What Type Of Lead Player Are You?
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Over the years, I identified 4 types of lead guitar players. What category do you fall into? And what can you learn from the other types? These are the questions you'll be able to answer thanks to this video.
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The singing your phrases idea is a great way of opening up your playing!!!đđđ The other point I get from it is that we are musicians all the time; with or without our instruments!!!đđđ
I spent over 6 months on the DNA and guitar infusion course . They were the most helpful training tools I've ever come across and my playing progressed more in that 6 months than the previous 30 years . I would definitely recommend them
Iâm a Graduate of Berklee and received a BMUS degree. Even though I know a lot .. I know that I can learn from most players. You in particular give me interesting ideas. I play lead by singing what Iâm going to play in my head before I play it. Iâve forgotten more than most will learn . ( Iâm not being arrogant ).My knowledge ( Tools ) lets me solo in a way that most jazz musicians do. Thereâs no way to solo and think about the chord that your going to play over next. You can do that if you get the lead sheet upfront and have time with it.! I mostly use my ears, then the muscle memory kicks in and from the thousands of hours practicing Scales, modes, arpeggios, intervals ( some call them double stops ) , triads all over the neck in every inversion and upper structure chords, all combined in the solo. Once you have the tools , youâll be able to use them and hear where they should go. I also use passing tones and little bits that Iâve found to work over the years.
A great exercise is to turn on the TV and solo over the music being played . Another good trick that Iâve learned, from John McLaughlin , is to practice these boring scales , modes , arpeggios,etc. while watching TV. Itâs less pain and stress on your brain.
Remember that half of learning is muscle memory. If you think that youâll play any thing on the guitar without
your fingers being tied to your brain , youâll be mighty disappointed. You'll practice and probably not see any improvement for a day. The tying of your brain and muscle memory , happens without you even thinking about it. Your brain takes care of that after youâve practiced. Listening and trying to play otherâs solos really helps too. Youâll get ideas that you may not have thought of . The same way Davidâs ideas do for me .....
Dave you did good this year. Have a merry Christmas. You rock
As always, this is pure gold. David is the best CZcams teacher , though I kinda like the modest approach of Brian Kelly as well. I highly recommend the Guitar Infusion course.
Nice mental break to clear the clutter around rut playing. What I appreciated most from this is that you didn't denigrate any of the "levels". I desperately try to do more story telling--vocalizing with strings--but in mere seconds I am again pulled pell-mell into scalular riffing. Though I thoroughly enjoy it, it is not my plan or desired path. I've always said the only different between a rut and a grave are the dimensions--and you can crawl out of a rut. But it seems my rut is a wet mudslide and my attempt to remove myself are less easy that I might have thought. But I persist--and you my friend, Rock! Stay Well. (And I wish you success in your attempt to break free, as well. I guess they say the first step is to acknowledge you have a problem.)
Thanks for making this!
Fantastic mentor! Om learning fast with your way of sharing! All the best David, cheers from the Philippines, ren here
One of the most insightful video about lead guitar playing......thank you....
Thank you!
Enjoyed the video David!!
story teller here,, after years i really enjoy what I play,, just hope other people do when my band plays lol,
Thank you Dave.This is very helpful. I have been a mental player for long. Am gradually getting to story teller. Nice concept.thank you.
I am mental player / story teller who is not quite mentally complete yet. I am currently studying Dave's Guitar Infusion Course. All my questions are being answered. Great stuff David!
Thank you Jon Paul, Iâm so thrilled you are enjoying the course!
Thank you for this content!
Excellent thought provoking question. ... still thinking ...
Iâm a serious story teller, and have desired to be more technical for so long. Iâve been playing to harder backing tracks recently and itâs painful, but Iâve been improving. This is good to know how to improve and break out.
Great exposition , thanks, aspiring to the story teller....
Excellent video David. Really enjoyed watching this after my final. I've noticed I have bits and pieces of all the players, and man is it easy to get stuck. I have been stuck in some of them, but I think I'll work on the mental player to tie to the others :)
Iâm a mix of several, though only mediocre at any, and signed up for your course so I can broaden my knowledge of what I can do with each type. Knowing 20 licks is better than one. Knowing all the modes is better than being stuck in one. Knowing how to compose songs with lots of chord structures will be helpful in getting out of the traditional box. I just finished lesson 5 on the Ionian and Aeolian modes so my mind is still overwhelmed at this point, but the increased knowledge is coming quickly, so thank you!
I am a storyteller and scale explorer. I need to add a bit of mental to my playing tho, as I still get stuck on some chords
David, I loved two things that you explained. First is about the Level of playing, that it is not "competition" but "expression." Second, about being accomplished - not achievement but being fulfilled
...rapidly approaching my 66th birthday....i'm now all 4....and i love your technique....!!!
Iâve been all 4 at various times in my life. Now Iâm becoming more blended and headed toward the subgroup of the storyteller you mentioned, which is a vocalist player.
