Your process is universal to doing anything skill related and inspiring at the same time but not intimidating. You are not only a CGP but a just a joy to watch and absorb your passion for music and sharing it. WOW. I'm an older player and glad to have found you on UA-cam. Stay well and safe on the road and have a great life.
this is like nothing I've ever heard before...it seems to just flow so naturally from inside of you...excellent arrangements and execution...your a master...kudos!!
Years ago I was sailing in the Caribbean and I ran into a guy who’s uncle played the guitar and I stayed up with him for hours in the middle of the night playing with him. Apparently he had been committed to a mental hospital and had spent several decades there and his nephew had just gotten him out. We were in Red Hook, St Thomas. We smoked a joint and played, sitting in the cockpit of my boat. I played what I usually play. Mississippi John hurt and 1920s honky tonk piano pieces. He then played Freight Train and Creole Belle but every melody note a harmonic. I was astounded and I can still remember the magic in that moment. He picked with his second and third fingers and used the index finger to gently tap the melody note string 12 frets up from the fretted note on the left hand at precisely the right moment. I never saw him again but I will never forget it. It was magical. It is lost on people with tin ears. There are people who cannot tell that the first and last note in a scale are the same note. There are people who are not bothered of someone plays the first seven notes of the scale and doesn’t play the eighth. There are people who don’t feel a seventh of the I is begging for the IV. I’m married to one. Vayismere. Thankfully she has other wonderful qualities.
Joe shows just how this "arranging" is real useable for a seasoned player. Tie together what you know & what is needed. Changing register, intros, endings, harmonics, choice of the song. Most excellent tips to make your 3 chord song grow!
Thanks a lot Joe! Loved seeing the process. Not sure how everyone would take this, but I would love if you uploaded a compilation of recordings taken through this whole process on a song you are working on? Would be fantastic to see this video, then see it in action and hear the thought process and progress made! Cheers!
Melody, harmony, rhythm :) Dynamics will come to you as second nature, I suppose ;) So generous of you and inspiring to share your insights, Joe! Thanks a lot, take care.
Melody harmony rhythm, I so appreciate your sharing. Working on your fingerstyle lessons. So glad I attended your show in Iowa. Your my inspiration to learn guitar!
i would love to see a walkthrough of one of your Guitar Pro files describing your thought process as you work an arrangement out and how it comes together in GP.
Hi. You are a great guitarist. Loved your videos. I have also learned from you through 2 courses in udemy. Your teaching methodology is excellent. You are my teacher/Guru, and I feel extremely happy to learn from you. Thank you.
No , word's joe...I know how to arrange song's.....but still something was missing !! You and tommy are the only two reasons why I am still trying to find my career through fingerstyle music ..... I always had this question....that how tommy and you were arranging your songs so beautifully !! And finally I have my answer...... ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks joe
Melody, harmony, rhythm 🙂 Thanks for sharing your process on putting an arrangement together, Joe. Super insightful and interesting.... And helpful of course!
Thanks Joe! I'm not planning on arranging anything anytime soon, but it's very helpful to hear your thought process when you create your amazing arrangements. Every time you say something takes "about a week" all I can think of is that your week equals about a year for me. Maybe that will change when I'm retired! 😄
Thanks for sharing your insights and the processes you use to arrange a song. There is just a ton of fun new stuff to learn watching your videos, thanks again, Melody, Harmony, Rhythm!
Melody, harmony, rhythm. Great video and very informative. Would love to hear an arrangement of “In My Life” should the inspiration strike you. Thanks for all of the work you put into these instructional videos that you make.
Joe, You are the best.. and i love love hearing you play The Beatles my favorite band since I was 7 years old!! Thank You! I would love you to do a fingerstyle of one of my songs!!
Melody, harmony, rhythm.....great stuff Joe. I first saw you perform at the Woodford Festival with Michael Fix and have your CD to remind me of it. Love what your doing, inspiring.
Great stuff! Good to hear you're driving your household nuts too, as you work out the melody, harmony, and rythm to a new arrangement. And that you also flub songs on stage initially. All relatable information - even if we are at different levels. Way different! Lol.
