The Eagles would probably already have blocked him for using standard tuning: EAdGbE = Eagles without the "L". Of course, by extension, "L" is simply an octave above "E", so it could also be EAdGbL. That would be a good name for a hybrid band with the dOO bEES!
The only thing Rick should have done differently at the onset of his musical career would have been to figure out time travel so he could fast forward a few decades and learn from his own YT channel In all seriousness, thanks for everything Rick!! It is never lost on me that you do all this for free. Love from Oklahoma
All the Marshall stacks & expensive guitars behind Rick makes you think he must be independently wealthy to be able to do these excellent videos for free.
Great lesson by a great teacher👌🏻 1- ( 0:39 ) Spread Triads alternating Major And Minor 2- ( 4:31 ) Hybrid Picking 3- ( 7:20) Going from Sweet Picking to Alternate Picking
At 5 yrs old, my first guitar teacher was my father. At 15 yrs onward, my teachers were band mates and recordings. Now my teacher is Rick Beato. I've thanked all my beloved teachers many times but this is a special thank you to Rick for volunteering to be that guy.
I don’t even play an instrument but I watch every video of yours because you make sense of music where before music was a complete mystery to me. I can see why you have such a huge and growing fan base.
Been playing for 30 years and because I self-taught, none of this is in my repertoire. Have basic music theory through doing grade 5 piano up to age 13 but never got into anything more in depth. Happy to remain a mediocre yet competent rhythm guitarist who admires those with far greater technique than me! Let them lead, I'll hold it together :) Rick's videos are great to watch and shake my head in admiration at. I suppose that makes me a lazy musician but life gets in the way...
Rick Beato's channel is like a goldmine of inspiration for people who have seriously studied music in the past but maybe stopped/took a break. It's like once you know foundational stuff (reading/arranging/mixing/playing music) his videos are outrageously inspiring. Thanks Rick!
Been playing guitar 30 years and always have played by ear, same with piano. These lessons are really helpful and are opening my and eyes and ears to new things. You're the man Rick!
Too true with the sweep picking criticisms. When you hear somebody start sweeping, you usually immediately think, "Ok, this is now a sweep picking section" rather than it just being, like, *a* sweep just for flavor.
Agreed. Bernth (great youtuber guitarist) talks about how WHATEVER right hand picking technique you are using, you should be able to smoothly and comfortably transition from one to another. It's not good practice to have to think "okay now I set my wrist this way for sweeps", this is likely the reason why certain solo sections sound like an example of a technique rather than an interesting musical phrase with many different techniques being used.
That initial 5 minutes learnt more than anybody could ever teach me, Rick unleashes the doors to creativity!! Love from India!! I am not a musician but I love my guitar and Rick's teachings!!
As someone who has played guitar for over 13 years, these lessons still help. No matter how long you've been playing, no matter how good you are, you can always learn more. Cheers!
Hybrid picking is so hard for me because I draw and my hand is used to using the first three fingers to do everything in sync. I can finger pick okay, but once I hold a pick, my middle finger naturally tries to cushion my index finger, making it impossible to get them out of sync.
Rick, you really are a remarkably talented guy. I’m not even a guitar player, but I watched this whole video. I usually find that I learn more from videos, but especially yours because you convey your knowledge with such enthusiasm. If I ever learn how to play the guitar it’s because of Rick Beato. Keep up the great work, brother!
My 8 month old knows only COVID world. She hasn’t seen many people but your videos are the only thing I let her watch on a screen. You’ve become known around the house as Uncle Rick and she’s MESMERIZED by the music. THANK YOU
Been playing 32 years know my neck, notes, chords, theory, and just learned something new again. Reasons like this I love playing guitar. Your awesome Rick
Your channel has to be one of the most valuable on the Internet. It seems like the production and content always gives me useful information and it's entertaining.
I love these sorts of videos, I always pick up my guitar and write something new- it feels like cheating to have Rick here on my phone giving me all this wisdom, I don’t read music but just the way he teaches is amazing- everybody can get something out of it- as soon as I can I’m buying the beato book
My first thought exactly I’ve been playing along time and have no idea what he’s talking about lmao ... I wanna buy the book but not sure I’m smart enough to get something from it
Ive only been playing for a year and i understood everything. You gotta learn your theory first. People just learn songs n thats cool but that does nothing for you as far as understanding what u are playing and why it sounds good. Im not super good and i dont know many songs but my theory knowledge has come a long way in just a year.
Yesterday I watched Wolfgang Van Halen on Howard Stern. He said Ed is the world's worst guitar teacher. "Dad, teach me to play guitar." "Okay, just do this." *Proceeds to be Edward Van Halen*
As Beck, Gilmour, and Buckingham are my main influences as a player, I have not used a pick in over 20 years. As soon as I dropped the pick my playing improved exponentially once I got my right hand technique down.
When I was a guitar teacher for forty years, the first thing I taught was how to count all 12 notes of music. Starting with A working our way to G sharp. That was the only theory I forced on them. After that, I taught fingers: one finger/one fret. Using their favorite songs, I sent hundreds on their way to their own musical truth. A great independent way to get thru life economically. Thanks again for all your video's Rick.
