Robben is not only a Master of his craft, but a master teacher. I so appreciate that he doesn't just teach the chords, but he knows what chords/intervals he's playing, rather than simply telling us on what fret and on which string to place our fingers. He also explains the theory as to *why* these chords work in the progressions he teaches. That's huge, and that's what I always wanted to learn-- especially because I played by ear for 30 years and never understood a lot of the rockabilly/ jazz chords I was playing. Ted Greene's CHORD CHEMISTRY helped me tremendously (especially chord synonyms) in quickly seeing the intervals, but Robben's Chord Revolution and Blues Chord Revolution are really helping drive home my complete understanding of what's being played. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate TrueFire and Robben Ford for all of his courses. At the time, this is one of three of my favorite courses of Robben's. I had to stop playing for 13 years due to spine injury. I kept visualizing myself playing every night, and when I picked up my guitar again to start getting my fretting hand stronger, the muscle memory was there from rockabilly blues I had played earlier in my life, the first 30 years of playing, but because of the nerve damage, it's much easier grabbing partial barres and 3 or 4 note chord voicings, and Robben is absolutely the master of teaching this subject, as it relates to how I learn and see the fretboard (and, from seeing reviews of his lessons, this is true for many other players as well). I can't recommend this course enough. (I would like to *with great humility* note that the chord Robben is referring to is not an "add 9" because there's a flat 7th. It's simply an iteration of a 13th. I offer that info on the 13th chord with *absolute humility and appreciation to Robben.*)
What do you get when you add the concepts of cool and gentleman? You get Robben Ford sharing his knowledge of music theory and guitar playing with the world. Thanks very much Robben, your the best!
There have been a select group of guitarists to grace this planet that mere touch of the strings evokes pure genius....Robben Ford is definitely one of them!!
This is an awesome lesson. Guitarists tend to be weak in the theory department compared to say, keyboardists or horn players, and this is the kind of stuff that can open all kinds of doors for improvisation and general creativity. I'm no genius, but I'm glad I had a teacher all those years ago who taught me this stuff. He used to say, "Do you want to play guitar, or do you want to be a guitar player? There is a difference."
Joe Ramen: yes, exactly. 47 years ago, I had 2 teachers, one year each. The second teachers stated I was learning lead quickly and was proud of my progress. But, he said, now you need to learn to tell a story with your lead instead of trying to go as fast as you can. I want to teach to be a guitarist instead of something trying to play a guitar.
Aw man, I just love this guy. Been listening to his teachings and music a LOT. Just amazing taste, phrasing, tone and dynamics. Great lessons in his music, pay attention guys!
Thanks Robben I finally learned to palm my strings so they're not all ringing the Belfre at the same time! I should have humbled myself at Jim Shrages' house when we met I didn't know who you were back then you taught me a great lesson thank you for being a gentleman concerning my prideful incapability to axefully gallup upon my amp. I still have a long ways to go so thankful to find you sharing your gifts with others.May God Bless You and Your Family and if you ever see or talk to Jim please say hi for me. Steven Arnold ThX!
I got to meet him. Hes actually not that nice. I got to meet BB king Tommy Emmanuel Joe Bonamassa and Albert Lee All super great and humble and in my opinion better player's. He says he looks up to BB maybe he needs a lesson on how BB treated his fans. And yes I was being super polite. And still got shafted. Don't like posting negative ads but I had to set the record straight sorry guys.
I purchased his Blues Revolution series from TrueFire and I'm slowly working through it (let me emphasize "slowly") -- Robben has got this sort of Zen approach that I just love. He's a fantastic teacher, and there's a lot of conceptual magic in his lessons beyond "licks" and theory. I'm a fan.
I used to sit in my room picking up the needle on 33's trying to pick this stuff apart. Thank you for taking the time to teach a lesson. So Awesome to get some help on a couple of your tunes.
Beautiful tone, excellent chords, and I like that you talk about the different ways to finger the chords, so no-one feels left out. Alright Robben Ford!! Cool stuff.
My absolute favorite guitar player ! Robben talks and all of a sudden everything makes sense on guitar ! I love the blend of Jazz and Blues . I almost always play by myself , and learned to play a combination of notes , double stops , and chords . Robben Ford is a Master of this style , and I always get something out of his videos because he is playing what I want to hear, and in the style I love . Other than that he is a gentleman and so intresting to listen to ! I just love his style of playing and teaching !
So much of this was part of my pedal steel guitar lessons. I was overwhelmed by it all. It really does make sense. There are modes involved and just listening. Have fun and study hard.
