Ready to break out of that decade-long minor pentatonic rut and start playing blues solos that HIGHLIGHT the chord changes? 🤔 🎸 Check out my book ‘Beyond Pentatonic Blues Guitar’ 👉geni.us/beyondpentatonic 🎸 Don’t know me well enough yet? That’s fair! Here’s a FREE blues improvisation masterclass so you can figure out if I’m full of sh*t or not BEFORE you buy from me 👉www.bulletproofguitarplayer.com/freebluesmasterclasswaitinglist
There's some questionably heated debate/criticism circulating down below about my use of the word 'infamous' in this video title. My thinking was - this type of SRV lick is infamously stolen by guitar players the world over. Perhaps I should have used 'famous' instead. Oh well. I'm not losing sleep over it and neither should you. As you were ;)
Lol my bad. This video has continually showed up on my recommended videos for weeks & it irritated me every time i saw it. I was drunk earlier & decided to comment on it
When I hear those rifs, I always remember the great influence of Buddy Guy and Otis Rush, two of the masters of the Electric Elastic Blues, from the Delta to Chicago, those rifs were made and polished like the rocks in the Mississippi river by the running water every single day. Like Lightnin Hopkins said: You can imitate me, and you will not fail even if you do, because that is your style, that is the magic of blues, everyone has its style.
I love that lick with the flat 9! I am a picker who grew up in the 60's and 70's and I am pretty sure Jimmy Hendrix originated it in the late 60's and used it often. I remember hearing it on Jimmy's "Red House" blues. Thanks for covering this cool sounding lick!
WELL It's floodin' down in Texas...aaaaaall of the telephone lines are down... Love it, my dude. I used to play in a band with a guy who would play SRV tunes and point out which sections of solos came from which other guitar players. "Oh, that's a Freddie King thing. This one he got from Lonnie Mack. That's a Chuck Berry riff." It was a pretty cool way to learn about influences.
Daniel Theoden Gary Moore had an identical one back in the day, historically speaking he didn't divert to Gibson until he'd had minor success and had to the cash to upgrade 😂
Weren't most of Marks "Strats" really Schecters? I'm pretty sure he moved to Schecter custom Strat copies pretty early on, I could be wrong though. Going from a Strat to a Les Paul isn't an "upgrade". That I AM sure of.
Fender made a Knopfler strat. This strat in the video looks more like a fiesta red where as the official fender Knopfler strat is hot rod red. I own it, actually when I bought it I didn’t really know much about Mark. I bought it because I like 7.25 radius fret board in combo with jumbo frets. Plus it’s a ‘59 body with ‘62 neck, both are the best years respectively. And the hot rod red is serious, it’s gorgeous and it’s nitro! With the stock Texas Specials and that thing cooks! After receiving a gift and through very lucky trading of that gift and things following it I eventually was able to get my Knopfler strat FREE!!! I’ll never part with it!
SRV is one of my favourites musicians and I really wanted to sound like him, but without be one more clone, and this class helped me a lot, thank you and hello from Brasil!
This lesson was GREAT! Thank you for the choice to skip theory by time stamping it yourself! Thank you for breaking down the note choices and rhythms and fast, medium, and slow speeds. I never realized he played so many 9 and b9s! No wonder these licks has been so elusive! You’re a great teacher. Please keep it up!
I'm the same about the flat nines. Those have always been mistakes in my mind. I guess if you pass through them quick enough...but,still they sound like mistakes to me.
@@analogman9697 They aren’t mistakes, rather degrees of tension and release. 9b creates a lot of tension which means either resolve it quickly or resolve it fully to the 1. In this case, he’s doing both.
My take on this: SRV was just playing the minor pentatonic for the V chord. What you call the flat ninth is actually the flat fifth of the D minor pentatonic. SRV would mostly play this lick over the V chord. Buddy Guy also does that a lot, but on other positions.
excellent lesson, thank you. I've already incorporated a similar lick into my playing after hearing Hendrix use it in red house. this is different, however, and I have now have more than one way to play the lick. nice to know those additional notes are the 9th and flat 9th.
You bring theory to life, and demonstrate learning it, is fun. Learning scale form patterns is the starting point to improvisation. Thank you for what you contribute to make guitar playing a journey of exploration.
yeah, stealing like an artist. if you don't, you'll just waste your life coming up with what's already there. Instead, take what's already there and make something new of it.
I think im going to check iut your online course your seriously one of the best teachers ive seen the way you go over everything slow and at good speeds its very nice and extremely helpful and you dont go all over the place you stick on track with what your teaching not trying to show to kuch and confuse people its literally perfect I would take your course any day of the week seriously good job
I like the concept of making the licks your own. Self expression in the style of SRV ,TEXAS BLUES. I'll be watching and learning, great lesson ROSS ,Thanks!!!
