After 36 years of playing the best thing I’d say you can do to play really good melodic riffs is by listening to melodic music. Everything filters through your brain first. Practice finding the notes you hear in your head and pulling them out of your guitar. Worry about the theory later. Theory is only really so musicians can communicate with other musicians without literally using tone.
@@stevec9972 I saw that Rick Beoto video too.nim assuming that's a quote. I know theory extremely well . The truth is some of the most famous guitarist never learned theory and have have ok mentor the most memorable riffs of all time.
Was just my experience which others may relate to. I agree Theory is not necessary for playing. You can get by without it. I avoided it for many many yrs. I bought the ( famous person) eg. Hendrix didnt/doesn't know theory, ok good enough for me. Now I wonder do they mean they can't sight read and don't have a music degree, or have no clue about any theory at all Edit, how common are successful theory illiterate musos
@@stevec9972 I definitely advocate for learning theory , point I was making is more from a comping writing aspect. Listening to music is very important if you want to be good at being creative .
I've watched countless guitar lesson videos on YT this year and one of the many reasons I always come back to you Ross is because of the finger positions you use for the licks. It seems so approachable and achievable. Lots of 1 & 3 fingerings (vs 2 & 4) which is so natural and comfortable for me. I'd love to see a video breaking down how you choose finger positions for certain scales or licks because you seem to get a ton of mileage out of finger positions I'm already comfortable with!
As much as I enjoy your lessons, Ross I really just want to hear you play! Release more Ross music! Post vids of you gigging live! Your feel, touch, phrasing are fantastic, sir.
Great video Ross - after zillions of instructional videos this makes sense and you explain it really well, = i didn't have to pause the video half a dozen times to get it either. Keep up the good work.
Perfect (no pun intended) timing! I'm in the middle of looking at some "Mayer style" playing and lessons like this really speed up your learning and, more importantly, your application of your learning. Thanks Ross.
Ross, you are an excellent communicator. I'm 36 and a decades long intermediate player looking to break through (and out of the minor pentatonic box), and have signed up for notification for your Nov 24 course release. Can't wait!!
Thanks man!! Your explanation, demonstration and execution of application was lovely!! I really enjoyed the way you phrased them! I'm gonna try and experiment around it. Cheers!
Thank you so much for the information man🙏this is amazing to have with me now so easy to remember too. Only two down from each root in the minor scale🤘
Friends introduced me to "Where the light is" when it came out and it changed my life forever. This concert is legendary, it is simply 3h of stellar performances of each song and exceptional music overall. Even today I still can't fathom and I shake my head in disbelief thinking about the level of musicianship you must have to pull off a show of this caliber. I feel sad for bitter and jealous people who aren't able to feel, be inspired, or at the very least, acknowledge this greatness.
Couldn’t agree more. For me that live album blew me away and is just a masterclass of musicianship all round. The last live album that did that to me was Paul McCartneys Tripping the Live Fantastic. I was in total awe of Robbie McIntosh’s guitar playing above all. Felt like a kid at Xmas to see him featuring with Mayer.
Dude. I’ve been playing a very long time never could grasp music theory. I’m self taught and developed my own relative theory . You’re one hell of a teacher. Finally someone on here that made it make some sense.
As always, super smooth playing, great tone, and perfectly laid out for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players (who can rip but may have no understanding of what the major 2nd is, and they ARE out there!). I'm NEVER not impressed and ALWAYS come away with something. Thanks Ross!
The way I learned the fretboard is breaking down the other minor pentatonic scales that fit with C#, for instance. F#, G#, and Eb is the odd(locrian). Then I learned those pentatonic scales in the same position as C# minor. With everything being movable, if I practice this, even in my head, my improvisation skills really improved. Really good good good lesson.
What I did to break through the pentatonic rut was to learn arpeggios for all basic chords (Minor, Major, Augmented, diminished, Minor 7th, Major 7th and 7b5) and spell them all over the neck. This was mandatory to learn in my college course and It's what served me the most. Second most useful things for me has been learning chord analysis and modes to learn all possible extensions for any given chords in context of a song. (9ths, 11ths, 13ths). The former is the bread and butter to know basic notes to target and literally how to play in an ensemble, the latter was to get a color palette to target even better notes like the one shown in this video! Great explanation btw!
