ahead. Thank you!!
Stich, I am newer subscriber (and now a fan). Great job explaining the major 3rd and how critical it was to JP's tone. As a self taught guitarist, I take my theory in massive helpings of 'must know' and this vid just filled me up!!! Thank you!!!!!
I've never got over them. In fact, they've been the soundtrack to my life, literally! Every day I discover something new in a rhythm or arrangement; like finding an Easter egg lol
All the great blues players used both major and minor pentatonic. The first person to do it a lot was BB King as part of his signature style. That was stamped indelibly on Eric Clapton. The thing I like about Page is that he stays mostly within the minor realm and occasionally sprinkles some of the major in it. Going back-and-forth between the major and minor third is in a LOT of Page solos. I would also say that stylistically his slurring style is found in Hubert Sumlin and his slide technique is mostly influenced from Elmore James. I don’t think people understand how great a musician Page was. When you look at him on that TV show at 13 he was already highly accomplished.. He had fingerings down, all his chords, scales, you name it. That is precisely why he’s so fluent on the guitar. He never struggles. His vocabulary was so much greater than most of the guitarist of his generation. And all of it… founded In the blues! Good video 👍
Dude, ever since I discovered this channel a few days ago, I just can't keep my guitar down! And I've been playing for a while. This is by far the best guitar teaching ever. Sir, I thoroughly enjoy advancing my musicianship by your instruction.
My art teacher made a throw-away comment that stuck with me. He said, "Isn't it great to watch a craftsman at work?" My art teacher was a cool guy, by the way. He taped the Top 40 from the radio on Sunday evenings and brought it to school for the kids to listen to in his art class on Monday mornings. Anyway, these videos bring that comment to mind. A pleasure to watch a true craftsman at work. I hope your Never-lost video breaks the million views soon - you deserve it!
Incredible lesson ! Tactical dot summary 1. Play the minor pentatonic over the 7th chord 2. Add the major 3rd in the riff (pref in the end) 3. Try using the Major 3rd close to the Minor 3rd Page is holding the E7 in whole lotta love solo
I don't have enough music theory to understand most of this, but watching this made me improvise stuff I don't usually come up with. Thanks, I guess I need to read up on theory I'm sure it'll help me get better much faster.
Fabulous lesson, great examples. I was able to play along the whole time. (Wow - about 18 months time since I started working with you. I can see how much I've learned since Blues Trick #1, and Neverlost.) Thanks, Stich.
One of my favorite videos by you so far, both for the entertainment value and the instruction. Great break down of where the some of Jimmy's sonic magic lies. And I thought your riffs in fact did sound very Zeppelin like! I had no trouble imagining Jimmy playing the same thing. To you and your Les Paul, stay gold and rock on \m/
I heard Out on the Tiles today on the radio randomly and felt inspired to go down a rabbit hole and ended up here. Riff maestro along with Iommi. Thanks a bunch for the video.
You pinpointed what gives Page riffs that swagger. Incredibly helpful instruction, thanks!!! The story of your guitar in the live vid is hilarious BTW...
The 3rd major its very typical of the 50’s rock n roll . Using it as a passing note over a minor chord give the solo a total different dimension.Also,I would add a Dorian mode as Page does on his solo work as well as his ‘writing template’ ..harmonic minors scales and Phrygian modes mixed with Dominant pentatonics creates that Celtic/Arabic/Indian moods. If you know how to “harmonize all this scales and modes “ you’ll be have the potential to become the next Jimmy Page.. Thank you very much for this tutorial ! Excellent explanation very satisfying . 🎸👏👏👏🤟🏼
Helped shape Classic Rock throughout the Delta and the East Coast in the 70's. Enjoy this guy's penetrations. Thank you for sharing. And thank you for caring on the flame..
Here is a killer riff for my new song: (A) dubba-dubba-chunka-chunka-dooboo-doo-dee (C#) wiki-wiki-cheaky-doo-bleee. (E ~vibrato bendy) Waaaa-waaa- (pinch harmoic-gliss) (copyright trademark ascap bmi payola).
Really cool lesson, & I really like your original take at the end, no need to feel embarrassed, I liked it! It reminded me of a lot of '70's based riff Rock I grew up on because I started play guitar at 11 yrs old in 1974, loved it so much that I never stopped playing & was Blessed enough to make living as a gigging/road show(touring, self funded)musician! Thanks for all you do, you ROCK!!! Stay safe my friend, Rock On & God Bless!!!
