Unlocking Robben Ford's Altered Magic in "Help The Poor"

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  • @AndyDacoulis
    @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +6

    👉 Check out my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/AndyDacoulis

  • @aliassaid6398
    @aliassaid6398 Рік тому +19

    Killer tone. Outstanding playing.

  • @dominiquejarry9707
    @dominiquejarry9707 2 місяці тому +3

    Finally found someone who teaches guitar the way I need it.
    Fantastic tutorial.

  • @tomdecuca3627
    @tomdecuca3627 3 місяці тому +1

    Great playing, Andy! That tone is so perfect for that style. Perfect amount of gain and reverb!

  • @juliocaliman
    @juliocaliman Рік тому +4

    Great tone and feel! Congratulations! Love the editing too :)

  • @mrstrat222
    @mrstrat222 Рік тому +2

    Bravo!!! One of the best lessons on Ford's use of the Altered scale!!! Props!

  • @Prefabfan-q2q
    @Prefabfan-q2q Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @BrnSnd
    @BrnSnd Рік тому +2

    This is quality content! Great tone, great guitar, great lesson, excellent video.

  • @kimbozekowski5681
    @kimbozekowski5681 Рік тому +2

    Great job on this Andy! I just downloaded the transcription of the complete opening solo. Killer. Thanks.

  • @FrancisFurtak
    @FrancisFurtak Місяць тому

    Andy, really nice playing! I really also like your style of teaching. Slow it all down so it can sink in. I used the same technique when I used to teach. It's a lot to take in and just whisking through lines doesn't work. Thanks a lot I'll be back!

  • @robertscherer8860
    @robertscherer8860 Рік тому +1

    Always love the sound of this music, just wasn’t sure what I was listening to. Thanks for bringing some insight to the subject. Robben has such gift.

  • @winstonsmith8240
    @winstonsmith8240 Рік тому +3

    Awesome tone. Fabulous playing. Impressed. [and subscribed].
    Funny thing is I already know this stuff, but you make it sound so good. All the best mate.

  • @wobamusic
    @wobamusic 7 місяців тому +1

    Great playing, explanation and great sound....thanx a lot...regards from Germany👍👋

  • @75jdavid
    @75jdavid Рік тому +1

    god damn Andy, you really break these ideas into digestible chunks in such a useful way! Fantastic content!

  • @thebluesrockers
    @thebluesrockers 4 місяці тому +1

    Your channel should be called "Andy Delicious" because your material that teach is very "Tasty!"
    Thank you for your complex lessons made easy.. Peace from Indiana.

  • @larrygarnett
    @larrygarnett 4 місяці тому +1

    Awesome Andy Thanks for posting

  • @Idgolfguy
    @Idgolfguy 8 місяців тому

    Thanks

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  8 місяців тому

      Thank you Victor!

    • @gringoringobass8599
      @gringoringobass8599 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@AndyDacouliscan you please tell me how you get this Robben Ford guitar Tone/Sound and/or doing a Robben Ford " Sound" Video , thanks from Bavaria

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  2 місяці тому +1

      @@gringoringobass8599 Hello, I use the Line 6 Helix for my videos, but you can recreate this sound using a tube amplifier and an Overdrive pedal set at medium gain. It's important that it is an Overdrive pedal and not a Distortion pedal. I then add a bit of reverb, and some stereo delay. The delay settings are usually a 1/8 note on one side and a dotted 1/8 note on the other.

    • @gringoringobass8599
      @gringoringobass8599 2 місяці тому

      @@AndyDacoulis thanks 🎄❤️

  • @DennyJiosa
    @DennyJiosa Рік тому +2

    You play great, Andy!

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      Coming from you, Denny, this is high praise. Thank you! Love your playing

  • @TheTwangKings
    @TheTwangKings 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice work, very fusiony sounding!

  • @thachnnguyen
    @thachnnguyen Рік тому +1

    Sounds just freaking awesome!

  • @ИгорьШаманов-ц3к
    @ИгорьШаманов-ц3к 8 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely awesome! Very useful, thank you!