Great lesson, Ross. Check back to 1969/70 and you'll hear Ritchie Blackmore's opening licks from the Child in Time solo are root note bent up to major 2nd. Always wondered why it sounded so good!
Joe Bonamassa does this in Bb in I will take care of you. I appreciate you taking the time to explain things from a musicians point of view, not just pointing out strings and fret numbers
You are the best, Ross! And probrably, if i had to choose, i'd pick you as my favorite instead JM 😂 you play like a big combination of my favs guitar players lol
John Mayer was what introduced me to blues, then I discovered Matt Schofield and Robben Ford. I still come back to John Mayer because I love his song writing style
One can argue that some of Mayer's Pop songs are a bit sappy, but there is simply no denying his talent as a guitarist. I personally prefer his work in Dead & Company, as it's a bit more varied mainly due to the material, but he's also a damn good straight ahead Blues guitarist. Thanks for another great lesson Ross. Hope you are doing well 😃
Lovely content, it helped me a lot to see things in context. Thanks so much, Ross! What’s about that Budapest photo on your wall? Any relation to Hungary?
Hey Ross, it’s always a delight to watch your videos, listen to your wonderful playing and dive into the theory that explains all the magic behind. By the way, your guitar sounds amazing. I know that a few years back you swapped the original pickups for some noiseless ones. Are the current ones still noiseless?
The D# is so sweet because as the 9 of the C#m, and the serves a tension being the major 7 of the E as you complete the IV-I cadence of A to E. Especially if you are thinking that A as suspended which, spoiler alert, is the D#!
That was an awesome explanation, and it led to something clicking in my head, and I'm wondering if you (or anyone else) can let me know if I'm on the right track with this. From the little bit that I know about music theory and chord composition, that D# note is a leading tone to E. And since the next 2 chords in the progression are Amaj and Emaj, which each have an E in their respective triads (it's the major third in Amaj, and the root in Emaj), are we getting nice tension and resolution from playing that D# and then resolving to the E when we hit the Amaj and Emaj? eg: is that why it sounds so good and satisfying?
Hi Ross , question when the chord changes and say it stays on for a few measures are u picking the note harder every time the down beat of that chord starts? Because I lose track from all the other notes ur playing .. hope that made sense. Thanks bro.
John is great, those that diss him are mostly Eruometal Shredders, but before your Finland-born shredders, there was the blues, and rock, and melodic guitar
Is Bulletproof Guitar Player different to Beyond Pentatonics? If so how? I have Beyond Pentatonics and the licks, I highly recommend them. Regards and all the best
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Thank you for an answer Ross. Did you ever tried a Line6 Helix Native plugin? I think, with your skills it will sounds really good!
Wait, what? Someone argues that JM is not one of the finest??? Que? This does not compute. Even Eric Clapton said, "John Mayer doesn't know just how good he really is. He's one of the best of his generation." Ross: "the lost intermediate guitar plateau." Ha ha ha ha. 😂 Fuckin lost my shit when you said that pal. Hilarious. Love it. So true. 🤣🤣🤣 Well, Ross, I have to say, after my decades in this industry, I think YOU are also one of the finest of your generation, pal. And you're a cool teacher. Even Tim Pierce rates you, and that's a mega achievement & massive nod. I can't wait to get back home and catch up with you. So much to tell you. 😉
@@RossCampbellGuitarist awesome. That’s good news because I know exactly that the major 7th is a 1/2 step before the root. This should work out great. Thank you.
Probability not the best to use maj & min for intervals in replacement of flats and sharps. There is no maj or min 2, its either a 2 or a b2. But i guess up yall on how ya want to remember it.
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After 36 years of playing the best thing I’d say you can do to play really good melodic riffs is by listening to melodic music. Everything filters through your brain first. Practice finding the notes you hear in your head and pulling them out of your guitar. Worry about the theory later. Theory is only really so musicians can communicate with other musicians without literally using tone.
I found before I learnt some theory, it was like driving in a strange city with no map or street signs
@@stevec9972 I saw that Rick Beoto video too.nim assuming that's a quote. I know theory extremely well . The truth is some of the most famous guitarist never learned theory and have have ok mentor the most memorable riffs of all time.
Was just my experience which others may relate to.
