5 Things We Can Learn From Guitar Greats
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- Опубліковано 7 кві 2024
- Today I'm talking about 5 traits of guitar greats (people as diverse as Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck), and what we can learn from these. It's all about improvement anyway. I hope you enjoy the video.
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one of the greatest lessons i can give anyone about guitar playing is: just play it. the best you can play it. don't worry about being good enough.
It's fun to 'mess around' to find chords and melody in a song. And a sense of mastery when you get it right. I use a tuning fork. The delicious tickling, massaging feeling in the ears when tuning fork and guitar sing perfectly together. Good exercise for the ears too. When I played in bands, we used to use it, both in the rehearsal room and before gigs. I quickly get tired when I play and the guitar is just a little bit out of tune. I don't have absolute pitch, just years of practice.
To number 1, we have heard the same intervju with Steve Vai😀
Well said Elmo J. and very funny. The only thing I think you left out was.... There was a fellow by the name of Tony Iommi who fronted a band you may have heard of called Black Sabbath. He cut off the top two thirds of all 4 fingers on his fretting hand and still managed to write and play all the leads for that band. Now, if that isn't not accepting excuses, I don't know what is!
Excellent video. Simple, clear, and articulate. My favorite “lesson” is to have fun. If you’re playing something you enjoy, everything else falls into place. I mean, if you don’t enjoy it, what’s the point?
Dearest Elmo, Your recent Superb analysis of the Boss DS-1's Mythology was the BEST I've ever seen. I do believe that if you had some more "Myth Buster" type vids that they would be especially successful too.
Great job Elmo. Got us all thinking and talking about what we love to do. Everyone enjoy your music. We are lucky to be able to do this.
Amazing video. I don´t play guitar, I had some interest a decade or so ago, bought a low quality guitar with fret buzz, then got discouraged by that and never got around to actually playing it. For some reason a video about jet guitars appeared on my feed one day and from there I got to your review on the js 300 & 400. Since then, I've watched several of your videos and you really inspired me to get a better guitar and start learning how to play it (I think I'll be getting a jet guitar for that endeavour, only I still haven´t decided on a tele or a strat style). You are awesome and your videos are excellent!
"I guess I picked the wrong instrument to play the Polka on... Johnny what do you make out of this?" I'm "playing with my Ears" too since I didn't want to copy Hendrix and I made it into the "Special" class, me and Johnny too.
I paid attention. Here they are with minor paraphrasing.
1) Focus on your strengths
2) Work on bends & vibrato (Play by ear)
3) Develop good relative pitch (Play by ear, noodle the tunes, sing it)
4) Use phrases but do it in a fluid manner. (Put the rests in an appropriate place.)
5. Determination - Keep going in the face of adversity. Have specific achievable goals. Accept constructive criticism
Have fun with it.
I found the curious thing was that my father told me many years ago that the best guitarists learn by ear. Now I sort of hear the same thing from Elmo. Sadly, sometimes it's easier for me to pick up some sheet music. Thanks Elmo.
Cheers! Yeah, learning by ear is good :)
Good pointers. Though I think point 3 is a big one. So many guitar players go entire careers without the ability to audiate. They just play licks and patterns, even while "improvising". And it takes about 3 seconds to pick them out. They do not fool anyone.
Tbh I have tons more respect for the guys who struggle and keep going- like me- than I do for the guys who just take to it like a duck on water and keep going. It's easy to keep going when you're a freaking phenom- ppl are constantly chapping their lips on your a55 and everything you play sounds amazing- why would you stop? Then you have guys like me- if most ppl can get there in a week- it takes us months- and even then, we only get it sort of right. Continuing when this is the way you play gets really difficult at times. No one is patting us on the back and we've accepted long ago that we will never be a rock star- especially once you pass 45-50 yrs old- We're playing for one reason and one reason only- because we love it.
"He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright. He can play the Honky Tonk like anything. Saving it up for Friday night..."
Hey Elmo . Sad to say I haven't strummed or picked anything with strings for a while . I DO APPRECIATE your videos whilst winding down after work . Cheers , mate 👍
Cheers!
Number three: in 1974 I learned all of the notes of Skynyrd's Freebird by listening to and finding notes in three note groupings on the fretboard. I think I might have also worn out the grooves of that song on my record!
