Five Practise Tools For Better Guitar Playing - That Pedal Show
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Your practise tools should be easy to use, fun and help you to achieve solid results. Here are five that work for Dan…
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Welcome to the show! Dan is on a continuous mission to improve and progress as a player. But as we all know, the work is never as much fun as the play! In this episode we look at five things that will make your practise all the more fun and rewarding.
Please enjoy the episode!
Pedals & stuff in this episode…
• iRealPro
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• Yamaha THR10II
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• TC Electronic Ditto+
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• Boss Waza Air Headphones
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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
0:00 Hello & introduction
1:54 Thing 1 Metronome in a new way
9:55 Thing 2 iReal Pro - band in an app
16:45 Thing 3 Yamaha THR10II
23:08 Thing 4 Loopers will help you
29:05 Thing 5 Boss Waza Air headphones
Guitars in this episode:
• Fender Custom Shop ’52 Relic Telecaster - Dan’s video at studio.ruclips.net/user/videoqfLs...
• Epiphone Casino - Mick’s video at • Epiphone Casino Pickup...
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Dan has never be a slouch when it comes to playing guitar but you can tell he's learned a lot recently because he's playing well and because he's really excited to play.
I’m now convinced Dan must have an alternate Jazz persona a la Duke Silver from Parks and Rec, which has begun bleeding into his regular Prog-Rock Dan persona by way of the pork pie hat.
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I’m just here to comment that last night I played through 2 amps wet/dry for the first time (Matchless C30 & Fender Blues Deluxe). I will never be the same. After 5 minutes our drummer commented “that sounds unreal…but is it always gonna be that loud???”
Thanks gents, cheers from Chicago
YES! Drummers saying it’s loud!? Hahahaahab! Heard it all now. :0)
Ah drummers hey?!
Consistently, my best tools for practice have been other instruments. Every time I de-emphasized guitar to learn bass, drums, keys, etc I came back to guitar with a much deeper connection to the music, rather than just to the mechanics of playing guitar and always sounding like an exercise.
Just came back to guitar after a year or two of mostly piano and wow, my understanding of my fretboard has massively increased.
Many years ago when I first met Johnny Marr, amazing ex-Smiths guitarist, I was lucky enough to jam with him and now have a good friendly relationship with him, his advise to me playing with a metronome or click track was to think of it as your best mate or another band member and try to lock in with it like you would another musician, this worked for me and improved my timing and playing greatly, now I really enjoy playing to a click and can totally feel a groove around it in my head and body.
Coool! Please give him our regards and an open invitation to TPS, either here or there! Love Johnny!
@@ThatPedalShow I sure will, a great guitarist of his time and a lovely down to earth normal bloke.
HONK!!!
With mates like that who needs RUclips gear shows!
Of all the pedals I had ever purchased, the first time I purchased my Ditto was when playing in my apartment truly became a blast. I couldn't believe what I had been missing out on for so many years.
100% with you on the THR. I spent years basically not playing at home, despite having a ton of stuff to work with, because nothing worked that well at home volume or sounded good. Got a THR, anything sounds good plugged into it, everything's easy, and suddenly the motivation to play is there.
Best thing about iReal Pro: You can loop any part of the song to work on only specific bits. Especially if you’re just starting out to improvise over jazz standards that have a lot different keys, it’s super useful to break it down a bit!
I LOVE THAT APP. You can quickly chart out any progression you want. I use it just over a couple chords if need be. And it’s sterile enough that it leaves room for you to work on your feel too.
I'd never have expected a World According To Garp reference in a RUclips Guitar video haha. Well done, Dan! Great video, gents!
Perfect timing! Have spent the whole afternoon catching up on the TPS episodes. Big Hi! From rainy, locked down Brisbane.
Hello Brizzy! Lockdown, argh. Argghhh!!!!
Must’ve had 2 cases. Lock it all down!
I learned the 2/4 click trick from Tomo Fujita, the Berklee teacher a few months ago. Totally great idea and I’m amazed no one thought of it sooner.
Just messed around with the app for 10 minutes and already it’s one of my favorite tools. Brings a lot of things together. Thanks!
It’s in our DNA to play with D&A. Yes, indeed (most of the times) sometimes simple is beautiful and will get us further than complex. Thanks! 🙏
Mick seems to be enjoying the Casino post-pickup change. Splendid sounds, lads.
Muchly. It’s a very satisfying low volume guitar!
Its a pleasure to watch you Gents so evolved in your all-guitar fiending pursuits. Well done Sirs!
Oh my god, thank you guys. That iReal pro app is the type thing I’ve been looking for, for so long. This has made practicing/jamming sooo much more fun. Helped my time, tremendously as well. Thanks so much guys. Love the channel!
