As a beginner this sounds like: 1. Draw a circle, this will eventually be the head of the horse. 2. Draw another circle which will become the corpse at the end. 3. Finish the detailed horse.
I put this lesson to work and my wife was very happy to listen to my practice, because..... It was no longer boring. She is my party and I want to keep her entertained. Thank you Sean.
when you pickin up a guitar at a party and everyone gather around you, they are just waiting for you to start singing. nobody gives a flying crap about instrumental guitar music unless it is astounishingly godlike (and even then 2/3 of public will die of boredom after 5 minutes). people like to be involved, to sing along, to dance.
Frank Durham dude if someone is playing and performing and you're just busy talking, not listening to him or her, it's disrespectful to the person and the art. It's like you are talking or explaining something really serious to people and they don't even notice you, taking about their own silly things. You can choose not to listen to the artist, but talking in between the performance is outrageous.
While I too LOVE instrumental over singing/playing. Truth is as he pointed out, nobody listens to instruments unless it’s GODLIKE Talent. It’s MUCH easier to entertain a crowd with singing/playing (if u are an average instrumentalist) than entertain a crowd with pure heads on instrumental. A good amount of people come on average category. But sure if you are really really good at ur instrument, then be my guest and do a hybrid style strum pattern with percussive skips beats and make my ear orgasm! 😅
Just keep practicing and learning things different tricks and songs and in time you’ll understand it’s difficult at first because how vast the fret board can seem but over time youll look back and see it wasn’t as complicated as you first thought
You know that if someone is playing a C - G - Am - Am progression, they probably don't know scales and arpeggios, right? Otherwise they would've been playing Stairway to Heaven off the bat.
Him: this is boring.. very boring... Again very boring... Me: this is difficult Very difficult Him: let's make it interesting... Me: that's it! I quit!!!
for people who feel confused and want to learn more about these techniques: technique 1: use chord voicings (look up the CAGED system w stitch for a good in depth lesson on that) technique 2: use major and minor scales to add a sort of fill at the end of the bar (look up how to play major and minor scales and use major scales overtop of major chords and minor scales over minor chords or play the scale of the overall song) technique 3: arpeggiate the notes of the chord in a different place on the neck (each major/minor chord is made of 3 notes called triads. look up how to play major and minor triads. its just two shapes not too hard to learn)
Sean, I’ve just come across your page/lessons. I’ve been playing very average for around 10 years primarily BC I wasn’t understanding the theory, arpeggios, etc. Until I found your page. I’m a current subscriber to many of the teaching sites on the net...you are hands down the best! Thanks for what you’re doing and for making this shit make sense!!!!! A fellow Floridian
oh man, i love your little sprinkles of condensed knowledge! they make my day! I was stuck in my guitar play. Now every once in a while I watch one of your videos and try some of the ideas and that's enough for hours of lots of fun!
Thank you. I love you video's and find them all to be very helpful. Good advice, but not the first time in my 63 years that I've been told to stop being a boring guitar player. As long as we keep ourselves entertained and interested. If it comes down to being boring or being discouraged and giving up, go ahead and be boring. Just don't stop trying.
sir, i haven't seen anyone teaching so good, and taking these kind of problem and solving them. it just shows how great you're 🙋 keep up the good work.
I’m a singer songwriter and I’m definitely going to try and apply this to my songs, since most of my songs just have plain chord progressions. Keep up the good work!
Man, I LOVE your videos! The only bad thing is it reminds me just how crappy of a guitarist I am. I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and playing at bars and restaurants for over 30 years. I was always good at hearing a song on the radio, and almost immediately be able to play it. Kind of. I always have played some stripped down BS version using straight open or barr chords. I'm still playing the same garbage I was playing 30 years ago when it was on the radio. Now I'm an oldies player. I love your sense of humor. I'm so lame, I just started playing Wonderwall about ten years ago! That is a complicated song in my repature. I still play American Pie and Take it easy! Yikes!!! I could always tell when there were real musicians in the audience because I could see them shake their heads and I got good at lip reading "douchebag". I'm more of a songwriter than a performer, but out of probably 400 songs I've written, 300 have close to interchangeable progressions. If I would have learned what you teach when I was young, I would have maybe been a satisfactory music writer. Alas, no use wondering what might have been. I'm trying to learn some of it now. It ain't easy. You are great, and I love your videos. I'm trying to stick with it, but I have to watch each video about ten times before I start to get a clue what the F you are talking about. Just wanted to say thanks for your knowledge and wit. I also wanted to ask you if you have any original songs on line somewhere. Would love to hear them. Thanks again.
Thanks so much for watching Richard!!! Definitely have a lot of originals on here. I always liked these: ruclips.net/video/HckjLn6QJDY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/LWv9t-Aqc_4/видео.html ruclips.net/video/tgtQvbiJb38/видео.html
Thanks a ton. Indeed, the possibility of using alternative chords voicing really adds extra melody to an existing chords progression. I really overlooked it, but after incorporating it to my playing it really improves the sound quality. I will explore other chords progression to add an extra touch. Keep sharing this type of valuable tips. Thanks...
You are such a talented person. I feel like you tell all the secrets good guitare players won't tell. I find it absolute genius when you freeze the image and carry on with the explanation but with dots. Man, you know how to speak to my brain ! I'm sending you all my love from France
The way you see things....Is what I've been wanting to see for a long time now......simple broken/unbroken rules to playing.....hope you understand this is a huge compliment! THANKS!
