So glad I stumbled on your channel. The stuff you post is EXACTLY what I need. I love those airy EJ flavored runs and I appreciate you going slow and offering good, solid, basic advice for students like me. 👍
I love these "lesson style" videos you do John. Always very cool ideas and very useful stuff to learn from. Keep 'em coming and thank you for sharing your seemingly endless fountain of knowledge! I've heard EJ say that wherever it's possible he'll use alternate picking and I'd like to know your thoughts on that subject.👍
I love your lesson-type videos, and always get something from them. I watch all your others even though I own none of the modellers you use. Just do whatever what works best for you.
Nice phrasing found in between! As of sequences you could consider to even mix ist up some more: 5, 6, 5, 6 or even something like: 5, 6, 4, 7, or sim... That way the start points, the steps occur on other ones as expected.
Nice vidz (remember that show?) I think the shifting permutations of the 5 over 4, with the 1 falling in different places in the bar, is known as an Iso-rhythm.
Love this. I have working on a group of five followed directly by a group of six. Or two groups of five but not starting on the next note, but on the next string. Lots of cool patterns to create with fives.
Love your videos and your playing; subscribed. One thing: you made mention of thinking about these phrases not as cramming 5 notes in the space of 4, but as proper 16th notes, but I'm pretty sure all of these examples are quintuplets, which I suppose you could think of as a polyrhythm, but it is essentially cramming 5 notes in the space of 4, very much like a triplet. I find it easiest to count these using 1 & 2 & 3, 1 & 2 & 3, etc.
Hey Trevor, in this example, the 5 notes don't happen in the space of 4, which is why you notice that the starting note of the phrase changes where it happens in the bar every time. A quintuplet there'd be an attack on every beat, but that's not what you end up hearing here
@@johnnathancordy Wow, I'm sorry for my arrogance; I totally didn't notice that. Listened back and you are, of course, correct. Thank you for the correction!
The 5th note kinda leads you into the nxt set of 5. Instead of 4. Where it sounds like your finished at 4 and then you start the nxt set. I really like it.
Before you even start thinking about picking techniques etc, youneed to know all five positions of whatever scale this fellow is using LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND!!!
Descent in 2s, then 3s, then 4s, then 5s then 6s. Then alternate pick the same. Then ascend doing the same. Then move to the next position... Rinse and repeat for hours and hours. Then move to the modes and do the same, Phrygian dominant is a PITA🤘
Was about to suggest a similar thing. Avoiding a string skip and going just to the next string is another popular pattern I think and it allows you to traverse the neck a bit faster. I think I actually learnt that pattern from studying Eric Johnson’s economy picking some time ago.
Agree. Sweeping down to the next string after the first 5 notes is much more economical than string skipping that requires you to switch pick angles from a downward pick slant to an upward pick slant. If you look closely at his picking hand you will see that he is avoiding this problem by using hammer-one and pull-offs rather than picking each note…
Great lesson !..Interesting and very useful,the change of accent makes it sound different... It also helps to create new ideas!...What preset are you using ?..Maybe I have it in the Folder...beautiful tone !
Hi John! Curious... Do you teach online guitar lessons? I'm a session musician from Chicago and I'd love to pick your brain about a couple of things. Thx in advance for the info. Best, -Z
God I wish I could find ten bucks on the street to buy strings for my strat😅 I’ve broken 4 strings on the strat, so I’m stuck practicing rhythm on my bass - a sign from the universe I guess😅
@@gavinw5469 It isn't about the tone it is about their styles. I like both of them but there are so many clones out there and I am interested in forming my own identity. I was playing for many years before either of them showed up.
I think there is value in learning playing styles and licks of players of all styles , then I can combine the pieces of each that interest me into my own voice. Best wishes my friend.
So glad I stumbled on your channel. The stuff you post is EXACTLY what I need. I love those airy EJ flavored runs and I appreciate you going slow and offering good, solid, basic advice for students like me. 👍
Yeah.. Just having watched the video, I can see what you mean. The playing is something you can keep up with even without tabs.
I found this very useful. I've been looking at other EJ concepts and this was very well explained.
Great practice video John ! Def going to practice this ! Totally luv EJ cascading runs which I must learn. Thank you !
I love these "lesson style" videos you do John. Always very cool ideas and very useful stuff to learn from. Keep 'em coming and thank you for sharing your seemingly endless fountain of knowledge! I've heard EJ say that wherever it's possible he'll use alternate picking and I'd like to know your thoughts on that subject.👍
Brilliant lesson. Thank you !
Thanks. I've been doing this for a while, but your video helped me with smoothness and integrating it as an idea.
thanks for breaking in down slow enough for all levels to get something out of - great ideas thx
I love your lesson-type videos, and always get something from them. I watch all your others even though I own none of the modellers you use. Just do whatever what works best for you.
Cool idea. Really good way to get more out of the good old pentatonic. Think shawn lane has done something similar as well.
Cool to hear this kind of thing played on a tele.
That’s not a tele, but it does look similar
Nice phrasing found in between!
As of sequences you could consider to even mix ist up some more: 5, 6, 5, 6 or even something like:
5, 6, 4, 7, or sim...
That way the start points, the steps occur on other ones as expected.
Phil X does it in an interesting way where does groups of 5s on two (for example the B and High R) and he’ll do ascending or descending groups of 5s.
