This is THE BEST explanation and demonstration of the structure of a solo. I knew most of this separately but couldn't connect it all until now. Light bulb moment! Thank you for this!
Steve Stein makes more sense and actually teaches you how to play the guitar instead of all the theory. Some of us peasants like the practical application better.
I really like how you mix psychology of playing into every one of your videos. That makes them different than the others. I mean, you offer kind of meta information based on real player experience on top of other technical stuff that's easy to get anywhere these days. Keep those videos coming, you got yourself a subscriber.
This guy is actually a very good teacher... Because he's going into the philosophy of the whole thing. When you go to a guitar teacher.. consider yourself cheated out of your money if he just teaches you exercises.. because you can find a whole bunch of those all over RUclips. And if you have already found those.. Why are you not a master already?.... for the actual physical PRACTICING of all exercises you don't need the teacher anymore.. You do that on your own, everyday by actually playing... by doing mindful patient and clean repetitions.
Notes, rhythm, sound, structure in case you were wondering but don't be lazy, watch it! Excellent stuff, and some great lead face :) Refreshing to hear "sequences" not "licks" message.
This guy is totally the best teacher of playing guitar and even philosophy related to that, i ever seen on RUclips channel. The knowledge he brings is really worthly and I really recommend.
Claus, your enthusiasm for the guitar, communicating in such easy to understand terms, for people like me, and excellent close ups shots of your fretboard while playing is truly inspiring me to think that I’ll one day be able to play for people rather than just at home when I’m alone. Thank you
Your explanation is amazing. You are an excellent teacher. You explain things clearly, concisely. Really awesome. Especially since English is not your first language. You explain things better than many native English speakers.
We all are drawn to passion, then kept by the diligent preparation displayed, the useful filling of our time, really the appreciation of our time spent by one communicating well and meaningfully, we accept the message by the trust we are glad to give to someone so effective and creative... You inspire. Thanks!
Hi there, a new subscriber. I've been playing for about 25 years now, have been lucky to study under a great musician who was Steve lukather's student and plays with a jazz great today. However, along the way I lost my will to play and somehow I lost some key skills because I simply stopped playing and practicing! Now I'm trying to find my way back with music and stuff, I've been really lost at sea about where do I begin, you reminded me how much of playing is in the mind and in a way you set me on a road to self discovery and up my skill level to where I was before this. So a heartfelt thanks. Not so much a blues guy although I am influenced by it, but yes I am sure it will set me up on the road to being a good player again. You just showed it all begins in the mind. Thanks so much.
What an inspiring video. I have been playing since 1978 and this video really pushes me to play better because I want to reach further while still enjoying playing. Nothing mechanical just the soul mixing with my fingers to make music
Great, indispensable lesson, friend. And let me congratulate you for your communication skills; your English is crystal clear for a non native speaker like me. Better than most of the RUclips English teachers out there. Greetings.
One of the great free lessons ... amazing amount of life and guitar learning perspective distilled to an essence ... every minute of this video spoke to me ... Thank you
Adis Veletanlic it's probably too late since I've been playing professionally and privately for 45 years. However my singing pitch is not very good. But, one can have perfect pitch in their mind. So for me, I only have to imagine what I'm singing without actually making a sound. Or, I can listen to someone else play a riff and break it down and extract phrases, to be combined with others. Over time, enough practice and repetition can give enough fuel to play with heart. Not necessarily though to be a technical whiz as in the video.
I'm lovin' this guitar stand idea (as an older man with a jumbo Gibson and some disc degeneration in my neck I think this just might be the ticket). This guy is like the physical trainer/inspirational speaker version of guitar teaching. I'm sold, and I've been playing longer than him for sure.
They way you teach just resonates with me. It makes sense to me. Subbed and Liked! Thanks for taking the time out of your schedule to help fellow musicians.
I would recommend playing with backing track, start with the in A and E and then switch it up! Great for getting an ear for in what key the music is played, you can practice your scales and make them sound cool while doing it.
INTERVALS! Play a note, and be able to hear any interval above or below it, say a fifth (twinkle twinkle) and find it on the fretboard. If you know what the next note is going to sound like before you play it, you have progressed beyond just moving your hands over the instrument.
Just Wow! Wow! I'm climbing the same ladder you've already climbed. Your words gave me confidence to keep climbing. I hope what you've said gets me past being bored with my improvisations. I think maybe I should concentrate on new rhythms. Maybe they'll give me a path to playing faster.
