How To Get Good On Guitar Fast
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- In today's livestream I talk about how to quickly learn and master the guitar by using examples and practice tips.
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There are so many mind-blowing guitarists on the earth right now. Just like in athletics, the bar is constantly raised, but fortunately, melody, harmony, rhythm and emotion still count.
Truth. I remember attending Joe Satriani's G4 guitar camp several years ago and being blown away at the caliber of players that showed up. There is no shortage of talent out there.
the bar is raised, not on the quality, though. Music today doesn't sound better than yesterday.
@@danielebazzani You are conflicting music with guitarists
Yep, being a great guitar player and a great musician are certainly not one in the same.
@@ampleoq there is no guitarist. Just music.
I took up the electric bass guitar last February 19th. The ONLY thing that is making me better is... PRACTICE.
I practice 3 times a week (at least an hour), finger exercises, scales, 'workouts' (BassBuzz), etc. Yes, my fingertips are now 'seasoned'.
I can now play 4 songs, fully, no mistakes, with confidence, when friends/visitors ask me "play something for us":
1. Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
2. Booker-T - Green Onions
3. Bob Dylan - Knock, knock, knockin'
4. Venus - Bananarama
Which reminds me, I need to practice today.
Keep going!!
Bass players are always in demand. Stick with it and it will be Awesome. 👍👍
@oibal69 awesome keep going. I really like bass lots of songs where it’s totally driving the song along with drums and together drums and bass are providing all the sound, mood and atmosphere, love it! Ive played bass here and there but mainly guitar (I have a 7 string so low B is the extra, or A if I tune down a whole step across all 7 strings. You are spot on, practice is the only thing. Sure I can luck it up after a year without playing and do power chords and sound cool with chorus, delay, way, pitch shift etc but my fingers hurt very quickly and I’m done for. I’m trying to commit to regular practice now, and until I’m improving I’m not plugging into my amp, so no drive, no effects. Just me so I’ve got to get my technique right. Good luck with your bass playing 👍🎸🙂
Nice! I think the main reason people stall out in their progress is they stop practicing harder things at a certain point. The only way to get better is by working on the things you’re not good at yet. Another thing I wish I had really applied a long time ago is speeding up gradually. It’s more important that every note sounds good than if you can play it up to speed. Once it sounds good, THEN speed up.
Hey Rick, I just wanted to say thank you. I’m 61 years old. I purchased your Labor Day special and purchased my first guitar a few weeks ago playing hard and learning hard. Thank you for your inspiration. Appreciate it. Take care.
Welcome to a wild ride.
Inspired!
I love how awkward your starts of live streams and videos can be. it's a signature move. love your stuff.
Rick couldnt be the cool old guy if he didnt do at least one old man move 😂
I don't see anything awkward, guess that makes me awkward too! You're not alone Rick 😅
You inspire and frustrate me at the same time. There’s so much I don’t know!! I get overwhelmed
That's the fun part!!!! The not knowing.
in the beginning it's always like that, whatever we decide to learn. it gets easier with time.
One lifetime is not enough to learn everything, so my thought is we'd all do well to make our own priorities based on need and passion.
Over my head too friends
But you cant know everything, most guitarists (not all) in bands only know what they need to, that's why they have signature licks and phrases.
I actually had a few lessons with some great guitarists, including a fun Q & A lesson with Joe Satriani ( in 2005, when he was supporting " Is There Love In Space? " ) and had a few with Dweezil Zappa ( his Dweezilla lessons prior to his shows ). Great lessons, no doubt. But, my main teacher ( John Wheeler ) taught one of the greatest lessons with a statement: " Learn one new thing a day and spend most of the time learning to play it properly, be it a riff or a whole song. " After 30 plus years of playing guitar, that statement still helps me get almost anything under my fingers. Thanks Rick!
Could you please expand on that philosophy. Like how have you practically used it
I purchased the Beato Book in 2017 and it has been gathering virtual dust ever since. It is time for me to give it another go to learn more theory and classical. This is to complement everything I have learned by ear over the last 30 years.
I started with your course about 2 or 3 weeks ago on the acoutic guituar of my girlfriend, got myself a Fender Jim Root Tele for my birthday last week.
Now I can grab the first 5 open chords and practice every day to get fast enough to learn my first song.
I chose "Lady in Black" by Uriah Heep, it's just 2 chords.
