Brian, EP 173 to me, is probably the best melody you have ever taught. Man, I love this stuff, could listen to it all night. There might be u-tube teachers equal to you in my opinion but, none of them can surpass you. I salute you.
Please don't let the handful of complainers change the way you teach. The verbal info here is helpful and needed for anyone looking for a "SLOW and EASY" lesson as the title suggest. I picked a few new things that are going to help me a lot. Thanks!
Complainer here. Too much talk. Great melody then too much talk. If one more guy tells me to "play with it; make it your own..." I'm gonna stick pins in my eyes.
BRIAN ,....Just love this lesson! Been playing since I was 5, and plateau every few years. Last year I have been living in Kieth Richards zone which has been great! Actually very easy stuff, when you get your bearings, when you get your footing. But,... I'm a life long Texan and country sensibilities will never leave me, (probably why I like Kieth so much, and Willie, and Dylan, and the CLASH). THIS lesson has unlocked a very quick and easy path to all those phrases, licks, walks, etc, that are the colloquial standards, all those that are so comfortably familiar to my ear, (as a guy that's been going to Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon, The Continental Club, The Broken Spoke, Antone's, (and recently , The White Horse) over the last 30 years. This beauty of a lesson is so valuable to an old fart that has always found joy and solace in hanging out with a guitar. Thanks so much. Great channel 👊
I think you are a great instructor. I have been 50 years, & play country lead. I use the same cord reference for my leads. I still get more from seeing great instructions. It just keeps it fresh in playing. T
I have to say that you have just taught me more in the last couple of minutes than most other guys in the last 25 years. no body ever shows you the simple things that are a must know. its very hard to find guys who can teach me things that are useful in my country to me. Ireland has a different style of country with different beats than american. it would be great if you could look at some of this and do a lesson based on the difference between them. thank you very much for your help
Having been an AM site member for a few years now its so nice to come back to a lesson that you liked but found hard to play and connect the dots to and now listen and then instantly be able to play half of it immediately and understand where all the parts are coming from the shapes and scales they are all connected to etc. Progress on guitar is so slow sometimes but then you realize...hey I have learned alot
Honestly, at first I really don't like your channel, now I realized that I don't not understand what you saying and teaching, but time went by and now realized that you are amazing teacher makes things so clear to understand specially the circle of fifth
Thanks Brian, this is a very good lesson, and I appreciate your explanations and delving into theory to explain the how and why. I hope you don't let the complainers affect your teaching style and personality.
Tell me this,Brian....Why aren't you working as a studio musician at Blackbird...or any other place in Nashville? You play some of the most heartfelt leads I've heard...and with conviction and truth! Great hearing you play anything!
Nicely done this one those sounds that a lot of people don't appreciate.because of it's simplicity.but this is where I think of it as less is more.i tend to think of jack white as someone who is very good at doing less is more.thank you for this lesson keep them coming.
Brian, nice melody. I bought a TELE Squier 40th anniv Edition not long ago, and had a Certano G & B Bender installed on it. Eases up on some bends! The Fender also came with very crappy and inferior Tuner machines, so I am getting them replaced.....can pick up the Gtr today from my Luthier. And now will have a BEEF with Sweetwater over that issue, the Luthier's invoice, as they allowed a Gtr to leave IN in that condition as a NEW Gtr. Got some song and dance from them thus far, as they said their new policy is NO 55-PT Inspection on Gtrs below $399. I got it on sale in DEC for $360, but it's "VALUE", it's LP, is $600. My Luthier said the original crap machines probably cost $25-30. Sweetwater did send me FREE replacement machines...but to me, shoulda never left their store. So now we'll haggle over "priced at" vs "Valued at". I've owned Fenders on and off for over 40 yrs, and to me, with their present quality, NO more Fenders for me. I just urge Caution to your subscribers, of which I am one. I had a 2012 American Strat that I got rid of when I bought a PRS SE Custom 24, a better guitar for LESS. ENJOY your VIDEOS Brian!
This is a really great lesson, and possibly by accident, a really good lesson on how guys like Bill Frisell would approach a tune like this, playing out of the chords, or what those guys refer to as "chord tones." Either way, great lesson.
