This is absolutely one of the top music channels on all of the net. This lesson is wonderful. Doesnt matter Ive been playing 45 years- you totally schooled my ass today!!
There are many place where one can learn cool licks. But this is hands down the best lesson I have ever seen on improvisation. This isn't just memorization. This is unlocking your own potential to invent your own licks. PRICELESS!
If you are looking for someone to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and really accelerate your learning, Marcel is the guy. He is the absolute best I have found at explaining things and matching the lesson to what you need to learn. I signed up for lessons several months ago and I am totally sold on the value. Good luck, everyone!
"Practice with a present mind. Take stock of the licks that work and the licks that don't." Very sage advice for everything, especially Bluegrass Guitar. Thank you, Marcel.
I have taken two Skype lessons from Marcel and he is a superb teacher. He is really helping me fill in the substantial gaps in my knowledge that I have gained by self-teaching. If you want to find a quick way to improve to the next level, he is your guy. Thanks, Marcel!!
Never have I felt more personally called out than the "I bet you're playing both notes of the same string everytime" line for the pentatonic scale. Great video!
ever since I have learned the never ending continous 1/8th lines - note exercise, I look forward to this everyday. Using Strum Machine I start at about 55 BPM and continue about 30 cycles ...so much fun ... AND most importantly I feel a lot more confident in jams now. Thank you Marcel!
Turns out, learning new things is hard. I've come along way in the last year or so and even further since I discovered your channel 3 months ago. Some advice for frustrated beginners. If you can set aside 20-30 minutes a day to actual practice (not just playing the songs you know but intentionaly making yourself uncomfortable, trying the stuff you don't know how to do) you'll see noticable improvement every single week. I've personally found it very rewarding. Can't wait to see what I can do in another years time
Marcel What a excellent lesson I've always struggled coming up with ideas playing bluegrass Its making sense counting out groups of 4 note then approaching the next chord. I think the light bulb came on. Thanks so much Deano
Hey Marcel - greetings from Ireland, this is the first lesson I’ve looked at of yours - marvelous, fun, informative - wow I wish there were more teachers like you outside the US. Brilliant pedagogy- thank you for your inspiration!
I like the way you show possibility instead of specific ways to pick assortment of notes. Soon, when I get things together we will spend time on line. An easy going nature goes far when the student hated going to school.
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen and I have to say that while there are plenty of great guitarists on youtube purporting to be teaching, your focused and methodical approach to teaching is one of the best I’ve come across. Very well structured and accessible. Well done Marcel, I look forward to more. cheers, Ian
my dear Marcel, if i were capable of: "training myself to make reasonable, accessible and smart choices," i likely wouldn't still need to watch instructional videos about playing guitar this late in life. then again, no way that life would have been as fun and interesting as mine has been!
He will trigger the algorithm one day and get thousands of subscribers overnight. CZcams is difficult. He’s on his way. He popped up on a suggested video for me.
Hmmm, 1 minute of talk, then an ad...already lost my attention, then more talk, no guitar until after 2 minute mark, et' see 4 minutes in and still nothing bluegrass-specific like the title says...just a G pentatonic scale...4:40 in and literally no lesson at all...this is wayyy longer than most people are willing to wait...and this is where I leave. I'm willing to pay good money for guitar lessons but I don't think this guy can even play the guitar.
Bro I hope you read this because I truly mean what I’m about to say! You’re the first person I’ve come across on CZcams that really digs into and explains “well” what soloing really is! You show the scales and how they are used! I really appreciate your videos man! Thanks 🙏🏻
Hot country guitar playing ( electric or acoustic) has always been a mysteriously unattainable land feature up ahead that I really, really, want to get to. Maybe now with your non scary teaching style, I'll finally achieve the fame and adulation of millions! And not suck at country guitar playing anymore, I love you man!!😭😭😭🤠
Wow! Revelatory. Fun. I was so close, yet so far away. I love how I can change chords by simply landing the lick on a tone from the next chord. And 'softening the blow.' But I think that the 1234/1234/1234/G was the most valuable tip. Why isn't this exercise taught by all BG guitar instructors? Thank you, Marcel!