Just found your channel and have to say it's fantastic! your way of teaching even complicated ideas in a simple but effective way is great. You deserve a lot more subscribers than you have. You've already improved my playing and way of thinking so much already. Thank you!
applause!! thanks this has started to get me in the right direction the way you explained this made more sense to me than all the 106 videos on the subject I viewed. hats off keep em coming just like this one please.
Sean Daniel it would greatly appreciated if you can play like a 3 minute riff using the scales chords and strumming pattern explained after that would help tremendously!
School got me away from guitar for a bit, can’t wait to start the journey again with ya Sean. So glad to see your channel grow, nobody deserves it more man!
Thanks Sean! This is what I needed to uplevel my playing! Since I already knew my scales and other chord voicings, I just needed the courage to jump from the chords to the fills and back!
SEAN , I’m the worst guitar player, I’m 59 and retired early ( Medical Issues ) . Thank You for Helping me play something that sounds pretty good. I play for myself. Take Care.
So glad i found this channel and video. Im just coming up on 5 years of playing ( self taught so practically zero understanding of music theory). Im now starting to realize how limiting it is to not understand exactly what im playing and how each chord relates to the other, ive always been a muscle memory and just wing it kinda guy. But man, this video opened up SO many doors for me. I already have the technical skill to play alot of things now, regularly learning songs within minutes just from playing so long, but i dont " know" on command what to play next so to speak. Just adding in the picked out version of chords in my progressions alone made a difference. Man music just got 10x more fun, even 5 yrs in.
Amazing video, can't tell you how much this helped me. My problem was i'd just learn a scale and play random notes in that scale and it felt so mindless with no direction. Thanks man
Love it I always thought to myself what I’m doing isn’t learning guitar. I just learn hard songs and memorize it in my head, but you taught me a lot of things to look up and learn more about
Dude, you went from playing like me with 3 or 4 chords to being Santana. Holy smoke. I don't know scale. How is this easy. This is at least high intermediate.
Yeah I probably should've mentioned that, but even if you're not at stage yet, the main principle to think about is that you can always replace a chord with something different to liven it up, regardless of what your playing level is. Hope it helped a little!
@Verty wow, guess it doesn't take much for you to laugh your ass off. I mean someone who is not brand spanking new to guitar, but playing for a couple years. You need another hobby.
I hope everyone found their way in good time. Music can be REALLY confusing at the start. If anyones stuck on a particularly confusing topic, i'd be happy to try to shed some light.
I leant to play the guitar in two months and my friend learnt it in AN HOUR. I really don’t feel confident in my playing because my friend can sing so she plays the guitar and sings and I can’t sing so I’m looking for something that can make my guitar playing more interesting and unique. This video is really helpful.
Being able to play that marvelously annoying snippet at the end would make it worth the practice. (Yes, sometimes I forget to use my power for good instead of evil. I'm working on it.) Appreciate your ability to keep it simple without making me feel like a simpleton.
WysteriaGuitar mehhh once i started playing black by pearl jam then some girl in my school saw it, she send it to everyone on our school on snapchat, bunch of girls came downstairs just to see me playing... guess what I didn't get w any of them😐🙃🙃🙃 (besides one after a while but that doesnt come to this topic)😂
I just was at a great party and all the sudden my friend started playing the piano she found in the house. The owner of the house asked me if I play piano as well I told him I played guitar so he whipped out his dads guitar for me. Everyone loved us! The best party I’ve ever been to, the music just set the mood even tho our playing was extremely sloppy (blame it on the Alcohol) 🤷🏼♀️😂
this is SOOOOO useful and much needed advice for this forever stuck beginner-intermediate helpless soul who envies flashier playing and who is no less bored by the chords than the audience!
Hi Sean, found your channel after it popped up on my RUclips feed. Been playing for many years, mostly learning other people’s songs, but your videos have opened up a lot of new possibilities in my playing as far as connecting scales and chords voicings etc to allow for more interesting playing while just jamming on my own ideas. Liked and subbed.
Sean Daniel thanks for taking a moment to respond. On holiday from work and watching your videos and doing some wood-shedding has been a nice way to spend the day.
I appreciate how your videos are geared to people who already have general knowledge of the guitar but are seeking to improve. I've been in a rut and have not progressed in a while. I can play most chords but have difficulty integrating scales and arpeggios. Do you have any video suggestions to help someone like me to improve their playing? I want to be able to jam with others and have a general sense of what key they are playing in so I can solo over top. Thanks for all your hardwork!
Wow! You are the first video I've seen that actually puts the dots on the neck, so you can see where your fingers go... Congratulations man on a very good channel, very helpful! thanks
Most guitar instruction on RUclips is either too basic or too laden with theory and or talk. For the intermediate player, your instruction is just right. Keep it up. You are the only guy on RUclips that I watch for acoustic guitar ideas. kg
Simple solution. As a guitar player and when you see the guitar there alone; ur supposed to leave it alone. You only play when hired or asked. Being humble is part of being a good, well-behave musician. Don't be the corny guy.