  • @joshsklair8356
    @joshsklair8356 5 місяців тому +1

    Need to come back to this. It’s 4 am. Thanks 🙏🏼

  • @therewillbejazz
    @therewillbejazz Рік тому +2

    One of the best lessons i v ever seen, perfect love your stuff dude💜

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому

      Thank you! So glad that you enjoyed the video. I appreciate the awesome comment

  • @9ineToe
    @9ineToe Рік тому

    Andy, those are some very, very "taste-t" licks! Well done, and great lesson!

  • @RickFiorentino
    @RickFiorentino Рік тому

    Sounds great! It has a lovely outside flavor to it...thanks!

  • @youngandrew66
    @youngandrew66 Рік тому

    Awesome , love help the poor. That bit just blows you away. Most peoples vids on Mr Ford seem to think his secret flavours are all about the diminished scale. Not so!

  • @GaryBradleymusic
    @GaryBradleymusic Рік тому

    Excellent tutorial. Lovely tone too 😊

  • @stevenpalmieri348
    @stevenpalmieri348 Рік тому

    Excellent lesson. Thanks Andy.

  • @RadcliffGuitar
    @RadcliffGuitar 8 місяців тому

    Great lesson. I love UA-cam so much. I can get back into Robben and resources like you just land on me.

  • @WalktheWalk-ki9kj
    @WalktheWalk-ki9kj Місяць тому

    Great video.

  • @matthiasscheffler548
    @matthiasscheffler548 Рік тому

    Great lessons, great materials. I'll have to order some of your lessons

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому

      Thanks Matthias - feel free to take a look at the lesson packages on my website.

  • @Peter-sk5vg
    @Peter-sk5vg 8 місяців тому

    Beautifully presented

  • @johnpritchard9753
    @johnpritchard9753 Рік тому

    Great playing. Fabulous sound.

  • @Itaivarochik
    @Itaivarochik Рік тому

    Wow! Thanks man. What’s a great lesson

  • @doodleedledoo
    @doodleedledoo 13 днів тому

    0:46 over this Bb7sus2 chord ( I looked it up and I think it’s correct?) it sounds like you’re playing an E altered scale. You appear to do that each time yet you don’t mention it. How is it that the Eb altered scale fits over that chord? This is a great lesson. Thank you for your efforts. I’ve watched it at least 6 times trying to understand this.

  • @JasonLeonPike
    @JasonLeonPike Рік тому

    Very cool. Great work.

  • @nashvillecalling
    @nashvillecalling 10 місяців тому

    great stuff. took me decades to understand it, now it seems easy.

  • @tomneily9506
    @tomneily9506 10 місяців тому

    Love that sound thank you your a good guy for teaching that its gold

  • @frankcollazo8313
    @frankcollazo8313 Рік тому

    Great Video! interested on how you arrived at Fords tone.

  • @jfender8023
    @jfender8023 Рік тому

    great sound ! smooth approach !I know you are teaching us a tune but I would love to hear YOU play C melodic minor and then Bb Melodic minor over the Ford tune

  • @80srocker65
    @80srocker65 Рік тому

    Great teaching

  • @dougshankle7946
    @dougshankle7946 Рік тому

    Sounds fantastic!

  • @brentgilbert4208
    @brentgilbert4208 Рік тому

    BEAUTIFUL 335 Andy!

  • @CAJMusic
    @CAJMusic Рік тому

    Fantastic Andy!!!

  • @nearlysteviedan1275
    @nearlysteviedan1275 Рік тому

    Killer tone !

  • @bobbysbackingtracks
    @bobbysbackingtracks Рік тому

    Brilliant.

  • @Guitarslngr
    @Guitarslngr Рік тому

    Excellent information! A little D melodic minor sprinkled in? (same shapes as A altered, just up a major third)

  • @1963Tele
    @1963Tele Рік тому

    Thank you!

  • @khalilhabib9607
    @khalilhabib9607 Рік тому

    Unreal. Great lesson. Thank you. What guitar are you playing? You nailed Ford’s tone

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      Thanks Khalil - it's a 1990 Gibson ES-335.

  • @joncicc9062
    @joncicc9062 Рік тому

    Hey Andy, your stuff is definitely some of the best and most applicable out there! Question, are you using one of your Helix presets on this video? Thanks!