Rick my man, I watched this lesson again and appreciated it even more!. You are, without a doubt, the BEST guitar teacher, and informed musician on the web! Hands down.!! and that’s Not even considering the knowledge of the recording gear. Wow! Your children are sooooo lucky. 😀🤗✌️
Rick Beato. Single handedly passing the keys to many of rocks and Bach’s secrets for future generations. These videos are causing an awakening and rebirth of sorts for a lot of younger people. I work for the biggest hospital in Northeast Ohio as an electrician. While putting together a material takeoff for a small job I was watching what makes this song great, Vasoline STP. A 22 year old “hip hop head” said “holy crap you know Rick Beato?!” I said duh. He had stumbled into Rick and has been spreading the word. He said because of Rick he’s really becoming a rock n roll fan.......now if I could just grasp the sus, Lydian, triad, 5ths lingo.....
Great lesson with really practical advice. Some years ago, I changed my approach from "one technique to rule them all" to "the best technique for that type of passage." This is something that I concluded by watching virtuoso violinists play. They have a multitude of different techniques, each used to best perform a particular musical or technically demanding passage. I think they got it right. Thanks
Thank you Rick for your love of music and your lust to share music with others. What you are doing is precious. I once had a teacher (for a different instrument) who would only accept what I could afford. I learned from this and am till this day willing to teach people purely for the art/joy not for monetary gain. (It helps that I have a full-time job!!)
Thanks Rick. I've been playing seriously for six months and this made sense, particularly the triads, which I've been working on recently. I'd been putting off doing much with hybrid picking but now it's firmly on my list to include in improving my technique. Anyone who doesn't already have the Beato Book, should get it IMHO. Cheers.
What a great video Rick, thanks again for all you do for us!! Ive been playing the drums for 15+ years now but a year ago i decided to learn the guitar. Ive been studying theory deeply and have come a long way in just a year and ive been considering buying your book since i know it will sky rocket my theory knowledge even further (solely judging from the table of contents). After this video and that lesson on spread triads i was sold. Thats it, i just bought it. Cant wait to dig in!! Got the Book Bundle since i saw there was a sale going on!! What a steal man, i feel blessed!! Thank you so much Rick, you are the man!! 🤘🏻💯🎶👊🏻
Rick, you are the Odysseus/Ulysses of music education: you know music is an eternal journey. There is always more to learn, more to teach, and that music is a lifelong pursuit. Thank you for the Beato Book. I learn and relearn new stuff from every video!!! Keep Rockin’ ✌️
Thanks Rick, I've been playing guitar/ music for 24 years and I still don't know any of this stuff you teach. I was a learn by ear with no internet self taught guy lol. Love everything your doing and hope to start applying your teachings to my craft.
Amazing Rick, as a 15 year old, to me you are a true inspiration and to my generation and we are fortunate to have you 🤘 A suggestion for a 'what makes this song great' Golden Country by Reo Speedwagon
What would their all-star supergroup be called? Swollen Jones & the Bucket Brigade? Deep Vein Thrombosymphony? Horq? I like “Horq”. Let’s petition to make it happen.
I’ve found you can find any scale you want to play with slides, hammer on’s & pull offs you can sweep pick anything you want. First you have to semi master sweep picking. It works for me. Try it,... it’s a gas!!!
My best lesson was from Ritchie Blackmore. I stood right under him, arms length, as he did a show in Portland in '72. I was already progressing as a pentatonic blues style player... thumb wrapped around the neck a la Jimi Hendrix. I saw Ritchie effortlessly switch back and forth from a thumb wrapped position to a behind the neck position (classical) in his amazing solos. I realized there was an entire world of playing I didn't remotely understand. Went home and started over.
Jeez! This makes my head spin and couldn't agree more! When I think about first learning guitar in the 60s on Mel Bay's sheet music, there was an evolution happening with guitar (especially electric) and they hadn't yet figured out tablature notation! Imagine! So this stuff like triad inversion patterns for transitioning and hybrid picking... never even heard of it back then. I'm sure guys like BB King, Chet Atkins, T Bone Walker were all playing it before it had names. So much was by word of mouth and sharing techniques during jam sessions. The knowledge available now is just amazing.
Great exercises in F and Fm - will keep doing these to pick up speed. So musical, as are the the triads developed out of Bm. Heck, this is good stuff, thank you Rick.
I’m primarily a pianist, and learnings chord inversions is one of the first things to learn on the keyboard too - for all the same reasons you’ve given
I've been playing for over 30 years and it's only been learning the piano for the last year and a half as well as watching these videos that made me come back to learning runs on the guitar. Piano helped with reading music in general. The biggest takeaway is that often you've already got it in you from years of playing in general. You just need to unlock the fingers.
Great video Rick! I've been playing on more projects the last couple of years and actually have started practicing again. Having no formal music theory training has been a hurdle for me but the way you do your videos not only makes it understandable to someone like me but gives me great practice exercises as well. Thanks!
