John Mayer Gives Blues Guitar Lessons to his fans | Instagram Live Stream -14 January 2019
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- John Mayer Gives Blues Guitar Lessons to his fans | Instagram Live Stream -14 January 2019
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1:32 hey! That’s me
His mentioned you a lot in his interviews lol
Oh damn its melanie what's up! I learned a lot watching your vids
S/o cause you made me start uploading too!
a shoutout from Mayer.. your day is going well.
Every night when the kids go to bed, I wander down to the basement, and flip on my too expensive amplifier and throw my too expensive guitar over my shoulder, and pretend that I went the musician route in my life. This video just encourages the fantasy. John is a truly fantastic player and human. Refreshing to watch how he connects the dots and it lets me know that I might be able to connect a few myself.
Same as myself brother, I'm still yet to have kids. When I played in a band I had cheap ass gear...now I have expensive gear and jam by myself in the spare room haha
You Guys aren’t alone, same here too. Rock on 🤘🏻
Great comment! Exact same here!
There is nothing better than having your children to teach you what love truly is in my opinion. So having a great family being able to support, protect, and love them and being able to be the the best guitar play ever in your house. Well my friend I think you have it all being famous and rich is only one way of "making it big".
John has no kids man. Hope when he has some, he finds the love you have :)
"or you could...…." No, John, We can't.
hahahah feelsbadman
So true here I am trying to learn a simple blues scale over some major chords and John Mayer is talking about scales I've never heard of...
@@natenolastname9456 its just combination .. still Minor and Major
Been playing twenty years, I could hang for most but not all of that.
Daniel Rowley ya same here but he fills up more space than I can. And they’re tasty licks too.
It's crazy how even though he's been playing for like 25 years he still searches for new ways to do stuff
Eli Hintz fucking best comment on here. He is so great, yet very humble. I really respect for taking the time to share his knowledge, even at his lvl of success. It shows he’s really passionate and Even tho there are probably some selfish motivations, all in all it makes him seem so lovable and relatable
thats just the nature of being a musician. The trickey thing about knowing a ton of chords voicings is it can get into head as to which one you are going to play on the fly.
every great musician does. I think it's cool that he shows us how he practices.
cool name
Definition of an artist..
Good job triad(ing) solo!!
This guys got no inhibitions about his playing. Ive never see a super start give free advice so freely. True musician. Not trying to be a magician... just down to earth explaining
check out Kiko Loureiro channel when you have some free time, different style but much advice given too
17:37 Holy moly! John Mayer just gave us a glimpse of what goes on in his head when he jams! pure gold guitar wisdom! thank you sir
Ya that part was pretty awesome. Never thought of putting that into words before.
so accurate! lol My head is a combination of confidence, panic, guessing, and hope
I always wondered what goes on in musicians head when they are at that level. Finally an answer. What a wonderful guitarist and a better person.
He’s basically describing playing “guide” tones. This is fundamental jazz practise, as we play lines over chords, rather than static chord/scale progessions. But its essential knowledge for any improviser to land nice, strong chord tones on downbeats.
is this similar to passing notes
@@bobs.stevenson9704 No. Passing notes typically are notes that you place BETWEEN your chord tones. Passing notes fall typically on off-beats that fill out your lines, or add chromatic flavor to a line. What notes you use are all a matter of taste/genre though.
I was just thinking that. Jazz is exactly this but more than a 2 chord progression. They bounce between many chords to be able to play, but the 2 chord thing you hear in the deads music is like a pendulum, and invites the player to search for more and more to play on each chord so its not too repitive. Like jazz is all scat, but so is this.
@@Sasketchejuana_man No idea what you are talking about, hah.
"It's like a little Ouija board, a little dictionary" is the most accurate analogy for soloing I ever heard
And the way he describes what's happening I the mind of the player during the solo is great too.
John's guitar face gets me every time!
There is such a magic to playing the guitar. I always have something I can do and build on. I feel like I have the Force
Hutch Klutch You do brah
22:02 On modes: Yes, that's a way to describe it ("It's the same scale but starting on a different note") but not the best or most comprehensive way.
It's not just that you're starting on a different note. That different note becomes the tonal center of the scale. This is EXTREMELY important to understand. Just because you are starting on a particular note of the scale doesn't necessarily mean you are HEARING the scale as being the mode that starts on that note. D Dorian is only "Dorian" if you have the notes D E F G A B C and D SOUNDS like 1, E SOUNDS like 2, etc.