Thanks so much for making this video it is super helpful! I find it so refreshing to hear that the entire arrangement process can take a few weeks. Eddie van der meer made a video like this and basically said his arrangements from start to end of recording takes only a day somehow…
Melody, harmony, rhythm. :) Thanks a lot Joe, always wondered about that topic! I have a question about your writing style: what part of the song (verse, chorus, bridge, etc.) do you start with usually or is it just a nice musical idea or just the melody? I struggle to create a complete piece of music, because most of the time I have a nice rhytmic thing going on with some chords (I usually think that such a thing could work as a verse) but I often fail to continue it. I have a hard time developping a chorus for example. Can you make a video about your approach on this? Cheers from Hungary! ;)
Once you’ve learned a piece and established the melody, harmony and rhythm, are there any more pointers you can give with regards to really polishing it and dialling in the chops to play it clean (other than repetition/playing it until you can’t get it wrong)? I’m trying to establish whether it’s my approach, or maybe a focus issue I’m struggling with (or both, or neither and I just need to play it more). Thanks for this video anyway, Joe, it’s a helpful insight into the process.
Record yourself and listen back. I find once I do that it's easy to see what I need to adjust (e.g. I'm cutting off melody notes too short, need the melody to come out more in this part, slowing down/speeding up, etc)
Yes, I think recording is probably the best way of exposing problems/weaknesses - I have lots of those; I’m sure I’ve got somebody else’s share by mistake! Red light syndrome is a harsh taskmaster too (if guitars were cheaper/I was wealthier I’m sure I’d have smashed a few by now). I find that slowing right down can be useful sometimes. It provides an opportunity to micro-manage finger position and where the thumb is planted, in order to facilitate smooth transitions once you come back up to tempo. So with that in mind, and having played the piece an unearthly number of times, how do you nail down the reason why it doesn’t appear to be possible to get a good take, let alone deliver it consistently clean? It seems some days that the more I play it the worse it becomes 🤪. Could be that I just need more repetitions, and I’ve wondered if I’m losing focus because I’ve played it so much it’s starting to make my eye twitch. Maybe poor technique or that the piece is simply on the edge of being too difficult (although aren’t they all when you first start learning them). Maybe it’s all of the above, or something else. Maybe I’m just bad at it and there’s no hope for me. I’ve learned that perfection doesn’t really exist and that pro’s are extremely proficient in covering up/playing through their flubs/fudges. Joe’s playing is incredibly clean, though, and I want to know what witchcraft is involved. If I had a soul I’d have swapped it for chocolate or cakes by now, let alone guitar skills.
@@parsnipfingers Totally agree with Ryan on recording and listening back. Your question is really about playing and not arranging. Check my playlist of videos about fingerstyle playing. I have a few thoughts reading your message. The first is, what is your goal? Once we identify the goal we have something to work towards. A great goal could be playing x number of gigs or recording x number of videos or anything really. Then it's a case of preparing the best you can, then getting out there and doing it. By doing it, you learn what works and what doesn't and you try again! You work on visualizing what it is like to perform or play well and you keep refining your practice. That's how I do it. When i read the phrase 'maybe i'm just bad and there's no hope for me' - I think that is absolute nonsense. You're right that perfection doesn't exist - to me music is about joy, and I love sharing it with others. You can drive yourself nuts in the practice room if you don't have something you are practicing for. And practicing for the love of it is a GREAT reason. I hope that makes sense!! Rock on and thanks for the question
@@Joe_Robinson thanks for taking the time to respond like this. I also agree with Ryan about recording, which is great apart from that as soon as I hit the record button I become incapable of playing anything without messing it up. "Your question is really about playing and not arranging" - yes it is, and now I feel bad that I should have asked about this on a different video. I'm sorry about that. "What is your goal?" - The goal is to play the piece I've learned consistently clean at tempo. Day after day working on the same piece without any apparent improvement becomes demoralising after a while. It’s probably a case of refining my practice, as you said. I think I’ve lost focus when I probably should focus in closer on particular areas.
@@parsnipfingers I took a look on your channel and listened to the happy birthday arrangement, you sound great, beautiful chords. My main suggestion would be to work on getting the left hand to loosen up, i think that will really help with accuracy. Your phrasing and tone is really nice
Hey Joe I really want to arrange songs in finger style. Can you suggest any course to take up that takes some real life songs. Breaking up the dongs with melody, Harmony, Rhythm......Do you have a course?
I have an in depth arranging masterclass in my coaching community, which reopens tommorow. You can join here: www.invisibletechnique.com/coaching-community
What you for got to tell people, is that before they try this, they need to know some music theory. You changed easily from one key to another and that most people don't know how to do. So, it looks like you took an enormous amount of music theory. Right? Let people know what they should know before they look at this video, don't hold back information.
Awesome .. it'd be great to see a video of you using the guitar pro. I've heard from others that uses too .. is it the same like using sibelius/finale? Maybe a course about it .. m e l o d y h a r m o n y & r h y t h m
Thanks Dennis, i put a Guitar Pro screen recorded video on my Guitar Synergy Channel explaining how i use it. Guitar Pro is more limited than Finale or Sibelius but it's optimized for TAB and much less expensive. So it's popular with a lot of guitarists. Cheers!