Super leçon David !! vraiment trÚs intéressant car permets de se poser les bonnes questions. A t'écouter, je pense que je suis un mélange entre le story teller et le lick repeater....et donc j'ai du mal à 'construire' un solo. Mon prof me fait donc bosser une approche plus orienté 'chords' et à choisir les bonnes notes ! en sommes je crois que cela revient à etre plus mental...merci pour ce partage !
David, besides being a great guitar instructor, you are now explaining the essence of musical creation itself. In my many years in music, you are hands down the best music guru Iâve ever experienced. Thank you.
Thank you, that means a lot!!
I need to be more of a lick repeater to make myself sound more cohesive. It's like i start in one place and end on a different continent with out stopping to let the audience smell the roses. Well, when im improvising that is
Iâm 85 % lick repeater, 5% mental, 10 percent story teller.
Hi Dave. Just love your teaching style. You always describe things in an easy logical way thatâs easy to understand. Is there a best way to learn the skills across the entire fretboard. I tend to get stuck in several boxes but get lost in the rest of the fret board if that makes sense.
Slt David !
Gros merci Ă toi.
Tu a un cĆur immense et une trĂšs belle Ăąme.
J'apprécie ta façon de voir la musique d'une maniÚre spirituelle et intuitives.
C'est comme ça que j'ai appris et que je continuerai à faire.
Merci pour le lien gratuit.
Je vais me faire un plaisir de regarder ça.
Un p'tit coucou de la Bretagne oĂč il pleut Ă verse ^^
Merci beaucoup Glen!!
Mainly storytelling with various amounts of the other three! I donât know why my wifeâs Memoji is suddenly showing up here, but thatâs my Allisonđđžor maybe Iâm hers. I digress. I enjoy your teaching so much, Thank you Davidđđž.
Hey David great lesson. Right around 17:24 it sounds like you were thinking along the lines of McDonald's ba da ba ba bah i'm lovin it. Were you hungry?
Scale explorer and mental player... I got deep into the mental aspect because it was easier than syncâing my left and right hands and developing the physical skills... now I have some serious âplay for 3 minutes and I am bored with my playingâ issues.... ugh... hope this helps a bit. ;-)
The free âMusic Theory DNAâ lessons are a no-brainer and an excellent introduction to intervals. âGuitar Infusionâ is worth every penny. David is an excellent teacher. Do yourself a favor and at least try the free course. I am a satisfied customer with no stake in Davidâs business. Thank you David.
Thank you!!
I would say I'm 75% scale explorer, 15% lick repeater, and 10% story teller.
Hi David, excellent way to categorize the lead guitar players: scale explorers, lick repeaters, mental players and story tellers. What about the âshreddersâ?
Thanks!
Lots of shredders are a combo of scale explorers and lick repeaters. Not all though!
Hi David, well, you forgot the 5th type - me - the clumsy one :) working hard to get a storyteller :)
So many ideas in my head, so a long way to go to my fingers!
but, a great video! \m/
Im maybe mostly a storyteller and lick repeater, and dabble with the scale explorer / mental player approach. But I don't feel too succesful in the mental area haha I'm still working on your modal course, David!
I guess I am a "lick forgetter"... I enjoy playing new stuff (in all dimensions - mechanical, mental, and emotional), but I hate repeating it until it sticks. Thus, I kind of tell stories, but never the same ;)
Hi David , itâs me again , I am intrigued by this video , I never thought about this , and I donât really know which type I fall into ? Definitely not the story teller ! Maybe there is a 5th type ? My first influence was tony iommi , so you have a lot of pentatonic in there with an occasional deviation of adding in additional notes , usually notes that would indicate both aeolian and Dorian , also the narrow and hectic vibrato , which differs so much from say a blues vibrato , lots of sliding , and of course those insane trills iommi did , I found out after a couple years of trying to emulate him that I didnât have prosthetic fingers ! Which I believe was his secret to being able to trill that fast , and that much , however , about the same time I discovered iommi , I heard a Frank Zappa record , and that got me , so I had 2 influences , Zappa and iommi ! Can you think of any combination that is more opposite ? And at that time I discovered that Zappa was an improvisational player , and I said : improvisation ? What the heck is that ? But it interested me so much , so I became an improvisational player , also I started leaning a lot more towards Zappa as my influence than iommi , Zappa used vibrato very sparingly , in other words , he phrased on a lot of static notes , I found that to be even more challenging than vibratoing , in this way it took a lot more theoretical study in order to make sure that when I stopped on any note , in static , that the note sounded good , or implied the feel I was going for , and I find that it is easier to do that by vibratoing , also I broke many so called rules , so the combination of all these factors , and more , made it possible for me to improv over just about any king of backing , in many cases I was asked to either play live , or record in studio , because most players couldnât understand how to play over a lot of backings that I had the knowledge to play over , if you heard me , you may or may not like the way I play , so given all this info , what kind of player am I ? Thank you !
Dave that was probably the best video I have ever seen. Respect bro!!!
