Joined the channel recently and really enjoying your content. Watched a couple videos of you playing (Giant Steps at 320 wow!), and you're a world-class musician. Great stuff man.
you sound like a very dedicated musician. And I'm nearly positive it's fact, if you want to technically improve on an instrument it takes practice, but like you said, music is so vast, and you don't have to technically be great on an instrument to play or create beautiful music. Some of the best (obviously subjective) music is simple
@@TysonGraf yep, and the Grateful Dead. Frank Zappa never practiced guitar, but he did rehearse with his band a lot. There are a few pianist, and jazz musicians, whose names I can’t recall either. There is also a famous pianist, who plays in one or two keys, and uses a transposing keyboard, like me.
@@TheScreamingFrog916 As we know, Zappa was mostly a composer and band leader, which he intensely focused on. I haven't heard him talk about practicing guitar. But I do know he emphasized the importance of being an improviser when soloing. I can't think of any world-class jazz pianists that haven't practiced a lot.
I have never been a good player while I could play, however, it was always far more fun to jam, make noise try stuff out in the lockup studio than sit at home getting bored practising.
Here is a tip on practice thst I try n do If I don’t play for a while , a few weeks or even months, I try n keep a recorder handy because I come up with happy accidents when I’m fresh into it or just run across cool lick or chord and I think I’ll remember it because it’s so simple but I rarely do plus the lick changes even from the first few minutes and lol try n just stsrt singing anything any words cause when I listen back especially weeks later the tunes with words are more interesting even if the words are cliche bubble gum or grunge it doesn’t have to be good 😊 keep a recorder handy is what I’m tryna say 🎉
Violinist Stephane Grappelli said that his " co - worker " the great guitarist Django Reinhardt did not practice - and thought that - that was a supernatural gift !
Hey, is there a difference between improvisational and compositional playing? Cus at the end of the day, I don't feel like improvisers are playing licks that they have totally no IDEA what they're going to sound like. Honest question. Very interested in your response. Happy Halloween! 🎉
Famous cellist Pablo Casals, who started playing cello around 9 yrs old, was asked in an interview why at 91 years old he STILL practiced 2-3 hours every day. He responded: "...I'm beginning to notice some improvement... "
The Beatles were good songwriters, but not great musicians. People like Metheny and Hancock are great composers and musicians. So of course, they are less popular. Tyson, I think you are also a great composer and musician.
@@TysonGrafI just discovered Wes Montgomery, after I’d been hearing octaves in jazzy music for a long time, ie, Breezin, and not really understanding how that sound is made. Can’t get enough of him now! Still love George Benson too.❤. As for the practicing, yeah 10 hours is a ton. It’s definitely a labor of love to sustain that. Do it while you’re young would be my advice. Those fingers, back, and brain have their limits as we age 😂😂. Nice channel too, congrats 👍
@GregMyser Thank you. To my ear, everything Wes played was perfect. His time feel, groove, phrasing, etc. If you're interested, I have a lesson on my channel about a Wes solo. Please join the channel if you haven't already.
10 hour practicing sounds like absolute BS. my band practices every day for 4 hiurs, its seriously hard work mentally and physically. If youve ever played a four hiur gig you will know that practicing for ten hours with any worth is absolutely physically and mentally imposssible.
Well, in the case of the Beatles, having played together for over 10,000 hours as a band, before writing and recording their albums, and having spent many, many hours learning (and practicing) their instruments BEFORE becoming a band, I am not quite sure you are on the right track. To play professionally, at whatever level, takes a certain amount of learning and practicing to achieve. If you are speaking of not practicing AFTER you have proficiency on the instrument, that is an entirely different thing. Sidenote: Hendrix had a guitar in his hands, from all accounts, all day, unless he was eating, in the bathroom, or having sex. He has no set "practice schedule" but that instrument was glued to him and was part of him. Jimmy Page practiced and learned for years before he became a studio session player and then formed Led Zeppelin.
Of course, they had to learn how to play their instruments individually before they were a band. I'm, obviously, highlighting the fact that they didn't practice individually when they were a band. Did you watch the video? I made this very clear in the video.
@TysonGraf I watched the first part and then came to make my comment. Yes, I watched the rest afterwards, and realized what you were getting to. Understand this. Your title says that The Beatles never practiced. I answered that. Make a less "click bait" title and you won't have a response such as mine. Maintain integrity, friend. I did.
They played short sets...played a very small percentage of the songs attributed to them. Also played a lot of covers. Its debateable if they even played on the albums.
