Dude I pulled it off the other day at the guitar center. I played stairway to heaven, smoke on the water, crazy train, one, and the tapping port to eruption. They made me by a PRS as penitence. LOL
I think Legacy and Influence is what makes a guitarist great. Innovation, or simply being a master in a style(s), is what makes a legend, on top of all of such in my humble opinion. Also, you sure you're not Rick Beato :D. Awesome work man!
I agree that practicing with drums, or a metronome, is a great rhythm exercise. I wouldn't say that every great guitarist practices with a metronome, though, because I heard Josh Smith say that he never used a metronome. I don't think a metronome is essential to fix poor timing, however fixing poor timing is essential, for good playing. Playing along with records is a good way to get a good feel for rhythm, possibly even better than a metronome, because nobody likes the sterile sound of perfectly quantized playing.
I am inclined to agree with you. I prefer playing/recording to drum tracks and backing tracks as I can get a better feel for the song and what I can do with it.
This has got to be one of the best breakdowns of the ingredients to great playing I have ever seen. You said it simply, but didn't oversimplify it. That's a testament to your growing teaching skill too =)
Dude the drummer at the end is something else! Look at the speed right before he pimp slaps one of the symbols, The video was blurring he was playing so fast, damn that was good !
Check out a guitar player called Jimi Hendrix. His timing was not metronomic. He did, however have a groove. Being very consistent in timing makes it easy for studios to piece together a final product. Staying in a groove, even if the tempo varies makes for a musically exciting performance. That is what a conductor in a symphony does, it keeps everyone on the same timing even as it varies. Being able to stay in time with a tempi is a necessary skill. Performance, particularly live performance, gets its energy from serving the music even if it means speeding up and slowing down. Hendrix is just one, a great one mind you, of many examples.
You know when I first subscribed to you, I don’t remember you being that good. I mean you was always freaking good, but you must’ve unlocked beast mode or something because you’re freaking tearing it up dude. I need to start woodshedding man. You’re inspiring bro.
The most important thing in playing guitar or doing anything in life is to have fun because everyone’s a critic especially other guitarist. People can tell you a million ways that you did something wrong and they can recommend you a million different things that they think you should do that would make you sound better to them but what a lot of guitarist don’t realize is it’s not about them it’s about you and how playing the instrument makes you feel. You’re the one who bought the instrument so play it how you want to and do whatever you gotta do to make yourself happy while playing it. If that means that you want to shred then shred, if that means you want to go slow and melodic then go slow and melodic, it’s different strokes for different folks and people need to realize that and stop trying to force their taste on someone else and let them find their own style.
The ending advice transcends becoming a great guitarist it can be applied to many endeavors in life. I just bought a guitar after many years of thinking I just couldn't do it. Not only do I know now I can, I am glad I found your channel to further reinforce that sentiment! Thank you, you're the man!
Ive played guitar for 4 years now and never have i ever experienced wrist pain till today, now seeing this on a video makes me feel easy knowing this is not something just wrong with me
ALL your words ring true. I'm a couch guitar player but a gigging sax musician. I cannot tell you how true these words you spoke are. We listen to ourselves honestly. We hear constructive criticism honestly. We are blessed.
For young players. The first thing one might need is SUPPORT and encouragement from their family. If you can’t get a decent, playable instrument, and you can’t get lessons, and you can’t get they type of equipment one might need to learn (metronome/books/simple recording equipment or looping station) and finally it’s important to have a musical friend to help drive you to learn more, to push your boundaries. If one can’t get most of these things in the beginning, it’s gonna be much more difficult to learn or develop the main skills as you mentioned of Harmony, Melody, Rhythm and so fourth. One can drive themselves with a junk guitar that can’t be set up properly or intonated, with extreme high or low action, with no metronome, with minimal books. But it would take a TON of work. Really the same goes for an older beginner. Just have to support yourself or save and purchase your own gear. So many people are unable to ever even consider playing an instrument given the sheer cost of buying the instrument buying the lessons the toll it might take even on an older beginner on family time or school time… just a thought.
