SANTANA MASTERCLASS: what I learned
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Carlos Santana's Masterclass is an in depth look at his approach to playing guitar. Specifically, the art and soul. It's great for beginner guitar players as well as advanced guitar players, as it features over three hours of lessons which explore a range of topics from guitar practice to the importance of confidence.
I was originally going to cover Tom Morello's Masterclass, which features a more traditional guitar course structure. But after I stumbled upon Santana's Masterclass trailer, I was too intrigued by Santana's... allure.
Carlos Santana is a rock and roll hall of famer who has been impacting the rock music scene since the 1960s. He holds the record for most Grammy wins in a single night thanks to his 1999 smash hit "smooth". He was ranked the 20th best guitarist of all time on Rollingstone's "100 best guitarists if all time" list.
His immense success makes this candid Masterclass absolutely fascinating, as it provides an opportunity to better understand how to become a a world class guitarist.
In this video I break down what I consider the most important lessons from Santana's Masterclass. I include topics like the importance of blues music for guitarists, techniques to practice constructing a melody, how to lead a band, the benefits of good guitar gear, and more!
The price of the Masterclass is a little steep , however I think it's well worth it for aspiring guitarists who love Santana's music. However, if you're still unsure, this video serves as a review of Carlos Santana's MasterClass.
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Like this comment if you used to watch when he only had an acoustic guitar
His new stuff sucks
His first (and second) guitars were electric, so no.
@@osirus211 lmao you know your stuff
@@RedlightBlue some of us pay attention to the lore, you casual
Did you cut off the end of your own video?
But the beginning is so slow and frus...
YOUSIICAN
Yousician is the best way to learn to play the guitar
@@grungyasscinema Truly? What else have you tried?
@@ItsaDaPope-a Oh, I have no clue. I was just ironically stating lines from the ad haha . As for me, I was pretty young when I started so I didn't really pressure myself into improving, but I started out by learning songs I liked to listen to and then from there slowly got into basic theory. I figure my next step after learning more intricate aspects of theory is ear training.
@@grungyasscinema Oh, haha. I was asking in earnest because I am just starting out and don't have the $$ for private lessons.
You sound like the guy from first we feast
Lmfao... sean evans??
Just not egg head
God damn I knew he sounded a bit familiar
Yeah, if he took a quaalude and smoked a blunt.
and then took 5 shots
What are the odds that I get the ad before this video
I see you're doing your part at 6:51, good job long haired nine year old.
It's more important now than ever
The ending was hilarious!! 😂😂
I got the Santana masterclass ad before the vid
Lol I got the masterclass ad on this video
I would really like to see Tom Morello masterclass top 5
that prs is awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
You forget about journeys guitars Neil schon he joined Santana at 15
The youtube algorithm comes in clutch
I’m considering getting this class but is it only inspirational? Does he go over some chords/scales/technique? Will subscribe for a helpful answer! Thanks for the video
I think you're smart for asking those questions. If it's only inspirational, you can save yourself a bundle and just listen to his You Tube interviews for free from the last 20 years ( after he got rich and re-famous again since 1999) . You can also buy old Guitar Player magazines that feature him in them and you'll hear the exact same thing.
Wtf I saw his add before the video started
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Is not gonna sound like that if you don't stand like that
You’re bringing light into the darkness
*Cringy almost staccato playing*
Ricardo Rodríguez I mean it’s not cringe if it’s done by one of the greatest guitarists in the world.
Ricardo Rodríguez I mean it’s not cringe if it’s done by one of the greatest guitarists in the world.
i got an ad for this masterclass watching this
Lmao same
The Carlos Santana one!?!??, cause me too 🤣
@@Apxagp yeah lol
Me too, hahahahahaha.
Same here
I always wanted to sound like carlos santana but i have an acoustic and practicing with it seems so slow and frustrating.
with yousician
same
Then get an electric
@@lukebower9299 r/whooosh
im right there with you even if you dont know what to do just pick it up daily if your passionate about then then the knowledge will find you from one beginner to another good luck.
"Blues is the foundation of western music"
*Bach rolling in his grave*
I would edit in “modern” or contemporary because I know what he means but yeah, it’s a bit much. There is a guitarist, Ted Greene, who really understood the marriage of Bach into contemporary western music, worth checking out
@@justingarcia7722 yep, i understood what he meant, i'm just messing around. Great vid overall, really enjoyed. I'll look into Ted
"Western" meaning North American (but also European, as our music spread to Europe, and worldwide). Classical music was essentially a root of everything, and from music unique to America, - Jazz and Blues, formed another type of music that was originally unique to America but quickly spread around the world, starting in the U.K. - Rock, or Rock and Roll). Jazz and Blues are probably the major foundation of Rock and Roll (and of much Latin music also). But most of the music genres and musical influences were European in origin.
