When a classical guitarist tries to play BLUES...

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Brandon Acker takes his first Blues guitar lesson from a professional Blues player @samuraiguitarist Watch me teach him his first classical guitar lesson here: • I Tried Classical Guitar
0:00 What is the blues?
0:35 The 12 Bar Blues
4:12 Oral tradition
5:22 Rhythmic improvisation
7:09 Call and response
9:05 How to solo
12:53 Phrasing
13:32 Conclusion
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@samuraiguitarist 6 месяцев назад

What a pleasure, you show much potential!

@harmvanessen1324 6 месяцев назад

listen to how Jimmy Reed does the 5, just play the A in the bass and don't bother with the stretch

@creationinspired200 6 месяцев назад

Love to see you around!!!

@grogueQ 6 месяцев назад

This was great, I'd love to see you guys do more stuff together.

@SirPraiseSun 6 месяцев назад

2 humble guitar players and musicians respect

@phungmoe2302 6 месяцев назад

SameG.... Love ur channel too 👍

@ldamoff 6 месяцев назад

"I'll start here and see what happens" is the soul of the blues my guy.

@lynwood77 6 месяцев назад

One of the myths about classical players is that they tend to lack the necessary "feel" for improvisation. Watching Brandon shatter that gave me a lot of joy.

@collinbeal 6 месяцев назад

Classical guitar is a tradition that stems from Spain, and most people who learn classical guitar probably also dabble in flamenco, a heavily improvisatory style.

@drothberg3 6 месяцев назад

In my experience, some Classical players are skilled improvisers and some are not. It’s a skill like any other that needs to be learned and practiced, and some classical players choose to develop the skill and some don’t. Also, it’s worth remembering that Brandon played rock before focusing on Classical.

@RZ_9 6 месяцев назад

he used to play metal of course he can do it

@Muzikman127 6 месяцев назад

He also has a history in popular music and is generally an atypically broad and talented musician. My experience of classical musicians trying to play other styles tells me that Brandon is not necessarily representative! He also shows a lot of respect for other music styles and different performance practice, which really helps (and is probably one of the reasons why his early music playing is so vibrant!). Basically what I’m saying is is that this guy is a gem haha

@foljs5858 6 месяцев назад

It's not a myth, as many do. They break down when asked to improvise. Brandon doesn't but most do...

@Wills.musicpage 6 месяцев назад

Man.... Two very accomplished musicians delving into each other's worlds, and showing a relative understanding and, at it's core, being willing to potentially "fall on your face" in front of your respective audiences (neither of you did, for what it's worth), MUCH respect, from a fellow musician.

@AJ-sr2yp 6 месяцев назад

Brandon already knows all of this. He was playing 12 bar blues on a baroque guitar years ago in a video. Even said something slong the lines of 'every good guitar player knows' how to play 12 bar blues.

@ENomad 3 месяца назад

But he's humble and realizes that people from samuraiguitarist's channel may watch, or folks new to the channel altogether may be viewing and aren't familiar with the concepts. So it makes for a good "introduction" video. I enjoyed watching two skilled guitarists play a 101 video regardless.

@beatrixguitar 6 месяцев назад

I was studying classical guitar since I was 9 and I have masters degree in it. During my education no one ever told me about the pentatonic scale, none of my teachers until I was 24 and finished school, it's somethign I had to look up when I was playing for several years already :D And I know this is not a special case, lots of friends have had the same :/ It's funny to see how things that counts as common knowledge or as something that guitarists usually learn at an early stage can miss. We need more crossovers like this with other styles and other guitarists to get a wider perspective on music :) Thanks for this one, I loved it!

@nuberiffic 6 месяцев назад

I had a similar experience to you, but from the opposite side. I started playing rock / metal guitar when I was 8, and it wasn't til I was 35 when I went to uni for music where I was exposed to ideas like 7th chords and a ii V I progression. Even a basic concept like chord tones was alien to me because that's not how the music I'd been playing really worked.

@mitch5944 6 месяцев назад

Soo interesting to me considering how important the pentatonic scale is in blues and rock lol. Shows how diverse the instrument can be

@high_surv 6 месяцев назад

I find that crazy. How do people play guitar for years and have some shallow knowledge of how most people play guitar?

