Blues Guitar is NOT What You Think. It's More Understandable Than Ever Before.
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- čas přidán 21. 01. 2024
- Listen, if you are struggling with anything about blues guitar, it is probably because we are missing the meaningful learning path that is needed to really see how it all works. The videos and playlist linked below will change everything for you. Step by Step. I promise. Hope you enjoy!
Blues Matrix Video: • How To Solo In The Blu...
And if you want the foundation of all this:
• Blues Primer Playlist
And Feel Free To Search on CZcams "StichMethod Blues" For even more potent ideas that really work. No BS, Real Teaching and Real Learning.
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Your takedown of Myth #2 is actually the underlying philosophy of your entire approach to guitar education - and why I personally consider your content and your approach to be the most worthwhile. So many other CZcams guitar channels teach specific licks and riffs. Memorizing hundreds if not thousands of riffs is not the way to ”make” music - it’s a way to regurgitate what you’ve memorized. It makes so much more sense to invest your time as a student in learning the “why” behind the “how.” With that approach, even if I want to “faithfully” play a cover song in a band setting, I don’t need to memorize a solo note for note; instead, by understanding where the original guitarist switched from minor pentatonic to major, or targeted a particular chord tone, or whatever, I can play my OWN solo in the style of the original, and I’ll actually end up quoting some of the original phrases because I’m playing “in the mind of . . . .”
I got the blues pretty bad so I decided that I might as well learn to play the blues and that’s how my guitar journey has started. 4 guitars later and I find learning to play is really joyful.
groovy chat... I actually never gave any of this a thought and as soon as you mentioned 3rd and minor third a mini ah ah came to mind .. and I wasn't even thinking about it. thanks young man. pat
As far as some of the Blues players I love, Buddy Guy and such, I actually find a lot of it deeply/darkly 'humorous.'
You are such a great guy to listen to...your soul is just so refreshing....and you are so generous with your knowledge 😎👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wow, thank you! That means a lot.
Stich, thx so much for this. I have been playing for 3 years and primarily listen to blues music. I play a hour or two per day but have hit the rut. I hit the pitfall u mention of buying the blues licks books and can play them well but they don’t translate into real playing. This video helps immensely and will be checking out the blues matrix immediately. You have a real gift as a teacher and as a player. You are hands down my favorite instructor on CZcams. Thx again 👍👊
Thanks for another nice video. I appreciate the encouragement and your reasoning. I've dabbled in and out of some different blues styles for 40 years. Been helpful, and enjoyable but I get drawn towards other types of music and don't feel I "nail" the blues consistently. I will say your video has me thinking that I should watch your blues videos and explore even more. I can definitely hear and feel the blues in my playing when I play other genres. Thanks again!
You are changing my life, thank you!
Excellent - God Bless and Thank You.
Always love your videos!!
Fantastic lecture.
Validation! It sounds crazy but I don't learn full songs or licks or tabs and have tried to zero in on the instrument, blues and just study, play and have fun right there. It seems to work for me. Pretty sure I can learn and play what I want to at this point and maybe sound half decent doing it. Many thanks to you for your great tutorials.
Love your new backdrop Ian.
This is a good time (excuse) to revisit those videos. 🎸
Excellent wisdom here. I absolutely agree with you on all three myths.
Nice video, and I'll make an Al Gore Rhythm Comment.
Really glad I discovered Stich, he'll be a reference for me in the future. For now I'm learning the basics of music, both the piano and ukulele. I can't play the guitar since I have a FURS Syndrome, and my left shoulder isn't much better.
I'm learning Burgmüller on the piano, and have been "stuck" on three of the first four. No One is an exercise in pentatonics, No 2 is a minor chord song, and No 4 is a study in thirds. I've been transposing them into every key, and my piano teacher is happy. I also transposed the Prélude in C Major into other keys. That's my practice routine for now. Fingering is tricky, and learning minor scales isn't as easy as a Major. But it's easier now that it was several weeks ago. My teacher is happy I'm trying them on the ukulele also.
Blues? That'll come. Merci for this video.
Great information there. Music works when it creates an emotional response in a human listening to it. Play music to your dog or cat and it couldn't care less. That simple clash of the minor third against the major third creates that response in an awful lot of human brains and it's the blues players privilege to provide it.
Excellent video!
The pain and sorrow comes in when you suck at guitar.
Ha..ha… lots of pain and sorrow in my blues playing!
Ah, the broken loop
Even the bandana is blue. ❤
On my way to your matrix , still need to unlock Johnny Winters road maps.😊
Please man can you do a video about ho to find vocal melody with the guitar and make different kinds of Exemple if you can
You're so cool, Seriously!
Screw you, I interpreted this perfectly!
