Chord Tone Soloing Series (part 1) - Targeting Chord Tones in the "Home Box"
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The best way to get good at this chord tone soloing is:
1.) Practice playing over different chord progressions
2.) Practice getting to the point where the chord tones "light up" to you as the chords are changing
That is exactly why I teach these concepts from my website using what is known as "moving video backing tracks". There are hundreds of these moving backing track videos, which can be played at slower speeds available on Zombie Guitar. Check out the demo video here (namely the part about "moving video backing tracks"):
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Well said Brian, you’re the first person I heard say” know the rules first before you break them” you can’t break them without knowing the rules successfully first!
This is by far one of the best lessons I found on RUclips if you want to learn to improvise. If you have a basic understanding of caged and know your pentatonic scales, this is an awesome eye opener! Thanks man!
Man, this chord tone series and the caged system has lit a fire under me, after a couple years of running up and down scales, I'm excited again about playing.
But how do you know what chord is playing in the back ground to me even tho I know the chords sound different while my loop has the progression going j in cant tel them apart
Finally a teacher who actually knows what he is talking about. Thanks Brian great lesson.
You explain it really well this is totally where I’m at 👍
You are probably the best out there at explaining music theory for guitar with out skipping over important details, calling the same thing by two different names without saying so, or making assumptions about what people know.
Hey, Brian. Great lesson. Thank you. By the way, if you are making a living playing music, by definition, you are indeed a professional. When you started playing your guitar to illustrate the lesson, it is really clear that you know what you are talking about. But there wasn't any showboating.that can sometimes gets students lost. Thanks for your humility. It makes for a really enjoyable lesson.
Comes A Time Band hey thanks a lot for the words bud! Glad the lesson was helpful!
You're right ! Brian is one of the very best guitar instructors in da game! No bullcrap just flatfooted teaching.
Been playing on and off.... More off ... For years. Got back into playing regularly about 6 months ago. Always learning new things. This is a great help. Happy i watched the video. Will be watching more. Keeping me motivated. Thanks
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Yes I totally agree. No show boating or playing other notes. Everything Brian played was all in his scales that he was very clear on and very easy to understand.
Man, you are the best RUclips/ no bull, RUclips guitar teacher I have ever watched, God bless you brother!
This is just perfect , found one of my favorite channel , thank a lot mate
Dude, I've been playing for like 10 years. No one has ever explained it like this to me. This is what I needed. Thank you very much. You did a fabulous job!
I've been playing guitar for quite a long time, and this is honestly one of the best videos explaining chord tone soloing that I have ever come across, thanks Brain! Already applying this to my improv!
You’re a fantastic teacher. It shows you’ve really mastered the material.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is EXACTLY what my next step needs to be. You are a godsend and a GREAT instructor!!. Happy new year!
Excellent, excellent, excellent! I really dig your teaching style. Thank you for this. Keep it up!
This has to be the best lesson about chord tone lead that I have watched
Really great video. I absolutely agree with the comment bellow. You are not just a talented player but a gifted teacher as well. Keep the music flowing and the lessons comming. Thank you
Excellent, you are very CLEAR and you tell us what most people do, what better people do, that is really important in helping me where to head to. Very very interesting and eye opening ! Nice also that you speak slowly and clearly so us non english native speakers can understand. Thank You for this excellent video.
You are a MASTER teacher! Despite all your skill, you remember the things that people with less talent / experience struggle with. Listening to you is like hearing myself speak. I've taken face-to-face lessons with two well-educated teachers, but I have been unable to intelligently convey to them the things that I struggle with. I've purchased books with enticing titles, and listened to countless RUclips instructors. NOBODY can hold a candle to you. You KNOW how people think, and convey guidance in a no-nonsense manner that is easy to grasp. MASTER teacher! THANKS!
Thanks man! I'm really glad to hear that these vids are helping for ya 😀
this is a brilliant video and very good down to earth way of explaining how it all works, thank you.
Hi Brian, excellent lesson. Thank you! An amazing amount of clarification here with regards to linking pentatonic, diatonic and chord tones. Staying in the 1st position of the pentatonic really did help as I could see the underlying shapes of the chords. Really helpful!
Great job Brian! You're just fantastic at explaining all the concepts
Thank you so much. I found your channel last night and it’s already helped me to expand my musical knowledge so much!!!!!! Recently I’ve been breaking out the pentatonic box and learning modal theory and your vids with the circle of fifths and modal chord progressions (and this one) helped a ton!!!
This is the first tutorial I've listened to you play. You have a sound that is yours and very beautiful. Thanks.
What a brilliant lesson for all aspiring lead guitarists. Thank you very much.
Another excellent lesson with proper emphasis on getting the concepts down. Glad I signed up to your terrific value course. Thanks
Wow this is the first video I've found that genuinely targets intermediate players. This video was very enlightening. Thanks Brian, you are clearly a talented musician!
Thanks so much :) this tied up some loose ends in my understanding of the caged system and chord tones in one easy video!
