IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD AND EMAILED LINK available here: $1.49 goo.gl/3yD2xd 2 Page Professional Chart with Chord Shapes and Scales for Soloing combined with text to help guide you along the way!
Thanks for this, as always. Btw, " celebrate the moment" is the perfect phrase to describe that quick major note change. You should regularly incorporate that phrase into your lessons, IMHO.
Your humility, relaxed and grounded manner and amazing ability to make things appear straight forward literally brings a tear to my eye. If the world was full of people like yourself everyone would be jammin' and smilin' I sincerely hope that just rewards come your way, man, you rock - in all sorts of ways. Peace
Peter Green is the top of the heap IMHO. Had the blues, psychedelic, and moving towards heavy metal, free form music before we lost him. Thanks for the awesome lesson Mr. Stitch.
I've been playing guitar for 20 years and have never studied any theory at all. I wanted it to be fun and not like homework. But these videos have opened my eyes quite a bit. I've really been missing out. Knowledge is the secret weapon. Thanks so much
2 drum, 2bass, 5 guitar jam was rocking this tune, when I rode up on my motorcycle and plugged in without taking off my helmet and played the only scale I knew in 1989 Breckenridge.
There must be 100,000 or more"guitar teachers" on RUclips. You are my absolute favorite. I have learned more watching one or two of your videos than all lessons combined since the 70s. And I remember having to mow two neighbors yards, to earn enough money to have my dad take me to Vine Records, to buy the new Led Zeppelin II album.
Brilliant. Have played Black Magic Woman note for note for years. Never understood the A7 or it's relationship to the notes Santana was playing. Now I do. Thanks
Yeah. I have a lot of theory under my belt after 30+ years of playing and school. Great way to explain what we all hear. A major 7 resolving to the root. Important concept.
Long time guitar player here who recently learned piano and applying each instrument in composing. I really enjoy your explanation and theory. Most guitar players (myself for many years) don't apply music theory to their playing. You do a great job demonstrating the theory of music while knocking out cool riffs. Get it up bro.
I'm echoing the comment below. I've also been playing for more than 30 years and you did an amazing job laying that out and explaining it. Period. Thank you so much for that!
To get a little out with that A7, try sneaking the Melodic minor in, going up followed by the Harmonic Minor going down. Heard it in Classical compositions.
I like the phrase, "...Carlos Santana, slash Peter Green slash, slash *you* ..." it sounds great ! ;) Thanks ever so for recording slash posting this video - I have recently retired from work and have a student electric guitar and this is the first lesson I'm gonna follow, then I'm gonna try your other one you refer to... Whoo Hoo !! PS like the PRS SE guitar you have, with its classy understated moon inlays - nice!
Very well done! I'm a skilled gtr player and have been playing this tune many times. My musical ear is not perfect but I found myself sliding a finger to those 'black magic' notes because it just felt right. You are explaining, in a very relaxed way, why it all makes sense. Congratulations!
Hello Peter, I found your videos by accident and I really am grateful I found you. You're awesome!!! I love your style it's very engaging. Thank you for taking the time to sharing yourself with all of us........You totally ROCK.....
Hi, very nice and relaxed and a little humerous! Nice explanation of the scales too. Can I just add I think Peter Green's chord pattern was Dm7 (24th fret) vocal Dm A7 Dm Gm (Dm C Bflat A7) Dm.... Dm7 (24th fret) I sort of remember from 1968.....I think the first A7 instead of Am points up the Gm (you can disagree!) Another point I think his first solo almost paraphrases the vocal. Sorry if someone else already said this I haven't read all the numerous comments.
Thanks, I know your right and went off topic, I was thinking about Minor Funky Blues like "the Thrill is Gone" backing track(Bm, Em, Bm, GM7->F#7, Bm) or Funk with Im, IV7 (Dorian). I like the 7 chords back to the 1 minor.
Nailed it man. Theory is a very useful tool to explain what sounds good in a tune, it is not what makes the music! Thanks for the great insight into one of the techniques utilized in Peter and Carlo's solos!