I really love your videos. You make guitar education totally accessible, friendly and straightforward. You'd be a great friend to have. Thanks for all you do.
I'm really liking your approach to explaining the structure of these great songs. Some of the explanation is challenging, but that's how I can tell I'm learning something. Thanks for making these vids.
Awesome! This and the Blues videos helped me break open my understanding of Zepplin. They have been a favorite of mine since I began 25 years ago...well, Jimi also. lol. Thanks for posting the videos! Keep up the awesome work!
After so many years and some layoffs from playing, I am finally trying to learn to play lead. I knew it was complex but your blues videos opened a pandora's box of understanding. lol
hey stitch...i.play by ear and can do all these songs, but trying to learn what is going on is being accomplished, albeit slowly, thanks mainly to your videos......you are an awesome instructor!
Getting back into guitar after 15 year hiatus. Some of this went over my head as never properly learned scales first time round (doing so this time) but really enjoyable to watch. Great content
I couldn't add a comment to your last streaming video, so I thought I'd add it here. Ten Years Gone is also my favorite Zeppelin song so I though you should know that you have impeccable taste. Keep up the good videos.
Man ,your points on my list just went sky rocket.Great band.Why I was born too late.And you have a Gibson,like Page.Bonzo,what a drummer-played in a different-jazzy way.(not on beat and w/ the lead guitar and not the bass,like Rolling Stones and bands from that era).Love them and their music.AWESOME band and thx to show some riffs of one of the better guitarist in rock history.His playing is build on blues,just not the standard 12 bar,more in a rock way.
Hey bro thx for the lesson. The Nobodys Fault riff, when I play it I bend up instead of sliding wherever possible to give it maximum blues attitude, also good for precision bending technique and wicked vibrato. I saw Page playing it and he was sliding but its Jimmy Page.
Humbly done, with a heart for some of music's most unforgettable riffs. Your video has such a comfortable vibe going on. Thanks for the great guitar lesson that shows how simple things really are when you comprehend them.
Holy shit you explained in 6 min what I've been trying to understand for the last year, nice job I guess I've been taking the wrong approach thank you for such a simple explanation
Well seeing-ahza-a-since you humbled me with a reply...(!) ...I had reached a bit of a sticking point in my playing, could play but could not see the neck opening up. I am also not great at being taught and prefer the auto-didactic (great word) route. Did not expect RU-vid to help but...you and Sean changed all that. Now the only drawback is that I probably spend more time tuning into your (and Sean's) videos than playing ! Also love the new 'lesson with Elliot', i tuned into it the other evening whilst preparing food for the family. One suggestion for 'In the mind of...' would be some Stones e.g. Wild Horses, Sway, Sympathy for ..., Brown Sugar. It would also allow catchy tags such as 'Getting Stoned with Stich' and more million plus views! : )
Thank you for this vid. Just stumbled across it. you have a simple way of explaining things and your camera work to be able to see what you are fretting is spot on. you have a new subscriber! thanks again.
Since you brought it up, Should do a lesson on the solo Whole lotta love. One of my fav solos of all time. Ive been playing 40 years and still one of my favs. Love the squishy half cocked wah wah sound. Its minor pent as well.
Man, where have you been all these years!!! Excellent stuff........Led Zeppelin and Mr Page are also the reason I started when I was 11.......more please.....Page phrasing?
Great great lesson again thanks. So many lessons tell you what you can add in, like you said 'outside the box' but I've always wondered when why and how. Learning from riffs like this is great and showing us how you would then create riffs is even better!
John Paul Jones does that opening Nobody's fault riff on electric slide, sounds really cool w an effect. Yeah, guitar boogie album w beck page and Clapton playing electric blues is a fundamental record in understanding where they came from, headed ya know out on tangents from there
yo, i appreciate the videos. new to the channel, not the guitar, been playing for over a decade, but i appreciate your analytical and detail oriented style. just wish i had more time to watch your videos haha. thanks again, keep it up.
Hey Ian, new to your page and very glad I stumbled upon it. Love me some Zeppelin too! Mostly a self-taught guitarist here, so some of the talk of thirds was lost on me. Any advice on where I can start building some foundation regarding theory?
Thanks for this lesson! I watched it a couple times now, and feel like it really helped me understand intervals. I've been really stuck for awhile (not really able to apply that knowledge).
Another Great vid, Ian. You explain things in a very relaxed manner. Very cool to watch. You definitely know what you're talking about. -Ricky, from Whole Foods.