Yeah. That pick is gone. Even when you see where a pick has fallen, it's gone forever. Sensei, here, didn't even see where he threw it. Good luck Sensei. Your pick has been picked up by its mothership now.
@@gauravdas22 (Reviving an old thread here, LOL) On one occasion, while searching for a Dunlop Jazz III pick that seemingly vanished right from under my nose, I stuck my hand into the couch cushions and rooted around. Lo and behold, I could feel it! I grabbed ahold, extricated my hand and looked at it. Yep, it was a guitar pick, alright... but it wasn't my Jazz III. To my considerable confusion, I found myself staring at a promotional pick for the teenybopper clothing store "Hot Topic." I've never been inside a Hot Topic; I purchased the couch new; no one had ever played guitar on my couch. To this day, I have no... idea... how... 🎸👻
You got my subscribtion ; i play guitar for 16 years I made 700 gigs this last 3 years and this is the first time I hear something new challenging and interesting in a guitar tutorial for ages
Much respect, sensei. Thank you for this. You’ve encouraged my desire to seriously get down to learning the guitar, after over fifty years of trying to figure it out without lessons. New rig, new headspace, new commitment. Muchas gracias, amigo!
This is a wealth of knowledge. Thank you so much for posting it-it's totally where I am at right now starting guitar 2 months ago. I actually said last night to myself-why aren't there more original rhythm patterns-why do people use the same ones but yet write original lyrics, melodies etc...and then this shows up on FB today. Mad props Senor Sensei!
This actually fits similarly to what in teaching some people learning to transition from piano to rhythm keys/pad. I love to see the subtle differences and similarities instruments have, and how each instrument can learn from each other.
The fact that you are able to pack so much USEFUL information into only 9 minutes is amazing. I am very interested in exploring different chord voicing and this video is just what I was looking for. Thanks for posting. You have a new subscriber.
Great advice and you're a really good teacher! I especially liked the chord substitutions idea. One thing that really helped my rhythm playing get tighter was not strumming all 6 strings all of the time (sometimes 2 or 3 strings max). I kind of learned this somewhat from learning Malcolm Young riffs. It also made the discomfort I was getting in my right elbow completely vanish. Thanks again man!
G-Am-Em-C. And then the C lasts for two beats, then on your A string, play 3-2-0-2 four 1/8 notes lasting two beats. My guitar tuning may be flat, so transpose if needed. Good ear sir!
I think you should expand this video especially the chord substitution stuff. Really excellent rhythm playing is rare on CZcams and I'm grateful for this advice.
I have been playing for 2 years and this video is exactly what I needed. Concise and clear information on topics I have thought about before (role of chords, inversions etc.) but never bothered to check the theory. Thank you.
All stuff I’ve done for years without realizing it but never thought about or put into words. Even if you’ve been playing for decades it’s still good to know the the theory behind what you’ve just been doing by instinct or wrote. I love these videos.
i remember when i "discovered" the chords beyond major and minor like X7 or Xsus2 or X6sus4/Y my chord progressions went from being meh to being somewhat interesting
Thank you mr. samurai for uploading a lesson full of nicely packed essentials which a lot of people seem to ignore, feel difficult associating with, or often overlook. All these things would be more than just helpful for anyone who wants to keep improving their playing. A big thumb up!
Very helpful and informative. Best and most succinct explanation I've come across that explains the scale degree functions and how they help with chord substitution selection. Fanx! a heap..!
I really like the when you bar the 7th fret and put your ring and pinkie on the A and Low E stings, sounds jazzy yet full. Nice lesson, especially the like function substitutions!
chord embellishments is pretty much all I *really* wanna master when playing rhythm guitar; it just sounds so good to me, but I still have a rough time being aware of both the proper chords and the scale I'm in. thanks for the awesome video!
Like Function Substitution... i've been searching this knowledge and how it works for ages since i saw it applied in the chord progression of Like A Stone... Thank you so much Steve.
fantastic lesson man. you have accomplished getting me to understand so much so simply. I've been playing for a long time and alway look for new perspectives on things. mission accomplished.