I started playing guitar 20 years ago, and learned all by ear, with a few tips from friends, and I don't know any of the theory behind playing. I just know what to play, but when other musicians try to communicate ideas to me using actual music lingo, I dont know what they mean. Thanks for the breakdown.
I TNINK MOST PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GENUINE APPROACH TO OPEN THE MINDS OF STUDENTS THAT WANT TO DO THE WORK TO LEARN, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ROSS.
Stevie wouldn't agree with your statement now I respect it as your personal opinion however I would hope you listen to a bit more Albert King its possible over time your opinion may change? Stevie as Great as he definitely was ..did in fact copy a lot of Albert Kings Licks and I do mean a lot..as matter of fact Stevie was so spot on...watch Albert Kings reaction in the Famous sit in video that both albert and stevie did together....sorry if I come across as a huge fan of Albert Kings....its because...well..I am..and so was Stevie Ray Vaughan 😎👍🙏.
This young Man knows so much, and teaches it so even a beginner can understand it if he takes the time to study it, I'm 67 have been playing for years by ear only with a very limited understanding of the basic theory, and his course is helping me get so much farther in my understanding why I've been playing this besides it just sounding good, to why it sounds good. $ 20 dollars is a mere pentence for the years you'll gain in your playing circles around others. If you want to move ahead go for it.
Thank you for the great lessons. I think it would be worth emphasizing that the proper application of this type of lick in the blues would be to use it as a turnaround lick. The reason being that the ninth and flat ninth in any key become the fifth and flat fifth notes of the five chord in a blues song. This is usually the only time those notes (especially the flat ninth) sound right and is why this type of lick isn't best to be randomly employed over a whole song.
I always heard Stevie do that but could never find it myself, and there it is. It's too simple. I thought it was trickier than that. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I checked this out to see how bad it would be like many others. My apologies! You play great, have nice Strat tone, and are an articulate teacher. Nice job!
yeah. what is with the lack of vids with great SRV tones from modelers? a good one is crazy rare. This may be the best one I've heard. If I could achieve that tone with the Pod Go, I would dive headfirst into modeling gear. As long as I could produce that sound and, dare I say "feel", live with a power cab I'd sell what I needed to in order to get there. But I don't want to spend the major jack for an AXE (and probalby get lost in parameter-hell) if I don't have to. If that's the only option then so be it.
Dude. For sharing, regardless of baiting potential, with such generosity you deserve a brotherly hug. You are an AMAZING teacher. I wish time travel was possible. That you got into a time capsule, propelled yourself back to 1979 when I first tried to pick up an electric guitar and my teacher said he had taught me everything he knew...... Well that's not possible, so I just have to Like your post. You are truly AMAZING. IN your understanding of music, AND in explaining it to others. Bless you, and may your efforts be blessed monetarily, and spiritually. Can I adopt you? Lol Coming back for lessons when 6 yo daughter finally finds one of the guitars I've set up for her to stumble across at home, Again, bless you.'You have NO IDEA how great you are. Even if you have some kind of feeling you're doing well. Multiply by a gazillion. True love. Now,, let me digest, 9flat, same as 2nd flat you said?? Oh..... *getting pen & paper* Cheers, H
I was fortunate in the fact that being a border at Milton high school in Bulawayo, Rhodesia Africa one of our physics teacher's Simon had been a student at the Royal academy of music. I was a budding twelve year old guitarist 1972 when he arrived at our Senior school with long hair and a beard but wow what a great guitarist, some afternoons he would sit down and show me the correct way to play song's explaining how the actual scale's worked, he was there right through my senior boarding day's until I went to university. I still keep up my guitar session's, the lesson given here is actually originally Albert King/ Then Roy Buchanan/ SRV and many other's including John Mayer, Bonnamasa ect. Still it was a cool lesson on 9ths for an old Royal Marine who is getting a bit long in the tooth!
Alf Tupper... hehe he doesn't know developing an individual musical style which is easily recognized by others after hearing a few seconds of your play is just about the pinnacle of musicianship.
JJ Ryan Of course it is and I know that. What I'm saying is the Alf guy is focused more on trying to emulate someone else's distinct style instead of cultivating his own.... regardless of how "recognizable" it will be. It will still be his own style, since we all play differently whether famous or not.
Like that you encourage students to understand the theory behind the phrases rather than simply treat them as a party-piece. I've always done this. It's not enough to know how to play such-and-such a solo. It's of infinitely more value to understand where those notes are coming from in terms of the key / scales etc. Nice clear explanation too.
I've used the 9 flat 9 lick for sometime now. Works in faster shuffles really well to. Always interesting to hear someone else's take on a lick, the unique way they interpret it. It's more to add to the armoury. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Hendrix used it a lot too. Perhaps that's where Stevie got it from? He did Hendrix really well.