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What a special experience to be talked to and explained the rich inner workings of chords/chord nuances by such an extremely adept and exciting musician!
Love your tips (classes) Mr. Roben Ford. You'r the best ever. Thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge, your feeling and mainly, your heart . Long life and prosperity.
I use the 13th all over the neck the two ways you showed it. It always brings out those notes I don't usually bring out into my brute singing voice. And when you arpeggiated the tones in that scale while simultaneously singing them out I really heard them all very well. I'm going to warm my voice up with that more. You hear this beautiful spirit of jazz when singing out the notes of the 13th
Loved playing guitar since I was 10 but lacked the discipline to study hard. I did have several years of formal music but I didn't have the capacity to apply it - music is mathematical and to get to the next stage you have to understand the previous steps. After 50 yrs of playing I have learned a life time of knowledge on this one video. I was/am a hack player - a "sow's ear" that was polished up :) but I love how to speak to theory and the importance of language and nomenclature. Beautiful lessons - just sensical "do what ever you need to do but don't let the bad strings ring " perfect. You do a wonderful job for me to bridge from basic blues into little more "sophisticated" jazzier stuff. It's an epiphany for my and great inspiration. God Bless and thank you very sincerely!
Thank you I have been working on chord extensions and this is such an excellent walk thru of the scale degrees picking thru the process with a true musical mind.
thanks rob! this really helped me to understand and visualize the ropes, i think i might be able to add some flavor and brain work to my practice sessions now
i have always wondered what a "9" chord was and all of those numbers etc.. "throw a 13 in there!" no bloddy clue what they were talking about.. now where Robben Ford just counted and showed what it meant, i am SO happy that he did. i am now a little wiser thanks to him :) 13 years of guitar playing, and not a single person could tell me this, and he i found a video of Robbing showing me, THANKS!
Some real neat ideas here, I've always liked that laid back jazzy rythm track some guitarists do, just like this, fills, passing chords, rather than vamping 145 chords, yeah, great stuff
LOL! Today I read a comment by a French guy on a Larry Carlton vid - "The other musicians are great but it's just another piece with LC running through the same old pentatonic stuff" If that's all you can take away from listening to Larry or Robben you're not fit to be playing the guitar :-)
You just reminded me of being a teenager and continually rewinding a tape player to learn the guitar solo for Iron Horse by Motorhead. There's probably a youtube lesson for it now.
Passing chords ... that I9 to the I9a13 to IV9 ... this is the stuff I have been trying to learn to no avail. Thanks man. Would love to see more on the subject of passing chords.
Love your playing and really good teaching skills. I love the flavors with the amendments of music.I invented that phrase just now. You can use it. Chuckle. Thank you.
Wow u helped me crack that damn code ha ha ha now I finally get how the scales build cords and how the 7th or 9th ect. Ha ha ha man it actually isn't that complicated when you u count the scale instead of saying the notes
Funny thing Robben,,,, You and I are the same age, been playing probably the same amount of years, but you are sooo much more fluid than I, as well as much more musical. You're a good teacher too. Many can play well, but not all can relate their knowledge well. Good on you mate!
I'm a strangler too. Have been since I was a kid and learned it day one. There was a time I felt the guilt from the purist players until I saw one try to play a full 6-string F in the first position with high action. From the look on the guys face I though he was getting a hernia. Grapple that neck like a 2x4. Thumb roots work great, no pain. All your extended dominant chords are easy too
A augmented..1 3 +5 (#5) A C# F.... pure semantics....muchos gracias most venerable guitarist hombre...... Robben this is an absolutely fabulous (and extremely useful) lesson......an Ocean in a Bucket !!!!
I'm noting a very important aspect of his lesson is that he "sings" those scale notes. For all you noobs or others (like me) that have ignored that trait, it seems to recur in really good guitarists, especially those that can sing as well. I think it helps to mentally recognize the note and harmonies.
I enjoyed this video and really like your guitar playing !! At 6:25 in the video, after the A13 chord, you "flat the 13th". I had never heard of this, so I looked it up and found that A9#5 describes this chord. Going from Low note to High note, you have a G(b7), C#(3rd), F(#5), and B(9th), with no Root. Of course, the main thing is that it sounds COOL, regardless of what you call it !!
ill revisit this after my brain( music theory does this to me ) isnt spaghetti....saw Robben at Triple door in Seattle a couple years ago....So accessible, so groovin, he makes all this technical stuff flow when he's playing live.