Stop messing me round with your tricks...Amazing lesson, which even With my limited musical theory knowledge managed to stay with you all the way to the end. Thanks 💃🏿
Love this song and Santana's version is a worthy interpretation and an embellishment. As I'm still in the early days and exploring Scales (poorly) I appreciate and understood the Harmonic Minor. That apart, your exposition and explanation is Excellent. Inspiring stuff and I shall surely come back to this. Thank you.
and something fun to consider if you cover this tune. The full turn-around on the original version (Fleetwood Mac) is: dmin - C - Bflat - A7 - dmin The song also lends itself well to 1/2 and whole step bending in the solo.
Thank you for this. I thought it was going to be a tutorial on licks of the dorian mode but stumbled onto a good one. I knew what the harmonic minor was, I just didn't know why I needed it or when to use it.
Great lesson, Ian! Really appreciate all your videos! BUT... you said, "...Black Magic Woman by Peter Green / Carlos Santana; the former who remade it." Peter Green wrote it. Santana remade it. I'm guessing you meant to say "...the LATTER who remade it."
Glad to see you are making good in the Professional internet Guitar teacher world. I used to love Peter Green's guitar playing when he was in the original Fleetwood Mac, saw him a couple of times in NYC back when, have you listened to much of his work from back then? Thanks for the lessons -Harvey
This video made me have to go back and look at my scales. I forgot that there is a b6 to go with the b7 in the minor scale so I couldn't get the scale to jive. Now of course I am reminded that the harmonic minor just raises that b7 to a major 7. This stuff just goes round and round until someone like you puts it to use for us. Thanks. btw - this is my bad but I got the impression that your "soloing" download was going to be some version of the actual solo. That's OK - your charts are just what they should be - I will use your logic to figure it out. Thanks again, as I have said before, I am impressed with your style of teaching.
That is why your style works so well. I have found from personal experience that you learn much more thinking about what your doing instead of just memorizing in any task ... and don't care what Sean says - you're alright ::)
It is 2 am in London and i was listening to Peter Green music and took me to your video...ee are really crazy around a guitar...btw one my fav is Mark KNOPFLER..i saw him in may at the Royal Albert hall. Great gig.all the best
Wow! That lesson was great. It's a lot to take in for someone like me who hardly knows any music theory but still some fantastic content. Thank you for putting this on youtube.
Ian, thank you. This is the first of your videos I've watched and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. As others have said, it's very informative yet delivered in an easy going, comfortable manner. Best of all, it's sending me into hours of enjoyable practice. Thanks for shaking off the stale from the scales. Don.
Everyone mentions Peter Green's influence on Santana, and deservedly so. Mike Bloomfield even more so. But on BMW, in particular, did you know that the 2nd half of Santana' version was lifted right from (and unabashedly so) Gabor Szabo's '66 "Gypsy Queen"?..In fact, I think the Hungarian born Szabo's style of music/playing had an even bigger impact on not only Santana, but I hear it in Jerry Garcia' playing, as well....Good stuff...If you haven't already listened to him I think you'd dig it.
Beautifully explained, it's odd how rare simple explanations are, this is true teaching, well done. You mention a video about visualising the scale under chords, I can't seem to find it, thanks.
Wow Ian, Great Lesson, like always. Guitar under my arm and ready for the New Challenge . Always giving great new fresh material, info,and support, Your lessons really helped me improve a lot in my playing style and perspective about a lot of concepts and most of them were flying arround the place. Everything seems to be more organized and makes much more sense for me now. So, i just want to say to you, a really big THANK YOU ! I wish i could be more close to where you live, i'd really enjoy taking classes with you. Love your sense of humor, very clever, very maliable.... Like Gold !. Hahaha! I send you a Big hug from Uruguay! You're International, Man!! Haha! Sebastian.-
Glad to see you remembering Peter Green! It has some kickass blues tunes! By the way, I'm waiting for the Rosanna by Toto cover, or in the mind of Toto... Does Toto has secret weapons? ;)
It's the tri-tone....in this case the C# and G of the A7 chord....resolving to the D and F of the Dm chord. So much of Western (European) music is based on this resolution from the unstable (tri-tone - "the Devil's interval" - very unstable) to the stable (in this case the minor third of the i chord).