Being a solid guitar player and playing doesn't mean you're showing off, not being humble. I still suck, so I wouldn't pick it up. But if you picked it up and played I'm sure I'd enjoy it! And I wouldn't think you're an arrogant prick. You took the time to learn, go ahead and play!
People in the comments saying this is too hard for them well if u just started yes that’s understandable but practice everyday and practice finger picking and come back to this video in a couple years there’s good info in this guys videos. Thankfully I’m at the level where playing guitar is second nature to me and I can manage to do this stuff not perfectly but still and I only just started 4 years ago and I’m almost as good as my friends who have been playing forever so keep at it guys don’t be so pessimistic the sky’s the limit!
Dude, that intro is so me and this is exactly the lesson I need right now, i know some scales and chords but have never figured out how to fit them together. I'm a lazy learner lol Subbed
Great tip Sean. It will nice to see this a little slow. It's a bit difficult for a beginner to keep up with the finger position! It will be great to see a slower version of the same video. Cheers!
Great video man, seeing all these comments people don’t realise that you’re giving us the resources to start practicing these more difficult scales, of course it’s difficult it takes time to learn this stuff, thank you bro. Keep up the good vids 👌🏻
whenever I watch a guitar lesson I be like , " oh man , that's easy " but when it comes to playing I become an ass! !! I hate this feeling. .I really wanna play as a real guitarist.
+Houssam nettah how long have you been playing guitar? I've been playing guitar for 6 years and feel like I could be much better, but what seems to happen is a make major jumps every once in awhile, it's not really like constant progress, you may be experiencing the same thing
+MrTrollinglol look , I been playing for a months, I know about the chords , strumming patterns, but whenever I'm strumming I be like , "oh man that's so boring " .besides , I'm all alone I mean I have nobody to show me where to start step by step ..whenever I hold a guitar I just start strumming up down up down till I got bored!!
Sean, your instructions are awesome. Clearly understandable for a beginner like me. I appreciate your talent and teaching style. Wish I found you sooner. Thanks!
El Loco no, the only way that would be possible is if they stopped playing. Improvement comes, and it is proportional to how much work you put in. If you grind and put a lot of time in, you'll be a better player every time you set the guitar down compared to when you picked it up!
Thank you. 👍 This was just what was needed on this monday morning to feed my progression. Very beginner friendly video, despite the ”this sounds boring”. The idea you present made sense to me and hopefully a few more out there. Much love! 🌷
Loving your videos! They’re perfect for where I’m at in playing. I know scales and chords, but having a hard time making music. I also like how each video isn’t 50% lesson and 50% you promoting your channel... like a bunch of other youtubers lol
Absolutely! Too much negative gets put in comments. I figured I'd shine a little light! Anyone who thinks this is too hard should find another video that works for them and come back to this once they get they're chops up :) took me a while@@seandaniel23
I watched this about an hour ago and practiced the technique to the song "Are you that somebody" by Aliyah with Am-Am-F-Em and that well known riff on the 2nd Am... just thought I'd share and say thanks for the detailed and entertaining lessons
The key when playing for a new audience is humility. Appreciate any attention that's given, play very quietly at first, sing with spirit, and try to get people to sing or play along. Also, play positive and fun songs. Respect that some folks may not like your musical preferences or may feel threatened if you start to capture others attention. Last, understand cells phones will ring, people will bump into you, people will continue to talk. That's all part of the experience.
honestly the amount of music theory/terms you need to know or understand at least half of what he said in this video , you mostly likely would know how to play more than just basic chords. this is too much for me right now, so unfortunately imma head out now 😭✌
Hey Sean, I tried to follow this in a party and the part when I was playing the arpeggios, every single one of them heard "Stairway To Heaven" and told me to play that......... That's when I faked a call and left the party.
I've been watching your videos for the past few weeks and I've loved them! They are so easy to understand. I'm going to be studying music up at an institute in the city next year, so all of this theory that you teach has been a great help to me! Thankyou so much =)
Oh yes your intro sets this up perfectly. So many could benefit from a little bit of what you have to say here. Boring people with what has become very over exposed guitar playing gets more and more difficult to avoid because you also have to disguise how much you love yourself! This is psychiatry I think....! Very good lesson, Thanks.
Bonus: 1- percussion (on the guitar) 2- rasgado picking 3- playing ambiant music that fit the envirement (Woods, mountain, snow, sea, sand, etc...) 4- play popular music or folks too have an effect 5- the video is about it but I'll confirm it, don't be mainstream or predictable.
Thanks Sean, great lesson! I never thought about playing rhythm and improvising/jamming in a four bar loop like this. Before this I just used to improvise between chords in a 12 bar blues progression, so it's good to also have another way to improvise by yourself that combines chords and melody that's not restricted to blues. I think i'll also try some chromatic fills in the last A minor bar...maybe move chromatically between two strong notes within the key? Thanks again!
Loved the video! Especially the way you presented the chord progression changes. It was easy to II, and should be very helpful to beginner or intermediate guitarist. You have a new subscriber. Thank you!
I uploaded a video I called "Acoustic Summer Song" using your techniques and people liked it. I never would have thought to mix it up like that. Keep 'em coming!
That would be great. I can hear all this interesting stuff going on with the right hand, so a bit frustrating not being able to see what's going on. Looking forward to that 3rd camera!