Thanks , I need this I have been trying to play for 30 years , took some lessons , but , never really learned how to play certain notes in the scale , 30 years on and off , I have written a song for my wife , she loves the lyrics, and I have my own sound for it , for the first time I can move to my own beat , but my rhythm is bad , thanks , my foot will be operated on December 8 2017 , I will be off work for 3 to 4 months , all I my plans for this time is to stretch out my body and play guitar , so anything you can give me on strumming patterns , I know once I get it down I will be great , I really can start to feel my way , the chords I play , match my lyrics, I feel I was lucky on this one, I am amazed that my wife was so touched by my lyrics, that she has changed the way she loves me , it’s deeper and seems to have more meaning now , the passion and fire is growing faster and faster between us just over a song , she is a good writer, I have written many poems over the last several weeks , that have impressed all those around me , and I don’t know why it’s happening now but it i is , I just to write and before I know it , it unfolds with continuous pen strokes until it stops, like a river that flows , the words just come and as the pen flows one right after another until it’s finished , plz , send a video on strumming patterns and I will practice , I do fire sprinklers local 669 , so i am a samurai, the power of my trade has made me master of my tools , because of the years I have in , now a bow and a staff , a sword and sticks , I have My own style of defending, my father a black belt , was taught in Japan , by the Japanese, he was and still is great , but my way is for ever unfolding using Bruce Lee’s theroy , he was right, Bruce was right on his jeet kun do, any way I want to play my own stuff not for money but for fun , I have guitar friends , they don’t show anything, but I want to surprise them when I can wale on the guitar , and I know I will , help get started while I Am waiting to be healed ; I have only two more people on you tube , that I watch , they give me certain niter I can play over and over In scales , simple stuff and it’s working , plz help my Rythm , I’ll pay and contribute to our channel the best I can , your friend David M Atherley , I stand for the flag and I stand for freedom , and I stand for the home of the brave, I stand for flag and I stand for anthem , because of the brave that are lying in the grave , they fought Like lions catching there prey , through time they all were the same, and freedom rang in there minds as if it were the liberty bell , they stand firm in word old glory has called there name, france’s key Scott , could do nothing but watch bound in a prison cell , his mind fired up as he wrote the best words that would stand for all times , for America is the land of the free and the home of the brave , the government might fail , but don’t forget it’s the ones that fraught and died is what I stand , forever greatful for there integrity, that’s let’s me speak my heart on the matter of our falling country ...
Great video. I took loads of useful tools out of this. My theory isn't strong but the concepts were explained so clearly. Now one of my new favourite channels.
These tips are worth gold! :D Thank you very much - sadly I tend do "forget" how important my rhythm guitar playing is when I practice lead guitar. I especially dig tip #4! :D
His fast rhythm is one thing, but the genius and haunting melodies he could produce with some chords along with Georges (and other guitarists for his solo work) lead was amazing.
Great video! An intense 9 minutes, this was the first video I've seen by you and had hoped that you made other videos discussing these techniques in more depth, particulary "knowing what scales to play around a chord" but I guess my search continues! Thanks for the video!
Ok, so this is one of those really helpful vids I'm going to need to watch several times through because it has so much good stuff packed in it. Thank you!
and you created another thought provoking video! easy to understand, at the same time expanding knowledge about possibilities (got work to do :) ) thanks!!!!
Well that's pretty good work: all is perfectly clear and well balanced with concrete examples. And all advices are well founded. Great teaching! Thanks!
Like function substitution!!! Oh, you're a good un. I've looked at hundreds of youtube guitar videos and I never saw this. In a eureka flash I suddenly realised that the open D7 that some git had tabbed out years and years ago as the opening chord in Letter to Hermione by Bowie (which always sounded too jarring and had bugged me for years, making me try every bloody variation of a D I could think of and ultimately leaving the song unfinished), could possibly be substituted with an open F Maj 7. Leapt out of bed at 4am to try it and it's much, much nicer. Might not be the right one but it works for me, ya little beauty!