Oh shit you got Dennis chambers? First time I heard and saw him was on the '92 Barcelona tape with he brecker Bros during a jazz band period in high school. That was one of those life changing moments
music 114 Me: how about you music theory guys give me an analysis of Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock performance of "The Star Spangled Banner"? Music theory guys: * sweats nervously *
I'm still a newbie, three years into learning guitar, I switched from visual arts at the ripe age of 72. I want to be really GOOD in twenty years... God willing. There is so much to Music; it never ends! But I like the pain, (I have arthritis, and had to have carpal tunnel surgery) no pun intended.
This is honestly one of if not THE best guitar-teaching video I've ever seen... Tyler know how to explains the guitar itself better than anyone on RU-vid. SUPER great job Also sorry if my English isn't good I'm French lol
Rhythm has been something that was foreign to me for a long time, i didn't understand how to apply it on my guitar, i just knew i had to hit the right note at the right fret and that's that.
More starting out guitarists need to hear this. I lost count how I have gotten those people who cram in every note they can into a riff but lost timing, or melody, tell me I suck because I just use music theory to be my road map to where and what to play. As for technique, I do strongly say to anyone I have ever taught spend a practice session making noise on your guitar. You might discover a sound or thing you did that you might want to use in your song, like Nirvana's song "Milk it" or Ozzy Osbourne's song "Crazy Train" both songs have more going on to it than you realize if you really listen.
Hey Tyler, I am very much inspired by your guitar philosophy. Most of my channel is basically me creating a chord progression then trying to play a rhythm, a melody and then a lead over it. I always try to incorporate one new riff or run, always try to incorporate some type of lead line that reflects the chord choices and then have fun with my small but slowly growing guitar comfort zone (guitarsenal?). My playing has improved since I started making music on RU-vid. I'm gonna blow up next year, just you watch mate, I'm gonna make you notice me
i would also say that, music it's very much a language, and you must talk a lot to develop a music personality, so i recommend improvisation over any chords and rhythms,,thats the only time when you realize what can't you express, and work on it...
If you ask me what makes a great player, I'd say taste. Listen to what you're saying with what you play, and yes, rhythm and syncopation are a very big part of that, as well as phrasing. Love these vids, keep em coming!
If you would ask me great guitar player are those who are original, who have their signature melodies which no other players copy. With that they talk through their guitar
Careful that self examination can lead to depression, just be honest with yourself about your skill level and be patient. Also compare yourself to other guitarists for inspiration but don't let frustrations that arise from that to guitapathy- the feeling that you will never get to the place they are. Just remember it's a journey of self discovery, even Segovia said on his deathbed that he had just scratched the surface of guitar playing. Keep rockin' guitar brethren!
Great video, thank you! Timing of notes and breaks is also important, even with little flaws, like e.g. timing the pointe of a joke or effect words in speeches.
Man, you broke me. I always believed i had the sexuality of a guitar hero and now you told me that IT DOESNT MATTERS! I'm so sad that I have to go back to the spider exercice and not the the vol 42 of "the extended Kama Sutra for aspiring rock legends".