The way I progressed on my guitar was no learning and covering well known songs. That's like playing in someone else's soul. I learnt so much quicker by writing my own songs instead. Then I felt the glow and the flow of my guitar much better. So your guitar feels so much more like a beautiful floating butterfly. Than been like a mad axeman hacking into your guitar with no progression.
Thanks Sean for your encouragement too. As well the guitar is great for brain training and keeping your mind more sharp. From playing the guitar since the summer of 97 my mind and memory still feel in top condition.
As a beginner this sounds like:
1. Draw a circle, this will eventually be the head of the horse.
2. Draw another circle which will become the corpse at the end.
3. Finish the detailed horse.
Step 4: Profit.
And then you're the dork at the party...this sounds so cliche'...I was waiting for you to say some kind of punchline..funny tho.
It's right in the title though. Gotta be able to play the guitar first before you can make it more interesting.
TypA i thought the same thing. here i am a year later and i actually kind of understand some of it. keep on chugging along man.
bc this video is for intermediate players :D
Ha he thinks I leave my house and go to 'parties' lol
Haha, sometimes the parties come to you ;)
Ha he thinks I know someone else who has a guitar lol 😂
lolx parties? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaah
@Teddy Machette neanderthal.
Hahahahahah
Just play fingerstyle and everyone will listen, problem solved.
Facts
That's what I keep telling myself :/
Hahaah yesss
Perscussive strumming + singing = mindsblown
True
I like how he thinks I could do that arpeggio
I believe!
😂😂😂
lol this is actually what i thought
😂😂😂
I can’t even spell arpeggio without spell check
I put this lesson to work and my wife was very happy to listen to my practice, because.....
It was no longer boring. She is my party and I want to keep her entertained. Thank you Sean.
So cool to hear.
is she still enjoy :D
@@zkidkid yeah, she's a cheap date. A fire, some wine and music and she's happy.
Right on man. I used to trap my girl in the kitchen and blast her with my boring az repertoire.
when you pickin up a guitar at a party and everyone gather around you, they are just waiting for you to start singing.
nobody gives a flying crap about instrumental guitar music unless it is astounishingly godlike (and even then 2/3 of public will die of boredom after 5 minutes). people like to be involved, to sing along, to dance.
Sadly that's pretty accurate.
Frank Durham dude if someone is playing and performing and you're just busy talking, not listening to him or her, it's disrespectful to the person and the art. It's like you are talking or explaining something really serious to people and they don't even notice you, taking about their own silly things. You can choose not to listen to the artist, but talking in between the performance is outrageous.
Thats why i specialized in fingerstyle. It is always entertaining :)
While I too LOVE instrumental over singing/playing.
Truth is as he pointed out, nobody listens to instruments unless it’s GODLIKE Talent.
It’s MUCH easier to entertain a crowd with singing/playing (if u are an average instrumentalist) than entertain a crowd with pure heads on instrumental.
A good amount of people come on average category.
But sure if you are really really good at ur instrument, then be my guest and do a hybrid style strum pattern with percussive skips beats and make my ear orgasm!
😅
Depends on the age group.
Thanks for reminding me how little I know about the guitar and how much I suck at it :)
its pretty simple "nothing too fancy"💀
Just keep practicing and learning things different tricks and songs and in time you’ll understand it’s difficult at first because how vast the fret board can seem but over time youll look back and see it wasn’t as complicated as you first thought
You know that if someone is playing a C - G - Am - Am progression, they probably don't know scales and arpeggios, right? Otherwise they would've been playing Stairway to Heaven off the bat.
Gergin Ivanov That’s why he said to learn them
Can't play Stairway to Heaven on a bat, you need a guitar.
@@stretch1955 nice
Chris Stretton nice
Noice
I fell in love with that chord progression 5 seconds before you started talking trash about it :)
Haha, sorry!
Bob Marley - No Women No Cry has that chords
OMG ME TOO
Simple man
ahhh just a minute.....many people hate that progression. C SUCKS.
*Starts to play Wonderwall...*
^Comes back and takes guitar away from you^
as a public service.
Sean Daniel Precisely. Haha
AOB is wonderwall the new stairway to heaven or something?
XD
FUnniest comment i have read in a while XD
I went to a party and did that before they get bored but still they left..they told me they have already seen that on Sean Denial's channel..
That intro was surprisingly relatable...
:)
Him: this is boring..
very boring...
Again very boring...
Me: this is difficult
Very difficult
Him: let's make it interesting...
Me: that's it! I quit!!!
😂😂😂
**lack of motivation had entered the chat
Relatable
Fingerstyle is better in my opinion
Same
Ha ha ha
I keep it interesting by not tuning my guitar and singing out of key.
too hard for this 68 yr old but interesting teacher
I appreciate you watching Peter!
Pete, its actually pretty easy tho.. been playin for quiet 4 months from now. Try watching some youtube tutorials. :)
Fuk Yo Say? say it with 68 years man
Allahu Snackbar why are you smug and disrespectful, it’s not easy for everyone
Youngboy How was he being smug and disrespectful?
for people who feel confused and want to learn more about these techniques:
technique 1: use chord voicings (look up the CAGED system w stitch for a good in depth lesson on that)
technique 2: use major and minor scales to add a sort of fill at the end of the bar (look up how to play major and minor scales and use major scales overtop of major chords and minor scales over minor chords or play the scale of the overall song)
technique 3: arpeggiate the notes of the chord in a different place on the neck (each major/minor chord is made of 3 notes called triads. look up how to play major and minor triads. its just two shapes not too hard to learn)
Sean, I’ve just come across your page/lessons. I’ve been playing very average for around 10 years primarily BC I wasn’t understanding the theory, arpeggios, etc. Until I found your page. I’m a current subscriber to many of the teaching sites on the net...you are hands down the best!
