Skills Intermediate Guitarists Should Have

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @BrandonDeon
    @BrandonDeon  6 месяцев назад +92

    52 Week Guitar Player is closed until mid-March. We'll only be accepting 100 new students when we reopen. Join the waiting list now dammit: brandondeon.com/survey-page2

    • @Sacrim
      @Sacrim 6 месяцев назад +2

      is there like a fee that I'd have to pay in order to enlist?

    • @Jahloveipraise
      @Jahloveipraise 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yea I was wondering how much it is but can’t find it anywhere on your site which is sus and tells me it’s prob mad expensive to take the course lol

    • @paopuro
      @paopuro 6 месяцев назад

      I know I may seem like a beggar, a guy who just keeps asking, but I'm a 15-year-old young man, my name is Francisco, I live in Brazil and I'm simply a beginner guitarist. I came here to ask you, can you help me with just one thing, can you give me a good and current pedalboard, I can't afford one, and when I do, it came broken, I can be honest, I want to play guitar in my church but Due to lack of money, I can't do it. you're a humble guy I know, so please can you donate me a Flamma fx200, I really like it but even though here it's at least one thousand and eight hundred reais, it's still very complicated for me and I know that your country, besides being a First world country, that is, a very good country, it is much cheaper than here, so I ask with all my heart, can you help me play for Christ, that's all I ask. The peace of Christ, I hope this message reaches the person who will help me. Amen.sorry google translate ruins a lot of words❤

    • @Sacrim
      @Sacrim 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Jahloveipraise I mean bernth's private coachig is like 20$ which is pretty cheap so I doubt this guy's thingy will be too expensive

    • @Jahloveipraise
      @Jahloveipraise 6 месяцев назад

      @@Sacrim hopefully, I’m def going to see. Would love to freshen up a lot of my old guitar skills and learn more theory. Love his teaching methods so even if it’s pricey I have a feeling it’s worth the investment

  • @nema9913
    @nema9913 6 месяцев назад +325

    Well this demonstrates that I'm not even intermediate

    • @JLchevz
      @JLchevz 3 месяца назад +24

      just practice you'll get there, it seems overwhelming but enjoy the process, you're making progress as long as you're constantly playing or practicing anything

    • @daxterthefox
      @daxterthefox 3 месяца назад +6

      ​@@JLchevz Thank you

  • @flappybird4128
    @flappybird4128 6 месяцев назад +341

    the main skill is to get addicted to cigs with out getting addicted to cigs

    • @YkItzUnknwn
      @YkItzUnknwn 6 месяцев назад +3

      I been doing that for 4 years 😂

  • @endresac369
    @endresac369 6 месяцев назад +396

    Bruh he’s not even mad 💀

  • @alohotranks
    @alohotranks 6 месяцев назад +722

    Why is this man out to get intermediate guitar players 😭😭😭

    • @gigachad7452
      @gigachad7452 6 месяцев назад +85

      Cause they think they are good with big egos thats how u humble them

    • @middlechild2022
      @middlechild2022 6 месяцев назад +33

      Beginners: Marty Schwartz
      Intermediate: Brandon Deon
      Professionals:they are the teacher themselves😂

    • @MasterMojo85
      @MasterMojo85 6 месяцев назад

      @@gigachad7452It definitely works. I can confirm that.

    • @VodaOverMinD
      @VodaOverMinD 6 месяцев назад +15

      Because they're on CIGARETTES

    • @truuskikomo5227
      @truuskikomo5227 6 месяцев назад +6

      @@VodaOverMinD​​⁠Since this channel I switched to cigarillos and within a week I was no longer intermediate.