It's really hard to say, it's different for each player, some only want to be the fastest or the most technical player, some want to be melodic and to reflect emotions through guitar, others find a middle ground and others can do both at extraordinary levels
As I was watching this very well made video, kudos Tyler! I kept thinking about something so I am going to run it by everyone here in the comments section. I think there are two professional guitarists that EVERY guitar player should look to as an example of what kind TO be and what kind NOT to be and here they are - The Professional guitarist everyone should try to be like: 1) Ace Frehley (Original KISS lead guitarist) . OK now I know immediately a bunch of you all laughed at that suggestion while a bunch probably said OK to. Hear me out on why I said Ace. I am NOT talking about a guitarist we should look to as far as his techniques and skill levels and various abilities and overall knowledge of music and the guitar. I am talking about his "attitude" towards playing guitar. Ace never had a guitar lesson, he cannot read guitar music and he himself has said, "I don't even really know how to play the thing, I just play it like I feel it.". That should be how we all look towards the guitar, how we feel it!! It doesn't matter if you can sweep pick until the cows come home, if you can't feel it, if it isn't moving you, it's not worth a damn! So, by ALL guitarists adopting to his mindset of just a pure love for the instrument and using that as the catalyst to further our knowledge of the instrument, I think it would make us all better guitarists. The Professional whose attitude about the guitar everyone should NOT try to be like: 2) Ace Frehley (Original KISS lead guitarist) Aha! See why I chose Ace? lol, while I love his attitude about playing the guitar, I hate his attitude about LEARNING and further educating our self on the instrument. He has been making music professionally for about 50 years now, and his skill set level has not changed much in all that time!! Ace cannot even use a pedal board!! He never messed with one while in KISS, lol imagine trying to hit a pedal switch in those boots!! In the 80's he had to use some pedals while making an album and he couldn't do it, his guitar tech had to operate his pedals for him while he was playing and recording!! Now of course Ace's overall skills have improved since he began 50 years ago, but he never took the time to learn that many new things, I doubt he can sweep pick, then again as fast as he can go up and down the strings with just regular up/down picking maybe he doesn't need to lol. He does finger tap but he uses his pick instead of his finger, KISS Alive 2 came out before Van Halen 1 and Ace is tapping on that album BEFORE EVH shocked the world!! lol. Ace has admitted that he doesn't even really know how to play the guitar, meaning he has no clue about theory or many different techniques, he just plays the scales and by feel and uses the same techniques over and over. So, any thoughts? Tyler?
Hi, can you make a video on how to write music like ichika nito, polyphia,chon etc. There are not a lot of videos on it and I think it would be a challenge for you. Its a really popular style nowadays
I always played without and amp cause I had to set up the pedals and stuff, and playing without any amp forces you to play with more feeling in order to sound decent
David Davidson from Revocation is one of the most under rated guitar players of our time look him him up. Guy has serious chops. A modern master of poly rhythms and more.
There's a million great guitar players that no one has ever heard of. Then there's, like, anyone good enough to be a "professional" is at least great. You can't be a studio session guy, if you're not great. You fall into the category of great. Do you mean Legendary? That's a mostly a function of blind dumb luck. Having the right person (influencer, record exec etc) hear you at the right time. There's a bit of creativity involved. You just can't play other people stuff. But again there's a billion Creative and otherwise great guitar players throughout history and a tiny fraction of them are legendary.
This might be one of my favorite videos you've made... and partly for personal reasons. Objectively (I use this term loosely) it's a solid video. Subjectively I am going through a period of re-discovering my love for the guitar. It has been incredibly satisfying as I remind myself, "Hey, I can fuckin rock." :D I spent several years frustrated with my experiences in the music industry and instead was just did DJing EDM on the side while I worked on a software career. (Not entirely regrettable though because I have a good salary job now.) I'm considering doing the camp! I would take time off work for it and everything. I'm working on videos now myself. So far they're just on IG @naw_shen_nep but I'll be making a new channel on youtube soon. Thanks for your content and inspiration!
What makes any player good is developing their skills, knowledge, and experience. What makes them great is using those tools to express who they are and put their stamp on things.
I think that dynamics should be a category all on its own, also confidence and thoughtfull practice not just focused on exercises but more of an active learning of your body through the sound of things and your way of interacting with it and the world in wich you believe you live. Then a musician (i think) needs to find there own true beliefes (wich they are not necessary if you dont want to think they are) and a thoughtfull mind that tries to express it throught languague. Im not talking about values in a "mantra" way but more in an expression of life itself. Sorry for my bad english :(