Just a heads up, if you want to play the arpeggio up and scale back down exercise Rick showed, be aware that when he plays the f minor, he uses the harmonic minor scale to go back down, not the natural minor. I know it may not matter that much but if someone is just learning the basics of music, you could get confused as to why his fingering is not matching yours if you try it with the natural minor scale.
Great advice, i've been playing for 15 years and wish I would've started hybrid picking or at least seen it earlier! One thing I would add, is to push yourself out of the comfort zone much more....!! It is amazing how your ability can evolve when you practice anything and everything!!
As a new player as of last week, I’d suggest reading as much and listening to as many RUclips videos as you can from multiple sources. One person may be great at explaining a concept but sometimes someone else explains it in a way that makes more sense to you. Eventually, the answers you’re searching for will click. Just don’t stop searching.
What a fantastic video! I really appreciate seeing Rick's widespread mastery reflecting on things that would have helped foster his mastery even quicker. It always feels like I'm learning from the best of the best on his channel.
Alternating triads - Ennio Morricone's soundtracks for the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Steve Howe of Yes used spread triads quite a bit in his guitar melody lines for many Yes compositions.
With the question “what advice would I give myself?” I would say what you said on Mary Spender’s podcast: “Do what I did” I’m only 16, but still😂 Awesome as always Rick! I agree with hybrid picking, it’s really important in my playing
I don't play guitar or any other instrument but for some reason I still thoroughly enjoy Rick's instructional videos. My best guess as to why is they take my mind off of real life b.s for a few minutes. That's a good thing.
The first two minutes and sixteen seconds of this are already more interesting and informative than 80% of guitar lessons I've had in my life. Well done again sir.
The part @2:38 reminds me of ELO's "Livin' Thing' where Jeff starts at C to Am, a clever drop to A#, drop _again_ to Fm, then *_drop again_* to Em.....really cool stuff.
Brilliant thanks Rick - just tried spread triads and hybrid picking combined for the first time in my morning practiced and I can see this its going to be really useful!
Another excellent video Rick - I will tell you what your lesson finally helped me crack the code of Metheny’s Unquity Road which is one spread triad (and more I guess) after another. I am 37 years in to the music/guitar game and cannot tell you what a gift and blessing your videos have been to me. Thank You!
I have watched and enjoyed many of your videos, Rick. I’ve recently come to realize why I like and appreciate them so much. I’m a huge Ted Greene fan and you, because of your vast theoretical knowledge and ability to explain that knowledge in a relatively simple way, are a more modern day version of Ted. I’m not referring to your playing style because you almost don’t have a single style. But, like Ted, your musical knowledge is wonderfully vast and your ability to make it easily understandable is top-notch. I’m not saying you play or sound like Ted (only Tim Lerch can do that!) but the way you teach reminds me of his methods. Thanks for all you do.
Have been playing self taught acoustic for years, only recently picked up an electric and a pick. I still have no idea what inversions are, which shows the importance of theory if you want to know what you´re doing and learn to freestyle. It´s great with content like this for free.
Eric Johnson has made open-voiced diatonic arpeggios a characteristic part of his style, as the intro to "Cliffs Of Dover" demonstrates. Also, the Fm scale at 5:21 is actually an F harmonic minor. When I was a freshman at music school in '73, I was studying John McLaughlin's and Steve Howe's playing closely, and had already incorported hybrid and ascending "circle picking" (sweeping) into my playing. While practicing one day, I had the clear realization that it was illogical, inconsistent and inefficient to use a single stroke to play 2 notes on adjacent strings in an ascending line, yet to use strict alternation when descending. It took learning to rotate my picking-hand wrist back the other direction, reverse-tilting the pick, when moving down-scale, in order to make it work.
Great tips Rick. Just for clarification at 8+20, looks like Rick plays an Fm arpeggio ascending, but F Harmonic Minor scale coming down. Sounds really cool, but for those following along the Fm scale coming down should be the b7 (4th fret of the B string) vs what Rick plays here which is the 7th (5th fret of the B string). Both sound really cool.
First thing--musicians (and wannabes like me)--check out the Beato book. Last thing--Rick, have you ever taken a close look at 12-Tet tuning and done a deep dive on alternative interval structures? Without getting too Neely, man...that would be rad. You got the right delivery for that one and it's due.
Great lesson I'd never considered the more involved major - minor arppegio. ,I totally see the logical symmetry, ,,I really truly gain alot from your lessons and really appreciate your sharing with old rums like me,,still fascinated with the magical puzzle
Thank you very much for bringing up these musical concepts & ideas. I could not agree more. I have been showing my students similar concepts and techniques over the last few months. I find your lessons very inspirational. I will be showing them exactly what you did today, and sending them the link to this video. Thanks again.
