Banjo Lessons {For Experts} - Isorhythmation

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @gretchwalnut
    @gretchwalnut 4 роки тому +13

    This is the most 'internet' the banjo has ever been 🙏

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +2

      I agree, welcome to the future baby

  • @nickc2837
    @nickc2837 5 місяців тому +1

    There's an older book called "Splitting the Licks" that explains this concept, but your "c'mon bro this shit is easy" way of explaining hit me waaaaay harder. Good stuff man.

  • @StashWyslouch
    @StashWyslouch 4 роки тому +3

    this youtube channel could easily double the number of banjo players in the world, this is hilarious, Ricky ! And informative, too!

    • @StashWyslouch
      @StashWyslouch 4 роки тому +1

      03:54 has me laughing my ass off hahahaha

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Stash Wyslouch You are flattering me Stash, thanks man

  • @Toteke
    @Toteke 2 роки тому

    I've been playing banjo for a year and you're who I want to be when I grow up

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  2 роки тому

      Stay true to your heart and wherever you go, there you will be

  • @mikeoitzman8275
    @mikeoitzman8275 2 роки тому

    Ricky, I am self taught (so far) and you are the first teacher to break it all down in a way that fits the way I naturally play. Keep it up.

  • @budbennett
    @budbennett 4 роки тому +1

    Because of this video I signed up for your patreon today. You are an amazing teacher and player. And amusing as hell too.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Welcome aboard Bud! Thanks for your kind words

  • @markolson6068
    @markolson6068 4 роки тому +1

    Another eye opener. Thanks for keeping it fun.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Hey my pleasure, thanks for commenting Mark

  • @davidlevitsky7496
    @davidlevitsky7496 2 роки тому

    The holy Grail Of banjo instruction 🙏

  • @Waynemerris
    @Waynemerris 4 роки тому +4

    Ricky - you rock . Thank you for your inspiration and putting seriousness back in the banjo🤣

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Waynemerris Hey it's my pleasure!

  • @Violanjo
    @Violanjo 4 роки тому +3

    Another great video from a great player! Very informative and fun to watch. I am composing my solos exactly that way... Just one thing to say....MORE PLEASE!

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Thank you! Composing solos this way was next level for me. More videos coming!

    • @erwinbauwens6833
      @erwinbauwens6833 4 роки тому +1

      same here !

  • @jharsch3453
    @jharsch3453 4 роки тому +1

    I've never seen you in my entire life, I hit that subscribe button at 19 seconds

  • @mitchzeitz
    @mitchzeitz 3 роки тому

    You really know how to make a fun instructional video!

  • @janderse4632
    @janderse4632 4 роки тому +1

    Super! Thanks for the info. Great picking!

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      J Anderse hey my pleasure

  • @evoluti0n09
    @evoluti0n09 4 роки тому +1

    Your content is addictive bro, gj

  • @benknorrmusic9123
    @benknorrmusic9123 4 роки тому +1

    Really great video man! Looking forward to the next one!

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      Hey thanks Ben. It's been a while

  • @foobar3682
    @foobar3682 3 роки тому +1

    You make great content, it's engaging and informative, I enjoyed this thoroughly, and your mustache is hypnotizing.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  3 роки тому

      Hey thanks so much for your kind words buddy

  • @dangrant7271
    @dangrant7271 4 роки тому +1

    I am absolutely outside my depth here (pretty new to the banjo... and music theory... ok, music in general...), but I learned a ton from this! Great stuff.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Thanks for watching just the same!

  • @kenshort5983
    @kenshort5983 4 роки тому +1

    Another fine job! Thank you so much for sharing your musical knowledge and making me laugh.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      Ken Short It's my pleasure Ken

  • @Jull99399
    @Jull99399 Рік тому

    badass tune man, you rock! thanks!

  • @banjofy
    @banjofy 4 роки тому +1

    This is gold.

  • @erwinbauwens6833
    @erwinbauwens6833 4 роки тому +5

    "ISORHYTHMATION", That's DEFINITELY a term I'll drop "casually" in the next jam.... and then watch the tumbleweed roll by :-D !

  • @banjobear
    @banjobear 4 роки тому +3

    Ok I'm playing the melody. What else should I do?

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +3

      sit back, relax, smoke a fat one, and add rolls to it

  • @sergiboyakjon277
    @sergiboyakjon277 4 роки тому +1

    hella sweet dude! love the takadimi. it can go a long way in terms of teaching banjo rolls

  • @josephobrien991
    @josephobrien991 3 роки тому +1

    I get 404 error when i try to go to your tab site

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  3 роки тому

      I took the tabs down and am slowly releasing them on my Patreon :/ sorry bud

  • @Gigitobanjo
    @Gigitobanjo 4 роки тому +1

    another great video!! thanks!

  • @garyhighley9022
    @garyhighley9022 2 роки тому

    Yo homey dat was Stoopit phat! Nice lesson!