I am really impressed by this lesson! You are a really great teacher, especially because you explained some theory concepts that I thought before wasn't easy at all... Subscribed to the channel and liked the video.
Whats best abt the way you teach is that there is so much to learn in a very short time and there is not bull crap.... straight precise knowledge minus the crap talk..... and amazing content thanks....subscribed
Hey dude that waz really good. I got a lot out of that, a bit different from what I normally see, iv saved that, and subscribed and the rest of it uv got some good shit to offer and ur really good Guitarist so cootos to u well done.
This video is kinda old, but i would just like to say your an amazing teacher and im glad to take the time out of my day to learn these helpful tips, also i just bought a new guitar and its the exact same one your useing in the video what a coincidence that is, but anyways keep up the good work great video!
8:07 that pick has reached another dimension, it's lost forever
Like so many other picks, until you do the laundry and find them all
Yeah. That pick is gone. Even when you see where a pick has fallen, it's gone forever. Sensei, here, didn't even see where he threw it. Good luck Sensei. Your pick has been picked up by its mothership now.
+samuraiguitarist 99 times out of a 100 the pick is sent to a parallel universe. That 1 time it's in your jean's little pocket
He could find it in a sock (true story)
@@gauravdas22 (Reviving an old thread here, LOL) On one occasion, while searching for a Dunlop Jazz III pick that seemingly vanished right from under my nose, I stuck my hand into the couch cushions and rooted around. Lo and behold, I could feel it! I grabbed ahold, extricated my hand and looked at it.
Yep, it was a guitar pick, alright... but it wasn't my Jazz III. To my considerable confusion, I found myself staring at a promotional pick for the teenybopper clothing store "Hot Topic."
I've never been inside a Hot Topic; I purchased the couch new; no one had ever played guitar on my couch.
To this day, I have no... idea... how... 🎸👻
8:06 and that was the last time that pick was ever seen
You got my subscribtion ; i play guitar for 16 years I made 700 gigs this last 3 years and this is the first time I hear something new challenging and interesting in a guitar tutorial for ages
It's been a long time since I learned so much in less than 10 minutes. Love the presentation style too. Definitely subbing.
@@The_Invisible_Self I did! Definitely not 6 years better as a guitarist, but that's down to laziness rather than the quality of content 😅
Much respect, sensei. Thank you for this. You’ve encouraged my desire to seriously get down to learning the guitar, after over fifty years of trying to figure it out without lessons. New rig, new headspace, new commitment. Muchas gracias, amigo!
This is a wealth of knowledge. Thank you so much for posting it-it's totally where I am at right now starting guitar 2 months ago. I actually said last night to myself-why aren't there more original rhythm patterns-why do people use the same ones but yet write original lyrics, melodies etc...and then this shows up on FB today. Mad props Senor Sensei!
4:40 I finally understand what the 7th or 5th note means! Thanks man!!
I've seen a million and one guitar vids, but this is probably the most useful. You tapped right into what I need to work on. Thanks mate!
Why didn't I find this until now ?? It's just what this guitar has been needing !!
This actually fits similarly to what in teaching some people learning to transition from piano to rhythm keys/pad. I love to see the subtle differences and similarities instruments have, and how each instrument can learn from each other.
The fact that you are able to pack so much USEFUL information into only 9 minutes is amazing. I am very interested in exploring different chord voicing and this video is just what I was looking for. Thanks for posting. You have a new subscriber.
Great lesson! I have been playing some of these techniques for years, but didn't really understand why they worked. Thank you sir
Great advice and you're a really good teacher! I especially liked the chord substitutions idea. One thing that really helped my rhythm playing get tighter was not strumming all 6 strings all of the time (sometimes 2 or 3 strings max). I kind of learned this somewhat from learning Malcolm Young riffs. It also made the discomfort I was getting in my right elbow completely vanish. Thanks again man!
