This was fantastic. Marc Ribot's playing is a rich tapestry of styles. Seeing you break it down at a theoretical and technical level was super helpful and I learned some great licks. Thanks!
I discovered your channel a week or so ago and have decided I am going to try to do a video a day. You have it all. Insane playing, great pedagogy and above all, bonkers good taste. The best guitar channel on the internet. Sending huge props from Berlin. Kai
Best guitar lessons on the net, by far. I'm always grateful for all your Waits/Ribot content. I'd love to hear you analyze and tackle some of Fripp's dissonant lead and chord work on Bowie's Scary Monsters, Fashion, or It's No Game (Number 1) someday. :)
Thanks Brent! Don't worry I will. Marc is one of those players that endlessly facinates me - I always find new areas to explore within his expansive catalog!
Great production and content. I am very grateful that I found your videos this week. It is so fudging hot here in Charlotte North Carolina that I need to learn new stuff on the guitar. Good mix of taste/theory and droll humor.
Thanks Andrew! I'm just down the road from you in Pittsboro NC so I feel the swampy NC summer heat too! Lucky for us, we're real close to the river and can hop in at the end of the day :-)
Yeah, I gotta dissect some Fripp - what an original! Turns out the problem wasn't the deco after all, it was my power! Strymons are very picky about their 250ma requirements - there must've been something going on with the current dipping below that causing the pedal to shut off.
Loving this lesson. Chose this one to really focus on with my teacher and it is just brilliant, so much depth and some really clever and tasty licks. Thank you!
That's what I love to hear! The ideas in this one are useful in so many different genres - playing to changes doesn't have to be super jazzy and elitist! It can be fun for us rock guys too!
@@EricHaugenGuitar I've been working on trying to make my surf stuff a little more interesting lately, and this tutorial specifically gives me a lot of the theoretical ideas that I've been looking for. So, thank you so much! This is by far my favorite channel on here. :)
Much appreciated, Ander! I'm just a guy doin' his thing - figuring out cool guitar stuff and filming it. It always makes me happy to hear how much people get out of these vids :-)
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. I see what you're doing... :-) I concur with the one-octave approach. I started doing that myself about a year ago with scales - practicing them an octave at a time and expanding/connecting the octaves later on. It made a huge difference on my progress and on my ability to improvise with them. I'm taking your advice and will try that approach with arpeggios too. As always, thanks for sharing Eric!
Yeah! We get tricked into these giant forms that go all over the fretboard, but they're not very practical in real time music playing. Unless you're Al Di Meola, of course :-)
Thanks Dave! I always love putting together these "solos in the style of" vids. I was just thinking it would be cool to do a "George Harrison Bendy" one next - I love his eastern-influenced bends.
Man, I seriously can't thank you enough for this but also just in general for doing what do here. I don't know many folk that recognize Mark's awesome guitar mastery!! And to get your take on how he works his wizardry has inspired me to give that style another whirl, quite successfully I might add!! I absorb each and everyone of your wonderful videos and hope that you never tire!! Thank you, sincerely man!! Where abouts are you located in the real world?
Awesome! That's what I love to hear! It makes me so happy to know that my vids are inspiring people to get more out of their music life! Don't worry - I have and endless slew of ideas/observations to share :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar I totally mean it, I've been an active guitar player for over 20 years and primarily metal for the majority of that time. But my love for Tom Waits has always been present! My latest project for the last year-and-a-half has been perfectly suited for what I'm getting from your videos so again I can't express enough gratitude! Write the hell on brother!
How friggin' awesome does that sound? And now I have a chance to understand how to do it. Thank you for digging out these shiny jewels from the gutter for us all.
