Hey Rhett! What an honor. This is so incredibly sweet and informative. My friend from Caroline Guitar directed me to this video and I’m so grateful! Thank you so much for the kind and comprehensive analysis- so grateful and happy to be a part of peoples’ open tuning discovery/journey 🖤… and thanks for sharing and amplifying how guitar music can be so emotive and healing! You rule 🙌🏻
Rhett, thank you so much for introducing me to Yvette and Covet. I’ve been binging their stuff since pretty much the hour this video went up, and have found their sound hugely inspiring. Yvette, thanks for sharing your music with us all! You made a point in one interview I watched about how the “shred” culture around guitar is technically impressive, but not as rewarding musically without dynamics. I had to show that clip to my partner, who’s been listening to me say that for years, like “see, she gets it!” I’ll do my best to get to Covet’s next show in central Florida to support you guys, and I’m already saving up for my own slime green telman. Such a cool guitar.
Merci beaucoup Yvette. You have an amazing sound and I wish you all the best. BTW I have seen a piano player who picked up the guitar and amazed and amazing band. Dweezil Zappa had on Rachel Flowers to play keyboard (her instrument of choice) on Inca Roads and then do a guitar solo on Montana. It would by great if you could collaborate.
Never Meant by American Football was the song that taught me this tuning. the way Yvette uses it makes it sounds completely different from the typical midwest emo players and i’ve always found that really impressive. it’s so easy to sound “samey” in open tunings
@@brandonxpagano they are interesting, I prefer FACGCe over them myself. But to be fair Yvette does have multiple songs in FACGCe as well as the other two tweaked tunings
Yvette is the full package, great musicianship, sense of melody, composition and technical prowess. Glad to see her getting more recognition, she and Covet most definitely deserve it
The genuine nature of your sentiment towards "another golden age of guitar players" is felt. These are some truly inspiring people in the world of guitar.
btw .... one of the "original masters" of alternate tunings was Joni Mitchell. She blew everybody's mind back in the day (my day) with dozens of alt tunings. There was this film clip from a movie where a bunch of people were at Mama Cass's house in Laurel Canyon .... David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Jackson Brown .... Clapton was there too, visiting. He was watching Joni play some stuff, and his jaw literally was in his lap. It was hilarious.
You nailed it with the modern young players and their approach. My 12 year-old son started a couple of years ago getting into Hendrix and all of the classic "guitar gods." Now he is learning this tuning and is a huge Yvette and Tim Henson fan. He and his generation have now nearly a hundred years of style to draw from and it's awesome to see how approaches have changed + the great music being made by artists like Yvette pushing the medium forward.
I had an opportunity to see her play last week. It was amazing! She’s so talented and original. I had a chance to chat with her after the show for a bit and she is such a humble and radiant individual. I was just thinking about her playing right before I found this video. Thanks as always for the great content man!
I’ve been following Yvette the past 3-4 years now. She is really creative in so many ways. Piano, violin, guitar, and she’s a fantastic artist too! And she’s the best at using effects to truly add to the music, not just layer something on top for the sake of it. I can’t wait to see what she does 5-10 years from now.
Nice to see the love for Yvette. I can understand getting lost for an hour watching her play. She is just really fun to watch, playing her songs, but especially watching her create music.
And Rhett steps into the Midwest emo vibe.... I'd be curious to hear you and Rick Beato do a deep dive on this genre together. She is an absolute standout talent shedding light on a 25 year old genre that's finally surfacing.
Man, really dig your shining a light on other amazing players you’ve found out about and sharing with us! Just really appreciate your whole positive vibe too. Keep going, man!
@@iceman5117 they didn’t break up! The drummer and bassist just wanted to explore different creative avenues. Different people stepped in to help with this new era of the band.
Thanks for featuring Yvettes playing. Shes truly original. Got to see her w Covet and spent the whole time with my jaw on the floor. And just watching your facial expressions as you watch her play says it all. Its like watching a magician up close. You can watch every bit and still not know how shes doing what she does.