Rick, I'm a homeless busker. I always play your posts. They have inspired me no end. I'm hoping to get your book soon. I'm finding life hard and you, and others (the art of guitar) are keeping m my head above water tbh.😐
One great guitar player that have mastered hybrid picking is Danny Gatton, the video one RUclips of him at Gallagher jamming on "What I say" (Ray Charles) is mind blowing.
Here’s how I know I’m making progress, albeit slowly: I actually understood each of those concepts after Rick went through them, and could roughly follow what the fingers of each hand were doing. Back in April, this would have been completely incomprehensible in every aspect. My actual playing is still hot garbage, but I’m starting to be able to think in “stringed instrument”, which feels pretty amazing! (Background was flute and piano 30 years ago, and starting to learn ukelele and drums 3 months ago was like trying to play the flute with my toes.)
Such a beginner. I’m watching but this is still too advanced. I’m learning how to pick while also learning super basic finger placement. One day soon I hope I can bang these exercises out. Thanks Rick!!
Have watched a lot of your stuff Rick. Have seen several good lessons on other tricks and practice basics, but these three in particular seem like keys to the hidden treasure. Will be given these my attention for a while going forward. Thx!
Only the first one is confusing because you really need to know the chord chart down pat first to incorporate it but the others on picking can be practiced by beginners. That right hand gets overlooked so much but it's equally as important to develop
In regards to hybrid picking, if anyone's interested, Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA / MEGADETH) and Andre "Zaza" Hernandes (ANDRE MATOS / CAPELLA) use it a lot, and Andre Hernandes even has a few courses out, you can probably learn from him directly.
They signed a bunch of us up to learn different instruments in 5th grade, 1963, I ended up with the Sax, I came from a family where nobody ever played any instrument. And not a big family for listening to music. I was 1 of 5 People trying to learn Sax in school. I believe none went on to ever learn. Thinking back I wished the Music teacher had brought in a record and allowed us to hear what someone who could really play a sax sounded like and what we were trying to learn. No it just ended up being really boring. Years later (many Years), listening to The E Street Band I could not believe how a Sax could sound in the right hands. Its the little things that teachers dont think about.
Rick plays B minor chord. Wonder if The Eagles will block this because that is the first chord in Hotel California.
That Bm run he played actually reminded me of the intro to I've Just Seen A Face. Very similar concept.
Don't give Henley any ideas
The Eagles would probably already have blocked him for using standard tuning:
EAdGbE = Eagles without the "L". Of course, by extension, "L" is simply an octave above "E", so it could also be EAdGbL. That would be a good name for a hybrid band with the dOO bEES!
I just emailed Don Henley to tell him
Jethro tull wrote that chord progression first
The only thing Rick should have done differently at the onset of his musical career would have been to figure out time travel so he could fast forward a few decades and learn from his own YT channel
In all seriousness, thanks for everything Rick!! It is never lost on me that you do all this for free. Love from Oklahoma
Learning from yourself draws a big fine if the Time Police catch you!
Uh, not exactly (for free, that is).
O.o
@@siulumlion A fine?? Bro if you inhabit the same space as your alternate self, the universe implodes. You know this is true!
All the Marshall stacks & expensive guitars behind Rick makes you think he must be independently wealthy to be able to do these excellent videos for free.
Great lesson by a great teacher👌🏻
1- ( 0:39 ) Spread Triads alternating Major And Minor
2- ( 4:31 ) Hybrid Picking
3- ( 7:20) Going from Sweet Picking to Alternate Picking
❤️
At 5 yrs old, my first guitar teacher was my father. At 15 yrs onward, my teachers were band mates and recordings. Now my teacher is Rick Beato. I've thanked all my beloved teachers many times but this is a special thank you to Rick for volunteering to be that guy.
Rick: *plays b minor...*
The Eagles: 👀...
Yeah, effectively switching between sweep picking and alternate picking is definitely an issue for many when they first start on the guitar
Lmao underrated comment
haha
You can do it as a beginner.... if you understand it and if you do it really really slow
Wait, are you saying they don't? I find myself practicing stuff like it relatively often, though not combining them.
Who needs a teacher for theory when you can just binge Rick Beato videos
Truth.
Binging Beato
@@bebop425 this needs more publicity
As a truck driver I have a lot more time to listen to Rick than I have to play guitar, but I can talk theory with highly trained musicians.
As soon as my son is old enough to hold a guitar he’ll be watching all these videos haha
I don’t even play an instrument but I watch every video of yours because you make sense of music where before music was a complete mystery to me. I can see why you have such a huge and growing fan base.
Thank you🙏🏻
At my age right now and our current situation, learning all you want and can on guitar has never been more important. It's such a capable instrument!
Been playing for 30 years and because I self-taught, none of this is in my repertoire. Have basic music theory through doing grade 5 piano up to age 13 but never got into anything more in depth. Happy to remain a mediocre yet competent rhythm guitarist who admires those with far greater technique than me! Let them lead, I'll hold it together :)
Rick's videos are great to watch and shake my head in admiration at. I suppose that makes me a lazy musician but life gets in the way...