Absolutely brilliant delivery. So natural, as if he's sat with you in your kitchen having a cup of tea and showing you a few tips.
I saw Robben Ford on tour with George Harrison in Chicago in November 1974. It was my very first concert. I was 10 years old.
Robben is not only a Master of his craft, but a master teacher. I so appreciate that he doesn't just teach the chords, but he knows what chords/intervals he's playing, rather than simply telling us on what fret and on which string to place our fingers. He also explains the theory as to *why* these chords work in the progressions he teaches. That's huge, and that's what I always wanted to learn-- especially because I played by ear for 30 years and never understood a lot of the rockabilly/ jazz chords I was playing. Ted Greene's CHORD CHEMISTRY helped me tremendously (especially chord synonyms) in quickly seeing the intervals, but Robben's Chord Revolution and Blues Chord Revolution are really helping drive home my complete understanding of what's being played.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate TrueFire and Robben Ford for all of his courses. At the time, this is one of three of my favorite courses of Robben's. I had to stop playing for 13 years due to spine injury. I kept visualizing myself playing every night, and when I picked up my guitar again to start getting my fretting hand stronger, the muscle memory was there from rockabilly blues I had played earlier in my life, the first 30 years of playing, but because of the nerve damage, it's much easier grabbing partial barres and 3 or 4 note chord voicings, and Robben is absolutely the master of teaching this subject, as it relates to how I learn and see the fretboard (and, from seeing reviews of his lessons, this is true for many other players as well).
I can't recommend this course enough.
(I would like to *with great humility* note that the chord Robben is referring to is not an "add 9" because there's a flat 7th. It's simply an iteration of a 13th.
I offer that info on the 13th chord with *absolute humility and appreciation to Robben.*)
What do you get when you add the concepts of cool and gentleman? You get Robben Ford sharing his knowledge of music theory and guitar playing with the world. Thanks very much Robben, your the best!
The best description of note progression in chords I've ever seen. Thanks!
This video is so heartwarming and inspiring. It's a reminder of the good in the world and it's given me a renewed sense of hope
Thank you, what a friendly, generous mentor... God bless you, Sir.
This guy is on a different level
There have been a select group of guitarists to grace this planet that mere touch of the strings evokes pure genius....Robben Ford is definitely one of them!!
This is an awesome lesson. Guitarists tend to be weak in the theory department compared to say, keyboardists or horn players, and this is the kind of stuff that can open all kinds of doors for improvisation and general creativity.
I'm no genius, but I'm glad I had a teacher all those years ago who taught me this stuff. He used to say, "Do you want to play guitar, or do you want to be a guitar player? There is a difference."
Joe Ramen: yes, exactly. 47 years ago, I had 2 teachers, one year each. The second teachers stated I was learning lead quickly and was proud of my progress. But, he said, now you need to learn to tell a story with your lead instead of trying to go as fast as you can. I want to teach to be a guitarist instead of something trying to play a guitar.
I always thought I'd rather be a musician than just a guitarist. That's why I learned theory.
fuckin genius this guy. could listen to him talk music for hours.
Me too
me too
Aw man, I just love this guy. Been listening to his teachings and music a LOT. Just amazing taste, phrasing, tone and dynamics. Great lessons in his music, pay attention guys!
Thanks Robben I finally learned to palm my strings so they're not all ringing the Belfre at the same time! I should have humbled myself at Jim Shrages' house when we met I didn't know who you were back then you taught me a great lesson thank you for being a gentleman concerning my prideful incapability to axefully gallup upon my amp. I still have a long ways to go so thankful to find you sharing your gifts with others.May God Bless You and Your Family and if you ever see or talk to Jim please say hi for me.
Steven Arnold ThX!
can someone give this fellow the nice guy award already? what a gentleman and virtuoso :)
word
haha! I would personally give that award to Larry Carlton, but Robben would be right behind him
I love this guy.
I got to meet him. Hes actually not that nice. I got to meet BB king Tommy Emmanuel Joe Bonamassa and Albert Lee
All super great and humble and in my opinion better player's. He says he looks up to BB maybe he needs a lesson on how BB treated his fans. And yes I was being super polite. And still got shafted. Don't like posting negative ads but I had to set the record straight sorry guys.
@@michaelmueller8746 Can you elaborate more on your meeting with him was he reserved or was it something he said that was rude ?
That's a great lesson - so many make this so confusing, yet Robben (an outstanding player) just makes me want to pick up the guitar and TRY THINGS!
Yep, And that's why he's a great teacher.
