Richard Lloyd - Alchemical Guitarist #1 Guitar Lesson

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  • čas přidán 3. 03. 2010
  • Guitar World present a series of guitar lessons with Richard Lloyd, the influential guitarist from the band Television, called The Alchemical Guitarist.
    Lesson #1 is about The Cycle of Fourths and fifths.
    To buy all 12 lessons on DVD check out guitarworld.com/store
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  • @bennyshambles
    @bennyshambles Před 10 lety +121

    Very few guitar nerds have respect for Richard Lloyd, but homeboy played (sick as hell) lead guitar in Television, one of the original and best NYC Punk bands. He's been killing it since 1974 or so, and he obviously loves the guitar and knows a ton about it. So, that being said, RESPECT, listen, and learn.

    • @WOHBuckeye
      @WOHBuckeye Před 7 lety +11

      He's one of the most influential players of the last 30 years.

    • @michaelkozaczek8524
      @michaelkozaczek8524 Před 6 lety +7

      There is so much scope and depth in the "Alchemical Guitarist", parts 1 &2, that it will take you years to appreciate and master. Well worth the effort.

    • @imannonymous7707
      @imannonymous7707 Před 6 lety

      Benjamin White hes intelligent as all get out...and I have nothing but respect

    • @steveg4512
      @steveg4512 Před 4 lety

      I loved his work with Television, it was exciting and fresh. Yes really

    • @indieotatv
      @indieotatv Před 3 lety +2

      why do you say this ? Richard LLoyd is not considered one of the best guitarrist of all time? everyone respects and aknowledges his importance in rock n roll history , i think... lol

  • @EuphoniaPooch
    @EuphoniaPooch Před 8 lety +88

    " that's the tritone. the tritone is the devil's interval, and he demands resolution. * stare * "

    • @charbaker
      @charbaker Před 6 lety +2

      chiiilllllzzz

    • @drjmankx37
      @drjmankx37 Před 5 lety +2

      I feel like he's actually looking into my soul from the past right there.

    • @glarange72
      @glarange72 Před 4 lety +2

      Purple Haze!

    • @chordorchard7213
      @chordorchard7213 Před 4 lety

      Saw this comment and thought "ah, can't be that bad" but when he finally got to that bit....ummmm, dark as fuck!!!!!!

    • @johnsluggett1822
      @johnsluggett1822 Před 4 lety

      Oh, a tritone, I'm so scared.

  • @blakewhittington4336
    @blakewhittington4336 Před 5 lety +23

    His solo record Alchemy has become one of my most played albums.
    Its really a great record and has some great stuff in it.
    It Also helped me identify what he was playing in the television records.
    Blue and grey has a days feel to it fir example.

  • @taylarmichelgatson3672
    @taylarmichelgatson3672 Před 8 lety +28

    completely underrated guitar player giving a super, chill lesson on the instrument here. thanks a lot richard

  • @lexo30
    @lexo30 Před 2 lety +7

    Richard Lloyd is one of the best things on one of the greatest rock albums of all time, Television's 'Marquee Moon'. Those who would diss him should bear that in mind.

  • @gratefulape12
    @gratefulape12 Před rokem +3

    I went in a different musical direction, but Richard and his playing with Matthew Sweet was one of the most profound influences on me (and he continues to be). It was a radical departure from the pattern/box-based stuff which so many guitarists stuck in, and a singular voice. And that's the thing - have something to say, say it well, sound like yourself and draw the listener in . Listening to him now, three decades on, still unveils new things. Eternal thanks, Richard Lloyd.

  • @maxwelter8611
    @maxwelter8611 Před 6 lety +6

    this guy is one half of the genius that made up that brilliant guitar shit on 'MARQUEE MOON'. Thanks Mr. Lloyd.

  • @1NSPskate
    @1NSPskate Před 6 lety +7

    A fantastic and different way to understand intervals, with some relevant history.

  • @kerrgal
    @kerrgal Před 11 lety +18

    Who the hell are all these people claiming that he's high and quack? I am a musician play classical, blues, jazz. There is nothing crazy about what he's saying, and I think he does a great job of explaining this foundation of theory.

  • @0Heavy0Metal0
    @0Heavy0Metal0 Před 11 lety +7

    "...we're now getting an under pinning...he he...I don't know...clouds brewing in the distance" "...well, now we're deep in it..." "...and this...it's got some plusses and minuses to it..." "...we get more and more troubled..." "...and he demands resolution..." My God, I have never heard music theory discribed so darkly. I love it!