@nuberiffic 6 месяцев назад

@@high_surv ...did you miss the entire point of this thread? Like, on purpose?

@beatrixguitar 6 месяцев назад

@@high_surv well when you're a kid you just try to avoid the theory part I guess, than later on you think you can manage without it, and then it's like a snowball rolling, and the snowball is so big it scares you, so you're trying your best not to get under. I had crazy impostor syndrome because I could play any pieces I wanted to but they didn't make sense to me because I was lacking fundamental knowledge. I think a lot of us takes responsibility for ourselves after spending some time in confusion and avoidance for a few years. Music schools often don't teach you how to understand music but only how to play it mechanically. Pressure grows, you need to play more and more difficult stuff for your exams and the theory stucks behind. This is a very common story.

@herculesrockefeller8969 6 месяцев назад

Since you used to play metal, I'm sure you'll be fine, Brandon!

@emielhasselt2518 3 месяца назад

That opera singer litteraly gave me goosebumps.. I knew man sang opera but accually seeing a man doing that is so inspiring

@crazycat1345 6 месяцев назад

Playing the blues would be a great exercise for classical players. I know because I am one, classical music really flattens you out There is little to no swing in that music at all and playing and by infusing some blues feelings will make your classical playing more interesting. Julien Bream was a huge Django jazz fan and player and it helped him greatly in his playing.

@Muzikman127 6 месяцев назад

Wow that makes so much sense! I didn’t know that about Bream

@RideAcrossTheRiver 4 месяца назад

"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" seems to swing pretty good.

@lusiek81 6 месяцев назад

I'd love to see you guys playing different genres together for an hour. As weird as it sounds. So much feel in such simple playing and the way you complete yourselves being at the different ends of the same stick. I want to hear more serious music you make together the other day.

@tj03297 6 месяцев назад

Next up Mongolian throat singing

@leomahmet7555 6 месяцев назад

Oh hell yes. These two would make some sick jams in many a genre is my hunch as well. Would love to hear some jazz, funk, disco and maybe even some metal with maybe Rob Scallon or someone like that.

@sebg2086 6 месяцев назад

blues pro............lolllllllllllllllllllllllll

@skylarhowes9322 6 месяцев назад

What a terrifically nice and humble guy Brandon is over here acting like he doesn't already know every single thing 😅 jokes aside though this is a great collab from two very different but very excellent creators ❤

@sdepountis 5 месяцев назад

Look at Brandon pretending that this is ever remotely difficult for him...

@RC32Smiths01 6 месяцев назад

It's fun just branching out on guitar, never know what you're gonna learn in style, technique, or advice. Love this collaboration.

@robertray2714 6 месяцев назад

The mixture of tonality in blues is always fascinating. Aside from playing minor pentatonic over major (dominant) chords, blues musicians frequently bend up to a so called "neutral third" in-between the major and minor.

@jacobbaker6376 6 месяцев назад

Another thing to note is that blues was also commonly played in alternate tunings such as open g and open d. Also kinda going against what Samurai said is that the blues doesn't always have to sound pretty as long as it makes you feel something. Three artists as examples are Charley Patton, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Scrapper Blackwell.

@wallacejohnson7083 6 месяцев назад

Great to hear Steve-san teach the roots of blues tradition, from which comes rock n roll, r&b, country, jazz, so on…

@jonkerr2050 6 месяцев назад

This was perfect timing. I’m only a couple of years into playing and have started trying to do some blues improvisation. This opened my eyes up to some things I hadn’t really considered.

@mrsmilefailrocker 6 месяцев назад

I really like the sound of nylon string guitar to play blues and rock strumming

@boomerdell 6 месяцев назад

Great collaboration from two superb teachers and players -- thank you!

@SimplyNotReally 6 месяцев назад

This collab was SO COOL! Shows that no matter the depth of knowledge, there is still so much to learn in music. Please make this a reoccurring series!

@FSAPOJake 6 месяцев назад

Wow. You're a seriously killer player. You picked up this stuff like it was nothing. I know you did metal in the past which does borrow a lot from both blues and classical, but it's still a joy to see how quickly you adapted to Samurai Guitarist's playing.