Not sure where you’re getting your information regarding The Beatles. Yes they were a cover band at first, but as soon as they began composing their own material, their concerts were usually all original songs. Yes they covered some Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, some Motown, but if you see any concert videos it’s mostly originals. As far as playing on their own records, they absolutely did. Of course they had orchestral players on their albums as well and famously Eric Clapton guested on the lead guitar on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. If you’re referring to the controversy regarding Session Drummer Bernard Purdie claims that he played on a lot of Beatles songs, that has been debunked. He played on a few demos only, not one album or singles.
Wow, you really want to hear him play. Check out his channel. Tyson is an incredible musician, and he's got tons of videos of him playing at a very high level.
Since you're so interested in hearing him play, here's him playing Giant Steps at 320: ruclips.net/video/Y4o8mSps7BA/видео.html. And him improvising with just a metronome: ruclips.net/video/1BW2bDTWOdE/видео.html. Crazy good!
@@EricManice Yes he is. He's one of the best. He's a great musician and person, so it's pretty funny and ridiculous to see people leaving rude comments.
If you enjoyed the video, please show your support by liking, commenting, and subscribing.
For those that are interested, here is the follow up video. ruclips.net/video/9mGIMiIjYVs/видео.html
Great video. Been enjoying all of the videos I've seen of yours. Keep it up!
Love your videos, man.
Really enjoying these videos about practicing. Keep them coming!
That's great to read. Will do!
Great video man!
Glad you liked it!
Great sense of humour, mate !
Joined the channel recently and really enjoying your content. Watched a couple videos of you playing (Giant Steps at 320 wow!), and you're a world-class musician. Great stuff man.
Thank you!
Great video. You're an amazing musician, so it's great to hear how you think about music.
Cool. Thank you.
Great video!
Hilarious intro. As usual, great stuff!
Thank you!
ok ... 12 seconds in and I LOVE YOU.
you sound like a very dedicated musician. And I'm nearly positive it's fact, if you want to technically improve on an instrument it takes practice, but like you said, music is so vast, and you don't have to technically be great on an instrument to play or create beautiful music. Some of the best (obviously subjective) music is simple
Nice man!
Some of my favorite musicians/groups never/rarely practice or rehearse, and made all their growth in their head, and/or in front of an audience.
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Jam bands?
@@TysonGraf yep, and the Grateful Dead.
Frank Zappa never practiced guitar, but he did rehearse with his band a lot.
There are a few pianist, and jazz musicians, whose names I can’t recall either.
There is also a famous pianist, who plays in one or two keys, and uses a transposing keyboard, like me.
@@TheScreamingFrog916 As we know, Zappa was mostly a composer and band leader, which he intensely focused on. I haven't heard him talk about practicing guitar. But I do know he emphasized the importance of being an improviser when soloing. I can't think of any world-class jazz pianists that haven't practiced a lot.
I have never been a good player while I could play, however, it was always far more fun to jam, make noise try stuff out in the lockup studio than sit at home getting bored practising.
Here is a tip on practice thst I try n do
If I don’t play for a while , a few weeks or even months, I try n keep a recorder handy because I come up with happy accidents when I’m fresh into it or just run across cool lick or chord and I think I’ll remember it because it’s so simple but I rarely do plus the lick changes even from the first few minutes and lol try n just stsrt singing anything any words cause when I listen back especially weeks later the tunes with words are more interesting even if the words are cliche bubble gum or grunge it doesn’t have to be good 😊 keep a recorder handy is what I’m tryna say 🎉
I really liked hearing this 👏🏻
Glad to read that.
Just subscribed your channel. Love your stuff and breakdowns. All the very best. ✌️
Glad to read that. Enjoy!
You're cute, smart, and a great musician.
Violinist Stephane Grappelli said that his " co - worker " the great guitarist Django Reinhardt did not practice - and thought that - that was a supernatural gift !
New subscriber here!
Hey, is there a difference between improvisational and compositional playing?
Cus at the end of the day, I don't feel like improvisers are playing licks that they have totally no IDEA what they're going to sound like.
Honest question. Very interested in your response. Happy Halloween! 🎉
Hey there, the main difference is improvisational playing is creative in the moment and compositional playing is re-creative.
I made this video today that dives deeper into the differences. ruclips.net/video/ozWknfPzkOU/видео.html
One size does not fit all 🎶🔥
+1 for using a looper for practice/improvisation.
Famous cellist Pablo Casals, who started playing cello around 9 yrs old, was asked in an interview why at 91 years old he STILL practiced 2-3 hours every day.