  • @mccreatc
    @mccreatc 6 месяцев назад +22

    4:57 I was so happy he addressed my biggest issues, and his solution was, “Stop doing it.”😭

  • @Nobody-pc7fq
    @Nobody-pc7fq 6 месяцев назад +143

    This video makes me feel like I’m decent at guitar and I like that

    • @ravencore5348
      @ravencore5348 6 месяцев назад +10

      lol me to most of these where beginner things for me

    • @calvinbrownjr.6912
      @calvinbrownjr.6912 6 месяцев назад +13

      Ok so it’s not just me that came away feeling like “wow maybe I don’t completely suck”

    • @ravencore5348
      @ravencore5348 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@calvinbrownjr.6912 I heard if you can play guitar even basically your in the top 3% 😂

    • @calvinbrownjr.6912
      @calvinbrownjr.6912 6 месяцев назад

      @@ravencore5348 stop you’re gonna make me cry. I’m finally good at something 🥹🥹🥹🥹

    • @blasttrash
      @blasttrash 4 месяца назад

      how many years of experience do you have playing guitar?

  • @Zola_zoltan
    @Zola_zoltan 6 месяцев назад +35

    This channel hasn't PISSES ME OFFFFF!

  • @jbroutson17
    @jbroutson17 6 месяцев назад +324

    “Don’t bend with one finger" precedes to bend with one finger right after lol.

    • @someonequinof
      @someonequinof 6 месяцев назад +22

      he probably did it so viewers could see that one finger better without the other getting in its way

    • @jbroutson17
      @jbroutson17 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@someonequinof I’m sure it was. It was just funny is all.

    • @heartofcode5372
      @heartofcode5372 6 месяцев назад +4

      was just about to say that. he must be on cigarettes

    • @Bladavia
      @Bladavia 6 месяцев назад

      Actually it's a common occurance even among professional guitarist. Because you have to think of the correct fingering for the bend before it even happens, especially since he's coming out of that slide, that would be 2 notes in advance. If you had time to practice your line many times you can figure out the optimal fingering, but it gets really hard when improvising

    • @travisbickle3835
      @travisbickle3835 5 месяцев назад +4

      well sometimes you bend with one finger and sometimes you don't, you feel what im sayin?

  • @Kamaro1412
    @Kamaro1412 6 месяцев назад +95

    5:25 "dont bend with one finger"
    5:35 *proceeds to bend with one finger*

    • @elitesaint5348
      @elitesaint5348 6 месяцев назад +2

      That was slide bend 😊

    • @Queso_15.
      @Queso_15. 6 месяцев назад +1

      he bent with one finger because the first note he played was played with his pointer finger

    • @Kamaro1412
      @Kamaro1412 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Queso_15. joke😑

    • @amirirsyad6093
      @amirirsyad6093 3 месяца назад

      Funny​@@Kamaro1412

    • @ronny12301
      @ronny12301 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Queso_15. You can switch between fingers in the middle of a slide

  • @SirDoooche
    @SirDoooche 6 месяцев назад +149

    Ahh yes, cliffs of dover. My favourite intermediate finger picking warm up song

  • @theme6530
    @theme6530 6 месяцев назад +9

    Brandon, still the best teach on youtube. Appreciate your content, man, and hope for more stuff. A continuation on different scales and how to train them would be amazing.

  • @mertoj1536
    @mertoj1536 6 месяцев назад +18

    I bought the backing tracks! Thank you for making them so affordable, you're a real one. I literally went and asked my GF for an euro, cuz I had none on my account at that moment. She sent me it and I bought it.

    • @danger_the_kid
      @danger_the_kid 6 месяцев назад +2

      You got a heart!!!! Once in a lifetime achievement!!!!!

  • @familyflamerich4541
    @familyflamerich4541 6 месяцев назад +9

    woah I hit this ages ago, thought I would be clicking through these like "damn gotta learn that", but instead I was like "well yeah, and yup, and yeah"

  • @polackovaa.a
    @polackovaa.a 6 месяцев назад +18

    improvising is the sickest thing u can do w a guitar but it's also my greatest enemy

  • @askalon2743
    @askalon2743 6 месяцев назад +7

    The Day That Never Comes is so underrated, great video!

  • @beannplant3780
    @beannplant3780 6 месяцев назад +7

    This is my favorite form of education, thank you

  • @huntermushero9362
    @huntermushero9362 6 месяцев назад +189

    Putting Cliffs of Dover in the same difficulty as Wake Me Up When September Ends really pisses me off.
    But I’m not even mad.