There is a long way ahead.
Rick you are a genius. But I’m an intermediate player and honestly you go waaay deep in the weeds for me to get much instruction from your videos, but I still like to watch em for most part.
hey man, the truth is, what hes teaching is intermediate, im an intermediate and i can also only mostly understand him
circle of fifths, triads, harmony etc is intermediate
@@baaka6355 truth.
I didn't understand any of this a couple years ago, so I bought his course and went through it all. He's pretty high level so I also watched lessons from other guys online and have been consistent for a couple years now. It takes time but it's rewarding when you really commit to the process.
I think a big reason Rick seems so advanced is because he plays the guitar in terms of music notes rather than frets. Most of us just see patterns and figures as frets and numbers. Rick is able to see the guitar musically which takes out the boxes that players get stuck in.
@@xcx8646 being advanced isn't just about metal techniques and speed. By advanced I mean in terms of being able to peice seemingly random chords together in arppegio form and make it make sense. I know it just takes practice. But many seeminglt decent level or intermediate guitarists are mind blown by Rick. And the advanced famous ones seem to respect his abilities. Rick is able to connect the musical dots on guitar where others cannot yet. I think the floppy hands thing is just the way his hands are mate.
Could not agree more. I think Rick is totally amazing but like others commenting here, he is just so advanced I get lost at the beginning.
That's just a matter of notation. The real difference is the ability to hear the notes, and the ability to produce the note you want to hear. If you can sing it, you ought to be able to play it, too. And vice versa. Whether you use musical notation or work entirely by ear.
@@bjornlangoren3002 guitar has techniques the voice can't replicate, like tapping and sweep picking. Rather limiting to only think of the guitar as how your voice works. Also, many guitarists don't sing. Understanding how music works for the guitar is how Rick Beato is very advanced.
@@xcx8646 I totally understand where you're coming from, although I wish I could play as well as Rick. I love Rick's channel, and what he has to offer, but I don't come here for guitar playing that touches me. I've been playing since around 1983. I don't know most of the actual notes I play. I play patterns. I have a shitty short term memory, so I could never remember all of the notes on the fret board. I've never had the patience for music theory (which Rich teaches). I've played in bands, and have played hundreds of gigs, and had a lot of fun. That's what matters to me. I know I suck, but I do the best I can. I wish YT, and people like Rick were around when I was learning to play. The players I aspire to be like, are guys like Joe Walsh, and Peter Northcote (a recent favorite). Check him out. Cheers!
I'm 64 ...& not a bad guitar player - for being a drummer. I play for writing & enjoyment purposes. I got the bundle for Labor Day. 👍 It's a great collection that I know will take me to levels of guitar playing I haven't explored yet & seriously broaden my musical knowledge overall. Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't picked it up!
Funny! You just appeared in my feed a few weeks ago, I watched a video and thought back then “WTF! Who is this guy?” to now watching earlier videos like “Stewart Copeland interview!”, “top 10 Metallica riffs” and thinking “WTF was I doing before, listening to music and enjoying it without understanding what made a band great and how they were trailblazers? Now when I play a song, I pay attention to so many important details because you pointed them out, you took the time to explain, or even interview the musician who actually created that song! Also, I knew I wasn’t crazy: music WAS better before!! Thanks, Rick!
Spoiler alert: you must practice. I noticed I don't get any better when I don't practice 😂
Seriously true, and playing as many days per week even if only for a short time makes a huge difference. I noticed if I only played on the weekends it was way slower progress than playing all throughout the week....
@@rychier6994 Yep. 30 minutes a day every day is miles better than 5 hours on Sunday. Especially for technique.
I practice everyday for 50 some odd years. It seems like I never get better. Always the same licks 50 years worth. My problem is note choice. I noticed sometimes I’ll hit a note that doesn’t belong there. BUT, If I QUICKLY jump off the wrong note to a correct note. The wrong note makes the lick a little more interesting. The trick is to jump off the wrong note quick enough. Hang on that note for a second too long and it won’t matter what you resolve to. Funny, I experiment with wrong notes and then jumping to right notes Quickly, works for me At times. Still my leads all sound the same!! They sound like I’m strangling a cat. Oh, and years ago. A guy I know literally showed my how to play the cat!! It takes a little finesse and technique but when I play the cat, it sounds just like my lead solos. Lmao 😂 but true. Haha
@@elliottnunez1057 Do you practice chord tone soloing? That was a game changer for me.