I'm 55 years old and one thing I will never forget for the rest of my life is that the 9 and flat 9 lie between the root and the 3rd! I'm just saying, great job!
"Blues Pentatonic". It's the first scale we all learned (Pentatonic), then, we added the "blues" note, for that "Blues Pentatonic" scale. That written, your play is very clean and clear, you're a very good bluesman imho!
It may be brief but I like the fact that you’re explaining what is what. Most people just show you and say hey play this and it’ll Spain’s awesome. I’m still learning but I’ve played guitar for a long time but have never had a proper professional lesson. So keep it up bro
Chuck berry , anything these players do was spawned by the early bluesmen. Jimmy Page once said the thing about playing the blues is that's it's very difficult to come up with licks that haven't already been done. And I'm pretty sure its true..Stevie seems got most of his inspiration from previous texas bluesmen, Albert King, and Freddy King..along with others from that era. But if you've listened to those guys you'll hear what I'm talking about. He also drew inspiration from Jimi Hendrix as well. Give a listen to led zeppelins "Tea for one" if you haven't heard it. I think Mr. Page accomplished some blues riffs in a way that hasn't been done before. Brilliant song inho...
Hi Ross, Love your videos, and thanks for all the great info! Quick technique question for you: I noticed that you played the majority of the examples without using your pinky. I've also noticed that many great guitar players like Stevie, Wes Montgomery and Eric Johnson likewise play the majority of their single-note lines with only three fingers. They usually only use their pinky for chords. Is there an advantage to not using the pinky for single-note lines? I've always wondered about this. Thanks in advance!
People worried about the title are here for the wrong reason & just to complain. The lesson is great & the presentation is as well. Who cares about a misspoken word. Damn people, it's not a bid deal.
Hi Ross! Thank you very much for this lesson. Quick question: I see that you using your pinky very rarely in the solos (as SRV used to do). Is there a particular reason for that? And do you think a beginner/intermediate level player can do the same thing or should he train the pinky like other fingers (to build a good technique) ? Cheers !
Just fantastic. Thanks for sharing your hard won expertise and skills Mr. Ross Campbell. The variations will flow once the player masters a few SRV/Hendrix basics...we can't help it...we re all Primates after all is said and done. Mischief and Mayhem are our calling cards.
Those two licks aren't so much SRV licks as they are Freddie King riffs both. SRV and most players know the "three kings". Albert King turnarounds and BB king vibratos give the blues style that makes up Stevie's sound. That and Jimmy Lee's solo of course.
@Grace&Danger None of the blues greats were technical giants. Jazz is a perfect marriage of intellect and technique, while blues is a perfect marriage of emotion and technique. Technique always advances in a dexterous manner. Think about Goven compared to this guy, it's laughable. But does that mean this gentleman can't play? Fuck no! He's clearly a person that put the time in. Don't get into the habit of comparing playing over technical ability, because it's a convo that eventually dismisses the greats over a certain time. It's a fickle discussion.
@@matthewhorizon6050 As much as a love SRV he's pretty repetitive and has a rather limited set of licks he plays over and over again. He plays them incredibly fast and with an intensity few ever matched though. Govan is in another class entiriely for mine though
Ross Campbell Yeah. They play maybe one or two songs at the start. Then its anyones game. Random people will come up with random people and make amazing music. Its a juke joints so its proper bluesy. I went with my friend the week before Christmas and never intended to play. Ended up going up with him after a few pints and the place went wild. Really fun night. Highly recommend it to anyone
This one has more T Bone too. Stevie did not only get stuff from Albert. Lonnie Smith played a big role too. But no Albert no Stevie for sure. But no T Bone no rock or blues lead guitar at all.
Not to be confrontational but Nonsense... This is an established genre and I could tag these licks to a dozen different players.. Not that Albert King or Tom Bone didn't employ them.. But trust me lads there's a horn line that predates all of it.. However in the modern vernacular Stevie owns these phrases.. He just left that much of a dent.
Really cool how you outline the blue notes but emphasize to incorporate these techniques vs cloning yourself into another Stevie copy👍 Thank you! Aloha
RD400D78 It means bad in quality/deed, or abominable. So these licks would be Infamous because he stole them. From the dictionary: "the medical council disqualified him for infamous misconduct"
Great advice on using the b9 and b5 as passing tones, not to lean on them. They should be merely a whiff, a spice, not the main course to fully bring them to life. Good job.
To me SRV was a clever copy cat who stole from the black players, like Page stole them and like Gary Moore stole them, brutalized the licks, sped them up. He copied the Master Hendrix to a large extend. So for me he did not make any lasting impression, same is all true for Gary Moore. No offence to SRV-fans, it is just my personal opinion.