Awesome video Marcel, super well put together. So far, hands down the best youtube video ( as far as music lessons go) i've stumbled upon. Im going to investigate your skype lessons!
Nice work master! I really appreciate the way you have broken things down and given very clear instructions for the excercises at different levels. It may save you having to remind me in lessons....maybe! I was a committed DIY learner but am a Skype lesson convert. There really isn’t any substitute for having someone (who knows their stuff) work with you and give feedback, specific advice and encouragement. Marcel is great at that stuff! It’s really difficult to be your own teacher in uncharted territory! You don’t know what you don’t know! P.S. I’m not sure how I missed the poll but I probably would have voted for this anyway : )
GREAT STUFF!!! I play all kinds of styles, I've been playing for many years. My style is a cross between Pat Metheny and Allen Holdsworth with a little Guthrie Trapp thrown in. However, I've never thought I could play this style of music simply because of that freight train style of picking you guys do so well. (Guthrie does this really well to, but he doesn't really teach it). However, you have made it EXCEEDINGLY easy to get this under my fingers. My only real hindrance is my picking hand hasn't had the kind of discipline I think it takes to play like Tony Rice. (Does anybody's really?) I've subscribed, clicked like, and shared this with a number of folks who I think will benefit from your very approachable style and outstanding video editing. You are a master teacher. I am forever indebted to you man!! Thank you for everything. Gonna scour your video section for some picking insights.
Ah! I got it! finally! No, not the lesson. The symbols on your shirt. I watched this video several times before but I did not figure it out. Maybe because I was sober. Now that I am drunk I got it in just a second! RIP, Tony!
Hey...! That was a really nice lesson that I found by accident. You are a great teacher. Your explanation of this concept just clicked with me. Thanks 👍🏼
This was awesome. I've been wanting to get into bluegrass but was intimidated by the fast improvisation, but you laid out very clearly how to get started. Thanks!
Per request I’m fortunate to live close enough to visit sushi cat and Marcel where I take lessons up close and personal, that said I would not hesitate to engage on skype to get a lesson which might be my option this summer while at the beach. You will not find a better more thoughtful instructor easily today-
Thank you for sharing all this with us 🤙 I’ve been playing guitar for a long time but am just starting my bluegrass and flat picking journey. This helps so much just with the mindset of it. Bluegrass and picking every note is surprisingly challenging because I’ve gotten so used to hammer on and pull offs playing in many jam bands and just playing a lot of scales that way. New subscriber!!!
Quite simply, excellent! Amazing how much valuable information you manage to impart in a short time. Thank you and best wishes for you and your project.
I really appreciate what you do. You’re very clear and make difficult concepts makes sense. Now I just need to discipline myself to try some of the things you have offered. Thank you so much for your efforts!
I think Marcel should go on tour and once a month post a video of picking with one of his students or youtube followers! .....I know my chances are slim...Vermont is on the other side of the country!
been playing mostly metal for a few years and maaan i didn't expect a basic little riff like 8:00 to absolutely wreck me 🤣 this style of playing is so foreign to what ive been playing
This is absolutely one of the top music channels on all of the net.
This lesson is wonderful. Doesnt matter Ive been playing 45 years- you totally schooled my ass today!!
There are many place where one can learn cool licks. But this is hands down the best lesson I have ever seen on improvisation. This isn't just memorization. This is unlocking your own potential to invent your own licks. PRICELESS!
You are a hidden gem on guitar youtube, keep it up
"do as your master commands you" lolllll
If you are looking for someone to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and really accelerate your learning, Marcel is the guy. He is the absolute best I have found at explaining things and matching the lesson to what you need to learn. I signed up for lessons several months ago and I am totally sold on the value. Good luck, everyone!
"Practice with a present mind. Take stock of the licks that work and the licks that don't." Very sage advice for everything, especially Bluegrass Guitar. Thank you, Marcel.
