Eric Johnson Lesson: Harmonic Arpeggio (Cascade, Chapter 32)

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    Everything amazing about Eric's style, condensed into one fearsome ascending pentatonic lick! Watch the entire 6-hour Cascade seminar: troygrady.com/seminars/cascade/
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Komentáře • 133

  • @milesharris335
    @milesharris335 Před 6 lety +127

    Where did all these whiner baby's in the comment section? This man is giving away this knowledge for free and people have the audacity to complain. People would have killed for guitar instructional videos this cohesive pre-internet! People like Troy are integral to the growth of music as a whole and I just had to say something because this man deserves so much respect for the work he has done and continues to do. Yall' bitches need to learn to be humble!

    • @AlexVonCrank
      @AlexVonCrank Před 6 lety +2

      Miles Harris Amen bro!

    • @rojenhc5288
      @rojenhc5288 Před 5 lety +3

      So true. .We are so fortunate that he gave away these lessons for free 😇👌

    • @JessieJames0317
      @JessieJames0317 Před 5 lety +1

      Bro, imagine what dudes like George Lynch and Reb Beach would have been like if they had videos like this to learn from instead of learning it all on the fly.

  • @Snowy0123
    @Snowy0123 Před 9 lety +22

    I absolutely love your enthusiasm for the amazing Eric Johnson.. Mechanics and techniques are something that I've always been infatuated with..

    • @collinjamesguitar
      @collinjamesguitar Před 4 lety

      BJ EJ is my biggest influence and his technical skills and mechanics from the late 80’s through the 90’s was something of a marvel. Never been equaled.

  • @n.s.3410
    @n.s.3410 Před 7 lety +12

    dude, you're a genius

  • @Galactu5
    @Galactu5 Před 9 lety +23

    You amaze me, Troy! Of course your playing, instruction and presentation are stellar, but the neutron star metaphor was out if this world! You are the guitar teacher for the modern age and someone I can totally identify with when it comes to cultural references and guitar mechanics minutiae.
    I have every expectation you will parlay this project into something even more epoch-making in the near future. You are just too damn talented!

  • @muleblues71
    @muleblues71 Před 5 lety +3

    Saw Eric live for the first time the other night. Mind blown. Thanks for this cool lesson!

  • @harpethguitar
    @harpethguitar Před 7 lety +13

    I love this lick! I think Eric plays it in F to eliminate the open string harmonic noise left ringing when playing it in E.

  • @kigahaskell
    @kigahaskell Před 9 lety +7

    Troy, your videos are what I had always wanted guitar instruction videos to be. I look forward to them and check them out immediately as soon as you post them. Excellent work, sir!

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 9 lety +2

      kigahaskell Likewise, this kind of comment is what we always imagined CZcams could be, in a kinder gentler, troll-free world! Thanks for watching our stuff -- we'll keep making it!

    • @kigahaskell
      @kigahaskell Před 9 lety +1

      ***** Thanks, Troy! I just signed up for Masters of Mechanics. If you put it out, I'll pick it up. :)
      On a separate note, are you considering attending Vai Academy this summer? It's just a few days but you'd get to hang out with both Steve Vai and Eric Johnson. I bet if you bring the magnet, you'd be able to get some nice close up footage from both of them!

  • @djm6007
    @djm6007 Před 9 lety +1

    Thanks Troy, I love these kinds of licks in this video. Especially those repeating kind of licks. I got a few new licks in my tool box that I can't stop playing, thanks again.

  • @patandmacmusic
    @patandmacmusic Před 4 lety

    Troy's excitement for this lick is so palpable. Bless his heart.

  • @mrKRB64
    @mrKRB64 Před 9 lety

    Your channel's awesome sir. Eric Johnson's one of my favorite guitarists and his tone makes him sound even better than he already is- you've captured it really well!

  • @kirkmckim2685
    @kirkmckim2685 Před 4 lety

    The science of it is pretty amazing. Great job!

  • @BrendanClarkGuitar
    @BrendanClarkGuitar Před 9 lety +12

    Dude u are such a beast!! Im a big time fan of ur vids ur amazing dude!

  • @rayberczik5654
    @rayberczik5654 Před 4 lety

    If only this had been available 15 years ago!!! Man what a tremendous amount of information given out!!

  • @TheMikebledsoe92
    @TheMikebledsoe92 Před 9 lety +1

    Awesome breakdown.

