Acoustic blues guitar that you can play by yourself - No Jam Track Needed - Guitar Lesson - EP569

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
  • In this week's guitar lesson you'll learn an acoustic blues composition that you can play on your own, no jam track required.
    To view the Part 2 video and download the TAB for this lesson, visit: www.activemelody.com/lesson/a...

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  • @flylippfantom8425
    @flylippfantom8425 21 день тому +8

    Brian consistently writes music weekly that amazes me, Active Melody members get PDFs, on screen tab videos and everything else a person can learn to become a guitarist and explains it. Excellent teacher at a very good price. You want to learn. Stick around

    • @ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes
      @ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes 21 день тому +2

      It’s a fantastic deal! I’m 98 and a half years old and by golly watching Brian was when I first finally started “getting it”!

  • @Sullmike
    @Sullmike 13 днів тому +1

    I get a kick out of it when you say things like "hopefully a light just went on for someone out there" - that light is usually coming on for me and things are starting to make more sense. Great teaching. Thanks

  • @user-kc7kj6vr1u
    @user-kc7kj6vr1u 28 днів тому +13

    I’m here for these explanations that come along with a song. Thank you so much please don’t change a thing despite the minority that complains about it

  • @ghflcity
    @ghflcity 28 днів тому +4

    I love these “So you play guitar? Play something for us,” songs! Another “must learn” for me! Thanks Brian!

  • @davidlee8464
    @davidlee8464 28 днів тому +12

    Can’t get enough of these solo blues pieces.

  • @mikedunman8822
    @mikedunman8822 3 дні тому

    Man,that J45 sounded incredible…great tone and so clear

  • @jalalfaruque9527
    @jalalfaruque9527 18 днів тому +1

    Best blues lesson vdo i've ever seen. 💚🎸🙌

  • @dionnpeterson
    @dionnpeterson 28 днів тому +13

    I have been waiting for a teacher that spoke my musical language. hope to have membership money soon, but you play all the elements of everything I love about Jerry Garcia. his bluegrass blues and country sensibilities. great stuff.

    • @JackPitts
      @JackPitts 28 днів тому +5

      Get that membership! The online tools are great and as you know, the lessons can’t be beat!

    • @user-kc7kj6vr1u
      @user-kc7kj6vr1u 28 днів тому +3

      dude id freak out if he did some more jerry lessons

    • @dionnpeterson
      @dionnpeterson 28 днів тому

      @@user-kc7kj6vr1u it's all there. at least my faves, like Jack a Row, shady grove stuff, and his bluegrass feel from his roots working mans, etc... if you want Jerry song lessons. check out Toby & Davy. you don't get the why. but he has the proper fingering.

    • @jonathanpaulmoore4583
      @jonathanpaulmoore4583 27 днів тому

      9😅 0:22 0:23 0:25 so 😅😅😅😅😊

  • @meski6651
    @meski6651 27 днів тому +2

    There are all kinds of blues nuggets in this.

  • @TheMegansdad
    @TheMegansdad 27 днів тому +2

    Really enjoy your teaching style, especially how you smoothly integrate intermediate level harmony and melody theory, as it applies to the structure and context of the tune👍. This old Mississippi blues style lesson really hooked me.

  • @davidheilman1613
    @davidheilman1613 28 днів тому +4

    Love these Acoustic Blues Play it by yourself stuff! And this one will be a fine example. Great for playing around, and astonishing your friends, (as well as yourself).
    Can't wait to get at that last Run you did near the end of the lesson. Tastey!

  • @nicholascampbell9689
    @nicholascampbell9689 17 днів тому

    Love these stand alone, acoustic compositions. Thanks Brian!

  • @babaluma77
    @babaluma77 12 днів тому

    Brian, as always great lesson. I'm picking up so much. I love these play by yourself lessons, but really, i get something out of all your videos.

  • @user-tk2uc5up5t
    @user-tk2uc5up5t 19 днів тому +1

    The first three chord progression reminds me of The Beatles' Till There Was You

  • @PoppyJSmith
    @PoppyJSmith 27 днів тому

    These play-by-yourself lessons are my favorite.