I purchased his Blues Revolution series from TrueFire and I'm slowly working through it (let me emphasize "slowly") -- Robben has got this sort of Zen approach that I just love. He's a fantastic teacher, and there's a lot of conceptual magic in his lessons beyond "licks" and theory. I'm a fan.
I used to sit in my room picking up the needle on 33's trying to pick this stuff apart. Thank you for taking the time to teach a lesson. So Awesome to get some help on a couple of your tunes.
Apart from being an amazing guitarist and musician.......also an Amazing teacher !!
Beautiful tone, excellent chords, and I like that you talk about the different ways to finger the chords, so no-one feels left out. Alright Robben Ford!! Cool stuff.
One of the best lessons I’ve seen - what a great teacher!
I love you Robben Ford! Thank you for all that you have done for modern blues and my playing. I greatly appreciate you
What a great lesson Robben, thank you for de-mistifying so many of these complex chord arrangements, that I used to find so intimidating
My absolute favorite guitar player ! Robben talks and all of a sudden everything makes sense on guitar ! I love the blend of Jazz and Blues . I almost always play by myself , and learned to play a combination of notes , double stops , and chords . Robben Ford is a Master of this style , and I always get something out of his videos because he is playing what I want to hear, and in the style I love . Other than that he is a gentleman and so intresting to listen to ! I just love his style of playing and teaching !
Excellent lesson ! Robben Ford is the man.
Love Robben Ford. He's a big inspiration and has helped my guitar playing so much over the years. Great lesson.
Such an under-rated fantastic player!
So much of this was part of my pedal steel guitar lessons. I was overwhelmed by it all. It really does make sense. There are modes involved and just listening. Have fun and study hard.
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@Azariah Alessandro Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now.
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What a special experience to be talked to and explained the rich inner workings of chords/chord nuances by such an extremely adept and exciting musician!
Thanks so much for this Robben it'll be something I play with for years to come. Thanks again!
Love your tips (classes) Mr. Roben Ford.
You'r the best ever.
Thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge, your feeling and mainly, your heart .
Long life and prosperity.
About once a year I go back to these amazing lessons..... Thank you Mr Ford for teaching me so much...
I use the 13th all over the neck the two ways you showed it. It always brings out those notes I don't usually bring out into my brute singing voice. And when you arpeggiated the tones in that scale while simultaneously singing them out I really heard them all very well. I'm going to warm my voice up with that more. You hear this beautiful spirit of jazz when singing out the notes of the 13th
Explains and demonstrates extended chords & theory behind it SO well!
Loved playing guitar since I was 10 but lacked the discipline to study hard. I did have several years of formal music but I didn't have the capacity to apply it - music is mathematical and to get to the next stage you have to understand the previous steps. After 50 yrs of playing I have learned a life time of knowledge on this one video. I was/am a hack player - a "sow's ear" that was polished up :) but I love how to speak to theory and the importance of language and nomenclature. Beautiful lessons - just sensical "do what ever you need to do but don't let the bad strings ring " perfect. You do a wonderful job for me to bridge from basic blues into little more "sophisticated" jazzier stuff. It's an epiphany for my and great inspiration. God Bless and thank you very sincerely!
One of my heroes!
Great player and teacher. So relaxed and chill.
robin I gotta say such a huge fan, your an amazing guitarist and person love ya man your the best
Thank you I have been working on chord extensions and this is such an excellent walk thru of the scale degrees picking thru the process with a true musical mind.
I just stumbled over this guy a few weeks ago...
... Super cool. Love 'em.
He's going to make my jazzy blues deep dive rich!
Love that man ! Great musician and great teacher. He gives the desire to learn well.
the master, i always like to watch him play!
Refreshingly articulate delivery- a gifted teacher!
thanks rob! this really helped me to understand and visualize the ropes, i think i might be able to add some flavor and brain work to my practice sessions now
Robben is just tooooo cool. Thank you for expanding my brain.
Robben is all about the music..gotta love this guy..
I worshipped this guy's virtuosity since high school (he's a couple years ahead of me); back in the day it was the Charles Ford Band.
Love your approach Robyn
all the lessons are awesome!
i have always wondered what a "9" chord was and all of those numbers etc.. "throw a 13 in there!" no bloddy clue what they were talking about.. now where Robben Ford just counted and showed what it meant, i am SO happy that he did. i am now a little wiser thanks to him :)
13 years of guitar playing, and not a single person could tell me this, and he i found a video of Robbing showing me, THANKS!
Such talent and class!