I had a jazz band leader give me a great tip: always have the subdivisions going in your head. So if all you have is a clap (beats 2 & 4) have the 16th notes (1|||2|||3|||4|||) going in your head regardless of how many notes you're playing, like a hi-hat. It works, especially for slow tempos and long pauses.
Probably one of the most important shows you've done for the likes of me, trying to practice (quietly) effectively, in small gobbets of time. Thank you guys, thank you.
Cool tools. I've got them all except for the Boss Headphones. Instead, I've been using the Fender Mustang Micro headphone amp with great results for silent practice. Thanks for that metronome practice tip!
Thank you both for all that you do...I appreciate ya
Ah, cheers bud 🤓🙏
I love that I’m in a part of the world where this is what I wake up to. Favorite part of my Friday mornings!
Hooray!
I bought the THR after the last time Dan recommended it. I love it! Play it every day.
The best, most informative TPS episode to date. Period. Not just for me, but for many younger, less experienced players.
I've been using a metronome for practicing my phrasing for years (put the work in, kids. I promise...you're not playing "in the pocket", as much as you believe you are!).
And the latest Yamaha amp lines are a revelation.
That amp doesn't exist to replace your Super Bass or your AC15...it exists to improve what's coming OUT of those amps. It's definitely worth it and can help you be a better player...get one asap.
Top notch jobs fellas.
You guys are a blessing. I am blessed. Thank you for the wonderful content!! Always!! 😍
Fantastic episode all around! Love this!
Metronome on 2 & 4 is a trick I learned from Carol Kaye. Not sure if she came up with it herself, but I count it as yet another of her many valuable contributions to music and especially bass.
Practicing with metronome on beats 2 & 4 is an old yet effective trick. You do it to develop your swing. I had a teacher who taught me that.
Drummers should use this technique 😀
Great suggestions. Here is another - Fender Mustang Micro. I chose it over the WAZA Airs because (1) I can use my own headphones / in ears / etc., (2) much cheaper. I can also plug it into a more complex signal chain to include my effects, and also to output to something other than headphones (like my powered monitors). Great practice tool for not much money.
Woah! I’ve just got these on in the background while i’m working for some nice semi-musical interludes with the guys lovely chatter to keep me company, and suddenly out of nowhere I hear someone playing listenable jazz, and I look up and it’s Mick! Every video, you guys surprise us with something. Love it.
The single thing that has helped my jazz playing is learning a song. Now play the same song without playing those chords you just used, new positions or voicing and then repeat. Next step is start mixing those different chords/voicings together. After you are making noticeable progress, start dropping the bass note. Do that to one song a day and you will be shocked at the progress you can make because a TON of jazz songs are very similar when looking just at the chords.
Hi D&M, in Hong Kong in quarantine, day 12 of 14. THR10C packed in the checked luggage and took the neck off my EJ strat and carried body and neck
as hand carry. Got through HKG quarantine checks, into the hotel, new strings on the strat and two weeks of rocking out in the hotel alongside some periods of work. Great amp and everything you said is true. So convenient. All the best TPS and all in the community. It’s a pleasure to be a small part of it.
Thanks guys! Very practical recommendations easy to implement!
Re: time feel practice. Slower tempos require more internal subdividing of the beat. Will help out with your accuracy. Really nailing the click.
Great video idea!
Dan. Careful with your swing feel.
Shuffled 8ths with heavy accents on each downbeat can sound a little stiff. Try evening out the 8ths and don’t accent your lines.
Or accent offbeats instead:
“beeBOP beeBOP.....” instead of “BAPbooo BAPboo...”.
My best practise tools are TPS episodes. I watch them while practising/noodling and it gives me a clear hour or two of finger exercise! (And I get older and wiser at the same time)
Dan, it's really cool to hear where your study is taking you! Great work, you sound very good.
The metronome snare is gold! I use one all the time and this will totally change my playing in the pocket. Thanks!
This is one of my new favorite channels to watch. Thank you for the great content.
Thank you for being here.
Dan, you're a really great guitar player. Thanks for this guys!
Great job! I really enjoyed this video, and will purchase those headphones. Thanks so much. All the best to both of you from Northern California.
Thanks for introducing iReal pro to me Dan. I almost never have any structure in my practice sessions but that makes it almost like a challenge - love it!
This is fantastic!! Thanks again guys.
Awesome! Need to catch up as well. Been away with no internet! Always love your show!!
Oh and awesome playing from both of you!