Thanks for putting context into the mundanity of dexterity exercises and how to actually use and expand on the scales and licks other YT guitar "gurus" constantly harp about that will magically 'expand virtuosity" . Thank you Claus. =) A plateful of thought when practicing
All those things that we don't know how we know them. (the inefficient way) But are brains are pretty good at learning that way. This is great advice to speed that up. When I learned the blues on Sax I had the advantage of a director and a band that listened to music together and practiced soloing over the 12 bar blues all the time aside learning the music we had to learn for gigs. Now doing this on my own this is really helpful, thank fully a lot of this transfers over.
Thank you.,spot on dude. its the perfect direction i needed. I understood all 4 areas but realizing my weakest area was holding my overall soloing back was a light-bulb moment. Rhythm was letting me down in my playing. I also found playing over tunes was a big help but didn't realize it was rhythm I was getting from it. .. was dissolutioned for months until now. thank you, thank you, Clauslevin.
Watched your very about dropping scales and start improvising when I saw this vid pop up. You are playing the very guitar I have been looking to buy. I love the look and have heard it is an amazing guitar and very reasonably priced. Glad to see this video. Thx.
Excellent video. I was looking for some videos that teach what's behind the soloing. And this is wonderful is so helpfull, you're really enthusiastic with the teaching and like that.
One tip about bending: if you're going to do a lot bending, you can save on fret jobs by playing in different keys, especially unusual keys like C#m and Ab. Plus, playing in those other keys is good training for detaching yourself from the fret markers. I see so many guitars with frets that say, "I have only been played in G / Em, and I need a fret job, bad!"
fantastic mate !!..love your words, Ive been playing about 10 years only as rhythm player, just started to need to play some lead but thought ..no way, Im 49 years ol its too late, but this vid has just changed my mind set..thanks bro
I really wish i would've had access to Clause's courses when i got serious about playing back in the mid 90s. After, a decade hiatus from playing, i bought clause's alternate picking mastery course in 2016 and it did wonders. Really cleaned up/corrected some bad technique and habits that i developed when i started playing initially and taught me how to analyze my playing to identify weaknesses and how to practice. I highly recommend anyone looking to take their playing to the next level purchase some of clause's courses. I absolutely recommend beginners purchase clause's alternate picking mastery course. Especially, if you want to learn how to play death or thrash metal b/c technique is everything when playing these sub-genres.
Thank you for sharing this bit of knowledge. I for one appreciate your efforts. And yes, this as with all things could have been expressed in a number of ways. I applaud you and all others who truly try to help us to improve our playing and understanding of music. Thanks again for your efforts.
Good job! Always remember that a good creative solo is born out of the rhythmic structure of the song, but you can step "outside" when you have a knowledge of theory.
i'll have to admit, that thing you said about people who play whats in your head, is not all of it. that struck a note with me, cause, quite frankly, i dont have much forethought of sounds and places to go in my head.
Love your videos! Just found them and I think they're perfect for where I'm at in my guitar playing. Somehow I completely understand what you're saying right when you say it
Pretty cool... and very nice playing. I think if you haven't looked at how Victor Wooten's talks about the ten elements of music, you might really like it. I'd also say that one of the most important tools in learning to play what you hear is SINGING WHAT YOU PLAY. At the start, your voice will follow your fingers, but gradually it flips over, and the day you play a note you can hear but isn't under your fingers normally feels really good, I can tell you. And this is something you can start with that first pentatonic scale. Secondly, if you're really talking about mastering soloing, there is that thing of hearing a change coming up: but masters will think ahead several choruses in terms of the overall shape of the solo. Further, the best soloists, IMO, react to/interact with the band. Also, I remember the trouble I used to have with soloing through a break where the first bar of your solo is just you. That situation is one that can throw you and is worth preparing for. One last thing: I cannot over-emphasise the importance of relaxation. I've actually improved my fingerpicking and funk strumming by doing t'ai chi moves which stretch and relax the tendons in the hands. My speed went up dramatically, and I also found that I was much less likely to lock up with a tense hand at prolonged fast grooves.
claus you are so motivating. You are so well worded and so much passion, you keep me doing my daily practice, thank you
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He is indeed. Nevertheless, it is a shame that his content are only useful for players who are already at least on the intermediate level and not being on that level, I do not know how to put these into use because I am inefficient at identifying notes or chords by ear, at the moment..