Yvette is great. She got me back into guitar and now I have a record of her Technicolor album and can fully play and sing Blossom which is one of her acoustic songs in a similar tuning. Learned so much just drilling that.
This super compressed tap tone is just another NEW form of stringed instrument. Sounds entirely unique. God bless all players of stringed instruments and the talented people that can make them sound amazing.
Alternate tunings is one of the greatest things about guitar. Opens up entirely new worlds. Using a capo on standard tuning alone does that. I wish I had a better grasp of the fretboard, especially with single strings tuned differently. like EADGAE or EADGBD but even that is hard cause you always have to keep that one string in mind that is detuned. it's a journey, i guess... but i do envy people who have nailed alternate tunings on guitar and just play most amazing things. from folk to prog and everything inbetween
Rhett! Thanks for sharing this man. Her playing (this tuning) opens up doors on the instrument and it’s invaluable. She’s an amazing artist and player! :)
Great vid and breakdown of Yvette's playing. She's really taking it to the next level. Your Tidal-caster(?) sounds great, too! Beautiful instrument. Chris and Matt do great work.
Stumbled over her youtube a while back and fell instantly in love with her music. She has that deep, intricate and rare ability to turn notes into poetry. Her playing simply touches something deep within me. Mezmerising. Beautiful.
I came up with a tuning a few years back which is F A C E G B (or every second key on a piano starting on F). Each group of three consecutive strings are alternating major and minor chords, F major, A minor, C major, E minor, plus they can be played four strings at a time, five strings at a time, or all 6 strings, and you get a number of extended chords, all just by barring. All six make like a Fmaj7/9/11 or something like that.
Went deep into Yvette and Covet during the pandemic (and had the pleasure of watching her play live when things first started opening up), so I'm stoked to see her represented here!
Got a chance to meet her and participate in a class with her. Very inspiring and creative. She thinks outside of this world. A great person as well. Kudos for showcasing her talent.
Hey Rhett! Glad you caught up with Yvette and her band Covet! She’s from The SanFrancisco Bay Area (which is were I live) and I’ve been following her for several years! I just happened upon her on Instagram and have been hooked ever since! Lucky for me I was able to catch a few of her local shows before she became super popular. I’m extremely happy for her recent success as she truly deserves it! She’s the real deal an amazing artist in many mediums her guitar playing is singularly exquisite and original! She started out as a child as a classically trained pianist and found the guitar later. But my oh my what she’s done with it since!!! Being a modest player of the instrument myself, she has been a real revelation and a tasty treat to my ears and mind! Thanks for showing one of my favorites some love and respect! Always enjoy your UTube videos!
This is a style I have heard a few newer bands like Chon, Plini, and Intervals experimenting with that I find amazing and extremely satisfying to listen to. It is so advanced, and so melodic, and musical. I had not heard of Yvette Young before now and look forward to hearing more of her playing. This final comment you made about a new age in guitar. I totally agree. I feel so conventional now with all that I've been doing throughout the years, but it's nice to be inspired to reach further.
This is pretty cool, even though I've never really been a fan of this style of guitar. I've seen dozens of people play in this kind of style over the last decade or more, and i always want to like it, but it never quite jives with me. Its like you said, its piano like. Im not into that when it comes to guitar. She's obviously amazing at what she does dont get me wrong though. It's just never been my cup of tea. However, i will say, the most IMPORTANT piece of information in this video IS the 'alternate tunings'. Honestly, if it weren't for those, i might have given up on guitar the last couple years, even though ive been playing for over 20 years now. Playing in standard/drop D & C tunings just got so old to me. Felt like i couldn't create anything that sounded fresh or original anymore. Everything sounded done before, or re-hashed. As soon as i started messing around with weird alternate tunings, my life changed, and my guitar playing actually became better and way more interesting, I'll never look back. I haven't played in stand tuning now in over year. I've played now in over 20+, maybe even 30, different tunings, and I can't get enough of it. So that's the biggest takeaway of this video imo. Its actually even sorta hard for me now to listen to other people on YT play in standard tuning lol. Btw, just wanted to say its always awesome when you and JHS collaborate. Keep up the good work
Subscriberino. I love these videos you’ve been doing where you kinda just gush over a really great guitar player and try to bring some of their mojo to viewers attention to listen to or internalize. It’s inspiring, and it’s exactly the kind of content that makes me want to pick up my instrument more than pretentious gear talk or preachy theory diatribes. Always solid work Rhett!