Rick Beato's channel is like a goldmine of inspiration for people who have seriously studied music in the past but maybe stopped/took a break. It's like once you know foundational stuff (reading/arranging/mixing/playing music) his videos are outrageously inspiring. Thanks Rick!
Been playing guitar 30 years and always have played by ear, same with piano. These lessons are really helpful and are opening my and eyes and ears to new things. You're the man Rick!
This came at exactly the right time. Perfect.
We’re so lucky to have you, Rick!
Hey Rick. Would love to see you interview Justin Lee Schultz about how he's managed to learn so much so fast on guitar and keys.
Totally agreee
Well... You know how to get to the Carnegie Hall... Don't you?
Practice!!
@@sananlatifi8384 Yes. Ask for directions. ;-)
@@noisyneil check the edit. Lol
@@sananlatifi8384an oldie but a goodie!!! :-)
Too true with the sweep picking criticisms. When you hear somebody start sweeping, you usually immediately think, "Ok, this is now a sweep picking section" rather than it just being, like, *a* sweep just for flavor.
Agreed. Bernth (great youtuber guitarist) talks about how WHATEVER right hand picking technique you are using, you should be able to smoothly and comfortably transition from one to another. It's not good practice to have to think "okay now I set my wrist this way for sweeps", this is likely the reason why certain solo sections sound like an example of a technique rather than an interesting musical phrase with many different techniques being used.
Saligia by origin. You can’t have an opinion, yet :)
That initial 5 minutes learnt more than anybody could ever teach me, Rick unleashes the doors to creativity!! Love from India!!
I am not a musician but I love my guitar and Rick's teachings!!
As someone who has played guitar for over 13 years, these lessons still help. No matter how long you've been playing, no matter how good you are, you can always learn more. Cheers!
Hybrid picking is so hard for me because I draw and my hand is used to using the first three fingers to do everything in sync. I can finger pick okay, but once I hold a pick, my middle finger naturally tries to cushion my index finger, making it impossible to get them out of sync.
It's a small world!
@@sevenbark It is!!!!
Chop off middle index finger, tape pick to thumb.
Just some guy, I watch you some times.
Time to quit drawing bro, shreds for life
Rick, you really are a remarkably talented guy. I’m not even a guitar player, but I watched this whole video. I usually find that I learn more from videos, but especially yours because you convey your knowledge with such enthusiasm. If I ever learn how to play the guitar it’s because of Rick Beato. Keep up the great work, brother!
My 8 month old knows only COVID world. She hasn’t seen many people but your videos are the only thing I let her watch on a screen. You’ve become known around the house as Uncle Rick and she’s MESMERIZED by the music. THANK YOU
Been playing 32 years know my neck, notes, chords, theory, and just learned something new again.
Reasons like this I love playing guitar.
Your awesome Rick
For anyone that hasn’t purchased it, The Beato Book is incredible. He’s not peddling some 80’s VHS learn-by-watching people shred content.
What’s in it? I hear him talk about it and since I’m just starting to play guitar I thought it would be too advance for me
I'm a piano player. Would it be worth buying for me or is it just guitar oriented?
I can confirm. I also bought it and it's amazing. Really clear and complete info.
@@jacklandy5704 The music theory in it is valuable for all musicians.
The book and the videos go hand in hand very well....the book can be hard to make out without the videos.
Your channel has to be one of the most valuable on the Internet. It seems like the production and content always gives me useful information and it's entertaining.
I love these sorts of videos, I always pick up my guitar and write something new- it feels like cheating to have Rick here on my phone giving me all this wisdom, I don’t read music but just the way he teaches is amazing- everybody can get something out of it- as soon as I can I’m buying the beato book
Your guitar teacher didn’t teach this because he was not Rick Beato. He had no idea.
These seem to be advanced concepts for beginners
My first thought exactly I’ve been playing along time and have no idea what he’s talking about lmao ... I wanna buy the book but not sure I’m smart enough to get something from it
Ive only been playing for a year and i understood everything. You gotta learn your theory first. People just learn songs n thats cool but that does nothing for you as far as understanding what u are playing and why it sounds good. Im not super good and i dont know many songs but my theory knowledge has come a long way in just a year.
@@ElvisPereira-ex9dy I’m just curious if I’ll get the book and be like ... I need someone to teach me this cause this looks like Chinese to me haha
Yesterday I watched Wolfgang Van Halen on Howard Stern. He said Ed is the world's worst guitar teacher. "Dad, teach me to play guitar."
"Okay, just do this." *Proceeds to be Edward Van Halen*
@@christopherhickman3579 his book is amazing but very advance stuffs. and yes I would need a teacher to guide me with this book.
This is great Rick! I love hearing your perspective on all of these concepts.
All I can say is thank you Rick for all the love in your lessons.
It shows and I appreciate all of effort to help us all.
As Beck, Gilmour, and Buckingham are my main influences as a player, I have not used a pick in over 20 years. As soon as I dropped the pick my playing improved exponentially once I got my right hand technique down.