This lesson is a bit like when a magician explains his trick. One can play scales 8 hours a day for years and still sound like shit unless one has understood the elements you so brilliantly explains in this video. 1. Understand the chords and the chord progression 2. Connect them with arpeggio fragments 3. Add some notes for melodic adventures While doing 1 & 2, learn your fretboard so that you can find your flat 5th's, 9ths and thirds everywhere. Then, much later, practice speed. Had I seen this twenty years ago I might have been a guitar player now :)
Well put, Stefan! There's a lot going on here, and of course I gloss over the years of practice it took me to get to where I'm at with playing to changes. It truly is one of those things that takes a lifetime, and you never really master it. That's the fun part!
Great lesson, Eric! Bit of a nit, but there's an error in your lesson at 4:30. What you're playing in the initial run through is that walk up from G minor, hitting G, G#, A on the D string, but when you're doing the lesson you call it out as G, A#, A. Anyway, pretty easy to figure out what you're doing just from the initial run, but I was scratching my head for a minute when it didn't sound right.
Hey thank you for your videos! They have been a tremendous help. Could you do a lesson for Hoist That Rag? I'm having trouble with the progression. Thanks again, keep it up!
Great lesson! When you say you play a diminished , chord a half step above the d7 you play a C sharp dim, The way I think about it. I believe the e flat or and note of the diminished can be the root, but I’m having trouble creating a system of how to used diminished chords. If you ever get a chance to explain in a video the system you use to quickly add dim chords to a progression that should be great. I have a pretty good grasp on theory but I just don’t quite have a grasp on dim chord function. Maybe I’m over thinking it. I do understand that you can create a dim chord by raising the dominant a half step. But you’ve used dim chords a few different ways. And it’s a bit confusing. Like I said if you are ever up to it a lesson on how you think about dim chords would be great! Your weirder stuff like Ribot etc. makes you stand out and I really appreciate it. Manuel Galban too, and more weird stuff like noir spy, no wave,spaghetti western etc. that would be amazing! Nobody explains the theory of or really breaks down the style on UA-cam But you do you, I love your teaching style! Thanks again!
Good question Cole! I know you saw the other dim vid I did - the Nick Cave thing. Here's how I think of 'em: 1 - They can always fo a half step higher than a V7, in this example Eb dim (and all it's inversions) sub in for D7. 2 - They're a great ramp up to a minor chord. If you had a progression that went F - Gm, you could very easily sneak in an F#dim between them to go F - F#dim - Gm 3 - You can plop them right on top of a minor chord to make it evil sounding. Like if you were hanging on a Gm for a while, you could just flat the 5 and make it spooky dim
Man, you spookily inhabited Mr. Ribot - it really sounds like any one of his Latin-tilted albums. My only wish is that your composition had gone on longer. I guess that's homework for us!
Is there any chance we could get a walkthrough of esclavo triste by ribot? Been trying to learn it by ear but bit stuck in some areas. Cheers for the great video aswell mate
Loved the lesson, mate. Ribot/Waits are the reason I started learning guitar, and your videos are really helpful. Thanks. Also, can you recommend any alternative to the Deco (strictly for the saturation/overdrive)?
Yes! Just about any mild overdrive will get you there - Ibanez Tubescreamer, Boss Blues Driver, or Paul Cochrane's Timmy are all good - but there's hundreds to choose from! Pick the one that looks prettiest to you :-)
I'd like to think that the fact I haven't received a cease and desist letter from him demonstrates his tacit approval of my work :-) You can't google "Marc Ribot" without my vids coming up!
Aha there's no Flint in this one - the reverb is coming from Valhalla Vintage Verb. It's a plugin I use a lot! When I do use the Flint, I like the 70s setting with all the knobs about halfway up.
Diminished chords are Dick Dastardly chords.. It all makes sense now.. 💡 Is this II V I in harmonic minor? Trying to understand the V not being minor...
Oooh that would be so cool! I think the only thing I'd change would be the string spacing and the radius - this little pony's fretboard can get a bit crowded sometimes :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar yeah it was totally that and not related to the fact that I was high and thought that you looked a bit like a giant owl. Love your channel!