I do like this genre of music. Yvette plays so effortlessly. Fun to watch and hear. Thanks for explaining her style. You sound pretty good like that too.
I've had the pleasure of talking to Yvette online. She is not only an amazing player, but a wonderfully genuine person, completely humble and interested in everything and anyone around her. A delightful woman.
I had a friend in high school that was a drummer his entire life (left handed mind you) picked up a guitar in his senior year of HS (right handed) and just started playing math rock like a pro! He can't play an open chord or like a Beatles tune but he can play and transpose this stuff like he has been playing it his entire life.
Learned piano from a young age, and have always struggled with how to approach guitar, what she said has me excited to try again and see if thinking about it like that will help
She’s awesome and definitely at the top of this style. This type of playing is a whole scene though, many have mentioned American Football as a big influence. Make sure to check out Tiny Moving Parts as well.
This rules. As someone who’s known about Covet/ Yvette for years but was put onto Madi Cunningham from your last video, I hope the same happens for anyone hearing about Yvette for the first time here 🤘🏽
Wow! this young lady is a refreshing change of pace or, more accurately, sound. Digging the guitar Rhett, love the mashup of the P-90 in the neck and the Tele pick-up in the bridge.
Zounds like Jimmie spheriss z"dragon is dancing" late 70's debut album ..I saw him n Phoenix with the moody blues...a 4 hour show...I worked at grand canyon and had access to peyote...it really was a trip I won't ever forget.that day there was a 100 year sandstorm and the whole city was surreal ,,even without the peyote.needless to say the concert was stellar.
I got to see Covet with Hail The Sun and Polyphia back in 2018, such a great show. I had never heard of them at the time and Yvette's guitar playing absolutely blew my mind
Rhett, the look on your face reminds me so much of when I first started watching guitar players on RUclips. The shaking your head in disbelief, absolutely engrossed in what you're seeing. Just when you think you've seen it all, someone like Yvette comes along and breaks new ground and does something totally unique.
Great review and breakdown, Rhett, and thanks for the introduction to this artiste. Btw, your friend Rick Beato is a strong proponent of writing with both the melody and bass line in mind.
Yvette is so killer! I love this video format- especially when Rhett internalizes some stuff and start playing in a totally new way that we usually hear. Super positive vibes coming off both players rn
It's cool to see you swept away by a style. I never quite got anyone to join me on my hype train when I discovered Yvette a few years back, so it's also just nice to feel vindicated in my excitement lol
I saw them play this past weekend. Even live the soundscaping, writing, and playing are incredible and emotional p.s. - I believe she was using an AC30 on stage
I have always used alternate tunings on a 'per song' basis. Michael Hedges said that he wrote first, then adapted the guitar to the needs of the tunes. Joni Mitchell had so many 'one off' tunings that she had to use a Roland VG-8 to tour. Alternate tuning is an excellent way to expand our musical palates, often without needing to learn new chord forms.
Yvette is amazing and such a delight to have in the scene. i had her yy10 for a long while (had to sell because bills ) and it was so much fun to play around on facge is for sure a strange tuning to jump onto the first time. but once you play around on it its so much fun!
Yvette is the real deal. She is incredible, but her playing live is something even bigger. So glad you are talking about her and the whole idea of this tuning. Lots of the music I listen to has this tuning and I think it's something that everyone should give a try. Cheers.
Hey Rhett, very nice video! I’m sure I speak for many who really dig your instrumentals as well. I have purchased several of your courses and have really enjoyed the learning. Definitely worth the price. My knowledge of the fretboard has grown as well as my playing! Thank you Sir!
