Guitar Students: The 3 Most Important Words I Have for You...
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- čas přidán 16. 09. 2021
- SLOW DOWN.
BREATHE.
Be where you're at, and be cool with that.
Then, proceed patiently, meticulously, tenaciously, and musically.
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#guitarlesson #mindfulness
“ Place the notes don’t chase the notes” Is a winner. Thank you!
I was about to write the same. Hearing that was a light bulb moment in my musical journey. 👍
If this hasn’t ended up on a line of merch yet I think it should. T with that on the front, meticulously. patiently. tenaciously. musically. on the back is a win.
“Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note, y'know. And that, it's as simple as that really. And don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it.” - Mark Hollis (RIP)
Spirit of Eden, and Laughingstock, are two of the best albums ever recorded. His solo album was really great too. I found talked talk years ago through reading interviews with Stars of The Lid. If you want to talk about patient and slow.
@@machinevsfascist I couldn’t agree more. Perfect records.
"Living in the moment is a gift. That's why they call it the present." - Ted Lasso
Oooh I like that!
Your "philosophical" approach to everything is resonating with me. I love how you talk about embodiment with the instrument. I'm 56, a music producer and studio owner, but I'm just starting to get deep into guitar. It's a love affair I'm afraid:) You are nailing the approach. Stay loose, natural and conversational, it slows me down whilst learning. I appreciate you. *guitar in- hand*
Thanks Chris!
I gotta make a video called "play like a producer" - it's something I think about a lot! The idea that we should not have hot-lick-tunnel-vision, but pay attention to the song and add to it in a subtle and useful way :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Both picking up keyboard and then recording songs in a DAW has changed the way I play guitar, more producer like...
Waiting for thar video!
Exactly how I feel, exactly!!!♥️💙
Dude I needed this. I’m playing a gig next week and I’m also playing in two separate bands that day. I’ve had about 25 to 30 songs I’ve had to work out the past month or so. So I’ve had to push myself and I wasn’t super confident in a rehearsal I had last night. This is exactly what I needed to hear
oooof that's a lot of songs!
I dont knkw how people are capable of this. Im like 3 songs a week max lol. Best of luck with your performances.
@@EricHaugenGuitar thankfully it’s a lot of classic rock tunes and the groups I’m in are not requiring things note for note haha but still wanna be at the top
Of my game
Yea man, I replaced a guitarist in a country band, I’ve been hip deep in around 50 songs that I needed to get down in the last two months. Yikes!
As long as you're having fun.., it all started to feel like pressure on myself.. so I quit all the bands and just love casual jams now...
Oh! I just discovered a way to slow down and be super-musical: play along with Miles Davis on his "Kind Of Blue" album. Man, he makes every note ~count~ and isn't flashy or be-bop-y. Soulful to the max.
Yes! That is the number one jazz record anyone who is at all curious about jazz should own! So much more about TOAN and FEEL than chops :-)
I needed this. Thanks, Eric!
Great lesson, as always! And man, that tone!
What a great lesson! Thanks Eric
The old saying ‘if you can play it slow... then you can play it fast’... in all walks of life we start slow... our first step... it’s all connected. The anxiety.. tightness ... don’t screw up the chord lol that resonated... sometimes we literally hold breath when playing something ‘hard’... we should be breathing more! Great video
Heck yeah! Needed this today. Thank you!
Eric-Your perspective is amazing! Keep up the great work!
Llamarific lesson, as per usual. Thank you!
Guitar mindfulness! Love it Eric.
Brilliant video! So many great points! I'm really glad I came across your channel!
Good video and suggestions, thanks Eric for the lesson.
ugh, never cease to teach me something new…thank you!!!
Love this style of teaching
Thank you EHG! Super helpful! My weekend practice time has now come into focus. Much appreciated.
Excellent Lesson Eric the guitar wisdom you teach is right on and appreciated!
Wow! What a great lesson. Thanks Eric, great!
Eric, great job and always appreciate your sessions. Thank you for always sharing so much great mojo brother!
This is so inspiring. I appreciate the effort that has gone into this video, making sure the guitar the people who aren’t sure if what we’re doing is right, feel ok. Thank you Eric 👍🏼
You're fantastic Eric. I really love your videos man. Thank you.
so insightful. thanks eric
This is such a great lesson to learn. Learning that guitar is about more than speed is so liberating.
That's what I love about Eric. He really wants to teach and not just show off his skills.
@MarkS Yes! I would so much rather help people than have them be impressed with my blues licks with weird notes!
Love your guitar tone🤘🏻
Thank you for being you, and for doing what you do.
absolutely great advice!! I've been thinking that for years, it's so true! thank you Eric.
I love your style and "words of wisdom"! I'll be checking you out more. Thanks
Thank you. Really good advice
Hi Eric - I really enjoy your honest approach to what you do - oneness with the guitar is a winner!
Thanks Eric great advice
Great lesson Eric more so you have a fantastic philosophy on how to be grounded with guitar....much thanks
"Hi, I'm high functioning anxiety". That's frickin' hilarious and that makes two of us ;) I really enjoy your lessons. Some great words of wisdom. Thx!