Man this a great video. Very well explained.
Hey is it just me or is the G Progression the Office theme?!!! LOL
G-Am-Em-C. And then the C lasts for two beats, then on your A string, play 3-2-0-2 four 1/8 notes lasting two beats.
My guitar tuning may be flat, so transpose if needed. Good ear sir!
Vaxtrum I 2qs just about to say that 😂
I couldn't NOT hear it 😆
Lol
Almost, just sub the D for a Bm
That Inversion sounded like the calm part from the office theme.
Agreed
Most valuable "how-to" guitar video I've seen in awhile - thank you, Sensei!
Very helpful. I didn't really understand which chords in a key were which function before watching this, thanks for clearing that up.
7:06 is the verse melody in Hercules, "I can go the distance" :D
*The first three chords
I think you should expand this video especially the chord substitution stuff. Really excellent rhythm playing is rare on CZcams and I'm grateful for this advice.
I have been playing for 2 years and this video is exactly what I needed. Concise and clear information on topics I have thought about before (role of chords, inversions etc.) but never bothered to check the theory. Thank you.
I always come back to these videos for the playing
Probably the most helpful video ive ever watched
All stuff I’ve done for years without realizing it but never thought about or put into words. Even if you’ve been playing for decades it’s still good to know the the theory behind what you’ve just been doing by instinct or wrote. I love these videos.
i remember when i "discovered" the chords beyond major and minor like X7 or Xsus2 or X6sus4/Y
my chord progressions went from being meh to being somewhat interesting
It's a whole new world, shining shimmering splendor
being a piano player i already knew those chords when i started guitar
Nathan Gonzalez
good for you
do you want a cookie for it?
HECKproductions lmao
HECKproductions if we're handing out cookies, I'd take one....
Some good points. Spent some time in The Peg and enjoyed the people and meet some great people.
Wow... i finally got the thing with chord extensions and exchanging chords in function-wise.. !! You explained it in a great way
Excellent glad it helped!
It's guys like you that taught me to play guitar! I learned from CZcams, thank you @samuraiguitarist!
This is the best video on the internet. Period!
im late but i swear this is so helpful especially the extensions part
Subscribed before I even hit the two minute mark of the video. Absolutely awesome stuff here man.
This video is perfect for those guitarists who now can play flawlessly but want to add that oomph to the music they create.
I have never heard of the dominant and tonic swaps, so this was great news for me!
Thank you mr. samurai for uploading a lesson full of nicely packed essentials which a lot of people seem to ignore, feel difficult associating with, or often overlook. All these things would be more than just helpful for anyone who wants to keep improving their playing. A big thumb up!
hey man, your videos have helped us out not only as a band, but also as musicians. Much love brother, keep on doin it and thanks again!
Very helpful and informative. Best and most succinct explanation I've come across that explains the scale degree functions and how they help with chord substitution selection. Fanx! a heap..!
I really like the when you bar the 7th fret and put your ring and pinkie on the A and Low E stings, sounds jazzy yet full. Nice lesson, especially the like function substitutions!
The chord function bit BLEW MY MIND. Been playing for a long time but just now working on theory
chord embellishments is pretty much all I *really* wanna master when playing rhythm guitar; it just sounds so good to me, but I still have a rough time being aware of both the proper chords and the scale I'm in. thanks for the awesome video!
Like Function Substitution... i've been searching this knowledge and how it works for ages since i saw it applied in the chord progression of Like A Stone... Thank you so much Steve.
this channel is so underrated
I like that pedal steel in the background.
I *NEED* one.
And now I'm saving yet another of your videos to my guitar lessons playlist.
I really like your videos. I feel like they are very thought out and put in a way to make learning easy as possible. Definitely subscribing
Great video. All the good tips without over talking.
I love that you show examples. It really helps so much.
awesome... really like the theory bit about the chord extension, subscribed
fantastic lesson man. you have accomplished getting me to understand so much so simply. I've been playing for a long time and alway look for new perspectives on things. mission accomplished.