Definitely awesome! As mentioned above, it’s is very reminiscent of American Football and many of those mid western emo bands of the mid to late 90’s…also reminds of Bob Manna’s band “Lifted Bells” of more recent years…I love this style and alternate tuning guitar music! ❤
This is a fantastic tuning indeed - played with it two minutes in and founds bach's cello suite 1 prelude straight away - bonkers! Open f 6th, open c on 4th, open a 2nd, open f 3rd, open a on second obviously not in g min but hey it's deep like cello ... bingo the rest follows easily
Glad to see you talking about Yvette, she's my favorite player to emerge within the last few years. I even had the chance to meet her last summer at Andy McKee's Musicarium.
What an amazing player! It’s fantastic when you highlight players who are so unique like Yvette and Julian Lage. Yvette should check out a Chapman Stick. She’d really take that to a new level.
Way to keep the channel interesting! I love the standard equipment / rock music focus . . . but mixing in some music that is a little (or a lot) different is refreshing. Fun. Keep it up!
Hey Rhett! What an honor. This is so incredibly sweet and informative. My friend from Caroline Guitar directed me to this video and I’m so grateful! Thank you so much for the kind and comprehensive analysis- so grateful and happy to be a part of peoples’ open tuning discovery/journey 🖤… and thanks for sharing and amplifying how guitar music can be so emotive and healing! You rule 🙌🏻
Thanks so much for watching Yvette! I appreciate the kind words.
Rhett, thank you so much for introducing me to Yvette and Covet. I’ve been binging their stuff since pretty much the hour this video went up, and have found their sound hugely inspiring.
Yvette, thanks for sharing your music with us all! You made a point in one interview I watched about how the “shred” culture around guitar is technically impressive, but not as rewarding musically without dynamics. I had to show that clip to my partner, who’s been listening to me say that for years, like “see, she gets it!” I’ll do my best to get to Covet’s next show in central Florida to support you guys, and I’m already saving up for my own slime green telman. Such a cool guitar.
You are amazing Yvette!
Merci beaucoup Yvette. You have an amazing sound and I wish you all the best.
BTW I have seen a piano player who picked up the guitar and amazed and amazing band. Dweezil Zappa had on Rachel Flowers to play keyboard (her instrument of choice) on Inca Roads and then do a guitar solo on Montana. It would by great if you could collaborate.
Yvette you radiate joy and beauty in your playing. You are such a talented individual❤
Never Meant by American Football was the song that taught me this tuning. the way Yvette uses it makes it sounds completely different from the typical midwest emo players and i’ve always found that really impressive. it’s so easy to sound “samey” in open tunings
Never meant is FACGCe Yvette is usually in FACGBe or FACGAe
@@隠れたyeah i noticed that i’m gonna have to try those out sometime!
@@brandonxpagano they are interesting, I prefer FACGCe over them myself. But to be fair Yvette does have multiple songs in FACGCe as well as the other two tweaked tunings
@@brandonxpagano also when American football play never meant live they now play it a half step down from FACGCe which is also a fun tuning
My fave is facgce but half step down…….
Transit used it on my favorite album (listen and forgive)
Yvette is the full package, great musicianship, sense of melody, composition and technical prowess. Glad to see her getting more recognition, she and Covet most definitely deserve it
And a decent human being to boot!
Easy on the eyes as well. 😉
The genuine nature of your sentiment towards "another golden age of guitar players" is felt. These are some truly inspiring people in the world of guitar.
btw .... one of the "original masters" of alternate tunings was Joni Mitchell. She blew everybody's mind back in the day (my day) with dozens of alt tunings. There was this film clip from a movie where a bunch of people were at Mama Cass's house in Laurel Canyon .... David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Jackson Brown .... Clapton was there too, visiting. He was watching Joni play some stuff, and his jaw literally was in his lap. It was hilarious.
She uses so many, they just change the tuning digitally, lol
I would love to see that movie, what is the title?
@@j3ffn4v4rr0 Laurel Canyon. It’s a documentary on RUclips. About three hours and well worth the time.
She actually used so many tunings because she had polio as a kid and has weaker hands than average
You beat me to it.
The way her tapping leaps out of the chord shape and back in again is like a bird taking flight. Amazing and passionate.