This is SUCH a great lesson, thank you! It’s something I really struggle with. I’ve also been training as a professional wrestler for a few years and I always struggled to slow things down: because I always feel like faster is better and right-er. And I put loads of pressure on myself in both practices because I want to get it right. During lockdown I’ve been able to start working slower on things, and realising that to progress I need to embrace failure because it’s part of the learning process. Such an important lesson!
Thank you Eric. I really needed this. I’ve been working like a dog and some guitar meditation sounds pretty good right now.
Still the most relatable, long game thinking guit-teacher on the 'Tube. Thanks Eric!
You're such a cool dude and have such a great teaching style.
My favorite teacher ever. Happy to be a Patreon supporter.
This is incredible!
You have the right vibe for my kind of being 👌, love it. Thank you
I love playing around with Back on the Chain Gang by the Pretenders for a chord progression. I need to learn a lot of those almost jazz chords, though. Great video!
Eric. Man, you're a Seer! What a fabulously well made point; so helpful and positive. Thank you, thank you!
Eric you are a gift.
Good sound advice as always Eric. Fridays wouldn't be the same without you
wonderful stuff. Very helpful
Thanks Nathan!
Great advice as always. Breathing, taking a break, not putting too much stress on oneself and enjoy the instrument. When I slow down I like to make it cool adding bends, some note here or there, just like you showed. There's many ways to play cool slower stuff.
Boy howdy, this was excellent to hear! Started guitar at 40 and at 48 I’m certainly much better than I was, but still struggling to make things musical. And not beating myself up about it. Tenacity ain’t the problem, but ease… oneness with the instrument, that’s the dream. So… Slow down… breeeeathe… Thank you, sir!
I hear that. I'm 44, been playing just over a year. Slowing down helps a lot, as does remembering that the whole point is having fun. Some days I focus and practice and some days I turn on a bunch of pedals I have no business owning at this point and make noise. And often, those times are where things are the most musical, even if they are fairly simple.
LOVE this and really needed it: right message at the right time. Thank you, Eric! Happy to have just become one of your Patreon supporters. :)
Yay! Thanks so much for your support!
Oh man, that little outburst of self-loathing at around 11:10 just cracks me up … I can hear that in my head every time I make a mistake. This lesson really speaks to me. Thank you, as always.
amazing. thank you.
Wow Eric, you ain't kidding all of it Especially the breathing , great video as always , Peace !
Exactly what I needed to see and hear today. Mindfulness is what I have been working on in life lately... Now I will extend that to my guitar life also.
I'm enjoying my saturday morning coffee, replying to comments, I'll make some breakfast, and then ride my bike, go on a hike :-)
That's my mindful Saturday!
man you're awesome. like your approach. keep it up
Thanks so much!
I try to keep it real - give the solid info that helps :-)
Your approach helps me settle into the work with a lot less angst, so thanks
Yes! If we can cope with the frustration/micro-failures that come along with practice, we can make so much more progress!
You’re awesome, man! Not just as a guitar player. As a person. God bless.
Thanks so much Brian!
I really try to put good vibes out into the world, with everything I do :-)
Keep being awesome! When I'm playing and find myself speeding up, I remember your advice to slow down, and it is like meditation. This lesson is a gem.
Yeah! I have to do it too!
C O N S T A N T L Y !
You have quickly become my favorite CZcams guitarist within the past 2 days. Thank you so much. Your advice of just slowing down and making everything musical has already made my playing sound and feel better. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re the best. Thanks!
Yeah! Patience is everything!
This is amazing! I recently came to the funk riffs are stoner riffs realization myself and I’m so glad you said that! It’s totally true! Also as a drummer who started guitar late I seriously appreciate your message of approaching the instrument like a meditation. Slowing down, taking a breath. Exactly what I needed to hear. Best guitar channel on CZcams.
I play drums too! It totally affects the way I think of guitar!
Everything is groove and fills!
I would love to jam with dis guy!!! Great advice for guitar!
Thanks Eric. This might be the very timely advice I need right now. TA
From the title, I was guessing "use a metronome," but "slow down, breathe" is probably exactly what I needed to hear today. (For guitar... of course.)
Great video
Man, another great video
i needed this feedback
Hey Eric, new sub here. Honestly I clicked for the Firebird 😍 stayed for the lesson lol.
I'm getting the epiphone version soon, so excited!! I hope to do it justice the more sophisticated my playing becomes so I'll be around lol.Yours looks and sounds amazing btw. Cheers
You’ve really helped me slow down. I’ve been a chaser for so long! That’s why my playing hasn’t historically been clean!
Easily the best guitar teaching CZcamsr that ever CZcamsd ! I’ve actually learnt more ‘stuff /skills’ that I actually use in my playing in a week than I did with my actual face to face teacher in a year.
Thanks for reigniting my passion for the guitar Eric ! You truly don’t know how much of an impact you have made. I’ll be signing up to your patreon as soon as I get home as I feel like I’m stealing, like how the actual fawk is this content free
That's what I love to hear!
