Been playing a 3-string cbg I made and getting the feel of slide style for the past few months. Your videos are starting to give me a great feel for how to get the most from this type of instrument. Keep up the great work, cbg sensei!
A helpful instruction video, I like the comment dont copy me, roll... Miles Davis is a great man for daring radical phrasing, and leaving potent empty silences too Same with Elvin Jones the drummer, he never states the beat he tends to subtly suggest or imply it, thats what makes him so listenable. This is why drummers have their "rudiments" as a way to loosen up into rhythmic inventiveness. I especially like doing flams on my diddley bow... I have only recently been playing a stringed instrument (2 string diddley bow), and been especially listening intently to players such as R Belfour, K M Williams, r L Burnsides Jack Owens etc, they create fantastic warm and raw grooves that are never monotonous, always subtly improvising and evolving. Just like words in a conversation....
Goldsmithexile1960 Spot on. I regularly tell people to treat their 3 string like a percussion instrument, get that right hand rollin'. And Miles is the absolute best person to listen to when it comes to phrasing. Him and John Lee Hooker for the blues guys. Have you heard that thing they did together? The Hot Spot.
LearnCigarBoxGuitar Yes, I first heard The hot spot several years ago, and still listen to the tracks occasionally! I first heard R L Burnside jumper on the line around 1992(?) or so, the same time I first heard Napoleon Strickland fife and drum picnic band. At that time I didnt "get" that blues wasnt always compressed into a conveniently packagable 12 bar format. It was more recently, hearing the roots blues raw grooves of eg Moses Williams or Lonnie Pitchford, that I realised that the blues sound can be an elastic evolving groove. Have you checked out Red China Blues? Miles Davis wields that wah trumpet like a sabre. The chakka guitar to the centre right of the mix (Cornell Dupree??) is a perfect example of what you are describing in your video, constantly improvising, but still maintaining the pulse-and it never becomes boring monotonous or stale. Cheers, Jonathan
Thanks for sharing this nice video... It's helpful... Just one thing, I want to share. It happens to me that playing and tapping with my foot is strange, since I do It in a kind of intuitive way, but when I try to put attention on everything I am domingo at the same time, I can't... It's weird and elusive...
Thanks for your comments, and the question, it's not an uncommon one. If you're tapping away without noticing and you feel like you're in time then the temptation is to keep doing what you're doing, if it's natural then don't mess with it perhaps? It does help though, especially when you start looking at more advanced stuff like this, to break it down a little. A bit of pain in the short term can definitely lead to some long term gain. As with everything else that you are learning start from what you can already do. Without your guitar just tap your foot and count to four over and over again. Then clap your hands and tap your foot at the same time, then just clap when you count 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 1 and 3, then 2 and 4. Be proficient at this before you get your guitar. When you've got it pick up your instrument and do exactly the same thing, playing just an open string bass note on the 1, then the 2 etc. Then play two different notes alternately, gradually increase the complexity but only after you've mastered the previous step. This is the basic premise of learning anything and why structure is so important in your learning.
This is a great demonstration of YOUR skill, but you didnt teach me much. I would buy your video but im afraid its gunna be all about you, cant quite see what your picking so how can i learn. Liked your explanations. But not your ability to show how to strum
Shane Cooper thanks Shane for your question, always the best way to go when things aren’t working for you. This video is about a concept, how to phrase your riffs, that’s your riffs not mine. It’s not about me showing you what notes to play which is why I’m not doing that. It’s a more advanced lesson for people looking to improvise. Like I say in the video, don’t copy me, that’s not what this particular video is about. Its about improvising so you’ll need some solid technical and musicianship skills before you even come to this lesson. It’s more suitable for people who have already finished my courses. This is one of the problems with learning from RUclips, you just happen across a whole stack of videos that are out of context and aimed at players with different needs.
God do you know, I feel that you are full of good intentions but you really seem to be able to thrash the hell out of anyone wanting to play guitar. You can bore for Australia. Sorry
My only complaint with your videos is that before I even finish one, I know I must watch again. Thanks.
Thanks great video easy to follow and simple explanations and clear.
Been playing a 3-string cbg I made and getting the feel of slide style for the past few months. Your videos are starting to give me a great feel for how to get the most from this type of instrument. Keep up the great work, cbg sensei!
Great video. Thanks for sharing
love this. thanks a lot. pushes me in a whole new directon. thanks
Great. Thank you
A helpful instruction video, I like the comment dont copy me, roll...