What BPM range would you typically suggest for creating a backing track to practice the story teller aspect?
Thank you!! I gravitate towards 90ish bon.. 3)
Very good lesson thoughts, see you tonight at the cloud symposium đžđ
Thank you, and yes!! Iâll be a bit nervous around Vai, but canât wait!
Wait...What??
I am 100% scale explorer. Iâm trying to branch out. I feel like the story telling lead player is what I want to be. I hear solos and they sound so free and just flow and Iâm having a hard time trying to get to that
same here bro
Don't play every note, and let notes linger :)
I'm a mix of all of them but the mental player. I'd add a 5th type, the weirdo. I'm inspired by Trey Azagoth of Morbid Angel and Piggy of Voivod, two completely out there and dissonant players that play weird stuff and the best wrong notes. I feel I'm missing some of the mental player attributes to know a little more about what I'm doing and how to mess with it. Also having more of the mental player would help me reproduce the weird stuff I'm doing.
David, is the storytelling the melody line? I know different ways to make a melody. Mix the scales & chord tones together, going step by step intervals & skipping intervals is like 2 different things together. 1) scale exploring 2) theory. Is the melody the story line though?
I'm even for all 4 types - i feel stucked.
Im definately the story teller and mental player. However thats why I can get frustrated as my notes and phrases can be very samey not in licks but as in you go after specific notes that sound comfortable which isnt always a good thing. Also I can really struggle at times to gel with other players, that can be a big downside and being thrown into a situation without some preperation can be hard for me too.
SRV and Albert King were lick repeaters but it was so good .
Yes!!
We humans love typologies - what sign are you? comes to mind - and this is a brilliant use of the stratagem to reveal something really key about how we play consciously and unconsciously, practically. Have to agree with docalexo0 - I've been playing 30 years, quite 'advanced,' but your Infusion insights into the key nexuses that make all the difference are ---- stunning. And again, practical too. What cosmic guitar brain are you plugged into, sir?
James Hetfield kind đ
Great video as always đ
I'm a little of all of them at times. I am working on story telling
I'd say i'm a scale explorer with a sprinkle of story teller đ€Ł late beginner here
How about chord tone explorer?
I'd say I am a scale Explorer 33%, lick repeater 33% and mental Player 33%, but sadly only 1% storyteller.
Or maybe you can invent a new level in your Artistic experience David. Music can be Evolutionary. Who knows, you just may sprout a couple extra fingers đđ
...What is there "below" the Scale Explorer? :-D
That's where I am, I reckon. :-)
Iâm a Fender Lead player, or a Fender Player Lead player to be more specific!
How cool was that talking to Steve Vai???
Man, I was so nervous. So glad I did!
David you forgot to mention 2 others. The appegio soloist and the motif milker. And then there is the guy who knows no scales and plays purely by ear. :)
Haha! Yes!!
I'm totally mental. Well....maybe 80% with scale player being 8%, lick repeater being 8% and a measly 2% story teller. The last 2% is me just mindlessly meandering....maybe that should be a higher percentage.
i am a lick repeater, enjoy that
The ultimate scale explorer: Malmsteen
Scale explorer/Story teller
17:40 McDonalds theme
yeah i am and always was only nr 4 except a shitty one
Roasted maple neck on that Strat?
Yeah!
@@Wallimann It looks great and sounds wonderful! At least in your hands. đ
It would in your too Iâm sure. :)
@@Wallimann I can give you my address, you can send me the guitar and we'll see. đ Seriously, I'm not horrible, in an intermediate player with my 40 years of age, and it would probably sound okay. I was a late starter, but 'm getting better all the time. Your content is quite helpful, and since you're reading this, I just want to say thanks! đ§ĄđȘ
A really crappy one. Been playing 50+ years, chords down pat, finger picking, can play LOTS of songs, but just CANNOT get the hang of lead. I know a few licks but can't even fake a decent solo most of the time. I have much respect for you folks who can do it - wish I could.
I am certain that there are really good things about your playing! ;)
Yeah, but my solos aren't one of them.
Iâm a really, really bad one
I guess I don't exist among these four types. I am type fifth đ€Ș
Thatâs awesome! Describe it, Iâd love to know! :)
Story teller but i sux at telling stories
the kind that sucks
Well, I don't know who or what I exactly am.
If I have to improvise on "the girl of Ipanema" I'm a scale explorer
When I play a cover I'm a lick repeater
If I'm playing over a "well known" backing track (e.g "sunny") I'm a mental player.
If I'm improvising on an original, very involving, backing track, I become a story teller.
I can't escape from this scheme anyway.
Underpaid
The wife likes when I'm in the
Lick repeater mode.....
However...I am a story teller
Absolutely no need to sexualise a guitar comment board
Nope ...there are as many types of guitarist as there are players.
Lick explorer who wants to be more of a story teller.
Done all four type, now i'm a story teller.
I am a little bit of everything and it works. But mostly i play Guitar out of my belly.