  • @boobtuber06
    @boobtuber06 Před 8 lety +52

    Marquee Moon= masterpiece

    • @atarirob
      @atarirob Před 6 lety +3

      Adventure=better masterpiece

    • @burnlastsunday
      @burnlastsunday Před 3 lety +3

      @@atarirob C'mon man

    • @atarirob
      @atarirob Před 3 lety +2

      @@burnlastsunday I'll die on this hill hahaha

  • @yyy333
    @yyy333 Před 5 lety +1

    This lesson makes me so happy

  • @stiflingmystrife
    @stiflingmystrife Před 2 lety +3

    This guy is the coolest person in the dorkiest way possible and I mean that with genuine peace and love.

    • @kentwood9821
      @kentwood9821 Před rokem

      He is completely at home in his own skin, come what may.

  • @doctorskull8197
    @doctorskull8197 Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome guitar player. Saw his group a couple months ago totally blew me away! Great tone😎🔥🎸
    Super knowledgeable !

  • @timgroves3606
    @timgroves3606 Před 4 lety +2

    actual, real life genius, all guitar players should study this man

  • @tonebenderx
    @tonebenderx Před 14 lety +2

    What a great first lesson! Four thumbs up for Richard Lloyd. I wish my guitar teacher made as much sense.

  • @DailyBrusher
    @DailyBrusher Před 8 lety +3

    Wow, Richard Lloyd! I have a new respect for Guitar World! I'd never really paid attention to Guitar World, before... but with content like this, you're now on my map!

  • @airplaneB3N
    @airplaneB3N Před 3 lety +4

    I'm two minutes in and just LOVING hearing him talk. To be fair, I'm into all this esoteric "woohoo." Pythagoras, pentagrams, 4ths and 5ths... Growing up they tell you that all you have to do is practice and you will be good. Which is true, but music also has GEOMETRY. Which is something NO SCHOOLS teach and it's a damn shame. Can't wait to hear him play!

    • @kentwood9821
      @kentwood9821 Před rokem

      Read his book, "All Things Are Combustible", you'll love it!

    • @brutallyremastered4255
      @brutallyremastered4255 Před 10 měsíci

      Everything is about balance : a great lesson to learn.

  • @devinokeefe5633
    @devinokeefe5633 Před 9 lety +43

    He is dating my aunt and he always talks like this, very scientific

    • @adrianlackey5107
      @adrianlackey5107 Před 9 lety +12

      Devin Okeefe If you do see Lloyd again, please let him know that his *Alchemy* album is totally fucking bitchin'!! It almost as good as *Marquee Moon*.

    • @ClueSign
      @ClueSign Před 9 lety +5

      Devin Okeefe If they break up tell him to call me :)

    • @devinokeefe8580
      @devinokeefe8580 Před 8 lety +20

      +dangerousrhythm77 sory for being late, one time me and my family went and spent a whole week in the hamptons with him and my aunt, he was one crazy dude, he would go outside and stair into the sun for like 30 minutes at a time, he called it sun gazing and he taught me and my sister how to do it my parents didnt like it though. he was really cool and nice, at the time i had no idea who he really was and my parents just told me he was in a band. he also told me this one story about how he used to do drugs with peter frampton which was cool. recently he got maried to my aunt and tyna and another member of the talking heads where there. also from what he said television screwed him over for the royalties to marquee moon. over all he was a pretty chill dude

    • @devinokeefe8580
      @devinokeefe8580 Před 8 lety +4

      +ClueSign they just got married, sorry

    • @ClueSign
      @ClueSign Před 8 lety +3

      devin okeefe I'm happy for them! He is also an awesome painter/fine artist. He's been posting his art work on his Facebook page. Quite the genius.

  • @NorthWriter
    @NorthWriter Před 8 lety +15

    Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine are a big reason that Wilco sounds the way they do. If you listen to the song "Marquee Moon" and "Friction," and then listen to Wilco's "Spider's (Kidsmoke)" and "Bull Black Nova," you'll see a definite connection.

    • @aleksimuhonen966
      @aleksimuhonen966 Před 3 lety

      "Impossible Germany" aswell! The latter half of that song is such a sublime tribute to Television, love Nels Cline's playing on that one

  • @smacman68
    @smacman68 Před 13 lety +15

    People! For the love of Pete, RELAX! He's not drunk, high or anything like that. I know lot's of musicians, and the more talented, the quirkier they are. People at this level of musical theory are operating on a different plane than the rest of us. It's just the way it is. When he says " well, now we're deep into it..." or something like that, it's his way of expressing how that note interacts musically with the rest. Brilliance. Sheer brilliance.

