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I really think you are the BEST teacher for this kind of stuff on UA-cam. Most guitar tuition on UA-cam is purposely misleading clickbait made to sell the viewer some sort of lesson or subscription to some tuition website, but you just come on here and lay everything out for free. Thank you so much!
Glad you noticed! I may do some courses for people to purchase but it’ll be a long way down the line! I have no interest in using UA-cam as a money making platform. It’s about blues enthusiasts finding us and coming out to a gig!
This is the best advice I’ve ever seen on you tube. I’ve been learning the blues since March 2020 (lockdown blues). Now getting to “playable” level and this lesson is perfect timing. Just the advice on “How to practice “. Thanks so much 🙏🏻😎
Yikes, that was a lot. I am focused on Open G as a beginner so will look at different pentatonic positions in Open G for now, and of course, the use of chord shapes. And the division of practice times is a very useful tip. Cheers fro Ottawa.
I've seen these scale diagrams so many times and they still mean nothing to me, they confuse rather than clarify. How do you know what order to play the notes in, where to start and where to end, is it simply high to low and low to high ? why are some notes black and some white. So many questions.
This video explains. Take one position. Familiarise yourself with the shape of the scale first. Just run it up and down. Hear it. Then pick a couple of strings and invent melodies. Link them to other strings. Teach yourself to hear the music not learn a procedure. Learn guitar licks note for note too. Perhaps get a blues guitar course DVD from the Homespun company. Slowly, you’ll piece it all together. Scales are a roadmap. It’s up to you to choose the journey.
Although you can obviously play well, But your teaching methods needs some work. You really need to work from a script. You keep interrupting yourself with a little jam play and not finishing what you start. Stay focused and there is no need to bend down to the camera. We can see and hear you well enough. You should have been able to teach all this in 15 minutes, your constant commentary gets in the way and it becomes arduous to follow you after a while. Here is an idea, edit your video. You can talk to the camera in the beginning and tell us what you intend to teach. This could be thumb and finger technique in the key of E or C, or whatever. Stop the video and focus it on your guitar. Now you can show us your methods and technique.
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I really think you are the BEST teacher for this kind of stuff on UA-cam. Most guitar tuition on UA-cam is purposely misleading clickbait made to sell the viewer some sort of lesson or subscription to some tuition website, but you just come on here and lay everything out for free. Thank you so much!
Glad you noticed! I may do some courses for people to purchase but it’ll be a long way down the line!
I have no interest in using UA-cam as a money making platform.
It’s about blues enthusiasts finding us and coming out to a gig!
Good stuff, Martin! Really clearly explained.
Hope it helps!!
Fantastic lesson. Thank you.
Hope it helps!!
More lessons like this video! 👌
Thanks! Got a few planned!
Really like UR Vids, wonderful instruments, wonderful playing
Thanks. Hope it all helps!
This is the best advice I’ve ever seen on you tube. I’ve been learning the blues since March 2020 (lockdown blues). Now getting to “playable” level and this lesson is perfect timing. Just the advice on “How to practice “.
Thanks so much 🙏🏻😎
Glad it helped. I feel like these lessons unfold and take the learner along the path!
I really struggle with this and need to get loads more practice. Thanks for these lessons.
Hope these videos open the doors for you!
Marvelous tips, examples and advice😊😊😊👍👍
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So great you are!
Thanks!!
Yikes, that was a lot. I am focused on Open G as a beginner so will look at different pentatonic positions in Open G for now, and of course, the use of chord shapes. And the division of practice times is a very useful tip. Cheers fro Ottawa.
Take it all stage by stage. Use a song to try the techniques. Write the ideas down. Do a small amount regularly! It’ll all make sense!
For fingerstyle which gauge or tension strings do you use? High gauge is too hard for me...
13. Stay with it. The tuning is more stable and they make more bass.
I've seen these scale diagrams so many times and they still mean nothing to me, they confuse rather than clarify. How do you know what order to play the notes in, where to start and where to end, is it simply high to low and low to high ? why are some notes black and some white. So many questions.
This video explains.
Take one position.
Familiarise yourself with the shape of the scale first.
Just run it up and down.
Hear it.
Then pick a couple of strings and invent melodies.
Link them to other strings.
Teach yourself to hear the music not learn a procedure.
Learn guitar licks note for note too.
Perhaps get a blues guitar course DVD from the Homespun company.
Slowly, you’ll piece it all together.
Scales are a roadmap. It’s up to you to choose the journey.
well, you would want the melody to determine where you were starting, note-wise. So it takes a little time to train your ear.
Although you can obviously play well, But your teaching methods needs some work. You really need to work from a script. You keep interrupting yourself with a little jam play and not finishing what you start. Stay focused and there is no need to bend down to the camera. We can see and hear you well enough. You should have been able to teach all this in 15 minutes, your constant commentary gets in the way and it becomes arduous to follow you after a while.
Here is an idea, edit your video. You can talk to the camera in the beginning and tell us what you intend to teach. This could be thumb and finger technique in the key of E or C, or whatever. Stop the video and focus it on your guitar. Now you can show us your methods and technique.
They’re just free videos to share info.