  • @botondhorvath8689
    @botondhorvath8689 6 месяцев назад +5

    Brandon said that its hard to play tremolo while switching strings so I played some scales like that and man thats fun

  • @daxterthefox
    @daxterthefox 3 месяца назад +43

    0:49 so that's what the Xs mean

    • @ZombifyXYZ
      @ZombifyXYZ 3 месяца назад +4

      Your not playing that note i think. Im new still lol

    • @ZombifyXYZ
      @ZombifyXYZ 3 месяца назад +4

      String*

    • @daxterthefox
      @daxterthefox 3 месяца назад

      @@ZombifyXYZ yeah, you're muting it
      sorta

    • @PizzaSlices2000
      @PizzaSlices2000 3 месяца назад +10

      ​@@ZombifyXYZ the X in sheet music does not mean not playing the string, it means playing a note that doesn't have a tune to it, in a sort of way. The Xs position is placed on the sheet music according to the frequency it has

    • @daxterthefox
      @daxterthefox 2 месяца назад +1

      @@PizzaSlices2000 Yep

  • @reactivelemur846
    @reactivelemur846 6 месяцев назад +19

    10:04 about this, since both words come from italian the correct pronunciacion would be "Trémolo" and "Arpeggiòs" but every word gets localized obviously. We here use these pronunciations as well as the correct pronunciation for like "Andànte", "Adagiétto" and stuff like that

  • @sjelen
    @sjelen 6 месяцев назад +30

    so, im about 20 years from being an intermediate.. i think i need a cigarette

  • @imaginewagon8177
    @imaginewagon8177 6 месяцев назад +10

    cliff of dover, classic intermediate finger picking 👌

    • @wordragon
      @wordragon 6 месяцев назад

      Nice troll by Brandon.

  • @christiandominguez7876
    @christiandominguez7876 6 месяцев назад +7

    For bare chords I practiced with acoustic guitar to get more strenght on my index finger.
    For tapping I recommend the riff from Silvera by Gojira.
    For trémolo picking any black metal song would be perfect but I recommend Mother North by Satyricon.
    I think practice with songs you likes its better 😅

    • @garrybrown9264
      @garrybrown9264 5 месяцев назад +1

      Practice barring with an acoustic is brilliant
      Good one. Though every intermediate should have bars done in their history. But for strength and to be articulate......this tip is again BRILLIANT

  • @nickb20
    @nickb20 6 месяцев назад +3

    Improvising over harmony still eludes me after 16 years playing.

    • @kodyskow1084
      @kodyskow1084 6 месяцев назад +1

      3 words "Minor Pentatonic Scale"

  • @mcglo1543
    @mcglo1543 4 месяца назад +1

    Very cool x ring, many of my family have gone to StFX. My older brother is there now graduating this year !

  • @JustVanhalen
    @JustVanhalen 6 месяцев назад +529

    Now just leave 😡

  • @spah_tf2
    @spah_tf2 6 месяцев назад +5

    i always called unision bends "pixies bends" because i notice playing alot of the pixies they would use those types if bends alot. exceptial in "hey"

  • @4shamed
    @4shamed 6 месяцев назад +2

    brandon manages to make me pick up my guitar every time

  • @moye8121
    @moye8121 Месяц назад

    Loved everything in this video

  • @amis_8656
    @amis_8656 6 месяцев назад +2

    I thought I was a noob, but after watching this I can honestly say that I am intermediate player because I can do everything you showed technically good 😅

  • @AedynLane
    @AedynLane 4 месяца назад +6

    5:18 Talks about not bending with one finger but literally like 10 seconds later he bends with one finger

    • @marcocruz6210
      @marcocruz6210 3 месяца назад

      slide bend isn’t the same as a normal bend

    • @ericirwin4901
      @ericirwin4901 Месяц назад

      Hahaha, noticed that too.

  • @ianvaldez3886
    @ianvaldez3886 6 месяцев назад +2

    The just stop making that mistake roast cracked me tf up. Its so true.

  • @luckytao7934
    @luckytao7934 6 месяцев назад

    Your ability to simply complex ideas is impressive and really helpful. Thnks Brandon...