    • @copache
      @copache Před rokem

      he's probably high

  • @Testacabeza
    @Testacabeza Před 14 lety +10

    You have to know the physics involved in music and the instrument you want to play and master.
    This lesson is a perfect introduction.

  • @nickfanzo
    @nickfanzo Před 8 lety +2

    my favorite guitarist ever.

  • @outtathyme5679
    @outtathyme5679 Před 5 lety +1

    Just amazing

  • @iamtolgason8106
    @iamtolgason8106 Před 5 lety +1

    That is so good!!!!

  • @MistahhB
    @MistahhB Před 14 lety +1

    It takes a lot of dedication. You're not going to be able to sight-read quickly, but when you can it's very rewarding just like anything else on the guitar.

  • @JimHarrisArt
    @JimHarrisArt Před 9 lety

    Fantastic.

  • @PirateofFordLake
    @PirateofFordLake Před 14 lety +5

    I like how he"s talks about the devil demanding resolution and then stares you the fuck down! hahah

  • @ryanchowz
    @ryanchowz Před 14 lety +3

    This guy is very special.

  • @super8mm68
    @super8mm68 Před rokem +2

    when you realize this guy was basically taught by Hendrix, once removed, your brain explodes realizing that Hendrix was a HUGE influence on the NYC proto punk scene.

    • @tomcarl8021
      @tomcarl8021 Před rokem +1

      WTF are you talking about? He had a few second hand lessons from Jimi. He learned a couple of hammer-on's for crying out loud.
      It's not like he went into the mountains and studied at the feet of the master like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.

  • @bobravenscraft5376
    @bobravenscraft5376 Před 2 lety

    With his method. Its a good feeling to be able to go from. 1st fret 6th string to 24th fret 1st string without hesitation. He's like a stepfad. Not my dad but taught life RL. Rules!!!!

  • @DjElSemtex
    @DjElSemtex Před 6 lety +7

    Richard Lloyd definitely is in a league of his own imho. Everybody knows about Television, but check out what Lloyd accomplishes on the albums and live performances he did with/for Matthew Sweet in the 9t's. He absolutely takes the Matthew Sweet-songbook to a higher level with his great style of guitarplaying.. :-)

    • @kentwood9821
      @kentwood9821 Před rokem

      Meet John Doe is another prize waiting to rediscovered again and again. Richard's playing and John's singing and songwriting is a double whammy not to be missed.

    • @rickg8015
      @rickg8015 Před 9 měsíci

      Lloyd with Robert Quine.. Matthew is lucky to have them on his records..

  • @Westernerd1
    @Westernerd1 Před 3 lety +2

    "We mock what we don't understand..." Danny Aykroyd

  • @dukelemoyne
    @dukelemoyne Před 10 lety

    I love it

  • @Julez_Shredz
    @Julez_Shredz Před 14 lety +1

    very cool guitar history/lesson :)

  • @FrancescoBarbalace
    @FrancescoBarbalace Před 6 lety +2

    All right Richard !! and yours is an excellent teaching on the origins of musical harmony. However Pythagoras had his famous school in Italy, but not in the island of Sicily, but in Kroton that is in Calabria, where it all began ..... great

  • @DarrylWThomas
    @DarrylWThomas Před 4 lety +2

    Wow. Richard Lloyd! Breaking it down. I dig.

  • @AgnesOctavia4
    @AgnesOctavia4 Před 5 lety +2

    Fuck I wish I'd seen this when I was 19...absolutely brilliant!

  • @mikemassimi
    @mikemassimi Před 14 lety

    KILLER tone on the second part

  • @aaronenix6418
    @aaronenix6418 Před 8 lety +9

    Ive never heard of this guy, but wow, bridging music and philosophy, this dude rocks! XD

  • @kerrgal
    @kerrgal Před 11 lety +1

    Music is both an art and there is "science" The mathematics/science of vibrations is inherent in the music.

  • @dalehair12
    @dalehair12 Před 11 lety

    love his brain

  • @michswags
    @michswags Před 3 lety

    Wonerful!

  • @Johnny-lr5jt
    @Johnny-lr5jt Před rokem +1

    An alt-rock pioneer. Everyone should listen to the landmark album, Television's "Marquee Moon".