All over this. I do need it! Thanks!
Nice vidz (remember that show?) I think the shifting permutations of the 5 over 4, with the 1 falling in different places in the bar, is known as an Iso-rhythm.
Love this. I have working on a group of five followed directly by a group of six. Or two groups of five but not starting on the next note, but on the next string. Lots of cool patterns to create with fives.
Thank you, there are lots of videos tutorials on this but your's really worked for me!
Excellent lesson! I’ve dabbled with this idea before, but this video is inspiring me to really work on getting this down! (Though not as fast as you!)
Nice job 🤟🤠🤟
Love your videos and your playing; subscribed.
One thing: you made mention of thinking about these phrases not as cramming 5 notes in the space of 4, but as proper 16th notes, but I'm pretty sure all of these examples are quintuplets, which I suppose you could think of as a polyrhythm, but it is essentially cramming 5 notes in the space of 4, very much like a triplet.
I find it easiest to count these using 1 & 2 & 3, 1 & 2 & 3, etc.
Hey Trevor, in this example, the 5 notes don't happen in the space of 4, which is why you notice that the starting note of the phrase changes where it happens in the bar every time. A quintuplet there'd be an attack on every beat, but that's not what you end up hearing here
@@johnnathancordy Wow, I'm sorry for my arrogance; I totally didn't notice that. Listened back and you are, of course, correct. Thank you for the correction!
The 5th note kinda leads you into the nxt set of 5. Instead of 4. Where it sounds like your finished at 4 and then you start the nxt set. I really like it.
🍁Best lessons on UA-cam.
Thanks John,
I love a lesson that can be fun and useful, keep up the good work and for sure share more like this.
Fantastic lesson. Thank you! But also, this is quite possibly my favorite tone... so great...
That sounds great, John. All good.
pick attack tech @ 10:57 Nice warm up lesson mate!
killer, nice, smooth, nice tone, keep on rockin'
Before you even start thinking about picking techniques etc, youneed to know all five positions of whatever scale this fellow is using LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND!!!
Thank you for this! It makes sense the way you explain it.
Descent in 2s, then 3s, then 4s, then 5s then 6s. Then alternate pick the same. Then ascend doing the same. Then move to the next position... Rinse and repeat for hours and hours. Then move to the modes and do the same, Phrygian dominant is a PITA🤘
thank you for breaking it down, slowly ! :)
Sweet tone!
Very very helpful! Thx my friend 🎉
You get such a smooth lead tone from bridge single coils. What is the essence of your typical lead tone signal chain?
This grouping of 5 is pretty comfortable with a downward pick slant and a sweep on the 5th note down onto the next string to start the sequence again!
Was about to suggest a similar thing. Avoiding a string skip and going just to the next string is another popular pattern I think and it allows you to traverse the neck a bit faster. I think I actually learnt that pattern from studying Eric Johnson’s economy picking some time ago.
Agree. Sweeping down to the next string after the first 5 notes is much more economical than string skipping that requires you to switch pick angles from a downward pick slant to an upward pick slant. If you look closely at his picking hand you will see that he is avoiding this problem by using hammer-one and pull-offs rather than picking each note…
How are you! what is that tele?
What AMP and effects are you using? Thx and subscribed.
Great lesson !..Interesting and very useful,the change of accent makes it sound different...
It also helps to create new ideas!...What preset are you using ?..Maybe I have it in the Folder...beautiful tone !
Your tone is awesome, between Eric and B Garsed, what amp/fx are u using ?
Damn man you are better!
My biggest weakness. Runs. The pattern of them and being able to build up any speed. Always an issue for me and frustration.
Are you running through the Helix? It’s super smooth sounding.
Hi John! Curious... Do you teach online guitar lessons? I'm a session musician from Chicago and I'd love to pick your brain about a couple of things. Thx in advance for the info.
Best,
-Z
Bookmarked!
are you alternate picking all of these?
What’s your signal chain on this?
Whew, I was a bit thrown off at the start of believing I was trying to get five notes in the space of 4 which was doin' my head in.
Love your lessons!
0:52 the l i c c
God I wish I could find ten bucks on the street to buy strings for my strat😅
I’ve broken 4 strings on the strat, so I’m stuck practicing rhythm on my bass - a sign from the universe I guess😅
Spettacolo 🎸🎶
John ... don't guillotine your handsome head from your lessons! (Great lessons by the way ...)
Taking parts from Eric Johnson songs and making them into similar exercises
Is this all picked?
No, lots of hammer ons and pull offs. You can pick it all but it's a lot harder 🤘
who else enjoyed sounding a C#9 11 chord under this?
Idk I think I prefer the Eric Johnson video set in New York
I can do this naturally if I stumble on imagining it whilst soloing. Now, playing it on purpose out of context is another story all together!
The 2 guitarists I try my best not to sound like are SRV and Eric Johnson
Neat.
@@gavinw5469 It isn't about the tone it is about their styles. I like both of them but there are so many clones out there and I am interested in forming my own identity. I was playing for many years before either of them showed up.
@@stratmagic6893 this makes sense. I'm really influenced by Claudio Sanchez and Carlos Santana and try hard to not sound to much like them
I think there is value in learning playing styles and licks of players of all styles , then I can combine the pieces of each that interest me into my own voice.
Best wishes my friend.