I've just stumbled onto your site, StichMethod, courtesy of this video. I subscribed immediately, because I was really impressed both with the lesson and with your style. I'll be back, for sure.
Great stuff, thanks. Glad to hear you're digging into the early Mac stuff where Peter was brilliant. Hey, so along the lines of Santana and Harmonic Minor, listen to his "Flor de Luna" (Moonflower) instrumental. I believe that's Natural (mostly) and Harmonic Minor mixed and very beautiful. I think he uses the major 7 when he resolves to the tonic just like here. I'm a huge fan of both players.
You said "by Peter Green / Carlos Santana, the former who remade it" implying that its a Santana song remade by Peter Green. You got that wrong Peter Green wrote that song & recorded it in 1968. Santana "remade" it in 1970 on the Abraxas LP. Great lesson.
Lovely Video! Excuse me for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you heard about - Riddleagan Blossoming Solo Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a smashing one off guide for mastering guitar scales minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate after many years got amazing success with it.
IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD AND EMAILED LINK available here: $1.49 goo.gl/3yD2xd 2 Page Professional Chart with Chord Shapes and Scales for Soloing combined with text to help guide you along the way!
Nice 👍
Thanks for this, as always.
Btw, " celebrate the moment" is the perfect phrase to describe that quick major note change. You should regularly incorporate that phrase into your lessons, IMHO.
I've Been Playing Guitar For 30 Years. I've Seen Thousands Of Lessons. That Is The Best Lesson That I Have Ever Seen. Period.
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Your humility, relaxed and grounded manner and amazing ability to make things appear straight forward literally brings a tear to my eye. If the world was full of people like yourself everyone would be jammin' and smilin'
I sincerely hope that just rewards come your way, man, you rock - in all sorts of ways.
Peace
It's true. Ian is the Bob Ross of guitar.
Dude, you just nailed it on the head.
I agree with ever word you said!
Peter Green is the top of the heap IMHO. Had the blues, psychedelic, and moving towards heavy metal, free form music before we lost him. Thanks for the awesome lesson Mr. Stitch.
I've been playing guitar for 20 years and have never studied any theory at all. I wanted it to be fun and not like homework. But these videos have opened my eyes quite a bit. I've really been missing out. Knowledge is the secret weapon. Thanks so much
The whole concept of theory taking away from the magic of music is foolish and silly.
Music theory makes the rules. Musicality tells you (ie. your ears) when to break the rules.
This channel has just been a treasure trove finding, still can't believe I've only recently discovered it.
What a great lesson and Teacher. You actually teach and not confuse. Thank you.
2 drum, 2bass, 5 guitar jam was rocking this tune, when I rode up on my motorcycle and plugged in without taking off my helmet and played the only scale I knew in 1989 Breckenridge.
There must be 100,000 or more"guitar teachers" on RUclips. You are my absolute favorite. I have learned more watching one or two of your videos than all lessons combined since the 70s. And I remember having to mow two neighbors yards, to earn enough money to have my dad take me to Vine Records, to buy the new Led Zeppelin II album.
I’ve played by ear for 45 years, it’s weird that I know what you’re playing without knowing what chord it is, enjoy these videos
FANTASTIC man!
A guy actually teaching music versus just where to put your fingers.
You have just enlightened me, I have been playing that song for over 30 years and I never realised I was doing it wrong. Wow! I'm grateful
Paul Kossoff also learned these lessons early in his playing career and used these techniques to incredible effect. Thanks for another great lesson.
When I was gigging regularly I played the Peter green version. Always loved it.
Santana is great too. Love him, but Peter takes it.