    • @enstex7799
      @enstex7799 Před rokem

      Ovvio! Ma forse sarebbe troppo bello

  • @dushiemcbag
    @dushiemcbag Před 14 lety

    more of this plz guitarworld

  • @mgrey24
    @mgrey24 Před 12 lety

    mind blown

  • @lowtit
    @lowtit Před 7 lety

    brilliant

  • @ellenbeckerjaffe9207
    @ellenbeckerjaffe9207 Před rokem

    Anybody who doubts Richard Lloyd's chops should listen to "Field of Fire" from his solo album of the same name. Lloyd is a monster guitarist, his work with Tom Verlaine and Television seminal. Listen to his solo on "Days" (Television: Adventure). Just a perfect bit of playing.

  • @bobravenscraft5376
    @bobravenscraft5376 Před 2 lety

    Richard Rocks

  • @berherbi
    @berherbi Před 11 lety +2

    listen children!!!!! THIS IS THE MAN WHO PLAYED ON ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME : MARQUEE MOON.. the guitar is absolutely genius , one of a kind in pop rock history. So children. pls be quiet and listen.. berh

  • @kls4life
    @kls4life Před 14 lety +6

    Devil demands resolution! lol, this guy is amazing.

  • @ethanbuller
    @ethanbuller Před rokem

    i need to find the dvd set. sadly tough to find in 2023.

  • @stratdoc
    @stratdoc Před 4 lety +1

    Damn Richard is a professor!!

  • @bobravenscraft5376
    @bobravenscraft5376 Před 2 lety

    I have recently learned there are 5 string theories at least 1 involves string VIBRATION we are all honored to know Richarx

  • @heyitsgiggle
    @heyitsgiggle Před 14 lety

    cool video

  • @themitchies
    @themitchies Před 3 lety +1

    I imagine this is exactly what goes on in his living room by himself, no cameras.

  • @babaganoujband
    @babaganoujband Před 7 lety

    Man Rick rules.

  • @darkmoonrising400
    @darkmoonrising400 Před 4 lety +4

    while Tom Verlaine's vocals are somewhat outdated, Richard Lloyd's riffs are truly timeless and what makes Marquee Moon incredible. Such an underrated player.

    • @LiteralApe
      @LiteralApe Před rokem

      Im partial to most vocals on most tracks except torn curtain, can't stand the last song on marquee moon

  • @scottbartlett4853
    @scottbartlett4853 Před 4 lety

    I suddenly understand Close Encounters of the Third Kind!

  • @enstex7799
    @enstex7799 Před rokem

    E proprio adesso apprendo dell'abbandono da questa terra di Tom, i love you

  • @tdub200
    @tdub200 Před 4 lety

    Nice

  • @jmcmanus187
    @jmcmanus187 Před 6 lety

    if you're lost: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intervals_in_5-limit_just_intonation, though to be thorough, we don't actually use just intonation on modern instruments (unless you count the vocal chords of barbershop quartets): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament#Comparison_to_just_intonation

  • @glarange72
    @glarange72 Před 4 lety

    real intellect!

  • @GNRrockerdude
    @GNRrockerdude Před 14 lety +1

    richard lloyd is a really smart guy, and very cool, if not very eloquent

  • @ufohead1
    @ufohead1 Před 6 lety +2

    brilliant. you dont need to know this to write a good song. but I love Richard

  • @JohnWayneDIMREC
    @JohnWayneDIMREC Před 10 lety

    yeah buddy

  • @mike584
    @mike584 Před 12 lety +1

    Drunk? No. Crazy? Absolutely! :D

  • @discomadame
    @discomadame Před 12 lety +1

    I think he's kinda cool. And for music theory: I have read Dalhaus' The Idea of Absolute Music. This is chrystal clear in comparison. :)

  • @thomasprice1760
    @thomasprice1760 Před 5 lety

    Agree this is one of the band members of telvision...marquee moon...what can i say..👂👂👂

  • @dogsquadindia
    @dogsquadindia Před rokem

    This was Great esp "the devil's tritone" (opening riff of Black Sabbath of course)

  • @Balonious_Crunk
    @Balonious_Crunk Před 11 lety +1

    A very cosmic lesson! ahaha

  • @loontil
    @loontil Před 2 lety

    devil's interval demo also sounds like Dazed n Confused by L Zep start

  • @MortaniusTaijou
    @MortaniusTaijou Před 14 lety

    Man I was going to point out the same thing hahahaha
    He made me feel uncomfortable and guilty lol
    Great intro lesson by the way, usually skip long videos, this one I couldn't skip a second.

  • @sarahlelievre6391
    @sarahlelievre6391 Před 3 lety +1

    Starting to study guitar because of this man. He's so damn cute, reminds me of some series/cartoon character but I can't put my finger on which one

    • @burnlastsunday
      @burnlastsunday Před 3 lety +1

      An amalgam of The Dude from Big Lebowski, Rick from Rick and Morty, and Roger from American Dad?