Dude, you should sell a CD of just you jamming. I would dig listening to your jams as I drive or relax in the easy chair lol. Awesome picking brother - cheers,
Hey bro thanks thanks for the instruction on how to add flavor to guitar chords I usually play r&b and Jazz but studying steel guitar licks on the guitar has changed my guitar-playing forever it has open up my understanding of adding flavor to Guitar chording , God bless you man thanks for not being my name is Benson
This is a very pretty song/exercise and it incorporates a great deal of skill and knowledge development. Learning it would be easier for me if you would finish one thought before moving on to the next.
Also your style of teaching has helped me along the never ending journey and to create my own style . Maybe the complainers could just go quietly into the night and do the rest of us a favor!
I agree with Doug 's comment : Your positions are the backbone of all great country leads great lesson .. except i wish you had played the complete lesson w/ the back tracks at the end
First of all, that Telecaster is Beautiful! It reminds me of the new Ultra Burst I just bought! Second, nothing NOTHING sounds like a Tele! It can cry like a steel, honky tonk like Nashville, or jam out Classic Rock! I had a beautiful American Stratocaster in chrimson transparent red, and I've got an epi Les Paul with perfect intonation in honey sunburst that sounds amazing. But my Ultra Telecaster in Ultra Burst will do anything I want and add a tone you just can't make an Amp do with another guitar. Love your guitar work by the way!
It is beautiful but my favourite ever which I wanted for years and now own is the same sunburst Tele but with bound edges the 62 custom. To me the best electric guitar ever made for looks anyway.
Wow, this might be the most jam packed instructional video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. Lots of Hendrix tricks in this but used in another application. I luv it!!
Another great video making use of the Mi/Ma Pentatonic scale(s)...like in previous videos, I am just picking up the guitar after 15 years of "silence"...thanks, again !
This song is amazing, I keep hearing a bit of blue eyes crying in the rain and before the next teardrop falls in it. Maybe it’s just me. Definitely learning this one
Thank you for your videos Brian. You are a great teacher and your love for the guitar is contagious. You're videos are of the "teach a man to fish" variety. 😆
@@masonwitte6822 You have a strong supporter of that opinion right here brother. Left Strats behind about 15 years ago. For the amount of effort I am able to devote to my guitar work, the Tele just feels like a committed partner in my quest . (Have a '86 reissue of that '69 aquamarine/turquoise "flower Tele". I love it! Had a brief affair with a custom shop '57 (I think I'm remembering correctly,) but as time went on, I realized I liked my Japanese '86 much better.
Love this instructor, he is very very thorough. Is there any structure to any of the courses. I’m considering the Paul David’s course but it’s very pricey.
I watch your vids all the time, your one of my fave teachers on Y.T. and I happened to stumble onto this one. I am by no means a country fan but that may be changing lol. This video intrigued me to give this a try, just sounds so beautiful. Thanks as always.
So beautiful. Played with feeling! Here is some country music from Austria (the land of forrest cities and exploding trees). A really rocking love song. Hope you like it! @
I've said it before, Brian, you are a beautiful player. I think the thing that grabs me most about your playing of ANY genre is that your playing is so CLEAN! You write incredibly too. And I'm not a fan of country by miles (pardon the pun) but I could certainly listen to you soloing all day long my friend. Respect from Australia!
nice cool style, primarily the key is, (pardon the pun) play progressions from the heart and with feeling, as i learnt many decades ago and is shown by steel players, Vince Gill, Loren Barrigar and many others. nice instruction to learn from....cheers, Brusa
My dad taught me how to play guitar in the. late 60s..om the high E string. He called it picking it out. Friends though the years showed me Chet Atkin.licks and other things. My way of learning a song is to. listen to the song or hear just a little...say 4 notes...and.by experience you can have most of a song. Many times..just knowing the chord structure of one song helps us learn many songs. E.g.. Love me tender by Elvis..if played in C. goes to D.. The notes telegraph the chord.. The later the C chord is played is played and we go to E. The C chord ( C E G) .goes to E. (E G# B) The.note E is the 3 of. the C chord and the and the.1 of the E.chord. It eventually can switch to F.and then Fmin and then C. Much to be learned by the.chords themselves. All this is.obvious to experienced musicians..but it it may help some beginners.
Great job and great sound, I have been looking for this type sound for a while, I just don't understand why it seems most guitar lessons wants to play as fast as they can, fast picking has no feeling to it, I really like your style of teaching now if I can ever get the time to sit for awhile and practice. this slow moving sound can be felt inside.