If you listen to interviews with any number of old blues players they talk about how they all borrowed and built on each others' music. It's part of the tradition. SRV very much acknowledged his influences and even had Albert King open for him in 1984 and 1985 (it was amazing). Hendrix was a monster blues player, too. It's not a competition.
Ready to break out of that decade-long minor pentatonic rut and start playing blues solos that HIGHLIGHT the chord changes? 🤔
🎸 Check out my book ‘Beyond Pentatonic Blues Guitar’ 👉geni.us/beyondpentatonic
🎸 Don’t know me well enough yet? That’s fair! Here’s a FREE blues improvisation masterclass so you can figure out if I’m full of sh*t or not BEFORE you buy from me 👉www.bulletproofguitarplayer.com/freebluesmasterclasswaitinglist
You were amazing in Titanic.
Lol
Lol 😂👍
LMAO
Yes he went down well
Got me outta no where😂😂
There's some questionably heated debate/criticism circulating down below about my use of the word 'infamous' in this video title. My thinking was - this type of SRV lick is infamously stolen by guitar players the world over. Perhaps I should have used 'famous' instead. Oh well. I'm not losing sleep over it and neither should you.
As you were ;)
Yeah...you still sound like you habe no understanding of what the word actually means, regardless
@@theincredulousrgp6219 Damn Rob. Rub a little more salt in the wound please? 😂
Lol my bad. This video has continually showed up on my recommended videos for weeks & it irritated me every time i saw it. I was drunk earlier & decided to comment on it
@@theincredulousrgp6219 Rob my understanding is that it means it will live in infamy as in infinity??
Know you have it correct man so don't sweat the dumbasses.
When I hear those rifs, I always remember the great influence of Buddy Guy and Otis Rush, two of the masters of the Electric Elastic Blues, from the Delta to Chicago, those rifs were made and polished like the rocks in the Mississippi river by the running water every single day.
Like Lightnin Hopkins said: You can imitate me, and you will not fail even if you do, because that is your style, that is the magic of blues, everyone has its style.
I love that lick with the flat 9! I am a picker who grew up in the 60's and 70's and I am pretty sure Jimmy Hendrix originated it in the late 60's and used it often. I remember hearing it on Jimmy's "Red House" blues. Thanks for covering this cool sounding lick!
WELL It's floodin' down in Texas...aaaaaall of the telephone lines are down... Love it, my dude. I used to play in a band with a guy who would play SRV tunes and point out which sections of solos came from which other guitar players. "Oh, that's a Freddie King thing. This one he got from Lonnie Mack. That's a Chuck Berry riff." It was a pretty cool way to learn about influences.
Beautiful strat, makes me think of Mark Knopfler.
Daniel Theoden Gary Moore had an identical one back in the day, historically speaking he didn't divert to Gibson until he'd had minor success and had to the cash to upgrade 😂
Weren't most of Marks "Strats" really Schecters? I'm pretty sure he moved to Schecter custom Strat copies pretty early on, I could be wrong though. Going from a Strat to a Les Paul isn't an "upgrade". That I AM sure of.
dt scork he was talking about gary moore
Fender made a Knopfler strat. This strat in the video looks more like a fiesta red where as the official fender Knopfler strat is hot rod red. I own it, actually when I bought it I didn’t really know much about Mark. I bought it because I like 7.25 radius fret board in combo with jumbo frets. Plus it’s a ‘59 body with ‘62 neck, both are the best years respectively. And the hot rod red is serious, it’s gorgeous and it’s nitro! With the stock Texas Specials and that thing cooks! After receiving a gift and through very lucky trading of that gift and things following it I eventually was able to get my Knopfler strat FREE!!! I’ll never part with it!
+Jason T. No, they were Sphincters.
SRV is one of my favourites musicians and I really wanted to sound like him, but without be one more clone, and this class helped me a lot, thank you and hello from Brasil!
Your tone is so good
Thanks!
I was thinking the same thing. Perfect Blues tone
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Sounds great, what strings are you using?
@@RossCampbellGuitarist could i get this preset?
Is this sound from an Axe fx ??
This lesson was GREAT! Thank you for the choice to skip theory by time stamping it yourself! Thank you for breaking down the note choices and rhythms and fast, medium, and slow speeds. I never realized he played so many 9 and b9s! No wonder these licks has been so elusive! You’re a great teacher. Please keep it up!
I'm the same about the flat nines. Those have always been mistakes in my mind. I guess if you pass through them quick enough...but,still they sound like mistakes to me.
@@analogman9697 They aren’t mistakes, rather degrees of tension and release. 9b creates a lot of tension which means either resolve it quickly or resolve it fully to the 1. In this case, he’s doing both.
Nice work, young man. I'm an older fella trying to learn the basics. This really helped.
My take on this: SRV was just playing the minor pentatonic for the V chord. What you call the flat ninth is actually the flat fifth of the D minor pentatonic. SRV would mostly play this lick over the V chord. Buddy Guy also does that a lot, but on other positions.