John Cardinali Hey Natalie I like this tune a lot, good hook and you stick with it in your lyrics.Stronger side of you I like. This could get air time on Country or roots rock enjoyed the video as well. Great stuff keep it up, Korina's uncle John!
Just the dust is ten grand . Or you could just drink 11 pints of Guinness ,stand on the bar and light your own farts . Babes go for an extrovert . Ask Piers Morgan .
Most important thing is we improvise over chords. you need to play chord movements. you need to know the chords you are playing over. A great resource is aproach notes. Everithing is basicly a I, IV or V chord of the tonality you are playing over. If it is minor key.... major I IV and V of the relative major.
"it's not just playing what's in your head. It's a combination of what's in your head and what your fingers are trained to do". So true. What's "in your head" is highly dictated by what you've learned by playing building blocks over and over. It's very much a symbiosis.
Thanks for your guitar tips! I'm really looking forward to doing your training program! If I can give you one tip about video in exchange ... I guess you are filming with a DSLR (even if you are not it will work the same) Try to close your diaphragm, your aperture a bit (the f/x number!) you will gain in Depth of Field and then the guitar AND yourself will be sharp focused ! Of course it will darken your image, but you can still rise up your ISO and/or add a little bit more light! Leave your shutter speed at 1/50 thought, that's the sweet spot where mouvements look good. So for instance if you were shooting at let's say 1/50, f/2.4 and iso 400 try to shoot at 1/50, f/5.6 and 800 or 1000 iso ! You will see that your "focus zone" aka depth of field will be extended and that you will still have the same exposition. However if you feel like the iso are too high and as a result your image becomes noisy/deteriorated, simply add up some light! Cheers for your work!
J Trice This guy is good but i never learn anything from him. All he does is talks shit and burns the guitar up his own stuff no instruction at all. Im not buying and book or CD it dont make you play well practice does.
Well I loved the blah, blah blah. I also loved your facial expressions...had me smiling. We can see your passion and energy and I found that inspiring. Also really liked your whole take on things and the way you put that across. Great stuff. I'm gonna try it and will check more of your videos. Keep it up! ;)
Hey Claus, I have no idea were the negative comments come from, saddens me to hear. You're speaking some serious truth here, very useful !! Thank you :)
Blues guitar is so easy to play - incorrectly. In my opinion too many guitarists use this genre for a good ol' guitar w**k that is intended to impress and may even appear technically superior. Great blues guitarists make their guitars "cry" and "sing" in order to convey powerful emotion that carries the song to a new level. For example, listen to BB King's playing. He could sure as hell do the scale runs at breakneck speed, but he chose to phrase his solos. I prefer to use fast runs for the incidental and throw-away guitar parts that support the vocals or solo and keep the melodic and meaningful phrases for the main solo feature.
Another example of being able to solo at breakneck speed, but truly playing melodic and servicing the song (and, one of my favorite players) is Neil Schon. His solos are melodic, and expressive.... then, he blazes up and down the neck.
Hmmm, looks like somebody got the discipline and fundamentals that i like applied ,.. this is sure going to help,.. subscribed, and rang bell too! Wonderful!
ey man u r the boss! i love that way you teach..saluods desde venezuela me encanta la pasion q le pones y lo correcto y sencillo q haces ver la manera de tocar la guitarra..
I get what your saying and I also get the pentitonic scale my question is how do you follow the chord structor up and down the neck. Where to go I guess.
This channel deserves way more than 90k subs and roughly 300k views per video. Great teacher, great coach.
This is THE BEST explanation and demonstration of the structure of a solo. I knew most of this separately but couldn't connect it all until now. Light bulb moment! Thank you for this!
Bro, your enthusiasm is infectious! It's clear that you really love this stuff!!
HA! I noticed that too! ;O)
Steve Stein makes more sense and actually teaches you how to play the guitar instead of all the theory. Some of us peasants like the practical application better.
I really like how you mix psychology of playing into every one of your videos. That makes them different than the others. I mean, you offer kind of meta information based on real player experience on top of other technical stuff that's easy to get anywhere these days. Keep those videos coming, you got yourself a subscriber.
This guy is actually a very good teacher... Because he's going into the philosophy of the whole thing. When you go to a guitar teacher.. consider yourself cheated out of your money if he just teaches you exercises.. because you can find a whole bunch of those all over RUclips. And if you have already found those.. Why are you not a master already?.... for the actual physical PRACTICING of all exercises you don't need the teacher anymore.. You do that on your own, everyday by actually playing... by doing mindful patient and clean repetitions.