  • @benkehler6415
    @benkehler6415 Před 8 lety +1

    troy...OH boy ole boy! You have shown to me how enormous a guitar is. I have always wanted to learn so at a point in life in which I choose to do things I have always wanted to I fear I don't have enough time...LOL ! Seriously. The respect and amazing things achieved through discipline really is new life to me. I will never listen the same again.

  • @TheWhatthefuck12
    @TheWhatthefuck12 Před 9 lety +8

    you made me excited by your excitement... lol good job!

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 9 lety +8

      TheWhatthefuck12 Right on! If I have no enthusiasm for a topic, I can't talk about it, so it all works out.

  • @octavio-blues-sound3022

    You are great Troy...!!! Really Great as ever...!!! Thanx again man!!! God bless you lavishly, for... real art techs are some of the vocabulary you use to reflect the Infinite Spirit from the stage to everyone around... (If you are inspired...). Thaaaanks...!

  • @markyboo
    @markyboo Před 9 lety +24

    Okay-huge props for the neutron star reference. I've been an astronomy geek since I was a wee lad, even longer than I've been a guitar geek.

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 9 lety +10

      ***** We haven an astronomy major on the team here at Cracking the Code, so we're always trying to appeal to the Cosmos crowd!

    • @markyboo
      @markyboo Před 9 lety

      ***** Y'all are rockin' my kind of crowd over there.

    • @dannyhood66
      @dannyhood66 Před 8 lety

      +Troy Grady Cosmos's full moon parties, 'psytrance?

    • @paulvinova
      @paulvinova Před 7 lety

      Mark Lambert Aye, I'm the same. Love guitars and astronomy.

  • @carlosclaptrix
    @carlosclaptrix Před 7 lety

    Great teacher!

  • @mistermorningthere
    @mistermorningthere Před 9 lety +2

    Love this

  • @DaviUba
    @DaviUba Před 4 lety +3

    Amazing! You are a great guitarrist and teacher!

  • @TheHanzo200
    @TheHanzo200 Před 9 lety

    Amazing video

  • @fuzzfizz
    @fuzzfizz Před 2 měsíci

    Took me years after seeing this video, and finally, after many struggles, got myself a gibson nighthawk.

  • @calebsj
    @calebsj Před 8 lety +1

    this is very challenging! but I'm starting to get it

  • @AlexVonCrank
    @AlexVonCrank Před 6 lety +7

    People here are like "I don't want to hear about what we're doing I just want to see you play what we're doing." How the duck is that going to teach you anything. LISTEN to the man. He's teaching you music not JUST guitar. Appreciate his teaching genius as well as his plying. You might find yourself writing something based on these ideas instead of just playing the lick in question. He's giving you context.

  • @thejuiceweasel
    @thejuiceweasel Před 9 lety +3

    Great lesson as always! I wonder, will the be any videos on Shawn Lane in the future in any of your video series? He's such a brilliant picker, yet there's so few documentation...

  • @Hugo-kx5sy
    @Hugo-kx5sy Před 4 lety

    @Troy, you do an awesome job! Thank you.
    Could you please do one video on Michael Romeo's sweep tapping ?

  • @truthiz7873
    @truthiz7873 Před 4 lety

    His set at the Holiday Inn on Thursday's during happy hour is good too. Plus shots are half price

  • @bobbysbackingtracks
    @bobbysbackingtracks Před 9 lety +40

    ERICNESS!

  • @MickCorgi
    @MickCorgi Před 5 lety +4

    Amazing. How are you simulating the Eric lead tone? Few people are even close to it.

  • @rickrudd
    @rickrudd Před 4 lety +4

    As a flawed, indeed (in many ways) half-assed guitarist, it's amazing how I can rip off descending sixteenth notes, but I find ascending so difficult to cleanly pull off.

  • @rockinroy
    @rockinroy Před 8 lety +1

    VERY COOL VIDEO. I LIKE THE WAY ERIC ATTACKS THAT LAST NOTE FROM THE BEGINNING EXAMPLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT GAP OF SILENCE PRIOR TO THE LAST NOTE ATTACK. IT IS SUTTLE TOUCHES LIKE THIS THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
    YOU ARE A GREAT GUITARIST. I NEED SOME HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT LIKE YOU.