@@elliottnunez1057 after 50 years it might be time to learn some new licks?!haha but seriously, I’ve had long ruts before and the only way to take it to the next level is practicing harder things until they become easy. I practice a lot everyday and most of the time is pretty intensively focused on playing uncomfortable things, over and over hundred of times until the muscle memory develops. Is it a good use of time haha I dunno it makes me happy and I notice improvement regularly which gives me a drive and a sense of meaning and purpose, so that’s worthwhile I suppose. Pick something you can just barely play and practice it till it sounds good and becomes easy to play. Then pick something harder, rinse and repeat
I got your beato book bundle with my birthday money. Thank you for your time and perspective on music and guitar especially, know that you are causing guys all over the world to pick up their guitars and play them with joy. Hoping to get a lot out of the material you've put together. Cheers from Colorado.
Those SGs look and sound so cool. Rick should create his own model to sell to all of us Rickheads.
He has an own Gibson, Rick Beato Les Paul Special Double Cut, Sparkling Burgundy Satin
Back in 94, I took maybe 10 private lessons from Barry Richman, he’s an Atlanta guitar GOD to me. Those things he showed me to practice (I could already do baby chords and sing) changed the trajectory of my playing. I practiced this rather precarious picking finger exercise and still do to this day to warm up. It sped up my right and left hand development for lead. I still suck but can mimic some solos 😊
We have been marketed so deep into the "I want it now/I can have it now" mindset that we actually believe that we can "get good on guitar" in 32 minutes. Learning music and learning an instrument and/or learning anything takes dedication years of perseverance and, above all, WILL to get to that marketed level. I don't blame you Rick, you act in good faith but instant gratification (ie 32 minutes) is incompatible with learning anything even to an amateur level.
Not true, I can teach it in a few minutes...
@@m007mm Bulllllllsheeeit.
Only if self taught
I hope to see Robert Fripp on your show one day soon. I hear he’s a super nice guy.
This
Fripp would be a hoot!
Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew and Tony Levin! Elephant talk!
At the beginning I thought you were playing Captain Nemo by Michael Shenker, it has the same progression.
This was lovely Rick. You are an absolute gem. I have everything you've done so far I believe. The ear training I did not purchase because I have many ear-training books and vids. You are the man. All of it really helps with writing tunes and leads etc... ❤💯💢👌👏👏
I learned more in the first half of this video than I ever did in guitar lessons!!
I got the Foundations of Music Bundle and it's AWESOME/AMAZING!!! YOU need to get yours, too! Rick is my favorite instructor ever!
Thank you so very much, Rick!
I love hearing Rick Beato play it’s always a nice treat puts me in a good mood to play very inspiring.
Reminds me of the middle part of Captain Nemo by Michael Schenker!!!
Schenker was always ahead of his time.
The best way to refine your picking is down pick every lick, then up pick it; then alternate starting with a downstroke; then alternate starting with an upstroke.
One word. Practice.
When’s the Jerry Cantrell interview coming out?
That's what I'm waiting for! I keep checking every day, and still no video!
i thought that said “GET FAST FOOD” lol…got my attention! …. oh, i guess its just another “buy my beato book” video, that never got old the first time
I appreciate you going over the scales and alternate picking. You are a fantastic musician. I cannot read music and know nothing about music theory. I play strictly by ear. I have learned quite a bit from you. Thank you for the video Rick.
Heck, Rick plays as good as anybody on his show. Seriously!
Love it Rick, such a wealth of knowledge and skill you are indeed a fantastic teacher sir!!
Been playing so many years, this more taught me to just get back in practice.
this is good advice on the pull-offs! It makes it sound a lot smoother. The way I usually do it when learning a song is I just learn just 2-3 pentatonic positions for that key in that song. That usually gives me a lot to work with.
Good vibrato being the 4th hard thing to learn!
I’d love to see a similar Beato video, but on how to start (and maintain) a good band.
Rick I got to ask. Where's the Jerry Cantrell interview man I saw the short I've been waiting for the full interview where is it brother please post it
Me too! Waiting, waiting, waiting...
Hammer on's in the midst of an arpeggio. What blows my mind is the D6 and C6 tuning on a double neck Fender Steel guitar.