@ricktheexplorer 6 месяцев назад

"Swing Tempo" is what we are doing with the "ba baba ba ba baba". This was great; Brandon Acker really lives "The Life" of a true String Player, and I am glad he is now a part of the Blues' Magic. When Samurai broke out the Blues Solo, the human soul cries with joy. Magic only found in Blues, and maybe a Mozart or Beethoven motif. Thank You both for being a part of the Music Community on RU-vid, we love you guys.

@nuberiffic 6 месяцев назад

Blues isn't swung; it's a shuffle

@ricktheexplorer 6 месяцев назад

@@nuberiffic In my DAW, it's called swing tempo; the thing that makes it shuffle.

@nuberiffic 6 месяцев назад

@@ricktheexplorer ok, and? Just because it says it in a DAW; it doesn't mean it's correct. My DAW says "loop duplicate" but in correct terminology it's know as a "repeat". The DAW doesn't use musically correct terminology.

@ricktheexplorer 6 месяцев назад

@@nuberiffic It also says it in all sheet music. Give up, you lost.

@nuberiffic 6 месяцев назад

@@ricktheexplorer that same sheet music that says "swing" also says it's not swung. It says "swing" because that's an approximation based on the conventions of classical notation. Can you show me where on notation it shows the exact amount it's swung by?

@simon66766 6 месяцев назад

Great collaboration here, you two work well together. The most interesting part for me was letting go of the formal structures of classical playing and just feeling the flow, it's not easy. Hope there'll be more to come!

@aaroncardoza5281 4 месяца назад

The look of the Soprano singer is not what I was expecting... Incredible voice, and playing the background fill was fantastic.

@Idiomatick 6 месяцев назад

I once asked a blues guitarist for tips on how they could play so well and they said: Well, first, you gotta feel a lotta pain.

@MillerCustomGuitars 6 месяцев назад

How to be a good blues player quickly: 1) have a great teacher 2) already be a master classical guitarist in the first place. Awesome video!

@mcswordfish 6 месяцев назад

"Apples, Oranges, and Lots of Other Fruit" - I like that a lot

@kilgoretrout321 6 месяцев назад

Man, blues can be so cool. Listening to some of the Robert Johnson stuff, the timing is so different than what we're used to. There're some great effects that come from playing with the time signature between bars

@Music--ng8cd 6 месяцев назад

Blind Willie Johnson - I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2VSLcDzcZu8.html

@c2damak 6 месяцев назад

THIS was awesome. Really shows the massive scope of our instrument!

@docDeutschmann 5 месяцев назад

That was sweet. And big thanks to Sammy, for shedding a light on some basic principles of "The Blues". You two should make this a loose series of videos, where you show each other things "from the other side" - I can see the inspiration and the respect in what you guys are doing and I appreciate it.

@03timdol 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic colab. Loved every minute of it from both of you. Cheers

@IssamUAhmed 6 месяцев назад

That was lovely! Well done Brandon on your very first go you did so well

@grimfolkmusic 6 месяцев назад

Brandon is a good actor, acting as he doesn't know a 12 bar hahahaha

@abrahamhempel9260 4 месяца назад

exactly! There is no way he doesnt now this or he isnt American lol he played in a metal band in Highschool

@crazy-4-cooking 6 месяцев назад

Two awesome and amazing musicians, showing their world of strings to each other. That is just so nice to see, also how that opens uo new ways of creativity. You two should one day combine your two backgrounds and create some music together, with totally unlocked creativity and no limits on what the result might be.

@arthurxafis 6 месяцев назад

Incredible video! Just an additional thought, Brandon mentioned not realising that all chords are usually Dom7 chords. If you think about this, the E7 actually functions as the V7 chord when going to A7 (a secondary dominant). Further, the blues form has been continually expanded upon - particularly by jazz musicians. The jazz approach really just places a bigger emphasis on the (already existing) secondary dominants. For example, in bar 4 you’d play a Bm7 for two beats and then an E7 for two beats to resolve to the A7 in the fifth bar (approaching the A7 with a ii-V-I cadence). Lastly! I would say that the ‘heart’ of the blues lies in the rhythmic feel, it’s really all about that shuffle feel. I think the key difference between swing and shuffle (even though it’s notated the same) is how a shuffle feel is relatively strict and the beats are accented equally, however, in jazz that second ‘quaver’ is moved around a bit more.