I have taken two Skype lessons from Marcel and he is a superb teacher. He is really helping me fill in the substantial gaps in my knowledge that I have gained by self-teaching. If you want to find a quick way to improve to the next level, he is your guy. Thanks, Marcel!!
Best guitar lesson on CZcams. Explains the musical logic behind things.
Never have I felt more personally called out than the "I bet you're playing both notes of the same string everytime" line for the pentatonic scale. Great video!
Haha, yes, me too!
ever since I have learned the never ending continous 1/8th lines - note exercise, I look forward to this everyday. Using Strum Machine I start at about 55 BPM and continue about 30 cycles ...so much fun ... AND most importantly I feel a lot more confident in jams now. Thank you Marcel!
It was Zakk Wylde that got me into this playing, struggled for a long time finding tutorials - You have my subscription!
I loved the "G" at 9:40. Gave me chills. Wait for it... wait for it.... everything is gonna be alight.... rest easy and fear not.... "G"
This is probably one of the most useful vids I've ever found. You the man!
Turns out, learning new things is hard. I've come along way in the last year or so and even further since I discovered your channel 3 months ago. Some advice for frustrated beginners. If you can set aside 20-30 minutes a day to actual practice (not just playing the songs you know but intentionaly making yourself uncomfortable, trying the stuff you don't know how to do) you'll see noticable improvement every single week. I've personally found it very rewarding. Can't wait to see what I can do in another years time
If only I had read this comment 15 years ago........ thanks yetter
I learn something new every time I play. I didn't know that was not the norm
@@skatetodeath666 but can you remember it? 😄
@@alan4sure lol that's the trick
Marcel What a excellent lesson I've
always struggled coming up with ideas playing bluegrass Its making sense counting out groups of 4 note then approaching the next chord. I think the light bulb came on. Thanks so much Deano
Hi Marcel! The youtube algorithm brought me here! Awesome to see your still teaching! -Grady
Hey Grady! You're one of the originals now man. I barely had my website up when I was teaching you. Email me sometime.
Hey Marcel - greetings from Ireland, this is the first lesson I’ve looked at of yours - marvelous, fun, informative - wow I wish there were more teachers like you outside the US. Brilliant pedagogy- thank you for your inspiration!
I like the way you show possibility instead of specific ways to pick assortment of notes. Soon, when I get things together we will spend time on line. An easy going nature goes far when the student hated going to school.
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen and I have to say that while there are plenty of great guitarists on youtube purporting to be teaching, your focused and methodical approach to teaching is one of the best I’ve come across. Very well structured and accessible. Well done Marcel, I look forward to more. cheers, Ian
Wow, listen to this guy, hes teachin us to write tunes! If ur a noob do the skypes!! Thanks brother 🎸 💘 🎶 🌟
The most meaningful, sensible, structured approach to bluegrass improv (or any improv) I have ever heard.
my dear Marcel, if i were capable of: "training myself to make reasonable, accessible and smart choices," i likely wouldn't still need to watch instructional videos about playing guitar this late in life. then again, no way that life would have been as fun and interesting as mine has been!
How do you not have a million subscribers? Great lesson, great teacher
I think because he comes across as a bit patronising and he obviously thinks he's the bees knees
Rob Chevalley he is the bees knees maaaaannn
He will trigger the algorithm one day and get thousands of subscribers overnight. CZcams is difficult. He’s on his way. He popped up on a suggested video for me.
Hmmm, 1 minute of talk, then an ad...already lost my attention, then more talk, no guitar until after 2 minute mark, et' see 4 minutes in and still nothing bluegrass-specific like the title says...just a G pentatonic scale...4:40 in and literally no lesson at all...this is wayyy longer than most people are willing to wait...and this is where I leave. I'm willing to pay good money for guitar lessons but I don't think this guy can even play the guitar.
Thank you very much! I‘m a Beginner. And your Excercises are brilliant!