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Melody, Harmony, Rhythm. 14:08. That riff on Misty is just ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome, that is.
thanks joe for sharing these tips 😀 hats off to you
Melody. Harmony. Rhythm
Music and life!
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Your process is universal to doing anything skill related and inspiring at the same time but not intimidating. You are not only a CGP but a just a joy to watch and absorb your passion for music and sharing it. WOW.
I'm an older player and glad to have found you on UA-cam. Stay well and safe on the road and have a great life.
Your well thought out and candid explanation of your process is excellent advice for guitar players of all levels. Thank you!! 🎸
Thanks Andrew!
this is like nothing I've ever heard before...it seems to just flow so naturally from inside of you...excellent arrangements and execution...your a master...kudos!!
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm . Thanks for sharing!
Years ago I was sailing in the Caribbean and I ran into a guy who’s uncle played the guitar and I stayed up with him for hours in the middle of the night playing with him. Apparently he had been committed to a mental hospital and had spent several decades there and his nephew had just gotten him out. We were in Red Hook, St Thomas. We smoked a joint and played, sitting in the cockpit of my boat. I played what I usually play. Mississippi John hurt and 1920s honky tonk piano pieces. He then played Freight Train and Creole Belle but every melody note a harmonic. I was astounded and I can still remember the magic in that moment. He picked with his second and third fingers and used the index finger to gently tap the melody note string 12 frets up from the fretted note on the left hand at precisely the right moment. I never saw him again but I will never forget it. It was magical.
It is lost on people with tin ears. There are people who cannot tell that the first and last note in a scale are the same note. There are people who are not bothered of someone plays the first seven notes of the scale and doesn’t play the eighth. There are people who don’t feel a seventh of the I is begging for the IV. I’m married to one. Vayismere. Thankfully she has other wonderful qualities.
That's a great story, thanks for sharing Robert!!
Joe shows just how this "arranging" is real useable for a seasoned player.
Tie together what you know & what is needed. Changing register, intros, endings, harmonics, choice of the song. Most excellent tips to make your 3 chord song grow!
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm
Thanks a lot Joe! Loved seeing the process. Not sure how everyone would take this, but I would love if you uploaded a compilation of recordings taken through this whole process on a song you are working on? Would be fantastic to see this video, then see it in action and hear the thought process and progress made! Cheers!
Melody, harmony, & rhythm make my fingers dance.
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm.
Thanks for this. It’s great. 😄
Melody, harmony, rhythm :) Dynamics will come to you as second nature, I suppose ;) So generous of you and inspiring to share your insights, Joe! Thanks a lot, take care.
melody harmony rythm.... good stuff Joe
Melody, harmony, rhythm
As good as it gets! Chet and Merle would be proud.
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm 👍
Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm. Great video sir.
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm - lifelong learning and enjoying every step of the way! Thanks Joe
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Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Thank you for another really great lesson!
Melody, harmony, music. Great taste, great touch. Thank you Joe.
Melody, harmony and rhythm. Got it. Add virtuosity and you're there.
Melody, harmony, rhythm. thanks for sharing this Joe!
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm! Thanks Joe! That was amazing. It is so valuable to hear how great artists approach these concepts. Thanks
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm !
Melody Harmony Rhythm and keeping it simple, leaving the flashy performances for pro
JOE! IT's me Louis ( Fnash from True fire ) man thank you so much for posting this requested video!
Melody harmony rhythm, I so appreciate your sharing. Working on your fingerstyle lessons. So glad I attended your show in Iowa. Your my inspiration to learn guitar!
i would love to see a walkthrough of one of your Guitar Pro files describing your thought process as you work an arrangement out and how it comes together in GP.
Thanks for the request - I have that exact video on my Guitar Synergy channel
Melody. Harmony. Rhythm.
Fingerstyle arrangement is something I'd like to improve so thank you for this helpful video. 👍🏾
Hi. You are a great guitarist. Loved your videos. I have also learned from you through 2 courses in udemy. Your teaching methodology is excellent. You are my teacher/Guru, and I feel extremely happy to learn from you. Thank you.
Melody, harmony, rhythm! The most important aspects as you say. Thanks for a very approachable take on your brilliant arrangements.
Thanks for sharing Joe. You are a good teacher of the art you love.
Thank you Joe! Always an inspiration, all the best!!!🎼🍀
No , word's joe...I know how to arrange song's.....but still something was missing !!
You and tommy are the only two reasons why I am still trying to find my career through fingerstyle music .....