So, D Dorian shares the exact same notes as C Ionian (major) but your tonal center is now D, not C. Which means that instead of the notes sounding like (and remember we're talking about sounds here, not just numbers - the numbers are simply place holders for SOUNDS, aka FEELINGS so you can talk about them and communicate with other musicians and understand where they're at and how to use them on your instrument):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (C D E F G A B)
Now they sound like:
1 2 *b3* 4 5 6 *b7* (D E F G A B C)
So you've got the same notes but a totally different sound because they are all relating back to D, not C.
Now, if you take the notes of C major (again, C D E F G A B) and rearrange them in 5ths (meaning every 5th note going up the musical alphabet), starting from F you get a sequence of 7 modes like this:
F G A B C D E (Lydian)
C D E F G A B (Ionian or Major)
G A B C D E F (Mixolydian)
D E F G A B C (Dorian)
A B C D E F G (Aeolian or Minor)
E F G A B C D (Phrygian)
B C D E F G A (Locrian)
Now when you look at how the notes in each of these are numbered you start to see a pattern of adding one new flat for each mode:
1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 (Lydian)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Ionian or Major)
1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 (Mixolydian)
1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 (Dorian)
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 (Aeolian or Minor)
1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 (Phrygian)
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 (Locrian)
Now, if you wanted to see how that plays out using a single note as the key center (we'll take C to keep it simple), it looks like this:
C D E F# G A B (C Lydian)
C D E F G A B (C Ionian or Major)
C D E F G A Bb (C Mixolydian)
C D Eb F G A Bb (C Dorian)
C D Eb F G Ab Bb (C Aeolian)
C Db Eb F G Ab Bb (C Phrygian)
C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb (C Locrian)
So the order of flats is #4 - 7 - 3 - 6 - 2 - 5
#4 is flatted to 4 to go from Lydian to Ionian
7 is flatted to go from Ionian to Mixolydian
3 is flatted to go from Mixolydian to Dorian
6 is flatted to go from Dorian to Aeolian
2 is flatted to go from Aeolian to Phrygian
5 is flatted to go from Phrygian to Locrian
If you can get this pattern and understand it and internalize it, it's like a master key to understanding how pretty much all of music is written and conceptualized in the western world for the past 300+ years. That's why people make such a big deal of learning it.
KIBanshee9 so modes are just other major and minor scales?🤔🤔
@@johnblough3732 Not major and minor per se. You could say that Ionian, Mixolydian, and Lydian are major-type scales because of the major 3rd. Then you could say that Aeolian, Dorian, and Phrygian are minor-type scales because of the minor 3rd. Locrian is the odd man out because the 3rd and 5th are both flat making it a diminished-type scale.
But the main point is - if you have, for example, a C major scale which has the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B - the MODES of that scale are scales that use the exact same notes but have their key center set to a different one of those notes.
So:
CDEFGAB = Ionian (or Major)
DEFGABC = Dorian
EFGABCD = Phrygian
FGABCDE = Lyian
GABCDEF = Mixolydian
ABCDEFG = Aeolian
BCDEFGA = Locrian
Notice all of the starting notes are different but they all use the same notes. It's just important to understand that you're not just starting the scale on a different note. You're HEARING the notes as relating to whatever that starting note is.
I hope this further clarifies. It's one of those things where it's simple once you get it but trying to explain it makes it seem way more complicated than it is 😤
Thanks for sharing.
You just explained modes better than literally anyone. Might have to read this 100 more times to actually understand it though.
@@cooperhamilton6141 First, thank you. I don't remember how long it took me write all that out. Maybe I should make a print out of it or something 😛
Second, I totally understand. It's seems like SO much to take in at first, even if it's explained clearly. It can definitely be totally daunting. I put in the drudge work in my early 20's and now instead of being a bunch of little bits of information it's like one simple block of information that I can reference for playing, listening and learning tunes by ear, composing when I don't have an instrument around. It's totally worth the grunt work of getting it down. Trust me!
"Don't really feel like dying on this hill." LOL John's awesome
“When In doubt hit it harder or hold it down for awhile”
That is so cool that he is putting out these lessons. Thanks for doing that Mr. Mayer!
“You can learn to play the guitar, or you can learn to play music on the guitar” wow.
21:02 VOODOO CHILD - love it!!
John your music is perfect for any day!!
Thank you john this is so amazing. you are such a kind hearted person. i look up to you.
Amen Bob!! And John, thanks for this lesson. It’s amazing for me to watch people noodle around and make such great music. I love how you’re so down to earth. Keep making great music!