Thanks for what you’re doing and for making this shit make sense!!!!!
A fellow Floridian
Thanks so much Scott for reaching out and saying so!
oh man, i love your little sprinkles of condensed knowledge! they make my day! I was stuck in my guitar play. Now every once in a while I watch one of your videos and try some of the ideas and that's enough for hours of lots of fun!
So great to hear Lucas!
Thank you. I love you video's and find them all to be very helpful. Good advice, but not the first time in my 63 years that I've been told to stop being a boring guitar player. As long as we keep ourselves entertained and interested. If it comes down to being boring or being discouraged and giving up, go ahead and be boring. Just don't stop trying.
Keep on rocking it Gareth!
sir, i haven't seen anyone teaching so good, and taking these kind of problem and solving them. it just shows how great you're 🙋 keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for reaching out Abhay! I'll keep em coming!
I’m a singer songwriter and I’m definitely going to try and apply this to my songs, since most of my songs just have plain chord progressions. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much! I'll keep em coming!
5:40 kinda like the mission impossible theme
Man, I LOVE your videos! The only bad thing is it reminds me just how crappy of a guitarist I am. I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and playing at bars and restaurants for over 30 years. I was always good at hearing a song on the radio, and almost immediately be able to play it. Kind of. I always have played some stripped down BS version using straight open or barr chords. I'm still playing the same garbage I was playing 30 years ago when it was on the radio. Now I'm an oldies player. I love your sense of humor. I'm so lame, I just started playing Wonderwall about ten years ago! That is a complicated song in my repature. I still play American Pie and Take it easy! Yikes!!! I could always tell when there were real musicians in the audience because I could see them shake their heads and I got good at lip reading "douchebag". I'm more of a songwriter than a performer, but out of probably 400 songs I've written, 300 have close to interchangeable progressions. If I would have learned what you teach when I was young, I would have maybe been a satisfactory music writer. Alas, no use wondering what might have been. I'm trying to learn some of it now. It ain't easy. You are great, and I love your videos. I'm trying to stick with it, but I have to watch each video about ten times before I start to get a clue what the F you are talking about. Just wanted to say thanks for your knowledge and wit. I also wanted to ask you if you have any original songs on line somewhere. Would love to hear them. Thanks again.
Thanks so much for watching Richard!!! Definitely have a lot of originals on here. I always liked these:
ruclips.net/video/HckjLn6QJDY/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/LWv9t-Aqc_4/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/tgtQvbiJb38/видео.html
You're never too old to start over.
This guy is a GOD, taking a simple chord progression and making it awesome
My man Fausto! Thanks so much!
Thanks a ton. Indeed, the possibility of using alternative chords voicing really adds extra melody to an existing chords progression. I really overlooked it, but after incorporating it to my playing it really improves the sound quality. I will explore other chords progression to add an extra touch. Keep sharing this type of valuable tips. Thanks...
You are such a talented person. I feel like you tell all the secrets good guitare players won't tell.
I find it absolute genius when you freeze the image and carry on with the explanation but with dots. Man, you know how to speak to my brain ! I'm sending you all my love from France
why didn't i find this channel before? it's brilliant!
Welcome to the party!
SAME :)
Thinking the same thing
Yeah man, he is a guitar scale guru, sho nuff.
The way you see things....Is what I've been wanting to see for a long time now......simple broken/unbroken rules to playing.....hope you understand this is a huge compliment!
THANKS!
+Danny Herrera Thanks so much Danny! Glad you're diggin the vids!
Just found your channel and have to say it's fantastic! your way of teaching even complicated ideas in a simple but effective way is great. You deserve a lot more subscribers than you have. You've already improved my playing and way of thinking so much already. Thank you!
So great to hear! Let me know if you ever have any questions!
For all beginner and intermediate players this is an absolutely wonderful lesson and something you should really study!! Very important
Great job Sean. I really enjoy your sense of humor that makes the lesson fun. Fun = Progress, which hasn't been easy for me. A big A scale ATTABOY !!
And I love how much you call it boring. It’s motivating me me to kick it up.
applause!! thanks this has started to get me in the right direction the way you explained this made more sense to me than all the 106 videos on the subject I viewed. hats off keep em coming just like this one please.
So cool to hear, thanks for reaching out Samson!
Sean Daniel it would greatly appreciated if you can play like a 3 minute riff using the scales chords and strumming pattern explained after that would help tremendously!
School got me away from guitar for a bit, can’t wait to start the journey again with ya Sean. So glad to see your channel grow, nobody deserves it more man!
Thanks so much Jake! I'll keep em coming!
This intro has me dying!! 😂😂
Common scenario :)
Just Love, Man 6
A painful death at that.. Good take on the cliche by Sean though and fitting context.