It’s Friday, it’s 12 o’clock, it’s TPS! Which is effectively the modern day equivalent of Crackerjack for a bunch of us 70s born nerds. Happy Friday folks.
No free pencils, though. Oh, was that that Crackerjack? I was born in the fifties!
CRACKERJACK!
Oooh I could crush a grape.
@@mikeclarke4002 we have to pay TPS if we want pencils. For some reason @thatpedalshow isn't covered by the BBC license fee. I know, it's an outrageous state of affairs.
@@benbutterworth7584 personally I'm considering ripping a tissue.
I've been doing my 'silent' practice through a Fender mustang micro amp which works a treat - but it had never occurred to me that I could plug it into my pedal board! Thank you for showing how to do that with the Boss Waza headphones and opening up my silent practice world! Great show as always 🙂 🎸 🎧
There are a couple of other cool features in iReal pro which are useful.
1. You can loop chords. So for example if you want to work on specific changes, you can just loop those chords and play over them.
2. If you go to the ‘long notes’ function in the iReal sound section, you can put the click on 2&4 and have a string pad behind you. This is great because you can hear your lines against the harmony of the chord.
This is a great video - you guys definitely inspire to learn - which has to be one of the hardest things to do!
Class ep boys. I loved it
Excellent idea, and I love your jazzy soul playing Dan Thanks guys for the app, excellent too Mick with the minor blues jazz , bravo. This small Yamaha is the best idea ever
Love the vids boys !!!
Great practice tools! Cheers Dan and Mick!!
This video was one of the best yet!
Great, simple, fun practice tips. Great episode chaps!
Awesome tools guys. Thank you very much. I really liked the irealpro. 👌👍🏻
Just bought a second Boss RC-3 Loop station before watching this, invaluable addition to a pedal board for practicing, playing to a metro gnome/beats. Big thanks to Dan for mentioning the Neunaber Iconoclast a while back, I'm loving the sound through headphones from my Laney IRT studio.
Best video yet! thanks guys!
Great Great video guys.. every bit of it.!
Ohh i like the epiphone sound Mick. Sounds really good in my headset on that clean sound. Makes me feel good in this summerheat. Well done both. Have a nice weekend :)
That clean tone with the tele is sooo awesome!
Every year that goes by you guys remind me more and more of a married couple, such synchronicity and so many tense moments when you feel you're annoying each other :D love it!
Thanks for the pointer to iReal Pro last week.
Been using it in conjunction with my guitar lessons and already see improvements in my phrasing.
100% would recommend!
You guys always help a lot
I’ve been using the metronome on 2 & 4 for the past year. I have noticed a huge improvement in my time. Playing in time makes everything else feel better.
Greetings from Nevada (where the fire season has started) My Positive Grid Spark practice amp came yesterday, so your tips are timely!
love the banter
I'm a huge iReal Pro fan. It's useful for a heck of a lot more than jazz. Seemingly any classic pop/R&B/funk/etc. song is available -- and being able to slow down the accompaniment, and then gradually bring up the tempo, is wonderful. Being able to practice a lick in any key, with the accompaniment switched to the desired key or playing any of scores of rhythmic styles, is so good.
I'd like to think we're not a cult, but then I just spent ten minutes watching you play guitar into headphones I can't hear.
Hahahahah!!!!
@@ThatPedalShow The only reason why TPS fans are so overwelmingly nice because we're all scared you're gonna come to our houses and murder us all in our sleep. I don't even like to leave my window open at night anymore just in case TPS tries to climb in. I would urge everyone else to be vigilant and do the same thing.
By the way….while I get Mick’s point about not liking the acoustic noise from the guitar while using the THR, they failed to mention that it DOES have a headphone jack. 🤪 Voila.
That’s the best sound you’ve ever had. Sorry. Couldn’t resist. 😂😂😂
Lovely looking Casino. I recently bought a Gary Clark Jr. 'Blak n Blu' Casino and I've been blown away by it. Has full Gibson electronics and pickups and it's pure filth. Cleans up really nice as well for some nice warm jazz tones. Apparently Clapton has been seen playing one on stage quite recently too. Great guitars.
Nice - sounds very cool Chris!
A really helpful episode. Thanks
Love you guys!!!
Very interesting and helpful. Thanks.
For learning songs I'm also a big fan of the various tools for slowing down the tempo while leaving the key alone.
Great tips - really enjoyed the video. Thanks :) I might even give the metrognome a go!
Great video! U guys should do this type of content more often. Too much is about consuming gear etc. we need to stop and enjoy what we have once in a while. And these tools are very good for anyone interested in playing guitar.
Really enjoy these type videos. Talking about practice doesn't happen enough
I know it's a show mainly about pedals and gear, but man I enjoy your playing. Both of you are terrific guitar players.