Seeing a John live video in the new year is like "Hello old friend. I haven't seen you since last year. How are you doing? You're looking good. So good to see you." 🎸🐝💕😍🔥🌸
Thanks John!
I love it when John talks about Garcia & his playing. There’s always so much reverence and respect. So great to see
Thank you, John. Always informative, entertaining and musical. Much enjoyed and appreciated for the learning.
Dude 20min in you hit the nail on the head with teaching... I’ve been playing since I was 4 and am now mid 40s and that made it finally stuck in my head
This is great and so generous of you to say hey, I practise too, make mistakes and build the song from a structured base. We don’t often get to see great artists work and it’s not only refreshing but inspirational as well.
You’re at the top of your profession and you take time to show us how ya gotta think & work at it. At some point you were handed the torch, you carry it well and you give back. You’re a good man. Thanks
Great video cheers John. Pure legend, hope you come back and play in London again!!
This is one of the best quick lessons I’ve ever heard and I’ve been playing for 15 years! Aloha J.M.!
John Mayer just keeps amazing me time after another.
Looking forward to seeing him on Tour This Summer!! 🎶🎸
You’re wonderful, John! I’m a metal guy and all your things are giving and adding so much to my playing. Your way of explaining the guitar and music is just so different from everyone else on you tube- it adds the other dimension to usual teachers. Because you’re are seeing things from a wonderful songwriter. It’s such a great way to get the feeling what the whole stuff of playing guitar and music comes down to. Please keep doing that, when ever you’ve got the time!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for making this happen
I need the time to sit around for hours and days and weeks and practice this.It makes perfect sense.
John. Thanks for posting this. I have been impressed with your playing with The Dead.
It's good to know you plan out these solos like this; I always thought great players have it SO ingrained that, band practice was enough to gave them the opportunity to plan out these things, but i see the REALLY great ones put in the extra time even before band practice
Thank you for sharing this with your fans, John. As a lapsed guitarist looking for inspiration, I've found it in your music and this video. I hope you'll continue making them. Cheers from Melbourne.
Thank you John for doing these streams. I thought I was the only one who thought " ok, I'm in B now I'm in E...." It's great to hear a player as good as you goes through the same thing. Thanks
Man when he plays sugaree. That’s some awesome stuff definitely inspirational.
It was nice to hear you give ups to JG. Enjoying the UA-cam content! 👌
John - Jerry was my biggest influence on guitar, been playing for 48 years.. still going strong. I've got to say, you are a great inspiration and everything you've said is right on. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for that beautiful lesson.
Loved the lesson, John. I'm always trying to soak this stuff up. Thanks for taking the time to do it.
I love you man, you are my musical inspiration...
So encouraging and enlightning and humble from the greatest
living master of the rock guitar
The most meaningful video that I needed and identify with in all of my years of playing.
Simple, to share what's going on in your head to a lay person who wonders how we feel/think when we plunk on the strings.
Thanks John.
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing. It's a lifetime of learning that never really ends.
Damn, John Mayer... I like the subtlety in your playing. Keep it up, sir; you're really cool for doing this.
Watching John Mayer on IG live is so great. When I can’t think of something to practice, he gives so many ideas. And ideas that will take time to practice but will make my guitar playing better. I wish he wasn’t such a celebrity and was just a normal guitar teacher 😂
Great analogous, warts and all. Thanks for sharing.
Been playing 4 years your videos help me a lot
That was more a GD lesson than a blues lesson, and I for one couldn’t be happier!
John says show us, that the music begins in the mind and in the head ! He is so right. It's not just technics !
Nice, I've always tried to do exactly what he is describing to infer the chord with single note playing. I appreciate his take on this and honestly have never heard anyone with the ability to play dead tunes without being a mimic and yet still being reminiscent of Jerry. He is complimentary without being a copycat or sounding dry. Thank you John.
Thank you for this. Definitely filled in a couple blanks for me.
Love it John!
Great theme of connection and movement. Thank you!
thanks, John. really great stuff
🙌🏻 thanks for posting this!
Thank you John
I love this guy. And, one day I'd like to jam with him. He is so humble in his skill, and so honorable to those before him. Clapton is right to say he is "Master Class."
It amazes me every. single. time i heard phenomenal musician like John explaining music theory. It's just the same theory people teach in music school, but in the same time it isn't!
Thank you, this was like perfect timing for me
Thanks, John.
Being a guitar player myself and really being a big fan of John's playing in every Endeavor he's ever set out to do I really enjoy hearing him hit sour notes for some reason LOL I guess it reminds me that he's just like every other guitar player and he's got a bit of humanity in him.
one of my favorite lp is's how sweet it is
Great tips. Wonderful playing.