Brilliant. Have played Black Magic Woman note for note for years. Never understood the A7 or it's relationship to the notes Santana was playing. Now I do. Thanks
This guy is such a genius and he's able to lets us into his thinking. So cool!!!
Excellent Greenish style. Wow. And the PRS brings carlos' sound into it
Yeah. I have a lot of theory under my belt after 30+ years of playing and school. Great way to explain what we all hear. A major 7 resolving to the root. Important concept.
Long time guitar player here who recently learned piano and applying each instrument in composing. I really enjoy your explanation and theory. Most guitar players (myself for many years) don't apply music theory to their playing. You do a great job demonstrating the theory of music while knocking out cool riffs. Get it up bro.
I'm echoing the comment below. I've also been playing for more than 30 years and you did an amazing job laying that out and explaining it. Period. Thank you so much for that!
To get a little out with that A7, try sneaking the Melodic minor in, going up followed by the Harmonic Minor going down. Heard it in Classical compositions.
You are very thorough and explain the method very well, the best I've ever seen, thank you Stich.
I like the phrase, "...Carlos Santana, slash Peter Green slash, slash *you* ..." it sounds great ! ;) Thanks ever so for recording slash posting this video - I have recently retired from work and have a student electric guitar and this is the first lesson I'm gonna follow, then I'm gonna try your other one you refer to... Whoo Hoo !! PS like the PRS SE guitar you have, with its classy understated moon inlays - nice!
Very well done! I'm a skilled gtr player and have been playing this tune many times. My musical ear is not perfect but I found myself sliding a finger to those 'black magic' notes because it just felt right. You are explaining, in a very relaxed way, why it all makes sense. Congratulations!
Hello Peter,
I found your videos by accident and I really am grateful I found you. You're awesome!!!
I love your style it's very engaging. Thank you for taking the time to sharing yourself with all of us........You totally ROCK.....
That was like listening to poetry in a foreign language. I didn't understand a word but I felt all of it. Thank you
Was that a quote from THE MAN - Feynman?
Finally, a no-nonsense, demystification, of the emotional components of music.
Hi, very nice and relaxed and a little humerous! Nice explanation of the scales too. Can I just add I think Peter Green's chord pattern was Dm7 (24th fret) vocal Dm A7 Dm Gm (Dm C Bflat A7) Dm.... Dm7 (24th fret) I sort of remember from 1968.....I think the first A7 instead of Am points up the Gm (you can disagree!) Another point I think his first solo almost paraphrases the vocal. Sorry if someone else already said this I haven't read all the numerous comments.
..Also love minor Funk that does the same thing with the 7 chord voice leading. Thanks, this is a very good example.
Thanks, I know your right and went off topic, I was thinking about Minor Funky Blues like "the Thrill is Gone" backing track(Bm, Em, Bm, GM7->F#7, Bm) or Funk with Im, IV7 (Dorian). I like the 7 chords back to the 1 minor.
A well done, straight forward, no frills demo of the progression, chord tones and scales. Thumbs Up~!
Really love that song. My dad had the vinyl and this crude but cool disco light that kinda responded to the music (70s). Thank you
u r a natural teacher. I'm usually out after 10 sec of theory but 4 sm reason u held my interest. Mahalo
Knew beforehand everything in this video, but still thoroughly enjoyed it. You are a great teacher, my friend.
Nailed it man. Theory is a very useful tool to explain what sounds good in a tune, it is not what makes the music! Thanks for the great insight into one of the techniques utilized in Peter and Carlo's solos!
So cool. I've never understood it like that. You must have black magic mojo in your words.
Stop messing me round with your tricks...Amazing lesson, which even With my limited musical theory knowledge managed to stay with you all the way to the end. Thanks 💃🏿
Love this song and Santana's version is a worthy interpretation and an embellishment. As I'm still in the early days and exploring Scales (poorly) I appreciate and understood the Harmonic Minor. That apart, your exposition and explanation is Excellent. Inspiring stuff and I shall surely come back to this. Thank you.