With hammers and pulls, and even picked, you want to keep a bounce in your left hand. Try to think of it as the left hand dancing. Also try to get a little separation between the notes. You’ll surprise yourself if you do these things. Just trying to help. Hell I’m older than Rick and in a wheelchair. It’s too late for me to be cool and sell it, but this is the way. Everyone freaks out on the right hand, but the left is probably much more important. Don’t forget that, now ok? Thank you.
How to have a very relaxed right hand: master violin, viola, cello, or standup bass! After all, even though the motion is different, the "floppy hand" that was drilled into me during all those years of violin lessons persists with my pick hand!
Hammer on from nowhere! Love it
Rick, your good medicine for the soul.
The courses are GREAT.
Well worth it.
I would like to see some documents that suggest what to parts to study, practice, and ways to practice for specific goals.
Like
-Beginner guitar
-intermediate guitar, path to improvisation
-beginner songwriting
Etc…
Thank you, Rick!
Do a video about Mk.gee and his playing! The way he uses the guitar is amazing
I been playing by ear entire life used to be rock rhythm guitar guy but I play bass professionally now not guitar . …picked up my dream tele and started to write with it..your vids are super instructive.. .heres the punchline, I just just. Just realized that a scale can have DIFFERENT notes ascending and descending…whoa…mind blown 😂😂😂
Hey Rick. No real blues artists? This man "Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins kept me real good company in the hard times !
You should have Taj Farrant on your show. He’s a 15 year old Australian guitarist. He’s an amazing player.
I'm certain I have musical dyslexia. I've been playing since I was 10.I'm 62 now. I've had several lessons in my life and none have made any sense to me. I got by due to learning the fretboard note for note. And having a good ear help's.
Most teachers don't realize that every student might need a different approach of explanation.
This is great. Thank you Rick.
It's not by learning lead it's by learning rhythm. Learn the Circle of 5ths and the Caged system. Practice everyday. Pump out chunky/Heavy tunes. The circle of fifths will teach you everything you need to know about the guitar musically. Also, play to all these free Jam backing tracks available on RUclips.
Would love for you to cover what a bridge is and how to write one. I'd also be curious of your take on The Hook - what they are, how they're made and why they work etc.
I just ordered the course. I'm 62 and just retired and figured why not learn guitar.
2:00 one of the best Bach like players I've heard is Phill Emanuel (Tommy's brother).
I wish have had the Beato Book back in 1982.
That's a beautiful blue on that guitar!
I already have the ear training and Beato book. Really I would just be interested in the guitar courses.
Geeeez the division in these comments 😂 you know what's the real best advice for a musician? Do what you love man. Do what you think is fun an cool. That's the reason we picked up our instruments in the first place right? If someone just likes learning their favorite songs an they don't care to learn theory good for them! If ur a theory head an that's what makes u strive to get better good on you too! Me personally I like a little bit of both an Id say I benefit tremendously from it but I know it's not for everyone. There isn't a right or wrong way not everyone's goal is to be the next Steve Vai or whatever just do what you love and I'm sure you will end up where you want if you just keep it up! Much love yal Rick is the man love learning from em!
I love that SG color!
I was surprised to hear that there was the Bach sound, really enjoy those sounds.
I find it very hard to alternate pick, but you are right, it depends on how fast or slow we do it easily. Slow is harder for me to play clean, but as you reach faster like galloping, then it gets easier, but otherwise I prefer down picking. Aside from that, like you said, both have a different effect and can be done intentionally either way for that effect. Alter is smoother, works better for songs like Death - Lack of Comprehension, which is a triplet kind of a thing and then Down picking on Gates of Ishtar - Trail of Tears, for that punch
As for Hammer ons and Pull offs, I learned that because of Cannibal Corpse, mainly the song Starring through the eyes of the Dead or the chorus part of At The Gates - Blinded By Fear where they say, "The face of all your fears", but that's really fast and hard pull offs, I cant pull it off easily haha
I may be alone, when I heard circle of fifths and 7th my vision got cloudy and got a headache. Amazing, a bad Jr high band teachers can accomplish that years later, when I'm sure we did that to her every day 😂😂😂
Do what I did learn the language don’t learn songs. Learn the fretboard. I play two jazz nights a week (if my lady lets me 😂) and a local jam when I can. Took me fours years to get there
Does Rick have a book available?..