  • @rockyroad90
    @rockyroad90 25 днів тому

    Your the perfect teacher for “failure to launch” guitar player like me. Learned the pentatonic major and minor scales with the blues note, some triads (E,A&D), hybrid picking and still can’t bring it all together. Your videos are making a difference. Thanks!

  • @Xgeek5702
    @Xgeek5702 28 днів тому +5

    Garth Brooks. Friends in Low Places.

  • @ManfredM29
    @ManfredM29 28 днів тому

    Just learned EP 336. This is the right one to follow up. I love these kind of lessons!

  • @jamieb7799
    @jamieb7799 28 днів тому

    Thanks Brian, absolutely love the Blues by yourself lessons. Watched it through to get my head around it. Now over to the premium site to learn it today. I really appreciate how easily you explain the theory and connectedness. Makes so much difference.
    Thanks as always 🙏👍

  • @RobinGlasco
    @RobinGlasco 28 днів тому +1

    Thank you! Nice little blues to impovise with and I picked up a couple of licks.

  • @wayneh8768
    @wayneh8768 25 днів тому

    This is just so much fun, thanks so much for posting this. I love learning new guitar pieces that interchange rhythm/chords with lead licks, and this had some real gems in both the licks and the chord tricks (that B7 for example). Love it

  • @flylippfantom8425
    @flylippfantom8425 21 день тому

    Everything is coming together love it thanks

  • @matthewhull5384
    @matthewhull5384 22 дні тому

    As always, I really enjoyed your video. Thanks for very clear explanations of what you’re doing and more importantly..why. Super helpful! Thanks man!

  • @davidr8650
    @davidr8650 28 днів тому

    Awesome stuff again. Another one in my liked videos. Its over one hundred now. My playing has improved massively since joining active melody. Thanks very much.

  • @Cappaghgrove
    @Cappaghgrove 28 днів тому +2

    Cool...very cool indeed

  • @gjwade1
    @gjwade1 25 днів тому

    Great lesson!

  • @LPKJFHIS
    @LPKJFHIS 27 днів тому

    Brian showing up every time with the coolest guitar anyone's ever seen and then playing/showing the tastiest licks with cool timing 😗🤌

  • @andyappleyard1837
    @andyappleyard1837 16 днів тому

    Really useful session, thank you.

  • @babou7839
    @babou7839 26 днів тому

    My god ! I'll need a full week to process all the tricks explained here. Thank you so much. Bart the Belgian

  • @scottforman9586
    @scottforman9586 27 днів тому

    love your use of gospel changes; they are great! and your musical explanation (secondary 5ths)

  • @jimlynn3455
    @jimlynn3455 28 днів тому +2

    Mind reader. I was just wanting more lessons like 336. Thanks.

  • @stephenhantelman5997
    @stephenhantelman5997 27 днів тому

    Enjoyed this blues lesson

  • @pinkifloyd7867
    @pinkifloyd7867 28 днів тому +1

    Thanks ❤

  • @garylcampbell9964
    @garylcampbell9964 28 днів тому

    Another good job Brian.

  • @denisechetty4019
    @denisechetty4019 28 днів тому +2

    I like your idea with creating a tension intro ☺️.

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox3860 28 днів тому

    That was nice. Thanks Brian.

  • @joenunez2853
    @joenunez2853 28 днів тому +8

    Great lesson. Friends in low places.😎

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  28 днів тому +2

      haha - you got it!

    • @ElvisAronPresleybyRustyMartin
      @ElvisAronPresleybyRustyMartin 27 днів тому

      ​@@activemelody seriously. I wish you could teach me ??? Respectively
      Janine

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  27 днів тому

      @@ElvisAronPresleybyRustyMartin watch the video?

    • @1SGHooahStuff
      @1SGHooahStuff 26 днів тому

      Friends in Low Places intro. I love, love, love this lesson because I'm wanting to add more blues to my show. Thanks!!