Thanks , I need this I have been trying to play for 30 years , took some lessons , but , never really learned how to play certain notes in the scale , 30 years on and off , I have written a song for my wife , she loves the lyrics, and I have my own sound for it , for the first time I can move to my own beat , but my rhythm is bad , thanks , my foot will be operated on December 8 2017 , I will be off work for 3 to 4 months , all I my plans for this time is to stretch out my body and play guitar , so anything you can give me on strumming patterns , I know once I get it down I will be great , I really can start to feel my way , the chords I play , match my lyrics, I feel I was lucky on this one, I am amazed that my wife was so touched by my lyrics, that she has changed the way she loves me , it’s deeper and seems to have more meaning now , the passion and fire is growing faster and faster between us just over a song , she is a good writer, I have written many poems over the last several weeks , that have impressed all those around me , and I don’t know why it’s happening now but it i is , I just to write and before I know it , it unfolds with continuous pen strokes until it stops, like a river that flows , the words just come and as the pen flows one right after another until it’s finished , plz , send a video on strumming patterns and I will practice , I do fire sprinklers local 669 , so i am a samurai, the power of my trade has made me master of my tools , because of the years I have in , now a bow and a staff , a sword and sticks , I have
My own style of defending, my father a black belt , was taught in Japan , by the Japanese, he was and still is great , but my way is for ever unfolding using Bruce Lee’s theroy , he was right, Bruce was right on his jeet kun do, any way I want to play my own stuff not for money but for fun , I have guitar friends , they don’t show anything, but I want to surprise them when I can wale on the guitar , and I know I will , help get started while I Am waiting to be healed ; I have only two more people on you tube , that I watch , they give me certain niter I can play over and over In scales , simple stuff and it’s working , plz help my Rythm , I’ll pay and contribute to our channel the best I can , your friend David M Atherley , I stand for the flag and I stand for freedom , and I stand for the home of the brave, I stand for flag and I stand for anthem , because of the brave that are lying in the grave , they fought Like lions catching there prey , through time they all were the same, and freedom rang in there minds as if it were the liberty bell , they stand firm in word old glory has called there name, france’s key Scott , could do nothing but watch bound in a prison cell , his mind fired up as he wrote the best words that would stand for all times , for America is the land of the free and the home of the brave , the government might fail , but don’t forget it’s the ones that fraught and died is what I stand , forever greatful for there integrity, that’s let’s me speak my heart on the matter of our falling country ...
Great video I'm a drummer who's bandleader just appointed him as Rhythm guitarist this was very helpful
I am watching your series and have become a huge fan of your work. I like your style of teaching. Thanks for putting this stuff out there.
I started to work on improving my strumming last week and you post a video about it.. I've been blessed! :D
Thanks!
you seriously make all this theory stuff so simple. really frocks awesome.
Domo arigato Sensei. I real liked the theory part and wish to dig more into it, since i realise it was designed as short for the purpouse of the vid.
Great video. I took loads of useful tools out of this. My theory isn't strong but the concepts were explained so clearly. Now one of my new favourite channels.
These tips are worth gold! :D Thank you very much - sadly I tend do "forget" how important my rhythm guitar playing is when I practice lead guitar. I especially dig tip #4! :D
great lesson, as always... particularly enjoyed the chord substitution theory.. could be very useful in the future. thanks man! :)
Great, useful tips for beginners & us experienced guys! Sayonara to that pick...
not even half finished with the video and I've learned a lot about chord progressions! great
this is a gold mine, good work sir
Great lesson, thanks!
How to spice up your rhythm guitar playing; watch Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.
Good point
John Lennon is also an amazing rhythm player.
Guy Fieri I agree. If you listen to his stuff on All my Loving it's a difficult rhythm to keep up.
His fast rhythm is one thing, but the genius and haunting melodies he could produce with some chords along with Georges (and other guitarists for his solo work) lead was amazing.