I learned Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by ear.
Nice
I saw the footage of a young Rick teaching a class with a Jackson guitar saying " this is the worst sounding guitar.." loved it! ha ha
Hi Rick hope you are in good health ,have a good day
Practice, practice and oh yeah….practice
Schenker Moore, EVH and Randy all where fluent in hammer and pulls
I professional photography, it's called "The Rule of Thirds".
In this case it's called have a ridiculously nice guitar.
A hammer-on or a pull-off is a matter of being late or early with your pick. Try it with a bow!
Well that was a dumb and wrong statement lmao. Imagine trying to alternate pick arpeggiated figures that use hammer ons and pullofs at tempo...lol
i think the middle has more to do with the index on tapping but ofthen before i used to take the pick with three fingers to don't loose it, so then i started to watch how my idols do, & feel ashamed, but a few years later i realized that if it works no matter if you need to start to singin'
Just watched a Larry Carlton Reel where he says, "Very seldom do I play a scale when making music. I use it to get hands and head around the fingerboard and learning. Instead I will playing in the key of G just find all the G notes on the neck and play them slowly (which he demonstrates without looking). You have to know where all the notes are to know the neck. And in a solo, If I get excited, I might just play all those G notes."
As always; Awesome Tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watched the video and was lured by the title. As an older guy playing for a long time, I really didn't understand the title vs what was actually shown. Nothing came off to me as getting good fast. All those techniques, which I still am not perfect at by any means, take tons of time in the woodshed practicing to get good at. Pull offs are still hard to me. Alternate picking I can do but not super fast like so many younger people I see that do all this fancy hybrid picking, shredding stuff. And the level of theory understanding takes a long time. I've been practicing scale types over 3 octaves on the guitar based on another YT video where this guy can burn through all the modes in about 30 seconds, 3 octaves each. It took me hours just to get good at 3 of the modes doing that, and not nearly as fluid. Even learning the various vibrato styles, which there are several, takes a lot of practice. Watch George Benson play fast, and he uses his fingers rather than picks.
I don’t know about fast. It would take me the rest of my life to pick this up.
Hi Rick
I love that Gibson SG!
Do you have Christie Lenee on your list of guitarists to interview in the future? Watching her up-close for over 2 hours last night, I'm even MORE impressed with her musicianship and skills! Her solo performance on a 12 string, of her song that she and Tommy Emmanuel played as a duet (each on 6 string guitars) was mind-blowing! 🥰
Good Sunday morning
Practice.
That Cadd4 arpeggio sounded like Matthew and Son by Cat Stevens.
I've been playing fingerstyle for decades but am getting better with a pick. I've become decent with alternate picking but I find string skipping really hard.
God bless Rick!!!
Always good teaching from Rick! My teacher back in the day was such a stickler for good technique and learning songs or getting songs together. "Stop noodling, your skills only go so far, to be good you have to be recognizable".
Good stuff, Rick!
Professor Beato!
I’d need a good reason to get another guitar book
Beautiful SG!
Rick Vibrato
Well -I love Rick's channels, but when I see him play - it turns out that I am a GUITARD
Muting is another tough one. Keeping other strings from ringing out when playing a lick
great video 🙏 due to an injury ive been unable to play properly for a year. its driving me insane.
To get good at guitar you've got to learn the right songs. Smoke on the Water bar chords is absolutely essential. If you never learnt that you're probably never progress.
After watching this I feel like I can be somebody
Circle ⭕ f fifths definitely sounds classical!
Hello from the village of Lakewood in Chicagoland.
So…..how do I get good on guitar fast? Buy your stuff, that’s it?
There is no " GET GOOD FAST!!!" that's bullshit. The only way to get good at anything is have a solid passion for it, dedicate yourself and your time. Most importantly is understanding that it's like anything I'm life that's good. If it was easy, everyone would have it.
Cool, I just like the bend vibrato stuff, minor pentatonic, Clapton, BB King, Otis Rush, Jimi, Stevie stuff.
Cool ,two things .Hammer ons from nowhere and tremelo with middle finger .
I learned about hammer-ons and pull-offs by ear while cutting my teeth on The Doobie Brothers. The fact that I didn't understand, or let alone know how to play the Circle of Fiths, was definitely crippling for me in my failed attempt as a musician. Where was RUclips when I needed it. LOL