You nailed it with the modern young players and their approach. My 12 year-old son started a couple of years ago getting into Hendrix and all of the classic "guitar gods." Now he is learning this tuning and is a huge Yvette and Tim Henson fan. He and his generation have now nearly a hundred years of style to draw from and it's awesome to see how approaches have changed + the great music being made by artists like Yvette pushing the medium forward.
She's such an incredible talent. The expressiveness in her playing is remarkable. Thanks for shining a spotlight on players like this.
I had an opportunity to see her play last week. It was amazing! She’s so talented and original. I had a chance to chat with her after the show for a bit and she is such a humble and radiant individual. I was just thinking about her playing right before I found this video. Thanks as always for the great content man!
I’ve been following Yvette the past 3-4 years now. She is really creative in so many ways. Piano, violin, guitar, and she’s a fantastic artist too! And she’s the best at using effects to truly add to the music, not just layer something on top for the sake of it. I can’t wait to see what she does 5-10 years from now.
>been following for 3-4 years
>still misspells her name
ok buddy
Her time feel on fast tunes reminds me of EVH even though the sound and the way they play are completely opposite. But right in the pocket.
Nice to see the love for Yvette. I can understand getting lost for an hour watching her play. She is just really fun to watch, playing her songs, but especially watching her create music.
And Rhett steps into the Midwest emo vibe.... I'd be curious to hear you and Rick Beato do a deep dive on this genre together. She is an absolute standout talent shedding light on a 25 year old genre that's finally surfacing.
Such a breath of fresh air. Yvette has a fantastic sense of harmony and melody, love the sonicscapes she creates, very inspiring.
Thanks for turning me on to her music! She is a gift..
Man, really dig your shining a light on other amazing players you’ve found out about and sharing with us! Just really appreciate your whole positive vibe too. Keep going, man!
Yvette Young is definitely one of my favorites too. Her piano and violin playing is incredible too! She’s a triple threat!
that's one helluva name you have ;-)
She's also really good at painting. All of her album covers and even guitars are painted by her.
Stoked she is getting more recognition, seen Covet several times live and they never disappoint.
It's a shame they broke up
@@iceman5117 they didn’t break up! The drummer and bassist just wanted to explore different creative avenues. Different people stepped in to help with this new era of the band.
The face you make at 7:32 is the biggest compliment a musician can give. I also made the same face at the melody. Gosh, her melodies are so beautiful.
The old stank face of approval! 😊👍
She is a classical pianist and can play her guitar riffs on piano, rips it up! You should feature her band!
Thanks for featuring Yvettes playing. Shes truly original. Got to see her w Covet and spent the whole time with my jaw on the floor. And just watching your facial expressions as you watch her play says it all. Its like watching a magician up close. You can watch every bit and still not know how shes doing what she does.
Yvette is a blessing to this world, and my discovery of her led to my discovery of the tuning she uses. Very inspiring stuff
Hi Rhett, great segment. For more alternate tunings check out Ralph Towner.
Nimbus 12 String
c/C, d#/G, a#/C, f/D, a/g, d/d
Icarus 12 String
d/D, g/G, d/D, g/G, a/a, d/d
Distant Hills 12 & 6 String
Eb, A, D, G, B, E
Yvette is great. She got me back into guitar and now I have a record of her Technicolor album and can fully play and sing Blossom which is one of her acoustic songs in a similar tuning. Learned so much just drilling that.
This super compressed tap tone is just another NEW form of stringed instrument. Sounds entirely unique. God bless all players of stringed instruments and the talented people that can make them sound amazing.
Alternate tunings is one of the greatest things about guitar. Opens up entirely new worlds. Using a capo on standard tuning alone does that. I wish I had a better grasp of the fretboard, especially with single strings tuned differently. like EADGAE or EADGBD but even that is hard cause you always have to keep that one string in mind that is detuned. it's a journey, i guess... but i do envy people who have nailed alternate tunings on guitar and just play most amazing things. from folk to prog and everything inbetween
It’s a happy wonder how musicians can expand what can be done on a guitar. It’s a tribute to both the artists and the versatility of the instrument.