He responded: "...I'm beginning to notice some improvement... "
Great answer!
The Beatles were good songwriters, but not great musicians. People like Metheny and Hancock are great composers and musicians. So of course, they are less popular. Tyson, I think you are also a great composer and musician.
I also like how none of the Beatles could read music. It kind of goes along with what you're saying.
Good point. There's not a lot of us jazz musicians that can't read, but my favorite jazz guitarist, Wes Montgomery, couldn't read.
@@TysonGrafI just discovered Wes Montgomery, after I’d been hearing octaves in jazzy music for a long time, ie, Breezin, and not really understanding how that sound is made. Can’t get enough of him now! Still love George Benson too.❤. As for the practicing, yeah 10 hours is a ton. It’s definitely a labor of love to sustain that. Do it while you’re young would be my advice. Those fingers, back, and brain have their limits as we age 😂😂. Nice channel too, congrats 👍
@GregMyser Thank you. To my ear, everything Wes played was perfect. His time feel, groove, phrasing, etc. If you're interested, I have a lesson on my channel about a Wes solo. Please join the channel if you haven't already.
10 hour practicing sounds like absolute BS. my band practices every day for 4 hiurs, its seriously hard work mentally and physically. If youve ever played a four hiur gig you will know that practicing for ten hours with any worth is absolutely physically and mentally imposssible.
Wow 10 hours??? Lunch/ Dinner breaks included?
Hey Joel! Yea, it was about 15 years ago when I did that. The most I do these days is 8hrs.
@@TysonGraf wow 8 hours? That's people's working/school hours 😂😂
@@joelericpaul6834 That's true.
Well, in the case of the Beatles, having played together for over 10,000 hours as a band, before writing and recording their albums, and having spent many, many hours learning (and practicing) their instruments BEFORE becoming a band, I am not quite sure you are on the right track.
To play professionally, at whatever level, takes a certain amount of learning and practicing to achieve.
If you are speaking of not practicing AFTER you have proficiency on the instrument, that is an entirely different thing.
Sidenote: Hendrix had a guitar in his hands, from all accounts, all day, unless he was eating, in the bathroom, or having sex.
He has no set "practice schedule" but that instrument was glued to him and was part of him.
Jimmy Page practiced and learned for years before he became a studio session player and then formed Led Zeppelin.
Of course, they had to learn how to play their instruments individually before they were a band. I'm, obviously, highlighting the fact that they didn't practice individually when they were a band. Did you watch the video? I made this very clear in the video.
@TysonGraf Reads like he's another person critiquing one of your videos by just going off of the title.
@TysonGraf I watched the first part and then came to make my comment. Yes, I watched the rest afterwards, and realized what you were getting to.
Understand this. Your title says that The Beatles never practiced.
I answered that.
Make a less "click bait" title and you won't have a response such as mine. Maintain integrity, friend.
I did.
@@MrThinkingahead I did just that. If you don't make click bait for a title, then you may have a more comfortable response.
Just a thought.
@@studio28music97 The title is appropriate for what he talks about in the video. There's no lack of integrity on Tyson's part.
They played short sets...played a very small percentage of the songs attributed to them. Also played a lot of covers. Its debateable if they even played on the albums.
Not sure where you’re getting your information regarding The Beatles. Yes they were a cover band at first, but as soon as they began composing their own material, their concerts were usually all original songs. Yes they covered some Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, some Motown, but if you see any concert videos it’s mostly originals. As far as playing on their own records, they absolutely did. Of course they had orchestral players on their albums as well and famously Eric Clapton guested on the lead guitar on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. If you’re referring to the controversy regarding Session Drummer Bernard Purdie claims that he played on a lot of Beatles songs, that has been debunked. He played on a few demos only, not one album or singles.
@@robertrobles4028 Hello bot
play something at the beginning --- after I got over the flame on your guitar I could still hear you bla bla blaing -- PLAY
My channel is a combination of playing and talking. Some videos are just playing, some just talking, and some have both.
Wow, you really want to hear him play. Check out his channel. Tyson is an incredible musician, and he's got tons of videos of him playing at a very high level.
Since you're so interested in hearing him play, here's him playing Giant Steps at 320: ruclips.net/video/Y4o8mSps7BA/видео.html. And him improvising with just a metronome: ruclips.net/video/1BW2bDTWOdE/видео.html. Crazy good!
@@user-vk6xh4st1z Watched these videos and Tyson is a great musician. World-class playing!
@@EricManice Yes he is. He's one of the best. He's a great musician and person, so it's pretty funny and ridiculous to see people leaving rude comments.