When I was a guitar teacher for forty years, the first thing I taught was how to count all 12 notes of music. Starting with A working our way to G sharp. That was the only theory I forced on them. After that, I taught fingers: one finger/one fret. Using their favorite songs, I sent hundreds on their way to their own musical truth. A great independent way to get thru life economically. Thanks again for all your video's Rick.
Rick my man, I watched this lesson again and appreciated it even more!. You are, without a doubt, the BEST guitar teacher, and informed musician on the web! Hands down.!!
and that’s Not even considering the knowledge of the recording gear. Wow! Your children are sooooo lucky. 😀🤗✌️
Rick Beato. Single handedly passing the keys to many of rocks and Bach’s secrets for future generations. These videos are causing an awakening and rebirth of sorts for a lot of younger people. I work for the biggest hospital in Northeast Ohio as an electrician. While putting together a material takeoff for a small job I was watching what makes this song great, Vasoline STP. A 22 year old “hip hop head” said “holy crap you know Rick Beato?!” I said duh. He had stumbled into Rick and has been spreading the word. He said because of Rick he’s really becoming a rock n roll fan.......now if I could just grasp the sus, Lydian, triad, 5ths lingo.....
Great lesson with really practical advice. Some years ago, I changed my approach from "one technique to rule them all" to "the best technique for that type of passage." This is something that I concluded by watching virtuoso violinists play. They have a multitude of different techniques, each used to best perform a particular musical or technically demanding passage. I think they got it right. Thanks
Thank you Rick for your love of music and your lust to share music with others. What you are doing is precious. I once had a teacher (for a different instrument) who would only accept what I could afford. I learned from this and am till this day willing to teach people purely for the art/joy not for monetary gain. (It helps that I have a full-time job!!)
Feel the sound and become one with your guitar without using drugs. Close your eyes and find the sound you want. Every day.
I’m so conflicted whether or not to like haha
Thanks Rick. I've been playing seriously for six months and this made sense, particularly the triads, which I've been working on recently. I'd been putting off doing much with hybrid picking but now it's firmly on my list to include in improving my technique. Anyone who doesn't already have the Beato Book, should get it IMHO. Cheers.
What a great video Rick, thanks again for all you do for us!! Ive been playing the drums for 15+ years now but a year ago i decided to learn the guitar.
Ive been studying theory deeply and have come a long way in just a year and ive been considering buying your book since i know it will sky rocket my theory knowledge even further (solely judging from the table of contents). After this video and that lesson on spread triads i was sold. Thats it, i just bought it. Cant wait to dig in!! Got the Book Bundle since i saw there was a sale going on!! What a steal man, i feel blessed!! Thank you so much Rick, you are the man!! 🤘🏻💯🎶👊🏻
You made a great choice of buying it! 😊🙏
Thank you! Watching and learning as always!
A thing that helps with hybrid picking is playing the classical guitar! Brings it to the next level!
Rick, you are the Odysseus/Ulysses of music education: you know music is an eternal journey. There is always more to learn, more to teach, and that music is a lifelong pursuit. Thank you for the Beato Book. I learn and relearn new stuff from every video!!! Keep Rockin’ ✌️
Thanks Rick, I've been playing guitar/ music for 24 years and I still don't know any of this stuff you teach. I was a learn by ear with no internet self taught guy lol. Love everything your doing and hope to start applying your teachings to my craft.
Sir... this is exactly what I needed. I wish I could give u a hug. Thank you. U seriously made my day
Amazing Rick, as a 15 year old, to me you are a true inspiration and to my generation and we are fortunate to have you 🤘 A suggestion for a 'what makes this song great' Golden Country by Reo Speedwagon
Rick Beato is way older than 15
@@yebro4636 Didn't realise Sherlock was on RUclips
I heard flavors of John Mayer, Buckethead, and Brent Hinds in one 10 minute video. Awesome.
What would their all-star supergroup be called? Swollen Jones & the Bucket Brigade? Deep Vein Thrombosymphony? Horq? I like “Horq”. Let’s petition to make it happen.
Love me some Dirty B. Hinds.
More on these kind of lessons and diagram explanations. Really helped me. Made my day. Thanks man
One of the things I wish I had learned 20 years ago would be listen to Rick! Knowledge is everything! practice is in there with that!
Just learning about doing spread triad arpeggios and hybrid picking so I appreciate this lesson alot. Thank you for posting it.
I’ve found you can find any scale you want to play with slides, hammer on’s & pull offs you can sweep pick anything you want. First you have to semi master sweep picking. It works for me. Try it,... it’s a gas!!!
My best lesson was from Ritchie Blackmore. I stood right under him, arms length, as he did a show in Portland in '72. I was already progressing as a pentatonic blues style player... thumb wrapped around the neck a la Jimi Hendrix. I saw Ritchie effortlessly switch back and forth from a thumb wrapped position to a behind the neck position (classical) in his amazing solos. I realized there was an entire world of playing I didn't remotely understand. Went home and started over.