Wonderful lesson, and that's not intended as weak praise!
and something fun to consider if you cover this tune. The full turn-around on the original version (Fleetwood Mac) is: dmin - C - Bflat - A7 - dmin
The song also lends itself well to 1/2 and whole step bending in the solo.
A year ago I discovered this vid. I just re-visited it to reiterate "Loving it!" Still do.
Thank you for this. I thought it was going to be a tutorial on licks of the dorian mode but stumbled onto a good one. I knew what the harmonic minor was, I just didn't know why I needed it or when to use it.
Yes excellent explanation, it's taken me years to get my head around this and play thru the changes. You actually make it sound easy.
man I love you.. you make me feel like I am myself turning into a guitar wizard who magically knows what to do when..
Great lesson, Ian! Really appreciate all your videos! BUT... you said, "...Black Magic Woman by Peter Green / Carlos Santana; the former who remade it." Peter Green wrote it. Santana remade it. I'm guessing you meant to say "...the LATTER who remade it."
Excellent Ian i,m Gonna Grabs me the Chart! thanks again for your Great Tutorials
Glad to see you are making good in the Professional internet Guitar teacher world. I used to love Peter Green's guitar playing when he was in the original Fleetwood Mac, saw him a couple of times in NYC back when, have you listened to much of his work from back then? Thanks for the lessons -Harvey
This video made me have to go back and look at my scales. I forgot that there is a b6 to go with the b7 in the minor scale so I couldn't get the scale to jive. Now of course I am reminded that the harmonic minor just raises that b7 to a major 7. This stuff just goes round and round until someone like you puts it to use for us. Thanks. btw - this is my bad but I got the impression that your "soloing" download was going to be some version of the actual solo. That's OK - your charts are just what they should be - I will use your logic to figure it out. Thanks again, as I have said before, I am impressed with your style of teaching.
That is why your style works so well. I have found from personal experience that you learn much more thinking about what your doing instead of just memorizing in any task ... and don't care what Sean says - you're alright ::)
Love it, that's the best description of the minor blues! The best part is the A7 turnaround
Many thanks!!
Nice! You explain it well... and simply! Not all good players are good teachers. You are both! Good Job!!!
You are so humble and know how to teach ,you make it easy, .love your videos ..
It is 2 am in London and i was listening to Peter Green music and took me to your video...ee are really crazy around a guitar...btw one my fav is Mark KNOPFLER..i saw him in may at the Royal Albert hall. Great gig.all the best
The best explanation is seen on more advanced playing. Thank you!
Wow! That lesson was great. It's a lot to take in for someone like me who hardly knows any music theory but still some fantastic content. Thank you for putting this on youtube.
Teaching at the highest level!
Ian, thank you. This is the first of your videos I've watched and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. As others have said, it's very informative yet delivered in an easy going, comfortable manner. Best of all, it's sending me into hours of enjoyable practice. Thanks for shaking off the stale from the scales. Don.
Everyone mentions Peter Green's influence on Santana, and deservedly so. Mike Bloomfield even more so. But on BMW, in particular, did you know that the 2nd half of Santana' version was lifted right from (and unabashedly so) Gabor Szabo's '66 "Gypsy Queen"?..In fact, I think the Hungarian born Szabo's style of music/playing had an even bigger impact on not only Santana, but I hear it in Jerry Garcia' playing, as well....Good stuff...If you haven't already listened to him I think you'd dig it.
That was a GREAT lesson and your style for explaining is superb! Respect!
Beautifully explained, it's odd how rare simple explanations are, this is true teaching, well done. You mention a video about visualising the scale under chords, I can't seem to find it, thanks.
Wow Ian, Great Lesson, like always.
Guitar under my arm and ready for the New Challenge .
Always giving great new fresh material, info,and support,
Your lessons really helped me improve a lot in my playing style and perspective about a lot of concepts and most of them were flying arround the place.
Everything seems to be more organized and makes much more sense for me now.