@0bm31770 6 месяцев назад

Great job, Brandon and Samurai!

@mikec6733 6 месяцев назад

That was a fascinating idea , and the results did not disappoint.

@TheErikjsm 5 месяцев назад

you guys should keep doing this, it was a fun watch

@Heidinskapur 6 месяцев назад

I'd love to see a video of Brandon playing the guitar or just having a chat with the great Brazilian guitarist Fabio Lima. Two figures who for me are the greatest classical guitarists of our era. I see that they have a very similar passion for music and the instrument.

@gro_skunk 6 месяцев назад

No matter how many different videos I've seen about it it's always great to see two really talented people doing the same thing with vastly different ideologies come together and not only respect each other but learn and become better with each other's knowledge.

@laurensvanminnen9550 6 месяцев назад

what a great collab! it must have been a sea of tranquility in that room

@creationinspired200 6 месяцев назад

Much love for samurai guitarist! Thanks ben!!

@onebigboy1861 6 месяцев назад

Two of my favourite guitarists!

@Picasso_Picante92 6 месяцев назад

This was fun! Thanks Brandon.

@mrdefendo 6 месяцев назад

Awesome stuff, Brandon! Kudos to you and SG. Very inspiring and insightful.

@jimyon8259 6 месяцев назад

So cool, looks like fun hanging with you guys !

@scabezas147 5 месяцев назад

Love it, two masters make it look so simple

@frickxnas 5 месяцев назад

Astonishing video. Thank you guys.

@CossuttaDario 6 месяцев назад

This video really makes clear what Blues is and isn't - and also made me think about how clear it is to me now what Jimi Hendrix took from the Blues, as opposed to what was his new development/his style. BTW you should publish a video of you 2 just jamming. Make it a long one. Don't think about analytics. it's such a pleasure to witness good musicianship.

@user-dj9iu2et3r 6 месяцев назад

Brandon sure does look great when he’s playing guitar. It’s like he belongs there with a guitar in his lap.

@dalgguitars 6 месяцев назад

Such fun!

@davedavem 5 месяцев назад

Loved this, thanks

@MathGeekQ 4 месяца назад

Awesome!

@DoctorMandible 6 месяцев назад

I started with classical but quickly switched to blues. That was over 20 years ago. This video was really fun and I learned too. More!

@CaptainTedStryker 6 месяцев назад

I enjoyed both lessons, guys! Cheers!

@sandro-nelemichetti-vanbra9190 6 месяцев назад

Best quote from the video: "it's universal". Love this !

@thomastucker5686 6 месяцев назад

That was fun, glad I caught it.

@federicocarraturo 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for this beautiful lesson

@iblong9505 6 месяцев назад

Super informative! Thanks guys!

@ronaldl9085 5 месяцев назад

So cool! Thanks for sharing your know-how.

@jebwatson 4 месяца назад

Love these conjunctions of the spheres. Seems like we discover new ways to describe and think about the same thing and universalities that make it easier to understand the magic of guitar.

@CameraLaw 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful show. Doesn’t surprise me that Brandon can play the blues with aplomb. He’s got the chops. And plays in so many genres. The real trick is to go from being a blues musician to become a classical composer like this guy Gershwin. Most of his show songs were blues based. He worked as a song plugger with James P Johnson one of the great stride pianists.

@CameraLaw 6 месяцев назад

Think these classical guitarists can play the blues? This is absolutely masterful. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YB-j_pvidq4.htmlsi=cPDOhw3ypkeThAGp

@PHILLY214 6 месяцев назад

He’s always in my shorts I never knew he could play blues like that

@brianclifford8487 4 месяца назад

It’s so obvious you both love music a lot! Sharing each other’s styles while you both get into each other’s lane is great thing! Very proud of being a musician (who is in no way in either of your leagues).

@Dave1507 3 месяца назад

This kind of video is the best. Just two experts in their own fields or genres learning from eachother, finding similarities, and generally just having a little jam and great time.

@PinkMawile 5 месяцев назад

I’m excited to see how these two might explore and incorporate the different styles into one another as they grow their own styles.

@nawel1 6 месяцев назад

Great video!!

@holdengraham6945 6 месяцев назад

This was fun to follow along to!