Yeah was very good. 😀 oh wait i can play wonderwall 😃
Thanks Sean! This is what I needed to uplevel my playing! Since I already knew my scales and other chord voicings, I just needed the courage to jump from the chords to the fills and back!
SEAN , I’m the worst guitar player, I’m 59 and retired early ( Medical Issues ) . Thank You for Helping me play something that sounds pretty good. I play for myself. Take Care.
So happy it helped!
So glad i found this channel and video. Im just coming up on 5 years of playing ( self taught so practically zero understanding of music theory). Im now starting to realize how limiting it is to not understand exactly what im playing and how each chord relates to the other, ive always been a muscle memory and just wing it kinda guy.
But man, this video opened up SO many doors for me. I already have the technical skill to play alot of things now, regularly learning songs within minutes just from playing so long, but i dont " know" on command what to play next so to speak. Just adding in the picked out version of chords in my progressions alone made a difference. Man music just got 10x more fun, even 5 yrs in.
Amazing video, can't tell you how much this helped me. My problem was i'd just learn a scale and play random notes in that scale and it felt so mindless with no direction. Thanks man
So good to hear Brian. Keep rockin it.
Love it I always thought to myself what I’m doing isn’t learning guitar. I just learn hard songs and memorize it in my head, but you taught me a lot of things to look up and learn more about
Dude, you went from playing like me with 3 or 4 chords to being Santana. Holy smoke. I don't know scale. How is this easy. This is at least high intermediate.
Yeah I probably should've mentioned that, but even if you're not at stage yet, the main principle to think about is that you can always replace a chord with something different to liven it up, regardless of what your playing level is. Hope it helped a little!
Please do another one for advanced beginners?
@Verty wow, guess it doesn't take much for you to laugh your ass off. I mean someone who is not brand spanking new to guitar, but playing for a couple years. You need another hobby.
I hope everyone found their way in good time. Music can be REALLY confusing at the start. If anyones stuck on a particularly confusing topic, i'd be happy to try to shed some light.
@@sbkmarkelyou wouldnt call that a beginner
I leant to play the guitar in two months and my friend learnt it in AN HOUR. I really don’t feel confident in my playing because my friend can sing so she plays the guitar and sings and I can’t sing so I’m looking for something that can make my guitar playing more interesting and unique. This video is really helpful.
Being able to play that marvelously annoying snippet at the end would make it worth the practice. (Yes, sometimes I forget to use my power for good instead of evil. I'm working on it.)
Appreciate your ability to keep it simple without making me feel like a simpleton.
Happy to help Joel! Thanks for watching!
I've been playing the guitar for twenty years now...and holy shit...
Holy shit...best lesson ever!
Thanks so much for saying so Ian!
OR, you could just sing a three chord song to the cutest girl in the room and gaze into her eyes. She will not even notice the lame progression. :)
Yeah I guess that works too :)
WysteriaGuitar Unless you're ugly!
WysteriaGuitar 😆😭
WysteriaGuitar mehhh once i started playing black by pearl jam then some girl in my school saw it, she send it to everyone on our school on snapchat, bunch of girls came downstairs just to see me playing... guess what I didn't get w any of them😐🙃🙃🙃 (besides one after a while but that doesnt come to this topic)😂
WysteriaGuitar ew
This is fantastically helpful, especially for a metal player who's a bit lost on how to sound interesting with an acoustic.
So great to hear! i've got some more acoustic lessons on the way!
A little scenario, you're at a party, you see an acoustic guitar. Whatever you do, fight the urge to pick it up and play it. Nobody likes that guy.
Not true whatsoever. Anybody who's interested in guitar or music like it
I just was at a great party and all the sudden my friend started playing the piano she found in the house. The owner of the house asked me if I play piano as well I told him I played guitar so he whipped out his dads guitar for me. Everyone loved us! The best party I’ve ever been to, the music just set the mood even tho our playing was extremely sloppy (blame it on the Alcohol) 🤷🏼♀️😂
I love when people pick up instruments at parties ❤️ as long as the person isn’t a show off it can be really fun!
nobody? only people that hates them self.... love your self and you'll never hate again
Who cares as long as he's having fun right :P
this is SOOOOO useful and much needed advice for this forever stuck beginner-intermediate helpless soul who envies flashier playing and who is no less bored by the chords than the audience!
Happy to help!
Is it me or is he look like PewDiePie and Starlord at the same time
HE'S LITERALLY GUITAR PEWDIEPIE. I've been pointing this out for almost 2 years now, finally someone noticed too 😂
What are you saying? He looks like Brandon Flowers from The Killers
@@AsifAkhtar20 what do you mean? he looks like Samuel L jackson
Hi Sean, found your channel after it popped up on my RUclips feed. Been playing for many years, mostly learning other people’s songs, but your videos have opened up a lot of new possibilities in my playing as far as connecting scales and chords voicings etc to allow for more interesting playing while just jamming on my own ideas. Liked and subbed.
So glad to hear! Welcome to the party!
Sean Daniel thanks for taking a moment to respond. On holiday from work and watching your videos and doing some wood-shedding has been a nice way to spend the day.
I appreciate how your videos are geared to people who already have general knowledge of the guitar but are seeking to improve. I've been in a rut and have not progressed in a while. I can play most chords but have difficulty integrating scales and arpeggios. Do you have any video suggestions to help someone like me to improve their playing? I want to be able to jam with others and have a general sense of what key they are playing in so I can solo over top. Thanks for all your hardwork!
