The ONE Solo Tip I Wish I'd Been Told! | Friday Fretworks
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- The SINGLE piece of advise I wish I'd been told sooner...
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Key points:
0:00 Intro
0:13 JAM!
1:42 Chinese Democracy
3:18 The lick
3:57 How it's probably played
4:09 How I learned it...
4:16 "Stuck in the Box"
4:46 Cardinal Black live at Cardiff Castle
6:00 Why bother?
6:36 Derek Trucks/slide players
7:13 The best place to start?
7:51 C Major Exercise
8:53 In conclusion
9:45 JAM!
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I'm 64 and have listened to bands all over the world and Chris is in the top 5 I've heard. Maby the best definitely plays with the most feeling. Some would say that he is soul moving.
i am convinced that you are the guitar god of the 21st century.
have you heard tim henson?
@@TheLovewhite good ol Timi Hendrix
@@TheLovewhite Tim Henson plays amazingly well, but Chris Bucks playing hits you right in the feels, it's like a soul singer but on guitar.
have you heard of Julian Lage?
@@evanwilliams8908 imo for blues style Josh Smith is still better than Chris
”-Told about when I was younger” Dude like an infant? You are still so young but play like a exceptional guitar guy in his late 40s thats been playing since their teens. Intonation, feel, musicality and personality. You got it man.
Never thought I’d hear Chris talk about Buckethead. What a crossover. Buckethead is an absolute monster. Easily one of the greatest to ever walk the Earth.
And then Chris played his solo, but better.
But yea, absolute legend.
Chris BUCK... BUCKethead... coincidence?
Along with another GNR alumni, Bumblefoot.
@@simonriley7750 ohh so thats why he had a bucket in his head all the time, so that we didn't know its Chris!
I've noticed a smoothness and vocal quality in my playing since I started doing this--and I started after hearing /watching you play some time ago. If ones playing is an evolution, I just started to walk on land and I see you running and even flying. Your playing is magical. Stay Well Groovy One.
The way you play the solo at the beginning is just perfect. goosebumps!!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
That was the most musical way I ever heard anybody play the C major scale.
Sounds like the guitar is signing joyfully to itself... incredible
Chris
It’s interesting that you brought this topic up because I’m self taught and that’s how I learned to play up and down each string first. It’s always been comfortable for me and I’ve seen dozens of Muddy Waters videos where he’s playing mostly one string slide at a time! 🎸🤟😎
Opening was absolutely heaven!!!
The thing I most appreciate, apart of course from how you make the guitar sing, is how you explain what you do. It really gets me thinking about my own playing and how I can improve.
I saw Santana in concert back in 1973 and he did a lot of soloing on one string.
This is the best take-away from trying to play slide for years. Slide is still so hard but my soloing generally has improved.
Your videos are incredible - your playing, knowledge, guidance and willingness to pass on your skills to fellow guitarists. All presented with humility and passion for the craft. Thank you Chris!
One of the best examples of this I can think of is Jimi Hendrix’s solo on May this be Love. All the b string. Quite excellent.
Every solo you play is so emotive!! You are an incredible player and your musicality is crazy good. Thanks for sharing with us, Chris!!
The beauty of learning things by ear is that sometimes you have happy accidents!!!
Defo hearing Derek Trucks in your playing. Which is a good thing!
Nice to see you reference Derek Trucks playing Midnight in Haarlem. Such an awesome and emotional solo that builds beautifully. It's right up there with the best of all time IMHO.
I can't believe I've only been watching you on the Facebooks! I didn't realize there was so much more to your videos! Gonna have to spend some time here now! My wife, kids and school can wait...
This is Gold
I probably understand about 9 of these words, but I appreciate every single one.
There's one thing Chris doesn't dwell on, he shows it at 7:50; dynamics (meaning loud and soft) and feeling. It's actually something that's precious and very rare. Due to the 80's inspired speed-freaks, who seem to have identified the ingredient they could never learn, and compensated for this with notes-per-second. If there's one lesson that I pray young folks get from Chris's videos, and genuinely beautiful playing, it's this.
I could listen to that intro jam ALL DAMN DAY! so good
This guy unlocked in me a deeper new connection with rock blues that I could never imagine.
Combined with your immaculate bending technique and it’s a match made in heaven mate.
More and more.... i find elements of your playing so unique and powerful, what a beautiful solo,
Totally agree with you. 👍 I wanted my solo playing to sound more like a singer. One day, it dawned on me that playing on just one or two strings is very close to how singing actually works. It makes using various legato techniques, like slides, bends, changing notes on one "breath," etc. all come naturally. Another thing I do is to try and limit my fretting hand to use only one of two fingers - I prefer index and middle. It's weird, but by doing that, I feel like I "hear" better. Thanks for sharing your insights and talent. 😎
Your solo reminded me of Derek Trucks sound/playing, and as soon as you mentioned him, right after playing his clip, I had to stop to type this - had I not known it was you playing, I might have thought it was him. Your playing, sir, is Brilliant!