  • @lancegreene871
    @lancegreene871 4 роки тому +1

    diggin this series hard. I'm going from complete shit at banjo to expert shit at banjo

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Soon you'll be the shit! Thanks for watching bro

  • @timbis9945
    @timbis9945 2 роки тому

    Hey Ricky, great videos, love your approach and style. Outlining the melody and then adding the rolls is very useful……. But. You said nothing about how you chose the CHORDS to accompany the melody and with which you roll upon. Thanks again for all your work, you are a talented player and are bringing a ton of knowledge to the banjo world!

  • @jeanneannvalfre9581
    @jeanneannvalfre9581 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for making music less serious,and more dope!!.....☮️🔛🌎 + 🎶

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  3 роки тому

      haha thanks Jeanne, that means a lot!!! ☮️🔛🌎 + 🎶

  • @kylethompson3908
    @kylethompson3908 3 роки тому +1

    I cant seem to find the tab on your Patreon.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  3 роки тому

      I'll upload that tab to Patreon shortly. In the mean time, message me through my website and I'll send it to you

  • @MrWagler1
    @MrWagler1 4 роки тому +1

    What model of banjo are using in this video?

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      It's a Robin Smith banjo, built to be a replica of Bela Fleck's banjo

  • @goldenbanjo197
    @goldenbanjo197 4 роки тому +1

    So dope

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Hell yeah, thanks bruh

  • @ColtonCrawford
    @ColtonCrawford 4 роки тому +1

    Dude I love your videos! Do you come up with a chord progression before you write a melody or do you write a melody then "figure out" the progression?

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks Colton! I'll come up with a melody first, then a bass line, and then figure out chords that work. Chords are weird and I need to study them a bit more. BTW, sorry it took me so long to get back to you, UA-cam has been suppressing my comment notifications >:(

    • @ColtonCrawford
      @ColtonCrawford 4 роки тому

      @@RickyMier all good man, thanks for the info!

  • @onetimeonthegoodfoot
    @onetimeonthegoodfoot 8 місяців тому

    The dopest, flyest, hardcore OG banjo instruction to be found anywhere. Is that a Robin Smith banjo?

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  7 місяців тому

      haha thanks man. Yeah I have two Robin Smith Bela copies, one with a maple rim the other with a mahogany

  • @mikew5423
    @mikew5423 4 роки тому +1

    Your Insane Dudeness, I don't have time to read all of the comments because I am too busy quarantining myself so this may have been asked already....but, Is there a difference between Arpeggiating the melody and Isorhythmation? What's the act of using Isorhythmation? is it Isorhythmating? Anyway, this is another in a long list of hella-excellent videos, so thanks.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      Mike W Hey good question. To me, Arpeggiation and isorhythmation are kind of the same, but the former seems more harmonic in it's approach while the latter's is rhythmic

    • @mikew5423
      @mikew5423 4 роки тому +1

      @@RickyMier Thanks, maybe there's even some isorhythmic-arpeggiation going on in there. pffff (turn head to left)

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      @@mikew5423 I mean thats kind of what it is. After make thing video I wish I named the concept equirhythmation. oh well

  • @cranque-1
    @cranque-1 Рік тому

    are you using a sort of solfege for the ta tadimidi stuff? (if you weren't, I've thought about making a solfeggio for rolls for a while now.)

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  Рік тому

      The rhythmic solfege as far as I know it is a bunch of licks basically, I don't know a lot of the compositions. You should make the solfeggio for rolls!!

  • @Spookytooth92
    @Spookytooth92 4 роки тому +1

    Can't wait for next video been making alot of studies and etudes out of what you posted already banjo improved 10x that's wild considering been playing a couple years this was a missing element. By the way. I'm dumb so help me here at around 7:05 in the video and on you guy a nice forward backward roll. But your backward roll looks like it's a perfect alternating index roll (21t1) and it's pretty comfy to play that way. Cool I do it like that or not advisable? Again. Thanks alot for these puzzle pieces I couldn't find anywhere else.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Spooky tooth,thanks for waiting. UA-cam's notification system still bewilders me. You're right, I misspoke. That roll of which you speak is a 21t1, an alt index. It feels like a middle reverse roll, which is why I said it, but that last index is important because it allows you to begin the roll on the thumb of D7 chord. I'm working on the next video now! I'd love to hear your etudes btw

  • @jermotter
    @jermotter 4 роки тому +1

    I've been trying to rely less on tab and more on playing by ear. This video is exactly what I needed.
    How do you choose which rolls you use? Are there certain rolls that work better in the beginning/middle/end of phrases, across chord changes, or when playing backup?