John Mayer
Much Love... It’s so good to see you just keeping it real... You are without a doubt my youngest sons biggest influence... Your concert in Memphis in 2010 was his very first concert at 10 years of age. Last year, July 2018, I took him to see you again in Dallas for his 18th birthday. He is a very talented musician. When he was in 1st grade, they tried to get me to medicate him for Attention Deficit Disorder... so I chose to buy him drums and bought myself an acoustic guitar. I am a vocalist and felt like I needed to learn to play to help me write, but as a massage therapist for 20 years, I couldn’t build up callouses...haha. Brendan started playing my guitar more than I did. Over the next year or two, when he was around 11/12, it was rare to see him without a guitar in his hands... It had indeed become his natural medication and therapy. He was focused like never before and has never taken ADD medication... You have always inspired him and I am so very grateful John... Brendan Shafer is one of your unknown students and biggest fans... He will be 19 in July and he will be a very young new father.... He wants to build guitars and wants to be a musician full time.... He writes some very melodic & stoic songs... I have no doubt that you will know him some day and you will like him... You are both misunderstood, I believe... Heavy with Mood & Melody, Like an unpredictable Ocean Of Pentatonic’s! 🎼🎸🌊🎶😉😎. Tamela )*
Thanks John
These vids are fascinating, love to hear his take on Dead music and how he approaches the songs and music in general. Never was a fan, but I am converted. This also makes me wish Jerry was alive today, I would love to see these kinds of videos from him.
Thanks so much JM I really learn a lot from this... much appreciated
some folk pay a lot of money to get lessons like this.. thanks a bunch john i really appreciate it.
Awesome JM! You rock with Dead and company and thanks for the lesson man! I've been getting much more inspired lately to practice!
Jerry, I believe ,would be very proud.In my opinion the closest guitarist to capture his style and spirit. I like the way you explain how you think about playing more than showing what notes. I too am a very old dog that can and does learn new tricks. Ah the beauty of me and my guitar knowing each other! Possibilities are truly endless!
it’s hard to explain this but i’ve noticed when i play, i can hear/visualize the notes u WANT to play but i don’t have to look at the frets i wanna play. it’s mind blowing how your fretting hand knows where to go on it’s own! as i said it’s hard to explain it’s more of a feeling you have when playing. it’s incredible
I love that reverb. So original. Because he is in that hall.
It’s his 5 million + house😂. Tbh i think most of the verb you’re hearing is the amp. Some of the room might be picked up by the phone tho
Monster player. Constantly fighting jealousy when he's onscreen. The rare moments when I can relax and enjoy, appreciate his music are sweet.
I missed this last night, where in the freak was i! Well I am so glad there is Instagram and UA-cam.
My guitar hero😍
Great player John is top
Really enjoying what you saying from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thanks so much for sharing,
John you are a freakin’ legend
Just got a bit more of an understanding of his musical talents ... pretty amazing
Thank you!
Your PRS guitar is so fine, wonderful quality and so good looking : ) Thank you for sharing some things with the rest of us John!
This is helpful on so many levels. Thanks so much for posting this. I'm always curious about the thought process that's happening when pros play.
Oh, he is so good
Almost 2 years later I get a Christmas present from John Mayer!!! Two years ago I wouldn't have understood it. A benefit of the pandemic. Not that I can do it. Ironically the last week I've been playing a little tune of my own. Derivative of course. But it sounds good. I've been trying to figure out why. This is the perfect gift to help me figure it out. Thank you, John.
The only artist/musician/guitarist that constantly inspires me. Could be because he is a learning human being himself - willing (and have the courage) to be open and have a mindset of a student. Kind of spiritual teaching (ohh need to be a bit imaginative to see that). He just happens to have a guitar :-)
you have great feel bro. so intuitive. heart to note
thank you, good stuff, peace
The minute that he suggested the cord it sounded like the Dead. That was extremely helpful to me. I've never played like that before.
You are amazing, can't wait to see you at Saratoga this summer
John Mayer is the Stewart Copeland to guitar. I love when a musician is so passionate about his/her instrument, and push further and further
Your guitar sounds AMAZING!
Love thst Sugarree!! Summertour hurrry up!👍✌❤
Ur bleeding blue John and I love it!!!!🤘
this is gold
Love you John
The voodoo chile licks at 16 mins are the most rad shit I’ve ever seen.
The Continuum album was my ultimate wing-man in my early 20's. It got me more "you know what" than you can shake a stick at.
Jay Hamilton dick?