Been playing for 25 years. Many teachers. This channel got me excited again. Rad channel!!
I just started watching your channel and I'm just speechless. You're such a great teacher AND you are incredibly funny.
Bro I hope you read this because I truly mean what I’m about to say! You’re the first person I’ve come across on CZcams that really digs into and explains “well” what soloing really is! You show the scales and how they are used! I really appreciate your videos man! Thanks 🙏🏻
Hot country guitar playing ( electric or acoustic) has always been a mysteriously unattainable land feature up ahead that I really, really, want to get to. Maybe now with your non scary teaching style, I'll finally achieve the fame and adulation of millions! And not suck at country guitar playing anymore, I love you man!!😭😭😭🤠
Wow! Revelatory. Fun. I was so close, yet so far away. I love how I can change chords by simply landing the lick on a tone from the next chord. And 'softening the blow.' But I think that the 1234/1234/1234/G was the most valuable tip. Why isn't this exercise taught by all BG guitar instructors? Thank you, Marcel!
More on that subject here!
czcams.com/video/EFAkMUOmoJY/video.html
Thank you so much, this has been the most helpful bluegrass video I have found.
The first 5 minutes of this video was very helpful for me to start my flat picking journey. I will be practicing these exercises. Thanks!
Awesome lesson, you are great at distilling a large amount of information into digestible quantities and applicable exercises. Thank you.
I’ll be gettin my goat! Regular.
Awesome video Marcel, super well put together. So far, hands down the best youtube video ( as far as music lessons go) i've stumbled upon. Im going to investigate your skype lessons!
Nice work master! I really appreciate the way you have broken things down and given very clear instructions for the excercises at different levels. It may save you having to remind me in lessons....maybe! I was a committed DIY learner but am a Skype lesson convert. There really isn’t any substitute for having someone (who knows their stuff) work with you and give feedback, specific advice and encouragement. Marcel is great at that stuff! It’s really difficult to be your own teacher in uncharted territory! You don’t know what you don’t know! P.S. I’m not sure how I missed the poll but I probably would have voted for this anyway : )
Thank you for helping all us beginners, Marcel!
Where’ve you been all my life?? You’ve earned a new subscriber !!
If this lesson were a song by The Cars (and I'm pretty sure it's not), it would be "Just What I Needed." Thanks!
Love this, been looking for this kind of stuff for years.....
GREAT STUFF!!! I play all kinds of styles, I've been playing for many years. My style is a cross between Pat Metheny and Allen Holdsworth with a little Guthrie Trapp thrown in. However, I've never thought I could play this style of music simply because of that freight train style of picking you guys do so well. (Guthrie does this really well to, but he doesn't really teach it). However, you have made it EXCEEDINGLY easy to get this under my fingers. My only real hindrance is my picking hand hasn't had the kind of discipline I think it takes to play like Tony Rice. (Does anybody's really?) I've subscribed, clicked like, and shared this with a number of folks who I think will benefit from your very approachable style and outstanding video editing. You are a master teacher. I am forever indebted to you man!! Thank you for everything. Gonna scour your video section for some picking insights.
Thank you - just what I needed - lots of right hand lessons - great to have something on left hand and more selection.
AWESOME! SOOO MUCH INFORMATION, CLEARLY, CLEANLY PRESENTED! THANK YOU!
Thank you for all the content Marcel!
Thank you Marcel for taking the time xx Much love!
I've watched this video 15 times and I play something new every time 😄
this lesson helped break things down very well. thanks
Thank you for all your efforts has helped me a lot 🎉
Wow! What a concise and yet open-ended instructional approach! A natural gift for imparting knowledge. Ty.
Just discovered your channel! Love it!!! Thanks for making stuff understandable.
Marcel, I am so glad I found your channel. Super lessons delivered in an engaging and humorous way. 👍
Ah! I got it! finally! No, not the lesson. The symbols on your shirt. I watched this video several times before but I did not figure it out. Maybe because I was sober. Now that I am drunk I got it in just a second! RIP, Tony!