@goswo 6 месяцев назад

Great concept 👍👍

@mrtoast244 5 месяцев назад

This video is just two cultured gentlemen enjoying each others company

@kevc-69- 6 месяцев назад

I love this type of get together sessions. Bravo.

@stevierv22 6 месяцев назад

Brandon acting like he never met Robert Johnson and jammed at the crossroads 😋

@RobertJones-et7gh 6 месяцев назад

I have a feeling that Brandon knows a lot more about the blues than he is letting us know. Didn’t he start out as a metal player? I think so. If so, metal is an outgrowth of blues. So I think Brandon was being polite by pretending to not know.

@jey3453 6 месяцев назад

Agreed Brandon is a class act. And he is University trained where you will usually have a classroom subject that explores jazz, pop blues or even Metal. Back in my university days my music theory and fundamentals proffesor who is a violin major and mostly a classical player used rhythmic examples from Dreamtheaters Under a glass moon. Lol.

@mitch5944 6 месяцев назад

My first thought lol he started out with rock and metal no wonder he was pretty damn good. Entertaining video nonetheless definitely taught me a good amount since I'm a beginner lol.

@mitch5944 6 месяцев назад

@jey3453 that's awesome lol love dreamtheater

@kacywilliams1 6 месяцев назад

What fun! Liked and subscribed to both channels. Thanks for posting this.

@jonasxie5230 3 месяца назад

Nice show. I learned a lot from it. Thank You

@rodrigomorenovillamar2932 5 месяцев назад

Great show! As a classical player this is very illustrative.

@kirbymarchbarcena 6 месяцев назад

They blend somehow and was so much fun to watch

@talladegajunkie1439 6 месяцев назад

God Almighty, two of my favorites! Would love to see you do a video with Kent Nishimura or Tyler Larson or Seiji Igusa in the future!

@NinaHansen2008 3 месяца назад

Fabulous!!!

@jasonremy1627 6 месяцев назад

I've loved the two videos!

@andredecaires2 6 месяцев назад

Great, great video!!!!

@twoeagles19 5 месяцев назад

That was fun just watching ! Music is Awesome in any Genre ! It is the 2nd greatest gift in life .

@kamukameh 6 месяцев назад

That's some cool stuff, guys!

@Visual_Piano 6 месяцев назад

Been looking forward to this video! ever since i saw samurai's video

@prandallwright1 6 месяцев назад

That is a fine, fun video... Thanks!

@mongarcia9151 6 месяцев назад

I watched both Brandon's and Sammy's lessons. Both are damn good, amazing teachers.

@jensbomholt4529 6 месяцев назад

Such a great "intercultural exchange". I thoroughly enjoy these collab vids with the two of you! Thank you, masters!

@stevefraioli4838 4 месяца назад

Lovely juxtaposition of two genres. Music can unite us all.

@patoenos 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic video, Im learning blues and its so expressive. Its blows my mind how blues fits every player, if you want it simple, it works, if you reach complex, also works.

@SixStringSlinger1 3 месяца назад

Awesome video!

@quailstudios 6 месяцев назад

Very fun. Classical... Blues... Rock... Pop... Jazz... love it all.. !!!

@Juan0003 2 месяца назад

Dayum! Brandon's got chops! 😂 Cool videos (both)! Learned a lot!

@TheBunniesTerrarium 6 месяцев назад

So cool Brandon! Would love to see you so this with a flamenco player!

@lamecasuelas2 6 месяцев назад

Ah! Nice! Good job my boys!

@oldgoat381 6 месяцев назад

Again My two favourite guitar RU-vidrs collaborating is the absolute best

@SirJacto 6 месяцев назад

For a beginner… I was blown away and I’m motivated to practice more

@kathyhollenbach7413 6 месяцев назад

Brandon this is so interesting. Loved it.❤❤

@45er.ruffneck 6 месяцев назад

Huge fan of both of you! Nice lesson. When I compare both your styles it becomes apparent that in classical guitar playing, the thumb tends to wander down the neck for perfect access on the fretboard. In the Blues, the thumb tends to go upwards behind the neck even to the point where players like Stevie Ray Vaughan or John Mayer (just to name a few) use it as a fretting finger to play some bass notes. Downside to that is, that the pinky is often neglected and isn't used much as a fretting finger. Just shows the different needs the two styles have. Great job!