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      Hi Jon - yes, I am using the Plexi Brt preset that I sell on my website. Glad that you like the video

  • @Ben777World
    @Ben777World Рік тому

    Just discovered your channel and like it. How about listing your equipment in the gray box area?

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому

      Sure that's a good idea. I'll do this moving forward. I am playing a 1990 Gibson ES-335, and I use the Line 6 Helix for the tones. I am glad that you are enjoying my content Thanks

  • @jakollee
    @jakollee Рік тому

    Great lesson! Very clear explanation of the altered scale over the altered V chord! But may I ask, what scale are you playing over the Bb7 chord towards the end of the progression, and on the bridge? Thanks!

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      Hello - that is the Lydian Dominant scale. It's the 4th mode of the melodic minor scale.

    • @jakollee
      @jakollee Рік тому

      @@AndyDacoulis thanks!

  • @Ben777World
    @Ben777World Рік тому

    Hi Andy. You were kind to answer yesterday. Your sound is so nice, so before blowing money I'd like to be sure about your rig. I believe you have a Strat wired to the Helix which goes straight to your computer where you record. Is this correct? Since you don't have headphones, you are probably listening to your computer speakers for monitoring purposes, but we hear the directly recorded sound, which is probably better. Are both these statements correct? Thank you and keep up the good work.

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      Yes, you are 100% correct. I plug the guitar into the Helix, then into my interface. I use the studio speakers to hear my guitar and the backing track. You hear the recorded sound in the video, If you don't want to buy the Helix, you can use their plug-in, Helix Native. It works well.

    • @Ben777World
      @Ben777World Рік тому

      Thanks!

  • @stevieboi61
    @stevieboi61 9 місяців тому

    nice. thankyou👌

  • @patrickcasey357
    @patrickcasey357 Рік тому

    Andy, what amp model are you using? Sounds very Dumble like. Excellent tone sir.

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому

      Hi Patrick - it's the Litigator model. It's here: andydacoulis.com/product/585039

  • @Bflatest
    @Bflatest Рік тому

    one thing I learned was to make this mode sound great you need to play it more like triads and not just scale lines. So I am learning this mode as 7 triads

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      I agree. Scales tell part of the story but the arpeggio and lines give you the sound of the mode instantly. Good observation.

  • @PeterKertesz2013
    @PeterKertesz2013 Рік тому

    Viva La Robben Ford! And of course, Carlos Santana!🎵

  • @viktorkovalenko3516
    @viktorkovalenko3516 6 місяців тому

    ❤! Thanks!

  • @pedrotavares8691
    @pedrotavares8691 Рік тому

    Killer tone and "dexterity".

  • @myuncle2
    @myuncle2 Місяць тому

    Brilliant. This groove sounds also like a more jazzy take on "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson.

  • @FabrizioPeretti
    @FabrizioPeretti Рік тому

    How did you get that great clean tone at the beginning?

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +1

      I use the Line 6 Helix for the tones in my videos. I set the amp model to clean, but allow for some break-up when I pick hard.

    • @FabrizioPeretti
      @FabrizioPeretti Рік тому

      @@AndyDacoulis is the patch available? I have the helix as well, didn't expect that ahaha

  • @TrojanBus
    @TrojanBus Рік тому

    Just realised, that A7#5 chord is the last chord in the chorus of 'Ladies Night In Buffalo' by Steve Vai/Roth (for what it's worth)

  • @WickBeavers
    @WickBeavers Рік тому

    Killer!

  • @Yvero94
    @Yvero94 Рік тому

    Hello Andy, I just discovered your channel. Great videos in various style which you master. Lucky person ! If you like challenges to transcribe and play an amazing solo (IMO) check Andy Timmons and the Paw Kings : Loosen up. It is testy, powerful, and harmonically surprising.. I'm sur I'll love it. Thank you any way for the great work. Hibou

  • @Sovcali
    @Sovcali 10 місяців тому

    That lick at 5:44 is everything I want to master in this life.

    • @timbradley135
      @timbradley135 7 місяців тому

      UA-cam can be slowed down to quarter speed.