I need a tele in my life. My PRS is o.k. but I so want a souped up tele. I really want to get one routed for a Maverick Super Vee for tele. I like the fact that they use the three traditional brass saddles with the tremelo. and its not super heavy like a Bigsby. I'm thinking about getting an elite tele and doing that upgrade to it.
Hey Brian, Love these basic ideas which make a lead over a 1,4,5 so beautiful and musical. Really pulls out elements of each cord and defines them in a colorful and stand out way. . I took notes and will incorporate these very useful ideas. Thanks much.
It's mandatory to come back to this video every 6 months to reminds yourself what country leads should sound like.
You’re one of the only ones I’ve found who teaches this type of slower country soloing! I need more of this
Dang, that's great playing. Love that slow country tunes.
really you are one of the best online teacher, i swear you are in the top 5 over the world
Brian, EP 173 to me, is probably the best melody you have ever taught. Man, I love this stuff, could listen to it all night. There might be u-tube teachers equal to you in my opinion but, none of them can surpass you. I salute you.
you opened a whole new world for me. After all these years I've found notes and sounds that I thought were not on my guitar. Thanks buddy!
Best value for money, best online teacher. Thank you.
some of the most beautiful soulfull melodies come out of this mans fingers
Please don't let the handful of complainers change the way you teach. The verbal info here is helpful and needed for anyone looking for a "SLOW and EASY" lesson as the title suggest. I picked a few new things that are going to help me a lot. Thanks!
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Complainer here. Too much talk. Great melody then too much talk. If one more guy tells me to "play with it; make it your own..." I'm gonna stick pins in my eyes.
Hi Brian A beautifully moving melody. Thanks for the lesson - much appreciated. Best Regards . . . Eddie from across the Pond in the UK !
You are really simple best teacher.i learn a lot from you brian.hold my hand until I play the way you play.God bless people like you.
BRIAN ,....Just love this lesson! Been playing since I was 5, and plateau every few years. Last year I have been living in Kieth Richards zone which has been great! Actually very easy stuff, when you get your bearings, when you get your footing. But,... I'm a life long Texan and country sensibilities will never leave me, (probably why I like Kieth so much, and Willie, and Dylan, and the CLASH). THIS lesson has unlocked a very quick and easy path to all those phrases, licks, walks, etc, that are the colloquial standards,
all those that are so comfortably familiar to my ear, (as a guy that's been going to Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon, The Continental Club, The Broken Spoke, Antone's, (and recently , The White Horse) over the last 30 years. This beauty of a lesson is so valuable to an old fart that has always found joy and solace in hanging out with a guitar. Thanks so much. Great channel 👊
I think you are a great instructor.
I have been 50 years, & play country lead.
I use the same cord reference for my leads.
I still get more from seeing great instructions.
It just keeps it fresh in playing.
T
I have to say that you have just taught me more in the last couple of minutes than most other guys in the last 25 years. no body ever shows you the simple things that are a must know. its very hard to find guys who can teach me things that are useful in my country to me. Ireland has a different style of country with different beats than american. it would be great if you could look at some of this and do a lesson based on the difference between them. thank you very much for your help
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Having been an AM site member for a few years now its so nice to come back to a lesson that you liked but found hard to play and connect the dots to and now listen and then instantly be able to play half of it immediately and understand where all the parts are coming from the shapes and scales they are all connected to etc. Progress on guitar is so slow sometimes but then you realize...hey I have learned alot
Honestly, at first I really don't like your channel, now I realized that I don't not understand what you saying and teaching, but time went by and now realized that you are amazing teacher makes things so clear to understand specially the circle of fifth
Thanks Brian, this is a very good lesson, and I appreciate your explanations and delving into theory to explain the how and why. I hope you don't let the complainers affect your teaching style and personality.
This is the best teacher online, if your not a beginner anymore...
Perfect will try to follow
That bit about the major pentatonic- unlocked a lot of doors for me! Now I can play over a backing track!
Being a great musician is making the emotion felt to the.listener.
a very pretty song, one of your better lessons i think, gotta give this a try sometime.
Wow, this guy is amazing.
Beautiful!! Sounds gospil...love the Telly
i realy like the country style lessons they seem over my head but i still have to try this you are a good teacher
The beginning of the lead sounded as though it was inspired by the rose. I greatly appreciate the way you teach. Thank you.