That final lick is so nice, and I love that you don't just teach a concept, but you show how to apply it in different ways. Great lesson again Ross!
Thank you Scott!
I see fiesta red, I click
SRV an absolute LEGEND LOVE his music.
excellent lesson, thank you. I've already incorporated a similar lick into my playing after hearing Hendrix use it in red house. this is different, however, and I have now have more than one way to play the lick. nice to know those additional notes are the 9th and flat 9th.
You bring theory to life, and demonstrate learning it, is fun. Learning scale form patterns is the starting point to improvisation. Thank you for what you contribute to make guitar playing a journey of exploration.
For anyone who thinks lick thievin' is bad should read Keith Richard's book "Life". His philosophy on that subject is interesting.
He never met a lick he didn't like.
Terry Miller or a bag of heroin
if people didnt steal licks guitar wouldnt be where it is right now
yeah, stealing like an artist. if you don't, you'll just waste your life coming up with what's already there. Instead, take what's already there and make something new of it.
I think im going to check iut your online course your seriously one of the best teachers ive seen the way you go over everything slow and at good speeds its very nice and extremely helpful and you dont go all over the place you stick on track with what your teaching not trying to show to kuch and confuse people its literally perfect I would take your course any day of the week seriously good job
I like the concept of making the licks your own. Self expression in the style of SRV ,TEXAS BLUES. I'll be watching and learning, great lesson ROSS ,Thanks!!!
Sometimes it's not only about the story you tell, but how you tell the story. For every colour has many shades.
I started playing guitar 20 years ago, and learned all by ear, with a few tips from friends, and I don't know any of the theory behind playing. I just know what to play, but when other musicians try to communicate ideas to me using actual music lingo, I dont know what they mean. Thanks for the breakdown.
when i saw this lesson i thought to myself
this is the best teaching i've seen so far
keep up the great work dude.
I TNINK MOST PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GENUINE APPROACH TO OPEN THE MINDS OF STUDENTS THAT WANT TO DO THE WORK TO LEARN, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ROSS.
Thank you Roger 🙏
Stevie Ray was Albert King on Steroids.
Jeff Mcguire he brought his originality into and literally gave life to blues that started to die out after the Clapton craze
Albert King couldn’t sing to save his life
Killer on the Road Albert King was a damn good blues singer, he definitely out sang Stevie on their shared album.
Stevie wouldn't agree with your statement now I respect it as your personal opinion however I would hope you listen to a bit more Albert King its possible over time your opinion may change? Stevie as Great as he definitely was ..did in fact copy a lot of Albert Kings Licks and I do mean a lot..as matter of fact Stevie was so spot on...watch Albert Kings reaction in the Famous sit in video that both albert and stevie did together....sorry if I come across as a huge fan of Albert Kings....its because...well..I am..and so was Stevie Ray Vaughan 😎👍🙏.
On cocaine, am I right? Xd
Magic biscuits...great to learn from an accomplished Scottish player...thanks..
Thank you!
Nice playing Ross. SRV is why a lot of us started playing electric. And never looked back.
This young Man knows so much, and teaches it so even a beginner can understand it if he takes the time to study it, I'm 67 have been playing for years by ear only with a very limited understanding of the basic theory, and his course is helping me get so much farther in my understanding why I've been playing this besides it just sounding good, to why it sounds good. $ 20 dollars is a mere pentence for the years you'll gain in your playing circles around others. If you want to move ahead go for it.
Thank you for the great lessons. I think it would be worth emphasizing that the proper application of this type of lick in the blues would be to use it as a turnaround lick. The reason being that the ninth and flat ninth in any key become the fifth and flat fifth notes of the five chord in a blues song. This is usually the only time those notes (especially the flat ninth) sound right and is why this type of lick isn't best to be randomly employed over a whole song.
I always heard Stevie do that but could never find it myself, and there it is. It's too simple. I thought it was trickier than that. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
I checked this out to see how bad it would be like many others. My apologies! You play great, have nice Strat tone, and are an articulate teacher. Nice job!
He is not a snob. Read the title of the video. infamous means famous for a bad reason.
The way you resolved on G is that a mode to resolve on a 3rd 1st 3rd 5th
And a cool accent to boot!😁
yeah. what is with the lack of vids with great SRV tones from modelers? a good one is crazy rare. This may be the best one I've heard. If I could achieve that tone with the Pod Go, I would dive headfirst into modeling gear. As long as I could produce that sound and, dare I say "feel", live with a power cab I'd sell what I needed to in order to get there. But I don't want to spend the major jack for an AXE (and probalby get lost in parameter-hell) if I don't have to. If that's the only option then so be it.