Rhett! Thanks for sharing this man. Her playing (this tuning) opens up doors on the instrument and it’s invaluable. She’s an amazing artist and player! :)
I've heard Yvette Young been described as the musician's musician. Watching you being blown away by her playing more or less proves it!
Great vid and breakdown of Yvette's playing. She's really taking it to the next level. Your Tidal-caster(?) sounds great, too! Beautiful instrument. Chris and Matt do great work.
Stumbled over her youtube a while back and fell instantly in love with her music. She has that deep, intricate and rare ability to turn notes into poetry. Her playing simply touches something deep within me. Mezmerising. Beautiful.
Man she's been around for a while I'm glad she's getting recognition she deserves it
I came up with a tuning a few years back which is F A C E G B (or every second key on a piano starting on F). Each group of three consecutive strings are alternating major and minor chords, F major, A minor, C major, E minor, plus they can be played four strings at a time, five strings at a time, or all 6 strings, and you get a number of extended chords, all just by barring. All six make like a Fmaj7/9/11 or something like that.
Welcome to Math Rock/Midwest Emo, FACGAE + FACGCE are two fantastic sounding tunings that are incredibly easy to swap between.
Went deep into Yvette and Covet during the pandemic (and had the pleasure of watching her play live when things first started opening up), so I'm stoked to see her represented here!
Got a chance to meet her and participate in a class with her. Very inspiring and creative. She thinks outside of this world. A great person as well. Kudos for showcasing her talent.
Open tunings are so much fun and inspiring. Especially when you're in a creative funk. They can be such a versatile writing tool.
Wow! Just wow. What a dynamic and warm tone and sounds so real.
Hey Rhett! Glad you caught up with Yvette and her band Covet! She’s from The SanFrancisco Bay Area (which is were I live) and I’ve been following her for several years! I just happened upon her on Instagram and have been hooked ever since! Lucky for me I was able to catch a few of her local shows before she became super popular. I’m extremely happy for her recent success as she truly deserves it! She’s the real deal an amazing artist in many mediums her guitar playing is singularly exquisite and original! She started out as a child as a classically trained pianist and found the guitar later. But my oh my what she’s done with it since!!! Being a modest player of the instrument myself, she has been a real revelation and a tasty treat to my ears and mind! Thanks for showing one of my favorites some love and respect! Always enjoy your UTube videos!
She's my facebook friend and way back when shes starting saw her progressing so much and succeeded after more than a decade. So proud of this girl. ❤
This is a style I have heard a few newer bands like Chon, Plini, and Intervals experimenting with that I find amazing and extremely satisfying to listen to. It is so advanced, and so melodic, and musical. I had not heard of Yvette Young before now and look forward to hearing more of her playing. This final comment you made about a new age in guitar. I totally agree. I feel so conventional now with all that I've been doing throughout the years, but it's nice to be inspired to reach further.
very beautiful playing.
Tbh the first 2 riffs of A Map, A String, A Light are some of the best examples of this open tuning and I loved learning them.
This is pretty cool, even though I've never really been a fan of this style of guitar. I've seen dozens of people play in this kind of style over the last decade or more, and i always want to like it, but it never quite jives with me. Its like you said, its piano like. Im not into that when it comes to guitar.
She's obviously amazing at what she does dont get me wrong though. It's just never been my cup of tea. However, i will say, the most IMPORTANT piece of information in this video IS the 'alternate tunings'. Honestly, if it weren't for those, i might have given up on guitar the last couple years, even though ive been playing for over 20 years now. Playing in standard/drop D & C tunings just got so old to me. Felt like i couldn't create anything that sounded fresh or original anymore. Everything sounded done before, or re-hashed.
