Homeskoolin’ Volume 93, Tom Bukovac, “The Secret?”
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2021
- A brief chat cobbled together from a hazy thought that crossed my mind while i was still in bed this morning.
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I saw the green glass bottleneck and the heavy coat in the thumbnail and knew that things were serious. Without describing the CAGED system in a comment I'd say your system is congruent with an earlier Homeskoolin description you made about seeing the neck as overlapping keyboards of sorts. Your system is very triad focused instead of based on the octave shapes of the C A G E and D chords. Instead of prioritizing the neck into ranges of frets you are prioritizing triad shapes on string groups. It's all music and your system can fit into a CAGED perspective but might be more harmonic rather than coordinates driven. Your system kind of slices the bread lengthwise. Of course in a world of White Mountain bread there is no lengthwise. Put a little Kerry Gold on it and it should be awesome.
Hahaaaaaaaaa
plus a little of the green anti-freeze.
UNCLE TOMMY!!! THAT WEIRD MAN MADE MY HEAD HURT!
Kerry Gold WILL complete your white mnt bread for sure Uncle Larry....life changing!
Yep, it's a variation of the CAGED system which was/is a variation of the Howard Roberts methodology that this old fart was schooled in back in the early 80's. I'd gone as far as I could until I took lessons with a new instructor that opened my mind to this stuff. Without these chordal approaches learning how to master the fretboard becomes much harder, much harder indeed. ;)
Every time I stumble onto one of your vids, within two minutes I’m itching to play.
It's infectious..😂 Too bad we don't all sound like Tom bukovac when we pick up a guitar.. there's only one
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that all beginners should learn triads/inversions before the full bar chords. Such a logical and useful exercise.
If only traditional teachers would teach that way.
@glenn - can you recommend a video or course I should look into on learning triads/inversions. I started playing 3 months ago and most of Buk's stuff goes over my head but I watch anyway to see what I absorb for later. Thanks
@@SeanAllocca hey, Sean. On RUclips, a site called Justin Guitar gets a lot of love, but if you type something like 'using triads on guitar' into RUclips, you'll get plenty of results. As always, watch through a handful and ignore the ones you don't like. Good luck.
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So should I ignore my teacher and learn triads instead of bar chords? I havent been playing long and although I love tom he talks about things I dont understand 😂
@@robertpickering641 hey, Robert, have a chat with him/her about triads. I'm sure he/she will be happy to put a lesson together for you to practice at home. When you get your head around the idea, it simplifies the way you play chords (especially if you're looking to play rock/pop etc, though, if you're learning classical music, you might want to stick with the full bar chords)
Connecting basic Triads & Inversions w/ simple 2-3 note melodies = Everything. Such a fundamental lesson brother. Great to see you preach this!
Glad I studied Jazz (and know theory) even though I'm not really a pure jazz player.
I think the key here is you have to learn the fretboard using the fretboard. Work out all the inversions for a key, build on this with maj/min 3 and 7. Know where your 2 and 6 are for passing tension.
Anyone reading these comments go subscribe to Michael’s channel if your not already sub’d he does wicked breakdown / reaction videos
Michael. You and little Tommy here, are my favourite music teachers. Thanks for everything you do
Got a link to these please?@@TJjjjjjjjjjj
The greatest guitar content on RUclips or anywhere else
Just greatest content in general hahaha
Every man has his opinion. Although it is great, there are others also. Just as long as it’s not a stupid meme guitar channel.
This is the best lesson ever..... Will bring a lot of us to the next level.
Root, 3rd, 5th...root, 3rd, 5th...all over the fretboard. Got some skoolin' to do. I love these videos. No other vibe like this. Thanks Tom.
Oh man, this is serious GOLD.
I am 46 years old, I have been playing since I was 15, for the first time these inversions were explained in a way I could get my head around it. Thanks Uncle Larry!!
Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. They’re incredibly helpful and inspiring. Cheers! 🍻
I always love the look over the shoulder to see if anyone's coming, this show is classic !!
Thanks Tom! Your lessons are always great!
Thanks for all vids. Love your style.
You are something else ! Please keep these coming !
Love this! Keep up the amazing work.God bless
Love when you discuss the basics. It's inspiring to see how you still use those everytime you play.