Nothing like a natural teacher.. Excellent instruction
Dude. For sharing, regardless of baiting potential, with such generosity you deserve a brotherly hug. You are an AMAZING teacher. I wish time travel was possible. That you got into a time capsule, propelled yourself back to 1979 when I first tried to pick up an electric guitar and my teacher said he had taught me everything he knew...... Well that's not possible, so I just have to Like your post. You are truly AMAZING. IN your understanding of music, AND in explaining it to others. Bless you, and may your efforts be blessed monetarily, and spiritually. Can I adopt you? Lol
Coming back for lessons when 6 yo daughter finally finds one of the guitars I've set up for her to stumble across at home,
Again, bless you.'You have NO IDEA how great you are. Even if you have some kind of feeling you're doing well. Multiply by a gazillion.
True love.
Now,, let me digest, 9flat, same as 2nd flat you said?? Oh..... *getting pen & paper*
Cheers,
H
I was fortunate in the fact that being a border at Milton high school in Bulawayo, Rhodesia Africa one of our physics teacher's Simon had been a student at the Royal academy of music. I was a budding twelve year old guitarist 1972 when he arrived at our Senior school with long hair and a beard but wow what a great guitarist, some afternoons he would sit down and show me the correct way to play song's explaining how the actual scale's worked, he was there right through my senior boarding day's until I went to university.
I still keep up my guitar session's, the lesson given here is actually originally Albert King/ Then Roy Buchanan/ SRV and many other's including John Mayer, Bonnamasa ect.
Still it was a cool lesson on 9ths for an old Royal Marine who is getting a bit long in the tooth!
Fully agree on what you were saying in the beginning about taking characteristics and incorporating them into your own playing. Nice vid
If I could just sound anywhere near an SRV clone, I would be a very happy man!
Alf Tupper... hear you!! If I could sound as good as this guy I would be a happy man..
Alf Tupper Why don't you spend your time and energy on sounding like YOU, with your own style instead?
Grover C
If you were to hear my 'style', such as it is, you would understand.
Alf Tupper... hehe he doesn't know developing an individual musical style which is easily recognized by others after hearing a few seconds of your play is just about the pinnacle of musicianship.
JJ Ryan Of course it is and I know that. What I'm saying is the Alf guy is focused more on trying to emulate someone else's distinct style instead of cultivating his own.... regardless of how "recognizable" it will be. It will still be his own style, since we all play differently whether famous or not.
Like that you encourage students to understand the theory behind the phrases rather than simply treat them as a party-piece. I've always done this. It's not enough to know how to play such-and-such a solo. It's of infinitely more value to understand where those notes are coming from in terms of the key / scales etc. Nice clear explanation too.
Great lesson, esp that notion that you shouldnt just copy a lick but try to make it yours instead...😎👍👍👍
Thanks!
That strat is beautiful pal and a great lesson thanks!
Ross, your teaching style and technique are excellent; you’ve given me some great tips: thanks.
Thank you!
I've used the 9 flat 9 lick for sometime now. Works in faster shuffles really well to. Always interesting to hear someone else's take on a lick, the unique way they interpret it. It's more to add to the armoury. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Hendrix used it a lot too. Perhaps that's where Stevie got it from? He did Hendrix really well.
I'm 55 years old and one thing I will never forget for the rest of my life is that the 9 and flat 9 lie between the root and the 3rd! I'm just saying, great job!
Mid seventy here and I appreciate the vid immensely! There are the doers, and then ...
60 here...ditto
Bingo! That's an SRV signature lick.
Something that NOBODY can ever copy or learn about STEVIE's lick Is : "THE PASSIONATE SOUL" he put in every lick he played
Top video, well paced and professionally done. ..will check out more.
Very very nice Sound 👌🏻👌🏻
Great playing and feel. Thanks for this.
Beautiful brain and hands here. Thank you!
Excellent video and instruction. I'm enjoying your Bulletproof course too. First class all the way.
Glad to hear that you're enjoying it, thanks!
"Blues Pentatonic". It's the first scale we all learned (Pentatonic), then, we added the "blues" note, for that "Blues Pentatonic" scale. That written, your play is very clean and clear, you're a very good bluesman imho!
great job Ross just discovered you,keep the blues coming,maybe some Rory Gallagher.thanks
Leave it to a Scotsman to have a great lesson on here!
Fellow Scot here! Great tone brother 👍👍
Pra tocar que nem o SRV, vocês precisam de uma mão de pedreiro também ;)
0.13 é cabo de aço fio
It may be brief but I like the fact that you’re explaining what is what. Most people just show you and say hey play this and it’ll Spain’s awesome. I’m still learning but I’ve played guitar for a long time but have never had a proper professional lesson. So keep it up bro
Mate I seen you play in Edinburgh !! Was amazing
Haha where was it? Thanks man
Ross Campbell place called Mcsorleys, had a great night
Lovely....the 5 to 4 is what Matt Schofield loves so much!