  • @summit_sayem
    @summit_sayem Před 9 lety +6

    2:12.. "and then we've got the middle finger alone on the g-string" lol no pun intended

  • @ylcn77ylcn
    @ylcn77ylcn Před 8 lety

    very nice great

  • @jasonkerr931
    @jasonkerr931 Před 5 lety +4

    What guitar is that you are playing? Beautiful tone!

  • @Alkiddc
    @Alkiddc Před 6 lety

    Sick guitar

  • @renzTBDR
    @renzTBDR Před 8 lety +1

    Can you do Richie Kotzen? You videos are awesome. Subscribed!

  • @yougotmikelopez
    @yougotmikelopez Před 9 lety +1

    Any chance you break down any Tony MacAlpine stuff? Maybe some passages and melodies that are a bit more complex.

  • @LifesonPetrucci
    @LifesonPetrucci Před 9 lety +2

    So if I wanted to watch everything you've done on Eric Johnson is it like in one package available on your website? I want to learn all those licks and runs that you've broken down. Thanks, awesome videos!

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 9 lety +1

      LifesonPetrucci Hi! The "Cascade" seminar is our most intensive EJ investigation, and this is one chapter (out of 35!) that you're watching here. You can pick up the seminar by itself, or you can get it as part of the Masters in Mechanics subscription that also includes a bunch of other seminars and interviews. Up to you. Details on the Mechanics page on our site. Thanks!

  • @thomaszonkowski2115
    @thomaszonkowski2115 Před 4 lety +1

    Troy! I appreciate you MUTHERF~

  • @jsbachguitar1
    @jsbachguitar1 Před 8 lety

    I am confused on the RH at 3:30 ish. You are playing down up on the A string which has you moving away from the D string and the same from D to G strings? This is all set up by the initial sweep.

  • @nojyeloot
    @nojyeloot Před 4 lety

    Troy is today what Hot Licks /REH videos was in the 90s... but way, WAY better.

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 4 lety

      Those guys were pioneers and we're still watching their stuff!

  • @GUZMPERA
    @GUZMPERA Před 9 lety

    hi troy, great lick and great lesson! but i'm a little confused with the left hand fingering...the tab doesn't match the video

  • @Guitar387
    @Guitar387 Před 3 lety

    Need to buy the cascade pack to learn how to do it properly.

  • @CaribSurfKing1
    @CaribSurfKing1 Před 8 lety +1

    That actually the first position pentatonic MAJOR in G. The notes are major sounding

  • @calebsj
    @calebsj Před 8 lety +2

    kinda hard to get a pinch harmonic with an up stroke

  • @tommcilwraith6925
    @tommcilwraith6925 Před 7 lety

    On the b string note 18th fret you say its an up stroke but seem to change it to a down stroke for the repeating 2 string arpeggio part. Is this correct? HELP!

  • @noisyneil
    @noisyneil Před 8 lety +5

    for those of you who are only interested in the harmonic octave note, and couldn't care less about over-analysing one of eric's lines, use the knuckle of your thumb on your picking hand to scuff the string as you play it. experiment with position as it's beyond the fretted part of the instrument. you'll get it.
    troy has an amazing capacity for analysis and is clearly an outstanding picker, but he tends to go on a bit!

    • @QuikdethDeviantart
      @QuikdethDeviantart Před 8 lety +1

      lol. spot on. I go to Troy when i want to exhaust every aspect of a topic... his analyses are without peer in the world of CZcams guitar info but you are right, the title is a bit misleading... thankfully I've had the pinch harmonic technique under my "thumb" for quite some time now... 😂

  • @pablogodoy6207
    @pablogodoy6207 Před 8 lety

    NO EMPIEZA DESDE EL TERCER TRASTE?

  • @SomeDudeOnline
    @SomeDudeOnline Před 9 lety

    Haha! At 2:32, I set the CZcams video speed to .5 to make sure I had all of the notes right and before I changed it back to normal setting Troy started explaining the sequence but at half speed. So he sounds like a child explaining something to a younger child.

  • @angelophan
    @angelophan Před 6 lety +1

    Hey Troy, how difficult is moving through scales and arpeggios on piano vs. guitar? Is it more intuitive to learn on your own through practice on piano? I want to learn piano, I'm just wondering the time investment required for fluency versus guitar. Thanks!