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +3

      I choose what rolls I use by following my ear in fleeting moments of inspiration. I'll write those down, analyze them, and put them in different places.
      As far as the second question, I would write out a simple yet rhythmically accurate tab in tabledit, and then fill in the gaps with rolls that don't consecutively repeat a right hand finger and have convenient shifting in the left hand with open strings.
      Get your thumb forward middle reverse rolls together. Actually, try learning some of my songs to see how I use rolls. The tabs are available for free on my website

  • @FutureFolk
    @FutureFolk 4 роки тому +1

    Dope

  • @benhulan
    @benhulan 3 роки тому +1

    1. Bolinas Ridge is “hella dope”.
    2. These vids are banjo two point oh!

  • @striperguy61
    @striperguy61 3 роки тому

    Who’s that guy with the short hair?

  • @bubba6909
    @bubba6909 3 роки тому

    So how do I figure out the melody? 😂

  • @midnighttoker8663
    @midnighttoker8663 4 роки тому +2

    I'm interested how you came up with the chords behind your songs, they're obviously not just I IV V. Great vid

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +2

      Hey good question. What I did for Bolinas Ridge is follow the melody. Gmi Eb Gmi F Gmi Eb C7 F D7. A given melody note is probably a 1 3 or 5 of whatever chord you're on, given those parameters, for this song, I played bass and listened to what fits, as well as what notes on the banjo sound right relative to the melodic note.

    • @midnighttoker8663
      @midnighttoker8663 4 роки тому +1

      @@RickyMier thanks! That's some food for thought. I'd like to understand better why certain chords work better over a melody and use that in my playing.

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      @@midnighttoker8663 Yeah trying think about what chord tone the melody is of the root note, that will steer you in the right direction

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      You know Rob, another thing to think about is not just chord progressions, but Chord Voicings. Some work better on banjo than others

    • @burroc5536
      @burroc5536 4 роки тому +1

      Was going to be my question, thanks.

  • @nikolairuskin
    @nikolairuskin 3 роки тому

    Hella easy dude! \m/
    Great lesson :)

  • @nj033_
    @nj033_ 4 роки тому +1

    You're so cool

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      Nupur Joshi Thanks Nupur

  • @APlusCarpetCleaningRedding
    @APlusCarpetCleaningRedding 4 роки тому +1

    Hell'a easy, I've been doing it wrong the whole time!

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      A Plus Carpet Cleaning It's about time you tryed easy

  • @anthonycipolle8589
    @anthonycipolle8589 4 роки тому +1

    Shit's great, man!

  • @gshearnnance
    @gshearnnance 4 роки тому +1

    HELLA EASY!!

  • @Spookytooth92
    @Spookytooth92 4 роки тому +1

    I know you want views and to grow a little, so it's cool if you do like a coffin dance video or something bogus sometimes. But as long as you never quit totally doing stuff like this. Actual musicians music, stuff that really matters, definitely hanging around. In the long run it will be videos and musicality like this that keeps people around

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому

      Spookytooth92 Rock on Spookytooth, I appreciate your insight. I have no idea what kind of vids I'll be doing in the future. What is a coffin dance video?

    • @Spookytooth92
      @Spookytooth92 4 роки тому +1

      @@RickyMier lol! It's a meme. Coffin dance song...... All the music UA-camrs making covers of the song and insane views coming from it. In fact. If you can make an arrangement a skit for it it may not be too late as an experiment. You would sort of blow up from it. Regardless I think that's junk. Anyway I know you have some background in music school. Maybe one day sharing a little more of your background would be cool would also love some listening reccomendations. I guess I listen to all the normal bluegrass stuff and Bela. I really like this group Cadillac sky too. Bobby Thompson

    • @RickyMier
      @RickyMier  4 роки тому +1

      @@Spookytooth92 You know, last night I was watching some Davie 504 and I saw the coffin dance. Funny af. I'll incorporate a little bit of my background into the next video. As far as listening goes, Bela is the only one who has fully satisfied what I want, which is drums, bass, and banjo. Because he is so secretive, he hasn't really explained his process and these lessons I'm making are my approximation of some of his composition techniques. Def check out my album The New Age Connection on Spotify or whatever

    • @Spookytooth92
      @Spookytooth92 4 роки тому

      @@RickyMier awesome. Thanks a ton yeah with banjo some things seem impossibly difficult or like someone is using a technique only they know. When it is found it's like well....that's simple af.....but until then like a magic spell sealed away only they know. Thanks for sharing so much I've watched all your videos multiple times over at this point it's. Very very helpful and I have you know....Tony trischka books and stuff. Thanks alot. And yeah. A thing here or there would give you views like that I'm all for you making a buck or two. I just don't want the best source for learning this kind of thing at the moment gone is all it's selfish. I'll share your album with a couple old music buddies too. Thanks

  • @gregthroberts
    @gregthroberts 4 роки тому +1

    Day-om ! 😀

  • @egorsozonov7425
    @egorsozonov7425 4 місяці тому

    You misspelled isorhythmation about a dozen times lol