Aldo Pineda, Exactly.
Repairing potentiometers on semi acoustic guitar
Good call "going into the philosophy of the whole thing". Big picture full scope vision or diddle around for years
Notes, rhythm, sound, structure in case you were wondering but don't be lazy, watch it! Excellent stuff, and some great lead face :) Refreshing to hear "sequences" not "licks" message.
He is the first one is see, who's not talking shit. He says a lot of helpful things. Really great!
Mister L. A., Yes indeed! Apparently alot of people who watch his videos just don't get it.
yes its true, unlike other teachers he is only speaking about essential things and solve most of our queries ...
This guy is totally the best teacher of playing guitar and even philosophy related to that, i ever seen on RUclips channel. The knowledge he brings is really worthly and I really recommend.
Short.Precise. Effective overview of a much needed FRAMEWORK to provide direction for Study. One of the very best here!! Thanks.
Claus, your enthusiasm for the guitar, communicating in such easy to understand terms, for people like me, and excellent close ups shots of your fretboard while playing is truly inspiring me to think that I’ll one day be able to play for people rather than just at home when I’m alone. Thank you
Your explanation is amazing. You are an excellent teacher. You explain things clearly, concisely. Really awesome. Especially since English is not your first language. You explain things better than many native English speakers.
i didnt watch it all - but what help[ed me 40 yrs ago was playing along to whatever came on the radio -and improvising to that . Soon sorts you out !!
We all are drawn to passion, then kept by the diligent preparation displayed, the useful filling of our time, really the appreciation of our time spent by one communicating well and meaningfully, we accept the message by the trust we are glad to give to someone so effective and creative... You inspire. Thanks!
You are an excellent player as well as teacher. Your passion and enthusiasm is infectious. Cheers!
Hi there, a new subscriber. I've been playing for about 25 years now, have been lucky to study under a great musician who was Steve lukather's student and plays with a jazz great today. However, along the way I lost my will to play and somehow I lost some key skills because I simply stopped playing and practicing! Now I'm trying to find my way back with music and stuff, I've been really lost at sea about where do I begin, you reminded me how much of playing is in the mind and in a way you set me on a road to self discovery and up my skill level to where I was before this. So a heartfelt thanks. Not so much a blues guy although I am influenced by it, but yes I am sure it will set me up on the road to being a good player again. You just showed it all begins in the mind. Thanks so much.
You nailed it down man! Love your perspective. Excellent demo!!!
What an inspiring video. I have been playing since 1978 and this video really pushes me to play better because I want to reach further while still enjoying playing. Nothing mechanical just the soul mixing with my fingers to make music
Great, indispensable lesson, friend. And let me congratulate you for your communication skills; your English is crystal clear for a non native speaker like me. Better than most of the RUclips English teachers out there. Greetings.
Thank you, Claus! Greetings from Brazil.
A really interesting, in depth look at so many aspects of guitar playing and the skills you need. Excellent stuff.
wow, finaly i found a good teacher searching from 10 years. i have started learning guitar again ..great teaching
Liked, added to favorite. This is the most amazing instructional video ever for people who want to learn how to improv! Good job!
the guitar teacher of all guitar teachers is back thank you once again for another great lesson Claus
One of the great free lessons ... amazing amount of life and guitar learning perspective distilled to an essence ... every minute of this video spoke to me ... Thank you
i like the way you explain the phrasing of licks, personally that is where i find myself as a player of electric guitar.. cheers!
Sing what you play; play what you sing. In a while you'll be able to play what you hear in your head.
thank you
Of course, that assumes one can sing well and has pitch.
Jeffrey Cranston if you don't have a concept of pitch then don't play guitar, since it most likely sounds awful.
Jeffrey Cranston Singing well is not relevant if you just want to play what you hear in your head. Pitch is the main thing.
Adis Veletanlic it's probably too late since I've been playing professionally and privately for 45 years. However my singing pitch is not very good. But, one can have perfect pitch in their mind. So for me, I only have to imagine what I'm singing without actually making a sound. Or, I can listen to someone else play a riff and break it down and extract phrases, to be combined with others. Over time, enough practice and repetition can give enough fuel to play with heart. Not necessarily though to be a technical whiz as in the video.