I agree Theory is not necessary for playing. You can get by without it.
I avoided it for many many yrs.
I bought the ( famous person) eg. Hendrix didnt/doesn't know theory, ok good enough for me.
Now I wonder do they mean they can't sight read and don't have a music degree,
or have no clue about any theory at all
Edit, how common are successful theory illiterate musos
@@stevec9972 I definitely advocate for learning theory , point I was making is more from a comping writing aspect. Listening to music is very important if you want to be good at being creative .
Nah bullshit. Never limit yourself to learning some things but not others and always keep trying to learn and improve
I've watched countless guitar lesson videos on YT this year and one of the many reasons I always come back to you Ross is because of the finger positions you use for the licks. It seems so approachable and achievable. Lots of 1 & 3 fingerings (vs 2 & 4) which is so natural and comfortable for me. I'd love to see a video breaking down how you choose finger positions for certain scales or licks because you seem to get a ton of mileage out of finger positions I'm already comfortable with!
As much as I enjoy your lessons, Ross I really just want to hear you play! Release more Ross music! Post vids of you gigging live! Your feel, touch, phrasing are fantastic, sir.
I second that emotion!!!!
Great video Ross - after zillions of instructional videos this makes sense and you explain it really well, = i didn't have to pause the video half a dozen times to get it either. Keep up the good work.
Great video. This and his bending the major 7 to the 1 like in Edge of Desire always gets me.
Perfect (no pun intended) timing! I'm in the middle of looking at some "Mayer style" playing and lessons like this really speed up your learning and, more importantly, your application of your learning. Thanks Ross.
Ross, you are an excellent communicator. I'm 36 and a decades long intermediate player looking to break through (and out of the minor pentatonic box), and have signed up for notification for your Nov 24 course release. Can't wait!!
Super helpful and clear theory explanations as usual. Also, agree with you re: JM. I never get tired of listening to him play.
Thanks for the lesson, always learning new things in your videos.
Awesome lesson Ross, you’re the man. Definitely gonna use this in my playing moving forward
great lesson, thanks Ross.....major 2nd really gives a mayer sound to a solo. Beautifully explained as always.
Great lesson, love your playing Ross. Thanks
Thanks man!! Your explanation, demonstration and execution of application was lovely!! I really enjoyed the way you phrased them!
I'm gonna try and experiment around it. Cheers!
Thank you so much for the information man🙏this is amazing to have with me now so easy to remember too. Only two down from each root in the minor scale🤘
Very smooth, luv this type of lesson ❤
Friends introduced me to "Where the light is" when it came out and it changed my life forever.
This concert is legendary, it is simply 3h of stellar performances of each song and exceptional music overall.
Even today I still can't fathom and I shake my head in disbelief thinking about the level of musicianship you must have to pull off a show of this caliber.
I feel sad for bitter and jealous people who aren't able to feel, be inspired, or at the very least, acknowledge this greatness.
absolutely dude..... mayer was in a different zone back then !
Couldn’t agree more. For me that live album blew me away and is just a masterclass of musicianship all round. The last live album that did that to me was Paul McCartneys Tripping the Live Fantastic. I was in total awe of Robbie McIntosh’s guitar playing above all. Felt like a kid at Xmas to see him featuring with Mayer.
Dude. I’ve been playing a very long time never could grasp music theory. I’m self taught and developed my own relative theory . You’re one hell of a teacher. Finally someone on here that made it make some sense.
This was a great refresher
Great video!
So much to learn in this video.
How (and why) hitting the Major 2nd sounds awesome in blues solos.
And that Movember is officially go...
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Thanks for this lesson and God bless!
Congrats on 200k my friend! Longtime subscriber here.
Great lesson! ❤
He is an amazing guitar player and singer in regards to all times
loving it as always.. awesome charisma and teaching ross 🙏🙏
Thank you!
Thanks Ross, you explain this so well. Its finally beginning to sink in, you've made this alot more accessible and easier to understand.
Great to hear! Thank you
Love it, Ross!
This is gold🤘❤️🔥
Incredible, playing, incredible lesson, incredible knowledge. I wish I wasn’t lost but I’m lost. One day maybe 😊💯🎶🎸
As always, super smooth playing, great tone, and perfectly laid out for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players (who can rip but may have no understanding of what the major 2nd is, and they ARE out there!). I'm NEVER not impressed and ALWAYS come away with something. Thanks Ross!