  • @barackputin6927
    @barackputin6927 6 месяцев назад +4

    you had me at cliffs of dover XD

  • @patkitkat
    @patkitkat 5 месяцев назад

    Been binge watching your videos this morning. Great content, really like your approach. Fking hilarious also.

  • @audioexpeditions
    @audioexpeditions 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love it brandon, ♥️ We want detail videos on each of these techniques with ways to practice them,

  • @birendrakumar-gl5gq
    @birendrakumar-gl5gq 4 месяца назад

    I like how he's making boring exercises interesting with backing track 🙏

  • @JamesMcKenna-Jmcks
    @JamesMcKenna-Jmcks 4 месяца назад

    Man I love watching his videos even if it's for his humour, He's so comical & is an exceptional guitarist...

  • @DanKindopp
    @DanKindopp 6 месяцев назад +1

    X-RING!!!! I was watching finger tips for so long I never noticed!

  • @J_Echoes
    @J_Echoes 6 месяцев назад +1

    That Electric Sunrise riff is super cool. Immediately went to grab my guitar!
    (yes, I hadn't done that before... Sorry...)

  • @Dank_Varley
    @Dank_Varley 4 месяца назад

    After watching this, I guess I can stop telling people I'm a beginner. Lol, I've got maybe 4 -5 ish years of playing under my fingers, but only the last 3 have truly counted. Good video, thanks!

  • @joesmoe9762
    @joesmoe9762 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks really helped with what I think I need to work on just bought and upgraded to a strat after playing acoustic for a few months

  • @TenuukyGD
    @TenuukyGD 6 месяцев назад +4

    So basically, he added pinch harmonics in the last improvisation...hopefully I know how to do it but for the other guitarists who are on cigarettes or just beginners, this is a little strange 😅

  • @zackerydodder7287
    @zackerydodder7287 3 месяца назад

    Excellent video

  • @elwinamaya1889
    @elwinamaya1889 6 месяцев назад

    Hell Yea man, that Plini tapping lead is tight!

  • @lestalkmorebasss
    @lestalkmorebasss 6 месяцев назад +1

    Roy Clark could tremolo with the best of them - check him out if you’ve never heard of him. He played anything with strings 😅

  • @manfredjones_
    @manfredjones_ 6 месяцев назад +1

    Impressive deadlift

  • @saulcontrerasOfficial
    @saulcontrerasOfficial 6 месяцев назад +1

    I learned finger picking when i was 13 because i had a classical guitar teacher.

  • @JohnnyAllan-vj7sj
    @JohnnyAllan-vj7sj 6 месяцев назад

    Finger strength/ agility and spacial awareness (knowing where the strings are without looking) are the only things that make you a good guitar player.
    When you have those things, the rest comes easy

  • @bishalsen6850
    @bishalsen6850 22 часа назад

    This video was made for me!

  • @coimachine8784
    @coimachine8784 6 месяцев назад

    I do need to work on some of these things, specifically trills, tapping, and finger picking, thanks for the great advice man

  • @giulianogotodemello9823
    @giulianogotodemello9823 6 месяцев назад +1

    Rakes sound more emphatic when you do it a little slower. That string percussive sound is as ASMR asf

  • @scribblesblitz4963
    @scribblesblitz4963 6 месяцев назад +2

    *cries in acoustic*

  • @hyrumcannon3789
    @hyrumcannon3789 2 месяца назад

    Finally, guitar boot camp

  • @joek4335
    @joek4335 6 месяцев назад +2

    I really have to work on my barre chords... Thanks Brandon

    • @lifespanofafry1534
      @lifespanofafry1534 3 месяца назад

      3 month later checkup!

    • @lifespanofafry1534
      @lifespanofafry1534 3 месяца назад +1

      3 month later checkup!

    • @joek4335
      @joek4335 2 месяца назад

      @@lifespanofafry1534 By goodness I can do barre chords now. Working on transition speed check up on me in another couple months! TY!!

  • @jacintoguinoo7752
    @jacintoguinoo7752 6 месяцев назад +9

    9:53 Bro’s a gym bro

  • @inteo_
    @inteo_ 6 месяцев назад +1

    really helpful to know what i gotta learn thanks!