Claus, thank you so much. The way you explained things through this video made everything click.
I'm lovin' this guitar stand idea (as an older man with a jumbo Gibson and some disc degeneration in my neck I think this just might be the ticket). This guy is like the physical trainer/inspirational speaker version of guitar teaching. I'm sold, and I've been playing longer than him for sure.
So passionate! Awesome. Really inspiring. Very natural approach!
They way you teach just resonates with me. It makes sense to me. Subbed and Liked! Thanks for taking the time out of your schedule to help fellow musicians.
I would recommend playing with backing track, start with the in A and E and then switch it up! Great for getting an ear for in what key the music is played, you can practice your scales and make them sound cool while doing it.
This man is a musician and a teacher.
One of the wisest information packed lessons I've seen on YT.
INTERVALS! Play a note, and be able to hear any interval above or below it, say a fifth (twinkle twinkle) and find it on the fretboard. If you know what the next note is going to sound like before you play it, you have progressed beyond just moving your hands over the instrument.
Excellent explanation...wish you were around when I first picked up a guitar 30 years ago!
You just gave me that magic Ah Ha! moment as you explained this in this video!!!! Thank you as I cant wait to start your lessons.
Just Wow! Wow! I'm climbing the same ladder you've already climbed. Your words gave me confidence to keep climbing. I hope what you've said gets me past being bored with my improvisations. I think maybe I should concentrate on new rhythms. Maybe they'll give me a path to playing faster.
Thanks for putting context into the mundanity of dexterity exercises and how to actually use and expand on the scales and licks other YT guitar "gurus" constantly harp about that will magically 'expand virtuosity" . Thank you Claus. =) A plateful of thought when practicing
All those things that we don't know how we know them. (the inefficient way) But are brains are pretty good at learning that way. This is great advice to speed that up. When I learned the blues on Sax I had the advantage of a director and a band that listened to music together and practiced soloing over the 12 bar blues all the time aside learning the music we had to learn for gigs. Now doing this on my own this is really helpful, thank fully a lot of this transfers over.
Thank you.,spot on dude. its the perfect direction i needed. I understood all 4 areas but realizing my weakest area was holding my overall soloing back was a light-bulb moment. Rhythm was letting me down in my playing. I also found playing over tunes was a big help but didn't realize it was rhythm I was getting from it. .. was dissolutioned for months until now. thank you, thank you, Clauslevin.
Man. Good advice. Thank you. Such good sounds and so much passion. I could watch you play all day.
This isn't so much a tutorial but a convincing explanation of why it's so much fun to play a guitar.
EXCELLENT point about B.B.King! So true.
this is not just a guitar lesson. this is how you learn. it applies to everything. top lesson.
Watched your very about dropping scales and start improvising when I saw this vid pop up. You are playing the very guitar I have been looking to buy. I love the look and have heard it is an amazing guitar and very reasonably priced. Glad to see this video. Thx.
What a great, informative lesson. Thank you so much.
Excellent video. I was looking for some videos that teach what's behind the soloing. And this is wonderful is so helpfull, you're really enthusiastic with the teaching and like that.
Your tone has improved a lot. Nice giter. Generous lesson. Thank you.
Elido c
OMG, finally a real live virtuoso, who can teach as well as he plays. Any idea where someone can see him play live?
One tip about bending: if you're going to do a lot bending, you can save on fret jobs by playing in different keys, especially unusual keys like C#m and Ab. Plus, playing in those other keys is good training for detaching yourself from the fret markers. I see so many guitars with frets that say, "I have only been played in G / Em, and I need a fret job, bad!"
fantastic mate !!..love your words, Ive been playing about 10 years only as rhythm player, just started to need to play some lead but thought ..no way, Im 49 years ol its too late, but this vid has just changed my mind set..thanks bro
Very tasty playing Claus. Wonderful phrasing and very helpful too because it so positive of an approach. Thanks
i guess ur one of the best on utube!! m all praise fir u!...tqs ur so inspiring
I just love how enthusiastic he is while talking about 'making up your own things' on the guitar haha
I ve been playing for long. Trust me this man teaches something if u listen to him.