I think it's easy to forget that Carlos Santana is a rock/pop musician who basically blends blues, pop and latin influence together to make a distinct and more profound sound. Blues is the foundation of what we consider mainstream rock and roll. That being said, Jethro Tull played Bach and most guitarists should know "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring". Most Jazz musicians love Bach and know a lot of it. I think if you are a rock guitarist you should know quite a bit of Blues. You are exempt from this rule only if you are in Radiohead, Sonic Youth or Kraftwerk. Also, the more Bach you know as a keyboardist, the more accessible the advanced piano repertoire is.
We hear blues influences in rock country, pop, rnb..... and a zillion other styles, where is your classical music at? People dont want complicated stuff, yea mozart is great but thats it. Few people use his stuff or even listen to him regularly.
FACTS
when will you play the guitar on your channel? asking for a friend
before you know it
@@RedlightBlue- Don't be embarrassed. Learn to get over your embarrassment, and like Carlos said, learn to breathe while you play. I'm a great (or good :) guitarist, but I can't breathe lol (I have COPD and other health issues). And thus I almost never play any more. Any dreams of being a rock star were short lived. But I met Carlos and jammed with him a little in 1992. Will never forget that. Learn your chords (major, minor, diminished, etc., etc. etc.). Then learn the fret-board and where the same notes are on different strings, up the scale, and in different octaves (by dissecting the chords and notes within you learned) . Learn your scales (pentatonic, hepatonic, etc. up and down the fretboard (ascending/ descending). Learn and practice picking techniques, and strumming techniques and combinations of both. Then practice shapes and forms and stretching your hand to experiment with what is comfortable for you.
The entire learning process is an experiment. An enjoyable but sometimes frustrating experiment. I would (and did) definitely listen to the Blues and Jazz, and Classical music (and Latin music, Asian, African, - all types of music really). The foundation of Rock is the Blues (in large part). And once you are relatively good, the knowledge and foundation of Jazz and Classical forms on the guitar, will help you improvise to learn more leads, scales, solos, etc. I would buy a metronome or a keyboard that has one (for timing), and use the pre-programmed samples to help you learn guitar (or most other instruments). It's so good to have a rhythm section (or improvised one) when learning. Just my three cents. I'm an expert at nothing, and a master at everything :) (including bating). Nice Les Paul. Thanks for the video.
SkylineToTheSeaAndMe you put in a lot of work into that comment and I just wanted to let you know it did not go unnoticed and unappreciated.
I went through this Santana Master Class...it is mostly about attitude and emotions. A mindset that focuses intention to get you to feel the music you are playing and own it. Personally...I picked up a wealth of information from this Master Class.
Ya this dude is a D lol 😆
@@magickbeans nah A+
Please do a Nickelback masterclass video
Still waiting for it to come out
Pretty sure it will be a noviceclass video.
Itll go straight to RUclips 😂🤣
Look at my Masterclass,
Everytime I do, it makes me laugh - Chad Kroeger
🤮🤮
"Everyone has their own sound
Except if you're greta van fleet and I'm Anthony Fantano"
Classic.
explain??
Santana:”Listening is probably the beat gift you can give someone”
Deaf people:..........well damn
I got bad news for them but since they hardly can hear....
💀 😂
Got the ad before the vid
It's a sign
Same
Remember me when u get BIG
You're with me always, sexy grandpa
The actual video hasn’t even started yet and I already have the masterclass ad
The Blues is so important to learn if you want to be a guitarist, because it represents one of the major foundations of Rock (Rock and Roll, and other genres of music). The Blues will help you learn your guitar and become a better guitarist.
Blues is feel and feel is equivalent to timeless, good music
You have such a great chanel dude. I'll suscribe immidiately.
Thx my dude 😎🎸🎥
This is such a great channel you and your content deserve over 500k for sure, if I wouldnt know any better I would think you'd have like 100k subs
500k or 100k
@@RedlightBlue you deserve 500k but I expected you would have 100k already
he has ~25.200 Subs
Its like that time my stoner friend tried to explain to me what I missed on my constitutional law class.
Funny how Carlos Santana's Master Class' add played on this video LMAO
>"Massive resurgence"
>Black magic woman
>*peaked at #4 in 1971*
Now Carlos Santana is teaching us how to breathe? 😂🤣
Legend has it he was the first god of destruction
Is there a video where he is playing the guitar?
He's uploaded some originals a while back
Interesting critique on a man who has won 10 grammy awards.
Consider this from someone who worked at a Guitar Store.