Very inspiring! The conversations you have with us through the fretboard are riveting, interesting, and new each time. And that makes us want to keep listening and learning. Very appreciative !
I can't keep up with all these fantastic videos! Yes, you got your beer & inspiration back!
this is a bloody great video Mr Bukovac,cheers.
Thanks Tom. This is what I was practicing today in a roundabout way. My playing is slowly but surely opening up as I always come away from your videos having learned something ,and on this one it just reinforced was i was thinking today when playing these various triads. top lesson .many thanks .You rock man
Thanks for taking the time to put this one together for us. You have mentioned in past videos the importance of knowing these chord shapes/ideas all over the fretboard and I really appreciate you breaking this concept down even further for us. I watch all your videos and always take away something that I can either apply to my playing or work into my practice... not to mention getting to listen to your awesome playing!
You are amazing, thank you for inspiring us to be better with your videos. Best regards from Portugal my friend!
This is invaluable!! Thank you Dr Buk!
One of your best episodes. A lifetime of study can be done over this topic!
very helpful stuff today, Tom. I am learning to think about the fret board in new and interesting ways! Thank-you! Love it.
That's a very helpful lesson, Tom. Thank you. Much appreciated.
Oh my, Uncle Larry. Day after day. Bringing us all up. Cheers, man. Love to you & yours.
Made some serious tone investments this past week because of you and your playing. Truly inspiring stuff dude. Thank you.
Tom! I’ve finally caught up to present you.. I found out about you early January and just non stop bingeing your episodes. You have moved my inspiration to another level.. I’ve only been playing for 8 months but man you push me to work hard everyday on this instrument! Thank you 🙏
Worth saying here Tom, you have probably just unlocked allot of doors for people here man! Thanks again dude!
Caged. All the shapes, their inversions. Great way to learn the board.
Greetings from Memphis. Sounding awesome. Glad you restocked on some special sauce. This was an awesome lesson.
Just about everything you noodle around with is inspiring and gives me ideas for a song.
You and I have the same way around the neck searching for those phrases and melodies that sound new and unique.
Tim Pierce once sent me to your channel, I'm glad I did! Rock On!
New fan. I love your approach. Thanks for the inspiration
you sir are a special dude!!! inversion made SIMPLE... stroke of genius man!! thanks immensely!
This is without a doubt the most valuable lesson you have shared to date, and I will definitely be spending a lot of time coming back to this video, guitar in hand and getting this learned inside out... You are a genius, not only for seeing the fretboard this way, but for the way you explained it... Your clarity of thought on this was written all over your face throughout, a bit like Neo when he figured out the Matrix at the end of the first movie! You sir are pure class! Thank you so much for this! 😊😊😊👍🤘👍
Best lesson you've done. By far. Thanks for taking time out of your day to show us mortals a peek behind the curtain that is Uncle Larry.
As someone who just plays each day to unwind, rather than actively improve - this is a huge eye opener. Thank you for this and all of these videos. Been one of my favorite things I've stumbled across.
Awesome video Tom, hope you and your family are staying warm!
Thanks for linking it up Tommy
That may have been the most important lesson you’ve done. Gotta learn those triads to be able to navigate the fretboard. Thanks for all the posts!!
I must say the last few episodes have been great because you've taken some time to really teach.(something you're really good at, BTW) I understood and already have my own approach to this concept but it was great to get a detailed insight into your thought process. Keep rocking and thanks for taking the time!
Seriously, this is one of the absolute best spots for chillin and soaking up guitar. THANK YOU!!! It's cold in Columbia, south of you BTW :-)
Thanks again, man. The system is great, but what’s of even greater value is learning how very experienced pros think about things. That’s always been the biggest 💡 turner-on-er for me. You can see these things in magazines or whatever, but hearing someone whose playing you like talk about it makes it come to life. Stay warm!
you’re one of the few that, any time i see you share these gold nuggets i just wanna grab a guitar rightaway
Thanks for sharing Tom! I knew about this but you made me realize how important it is and that I also need to know it on all the strings besides the first three going up! Thanks!!
That is a very helpfull video👍thanks. Love you playing!
These things are so important. Knowing your inversions up/down the neck is a fantastic tool for variation in comping and as a base for soloing. Great vid!
This is mind blowing! Thanks Buk!