Great tutorial, learned a enw way to play the m7#5 too, but dude you sound nerdy talking about all the gear, all you need to say is "gear used is in the description below" ......
@@EricHaugenGuitar Tom Waits said he knew Marc Ribot was the guy for him when he pulled out a beat-up guitar with old, dirty strings for their recording session.
I love your stuff and Ribot is my hero but this lesson is way too fast for me! I know it’s my fault for not having a printer and slow motion software…but could you please do more Ribot analysis for remedial people? I promise that I’ll get a printer and subscribe to your Patreon as soon as I recover from the election!🥹
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This was fantastic. Marc Ribot's playing is a rich tapestry of styles. Seeing you break it down at a theoretical and technical level was super helpful and I learned some great licks. Thanks!
There are hundreds and I follow dozens of guitar teachers on youtube but you're my favorite by far. Make it simple
Sander Lansberg This! Most of them lack Eric’s musicality and demeanour
Aww shucks you guys are so nice! Thanks so much for appreciating my unique take on things!
Eric knows the good stuff eh!?
I think the technical term for those licks is "falling out the window with confetti in my hair".
Bravo!
Called it!!
Beautiful!
Andrea nailed it with that one 👍
Brilliant!
I discovered your channel a week or so ago and have decided I am going to try to do a video a day. You have it all. Insane playing, great pedagogy and above all, bonkers good taste. The best guitar channel on the internet. Sending huge props from Berlin. Kai
Thanks Kai!
One of my best friends lives in Berlin! Jeremy Black - a drummer and producer I used to tour with back in the day!
I second this statement !
Love all your Tom Waits stuff, and all the rest...
So glad you did these Ribot lessons. I’m going to dive in deep as he’s been such a favorite for a long time. Thank you!
Best lesson yet, which, for you, is saying a lot@!
Aw shucks thanks so much David!
Best guitar lessons on the net, by far. I'm always grateful for all your Waits/Ribot content. I'd love to hear you analyze and tackle some of Fripp's dissonant lead and chord work on Bowie's Scary Monsters, Fashion, or It's No Game (Number 1) someday. :)
Thanks friend!
That's a good idea - there's some seriously mind-bending guitar work on those records!
Love the Marc Ribot stuff. Keep it coming!
Thanks Brent!
Don't worry I will. Marc is one of those players that endlessly facinates me - I always find new areas to explore within his expansive catalog!
These lessons are incredible. Thank you.....so well done.
I’m happy to help, scott!
Great production and content.
I am very grateful that I found your videos this week. It is so fudging
hot here in Charlotte North Carolina that I need to learn new stuff on the guitar. Good mix of taste/theory and droll humor.
Thanks Andrew! I'm just down the road from you in Pittsboro NC so I feel the swampy NC summer heat too!
Lucky for us, we're real close to the river and can hop in at the end of the day :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Wow kewl. Man we will have to get together for a lesson some time it that is ok.
Yeah! If you're ever near Carrboro lemme know!
Carrboro…Dexter Romweber!
Such an amazing lesson ! Thank you !
It's my pleasure, Benoit!
It's all about K.I.S.S. (Keep It Spooky Simple)
Another great lesson, Eric! The falling down the stairs section reminded me a bit of Robert Fripp. And welcome back to the Strymon Deco!
Yeah, I gotta dissect some Fripp - what an original!
Turns out the problem wasn't the deco after all, it was my power! Strymons are very picky about their 250ma requirements - there must've been something going on with the current dipping below that causing the pedal to shut off.
Loving this lesson. Chose this one to really focus on with my teacher and it is just brilliant, so much depth and some really clever and tasty licks. Thank you!
Awesome!
That’s a great way to get more out of these vids - have another guitar teacher contribute their ideas to it!
Your videos make me want to play guitar more. Can't wait to get the tab for this one and dive in!
That's what I love to hear!