Very wise words!🤘👍
But….just one question (no answer needed): why do people always need to be “best”, “great”, “top” or whatever, in something? To me that’s not a good motivation. Others will decide whether you are good or not. Let them have it…I’ve played guitar for 40+ years but never had the intention to be the best or being great. I had lots of frustrations, smashed my guitar to the wall, but in the end picked it up again, and again, and again. Because I love to play my guitar(s). Not because I wanted to be a great guitarist. Don’t give a shit about what people say, they will judge you anyway…
Quality time with Elmo. Thanks for your work, appreciate it.
Great Tips! Thanks for going into lots of detail
Glad it was helpful!
love u bro
Elmo is the greatest ear-playing guitarist ever!
Thanks! 😊
How to become good - you wörk. This video made me subscribe.
Thank you :)
Elmo, before the internet I had to figure out songs/solos by myself and along with a guitar teacher (80's(early 90's). It was helpful but sometimes pretty hard. I learned a lot from it.
Thanks for the video Elmo 🙏✌️❤️🎼🎶🎵
My pleasure!
Very well put together.
6. The RIGHT HAND separates the greats .... from the good ones.
Everybody's left had blazes all over the neck. The right hand is your voice. That's where you stand out .... or not. Thanks Elmo!
(I never bend strings, and I never will. I'm an outlaw in the guitar community !!!)
Elmo is so good it's hard for him to play badly.Just saying. Rock on!
Speed and accuracy. That and my hand hurting when playing barre chords. The hardest thing for me is to allow the strings to just rest on the frets. It’s really killing my accuracy and my ability to speed through scales. I keep wondering “How do I beat this?”
Great videos Elmo.
I am a little old to get started playing (58), but I have been interested in learning to play guitar for my entire life. I thought I might start messing around and see what happens. I have watched and really enjoyed your videos. I have certainly learned a lot about all the different guitars and have changed my mind on which "budget" entry level guitar I might buy first. I have been researching your suggestions and have been very interested in your views on the Harley Benton guitars. I should add that I am also a DIY'er and love working with wood. Therefore, I was extremely interested in Harley Benton's DIY guitars. I wish they had a DIY guitar with an HSS setup but because they don't I am restricted to 4 kits (I believe). They have the 3 with HH pickups (SC, DC, and CST-24). They have 1 with SSS pickups (ST). Do you think I am making a mistake joining my two hobbies and I should just buy a factory guitar? Do you have any suggestions for a beginner guitar player?
Nah, if you like working with wood, then do that.
In terms of suggestions I'm not sure what you mean. In terms of gear or something else?
@@MrPolevaulter Thanks for replying and doing it so quickly. You are awesome and I appreciate the support. When I talk about suggestions I am referring to the different models/setups. I was originally looking at HSS guitars thinking they would be more versatile. The DYI kits are only HH or SSS. I know in a past video you had mentioned you generally prefer SSS guitars but as a beginner I just thought the HSS would be more rounded. I guess it would be nice if the DC or SC DYI kits had HH with split coils, but again I am not knowledgeable enough to really know if that matters much.
Use a scalloped neck too......?
I genuinely miss my scalloped guitars when i play on guitars without them now
Please review the quilter mach 3
It's good to know that I'm not the only one who plays guitar with my ear. LMAO
:D
Hello Elmo! Thanks for your videos, I love it! I wanted to ask which combo amp is better to buy, Harley Benton TUBE15 or Marshall DSL1cr?
I like the Tube15 more.
@@MrPolevaulterthank u for your answer!
Hey @Elmo Karjalainen ive been looking to buy an electric guitar. And im not able to choose between the yamaha pacifica 012 and the cort g250. I am not able to test them myself. Id love to know which one you think is better overall. Thanks!!
Probably Cort
Know your limits - and then work around and past them 🙂.
Point number 2 is a deal breaker for me when it comes to guitsr players, bad vibrato drives me mad.
Indeed
Easier when u like it. Have guitar in hands as much as possible. Side issue. Shred tone different than Metal . I think so.Rock on!
The shocking thing about ''guitar greats'' is that they are just like great vocalists, without a great song no one cares how ''great'' they are. If Eddie Van Halen hadn't been able to compose great songs (and, yes, Eruption is a great composition) no one would have given one single sht about him or his playing aside from guitar geeks. Likewise, had Yngwie had even 1 radio worthy song in his entire career he wouldn't now just be some Swedish dude that only people well over 40 years old even know exists. There is no real point in being great if you are only great on sub par compositional attempts at greatness.
Vai brah toe. Lol. Sorry, couldn't help myself.
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