  • @NathanaelKiker-rm2li
    @NathanaelKiker-rm2li 5 месяцев назад +1

    Bro put cliffs of Dover fingerpicking in an intermediate category.. Okay guys wish me luck I’m about to give it a go 😅

  • @Spatialfountain
    @Spatialfountain 6 месяцев назад +2

    really love your videos

  • @tintin-rk7yf
    @tintin-rk7yf 6 месяцев назад

    I can slide, play barre chords and bending, currently learning the scales positions so that I can improvise. Let's see how far i can go😊

  • @FreeThinkingWisdom
    @FreeThinkingWisdom 5 месяцев назад

    I would say tapping is niche to style. If your a metal guitarist I could see it, but I've never seen Brent Mason tap. Tremolo picking definitely falls into this category as well, and I almost want to bundle finger picking into this as well, but hybrid picking crosses into lots of styles.

  • @rock_machine01
    @rock_machine01 6 месяцев назад +1

    Well, I think you’re a Nova Scotia so I’ll subscribe

  • @victorthemusicman7243
    @victorthemusicman7243 6 месяцев назад

    8:50 is a song by Plini called 'Electric Sunrise' in case anyone was wondering.

  • @Davidlovesmusic311
    @Davidlovesmusic311 6 месяцев назад +1

    Get into it

  • @caelenselke-minogue
    @caelenselke-minogue 6 месяцев назад +1

    Unison bends are hell with a Floyd Rose.

  • @jeffreyklaproth7794
    @jeffreyklaproth7794 2 месяца назад

    We’ve learned a few things about Brandon. He’s one of the best teachers on YT. He wears his shirts and shorts for multiple days in a row. Apparently he works for coca cola. He’s still workin on that anger management👍🏻. Pretends every time he starts his teaching course it’s sold out and people need to be on a waiting list. lol He’s more successful than me, plays guitar better and I keep learning from him, thanks Brandon! Now just leave!

  • @shlumpusmostr
    @shlumpusmostr 6 месяцев назад +9

    i have all of these but i cant improvise at all bruh😭

  • @Gunslinger-us1ek
    @Gunslinger-us1ek 5 месяцев назад

    i love how aggressive this guy is

  • @cahhazley8241
    @cahhazley8241 6 месяцев назад +2

    I think you should make a video all about triads

  • @CottoNeo
    @CottoNeo 6 месяцев назад +3

    I learned all this from my grandpa on my 4th day of trying, is that good guys? (not being pick me I seriously do not know how long noob to intermediate takes).

  • @Sinkovc3
    @Sinkovc3 6 месяцев назад +1

    I guess now I am aproved INTERMEDIATE

  • @tatemcilwain1775
    @tatemcilwain1775 5 месяцев назад

    I can do all of these and I’m pretty good at most of them, still could be better but it’s good to know that

  • @GuitarBeaner
    @GuitarBeaner 5 месяцев назад

    Most of this stuff I learned when I first started teaching myself

  • @serban2139
    @serban2139 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is actually a brief tutorial lmao

  • @thomas_lappin
    @thomas_lappin 6 месяцев назад +1

    I'm not even mad

  • @SeaNaCl
    @SeaNaCl 5 месяцев назад

    "don't use one finger to bend like some kind of lunatic" *proceeds to bend with only the index in the very next clip*

  • @The69Health
    @The69Health 5 месяцев назад

    I’ve known some of these techniques for a long time without knowing their names.

  • @agarciabc
    @agarciabc 6 месяцев назад +3

    Plini ❤️

  • @FlingyFlongyBouncu
    @FlingyFlongyBouncu 5 месяцев назад

    Tapping and Trills are what I need to work on. This 13/8 Riff sounds awesome!!!. Besides that im kinda ego boosted cause with everything else im comfortable. Actually cool to see the time you invest actually pays of somewhat. Well besides improv. Dont care for that at all.

  • @Darthys
    @Darthys 6 месяцев назад +1

    A dollar! You got me.