Thank you 🙏🙏
You explained this so incredibly well. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful. Thanks!
Thanks mate, fully agree with you.
The sax solo on careless whispers uses that interval for that same effect.Great lesson Ross!
Extremely useful, your playing demonstration sounds very Mayor-ish just because of this factor, keep it up!
As always very informative and helpfull. Ross you are one perfect four teacher!
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Wieder einmal ein hervorragender Beitrag. Grüße aus Germany...Thanks Ross...
The way I learned the fretboard is breaking down the other minor pentatonic scales that fit with C#, for instance. F#, G#, and Eb is the odd(locrian). Then I learned those pentatonic scales in the same position as C# minor. With everything being movable, if I practice this, even in my head, my improvisation skills really improved.
Really good good good lesson.
Thank you!
Good video ! Thanks
Waintng the new course ❤
What I did to break through the pentatonic rut was to learn arpeggios for all basic chords (Minor, Major, Augmented, diminished, Minor 7th, Major 7th and 7b5) and spell them all over the neck. This was mandatory to learn in my college course and It's what served me the most. Second most useful things for me has been learning chord analysis and modes to learn all possible extensions for any given chords in context of a song. (9ths, 11ths, 13ths). The former is the bread and butter to know basic notes to target and literally how to play in an ensemble, the latter was to get a color palette to target even better notes like the one shown in this video! Great explanation btw!
I love that second exercise!! Got any practice examples? Id love to be able to start using more extensions!!
Great lesson, Ross. Check back to 1969/70 and you'll hear Ritchie Blackmore's opening licks from the Child in Time solo are root note bent up to major 2nd. Always wondered why it sounded so good!
Good as always, Ross. Hendrix liked to use that same "money note," as you call it, e.g., in All Along the Watchtower.
You’re The best teacher when explaining how and why it works.
Thank you 🙏
Yes I did, thanks.
great playing and explanation 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks!
Hell yeah🔥🔥
Joe Bonamassa does this in Bb in I will take care of you. I appreciate you taking the time to explain things from a musicians point of view, not just pointing out strings and fret numbers
Love your book.
You are the best, Ross! And probrably, if i had to choose, i'd pick you as my favorite instead JM 😂 you play like a big combination of my favs guitar players lol
John Mayer was what introduced me to blues, then I discovered Matt Schofield and Robben Ford. I still come back to John Mayer because I love his song writing style
Same here! He was my gateway to blues guitar playing when I was a teenager
Sounds like Chris Buck playing Slow Dancing in a burning room.
Great vid Ross
You are an amazing player, Ross.
Thank you 🙏
One can argue that some of Mayer's Pop songs are a bit sappy, but there is simply no denying his talent as a guitarist. I personally prefer his work in Dead & Company, as it's a bit more varied mainly due to the material, but he's also a damn good straight ahead Blues guitarist. Thanks for another great lesson Ross. Hope you are doing well 😃
I don't know about John Mayer, but at 01:38 you've nailed David Gilmour's secret sauce!
major 2nds are also big Mark Knopfler energy. great vid, thank you!
yes. mayer is guitar genius. period.
What a great video have a good weekend ❤😅😊😊
Very nice lesson. Your playing is fantastic. And the sound of the guitar is also very beautiful. Did you use your own tone king preset?
I'm learning
Ross is great and I’ve seen him become a great guitar player
One of the most tasteful solos from Mayer for me is his solo in Born Under a Bad Sign with Gary Clark Junior.
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Every once in a while Mayer will rip out his Clapton “Old Love” type licks. Amazing player. Good stuff and all the best from Toronto.
Lovely content, it helped me a lot to see things in context. Thanks so much, Ross! What’s about that Budapest photo on your wall? Any relation to Hungary?
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I really like to use the major 2nd!!!
Ross, David Gilmour also targets the major 2nd or 9th. You should make a lesson about Mark Knopfler Adding in notes to the pentatonic scale.
thx
Hey Ross, it’s always a delight to watch your videos, listen to your wonderful playing and dive into the theory that explains all the magic behind. By the way, your guitar sounds amazing. I know that a few years back you swapped the original pickups for some noiseless ones. Are the current ones still noiseless?