I really wish i would've had access to Clause's courses when i got serious about playing back in the mid 90s. After, a decade hiatus from playing, i bought clause's alternate picking mastery course in 2016 and it did wonders. Really cleaned up/corrected some bad technique and habits that i developed when i started playing initially and taught me how to analyze my playing to identify weaknesses and how to practice. I highly recommend anyone looking to take their playing to the next level purchase some of clause's courses. I absolutely recommend beginners purchase clause's alternate picking mastery course. Especially, if you want to learn how to play death or thrash metal b/c technique is everything when playing these sub-genres.
wonderful lesson and pep talk ! Thanks Claus !! makes so much sense now to me
Improvising is one of the ultra important keys towards getting better at guitar, it should be a priority to any practice routine.
Thank you for sharing this bit of knowledge. I for one appreciate your efforts. And yes, this as with all things could have been expressed in a number of ways. I applaud you and all others who truly try to help us to improve our playing and understanding of music. Thanks again for your efforts.
thanks Claus helped me from sounding to scalish enjoyed your perception on this thank you
Good job! Always remember that a good creative solo is born out of the rhythmic structure of the song, but you can step "outside" when you have a knowledge of theory.
lol when did elon musk start to teaching guitar on youtube? is this his new project along with space x?
lmao yea, Brad Pitt and Elon Musk's son
Jamie Oliver is the grandpa.
Elon Musk is a god, he does this in his down time.
I like this comment coz he always talks about 1st principles. That's what this dudes talking about to. 1st principles
I was thinking Seth MacFarlane until i read your comment, now it's never been so clear to me.
You're a great teacher man, thank you 👍🏼
Totaly identify with this. Wish I had heard this when i was first learning many years ago
i'll have to admit, that thing you said about people who play whats in your head, is not all of it. that struck a note with me, cause, quite frankly, i dont have much forethought of sounds and places to go in my head.
Rachel Woodruff struck a note... pun intended?
Very well explained, excellent teaching! .. thanks old chap
You are an excellent teacher, thanks very much
Love your videos! Just found them and I think they're perfect for where I'm at in my guitar playing. Somehow I completely understand what you're saying right when you say it
This is very helpful! Excellent explanations, easy for me to follow and understand. Thank you!!!
Pretty cool... and very nice playing. I think if you haven't looked at how Victor Wooten's talks about the ten elements of music, you might really like it. I'd also say that one of the most important tools in learning to play what you hear is SINGING WHAT YOU PLAY. At the start, your voice will follow your fingers, but gradually it flips over, and the day you play a note you can hear but isn't under your fingers normally feels really good, I can tell you. And this is something you can start with that first pentatonic scale.
Secondly, if you're really talking about mastering soloing, there is that thing of hearing a change coming up: but masters will think ahead several choruses in terms of the overall shape of the solo. Further, the best soloists, IMO, react to/interact with the band.
Also, I remember the trouble I used to have with soloing through a break where the first bar of your solo is just you. That situation is one that can throw you and is worth preparing for.
One last thing: I cannot over-emphasise the importance of relaxation. I've actually improved my fingerpicking and funk strumming by doing t'ai chi moves which stretch and relax the tendons in the hands. My speed went up dramatically, and I also found that I was much less likely to lock up with a tense hand at prolonged fast grooves.
I love the little bit of Arnold S in your voice. Ho and your video instructions are awesome too!
You are the best! Thank you here from Brazil.
claus you are so motivating. You are so well worded and so much passion, you keep me doing my daily practice, thank you
He is indeed. Nevertheless, it is a shame that his content are only useful for players who are already at least on the intermediate level and not being on that level, I do not know how to put these into use because I am inefficient at identifying notes or chords by ear, at the moment..
Where can I git me one of them levitatin' gee-tars?
I can get you one ! Not cheap though . Send me 6000 bucks. It comes with some magic "Solo dust" to make babes like you . Cash please .
And? Don't believe the hype. 10K hours for expert, 20 plus for ....
John Cardinali Hey Natalie I like this tune a lot, good hook and you stick with it in your lyrics.Stronger side of you I like. This could get air time on Country or roots rock enjoyed the video as well. Great stuff keep it up, Korina's uncle John!
Just the dust is ten grand . Or you could just drink 11 pints of Guinness ,stand on the bar and light your own farts . Babes go for an extrovert . Ask Piers Morgan .
ILike Zappa
Hot dawg! I'm gonna be on the picture box like my cousin Lester!
Most important thing is we improvise over chords. you need to play chord movements. you need to know the chords you are playing over. A great resource is aproach notes.
Everithing is basicly a I, IV or V chord of the tonality you are playing over.