When you hear 10,000 guys (no exaggeration) all freaking day that can shred, listening to someone who really can piece together a melody is far more satisfying.
P.S.: Women love melodies, not cacophonies.
Carlos gives such exceptionally good advice!
when u play music, u bring light into the darkness
Well listening to you, you learned a lot. All you said is true. "Half Heartedness" never works because you'll always feel you can do much better. Put in your heart and soul in all you do and you'll benefit the most. In these times with so much distractions and consuming it even takes more discipline to make the concentration yourney "within" to find your voice. Maestro Santana has learned you wisdom and philosophy, which are things you have to "live". The right mind set is the greatest starting point. Greetings Vic
Excellent advice.
Man I love Carlos but the masterclass struck me as vague and esoteric and forced/contrived. Not very useful for musicians who are trying to learn how to play. You don't need to be a "character" at all either, as a matter of fact acting does not usually have a place in music. People will always value sincerity in the end and people who front don't have lasting power. I'm personally proud of what he accomplished but he ended up becoming more of an idea than a sick soulful Latin fusion guy who just killed it even against odds, even on mind bending drugs. Also my friend, there is very little actual guitar playing on here and from what I've seen you actually have an overdub of a studio recording while you play and sing. Its impossible for your voice to have an effect like super wet reverb with no mic yet your guitar sounds basically normal. Come on dude.... I know it can be discouraging and almost intimidating to practice, even I get like that too, but that's just not right. Trust me it can be pretty daunting and frustrating to play the same parts over for 6 hours but the feeling you get after you master a lick or technique is just beautiful. You don't even need to play super complicated stuff either, you like acoustic finger picking? That's awesome! Get good at what you're already good at and you'll see that eventually you'll evolve sometimes without even knowing it. I have faith that you can do it too. Anybody can it just takes practice and even the greats practiced. But do as you do brother just keep in mind what I said about people valuing sincerity.
You look like heath ledger lol
when you get an ad for the masterclass the video is about
i got his masterclass ad before the video started😭
I literally got an ad about carlos santana's masterclass before this video.
Dude your videos are so awesome! Inspiring, hilarious, original... all the good stuff! But I just have ONE suggestion for your personal guitar playing experience: Invest in an amp! Not a karaoke machine, but a real tube driven amp. I promise promise promise it will make playing that beautiful Gibson 100x more fun. It's discouraging playing an electric guitar and realizing that it sounds like doo doo lol, because I promise it doesn't! You will love the way it sounds with a real amp and it will absolutely encourage you to play more!
What is the point in having a 4k TV if you can only stream in 720p;)
Keep up the awesome videos!
6K!!!!!!! Remind me when I subscribed?
Like 6k ago
@@RedlightBlue what about me homie i saw your rocksmith video awhile back cant remember how many subs but that video was hilarious lol
Hilarious. Ya, Santana sucks lol. Basically you're making fun of him. He has a career as a master guitarist. I just feel like this video is all sarcasm like you are better than him. Lmao. Get real dude.
Great ! I wonder what are the hits of C.Santana and what are your influences ? Your favourite music ?
you try way too hard to be funny man
Has a les Paul and doesn’t play it anywhere in the video
I strummed like twice. Once with confidence
Just posing with it lol.
I got the Santana MasterClass ad on this
If you had only one choices of tutor, Carlos Santana should be the one. He teach the soul foundation, how to play, not how to be played.
If you don’t know who Santana is, don’t ever pick a guitar
The editing of this is top notch lmao
It's obnoxious
sounds like carlos did not cover much is playing the guitar, just his personal feelings and beliefs about playing music in general which is ok i guess if that is what you are looking for................................
Yeah, I think he thinks it's more important to be an amazing musician, than an amazing guitarist. I agree.
Master class: Floyd Mayweather
Masterclass trailor park boys
"Kill two birds get stoned
What could Floyd teach us? Wifebeating?
There's a lot of good advice here, but honestly his masterclass just seems like an overpriced motivational speech.
It's esoteric advice that the best musicians would agree with but is pointless trying to teach this to people who believe practicing mindless scales will help you write good music.
It's like a jedi teaching
Right when he was about to say slow and frustrating I get a yousician ad 🙄
The ending made me cry looool!!!!!!!
Sry
its really funny, when you made that slight dig at greta van fleet i was thinking of them at the exact time. It makes the video a lot more engaging when you put in random thoughts like that because often you are on the mark with what everyone is already thinking anyways. Just a thought! anyways awesome video dude.
Lmfao glad you appreciated it. I dont think everyone did
For those of you who don't know Santana
What?
We gotta admit
Playing guitar is like listening to your soul speaking
For me as a guitarist and a full time musician i really respect carlo santa. For me he's a legend. Some of the modern guitarist now may be bored on his licks but i like him as a good human and a motivator. He is really a master.