Hey...! That was a really nice lesson that I found by accident.
You are a great teacher. Your explanation of this concept just clicked with me. Thanks 👍🏼
Very clear lesson; supportive language; nice going. Excellent teaching skills.
This cleared up a lot, thank you.
This was awesome. I've been wanting to get into bluegrass but was intimidated by the fast improvisation, but you laid out very clearly how to get started. Thanks!
Great stuff man! Appreciate it! Great playing, quality of content, and most importantly the right attitude!
Man I used to have one of those DC auras you have in the background and I regret selling every day. Just an incredible instrument.
I frickin love you! Am I late? Just got here. I am watchin you my sir. You will change me.
Golly. Thanks for this. Makes so much sense now! A big fat arigatoooooo
That was really cimprehensive. Bluegrass is my jam and this is the first video with a reasonable intro to improvising on the genre, appreciate it!
Per request
I’m fortunate to live close enough to visit sushi cat and Marcel where I take lessons up close and personal, that said I would not hesitate to engage on skype to get a lesson
which might be my option this summer while at the beach.
You will not find a better more thoughtful instructor easily today-
Bravo!!!
Stumble onto your site, got a lot of this great lesson, novel exercises. I'm at a minimum subscribing.
Thank you for sharing all this with us 🤙 I’ve been playing guitar for a long time but am just starting my bluegrass and flat picking journey. This helps so much just with the mindset of it. Bluegrass and picking every note is surprisingly challenging because I’ve gotten so used to hammer on and pull offs playing in many jam bands and just playing a lot of scales that way. New subscriber!!!
my interest in lead guitar has lead me to bluegrass and thus lead me to here. this is a very helpful instructional video
Quite simply, excellent! Amazing how much valuable information you manage to impart in a short time. Thank you and best wishes for you and your project.
I love your channel. Been playing for years. Getting away from the strat and trying to learn these bluegrass slappers
"...for now.". ROTF ..well played, Marcel !
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Awesome lesson! You are a very good teacher, player and quite funny as well! Keep it up, and thank you!
now I like the Tony Rice lick at 1405 that sounds like album intro to Freeborn Dude
I really enjoyed this. Thanks!
Watching your videos always inspire me to play. Thank you so much for what you do
Thanks Marcel!
Your such a great teacher!!!! Thanks man!
Great video on practical exercises for bluegrass improv. Thanks Marcel
So many good basic concepts to work on to start improvising. Thanks Marcel.
You've changed me forever.
I just found this channel today. Amazing content.You have earned a new sub. Keep it up!!
I got a lot from this video. Please consider doing a part 2 and perhaps a part 3 since these would be great topics to build on.
New guitar?
Great stuff. My second go 'round. More to come.
Awesome! Thank you so much.
Amazing content, thanks!!
Awesome
I really appreciate what you do. You’re very clear and make difficult concepts makes sense. Now I just need to discipline myself to try some of the things you have offered. Thank you so much for your efforts!
ya! you are gonna help me learn !!!! thankyou!
I'm here because of Billy Strings. you are a great teacher
It only took me 12 years to discover what you just presented in this video.
I think Marcel should go on tour and once a month post a video of picking with one of his students or youtube followers! .....I know my chances are slim...Vermont is on the other side of the country!
Your love for bluegrass really shines through. Great lesson! I'm off to try it now. :)
Thank you for the excellent pieces of advice!
been playing mostly metal for a few years and maaan i didn't expect a basic little riff like 8:00 to absolutely wreck me 🤣 this style of playing is so foreign to what ive been playing
Thanks!
Brilliant, subscribed.
This guitars sound whoa
Really great instruction! 🎸 🤠👍
Thanks!! ❤️
Where can I buy that t shirt!? Toe Knee Rice. LOVE IT.
Less talk more shreddddd!!!
Thank you for being such a great teacher
This guy !!!! Thank you so much
👍 👌 👍 teacher.