If it is minor key.... major I IV and V of the relative major.
"it's not just playing what's in your head. It's a combination of what's in your head and what your fingers are trained to do". So true. What's "in your head" is highly dictated by what you've learned by playing building blocks over and over. It's very much a symbiosis.
You're a good egg fella. Thanks for the videos, I'm enjoying very much sir!
Thanks for your guitar tips! I'm really looking forward to doing your training program!
If I can give you one tip about video in exchange ... I guess you are filming with a DSLR (even if you are not it will work the same)
Try to close your diaphragm, your aperture a bit (the f/x number!) you will gain in Depth of Field and then the guitar AND yourself will be sharp focused ! Of course it will darken your image, but you can still rise up your ISO and/or add a little bit more light! Leave your shutter speed at 1/50 thought, that's the sweet spot where mouvements look good.
So for instance if you were shooting at let's say 1/50, f/2.4 and iso 400 try to shoot at 1/50, f/5.6 and 800 or 1000 iso !
You will see that your "focus zone" aka depth of field will be extended and that you will still have the same exposition. However if you feel like the iso are too high and as a result your image becomes noisy/deteriorated, simply add up some light!
Cheers for your work!
Thanks agan. I think you and Marty Schwartz are the best guitar instructors.
Steve Stine is an awesome teacher as well!
Bob Roberts Playguitarsolos.com is unreal note for note
J Trice This guy is good but i never learn anything from him. All he does is talks shit and burns the guitar up his own stuff no instruction at all. Im not buying and book or CD it dont make you play well practice does.
Claus is very theoretical whereas the others are typically more practical. You need both aspects to learn.
These guys are all great and have helped me immensely. However, Tim Pierce is my favorite.
You are in the top 3 best teachers of all time. Awesome
Great video! Helped me a lot to realise that rythm is a lot important! Cheers
Always enjoy these videos and the passion/enthusiasm
Great video, well articulated and humorous. Brilliant.
You talk so much about sequencing and it makes so much sense, but can you show us some sequences to practise? Thank you.
Thank you so much for the video. It is really inspiring for me to practice daily and dont worry about the progress.
the way you talk, motivates me.
fantastic guitar but i've never understood the point of a fret marker on the first fret
Neither do I...
Because it looks nice.
It just makes me feel like there should be a marker on the 13th fret as well though. Messes with my OCD I suppose haha
They should mark ALL the frets.
lol. Paul Reed Smith would have to invent more birds
Nice tone with both pups on. Love your vids.
Well I loved the blah, blah blah. I also loved your facial expressions...had me smiling. We can see your passion and energy and I found that inspiring. Also really liked your whole take on things and the way you put that across. Great stuff. I'm gonna try it and will check more of your videos. Keep it up! ;)
Love how passionate you are 👍
Hey Claus, I have no idea were the negative comments come from, saddens me to hear. You're speaking some serious truth here, very useful !! Thank you :)
really great lesson, one of the better ones i've seen.
Blues guitar is so easy to play - incorrectly. In my opinion too many guitarists use this genre for a good ol' guitar w**k that is intended to impress and may even appear technically superior. Great blues guitarists make their guitars "cry" and "sing" in order to convey powerful emotion that carries the song to a new level. For example, listen to BB King's playing. He could sure as hell do the scale runs at breakneck speed, but he chose to phrase his solos. I prefer to use fast runs for the incidental and throw-away guitar parts that support the vocals or solo and keep the melodic and meaningful phrases for the main solo feature.
Well said!
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BB King actually couldn't play at breakneck speed
Another example of being able to solo at breakneck speed, but truly playing melodic and servicing the song (and, one of my favorite players) is Neil Schon. His solos are melodic, and expressive.... then, he blazes up and down the neck.
a "real" teacher. Great stuff.
Hmmm, looks like somebody got the discipline and fundamentals that i like applied ,.. this is sure going to help,.. subscribed, and rang bell too! Wonderful!
Thanks Claus! Excellent everything! Keep doing exactly what you are doing :)
ey man u r the boss! i love that way you teach..saluods desde venezuela me encanta la pasion q le pones y lo correcto y sencillo q haces ver la manera de tocar la guitarra..
keep teaching Master! excellent choice of notes💣
I get what your saying and I also get the pentitonic scale my question is how do you follow the chord structor up and down the neck. Where to go I guess.
love your style and executions bravo!