That clip of you playing at the Castle is just 🤘🏼
Just insanely emotional and guttural, so damn amazing Chris!
Ok, just not fair. MAGIC !!! Love your chops. Very tasteful. You leave me shaking my head but that's just because I'm jealous. Keep up the great videos
That intro is one of the best solos I heard. Literally.
The opening solo was sick - just amazing!!!!
the video I was waiting for.. I was admire this style of yours! thanks for reminder us to exercise this!
For anyone who is super serious about guitar, There's a book by Mick Goodrick called The Advancing Guitarist. One of the first chapters is called "The Unitar" in other words, learning to apply musical and theoretical ideas on a single string. This is a really useful skill for a number of reasons. It helped me to see intervals, scales, and melodies more clearly, and it also helped me learn to glide up and down the neck without planting my left hand too firmly in any one position. It's also a great way to see the overlapping patterns in a particular key from string to string. You can see where one idea can continue up or down a single string or when it overlaps with the neighbouring strings. This has helped me become familiar with the fret board in a big way. Still learning from that book. Highly recommend you check it out if you haven't already.
Chineese Democracy is a totally underappriciated album. The solos are out of this world. Those guys know their s… The solo in This I Love is another Buckethead feat of genious
Amen brother! There was a time.
This i love solo was writted by robin finck!
When I first started playing guitar, I did a lot of playing on one string up and down the guitar, and after I started formalizing my learning, I quickly discarded that, as I (foolishly) believed it was amateurish to not play box scales "like the pros". I wish I'd had a voice of reason like you around to encourage me. Thanks for all of your informational content. This has quickly become my favorite youtube channel.
Your soloing just sounds AMAZING Chris
You’ve rocketed into a ridiculously mature musician. Your use of space, timing and phrasing is unbelievable. Prob the most inspiring guitar player out there right now.
Love your playing! Amazing tone! Great video! Segovia was a believer in playing on one string for as long as possible to maintain tone and let each string speak for itself. You should check out his old scale forms. When I was learning classical as a kid I always ran from that concept and preferred the easy across the neck forms. Now I gravitate the other way and even more so since getting into your playing. Guess the old master knew what he was talking about, and the new master of the electric definitely does.
Chris, you nailed it! Single string leads yield a much more natural, vocal sounding result. Rock on, dude!
Always amazingly tasteful.
Wonderful playing as always!!
Derek Trucks also does a ton of single string runs at times and it has a great feel.
I think the ear/brain expect smaller intervals rather than big jumps between notes. The interval relationship is the flavour but the general context of the interval is all about the note you last played or the note you are playing next. I find that it takes more discipline to play in a box and not end up playing a load of notes that no one needs to hear. This is a brilliant video. Real penny drop moment for me.
Sick guitar in the opening
Good tip. It’s actually the same technique I used on my submission for the “Tell Me
How It Feels” solo competition.
⚓️ Thanks Chris 😎
Cheers Chris, it's a really refreshing way to look at guitar playing. Sometimes there is so much pressure for guitar players to sweep up and down scale shapes. But using one string and sliding is a great unique sound and something I am going to try
Chris I absolutely need an album from you. Your intros and jams are stunning
I've watched this 25 times. Great tone on the gnr track. Great vid. Cheers man
Lovely closing solo✌
Couldn't agree more with the one string run thing, Chris. Been doing it for years, and love the results... but I didn't start because I was conscious of the breathy, vocal quality it imparted. As a kid whose left hand technique was more vice grip than finesse, I used to break a LOT of high E strings but didn't want to screw up the flow of a jam by stopping to restring. So, during the heat of battle as it were, I'd just fish around on the B string up and down the neck to do what I thought sounded okay...after a while, this became an instinctual part of my approach toward crafting lead runs, even with all the strings in place!
Very interesting...something novice guitarists do to get started in soloing....but i have found myself enjoying one string soloing very much recently...then i stumbled on this video! Thanks very much!!
One of my fav guitar player, Mr. Andy Timmons, also a master at this style of playing... Thank you for your version of it
Even the one string "exercise" sounds like an anthem. holy shit.
I started doing a lot of sliding between notes as I was learning to play some lead and really liked the mix of playing in both axis. Initially because I didn't know scale tonal intervals very well and I could slide onto the target note (still not expert/instant) and when mixed with a bit of bends or trem., slides with single note runs really opens up the sound and makes things more fluid sounding.
This works in tandem with your video on call/response playing very well. I learned a lot from both. The one note slide bits make the sound more 'vocal' in flavor.
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That trem bar really does save the day when we screw up as well!