Its a Hendrix voicing I always think. He uses it on Red House.
Buddy Guy used this kinda stuff waaaay before
@@ruudvanderstappen8444 Buddy Guy was Jimi's favorite.
Chuck berry , anything these players do was spawned by the early bluesmen. Jimmy Page once said the thing about playing the blues is that's it's very difficult to come up with licks that haven't already been done. And I'm pretty sure its true..Stevie seems got most of his inspiration from previous texas bluesmen, Albert King, and Freddy King..along with others from that era. But if you've listened to those guys you'll hear what I'm talking about. He also drew inspiration from Jimi Hendrix as well. Give a listen to led zeppelins "Tea for one" if you haven't heard it. I think Mr. Page accomplished some blues riffs in a way that hasn't been done before. Brilliant song inho...
Even earlier, T Bone Walker is ground zero for this stuff
I was going to say the same. you beat me by a year.
This channel is so underviewed right now. Keep up the good work the people will catch up eventually.
Hi Ross,
Love your videos, and thanks for all the great info!
Quick technique question for you:
I noticed that you played the majority of the examples without using your pinky. I've also noticed that many great guitar players like Stevie, Wes Montgomery and Eric Johnson likewise play the majority of their single-note lines with only three fingers. They usually only use their pinky for chords.
Is there an advantage to not using the pinky for single-note lines? I've always wondered about this. Thanks in advance!
Hey Phil, thank you! The answer is no - I do what's comfortable for me and encourage others to do what's comfortable for them.
Great lesson.... not just copying a lick, but moving toward how to create your own ideas. Thanks!
Excellent lesson!
Excellent ! Best SRV lesson ever - thanks for that. Cheers. Mike.
Thank you Mike :)
People worried about the title are here for the wrong reason & just to complain. The lesson is great & the presentation is as well. Who cares about a misspoken word. Damn people, it's not a bid deal.
Oh Yeah. Stevie turns into Asato. Very cool👍🏼
Thanks Christian!
Love that red Strat. Reminds me of the one Gary Moore played.
Hi Ross! Thank you very much for this lesson. Quick question: I see that you using your pinky very rarely in the solos (as SRV used to do). Is there a particular reason for that? And do you think a beginner/intermediate level player can do the same thing or should he train the pinky like other fingers (to build a good technique) ? Cheers !
That tone is so sick!!! 😎👊🏻
Great sounding Strat man!!
Awesome, very inspiring! Thank you for sharing!
I was wondering how to get my Stratocaster to sound like Robin Trower thanks for doing these videos. Cheers!!
Tune to Csharp
Don't forget the univibe
@@stevenchalos7454 C#? I think you mean Eb.
I mean c sharp, as in c sharp
@@stevenchalos7454 Trower did not tune to c sharp. He tuned a half-step down. Is there something very high level I am missing?
Just fantastic. Thanks for sharing your hard won expertise and skills Mr. Ross Campbell. The variations will flow once the player masters a few SRV/Hendrix basics...we can't help it...we re all Primates after all is said and done. Mischief and Mayhem are our calling cards.
Those two licks aren't so much SRV licks as they are Freddie King riffs both. SRV and most players know the "three kings". Albert King turnarounds and BB king vibratos give the blues style that makes up Stevie's sound. That and Jimmy Lee's solo of course.
And SRV fully acknowledged his influences, too.
T-Bone Walker used it from time to time too.
AWESOME VIDEO, you put it all in there and have broke it down in a well articulated way. Thank you
Thanks!
Nxt time do make a video on Eric Johnson stuffs☺
Good suggestion :)
cliffs of dover...
I have looked and scrolled and wasted hours and here it is these things I have forgot and need to relearn
You also need a fuzzy hat with a giant feather in it to truly play like Stevie
Man that strat is just awesoooome!
I'm pretty sure that lick comes from Albert King originally.
@Grace&Danger
None of the blues greats were technical giants. Jazz is a perfect marriage of intellect and technique, while blues is a perfect marriage of emotion and technique. Technique always advances in a dexterous manner. Think about Goven compared to this guy, it's laughable. But does that mean this gentleman can't play? Fuck no! He's clearly a person that put the time in. Don't get into the habit of comparing playing over technical ability, because it's a convo that eventually dismisses the greats over a certain time. It's a fickle discussion.
Nope. That's a Stevie Ray Vaughn original lick.
@@matthewhorizon6050 As much as a love SRV he's pretty repetitive and has a rather limited set of licks he plays over and over again. He plays them incredibly fast and with an intensity few ever matched though. Govan is in another class entiriely for mine though
Young Man I do not care what no one say. You are good and I love it.
U should play at the Howlin’ Wolf on Bath Street in Glasgow. Open Mic, Every Sunday. 9 till Midnight. U would kill it
Sweet, I take it there's a house band there? I might check it out next time I head through.