Thank you!
That tropical disease line made me spit out my coffee.
This video came out at a great time for me. I've just got back into playing after basically a decade away from it (kids, life, etc). It has been a real slog practicing, mainly because it's so disheartening knowing how I could previously play, and how far from that I now am.
I really liked Dan's tip with the metronome for getting a feel for time. I used to play with one to work on speed but this way is a great idea.
I use your shows as inspiration to keep going with it, so thank you! Cheers guys.
Nice one Nick - welcome back!
Guys I bought a pair of these after your words on their abillities because I value your opinion and for me they are perfect.
I just tried the metronome on 2 and 4 and even changing basic chords became incredibly difficult all of a sudden. Thanks, guys. Thanks... 😩 (No, but really thanks! Have a nice week!)
Great show!!!
iReal Pro! Game changer, lads!! Thank you!!
I just got the Ditto+ last week, what a great looper pedal, the functionality with the screen is amazing and it's still the same simple small pedal
Love improvement videos!! Praying for Dans full recovery from his bout with Longbottom!!
Had a looper station. Got a Trio+. Which is a lot more than a looper. Makes playing more fun.
I have a compulsion to do things the hard way, or "wrong" as the pros call it, so rather than a Metronome or a Looper, I use a Tremolo to simulate having friends to rock out with. Really tightened up my rhythm. 🤘
For the advanced variation of Thing 1: set your metronome to play triplets (or 12/8 with an accent on the first of every three) and play along to it with a 4/4 or square feel. Then, do the opposite. And then try playing triplet-double triplet-doubles (what drummers affectionately call "eggbeaters"). :)
Or to make things even more interesting (maybe?), put your metronome back to only playing on 2 & 4, and play along with it "normally", but use a wah and pulse your foot on all of the upbeats, or triplets, etc etc.
Cheers to this show! Actually turned the metronome into a useful tool! 2 and 4! Amazing. Generally, instead of a metronome I’ve created/explored preset drum tracks.
I'm sure this was mentioned somewhere in the comments, but there was a brilliant video of Pat Metheny giving a clinic at a music school in the 80s and he used a metronome in this fashion. He just set the click, put it on the floor and showed how he warmed up. It's a great way to breathe a little life into what might be otherwise mundane. Plus, it allows you to swing.
Sometimes While sitting in my car waiting to turn, I start a beat going on my steering wheel with click from the indicator. All good timing practice.
Haha I do the same. It drives my wife nuts.
@@Billywagner22 try beatboxing 😂 she’ll love it!
I was doing that very thing today 🤣
Dude, yes I totally do that. Then again I've been playing drums for over 45 years so... ;)
I have been a steering wheel drummer for decades! Son loves it, wife hates it.
On the metronome point: a lot of people think practicing is the time for pushing yourself and they end up setting the metronome way too fast, they play sloppy, and then they're even worse on the gig. Definitely, set it slow for subdivisions, so you will be internally responsible with articulating the rhythm. But even if you just did straight quarters with the click, still set it way slower than you think while practicing. The point of practice is to internalize and soak in the moves and changes. If you're smooth when slow in practice, you'll be smooth when fast on a gig. Great episode guys.
iRealPro was my savior in my Jazz recitals at music school 😂
Absolutely true about the headphones. I use noise-cancelling headphones with my Tone Master Deluxe Reverb by just using the DI out with an XLR female to stereo mini jack cable, using the line level as a master volume control (no additional headphone amp/interface required) and that isolation is superb for silent playing, especially with the reverb/tremolo or a bit of delay from the Strymon Volante.
I got the Rev D20 and a simple splitter box for some of these reasons. Allows me to use the audio out on my iPad and go into the amp but the D20 also allows me to use the headphone out with the cab unplugged for quiet practice all while being a great pedal platform and great anchor for the home studio
Love your work Dan🤘 That Jazz app is being downloaded asap and a yamaha on order with a new TPS shirt I reckon
I'm SOOOO pumped to practice more now! No idea why I never thought to use the metronome in that way before! It's almost one of those facepalm obvious exercises... I'm loving that app too! Definitely going to be spending a lot of time with that. Thanks guys!
I had no idea either - Mick here!
Good suggestion on the looper- I've neglected that myself and have been using a basic TC Ditto for years; but I recently upgraded to one of the larger Boss units (partly to force me to learn/use it more!) and it's made a lot of difference for practice being able to store backing tracks etc
Wow Dan, your jazz playing is awesome! I hope some of that will be recorded for your new project or E.P.
the metro gnome. i'd buy that t-shirt for sure.