C chord 1st position
A shape C chord 3rd position
G shape C chord 5th position
E shape C chord 8th position
D shape C chord 12 position
Spells CAGED and is really really useful:)
Cheers!
best lesson I've ever had..been playin live for 40 years..thanks.
Another great lesson Sir! I greatly appreciate it! I've been playing by ear and "playing with others who don't know music theory" for about 8 years now, and this has really opened up a bunch of possibilities for me. Thanks again, from a fellow music lover.
With the "your Beatle chord" and "your Hendrix chord" insights-you may not realize it when you point out seemingly innocuous things like this, but these are the morsels that keep me coming back more than anything. It may seem like pointing out the obvious to somebody with a keenly developed ear such as yourself, but it somewhat de-obfuscates my neural pathways when understanding musical concepts when you word them. Thank you for coming into my life at such a malleable time in my musical career. You're the best, Tom.
Thanks bro very kind words
Buk! This so great! From the very beginnings of these carona lessons I have been progressing towards exactly this! So great. Indeed, this lesson is important. Thanks man!
Wow, this is gold! Just this morning I watched your latest video about trying some episodes with guitar lessons.
Love it. I've been trying to explain this to a friend learning. Thanks for helping me out! 😁
The benefits are endless! Makes perfect sense. Thanks again Tom!
Man. This was soo great
Thank you for the videos!!
Solid gold!
Thank you!
Millions of guitar players: the CAGED system makes playing so much easier!
Tom Buk: Hold my Rolling Rock... You only need THREE shapes!
Touché, man, touché
This was so helpful, I never really aspire to play with a band but want to be able to pick up a guitar and play how I feel. I love the blues❤️ and started playing at 58 five years ago, after hearing Ry Cooder, feelin bad blues, that’s the tone I started out pursuing and couldn’t play a chord if my life depended on it, so I bought a cheap right handed guitar from a friend and being left handed reversed the nut. Although I was laughed at when I showed friends I never gave up and can now play chords. Melodic blues phrasing, triads, arpeggios, expression, chord tones, inversions is what I’m attempting to learn at this point, anyway I know that was long, I know you may never read this but wanted to thank you and let you know I really enjoy your channel and have shared your channel with others.
Thanks, Tom. Guthrie Trapp had something on his channel a few months back that fits perfectly with this. After watching this, I understood what he was saying better. This was really good. Thanks again and stay warm!
Hey Tom, that's been THE lesson! That's what really opens up the guitar. Thanks for sharing and schoolin' !!
My man!!!! Uncle Larry spitting some knowledge! Thanks for all the impromptu lessons and the stroke of genius you had in this! Solid Gold brother
Excellent lesson man I wish I had RUclips and you to show me this when I was 12 and learning guitar in the 90's. Anyone wanting to learn guitar now has the motherload of resources available to them not including paid courses that many of the RUclipsr's provide. If you have the will and interest to practice I can't understand how anyone can't learn to play guitar. Thanks for this we all appreciate this more than you know even for 40 year old's like me still improving.
Uncle Larry, the most important thing I learned in this video is when your wife burst open the door and threw the box and you apologized. Thats how to keep the wife happy. Thanks man, the guitar stuff is cool too.
@@exactopposite hahaha
@@exactopposite So true! It's what she asked him to do while he was lying in bed thinking through these concepts..
@@randerson2842 Funny I was picturing his wife asking him to take out the garbage and him say "yeah yeah for sure I'll do that" and his face being zoned out with quantum guitar physics going on in the brain hahaha.
Secret to a happy life and life long marriage right there. So true lol that was a great moment.
Hahaha THIS!
Thank you sir for doing this!
You are a gold mine of information for beginner players Tom! Hell , I've been playing for 40 sum years and I always learn new shit from you. Thank you for doing what you're doing brother!
PEACE from Southwest Michigan.
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Great lesson!!! Great teacher!!
Thanks Tio..I needed this
Now the trick is to make them sound incredible like you do. Thanks for another great lesson and inspiration. One of our family friends’ daughters just got into Vanderbilt. Now I know all the great places to recommend to her in Nashville thanks to Uncle Larry! Stay warm and safe down there.
I COULD GET USED TO A DAILY DOSE OF THIS...