As soon as i started messing around with weird alternate tunings, my life changed, and my guitar playing actually became better and way more interesting, I'll never look back. I haven't played in stand tuning now in over year. I've played now in over 20+, maybe even 30, different tunings, and I can't get enough of it. So that's the biggest takeaway of this video imo. Its actually even sorta hard for me now to listen to other people on YT play in standard tuning lol. Btw, just wanted to say its always awesome when you and JHS collaborate. Keep up the good work
Subscriberino. I love these videos you’ve been doing where you kinda just gush over a really great guitar player and try to bring some of their mojo to viewers attention to listen to or internalize. It’s inspiring, and it’s exactly the kind of content that makes me want to pick up my instrument more than pretentious gear talk or preachy theory diatribes. Always solid work Rhett!
Brilliant video Rhett. Thanks for introducing me to Yvette's amazing music. Your music is beautifully expressive and melodic, @yvetteyoungmusic!
Everybody here needs to listen to the band toe right this freaking minute.
If you like Yvette then you’ll like her biggest influence, which is toe.
I do like this genre of music. Yvette plays so effortlessly. Fun to watch and hear. Thanks for explaining her style. You sound pretty good like that too.
Your reactions say it all. We all have so much to learn from each other in this life.
Saw her “Midwest emo on crack “ riff, been a fan ever since!
I got introduced to Covet and Yvette like 6-7 months ago and they've completely changed the way I think about guitar playing.
Wow! So glad this video showed up on my feed. I'll definitely be checking out her stuff-as well as implementing that tuning into a CD I'm working on.
I've had the pleasure of talking to Yvette online. She is not only an amazing player, but a wonderfully genuine person, completely humble and interested in everything and anyone around her. A delightful woman.
Yvette is one of the most inspiring guitarists of all time.
This is actually an awesome tuning to improvise in Lydian mode! Thank you for this!
I had a friend in high school that was a drummer his entire life (left handed mind you) picked up a guitar in his senior year of HS (right handed) and just started playing math rock like a pro! He can't play an open chord or like a Beatles tune but he can play and transpose this stuff like he has been playing it his entire life.
Learned piano from a young age, and have always struggled with how to approach guitar, what she said has me excited to try again and see if thinking about it like that will help
I've been using FACFAE for decades. It's the only non-standard tuning I use regularly when writing & playing live. Fmaj7 Open Chord does wonders.
Wonderful stuff! Thanks for introducing me / us to her work - she is an original for sure.
She’s awesome and definitely at the top of this style. This type of playing is a whole scene though, many have mentioned American Football as a big influence. Make sure to check out Tiny Moving Parts as well.
This rules. As someone who’s known about Covet/ Yvette for years but was put onto Madi Cunningham from your last video, I hope the same happens for anyone hearing about Yvette for the first time here 🤘🏽
Wow! this young lady is a refreshing change of pace or, more accurately, sound. Digging the guitar Rhett, love the mashup of the P-90 in the neck and the Tele pick-up in the bridge.
Zounds like Jimmie spheriss z"dragon is dancing" late 70's debut album ..I saw him n Phoenix with the moody blues...a 4 hour show...I worked at grand canyon and had access to peyote...it really was a trip I won't ever forget.that day there was a 100 year sandstorm and the whole city was surreal ,,even without the peyote.needless to say the concert was stellar.
Thanks for highlighting Yvette. She’s an amazing player, and Covet is a fantastic band.
A refreshing and inspiring video. Thank you!
Recent subscriber here. Your appreciation for Yvette and Madison Cunningham sealed the deal. Two of my favorite modern musicians. Great content!
I got to see Covet with Hail The Sun and Polyphia back in 2018, such a great show. I had never heard of them at the time and Yvette's guitar playing absolutely blew my mind
Thanks for this Rhett. Big Yvette fan here, been listening to her for the last couple of years.
Rhett, the look on your face reminds me so much of when I first started watching guitar players on RUclips. The shaking your head in disbelief, absolutely engrossed in what you're seeing.
Just when you think you've seen it all, someone like Yvette comes along and breaks new ground and does something totally unique.
Thank you! I’ve been searching for a new open tuning and this is the first video that popped up. Appreciate it Rhett
Yvette's playing is so beautiful! Thank you for highlighting another fantastic musician!
And I loved seeing you playing on that Tidalcaster, Rhett!