  • @peipassivelypassively5629
    @peipassivelypassively5629 6 месяцев назад +1

    I follow from thailand ❤

  • @DwayneRidgwayOfficial
    @DwayneRidgwayOfficial 6 месяцев назад +16

    Proud to say I can do everything here... But I can't play open chords, so I'm both a beginner and an intermediate guitarist.

    • @Catthepunk
      @Catthepunk 6 месяцев назад +2

      This feeling. I know barely any songs and can't shred but I can do most of this

  • @depressedyoutube
    @depressedyoutube 2 месяца назад

    i guess that's what i did the trail, never thought it's a thing at all i guess im a maniac who enjoy too much even tho im a noob

  • @anapple9407
    @anapple9407 6 месяцев назад +3

    2:33 why exactly is it wrong though? Is it just the fact that most people feel more comfortable that makes angling your fingers better? If i already feel completely comfortable keeping my fingers straight should i even bother changing my technique?

    • @maxwellblakely7952
      @maxwellblakely7952 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yes

    • @NMB.s
      @NMB.s 6 месяцев назад

      It's because you can end up with your fingers below the other strings, I have a cheap strato and the strings are quiet high for an electric (this is the lower I can go without having freting noise or whatever is called) so I have tu use the wrist to avoid that

    • @SubhadeepDas
      @SubhadeepDas 6 месяцев назад +3

      There is no right or wrong. If you ask me the thumb over neck technique is better because you get a fulcrum point to bend. But if you watch the polyphia guys they always bend using the legato grip. So there's no right or wrong way. If it sounds good and feels right it's fine.

    • @Poopopotamusgaming
      @Poopopotamusgaming 6 месяцев назад

      Try adding “bend vibrato” your way vs his way. Much easier and more comfortable doing it his way in my opinion

  • @vr_akimitsu2686
    @vr_akimitsu2686 5 месяцев назад +1

    2:22 what if i am using an 8 string?

  • @n.v.b-playingmusic
    @n.v.b-playingmusic 6 месяцев назад +2

    I think should just practice on my fooking barre chords

  • @Halcyonix-ei7vn
    @Halcyonix-ei7vn 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love muting, I do it when I play SMTS cause I strum the power chords with reckless abandon and will hit the other strings if I don’t mute

  • @Sensei.shonuff
    @Sensei.shonuff 6 месяцев назад +12

    Guitar is overwhelming
    Life is too short is 70 years really enough time?

  • @denniemay11
    @denniemay11 6 месяцев назад

    Brandon!
    Video idea.
    Do a lesson on sound design!
    Your guitar tone is nasty and sustains great.
    Everyone wants to know the secret.
    YOU'RE WELCOME!

  • @Guto-df3hq
    @Guto-df3hq 5 месяцев назад

    Very cool... obrigado!😎😎😎

  • @josephcarrington9686
    @josephcarrington9686 6 месяцев назад +1

    What about hybrid picking, thumping, chicken picking and sweeping.

  • @andrewshawlamong
    @andrewshawlamong 6 месяцев назад +2

    can we do these on acoustic ? plz 🫶

  • @S.C.500
    @S.C.500 6 месяцев назад +1

    That palm mute wasn't even palm muting. You did more actual palm muting in the double stop bend demonstration.

  • @dylanq8200
    @dylanq8200 6 месяцев назад +1

    if i can sell my squier as a fender does that make me a master?

  • @donaldthescotishtwin
    @donaldthescotishtwin 3 месяца назад

    Is there a full vid of that C minor improv? Just that was smooth as hell

  • @Marrk_7u7_
    @Marrk_7u7_ 6 месяцев назад +1

    I ONCE CUT MY FINGERS WHILE DOING SLIDES ON THE FIRST STRING OF MY ACOUSTIC GUITAR 😢

  • @thegootshow
    @thegootshow 3 месяца назад

    im tapping with my ringfinger, wich gives me more room for sweeps and alternate picking

  • @stevenmahad3999
    @stevenmahad3999 6 месяцев назад +1

    10:50 What song?

  • @YYuset
    @YYuset 5 месяцев назад +1

    can you make a master class for chrords