  • @GuitarJoLa
    @GuitarJoLa 27 днів тому

    Excellent lesson as always, especially the song intro breakdown! ✨💕

  • @willischeyltjens2980
    @willischeyltjens2980 28 днів тому

    great lesson

  • @emirhanulas4281
    @emirhanulas4281 2 дні тому

    Amazing

  • @rehkram
    @rehkram 28 днів тому

    I love this, thanks Brian. Always amazes me how you play stuff with a flatpick I can only get close to using finger picking, sound wise (dynamics, clarity). Will be diving into it with a pick - Mark

  • @1974xaviers
    @1974xaviers 28 днів тому

    Excellent video

  • @David-yd4vd
    @David-yd4vd 28 днів тому

    awesome insight on the blues:)

  • @user-we4nd3fm5x
    @user-we4nd3fm5x 28 днів тому

    Great; looking forward to part 2; comments to follow . . . .

  • @toibiu
    @toibiu 28 днів тому +2

    Nice.

  • @riffcodgerpetermcaleer8638
    @riffcodgerpetermcaleer8638 28 днів тому

    Brilliant. Diolch.

  • @lloydsplace101
    @lloydsplace101 25 днів тому

    Noce sounding guitar good pickin

  • @JohnnyApp1eseed
    @JohnnyApp1eseed 27 днів тому

    I been listening/watching you for about 3 years now, and in those 3 learned more from you then the previous 20 (plateaued) years prior. But probably most importantly, is instead of memorizing entire scales from the high E to low E, learn to memorize the scales around their respective major and minor chords.
    If you can do this, it really does make everything else like nuance and dynamics fall into place much faster.
    Anyway, i just wanna say that
    over the years you have made the guitar feel less like homework, and more of something I want to do and am extremely passionate about. Everyday I can’t wait to pick it up. So thank you for that 🫶

  • @robertpugsley8758
    @robertpugsley8758 28 днів тому +2

    Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places?

  • @user-pi9dc8qr1j
    @user-pi9dc8qr1j 27 днів тому

    Really enjoy these standalone/solo pieces. I also appreciate the advice 'don't get too mathematical about it...' regarding timing - just make sure you hit the crucial note at the right point. Often I will try and get my playing identical to yours (as a challenge as much as anything), but I think it's just as important to be able to loosen up and apply the 'feel' to improvised pieces of my own.

  • @mauriziorachello3614
    @mauriziorachello3614 28 днів тому

    Quanta musica. Molto bene

  • @dawin6710
    @dawin6710 28 днів тому +1

    Louis Armstrong: "What a Wonderful World".

  • @rizzjohn
    @rizzjohn 28 днів тому

    Sweet J45

  • @TheLarryolson
    @TheLarryolson 26 днів тому

    Great sound really enjoyed it. I am wondering what the basic structure is. If I am counting correctly I hear 20 measures. So it's not an eight bar blues or a 12 bar blues or 16 bar jazz piece?

  • @GOPrLiars
    @GOPrLiars 5 днів тому

    Sounds like, Friends in low places.

  • @stephenbrayfield4135
    @stephenbrayfield4135 26 днів тому

    Thanks for another great lesson. May I ask what gauge strings you use to do all these bends? I’m using Martin flexible core lights

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  26 днів тому +1

      Always 12 gauge on acoustic for me (D’Addario)

  • @steveavant9727
    @steveavant9727 28 днів тому +1

    I dream of the day I can just sit and make up music and it sounds good. I can memorize the stuff on utube but I want the music to just be created on the fly. At 67 years old, I doubt I’ll ever get there.

    • @Movealongtherebuddy
      @Movealongtherebuddy 28 днів тому +1

      I feel the same way. Even if it never comes its nice having our wood friends around. Playing someone else's stuff or just trying to noodle around is good fun.

    • @jermicah
      @jermicah 28 днів тому +2

      I'm 72 with the same goal; we can at least be much better players than we are now so just forge ahead

  • @sashguitars_com
    @sashguitars_com 28 днів тому

  • @affa2005
    @affa2005 27 днів тому

    Yet another excellent work of Mr. Brian. Great composition. Thank you ! Other way around, I have long time unsolved mistery linked to EP288 viz: what amplifier did you use for that record ? Thank you in advance.

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  26 днів тому

      Man I have no idea! If any amp back then probably a Fender Blues Jr

    • @affa2005
      @affa2005 26 днів тому

      @@activemelody Never mind . It's one of the sound I'm looking for and ... still looking. Thank you again and keep going.

  • @IggyPelman
    @IggyPelman 27 днів тому

    Inkspots "If I didn't Care" from Shawshank Redemption.