So, i just want to say to you, a really big THANK YOU !
I wish i could be more close to where you live, i'd really enjoy taking classes with you.
Love your sense of humor, very clever, very maliable.... Like Gold !.
Hahaha!
I send you a Big hug from Uruguay!
You're International, Man!! Haha!
Sebastian.-
So soulful, sweet and tasteful. Beautiful lesson.
"to celebrate that moment", well explained. Big thanks!!
Excellent presentation of the Harmonic minor color. Bravo
You are really good at what you do. I have started learning this and it already sounds good.
quality lesson from a genuine and modest teacher, well appreciate your videos!
AWESOME glad to see a peter green shout out hes was legit and origina!
Glad to see you remembering Peter Green! It has some kickass blues tunes!
By the way, I'm waiting for the Rosanna by Toto cover, or in the mind of Toto... Does Toto has secret weapons? ;)
well explained, much appreachiated, thank you.Jay.
Excellent and very interesting - more Peter Green please?
Im learning huge amounts from you. Thank you.
Excellent lesson Stitch
It's the tri-tone....in this case the C# and G of the A7 chord....resolving to the D and F of the Dm chord. So much of Western (European) music is based on this resolution from the unstable (tri-tone - "the Devil's interval" - very unstable) to the stable (in this case the minor third of the i chord).
Fixed, Thanks, you "ROCK "
It has nothing to do with the A being a 7th chord - it is because the major 3rd in A is the leading tone of any D scale.
Really nice concept man, well explained.
I laughed when you said "if you have it" your pinky. Anyway thanks for the lesson, love it Ian.
Brilliant lesson, I learned so much, thank you kind Sir for this lesson!
That introduction and that look was straight out of an Escobar film😎
Your I great teacher. I really have learned alot from your videos and I thank you. 👍
You looked like a Spaniard there in the beginning you could of been one of my relatives I love that style....
This guy's pretty good. Explaining the genius of Green/Santana isn't easy, much less recreating it. Pay close attention all
I've just stumbled onto your site, StichMethod, courtesy of this video. I subscribed immediately, because I was really impressed both with the lesson and with your style. I'll be back, for sure.
Wow! What a great insight! Simple but profound! Thank you!!!
Thanks Ian , I wish my brain worked like yours great lesson!
Great stuff, thanks. Glad to hear you're digging into the early Mac stuff where Peter was brilliant. Hey, so along the lines of Santana and Harmonic Minor, listen to his "Flor de Luna" (Moonflower) instrumental. I believe that's Natural (mostly) and Harmonic Minor mixed and very beautiful. I think he uses the major 7 when he resolves to the tonic just like here. I'm a huge fan of both players.
one of the best video lessons I've ever watched, Where is this 'chart' you mentioned?
I came here from the modes with friends series. Great stuff. thanks for sharing
I purchased the chart . Thanks great lesson
fantastic as always! thx for well explained lesson!!
Another great lesson thank you
Another great lesson. Thanx
You said "by Peter Green / Carlos Santana, the former who remade it" implying that its a Santana song remade by Peter Green. You got that wrong Peter Green wrote that song & recorded it in 1968. Santana "remade" it in 1970 on the Abraxas LP. Great lesson.
I DID enjoy this lesson Ian.Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Great opening tune.
Thanks... I am along way from playing something like that but at least I know what I am up against. Great Teacher!
you're awesome... thanks. My new favourite online guitar teacher.
Great lesson. Shared on my Google+ page too!
Excellent explanation!!!!!!
Superb lesson and easy to follow. Thanks.
Celebrate the moment
FUUUUUUCK...
That's a GREAAAAAAAT lesson.
Thank you so much, really, really, really, really.
Oh my God I can't believe it
Thanks buddy, awesome
Lovely Video! Excuse me for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you heard about - Riddleagan Blossoming Solo Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a smashing one off guide for mastering guitar scales minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate after many years got amazing success with it.
Another great video.. thank you so much...learned so much from this