    • @sarahlelievre6391
      @sarahlelievre6391 Před 3 lety

      @@burnlastsunday good one haha, I definitely didn't see the dude

    • @burnlastsunday
      @burnlastsunday Před 3 lety

      @@sarahlelievre6391 Well... Like... Fortunately... Y'know... I have my brain training on a very rigorous... Drug regimen... Man....

  • @jessegrubbs507
    @jessegrubbs507 Před 7 lety +3

    8:21-8:30

  • @j0hn318
    @j0hn318 Před 14 lety +1

    the tri tone sounds like sepiroth's theme one winged angel haha

  • @THEQueeferSutherland
    @THEQueeferSutherland Před 4 lety +1

    This is why he made Marquee Moon and you didn't - you don't think like this.

  • @bobravenscraft5376
    @bobravenscraft5376 Před 2 lety

    The other thing is. Triad voicings combined. Yes you can play anything. Only limitations. Your ambition

  • @patrickguitar8676
    @patrickguitar8676 Před 6 lety

    The ratio of my balsac hit the marquee moon. A little to da left ..peace

  • @madaleine0n864
    @madaleine0n864 Před 5 lety

    How the sounds feel.........

  • @duckbrew
    @duckbrew Před rokem +1

    I dunno man. I'm confused. I just enjoy playing

  • @patrickrainey305
    @patrickrainey305 Před 4 lety

    The cramps

  • @melodyvaughn1741
    @melodyvaughn1741 Před 6 lety

    Lets not forget inovator.

  • @MitjaShi
    @MitjaShi Před 12 lety

    Where's that tritone example he plays from? I'm sure I've heard it somewhere but just can't bring it to my mind..!

  • @TacticsTechniquesandProcedures

    8:18 barh naarh naaairrr naaaairr.....nah no noooow.

  • @gtf2648
    @gtf2648 Před 2 lety

    Everyone is mentioning Television, as they should but I love Lloyd just from his work with Matthew Sweet

  • @williamindragunawan
    @williamindragunawan Před 14 lety +1

    his picking in 10:25 is kinda similar to Marty Friedman, or is it just me?

  • @chrissvitreoushumour
    @chrissvitreoushumour Před rokem

    8:22 lloyd ur scaring me man

  • @bobravenscraft5376
    @bobravenscraft5376 Před 2 lety

    He changed my life. I tell friends. I can play anything what's on the agenda. They are befuddled. IM NOT

  • @thomaszonkowski2115
    @thomaszonkowski2115 Před 4 lety +3

    Ominous pause after "the devil demands resolution"

  • @jalawto
    @jalawto Před 2 lety

    I come here every once and a while and watch him up until he says “undernourished gormandizers”, have a laugh and go about the rest of my day

  • @MortaniusTaijou
    @MortaniusTaijou Před 13 lety

    @ANIM0SI7Y Sarcasm my friend, sarcasm. ;)

  • @despew4716
    @despew4716 Před rokem

    Why is it the devils interval?

  • @leojames321
    @leojames321 Před 10 lety +14

    SO INTERESTING ....BUT WHAT THE FK DID HE JUST SAY?????

  • @Ramones1234100
    @Ramones1234100 Před 14 lety

    If you listen he says it...
    It's "Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers" Although here, Lloyd says "undernourised".

  • @bobravenscraft5376
    @bobravenscraft5376 Před 2 lety

    Stepdad. Lol sorry. I love the beginning Pythagoras. 1string. CLASS IS IN SESSION. THERE WILL BE A QUIZ LOL

  • @davequast
    @davequast Před 3 lety

    My former guitar teacher.

  • @domdabombabc
    @domdabombabc Před 14 lety

    I don't know, I've been taking a music theory class for a while and I'm pretty sure the way we notate music needs to be fixed because it is way overcomplicated.

  • @0Heavy0Metal0
    @0Heavy0Metal0 Před 12 lety +1

    @MitjaShi Really? or are you being sarcastic? If you really are asking, it's the opening for Purple Haze. If not, then I fell victim to a troll. Only you know for sure.

  • @JPMusiclife
    @JPMusiclife Před 13 lety

    @asaskald lol All I was saying was, I PERSONALLY do not believe science belongs anywhere near any art form. You play what you feel...You don't do meaningless calculations. You Play what you feel.

    • @johnotis6764
      @johnotis6764 Před 4 lety

      What you feel is still based on hundreds of years of musical development. A pop song is as international as a chemical formula.