Great stuff. Cool sounds along with a lesson on some theory. Thanks!
robben, the world thanks you!!
AWESOME lesson. Thank you.🙏
Learned a lot. Thanks much. Great teacher.
Great teacher. Inspirational!
Cool lesson.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Some real neat ideas here, I've always liked that laid back jazzy rythm track some guitarists do, just like this, fills, passing chords, rather than vamping 145 chords, yeah, great stuff
Always useful insightful applioed science information--thanks for opening your book of insight
I came here to read the comments of the other 'so called' experts. Nice work Robben!
Haha, 'experts'! You nailed it! Robben is a legend. Well said ;-)
LOL! Today I read a comment by a French guy on a Larry Carlton vid - "The other musicians are great but it's just another piece with LC running through the same old pentatonic stuff" If that's all you can take away from listening to Larry or Robben you're not fit to be playing the guitar :-)
I came here to learn some great chords! Jedi master. 😏
Magic. Robben is the man.
You just reminded me of being a teenager and continually rewinding a tape player to learn the guitar solo for Iron Horse by Motorhead. There's probably a youtube lesson for it now.
Passing chords ... that I9 to the I9a13 to IV9 ... this is the stuff I have been trying to learn to no avail. Thanks man. Would love to see more on the subject of passing chords.
Great lesson. Robben is the master..
Brilliant stuff! Thank you.
twenty years earlier I'd give everything I have for a lesson like this, directly from the master
Love your playing and really good teaching skills. I love the flavors with the amendments of music.I invented that phrase just now. You can use it. Chuckle. Thank you.
Thanks lost a little finger and you've brought me back big time. I was mentally shot. You have no idea. Thanks Brother
Awesome lesson Dude!!!
Wow u helped me crack that damn code ha ha ha now I finally get how the scales build cords and how the 7th or 9th ect. Ha ha ha man it actually isn't that complicated when you u count the scale instead of saying the notes
Funny thing Robben,,,, You and I are the same age, been playing probably the same amount of years, but you are sooo much more fluid than I, as well as much more musical. You're a good teacher too. Many can play well, but not all can relate their knowledge well. Good on you mate!
robben is a great teacher...
Good shit.
Grazie Roben sei un grande !!!
Been a fan of Ford for decades. Did I really say that? Great lesson by the maestro, thnx
This is great!
Just make them not ring. Ha ha! That's my teaching on that subject. I am crazy about your tone and playing Robben Ford. Great teacher as well.
Thank you. Much appreciated!
Robin Ford is the man!!!
I'm a strangler too. Have been since I was a kid and learned it day one. There was a time I felt the guilt from the purist players until I saw one try to play a full 6-string F in the first position with high action. From the look on the guys face I though he was getting a hernia. Grapple that neck like a 2x4. Thumb roots work great, no pain. All your extended dominant chords are easy too
Great teacher.
i would LOVE to chill with this guy over a joint and a coupla hot guitars...hell yea!
Robben Ford ....... RESPECT!!!
emozionante, grandissimo, sono andato a vederlo a milano ed e' stato grandioso, quante emozioni!!!!
Thank you Master!
A augmented..1 3 +5 (#5) A C# F.... pure semantics....muchos gracias most venerable guitarist hombre...... Robben this is an absolutely fabulous (and extremely useful) lesson......an Ocean in a Bucket !!!!
It would be priceless to have him as your personal reacher.
I'm noting a very important aspect of his lesson is that he "sings" those scale notes. For all you noobs or others (like me) that have ignored that trait, it seems to recur in really good guitarists, especially those that can sing as well. I think it helps to mentally recognize the note and harmonies.
thank you,thank you, thank you, that was awesome
I shouldn't watch these so late at night - now taking guitar to bed.
thank you robin
awesom vid ,thanx
it is a grait course,thankyou very much.
great, like ever!!
just... GREAT
What a master
amazing full soul
I enjoyed this video and really like your guitar playing !! At 6:25 in the video, after the A13 chord, you "flat the 13th". I had never heard of this, so I looked it up and found that A9#5 describes this chord. Going from Low note to High note, you have a G(b7), C#(3rd), F(#5), and B(9th), with no Root. Of course, the main thing is that it sounds COOL, regardless of what you call it !!
ill revisit this after my brain( music theory does this to me ) isnt spaghetti....saw Robben at Triple door in Seattle a couple years ago....So accessible, so groovin, he makes all this technical stuff flow when he's playing live.
He's so great..." Just make it not ring, just do it." LOL Love it.
Great Teacher.