    • @xthatghomiex2939
      @xthatghomiex2939 Před 6 lety

      Angelo Phan Guitar is my primary instrument, being highly proficient on it and competent on piano, for me piano feels much more intuitive to play arpeggios. The technique is also simpler.

  • @basshippy101
    @basshippy101 Před 9 lety +2

    Ha, all the Ericness :D

  • @AxelShelleyMusic
    @AxelShelleyMusic Před 9 lety +4

    You're like the Gordon Ramsay of guitar playing :P Nice work man!

    • @Thesamdeman22
      @Thesamdeman22 Před 9 lety

      Gordon Ramsay lol, this reminds me of a live radio show that eric played for once. If you look at the video, the people at the radio show set up his equipment badly, and his signature tone was just murdered. Eric immediately starts shaking his head, and I can just see him shouting and swearing like Gordon Ramsay in my mind.

  • @LordFingers1
    @LordFingers1 Před 6 lety +1

    troy cuts it strict

  • @Senira322
    @Senira322 Před 8 lety

    i've never studied economy picking. do you think it's necessary that i practice it to sound like eric johnson?? or can i get away with it by just alternate picking?? :

    • @SuperPsychoterror
      @SuperPsychoterror Před 8 lety

      +aravis123 Which ever way you can accomplish it and still feel comfortable. I know there have been many songs I have learned where it supposed to be played one way but I can replicate it another way and nobody has ever known the difference.

  • @craigcox1309
    @craigcox1309 Před 4 lety

    does this guy have tabs for this stuff?

  • @tedz24
    @tedz24 Před 2 lety

    there are so many things wrong with your lespaul i don't know where to begin. can you tell us more about it?

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 2 lety

      It's not a Les Paul. It's a Gibson Nighthawk. Unusual animal, 25.5" scale length. You can find more about it on the Googs.

  • @mrmres
    @mrmres Před 4 lety

    0:05 7:39. 1:52.
    2:32. 2:58

  • @davejackson88
    @davejackson88 Před 4 lety

    1 thsnd thnx 4 shared that

  • @craig4fsu
    @craig4fsu Před 7 lety +4

    32 Justin Beaver fans...

  • @jamminroom3021
    @jamminroom3021 Před 5 lety

    a fuckin gibson nighthawk! /,,/, YEAAAAAAH!

  • @slydogtom
    @slydogtom Před 7 lety +1

    Well, congrats; you're Eric Johnson. Now what do we do with the old one?

  • @famosolameacaga8257
    @famosolameacaga8257 Před 3 lety +1

    0:05

  • @GuitaristWayneWhite
    @GuitaristWayneWhite Před 8 lety

    What is the name of the song this lick is taken from?

  • @utk1997
    @utk1997 Před 6 lety

    1:34

  • @fraaul7712
    @fraaul7712 Před 9 lety

    What model is that Gibson?

  • @funeralbillii9172
    @funeralbillii9172 Před 6 lety

    When you want a Les Paul that stays in tune, buy the Gibson built like Fender, the Nighthawk!! lol

  • @dayuhanspace
    @dayuhanspace Před 7 lety

    it came out of nowhere

  • @stevewarren4813
    @stevewarren4813 Před 4 lety

    Gibson Nighthawk?

  • @rccarsandmusic2641
    @rccarsandmusic2641 Před 5 lety

    Use music theory, Its a boxed 6th arpeggio. The P scale has 6th and m7 arpeggios in it.

  • @mattiv1
    @mattiv1 Před 9 lety

    played so fast that your tuning went crazy :)

  • @xaghru
    @xaghru Před 7 lety

    Hi can I buy a dvd/download of this please?

    • @troygrady
      @troygrady  Před 7 lety +3

      You can. It's part of what we call the "Cascade" seminar, which is 6+ hours long. But honestly the best way to get it is by subscription, which is way cheaper. Then you can watch all our other stuff too.

    • @xaghru
      @xaghru Před 7 lety

      please add links to the standalone seminar. thanks!

  • @boris123f
    @boris123f Před 4 lety

    micheal J fox is that you ?????

  • @cassieblofficial.6226
    @cassieblofficial.6226 Před 6 lety

    I feel u lost one note sir😂😂😁

  • @ddelboccio
    @ddelboccio Před 9 lety +4

    half way through you lost me with the fingering.......you showed us the "skeleton", but not the actual pattern of the very opening lick?