These are the original ones I put them back in a few years ago.
The D# is so sweet because as the 9 of the C#m, and the serves a tension being the major 7 of the E as you complete the IV-I cadence of A to E. Especially if you are thinking that A as suspended which, spoiler alert, is the D#!
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Bro. What are using for your tone? That sounds amazing!
That was an awesome explanation, and it led to something clicking in my head, and I'm wondering if you (or anyone else) can let me know if I'm on the right track with this. From the little bit that I know about music theory and chord composition, that D# note is a leading tone to E. And since the next 2 chords in the progression are Amaj and Emaj, which each have an E in their respective triads (it's the major third in Amaj, and the root in Emaj), are we getting nice tension and resolution from playing that D# and then resolving to the E when we hit the Amaj and Emaj? eg: is that why it sounds so good and satisfying?
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srry ross. I am actually leaving mean comments, but continuing to watch regardless. :)
Hi Ross , question when the chord changes and say it stays on for a few measures are u picking the note harder every time the down beat of that chord starts? Because I lose track from all the other notes ur playing .. hope that made sense. Thanks bro.
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Fuckin super helpful tip!! Good shit 👏
John is great, those that diss him are mostly Eruometal Shredders, but before your Finland-born shredders, there was the blues, and rock, and melodic guitar
i actually like your playing more than I do JM. 😇
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Is Bulletproof Guitar Player different to Beyond Pentatonics? If so how? I have Beyond Pentatonics and the licks, I highly recommend them. Regards and all the best
Hi Ross. I listened to the progression a few times and in my ears the tonal center is E major and not C# minor. Same notes but not the same thing.
Hi Ross. Your guitar tone in this video is really killer! Which plugin did you used here?
Thanks! It was the Tone King Imperial MKII plugin by Neural DSP. That's what I use for everything these days. It's so good.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Thank you for an answer Ross. Did you ever tried a Line6 Helix Native plugin? I think, with your skills it will sounds really good!
Wait, what? Someone argues that JM is not one of the finest??? Que? This does not compute.
Even Eric Clapton said, "John Mayer doesn't know just how good he really is. He's one of the best of his generation."
Ross: "the lost intermediate guitar plateau." Ha ha ha ha. 😂 Fuckin lost my shit when you said that pal. Hilarious. Love it. So true. 🤣🤣🤣
Well, Ross, I have to say, after my decades in this industry, I think YOU are also one of the finest of your generation, pal. And you're a cool teacher.
Even Tim Pierce rates you, and that's a mega achievement & massive nod.
I can't wait to get back home and catch up with you. So much to tell you. 😉
Thank you man! 🙏🙏
"I've been trying to play guitar by ear for years, but the strings always make my earlobes sore!" hahaha
how much is the course, I can not find the price
classic Gilmour trait too.
The solo at 1:38 was money
isnt the major 2 srv's money note?
Well, I already subscribed a while back, so today I made my wife subscribe to help you hit that next big round number. 200k is only days away!
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Aaron Marshall of Intervals is another very tasteful, melodic guitar player. Different style of music to Mayer though.
Can someone tab this? It helps me learn by visualization
When you did the first demonstration over that C#m drone, it sounded VERY David Gilmore’ish…. Am guessing that’s something he does too?
So if you were to look at this from a Major standpoint and not Minor, would there be an equivalent note in the major scale to get the same result?
Yes, if you were looking at it in the relative major key of E major, this note would be the major 7th of E.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist awesome. That’s good news because I know exactly that the major 7th is a 1/2 step before the root. This should work out great.
Thank you.
To my ears, it seems John copped this target from David Gilmour. Great lesson. Thanks!
Your solo sounds more like David Gilmour. Beautiful tone.
Ross, what about us who bought V 1 via Udemy? Thanks for answer! Cheers!
Hey man, if you have V1 you really don't need this course. It's the same curriculum with updated production quality
this sounds so much like david gilmore style playing
We're in the Key of E. C#m is the 6 of E.
Probability not the best to use maj & min for intervals in replacement of flats and sharps. There is no maj or min 2, its either a 2 or a b2. But i guess up yall on how ya want to remember it.