The ideas in this one are useful in so many different genres - playing to changes doesn't have to be super jazzy and elitist! It can be fun for us rock guys too!
@@EricHaugenGuitar I've been working on trying to make my surf stuff a little more interesting lately, and this tutorial specifically gives me a lot of the theoretical ideas that I've been looking for. So, thank you so much! This is by far my favorite channel on here. :)
Thank you, love your Marc Ribot videos
Ceramic Dog live is amazing as well, love the albums, but live is very different experience
Thank you, Eric! You're the best we got!
Much appreciated, Ander!
I'm just a guy doin' his thing - figuring out cool guitar stuff and filming it. It always makes me happy to hear how much people get out of these vids :-)
Thank you Eric for this amazing lesson man. Another weekend with hard finger workout.
Yeah! There's a lot to unpack here - basically each time through the progression is a days workout :-)
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. I see what you're doing... :-) I concur with the one-octave approach. I started doing that myself about a year ago with scales - practicing them an octave at a time and expanding/connecting the octaves later on. It made a huge difference on my progress and on my ability to improvise with them. I'm taking your advice and will try that approach with arpeggios too. As always, thanks for sharing Eric!
Yeah!
We get tricked into these giant forms that go all over the fretboard, but they're not very practical in real time music playing. Unless you're Al Di Meola, of course :-)
These are the best videos.
LOVE IT! Thanks for the video and for your n.y. wishes.... sorry for the delay Stay well Man
Cheers, my good buddy!
I hope your 2019 is off to a good guitar start!
Superb!..... some many gems within!
Thanks Dave! It's always a fun day when we're working on Ribot.
His playing encompasses the darkness & humor that I require to enjoy anything!
Ramen to that my brother.
Love this.
Awesome instruction! Thanks man!
Great insights, as always! I will definitely give them a try.
Thanks Robert!
It's all about the little quick shapes - one octave is all we need :-)
Very cool! Thanks for sharing Eric. Peace
Thanks Dave!
I always love putting together these "solos in the style of" vids. I was just thinking it would be cool to do a "George Harrison Bendy" one next - I love his eastern-influenced bends.
More Ribot, please!!!
This friday's lesson will have some of that Ribot flavor - you'll see!
Absolutely LOVE this!
Thanks David!
It's all about reducing the size of things to a manageable 4-5 notes. That way, they can go all over the fretboard!
Man, I seriously can't thank you enough for this but also just in general for doing what do here. I don't know many folk that recognize Mark's awesome guitar mastery!! And to get your take on how he works his wizardry has inspired me to give that style another whirl, quite successfully I might add!! I absorb each and everyone of your wonderful videos and hope that you never tire!! Thank you, sincerely man!!
Where abouts are you located in the real world?
Awesome! That's what I love to hear!
It makes me so happy to know that my vids are inspiring people to get more out of their music life!
Don't worry - I have and endless slew of ideas/observations to share :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar I totally mean it, I've been an active guitar player for over 20 years and primarily metal for the majority of that time. But my love for Tom Waits has always been present! My latest project for the last year-and-a-half has been perfectly suited for what I'm getting from your videos so again I can't express enough gratitude! Write the hell on brother!
How friggin' awesome does that sound? And now I have a chance to understand how to do it. Thank you for digging out these shiny jewels from the gutter for us all.
Thanks man!
U soooo coool!
Thank you for this amazing lesson!
Greetings from Greece! Have a great '19!
I LOVE Greek food! One of these days, me and Jody are gonna have to visit your fine country!
Happy New Year, friend!
@@EricHaugenGuitar you are more than welcome!
More Waits/Ribot, please!!
I always find myself back here 👍🤙
Fantastic video!!
Thanks man!
It's all about keep the structures small and dexterous - that way, they can fit anywhere!
Great video! As always Eric..
Thanks friend!
This lesson is a bit like when a magician explains his trick. One can play scales 8 hours a day for years and still sound like shit unless one has understood the elements you so brilliantly explains in this video.