Awesome! New tunings are always inspiring. My first one was DADGAD. Now I have to try this one! Thank you for this video.
I agree that we are in a golden age of guitar, but mostly melody. I can't tell you how many emotion stirring modern songs stay in my head all day.
Great review and breakdown, Rhett, and thanks for the introduction to this artiste. Btw, your friend Rick Beato is a strong proponent of writing with both the melody and bass line in mind.
Yvette is so killer!
I love this video format- especially when Rhett internalizes some stuff and start playing in a totally new way that we usually hear. Super positive vibes coming off both players rn
@9:30 in the video, even The Beach Boys were using DI for guitars in 1963 and 1964 and Chuck Berry even before that!
It's cool to see you swept away by a style. I never quite got anyone to join me on my hype train when I discovered Yvette a few years back, so it's also just nice to feel vindicated in my excitement lol
So inspiring! Thanks Rhett!
Been experimenting a lot with open F tunings lately, can’t wait to try this one and appreciate it’s intricacies!
Rhett, thank you so much for this introduction...it's so beautyful, dynamics and impressiv playing....this really goes right into my heart...
Dude your face while watching her play is mine every time haha
I saw them play this past weekend. Even live the soundscaping, writing, and playing are incredible and emotional
p.s. - I believe she was using an AC30 on stage
Very cool, thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Thanks for staying on the "cutting edge" of guitar. Your articulation and teaching sensibility makes the viewing experience lively and educational. 👍👍
When she pays “Good Morning” I can hear Matt Berninger singing over it. Something in the vein of “About Today”
I have always used alternate tunings on a 'per song' basis. Michael Hedges said that he wrote first, then adapted the guitar to the needs of the tunes. Joni Mitchell had so many 'one off' tunings that she had to use a Roland VG-8 to tour. Alternate tuning is an excellent way to expand our musical palates, often without needing to learn new chord forms.
y’all gotta listen to Toe and their album The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety. She mentions Toe as an influence as well.
Yvette is amazing and such a delight to have in the scene. i had her yy10 for a long while (had to sell because bills ) and it was so much fun to play around on facge is for sure a strange tuning to jump onto the first time. but once you play around on it its so much fun!
Yvette is the real deal. She is incredible, but her playing live is something even bigger. So glad you are talking about her and the whole idea of this tuning. Lots of the music I listen to has this tuning and I think it's something that everyone should give a try. Cheers.
Hey Rhett, very nice video! I’m sure I speak for many who really dig your instrumentals as well. I have purchased several of your courses and have really enjoyed the learning. Definitely worth the price. My knowledge of the fretboard has grown as well as my playing! Thank you Sir!
Definitely awesome! As mentioned above, it’s is very reminiscent of American Football and many of those mid western emo bands of the mid to late 90’s…also reminds of Bob Manna’s band “Lifted Bells” of more recent years…I love this style and alternate tuning guitar music! ❤
yvette's melodies and chord voicings are on another level
BTW I bought a used DS1 after watching your video on it -- the sounds were so good on your video
This is a fantastic tuning indeed - played with it two minutes in and founds bach's cello suite 1 prelude straight away - bonkers! Open f 6th, open c on 4th, open a 2nd, open f 3rd, open a on second obviously not in g min but hey it's deep like cello ... bingo the rest follows easily
Yvette is an inspiration; very happy to hear your opinions on her work, man.
This video has mad inspirational vibes, is this what all his stuff is like!
Gonna have to stay tuned!
Thank you for your finding and the learning. Got to try it. Cheers!
Glad to see you talking about Yvette, she's my favorite player to emerge within the last few years. I even had the chance to meet her last summer at Andy McKee's Musicarium.
Yvette is an absolute treasure! Incredible artist and musician!
What an amazing player! It’s fantastic when you highlight players who are so unique like Yvette and Julian Lage. Yvette should check out a Chapman Stick. She’d really take that to a new level.
Excellent video Rhett!
Way to keep the channel interesting! I love the standard equipment / rock music focus . . . but mixing in some music that is a little (or a lot) different is refreshing. Fun. Keep it up!