Embrace slowness and simplicity - that's how to get the most out of it!
Hey! Great video and sick guitar!
💯 on Life on Mars chord precession
Thanks Laura!
Bowie is LIFE!
THANK YOU,THIS I FEEL WILL AND COULD BE A TURNING POINT FOR ME.
Yessss! Always take it easy!
Great advice Eric - agree on Life On Mars and, indeed, falling asleep to the guitar.
circa the 15th video of yours i am watching now and i have been silently nodding yes ( in the sense of amen or i think you are right ), or downright saying it out loud for the last few hours over and over again. cheers man !
Thank you so much for your outstanding advice and lessons. (I've checked hundreds of YT teachers, you are top 3 in my personal ranking)
Dude! Thanks so much!
Great advice @5:19, Eric. Thanks!
I’m still pretty new to guitar and most of this is gibberish to me! Still, I love to watch and pick up little things along the way. Thanks for all you do!
Welcome to the club!
Slow and musical is the way to improve the fastest! It's counter-intuitive!
Fantastic lesson for both guitar and life. You also managed to bring the A.B.R. in a big way!!!! Sidenote, I appreciate your appreciation of Tony Iommi!! Have a great weekend!
Yes! Tony is the r i f f m a s t e r !
I really appreciate your lessons, I’ve been making a much more conscious effort into “practicing and learning” rather than “playing” to get over the plateau I’ve been on
Having lots of fun learning why the things I like sound good, and how to capture that magic in my own playing
Thanks again man
Yes! The "....why the things I like sound good.." part of music is MY FAVORITE THING!
this was very helpfull thank you!
Thanks, Eric.
You the man eric
I purchased your Bell Bottom Blues double stop tabs, and they were great. Love your videos.
Thanks for your support!
Thanks!
Zen Master Eric Haugen, this is good stuff!
Hey!!!Stoner rock friend...Yeahh...just found your channel today. to the shed and down the rabbit hole...remember what the Doormouse said!!
Thanks, just thank you.
Excellent advice, especially about slowing down. Faster doesn't equal better.
So awesome. I’m gonna go write me some Three Dog Night stoner riffs. That’s how I feel today!
What a genuine and smart person you are..
A lot of wisdom inhere ..
As a person who started at 40 and playing for 6 years .. I totally relate to your approach and philosophy..
I am getting better each day..and that’s enough for me ..
Sky is the limit..
Cheers and greetings from Sudan 🇸🇩..
Thanks friend!
Yeah! It's all about enjoying the journey - we're younger now than we'll ever be, but wiser than we were yesterday!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Amen bro..
I heard someone say if you play the wrong note in a phrase or chrod just play the pattern again like you meant it and it sounds cool 😎
I had a great night relaxing and noodling last night after your advice come up with some nice sounds you have a calming influence cheers from Australia 👍
that super 64 sounds gorgeous. not normally a fan of mini humbuckers but that combination really works for funk. sounds like marc ribot meets wah wah watson. cool
I really am guilty of abusing myself when I'm not getting something right.
The result is always.... 2-3 hours of really bad practice where I can't get anything right.... Your advice may just save me an early heart attack and a broken guitar.
Subbed.
Yeah bruh!
If we can learn to take it easy, just like walkin' down the street, we'll do so much better!
@@EricHaugenGuitar
I've been a perfectionist my entire life. It was only learning guitar that taught me that perfect isn't desirable. Expression is.
Eric I know this wasn’t the main point of the video, but I have spent hours reviewing the one minute section 9:45 to 10:45 where you play and post the chords for Life On Mars. What a great progression! There’s so much chord theory to unpack there! I’m not one to make requests of someone who makes such great free content, But I would love to see an in-depth breakdown on that progression. Either way I felt it necessary to say how much I learned from you in literally one minute. Thank you so much!
There's SO MUCH going on in there! It's really like 2 hours of instruction!
The augmented chords alone are so fascinating!
Learning guitar is intense, playing guitar is meditative. I have to have the lick or song I'm playing to the point of muscle memory before it can be relaxing. I need to digest and implement these practices. For some reason I feel like I need to learn new songs and play them in 1 take.
some quality info sir, thanks
You are a hero, Eric. Thank you. This guy is definitely alright
Kinda reminds me of when my dad was teaching me how to drive stick. He said “your passengers just want a smooth ride” …
Yes! I drive manual as well - I think that's a very cool way to think of improv. Keep those shifts smoooooooth
Eric, I'd love for you to start making one attitudinal/inspirational/ideological care and feeding lecture/sermon/session weekly. After all, there's really only so much hardcore NEW instruction a student can handle on a frequent basis, and honestly, I got lessons to last me a lifetime! But guidance and support, that's a need I never run out of! Happy to be a Patreon compatriot.
I need to do some more on dynamics!
That's the other thing - I never have to tell students to play more forcefully, but often remind them to explore the quieter side of pick attack.
Thank you Doc!
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Great ideas! Super helpful. On another note, you look as good as you did in Jaws! Thanks and cheers!!
we need a bigger boat