1. Understand the chords and the chord progression
2. Connect them with arpeggio fragments
3. Add some notes for melodic adventures
While doing 1 & 2, learn your fretboard so that you can find your flat 5th's, 9ths and thirds everywhere.
Then, much later, practice speed.
Had I seen this twenty years ago I might have been a guitar player now :)
Well put, Stefan! There's a lot going on here, and of course I gloss over the years of practice it took me to get to where I'm at with playing to changes. It truly is one of those things that takes a lifetime, and you never really master it. That's the fun part!
Lots of great information here.
Thanks man!
Basically, everytime through the loop is another little idea :-)
Great lesson, Eric! Bit of a nit, but there's an error in your lesson at 4:30. What you're playing in the initial run through is that walk up from G minor, hitting G, G#, A on the D string, but when you're doing the lesson you call it out as G, A#, A. Anyway, pretty easy to figure out what you're doing just from the initial run, but I was scratching my head for a minute when it didn't sound right.
You're totally right!
I remember that verbal typo when I was editing this vid - I should've fixed it with ADR! ooops
Hey thank you for your videos! They have been a tremendous help. Could you do a lesson for Hoist That Rag? I'm having trouble with the progression. Thanks again, keep it up!
Oh yeah! It's on my list!
Great tune!
Even when you just playing chord or single notes. wow.. that sound!
Thanks friend!
In addition to the mustang/strymon/tweed/ribbon mic, I ended up adding some tape delay, tremolo, and reverb in post - TRICKERY :-)
Great lesson! When you say you play a diminished , chord a half step above the d7 you play a C sharp dim, The way I think about it. I believe the e flat or and note of the diminished can be the root, but I’m having trouble creating a system of how to used diminished chords. If you ever get a chance to explain in a video the system you use to quickly add dim chords to a progression that should be great. I have a pretty good grasp on theory but I just don’t quite have a grasp on dim chord function. Maybe I’m over thinking it. I do understand that you can create a dim chord by raising the dominant a half step. But you’ve used dim chords a few different ways. And it’s a bit confusing. Like I said if you are ever up to it a lesson on how you think about dim chords would be great! Your weirder stuff like Ribot etc. makes you stand out and I really appreciate it. Manuel Galban too, and more weird stuff like noir spy, no wave,spaghetti western etc. that would be amazing! Nobody explains the theory of or really breaks down the style on UA-cam But you do you, I love your teaching style!
Thanks again!
Good question Cole! I know you saw the other dim vid I did - the Nick Cave thing. Here's how I think of 'em:
1 - They can always fo a half step higher than a V7, in this example Eb dim (and all it's inversions) sub in for D7.
2 - They're a great ramp up to a minor chord. If you had a progression that went F - Gm, you could very easily sneak in an F#dim between them to go F - F#dim - Gm
3 - You can plop them right on top of a minor chord to make it evil sounding. Like if you were hanging on a Gm for a while, you could just flat the 5 and make it spooky dim
Man, you spookily inhabited Mr. Ribot - it really sounds like any one of his Latin-tilted albums. My only wish is that your composition had gone on longer. I guess that's homework for us!
Thanks koho!
That's definitely what I was going for - with a little of his rain dogs-era thrown in as well :-)
Hey Eric (my Man✊🏼❤️) i fu.... love it.. ❤️
Thanks my brotherman!
Thanks Eric! A superb lesson on Marc Ribot's unique style. Just happened to see Marc in Helsinki last Monday...he his just a phenomenal guy.
Lucky! He really is one of the greats! So unique, so artistic, and so musical!
Great! Always an inspiration thanks (it's like poetry man).