Oooh maybe try this one:
ruclips.net/video/UZjOL2mlrkk/видео.html
Awesome! Thank you. I will definitely check it out. Your videos have helped me out A LOT so far.
Im having the same issue
Wow! You are the first video I've seen that actually puts the dots on the neck, so you can see where your fingers go... Congratulations man on a very good channel, very helpful! thanks
Thanks for the videos Sean. Your the best Tube teacher since "Marty!"
Thanks so much Rupert!
Your teaching style is absolutely incredible, Many thanks for all your awesome lessons!
Thanks Trever, I'll keep em coming!
That pulloff thing is Page move, he uses it in almost every song. Sounds nice when you have a ton of distortion.
Right on Jimmy, he's the best!
Most guitar instruction on RUclips is either too basic or too laden with theory and or talk. For the intermediate player, your instruction is just right. Keep it up. You are the only guy on RUclips that I watch for acoustic guitar ideas. kg
Simple solution. As a guitar player and when you see the guitar there alone; ur supposed to leave it alone. You only play when hired or asked. Being humble is part of being a good, well-behave musician. Don't be the corny guy.
or take it to the bathroom and play alone so no one asks you to play wonderwall or hotel california
Wtf Hotel California? Man you need to listen to the original if you think it has a cheap easy vibe like Wonderwall
Being a solid guitar player and playing doesn't mean you're showing off, not being humble. I still suck, so I wouldn't pick it up. But if you picked it up and played I'm sure I'd enjoy it! And I wouldn't think you're an arrogant prick. You took the time to learn, go ahead and play!
People in the comments saying this is too hard for them well if u just started yes that’s understandable but practice everyday and practice finger picking and come back to this video in a couple years there’s good info in this guys videos. Thankfully I’m at the level where playing guitar is second nature to me and I can manage to do this stuff not perfectly but still and I only just started 4 years ago and I’m almost as good as my friends who have been playing forever so keep at it guys don’t be so pessimistic the sky’s the limit!
Priceless!! The comedy and the lesson .......
Thanks as always my man!
Dude, that intro is so me and this is exactly the lesson I need right now, i know some scales and chords but have never figured out how to fit them together. I'm a lazy learner lol Subbed
Welcome to the party!
Great tip Sean. It will nice to see this a little slow. It's a bit difficult for a beginner to keep up with the finger position! It will be great to see a slower version of the same video. Cheers!
Thanks so much for watching!
Great video man, seeing all these comments people don’t realise that you’re giving us the resources to start practicing these more difficult scales, of course it’s difficult it takes time to learn this stuff, thank you bro. Keep up the good vids 👌🏻
whenever I watch a guitar lesson I be like , " oh man , that's easy " but when it comes to playing I become an ass! !! I hate this feeling. .I really wanna play as a real guitarist.
perfect practice makes perfect
Practice makes progress my man there is always room to improve
+MrTrollinglol oh yeh? well , I hope so
+Houssam nettah how long have you been playing guitar? I've been playing guitar for 6 years and feel like I could be much better, but what seems to happen is a make major jumps every once in awhile, it's not really like constant progress, you may be experiencing the same thing
+MrTrollinglol look , I been playing for a months, I know about the chords , strumming patterns, but whenever I'm strumming I be like , "oh man that's so boring " .besides , I'm all alone I mean I have nobody to show me where to start step by step ..whenever I hold a guitar I just start strumming up down up down till I got bored!!
Sean, your instructions are awesome. Clearly understandable for a beginner like me. I appreciate your talent and teaching style. Wish I found you sooner. Thanks!
+Theresa Smith thanks so much for reaching out Theresa! Better late than never!
Another great GREAT tutorial for me on how bad I actually am. Thanks for that :)
+5i1v3rStorm haha, sorry!
El Loco no, the only way that would be possible is if they stopped playing. Improvement comes, and it is proportional to how much work you put in. If you grind and put a lot of time in, you'll be a better player every time you set the guitar down compared to when you picked it up!
Thank you. 👍
This was just what was needed on this monday morning to feed my progression. Very beginner friendly video, despite the ”this sounds boring”.
The idea you present made sense to me and hopefully a few more out there.
Much love! 🌷
I actually like the way 7:23 sounds
haha a few people have told me that! Maybe I should make that my new style.
exactly!
rzeka 0
I thought the same, when the playing is a bit cleaner its a masterpiece :'D
Sean Daniel So bluegrassy
Love this training so much. Cant wait to try it.
I don't have much explanation but he's a great guy.
Haha, thanks!
Loving your videos! They’re perfect for where I’m at in playing. I know scales and chords, but having a hard time making music. I also like how each video isn’t 50% lesson and 50% you promoting your channel... like a bunch of other youtubers lol
Thanks so much for saying so Chris!
Absolutely! Too much negative gets put in comments. I figured I'd shine a little light! Anyone who thinks this is too hard should find another video that works for them and come back to this once they get they're chops up :) took me a while@@seandaniel23
Ooh this is new! I learned a lot about guitar but still i need to improve my skills . Even tho i know what he taught but still this is great!