Thank you sir!!! You effortlessly and eloquently explained a thing I have been trying to figure out for years now 👏🏿 . Can't wait to learn this. Amazing!
Thank you very much. Nice series you got going here. I am a self taught beginner/intermediate. Pure gold.
Holy Carp Batman! Damn near got it! After all these years…waiting,trying,pounding…nothing sounds right.THEN CAME KELLY! Thank you Brian. Zombie it is.
Well done! I've played for a bloody long time, but I also relied on scales for soloing over songs, and after avoiding theory forever, I finally started digging in, and lo and behold, realized how to play over the changes, targeting the chord tones. Day-by-day, there's improvement, but still not at the point of instantly finding every chord tone during the changes without thinking about it ahead of time. Will be checking out all of your lessons. Many thanks for the time!
J Brooks that's awesome that you found it helpful! Just keep practicing and thinking "chords" instead of "scales", and over time you will get better and better at it.
Bryan your teaching is clear and easy to understand !! Really appreciate...
Exceptional lesson!! So glad I signed up for your course. What you give the student is the WHOLE picture. Know the rules to break the rules! I like it.
Great explanation Brain. I now really started to understand these traid soloing. Thanks a lot.
Great lesson and explanation of how this works . Now I need to learn to recognize cord tones all over the neck. Thanks for a great lesson.
Nicely done, brother. I've been stuck in that level 2 phase of noodling the scale over the chords with no direction for far too long. This really resonated with me and I look forward to the next lessons in this series. Thanks for your time and work on this.
Pure harmony lesson, thank you Brian.
Thanks, Brian. Just starting to get my head round this and it's all gradually coming together. Learn the chord sequence. Loop it or record it. Play over it with just chord tones in lots of varied patterns. Add embellishments - slides, bends, harmonics, etc. Then work on phrasing and adding spaces. Yeah, it's slowly coming together. For the first time in my life I can _visualise_ solos. Thanks, man!
Fantastic lesson! I've been looking for chord tone lessons because this is where I've been kinda stuck and this is one of the best I've found. Great explanations!
Jake Forrest awesome! Glad to hear that it is helpful to ya!
Thank you, Brian, you make sense!!! You take the time to explain, "relaxed thinking and playing" is what you do, perfect! Please, keep on doing what you do! Thanks again!
Thanks for the compliment! Once you really start incorporating this stuff into your playing, you will notice MASSIVE improvements (assuming you were thinking primarily "scales" before, paying no mind to the underlying chords).
Great video. Really been trying to expand my playing beyond just the "scalar" approach that you described and this helped immensely. Going from just seeing the scale shape to actively targeting chord tones while also mixing in some noodling here and there has spiced up my solos quite a bit. Massive thanks.
Thanks for the lesson, you're an amazing teacher Brian
Excellent! This was real helpful. Your explanation was brilliant! Thanks!
Thanks! Great explanations and perfect examples. Well done.
Awesome man. For years I've wondered about this stuff.
Thanks Brian! this is perfect for where I am now. I have more time now to practice and I was looking for "the right thing" to practice. This is it for me. Way more "color" in soloing......
Great teaching mate!
Much appreciated you sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for showing and then playing the examples of tonal, scaler, and pattern methods. Makes sense...
i swear you are the best guitar teacher, you have answered all my questions and explained them in a way that make it very simple for me to understand, thank you!
Thanks man! If you haven't already, take a look at my website. I just updated the design and the flow of all my lessons!
These are a great series of videos.
Excellent Brian, you made this really easy to understand, thank you!
David Haynes glad to help brother!
Your videos tought me so much, thank you a lot for that!
Thanks man this helps alot I have never had a lesson before this is what I needed when I started playing
This is the most helpful video on chords v penta scales. Thanks for the help, I've been playing for over a decade and still haven't quite figured this part out.
Mr. Cheezle yup...chord tones is where the magic happens :)
Hey Brian outstanding dude I watched other teachers online teaching the caged system but they were all over the neck and to be honest I didn't understand it but u broke the caged shape all in one box learn a lot thanks
I really appreciate the work you put into this video. I've been playing for years but I've been stagnating for a while, and this will help me improve!
Excellent conveyance of this topic. Great teacher. Thanks!
heard this same stuff from 1000 different instructors. BUT yours made sense to me. THanks!
Really enjoy your videos. Seems like we visualize things the same way so your lessons really get through to me thanks for the hard work
You actually show how to Apply the Scales. Thank You Brian. Amazing Job.
in 15 mins. you cleared more up then hours and hours of other instructional videos, such as bends and when to use them. Thank you
Allan Chapman haha thanks man. I really don’t like the sounds of my “demos” in this vid, but at least the information seems to be resonating with people. Glad you found it helpful!
WOW! Fantastic explanation this confirmed what I thought but had problems putting it together you turned on the light thanks so much.
No prob. Glad you liked the video!
About 2/3 of the way through this lesson something clicked in my head when I finally got the shapes under my fingers and was able to 'see' the 1,3 and 5s of the target chords. So much more musical and fun! So grateful for your channel, Brian. Ordering your Arps and Scales PDF right now!