Now im gona go out and play a ton of blues and you can't stop me!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!😬
I like your new music room there! Very moody.
Great talk as usual stitch. Just a comment on point 2. First off, Im a huge triad and caged guy, and that's definitely the approach i like to take on the instrument. But do you not think its worthwhile having a few stock blues licks in your vocabulary, particularly at the beginner/intermediate stage, providing you incorporate them into your playing and make them your own?
Yes and no, most guitarist and I do have “canned licks” and they do come from of course, learning songs, and these blues songs having similar approaches to their lead work. These licks are easy for us to retain because they are associated with the sound of the blues as we know it. But whenever I find myself playing these licks it is solely because I am putting together the scale and chord tones as I’m flowing and it just happens to overlay with these licks I learned. Not because I called upon the lick at that moment. I do notice when it happens because I came up with a blues lick on the fly with the feel, knowledge and flow, and it produced a well known blues lick. I do have a video in case you haven’t seen it about licks:
Why Professional Guitar Licks Sound Better Than Yours, And How To Fix It. Guitar Lesson
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I hear ya. thanks for taking the time to reply. @@StichMethodGuitar
Love the video, but BRO.... that background is freakin AWESOME! Did you diy that paint scheme or professionally done? I need to know how you did that color mix of "antique'ing or distressing" on the walls.
Ok, listen, a magician never tells, but I will in this case. It’s just a photographic backdrop and I put real shelves and sconces over it. A lot of people are/were asking how I did, and I am so glad it looks good on camera as intended, but it’s all Hollywood…..
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I was kinda mesmerized by that as well.
I want that in my house!!
Dang. I was hoping to find some new paint hacks for my theater / music room that I start on next week. But hey, I'll check out that link as well. Thanks brother. Love what you're teaching on CZcams. I pulled quite a few tools out of your toolbox for myself!!
Myth #2 is indeed controversial. I don't see an issue with ‘studying’ lots of licks rather than learning them parrot fashion. That’s what transcribing is for. Analysing how licks get created is a fine thing to do as long as you have a firm grasp of all the underlying theory - scales, chord tones, triads, landing notes, enclosures etc.. After all, we are told (by every teacher) that we must listen to the blues as much as possible to get familiar with the vocabulary. Those 100 licks guitar videos cut out everything that isn’t immediately relevant for the task e.g. vocals and song structure.
Lol.that first myth had me dying 😂.its so ridiculous.but I’ve actually heard that before.good stuff
Dude, when I first started this channel and showed people how the blues works, it was my #1 comment. “Blues is more feeling than anything else… or Blues can only be felt in your soul to play it…or Not everyone can play the blues, it can’t be defined musically…. “It was so funny.
When improvising over the four bars of the one chord, how do you keep time to change to the four chord on the downbeat ?
Let me know….
CAN'T HEAR THE CHORD CHANGES When Trying To Solo? YOU ARE NOT TO BLAME! Guitar Fundamentals
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For myth #2 the thing I keep thinking about is yeah, you know these example licks, but do you like pizza? 🎸 (This is a stitch-method joke, for the devoted follower)
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Can’t learn soul and feel….. formulas are science…. Blues is more than that. Getting that feel is very hard. Don’t know if there is a formula or method for developing that.
Of course you can learn soul and feel… whoever convinced you of that just has a defeatist attitude. That saying is the same as “it’s not the notes you play, but the notes you don’t play”. Just sayings that really don’t have a place in music.
This is a start: czcams.com/video/GaDUl6IUSK4/video.htmlfeature=shared
You can only add feel when you know how to solo...........anyone that tells you to just play what you feel is talking out of their ass.........how do you feel your way into a dominant 7 arpeggio? How do you feel your way into a minor 3rd or major 3rd? How do you feel your way in to mixing major and minor pentatonics? There's a learning process to everything
Blues is just good people feeling bad..
Someone told me that the Blues always ends on a Major Chord.
The genre needs a better name. Like maybe “expressive”
Bloooos✌️👍
I swear I read this as “Boooooos” and I cried a little, but then I put my glasses on and smiled.
@@StichMethodGuitar glad to lighten your mood! Your teachings have been a groundbreaking "eureka" moment for my guitar understanding. Lately I've been undergoing a phase where i don't play at all (otherwise all is well) and i will start from your basics once i get my head straight about playing.
As a blues musician, I can tell you, the blues isn’t easy because almost all of it is more caught than taught.
I thought your dog running away and your wife leaving you was a requirement for playing Country.
Ah!!! Man I got my genres mixed up again. Sorry about that.
Bad hair day?
ian, on myth #1 your churches try brainwashing/lecturing people saying its depressing & u shouldn't listen to because it'll depress. yes, it started when people were in sorrow, theres even happy formats like the boogie. but i ignore those people