Jeez! This makes my head spin and couldn't agree more! When I think about first learning guitar in the 60s on Mel Bay's sheet music, there was an evolution happening with guitar (especially electric) and they hadn't yet figured out tablature notation! Imagine! So this stuff like triad inversion patterns for transitioning and hybrid picking... never even heard of it back then. I'm sure guys like BB King, Chet Atkins, T Bone Walker were all playing it before it had names. So much was by word of mouth and sharing techniques during jam sessions. The knowledge available now is just amazing.
Ever since I discovered Rick's channel a couple years ago I have improved my musical understanding and guitar playing an insane amount
Great exercises in F and Fm - will keep doing these to pick up speed. So musical, as are the the triads developed out of Bm. Heck, this is good stuff, thank you Rick.
He works it up from easy to blow your mind how just knowing your musical theory can make life so much easier
I’m primarily a pianist, and learnings chord inversions is one of the first things to learn on the keyboard too - for all the same reasons you’ve given
I've been playing for over 30 years and it's only been learning the piano for the last year and a half as well as watching these videos that made me come back to learning runs on the guitar. Piano helped with reading music in general. The biggest takeaway is that often you've already got it in you from years of playing in general. You just need to unlock the fingers.
A lot of guitar teachers neglect to teach about using the thumb on the fret hand which I find very useful
Great video Rick! I've been playing on more projects the last couple of years and actually have started practicing again. Having no formal music theory training has been a hurdle for me but the way you do your videos not only makes it understandable to someone like me but gives me great practice exercises as well. Thanks!
Just a heads up, if you want to play the arpeggio up and scale back down exercise Rick showed, be aware that when he plays the f minor, he uses the harmonic minor scale to go back down, not the natural minor. I know it may not matter that much but if someone is just learning the basics of music, you could get confused as to why his fingering is not matching yours if you try it with the natural minor scale.
Outstanding lesson. Great advice. Thanks.
Yes, I agree 😊
Great advice, i've been playing for 15 years and wish I would've started hybrid picking or at least seen it earlier! One thing I would add, is to push yourself out of the comfort zone much more....!! It is amazing how your ability can evolve when you practice anything and everything!!
I like the first exercise. I get a knot in the head even thinking about it but I think I will push through, with the help of the B book
As a new player as of last week, I’d suggest reading as much and listening to as many RUclips videos as you can from multiple sources. One person may be great at explaining a concept but sometimes someone else explains it in a way that makes more sense to you. Eventually, the answers you’re searching for will click. Just don’t stop searching.
This is exactly what I wanted to find today for improving my guitar playing and it just showed up on my feed. Thank you!
What a fantastic video! I really appreciate seeing Rick's widespread mastery reflecting on things that would have helped foster his mastery even quicker. It always feels like I'm learning from the best of the best on his channel.
That first technique is good for horn players too. Plus it gives me ideas when I'm arranging music.
Rick the fretboard diagram was so clutch in being able to finally comprehensively understand what your spread triads have been all about. 👍
Alternating triads - Ennio Morricone's soundtracks for the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Steve Howe of Yes used spread triads quite a bit in his guitar melody lines for many Yes compositions.
definitely felt some howe technique in there!
With the question “what advice would I give myself?” I would say what you said on Mary Spender’s podcast: “Do what I did” I’m only 16, but still😂 Awesome as always Rick! I agree with hybrid picking, it’s really important in my playing
Such a great lesson. I hope budding guitarists take your channel to heart! Thank you!
I don't play guitar or any other instrument but for some reason I still thoroughly enjoy Rick's instructional videos. My best guess as to why is they take my mind off of real life b.s for a few minutes. That's a good thing.
The first two minutes and sixteen seconds of this are already more interesting and informative than 80% of guitar lessons I've had in my life. Well done again sir.
I don't play the guitar. I'm just here to hear Rick play and explain things. 👍👍
That last exercise sounds like traditional music from Puerto Rico with the “cuatro”. Arpeggios followed by scales are very common.
Dicelo Delfín...y dile que hay otro mundo musical en Cuba,Puerto Rico etc..
Thank you Rick! Very helpful for someone like me, who's been playing guitar casually for 25 years without a single proper lesson.
Great segment Rick! That sweep to alternate picking is a trick for sure to master. Thanks for all the learnings!
Dude I absolutely love spread triads great little ideas to either riff with or include and use to tie solos. Thanks Rick!
The part @2:38 reminds me of ELO's "Livin' Thing' where Jeff starts at C to Am, a clever drop to A#, drop _again_ to Fm, then *_drop again_* to Em.....really cool stuff.
Rick, thank you for your patience and thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills with us. 🙏🎸😎🤘🎶
Brilliant thanks Rick - just tried spread triads and hybrid picking combined for the first time in my morning practiced and I can see this its going to be really useful!
Another excellent video Rick - I will tell you what your lesson finally helped me crack the code of Metheny’s Unquity Road which is one spread triad (and more I guess) after another. I am 37 years in to the music/guitar game and cannot tell you what a gift and blessing your videos have been to me. Thank You!
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos! The info you share is priceless!!