Darren P that’s awesome that things are clicking for ya! And thanks so much for picking up a copy of my book. I appreciate the support!
Thank you so much for your knowledge. You’re a great teacher and I’ve been listening to this video while working for the past few days.
Glad you like the vid! Thanks for checking it out 😁
Hello Brian. Thank You soo much for doing what You are doing. You are so clear and elocuent in how you go about teaching brother. I am able to understand your teachings in a way I have not found with any other músic teacher. You are super awsome brother!! God bless You ... 😁🙏😁
Super clear explanation of this Brian! I've been stuck in pentatonic mode forever and to break free I just starting the chord-tone soloing based lesson book "Fretboard Freedom". While this book thoroughly maps the fretboard for every key it lacks guidance on soloing over an actual chord progression. Your example of soloing over the chord changes with the corresponding chord voicings has filled that void in my understanding. Thanks!
Finally, an instructor that can communicate with my feeble mind. I never really considered using chord tones in my leads, being satisfied just using diatonic and pentatonic scales. But as Brian says, lead parts can tend to get stale over time, and mine did. This brings them back to life. Many thanks, Brian!
Thank You Brian, You make it easy to clearly see.
Excellent lesson with some understanding to soloing! THANKS!
A good solo has a great mix of scale runs combined with chord tones, great video Brian!
Excellent instructional video Brian. I finally get chord tone soloing
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You. I appreciate your focus on intermediate players like myself.
You answered a great question I had about soloing. Good job, brother! 👍🏻
Thanks for taking time to make these videos. You lay it out in an easy to understand way for moderate guitar players --like myself. 👍🏻👍🏻
TURnKEYiNK haha I'm a moderate guitarist myself...I just know theory, so that's my contribution to the guitar world!
Dude, that is an awesome video! So useful! Thanks.
Oh yes!
I have read about this chord tone thing quite a few times,and watched some vids too...but for some reason your vid is the one that has made it click in my addled brain ;) .
My hands are still slow and clumsy but this chord tone targeting is making my simplistic soloing sound so much better !.
So thanks a lot Brian,i really am grateful , i have suscribed and will surely watch the rest of the series.
Keep on rockin'
Hey thanks a lot for the comment! I have all of my videos organized much better on my website. This page here has a bunch of chord tone soloing stuff on it: www.zombieguitar.com/the-chordal-approach/
That explained a lot. Thanks Brian.
Amazing video, just had my weekly lesson on this topic and it was helpful to learn it your way as well!
Dave Pinke glad you like it man. Check out the rest of the chord tone soloing series as well!
THANKS BRIAN, EXCELLENT TEACHING HELPING ME UNDERSTAND ,EXACTLY WHAT I HAV BEEN SEARCHING FOR. THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUSITY MAKING THESE VIDEOS , BILLY G.71YRS. YOUNG LEARNER,
Brian thanks for sharing... great lesson.
gracias Brian,eres un gran profesor y maestro de guitarra. thanks
Another fantastic Lesson thank you Brian
Another great vid. Thanks.
You're a really good teacher, bro. Thanks!
Wow this is amazing! If I would recommend any one learning this for the first time learns the chord progression for “Hey joe” and aims for the chord tones during their lead practice sessions
Wow this helped me so so much. Thanks!
hi brian you've explained the fretboard in a easy to grasp style having finished the whole series would like to thank you for the effort you put in would thoroughly recommend your series for anyone with a serious interest in progressing absolutely top class mate
michael mcrobert hey thanks for watching my vids...glad you found this series helpful!
Very nice job indeed. Graphics compliment the lesson well. Clearly a great deal of planning and thought put in before and after the camera was switched on.
Thanks Brian. Your lessons are really great and valuable. U share so many things which are hidden. Thanks so much
Excellent
These solos sound so good.
Just now finding this vid. Stayed up all night learning about targeting notes and this has helped me realize I've been thinking about scales so wrong. And it's just the first video. Quality stuff man.
Aaron Mashburn thanks for the comment man! Scales are still very important to understand though...but so are the chord tones/arpeggios within the scales. Both are equally important to understand!
Brian Kelly I agree man it's held me back. Been playing for over 10 years but by myself for the last 5 so i end up playing mostly rhythm with some inside licks but when there was a complete progression beneath me and I was supposed to solo I choked. I'll work on seeing all the triads and seventh chord chord tones inside the scales now instead of just looking at it like a series of notes and praying I land on a good extension or chord tone.
Aaron Mashburn I hear ya man. Here's another lesson you might like as well from just last week: www.zombieguitar.com/how-to-solo-with-arpeggios/
Thank you, man. Thanks for sharing this.
Great teacher...great lesson!!
They lie ohio glad you like it. Thanks for watching!
Wow that’s helpful I was getting into that in 1994 and in band in 95
And on then off after 2001 and trying to get back into guitar
Thank you! This explained so much to me!
Another super cool lesson... makes me realise just how much I'm missing out on by "scaler mindset".
Well done! I teach guitar as well and this is exactly how I approach it.
You just joined my brain up.
You Rock!