  • @Dougb612
    @Dougb612 9 місяців тому

    Cool bro

  • @jakelee7639
    @jakelee7639 4 місяці тому

    Great player you are….with #5 I would go whole tone/ augmented….but robben is way better than my choices and this is fantastic

  • @Bearthalamass
    @Bearthalamass Рік тому +18

    I have a combination whole tone/chromatic scale to help cover up mistakes if i accidently hit the wrong note. 😂

  • @arnieg65
    @arnieg65 Рік тому

    Do you sell the backing track?

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому

      Hello - yes, the backing track is here: andydacoulis.com/product/903595

  • @davidespinosa1910
    @davidespinosa1910 Рік тому

    Can someone please spell out the scale ? Thanks !

  • @wiliamsilvaguita6893
    @wiliamsilvaguita6893 Рік тому +1

    Muito bom! 👏 👏

  • @mqblues
    @mqblues Рік тому

    Good altered-blues vocabulary. Well done.

  •  Рік тому

    👌🏻😀

  • @bluesdawg8014
    @bluesdawg8014 Рік тому

    Yeah buddy, sweet Los Angeles

  • @QuilonB
    @QuilonB Рік тому

    3:25

  • @QuilonB
    @QuilonB Рік тому

    7:04

  • @geraldtrik6826
    @geraldtrik6826 Рік тому

    OREOS!!!!!

  • @lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510
    @lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510 Рік тому

    😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

  • @tristanavakian
    @tristanavakian 9 місяців тому

    bro is showing us the matrix

  • @dannychoriki1977
    @dannychoriki1977 Рік тому

    I absolutely LOATHE that half the community just says "Super Locrian, 7th mode of the Melodic Minor scale."
    And the other half just says some vague "A altered scale" Which really means B melodic minor or A super locrian, so misleading, for literally no reason.
    You sound great, but hot damn I do not know why people do this!

  • @Ogukuo
    @Ogukuo 10 місяців тому +1

    you call out the Bb Melodic Minor = Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-Gb-A ... you’re playing Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-G-A ... is that a preference because Robben does it from the A ... so he resolves to the A ... and its just better to go G-A ... ?

  • @BluenoteBoy
    @BluenoteBoy Рік тому

    Very tasty!

  • @kenster3554
    @kenster3554 8 місяців тому

    The symmetrical augmented arpeggio (A-C#-E#) comes right out of the diminished whole tone scale. Not all the notes of a true whole scale starting from A are “compatible”, but there are no wrong notes, merely poor approaches and/or poor resolutions. It’s easy to make it all work.

  • @oficinadomarcheto
    @oficinadomarcheto Рік тому +1

    Superlocrian mode

  • @Boozetowne
    @Boozetowne Рік тому

    $15 for 8 bars???

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому +2

      8 bars? The transcribed solo is 25 bars. These 25 bars represent a lot of time, effort, and money invested to play this style of music over 20+ years. My goal now is to share this knowledge with people trying to learn it themselves through my UA-cam tutorials. If the $15 is an issue, I will gladly send it to you free of charge. Just contact me through the CONTACT page on my website and I will send it to you.

    • @Boozetowne
      @Boozetowne Рік тому

      @@AndyDacoulis My apologies; all I saw was 8.
      I'm not looking for free goods. I'll send the 15 through Your site.
      Thanks

    • @AndyDacoulis
      @AndyDacoulis  Рік тому

      @@Boozetowne All good! Thanks for clearing it up.

    • @salamandermusic
      @salamandermusic Рік тому

      A class way to handle that little interaction. Love it!

  • @AlecJames-q2i
    @AlecJames-q2i 3 місяці тому

    Playing the altered scale over an A7 equals two women at the same time 😂

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet Рік тому

    Who the heck is robben ford?

  • @hetknn8600
    @hetknn8600 Рік тому

    Don’t get me wrong but this sounds so composed and nothing is improvised. Robben improvises all his solos even on Records in studio!

    • @clust11
      @clust11 Рік тому +6

      Can’t you be thankful for his dedication? Mr Big Ego

    • @JordanHigginsGuitar
      @JordanHigginsGuitar Рік тому +2

      They are prepared demonstrations for the purpose of teaching. It’s not a performance.

  • @QuilonB
    @QuilonB Рік тому

    7:13