Ross Campbell Yeah. They play maybe one or two songs at the start. Then its anyones game. Random people will come up with random people and make amazing music. Its a juke joints so its proper bluesy. I went with my friend the week before Christmas and never intended to play. Ended up going up with him after a few pints and the place went wild. Really fun night. Highly recommend it to anyone
+Ross Campbell you gotta do it and have someone record it!! Not to show off (well maybe a little :p ), but so we can see the master in action!
SicSemperEvelloMortemTyrannis TyrannyEnder I second that motion my patriot brother.
Oliver Gold. The place went wild... egos suck and take the fun out of musicians sharing a great time. Always takes one asshole thinking he’s better.
Wasn't expecting it to include a theory lesson to help some understand the lingo and how it applies to intervals. Great video.
Great video - but to give credit where it's due, these are all Albert King licks that SRV...um...borrowed ;)
Um borrowed and then added his own flair which most great guitarist have done that came after the guys that paved the way.
This one has more T Bone too. Stevie did not only get stuff from Albert. Lonnie Smith played a big role too. But no Albert no Stevie for sure. But no T Bone no rock or blues lead guitar at all.
Sick burn
rob o Its Albert King nothing wrong with Stevie Ray but what you're playing is Albert King
Not to be confrontational but Nonsense... This is an established genre and I could tag these licks to a dozen different players.. Not that Albert King or Tom Bone didn't employ them.. But trust me lads there's a horn line that predates all of it.. However in the modern vernacular Stevie owns these phrases.. He just left that much of a dent.
Really cool how you outline the blue notes but emphasize to incorporate these techniques vs cloning yourself into another Stevie copy👍 Thank you! Aloha
I'm still struggling with the naynt and the flat naynt... Is it the same as a 9th and a flat 9th?
Potato/tomato
No. Completely different. But it's only relevant if your a Scot so don't worry about it.
Ross. Thank you! Great video! From and Irish American, much obliged!
Let’s call it the “Famous” SRV lick. :)
Man, this sounds good.
Dude .. this is really good.. but “infamous” means well known for being BAD..
These are licks that are infamously 'stolen' by other guitar players.
I always thought "infamous' meant... MORE than famous.... he's INfamous....
Well... It IS a bad ass lick :-)
Notorious for being badass
RD400D78 It means bad in quality/deed, or abominable. So these licks would be Infamous because he stole them.
From the dictionary: "the medical council disqualified him for infamous misconduct"
You're a really good teacher, only 5 minutes in and I've learnt more theory than ever before. Cheers man.
Thanks Harry!
Great advice on using the b9 and b5 as passing tones, not to lean on them. They should be merely a whiff, a spice, not the main course to fully bring them to life. Good job.
Or just go buy some Albert King Albums, That's all.
Your last lick was incredibly medolic! I definitely learned a thing or two from it ❤️
Srv. was a very repetitive guitarist. Very good but repetitive. Also those lick are Albert kings licks
DrJ 303 your brain actually searches for repetition, so it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s less sophisticated
I have to say that they may be the same notes that every one plays but SRV did not sound like Albert king at all.
lol GTFO
Not all notes but repetitive absolutely.
Brilliant teaching and playing.
To me SRV was a clever copy cat who stole from the black players, like Page stole them and like Gary Moore stole them, brutalized the licks, sped them up. He copied the Master Hendrix to a large extend. So for me he did not make any lasting impression, same is all true for Gary Moore. No offence to SRV-fans, it is just my personal opinion.
Michael Haller yep...
Well you’re wrong and you’re stupid. That’s just my opinion
If you listen to interviews with any number of old blues players they talk about how they all borrowed and built on each others' music. It's part of the tradition. SRV very much acknowledged his influences and even had Albert King open for him in 1984 and 1985 (it was amazing). Hendrix was a monster blues player, too. It's not a competition.
Hey, dude that's the way all musicians did. I steal from other players and develop it and others steal from me. That's how music works.
randommental SRV trying to do pages style would be the car crash and likewise for page. Srv zeppelin would be horrific dude.
Love the Tone
Sounds spot on!
Wow! this is super cool , thank you sir! 👏👏👏
That is the most beautiful neck I've ever seen on a Strat!! Great Specimen!
This is the lick that whenever I try to play it, I "wing it"
Great lesson! Like others have said, I like how you explain how to incorporate the concept rather than just learning the licks.
Glad to hear it :) Thanks
That tone is ON, dude! Nice job!
Pretty slick work ... Thanx for the pointers! 👍
That lick sounds reminiscent of the opening lick in Red house, studio version.
THE BLUES HAS PASSING NOTES
THIS GIVES YOU THE BLUES
SOUND YOUR LOOKING FOR