Righteous, man....I'm glad you dig it ✌🏻
Is very nice
Is there any chance we could get a walkthrough of esclavo triste by ribot? Been trying to learn it by ear but bit stuck in some areas. Cheers for the great video aswell mate
Oooh good idea! There’s some great stuff on that track 👨🏻🎨
Loved the lesson, mate. Ribot/Waits are the reason I started learning guitar, and your videos are really helpful. Thanks. Also, can you recommend any alternative to the Deco (strictly for the saturation/overdrive)?
Yes! Just about any mild overdrive will get you there -
Ibanez Tubescreamer, Boss Blues Driver, or Paul Cochrane's Timmy are all good - but there's hundreds to choose from! Pick the one that looks prettiest to you :-)
Another classic Haugen/Ribot lesson. You should reach out to him Eric and see about a collaboration, I’d say he’d be down
Ha! That'd be amazing/terrifying!
Digging the armchair bro. Great lesson as always.
Hi Alex!
Yeah, I'm really leaning into the fireside chat vibes with this updated format ;-)
I have an emotional attachment to that guitar... I need it
There's still a lot out there - you could probably find your own for not too much $$$!
Plus, the reissues are pretty good too!
very very nice...but, what about Hoist that Rag? i love that damn solo.
Almost there! I'm 3/4 of the way through transcribing the solo - I should have a vid lesson on it out in late June.
I guess we have to thank Marc Ribot for you being here 🙂
I'd like to think that the fact I haven't received a cease and desist letter from him demonstrates his tacit approval of my work :-)
You can't google "Marc Ribot" without my vids coming up!
What are your Flint settings on this one if it's not too prying? Thanks!
I made a Cubanos Postidos setting and I wanted to compare :-D
Aha there's no Flint in this one - the reverb is coming from Valhalla Vintage Verb. It's a plugin I use a lot!
When I do use the Flint, I like the 70s setting with all the knobs about halfway up.
@@EricHaugenGuitar ah OK I thought was hearing tremolo fro. The Flint.
Pretty nice. Sounds from home (tropics). Definitely need to practice this.
Thanks gab!
There's definitely a little Latin/Bossa thing floating through here :-)
Diminished chords are Dick Dastardly chords.. It all makes sense now.. 💡
Is this II V I in harmonic minor?
Trying to understand the V not being minor...
You are correct! By having a D7, that pushed the progression into Harmonic Minor - hence the ghostliness👻
I wish Fender would release an Eric Haugen signature Mustang.
Oooh that would be so cool!
I think the only thing I'd change would be the string spacing and the radius - this little pony's fretboard can get a bit crowded sometimes :-)
Teach me, great owl.
I assume this is a Secrets of NIMH reference - great film! I love that old-style animation thanks for reminding me!
@@EricHaugenGuitar yeah it was totally that and not related to the fact that I was high and thought that you looked a bit like a giant owl.
Love your channel!
Killer
Thanks man!
Just what the doctor ordered
Thanks Todd!
The idea is to keep structures small and mobile, so they can fit everywhere :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar can you do a Brian Setzer lesson?
ok simple.;)
lol
So tasty! Delicious.
Great tutorial, learned a enw way to play the m7#5 too, but dude you sound nerdy talking about all the gear, all you need to say is "gear used is in the description below" ......
Oh no, this one is slightly out of reach for me. I’ll have to spend a few hours with it
That's perfect! I like things to be a little tricky at first - that way it's super-rewarding after spending some time with it!
You need rustier strings.
Ha!
I'm OCD about keeping my strings clean - I can't stand the feel of crusty metal under my fingertips!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Tom Waits said he knew Marc Ribot was the guy for him when he pulled out a beat-up guitar with old, dirty strings for their recording session.
I love your stuff and Ribot is my hero but this lesson is way too fast for me! I know it’s my fault for not having a printer and slow motion software…but could you please do more Ribot analysis for remedial people? I promise that I’ll get a printer and subscribe to your Patreon as soon as I recover from the election!🥹
Check this one out:
ua-cam.com/video/IP_wU-4m-3M/v-deo.html
These days I put tabs on screen - it makes it much easier to follow!