Uncle Larry, Thank you for connecting the dots for some of us who have not walked in your shoes. I wish I would have known this years ago when I actually did have a chance to play in a studio. I have to work on this so as you say, it is instantaneous. Thank you again and stay warm, it was 16 degrees today in the CLE, hope you are warmer! I am going cross country skiing later today! Cheers young lad!
Another amazing eye opener from Uncle Larry!!
Thank you Tom! much appreciation🎸
Thanks .. that was the piece of the puzzle I was looking for. Your explanation and break down makes perfect sense. Back to the garage I go..🎸🎸🎸
What a gift this is for so many guitar players. I think of the neck in inversions but I don't mentally break it down into smaller groupings. What a great easy way to be aware of where you are. When I started learning there were zero resources other than a turntable that you could slow down one notch if you had one. Can you imagine having guys like you available when you started out? I can't get enough of your casual matter of fact videos. Everyone should be sending you cash. :-)
Thanks Tom!! Super helpful tip!
Thank you (again!). This one is for us mere mortals just trying to make decent tunes on (for me) a guitar collection. This one makes sense, and it’s simple. Now I need to spend a *lot* of time practicing it. 🥰👍
oh, now is daily. Thank god for the snow eheh
He wants to get to 100.. good stuff
Great ideas! Great lesson!
But more importantly, I'm glad to see you folks are doing well. Stay warm and be safe!
My mind opened like a coconut. There was only water inside but now I can fill it with all the inversions of the open chords, or as You call them, cowboy chords. Thank you Uncle Larry, one of the best lessons so far, a gem of information condensed into a small and nice no-bullshit video!
It took me many year to learn my fretboard properly, but getting in those three strings triad all over the place like you did, a couple of years ago, just explode my way, and my joy of playing. Plus, I think everything in degree, I mean in fonction (1,3,5). Killer lesson indeed.
Thanks, Tom. "Dilly's Blues" was simple put, beautiful and well done. This is great food for thought, and I was tickled that I found three ways to play the D while you were talking. Then I kind of marveled at how the same three notes can be played on those three strings with three different shapes until I realized I was just playing inversions. But for once, I was looking for specific notes up and down the neck, something I had never really done before so I learned something, Thanks for opening another door. Cheers!
Great lesson uncle Larry. Changed the way I improvise when I started learning these triads and inversion.
Oh this is gold. Thank you uncle Larry!
Dear Tom, Your explanation about the process of learning to play the same chord up and down the neck was likely the most illuminating thing you've done for novices like myself. But honestly every class you do teaches the viewer something unique and often so important about playing music and particularly playing music with other musicians and singers. Thank you for your intelligence and generosity in sharing your knowledge and skill as a musician.
Im all over this 👍 Thanks man Gr8 lesson 🍻
Great video Tom!! I'm 52 as well and have been playing for 42 years but just started learning triads. Teaching my 16 year old son how to learn the notes on the fretboard with them.👍👍👍
You know there’s gonna be some damn good guitar players emerging from these Home Skoolin’ days (which, in a good way, I hope never end). Thanks for this one, now to practice.
Tom! awesome video, mucho thanks for this one. Both my Tele and I thank you.
Good stuff, Uncle Larry! Keep it coming! And stay warm!
Thanx Tom. I knew I need to learn these, just been postponing for 10 years or so.
guthrie talks about this a lot too. i'm so stoked you guys are playing together for a record! melodic men breaking free from the habitual confines of guitar ruttynessss yessss
Thanks, Tom. I am getting a lot of mileage out of this video. It's not just this video explanation, it was also seeing how you apply it in your day-to-day playing on other videos too. Thank you!
Excellent. Many thanks!
Stellar lesson! Thanks so much!
Omg..! Thank you!!!!! I knew some of that basically but never put it all together like that!!! Very cool!!!
Man!! You don't have to be asking for forgiveness!!! You're an incredible teacher and musician sharing your approach to the instrument and giving all of us so many great tips and sources of inspiration!!!! I Thank you so much for all you have been giving us.
For me man I unlocked the guitar when I stopped thinking about playing in shapes/patterns and more about notes/chords. Changed the game for me man. This lesson here is invaluable bro you just gave intermediate players a gift that they won’t be able to repay. Somehow I got the feeling you’re cool with that 😉