Guy Fieri exactly - you've gotta listen to If I Fell, of And I Love Her to hear that sorta stuff, it just rolled from there
Great video! An intense 9 minutes, this was the first video I've seen by you and had hoped that you made other videos discussing these techniques in more depth, particulary "knowing what scales to play around a chord" but I guess my search continues! Thanks for the video!
Worth a thumb up, and a subscription. really love how you explain thing, thanks mate
Ok, so this is one of those really helpful vids I'm going to need to watch several times through because it has so much good stuff packed in it. Thank you!
the single best guitar video out there
and you created another thought provoking video! easy to understand, at the same time expanding knowledge about possibilities (got work to do :) ) thanks!!!!
I loved the video. I even saved to watch it again, and again and again. Thank you very much for sharing this information
Well that's pretty good work: all is perfectly clear and well balanced with concrete examples. And all advices are well founded. Great teaching! Thanks!
Like everything else good, music is truly a gift from God!
You are truly an amazing teacher
the best video music theory on rhythm lessons
Like function substitution!!! Oh, you're a good un. I've looked at hundreds of youtube guitar videos and I never saw this. In a eureka flash I suddenly realised that the open D7 that some git had tabbed out years and years ago as the opening chord in Letter to Hermione by Bowie (which always sounded too jarring and had bugged me for years, making me try every bloody variation of a D I could think of and ultimately leaving the song unfinished), could possibly be substituted with an open F Maj 7. Leapt out of bed at 4am to try it and it's much, much nicer. Might not be the right one but it works for me, ya little beauty!
very nice content and very informative. thanks.
Just perfect. So quick and precise. Sub for life!
Thanks! this was great info
This was a great all round lesson . Probably the most time efficent on youtube . Very useful. Thanks sensei
I am really impressed by this lesson! You are a really great teacher, especially because you explained some theory concepts that I thought before wasn't easy at all... Subscribed to the channel and liked the video.
best guitar lesson on youtube, seriously
I love these Sensei Series. Something about sound of style would be cool.
*or
That's a great idea, "8 Tips To Improve Your Tone" is a lesson I could do
***** would be very cool! :)
Please do this, maybe have a section about dialing in your amp/eq pedal? I always seem to have trouble with that and no one really explains it well
new favourite youtube channel. Real shit.
Short n yet with so much of material so beautifully presented... u are an instant subscribe...i like ur samurai spirit dude...way to go...good luck
God ! That was great stuff. Wow ✌🏻️☺️
Sometimes I can hear a Hendrix influence in your playing, sounds good !!!
I thought I was going to find nothing useful, but these are actually good advices :D
Wow thats why i always say a true teach makes anything easy!!! Thank you Sensei!
Whats best abt the way you teach is that there is so much to learn in a very short time and there is not bull crap.... straight precise knowledge minus the crap talk..... and amazing content thanks....subscribed
yaaas needed this! thanks samurai guy
This is one of the greatest lessons i've seen on youtube in years! Thank you so much i'm hitting the subscribe button now!
Hey dude that waz really good. I got a lot out of that, a bit different from what I normally see, iv saved that, and subscribed and the rest of it uv got some good shit to offer and ur really good Guitarist so cootos to u well done.
LOVE this lesson, and subscribed!
Excellent, thanks for your enthusiasm, time, & expertise.
great video.... straight down to business and well explained
Wow. This was really helpful. I am definitely coming back for more. Great stuff.
This video is kinda old, but i would just like to say your an amazing teacher and im glad to take the time out of my day to learn these helpful tips, also i just bought a new guitar and its the exact same one your useing in the video what a coincidence that is, but anyways keep up the good work great video!
One of the best videos I've ever watched!
Great video. I know all this stuff already, but I wish this video was around 10 years ago, it would have helped so much.
I'm loving these videos man! Thank you!
This is an excellent video. Thank you!
This channel deserves 10 times its current subscribers.
Giver a little time mate. We'll get there :)
I just love how concise and informative your videos are. It would be great if there are more theory videos in the future, too.