I've been playing for years and this went right over my head 😂
I have watched and enjoyed many of your videos, Rick. I’ve recently come to realize why I like and appreciate them so much. I’m a huge Ted Greene fan and you, because of your vast theoretical knowledge and ability to explain that knowledge in a relatively simple way, are a more modern day version of Ted. I’m not referring to your playing style because you almost don’t have a single style. But, like Ted, your musical knowledge is wonderfully vast and your ability to make it easily understandable is top-notch. I’m not saying you play or sound like Ted (only Tim Lerch can do that!) but the way you teach reminds me of his methods. Thanks for all you do.
Rick is almost at 2M subs! Good for you Rick. Well deserved sir!
Have been playing self taught acoustic for years, only recently picked up an electric and a pick. I still have no idea what inversions are, which shows the importance of theory if you want to know what you´re doing and learn to freestyle. It´s great with content like this for free.
Eric Johnson has made open-voiced diatonic arpeggios a characteristic part of his style, as the intro to "Cliffs Of Dover" demonstrates.
Also, the Fm scale at 5:21 is actually an F harmonic minor.
When I was a freshman at music school in '73, I was studying John McLaughlin's and Steve Howe's playing closely, and had already incorported hybrid and ascending "circle picking" (sweeping) into my playing. While practicing one day, I had the clear realization that it was illogical, inconsistent and inefficient to use a single stroke to play 2 notes on adjacent strings in an ascending line, yet to use strict alternation when descending. It took learning to rotate my picking-hand wrist back the other direction, reverse-tilting the pick, when moving down-scale, in order to make it work.
Great tips Rick. Just for clarification at 8+20, looks like Rick plays an Fm arpeggio ascending, but F Harmonic Minor scale coming down. Sounds really cool, but for those following along the Fm scale coming down should be the b7 (4th fret of the B string) vs what Rick plays here which is the 7th (5th fret of the B string). Both sound really cool.
What a teacher, gotta love and respect this man
First thing--musicians (and wannabes like me)--check out the Beato book. Last thing--Rick, have you ever taken a close look at 12-Tet tuning and done a deep dive on alternative interval structures? Without getting too Neely, man...that would be rad. You got the right delivery for that one and it's due.
Yeah, hybrid picking opens your playing up to SO many more possibilities. Great video!
This video convinced me to buy the bundle, Rick. Love your channel tremendously. Thank you!!
Great lesson I'd never considered the more involved major - minor arppegio. ,I totally see the logical symmetry, ,,I really truly gain alot from your lessons and really appreciate your sharing with old rums like me,,still fascinated with the magical puzzle
Thank you very much for bringing up these musical concepts & ideas. I could not agree more. I have been showing my students similar concepts and techniques over the last few months. I find your lessons very inspirational. I will be showing them exactly what you did today, and sending them the link to this video. Thanks again.
Rick, I'm a homeless busker. I always play your posts. They have inspired me no end. I'm hoping to get your book soon. I'm finding life hard and you, and others (the art of guitar) are keeping m my head above water tbh.😐
Faith. The top of the world is within your grasp.
One great guitar player that have mastered hybrid picking is Danny Gatton, the video one RUclips of him at Gallagher jamming on "What I say" (Ray Charles) is mind blowing.
One of my favorite guitarists!
Here’s how I know I’m making progress, albeit slowly: I actually understood each of those concepts after Rick went through them, and could roughly follow what the fingers of each hand were doing. Back in April, this would have been completely incomprehensible in every aspect. My actual playing is still hot garbage, but I’m starting to be able to think in “stringed instrument”, which feels pretty amazing! (Background was flute and piano 30 years ago, and starting to learn ukelele and drums 3 months ago was like trying to play the flute with my toes.)
Such a beginner. I’m watching but this is still too advanced. I’m learning how to pick while also learning super basic finger placement. One day soon I hope I can bang these exercises out. Thanks Rick!!
Have watched a lot of your stuff Rick. Have seen several good lessons on other tricks and practice basics, but these three in particular seem like keys to the hidden treasure. Will be given these my attention for a while going forward. Thx!
Only the first one is confusing because you really need to know the chord chart down pat first to incorporate it but the others on picking can be practiced by beginners. That right hand gets overlooked so much but it's equally as important to develop
In regards to hybrid picking, if anyone's interested, Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA / MEGADETH) and Andre "Zaza" Hernandes (ANDRE MATOS / CAPELLA) use it a lot, and Andre Hernandes even has a few courses out, you can probably learn from him directly.
They signed a bunch of us up to learn different instruments in 5th grade, 1963, I ended up with the Sax, I came from a family where nobody ever played any instrument. And not a big family for listening to music. I was 1 of 5 People trying to learn Sax in school. I believe none went on to ever learn. Thinking back I wished the Music teacher had brought in a record and allowed us to hear what someone who could really play a sax sounded like and what we were trying to learn. No it just ended up being really boring. Years later (many Years), listening to The E Street Band I could not believe how a Sax could sound in the right hands. Its the little things that teachers dont think about.