I always had this question....that how tommy and you were arranging your songs so beautifully !!
And finally I have my answer...... ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks joe
Melody, harmony and rhythm. Sorry, dude. I forgot the order. Great sharing of finger style arrangement. ❤
Joe: choose keys that have open strings
Also joe: misty in Eb
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Melody, harmony, rhythm 🙂 Thanks for sharing your process on putting an arrangement together, Joe. Super insightful and interesting.... And helpful of course!
Melody harmony rhythm!
Thanks Joe! I'm not planning on arranging anything anytime soon, but it's very helpful to hear your thought process when you create your amazing arrangements. Every time you say something takes "about a week" all I can think of is that your week equals about a year for me. Maybe that will change when I'm retired! 😄
thank you joe！This is a great teaching!
Thanks for sharing your insights and the processes you use to arrange a song. There is just a ton of fun new stuff to learn watching your videos, thanks again, Melody, Harmony, Rhythm!
Melody, harmony, rhythm. Great video and very informative. Would love to hear an arrangement of “In My Life” should the inspiration strike you. Thanks for all of the work you put into these instructional videos that you make.
Melody harmony rhythm...so interesting to find out how you work thanks Joe!
Joe. You are the BEST !
Thank you Joel!!
Hi, Joe! Cheers from Russia! We love your music and your lessons! Thanks a lot for your guitar wisdom that you are sharing with us!
Joe, You are the best.. and i love love hearing you play The Beatles my favorite band since I was 7 years old!! Thank You! I would love you to do a fingerstyle of one of my songs!!
Melody, harmony, rhythm.....great stuff Joe. I first saw you perform at the Woodford Festival with Michael Fix and have your CD to remind me of it. Love what your doing, inspiring.
Thanks George! Ah, that's a nice memory of being at Woodford. I hope to come back there someday. Cheers! Joe
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Thank you Joe! Very useful info and insight into you process. I loved it!!
Thanks Joe! Good advice. Nice insights.
Great stuff! Good to hear you're driving your household nuts too, as you work out the melody, harmony, and rythm to a new arrangement. And that you also flub songs on stage initially. All relatable information - even if we are at different levels. Way different! Lol.
Thanks so much for making this video it is super helpful! I find it so refreshing to hear that the entire arrangement process can take a few weeks. Eddie van der meer made a video like this and basically said his arrangements from start to end of recording takes only a day somehow…
Mel, har, rythm 😁👍great stuff
Melody, harmony, rhythm ;) Got it ... I think.
❤️🎶❤️ I love your music, melodious and elegant 👍 Thank you Joe 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for this video.. 🎸
Awesome content, Sir Joe! And you've got some stretchy fingers!
So interesting!! I love hearing how the creative process works for different people ☺️ thank you for sharing xxx melody harmony rythme 😉
Melody, harmony, rhythm. :)
Thanks a lot Joe, always wondered about that topic! I have a question about your writing style: what part of the song (verse, chorus, bridge, etc.) do you start with usually or is it just a nice musical idea or just the melody?
I struggle to create a complete piece of music, because most of the time I have a nice rhytmic thing going on with some chords (I usually think that such a thing could work as a verse) but I often fail to continue it. I have a hard time developping a chorus for example. Can you make a video about your approach on this?
Cheers from Hungary! ;)
Hi Joe, when for example when a song is in a d-minor key how do you go about in arranging it or finding a tuning for that specific arrangement
amazing man the Joe
Hello joe, can you make an introduction video of the recording equipment thanks
Hi there, search Joe Robinson Studio Tour, the video is a year old but I use the same recording equipment now
Hey Joe.... "Melody, Harmony and Rhythm".... Got it! Now All I need is practice, practice, practice! LOL :-))
haha cheers Jim!! You and me both!!
Very interesting video ! Thanks a lot !
Wow this video coming from you, I gotta see it, already subscribed
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Once you’ve learned a piece and established the melody, harmony and rhythm, are there any more pointers you can give with regards to really polishing it and dialling in the chops to play it clean (other than repetition/playing it until you can’t get it wrong)? I’m trying to establish whether it’s my approach, or maybe a focus issue I’m struggling with (or both, or neither and I just need to play it more). Thanks for this video anyway, Joe, it’s a helpful insight into the process.
Record yourself and listen back. I find once I do that it's easy to see what I need to adjust (e.g. I'm cutting off melody notes too short, need the melody to come out more in this part, slowing down/speeding up, etc)
Yes, I think recording is probably the best way of exposing problems/weaknesses - I have lots of those; I’m sure I’ve got somebody else’s share by mistake! Red light syndrome is a harsh taskmaster too (if guitars were cheaper/I was wealthier I’m sure I’d have smashed a few by now).