  • @digitalsketchguy
    @digitalsketchguy Před 5 lety +1

    I feel guilty watching this. It's like dissecting a beautiful butterfly

  • @craig4fsu
    @craig4fsu Před 7 lety +12

    If he gives too much info, go watch someone else's video instead of complaining about his.
    Simpletons.

  • @drtaco123
    @drtaco123 Před 3 lety

    This guy is like a 40 year old teenager

  • @joaquinodriozola4963
    @joaquinodriozola4963 Před 9 lety

    you are a great guitarist. why do you use that crap on the fretboard?

    • @erpaloinen
      @erpaloinen Před 8 lety +1

      Do you even know what it is?

    • @joaquinodriozola4963
      @joaquinodriozola4963 Před 8 lety

      Not really thats why im asking, im guesing to avoid hiting open strings or something, It just looks so artificial and unnecessary

    • @erpaloinen
      @erpaloinen Před 8 lety +3

      +Joaquin Odriozola So you don't even know what it does, and yet you call it crap? Dude that's just rude. It's a camera mount, nothing to do with helping his playing.

    • @joaquinodriozola4963
      @joaquinodriozola4963 Před 8 lety

      Or is it to hold a camera(?

    • @flangerkit4528
      @flangerkit4528 Před 8 lety +2

      +Joaquin Odriozola it is

  • @Summersblues1
    @Summersblues1 Před 4 lety

    Less talk !!! Moore. Tab!!!

  • @sirspikey
    @sirspikey Před 5 lety

    how to complicate...

  • @jasonlagud3483
    @jasonlagud3483 Před 8 lety

    this guy is really really good but know one picks like Eric Johnson. it's amazing how one player can be so different from another.

  • @jakebooking13
    @jakebooking13 Před 8 lety

    you should exclude all the reference to the notes you are not playing.whats the point of telling us what not to play..

  • @morganhaslegrave5422
    @morganhaslegrave5422 Před 7 lety +26

    Good lord get to the point!

  • @guitarhack210
    @guitarhack210 Před 2 lety

    As you said " his style " then you have bozo's like Bonamassa who have no style try to rip it off and use it as their own , just sayin'

  • @Mezcaleros-blues
    @Mezcaleros-blues Před 7 lety +33

    Play more, talk less...

    • @carguy3460
      @carguy3460 Před 6 lety +13

      Are you upset with the free lesson?

    • @Victor-vx9nu
      @Victor-vx9nu Před 6 lety +7

      shut the fuck up dude, this is gold coming out of his mouth

    • @charlesgoller71
      @charlesgoller71 Před 5 lety +3

      Sod off more, comment less...

  • @lucasbretels
    @lucasbretels Před 8 lety

    Very nervous teacher.

    • @StratMatt777
      @StratMatt777 Před 7 lety +4

      No, this is what it is like when you have so many ideas in your head and so much enthusiasm about telling them to other people that you can barely run your mouth fast enough to get all the info out as fast as you'd like.
      It's called enthusiasm.... but yes, out of all his videos (he has a ton on here) I can see how this particular one gave you that impression. ;)

  • @Dailyvids25
    @Dailyvids25 Před 5 lety

    This is why Gibson is in trouble. Just look at this guitar for ex. Oh my god! The ugliness...

  • @ronniecoffey9945
    @ronniecoffey9945 Před 7 lety

    slow down on the coffee bro, your rambling

  • @vincenttaylor9691
    @vincenttaylor9691 Před 7 lety +1

    This guy is a great musician , just too busy and annoying, he needs to stop drinking coffee!!!!

  • @Dailyvids25
    @Dailyvids25 Před 5 lety

    That guitar is not good for lessons. The fretboard has to many things going on. It is hard for us to understand were you are on the fretboard.

  • @GuidoSleddens
    @GuidoSleddens Před 7 lety +2

    why are all these guitar guy s taaaalking so much jeeezz - just play and shut up

  • @JasonGwynne
    @JasonGwynne Před 3 lety

    too much talking, not enough playing

  • @markbarrett9594
    @markbarrett9594 Před 3 lety

    Yawn.

  • @amazingme1408
    @amazingme1408 Před 6 lety +1

    get a life....stop copying eric. be original.

  • @Avatar7x7
    @Avatar7x7 Před 6 lety

    Talking too much .. play the lines... slow it down - play it repeatedly and stop talking so much!