Miles Davis is a great man for daring radical phrasing, and leaving potent empty silences too
Same with Elvin Jones the drummer, he never states the beat he tends to subtly suggest or imply it, thats what makes him so listenable.
This is why drummers have their "rudiments" as a way to loosen up into rhythmic inventiveness. I especially like doing flams on my diddley bow...
I have only recently been playing a stringed instrument (2 string diddley bow), and been especially listening intently to players such as R Belfour, K M Williams, r L Burnsides Jack Owens etc, they create fantastic warm and raw grooves that are never monotonous, always subtly improvising and evolving. Just like words in a conversation....
Goldsmithexile1960 Spot on. I regularly tell people to treat their 3 string like a percussion instrument, get that right hand rollin'. And Miles is the absolute best person to listen to when it comes to phrasing. Him and John Lee Hooker for the blues guys. Have you heard that thing they did together? The Hot Spot.
LearnCigarBoxGuitar
Yes, I first heard The hot spot several years ago, and still listen to the tracks occasionally! I first heard R L Burnside jumper on the line around 1992(?) or so, the same time I first heard Napoleon Strickland fife and drum picnic band. At that time I didnt "get" that blues wasnt always compressed into a conveniently packagable 12 bar format. It was more recently, hearing the roots blues raw grooves of eg Moses Williams or Lonnie Pitchford, that I realised that the blues sound can be an elastic evolving groove.
Have you checked out Red China Blues? Miles Davis wields that wah trumpet like a sabre. The chakka guitar to the centre right of the mix (Cornell Dupree??) is a perfect example of what you are describing in your video, constantly improvising, but still maintaining the pulse-and it never becomes boring monotonous or stale.
Cheers, Jonathan
Goldsmithexile1960 Wow, that's quite a list. A few are familiar and I know Burnside of course but I'll check them all out, thanks.re
Awesome instruction.
RocketRadioShow1 Cheers Rocket, and thanks for the share
Thanks for sharing this nice video... It's helpful... Just one thing, I want to share. It happens to me that playing and tapping with my foot is strange, since I do It in a kind of intuitive way, but when I try to put attention on everything I am domingo at the same time, I can't... It's weird and elusive...
Thanks for your comments, and the question, it's not an uncommon one. If you're tapping away without noticing and you feel like you're in time then the temptation is to keep doing what you're doing, if it's natural then don't mess with it perhaps? It does help though, especially when you start looking at more advanced stuff like this, to break it down a little. A bit of pain in the short term can definitely lead to some long term gain. As with everything else that you are learning start from what you can already do. Without your guitar just tap your foot and count to four over and over again. Then clap your hands and tap your foot at the same time, then just clap when you count 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 1 and 3, then 2 and 4. Be proficient at this before you get your guitar. When you've got it pick up your instrument and do exactly the same thing, playing just an open string bass note on the 1, then the 2 etc. Then play two different notes alternately, gradually increase the complexity but only after you've mastered the previous step. This is the basic premise of learning anything and why structure is so important in your learning.
Hi , where can I get a left handed version of this guitar please
Put a mirror in front of your monitor/screen and watch the reflection. Boom left handed version!!
Awesome. I've been neglecting my CBG (and the lessons I bought from you) in favour of my six string. Time to remedy that, I think.
Good on you Geoff. Love it when the prodigal returns,
Is that ChickenBone!?
+PC Betts No mate, it's Pat Curley from LearnCigarBoxGuitar.com. Cheers
Are you in open G?
Yep GDG
This is a great demonstration of YOUR skill, but you didnt teach me much. I would buy your video but im afraid its gunna be all about you, cant quite see what your picking so how can i learn. Liked your explanations. But not your ability to show how to strum
Shane Cooper thanks Shane for your question, always the best way to go when things aren’t working for you. This video is about a concept, how to phrase your riffs, that’s your riffs not mine. It’s not about me showing you what notes to play which is why I’m not doing that. It’s a more advanced lesson for people looking to improvise. Like I say in the video, don’t copy me, that’s not what this particular video is about. Its about improvising so you’ll need some solid technical and musicianship skills before you even come to this lesson. It’s more suitable for people who have already finished my courses. This is one of the problems with learning from RUclips, you just happen across a whole stack of videos that are out of context and aimed at players with different needs.
Anyone can play slow. Thumbs down.
God do you know, I feel that you are full of good intentions but you really seem to be able to thrash the hell out of anyone wanting to play guitar. You can bore for Australia.
Sorry
Always happy to listen to constructive feedback. What exactly are you looking for from a lesson on phrasing?