I watched this about an hour ago and practiced the technique to the song "Are you that somebody" by Aliyah with Am-Am-F-Em and that well known riff on the 2nd Am... just thought I'd share and say thanks for the detailed and entertaining lessons
So cool to hear!
I am a new subscriber, you got quality content there pal.keep it up.
Welcome to the party!
The key when playing for a new audience is humility. Appreciate any attention that's given, play very quietly at first, sing with spirit, and try to get people to sing or play along. Also, play positive and fun songs. Respect that some folks may not like your musical preferences or may feel threatened if you start to capture others attention. Last, understand cells phones will ring, people will bump into you, people will continue to talk. That's all part of the experience.
honestly the amount of music theory/terms you need to know or understand at least half of what he said in this video , you mostly likely would know how to play more than just basic chords. this is too much for me right now, so unfortunately imma head out now 😭✌
That's great re CAGED , Sean . Thanks for your kind reply ....Rock on !
Right on man!
Hey Sean, I tried to follow this in a party and the part when I was playing the arpeggios, every single one of them heard "Stairway To Heaven" and told me to play that.........
That's when I faked a call and left the party.
you made the right call.
Hehe
Yhhy
My usual go to is play a few open chords.....
And then blast onto this bar chords.
For some reason I love those!!
Keep rockin!
I've been watching your videos for the past few weeks and I've loved them! They are so easy to understand. I'm going to be studying music up at an institute in the city next year, so all of this theory that you teach has been a great help to me! Thankyou so much =)
Thanks so much for reaching out and saying so! Best of luck with your music study!
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you. Those guys won't run away anymore 😆
Happy to help
4:07 He realises he's playing the forbidden riff,so he stops one note before the high E
I don't understand, please help
@@staunch_85 Stairway to heaven, the intro is played from a minor
@@mirasipila3070 oh yeah , just heard it . Thanks
Oh yes your intro sets this up perfectly. So many could benefit from a little bit of what you have to say here. Boring people with what has become very over exposed guitar playing gets more and more difficult to avoid because you also have to disguise how much you love yourself! This is psychiatry I think....! Very good lesson, Thanks.
Psychiatry may be the most underrated asset of playing guitar. :)
"How to Make Your Guitar Playing Interesting"
Keep Practicing
This and your "how to solo" vid are the best videos you've posted thanks a bunch!
Thanks for watching Nyle.
Can you play [insert a song that you never heard before or that you hate] ?
Bonus:
1- percussion (on the guitar)
2- rasgado picking
3- playing ambiant music that fit the envirement (Woods, mountain, snow, sea, sand, etc...)
4- play popular music or folks too have an effect
5- the video is about it but I'll confirm it, don't be mainstream or predictable.
why would anyone even dislike this video ..
Cause they can't play scales yet XD
They're tone deaf and jealous
Because the video is useless.
Jorge B. Just cuz you can’t do it doesn’t mean it’s useless sorry
No guitar, no oppertunity
Thanks Sean, great lesson! I never thought about playing rhythm and improvising/jamming in a four bar loop like this. Before this I just used to improvise between chords in a 12 bar blues progression, so it's good to also have another way to improvise by yourself that combines chords and melody that's not restricted to blues. I think i'll also try some chromatic fills in the last A minor bar...maybe move chromatically between two strong notes within the key? Thanks again!
Him: "Arpeggios!"
Me: What is this 'aRPeGgiOs'?
Loved the video! Especially the way you presented the chord progression changes. It was easy to II, and should be very helpful to beginner or intermediate guitarist. You have a new subscriber. Thank you!
Welcome to the party!
good advice: *don't be that A hole who always brings guitar on parties*
No, be the asshole who FINDS a guitar at every party and picks it up.
@@ryanlaurence569 and play songs that people knows, because if you don't sing, it will be boring af
I uploaded a video I called "Acoustic Summer Song" using your techniques and people liked it. I never would have thought to mix it up like that. Keep 'em coming!
Keep it going!
In 1:47 how do u find all the am chords??
Once you start learning different chord voicings and start hunting around for those A-C and E notes, you start to recognize the patterns.
Awesome technique! Thanks for this tutorial video. Really appreciate !!
bold of you to assume i play in front of people
I would really like to watch right hand for entire video. Thanks for coming up with Unique video each time.
Thanks for reaching out man! Thinking about adding a 3rd camera for the right hand, we'll see :)
That would be great. I can hear all this interesting stuff going on with the right hand, so a bit frustrating not being able to see what's going on. Looking forward to that 3rd camera!
you look bit like barney from how i met your mother dude ,
whatever .. awesome stuff man keep up the good work =)
haha thanks! I actually get that quite a bit :)
The way I progressed on my guitar was no learning and covering well known songs. That's like playing in someone else's soul. I learnt so much quicker by writing my own songs instead. Then I felt the glow and the flow of my guitar much better. So your guitar feels so much more like a beautiful floating butterfly. Than been like a mad axeman hacking into your guitar with no progression.
Writing your own stuff is one of the best ways to fundamentally understand music. Keep it up!
Thanks Sean for your encouragement too. As well the guitar is great for brain training and keeping your mind more sharp. From playing the guitar since the summer of 97 my mind and memory still feel in top condition.
I thought u were Nathan Kress for a sec. 😂
I know that feeling, it cool yet anxious. When random people come to see you play. It's has happen to me at guitar center or parties
Just got to rock it out!