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I’ve loved this solo for years and to hear someone else say it’s one of the best of all time (or at least got some of the best licks in it) is so sick to hear, always felt I was alone in loving this song and this album. Chinese Democracy isn’t a GnR record, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an incredible one. The emotion on some of those tracks is unreal! Thanks for this Chris. Stellar as always lad
Hahaha watched this and picked up my guitar and instantly noticed the difference! Thanks Chris!!!!
It’s the bits in between the notes that makes the music sound real ;) It’s particularly refreshing to hear it in this digital age of music making
Another great vid Chris!
Brilliant as always!!!
My mind is completely blown. My playing will be changed forever. Thank you for this beautiful information. I love the way you attack the strings. Cheers
Inspiring playing & tips Chris, thanks
You're amazing. Will definitely keep that in mind
Yes!!! Great to hear there was a time, I’ve always loved that solo🤘🏻
Man that outro was fire 🔥 So much respect for your playing Chris
Thank you SO much for this Chris. What a wonderful insight!
Remarkable similarity to Derek Trucks. Phrasing, tone, emotion - great stuff.
I was always slightly embarrassed playing this way as I always kind of felt it people would think it was incorrect (of course it isn't, its music nothing is really incorrect) but it felt right and to me it sounds better/more natural.
What you said about a vocalist makes a whole lot of sense.
Thanks for sharing. Now a sub. \m/ :-D
I’m blown away -that’s some really nice playing mate. Thanks.
Said it before and will say it again I love all your content but this is your best material.
Honestly I think you may make the best guitar material on UA-cam. In my opinion. Even my non guitarist friends know I watch Friday fretwork, Thank you for such awesome content.
Chris Buck, such an insightful vid, thank you kindly for it
I loved the journey you took me on in the first solo
Awesome Chris, a true inspiration! You teach us all the power of eternal creative possibilities - thank you!
Awsome opening solo Chris.. made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up ….
Dude, you’re a BEAST… thanks for sharing your knowledge and playing!
Absolutely wonderful. Such a simple, yet very effective concept. Thank you for sharing this Chris, I will be diving into this fully. Have an awesome day. 🙏
That is such a great sound. It’s powerful and direct... I love those semitone bends that are repeated a fret apart, up and down, to give a howling voice to the run. Superb!
Great video and great advice...I had not really thought of soloing like this....I will have to try this. Your lead work on the tracks in the video were just so good. Thank you
Thanks Chris, you're one of the more informative inspiring greats on the web.
Man I just love listening to you play lead!
Literally a inspiration man, thank you for all your information 🙏
Opening new paths of expression with the instrument. Glorious sounds!
Sounding great Christopher 🎸👌
This video has the tips for sure! Thanks Chris.
Chris, your intro soloing in every single one of these videos is breathaking, so much for a fellow guitar player to learn from.
This is exactly why I say its much easier with a keyboard as your first instrument. Being brief on comments tonight, it's late ... Chris Buck, you ARE the Rock-God of the 21st Century.
You have got to get into a better band man. Something like radiohead/with roots, inserting your guitar singing nectar into our world. Your intro solo in this vid just wails. Wish you knew me ... ;-)
Your horizontal approach lends itself to all kinds of great legato which really stands out in your playing, man. Adds all kinds of touch, feel, and all of the other buzz words we love to throw out there.
You sir, are positively merciless with your guitars! I think it's bloody fantastic! Thanks mucker.
Your playing is beautiful.
Thanks for the great ideas here! I’m going to try this single string soloing.
Dude I love your work, huge fan so thank you! It’s amazing I’m 45 , playing my whole life, pretty average but I definitely thought of solos in terms of scales, this concept you introduced is really a game changer, thanks again. Keep going man every Friday I get to escape the problems of everyday life And enjoy a Friday fretworks
Great vid. Thank you Chris!
It is interesting listening to your dynamics when playing like this. That vocal quality definitely comes through with use of the slide, but also in how you often allow the notes to natural ring out (decrease in volume) and when you pluck the string again to focus on matching the dynamic of the previous note. This also shows in how you use hybrid picking to control the tone of the plucked noted. The dynamic matches a vocalist who would be at the end of breath when singing longer lines, who would use chest or falsetto voice and how a vocalist would project their voice and even break up/ distort the voice giving that more aggressive tone. These are some of the reasons i've been so attracted to your style of playing, as its something i've always worked on but never mastered.
Wow. Every time I think you can't top yourself, you do just that. Both solos were great, but that last one was just brilliant. So loaded with emotion. That's what it's all about! Thanks Chris!
thanks for the pointer ! it works !
Great video, incredible playing, cheers
Richard Fortus is all class. Thanks for this incredible video Chris.
Really emotional stuff Chris. Your technique is amazing of course, but it's what you summon from within you that comes across and connects with the listener. In many ways, just like Derek, and there's no higher compliment I can give you than that.
Merci, Chris.