  • @bobeagle7383
    @bobeagle7383 28 днів тому +1

    Blame it all on my roots.....🎶

    • @Dlee966
      @Dlee966 28 днів тому

      The comment I was looking for 😂

  • @robertmartelli9046
    @robertmartelli9046 23 дні тому

    Fun

  • @ovivan79
    @ovivan79 27 днів тому

    Thank you for my next exercise. What is that microphone you are recording with?

  • @marklange1890
    @marklange1890 27 днів тому

    I'm sure you have friends there as well;)

  • @dustdevilz4771
    @dustdevilz4771 27 днів тому

    Great piece. Nice to switch it up to the acoustic once in a while. Pretty easy to learn and play so far. We’ll see how the second half goes…Nice haircut😂

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 28 днів тому

    Hi Brian, that's what we do, just steal it! Wow, is that the way it is in Nashville?

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  28 днів тому

      That’s what everyone does when you learn a lick from someone.

    • @douglaschristine8387
      @douglaschristine8387 28 днів тому

      ​@@activemelodyjust messing with you. Good lesson and have a wonderful weekend. Peace Brian.

  • @JeffreyDorwart
    @JeffreyDorwart 26 днів тому

    I’ve got friends in Low Places

  • @garylcampbell9964
    @garylcampbell9964 28 днів тому +1

    Garth Brooks song.

  • @bedstag
    @bedstag 16 днів тому

    I have Friends in Low Places ;-)

  • @lyndontaylor1380
    @lyndontaylor1380 28 днів тому

    I'm getting Whispering Grass, the Ink Spots??

    • @lyndontaylor1380
      @lyndontaylor1380 28 днів тому

      Got that song stuck in my head now! Not complaining; what a wonderful record!

  • @MichaelGlennglennimages
    @MichaelGlennglennimages 27 днів тому

    in LOW-OW-OWWWWW places

  • @tkimagesmedia3960
    @tkimagesmedia3960 28 днів тому

    "Blame it all on my roots........"

  • @joeharris2273
    @joeharris2273 28 днів тому

    Garth Brooks

  • @jasonswack4996
    @jasonswack4996 26 днів тому

    Friends in Low Places

  • @rodney4266
    @rodney4266 27 днів тому

    Friends in low places

  • @mauriziorachello3614
    @mauriziorachello3614 25 днів тому

    Come fare diventare facile quello che sembra difficile.

  • @duanespeare7825
    @duanespeare7825 28 днів тому

    Garth Brooks???

  • @colincannon8072
    @colincannon8072 28 днів тому

    I showed up in boots…….

  • @user-ml7jh4eq9e
    @user-ml7jh4eq9e 24 дні тому

    Спасибл из россии!

  • @jfinke373
    @jfinke373 28 днів тому

    Holy Crap, You challenged us to name the song that has that same Introduction. It is on the tip of mine tongue, but i just can't bring it out. What is that?! I know it, ughh.

    • @lucashandley1150
      @lucashandley1150 28 днів тому +1

      Eric Clapton - nobody knows you when you're down and out ?.
      Maybe ?

    • @jonalano
      @jonalano 26 днів тому

      Friends in low places 🤪

  • @GavinMorris1
    @GavinMorris1 28 днів тому +2

    I don't have the people skills for this. 8 1/2 minutes in and I'm waiting for something I can use. It's like escaping from Shawshank.

    • @JackPitts
      @JackPitts 28 днів тому +3

      No idea what you’re talking about

    • @activemelody
      @activemelody  28 днів тому +9

      you could always use the scrubber to skip forward then. that's what they make that thing for

    • @smwallace2368
      @smwallace2368 28 днів тому +3

      "Patience" must have auto-corrected to "people skills" and the commentor is either too lazy to correct it or too dense to recognize it.

    • @JackPitts
      @JackPitts 28 днів тому +1

      @@smwallace2368 😂

    • @mikemoodie
      @mikemoodie 28 днів тому

      What are you on about?

  • @billfehr256
    @billfehr256 24 дні тому

    Great lesson!

  • @spartacusjonesmusic
    @spartacusjonesmusic 28 днів тому

    Nice.

  • @pschlosb
    @pschlosb 27 днів тому

    Friends in Low Places