I find that slowing right down can be useful sometimes. It provides an opportunity to micro-manage finger position and where the thumb is planted, in order to facilitate smooth transitions once you come back up to tempo.
So with that in mind, and having played the piece an unearthly number of times, how do you nail down the reason why it doesn’t appear to be possible to get a good take, let alone deliver it consistently clean? It seems some days that the more I play it the worse it becomes 🤪.
Could be that I just need more repetitions, and I’ve wondered if I’m losing focus because I’ve played it so much it’s starting to make my eye twitch. Maybe poor technique or that the piece is simply on the edge of being too difficult (although aren’t they all when you first start learning them). Maybe it’s all of the above, or something else. Maybe I’m just bad at it and there’s no hope for me.
I’ve learned that perfection doesn’t really exist and that pro’s are extremely proficient in covering up/playing through their flubs/fudges. Joe’s playing is incredibly clean, though, and I want to know what witchcraft is involved. If I had a soul I’d have swapped it for chocolate or cakes by now, let alone guitar skills.
@@parsnipfingers Totally agree with Ryan on recording and listening back. Your question is really about playing and not arranging. Check my playlist of videos about fingerstyle playing. I have a few thoughts reading your message. The first is, what is your goal? Once we identify the goal we have something to work towards. A great goal could be playing x number of gigs or recording x number of videos or anything really. Then it's a case of preparing the best you can, then getting out there and doing it. By doing it, you learn what works and what doesn't and you try again! You work on visualizing what it is like to perform or play well and you keep refining your practice. That's how I do it. When i read the phrase 'maybe i'm just bad and there's no hope for me' - I think that is absolute nonsense. You're right that perfection doesn't exist - to me music is about joy, and I love sharing it with others. You can drive yourself nuts in the practice room if you don't have something you are practicing for. And practicing for the love of it is a GREAT reason. I hope that makes sense!! Rock on and thanks for the question
@@Joe_Robinson thanks for taking the time to respond like this.
I also agree with Ryan about recording, which is great apart from that as soon as I hit the record button I become incapable of playing anything without messing it up.
"Your question is really about playing and not arranging" - yes it is, and now I feel bad that I should have asked about this on a different video. I'm sorry about that.
"What is your goal?" - The goal is to play the piece I've learned consistently clean at tempo. Day after day working on the same piece without any apparent improvement becomes demoralising after a while.
It’s probably a case of refining my practice, as you said. I think I’ve lost focus when I probably should focus in closer on particular areas.
@@parsnipfingers I took a look on your channel and listened to the happy birthday arrangement, you sound great, beautiful chords. My main suggestion would be to work on getting the left hand to loosen up, i think that will really help with accuracy. Your phrasing and tone is really nice
ive seen so many of your amazing videos! and ive never heard you speak aha auzzie accent caught me off guard! :'D
You have a lamp in the corner !! .......... fun! 😛
Hey Joe I really want to arrange songs in finger style. Can you suggest any course to take up that takes some real life songs. Breaking up the dongs with melody, Harmony, Rhythm......Do you have a course?
I have an in depth arranging masterclass in my coaching community, which reopens tommorow. You can join here: www.invisibletechnique.com/coaching-community
Melody Harmony Rythme
bro, i dont get how to learn this. how do i even start with the melody. I cant figure out the melody or the key what should I do?
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Joe, anytime you want to post a 12-hour video, it would be okay with me.....
This made me look at my pinky. It's definitely short
His errors and my errors are in a different universes of errors. 😳
What you for got to tell people, is that before they try this, they need to know some music theory. You changed easily from one key to another and that most people don't know how to do. So, it looks like you took an enormous amount of music theory. Right? Let people know what they should know before they look at this video, don't hold back information.
Yeah kind of and the open chords too😢
Awesome .. it'd be great to see a video of you using the guitar pro.
I've heard from others that uses too .. is it the same like using sibelius/finale?
Maybe a course about it ..
m e l o d y
h a r m o n y
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r h y t h m
Thanks Dennis, i put a Guitar Pro screen recorded video on my Guitar Synergy Channel explaining how i use it. Guitar Pro is more limited than Finale or Sibelius but it's optimized for TAB and much less expensive. So it's popular with a lot of guitarists. Cheers!
Melody, Harmony, Rhythm
Melody, Harmony, Music 👍
Melody, Harmony, Rythm. In depth and very helpful, thank you Joe 😊
Melody Harmony Rhythm
Melody Harmony Rhythm