You should do “What I learned from John Mayer’s free Instagram live masterclasses”
Hmmm... So before I saw this video I saw an add for Santanas masterclass. Then I saw this video recommend up which was a weird coincidence. Contemplating trying to actually get into this masterclass sometime. Do you know how long this masterclass will be available or is it only for a limited time? Idk. Anyways, great review and nice content as usual. Keep up the videos there helpful.
When Santana talks of blues as the foundation of rock music as we know, he is serious and honest. And it is the truth. The reason the Beatles, Elvis, Buddy Holly and the like all appealed to the masses because they knew how to adapt Negro music. Plain and Simple. And if you listen to Santana speak these days he actually calls his music "African." There it is.
This channel is going places, I’m calling it now.
I appreciate you. You're brilliant!
Love u
Who else got a Santana masterclass ad
Just found your channel love ur vids keep them up!!! You’ll be great my friend
“But the beginning is so slow and frus-“
Lol
Santana puts like everything he ever was and will be into his sound.
That's the key to his success. And is his philosophy of life.
"But the beginning is just so slow and frustrating" 😂😂😂😂
Love what you did there in the end 🤣🤣
I got Carlos Santana's masterclass ad while watching this video...
I got an add for his master class before the video
Thank you for this video ! Now I don't need to fork out all that money on Santana's Master Class.......and so glad that I didn't. In just over 6 minutes, you summarized what Carlos would have milked out of an hour saying the same thing with all those pretty words he uses. Those words don't come cheap so you saved me a lot of money and I do appreciate it.
Yeah, even though I think blues is boring to play many times, I think so many players have so much feel and passion, more than some random shred I have heard. Looks like some good lessons. My mom lets me use her account which is awesome. I loved how you quoted that one add for that one music game ahahhh.
Cracks me up how you simultaneously make fun of Santana while also praising him. When this started I thought I was gonna be offended, because I'm a huge Santana fan. But your humor was on point and not disrespectful. So, well done. :-)
Did anyone else wonder why Carlos had all those amps in his practice room ....excuse me " get to know your guitar better room" ? All he needed was that one Mesa Boogie combo .and even that could knock over a couple lamps.
Nice video dude! Your videos are really good! Very funny, always keep me on my toes and I never get bored, and also I get to learn stuff! Great work, keep it up man! :D
lmao glad you're getting so much out of it :) i'll try to keep it up
you should upload a song :D I wanna see far you've come in your guitar journey
I'm working on it:) letting the anticipation build lmao
Bro I just found this video in my recommended and your hilarious. Definitely have a new subscriber!
OMG...why would you inflict such torture upon yourself?
I literally got an ad for his master class right when I clicked on the video
this is a bit unrelated BUUUT, the ads for both of these guitarists suck, like I don't know anything about them, but holy shit, specially the other guy (the one you mentioned at the start), like what do you mean you didn't trust teachers? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? what, I do the opposite of what my teacher said now? atleast santana's ad gave off what he was and what he showed you, but what the actual fuck does "I didn't trust the teachers" mean?
edit: good video btw, I really like your content, it's entertaining and helpful and gets to the point without wasting your time, just wanted to say that I really appreciate it and I hope you have a S W E L L day/night :D
i get what you're saying and i think it's because the actual courses aren't particularly well structured lmao. i think you'll get the most out of them if you already have a preexisting knowledge and appreciation for whoever the instructor is. like half of santana's course was him playing and telling stories. which is awesome if you're a fan, but if you just want to learn... not so much lmao
"you kind of get a glimpse iNsIdE HiS MiNnNnNndDdDdDd" Your sense of humour is so fresh lol
We gotta subscribe to him because he’s using the cheapest guitar Gibson makes just to say he has a Gibson. We must get him a real Gibson les Paul
Why the fuck is he with a guitar if he is not playing at all, I mean he just do a C and that's it XDDD
love the patronizing and snobby attitude towards santana
Do you smoke a fair bit of weed? Seriously. Just curious.
It would have been better if you wouldve simply play santana the whole video.
LOL finally someone admits that gears do matter when you have even some skills. Well... At least they make you want to go on.
Omg i was considering subscribing and then i realized that you're a nine year old and subscribed instantly
Are you slurring your speech to be funny or do you have an accent or what
Dude I litturally just got Santana master class add no joke like I cant even be live
Also maybe Santana should say stay in school and don't smoke too much pot. Just sayin.
Magically I got an add for his masterclass before the video started
I got the Carlos Santana masterclass as an ad before watching this.
gear does not really make you better. watch adam neelys video on it.
Literally the ad for the Master Class of Santana showed on this video