Tell me this,Brian....Why aren't you working as a studio musician at Blackbird...or any other place in Nashville? You play some of the most heartfelt leads I've heard...and with conviction and truth! Great hearing you play anything!
brpbrpbrpbrp honestly never considered it
Nicely done this one those sounds that a lot of people don't appreciate.because of it's simplicity.but this is where I think of it as less is more.i tend to think of jack white as someone who is very good at doing less is more.thank you for this lesson keep them coming.
Beautiful. ❤️🎸. Thanks.
Brian, nice melody. I bought a TELE Squier 40th anniv Edition not long ago, and had a Certano G & B Bender installed on it. Eases up on some bends! The Fender also came with very crappy and inferior Tuner machines, so I am getting them replaced.....can pick up the Gtr today from my Luthier. And now will have a BEEF with Sweetwater over that issue, the Luthier's invoice, as they allowed a Gtr to leave IN in that condition as a NEW Gtr. Got some song and dance from them thus far, as they said their new policy is NO 55-PT Inspection on Gtrs below $399. I got it on sale in DEC for $360, but it's "VALUE", it's LP, is $600. My Luthier said the original crap machines probably cost $25-30. Sweetwater did send me FREE replacement machines...but to me, shoulda never left their store. So now we'll haggle over "priced at" vs "Valued at". I've owned Fenders on and off for over 40 yrs, and to me, with their present quality, NO more Fenders for me. I just urge Caution to your subscribers, of which I am one. I had a 2012 American Strat that I got rid of when I bought a PRS SE Custom 24, a better guitar for LESS. ENJOY your VIDEOS Brian!
This is a really great lesson, and possibly by accident, a really good lesson on how guys like Bill Frisell would approach a tune like this, playing out of the chords, or what those guys refer to as "chord tones." Either way, great lesson.
Excellent teaching, I learned a lot thank you. I enjoy that you directly go into the song without to much talk at the beginning
It's finally sinking in Brian after about 3 viewings, Thanks so much.
Aaahha it's great to find a teacher who communicates in terms that my brain relates to, - BIG THANKS
love that little lick at 26:18 and all it needs is a minute or so to get the speed there and it sounds cool.....
Dude, you should sell a CD of just you jamming. I would dig listening to your jams as I drive or relax in the easy chair lol. Awesome picking brother - cheers,
human voice quality when sliding, the light blub for all sliders, Brian. thanks for mentioning that a
Thank God for you play the kind of music i love and play
Very nice, Looking forward to the lessons
Whenever I need some inspiration on guitar... I come to Active Melody!
Hey bro thanks thanks for the instruction on how to add flavor to guitar chords I usually play r&b and Jazz but studying steel guitar licks on the guitar has changed my guitar-playing forever it has open up my understanding of adding flavor to Guitar chording , God bless you man thanks for not being my name is Benson
You captured the true spirit of country music my friend. Almost sounds like a Santo and Johnny song!
I could listen to that ALL day.
Brian I absolutely love this one! you sure no how to keep us interested. ty ty ty!
This is a very pretty song/exercise and it incorporates a great deal of skill and knowledge development. Learning it would be easier for me if you would finish one thought before moving on to the next.
Also your style of teaching has helped me along the never ending journey and to create my own style . Maybe the complainers could just go quietly into the night and do the rest of us a favor!
I'm not really a big fan of country music, but I liked and enjoyed this lesson. Good stuff.
I am a older man in my sixtys but I love it.thank you my friend
Great lesson, that intro lick reminds me of 'It must have been the roses'.
That's a really tasty lead. Thanks for the lesson!
Wished I had lessons like this when I was 17 years old. would be a different player now, trust me. Sam Henry
I agree with Doug 's comment : Your positions are the backbone of all great country leads great lesson .. except i wish you had played the complete lesson w/ the back tracks at the end
it's always helped me that the maj box 1 is over the root A shape just as the min is over the E shape.
the light went off when I figures it out!
This is really useful! A big step on understanding the fretboard for me.
First of all, that Telecaster is Beautiful! It reminds me of the new Ultra Burst I just bought! Second, nothing NOTHING sounds like a Tele! It can cry like a steel, honky tonk like Nashville, or jam out Classic Rock! I had a beautiful American Stratocaster in chrimson transparent red, and I've got an epi Les Paul with perfect intonation in honey sunburst that sounds amazing. But my Ultra Telecaster in Ultra Burst will do anything I want and add a tone you just can't make an Amp do with another guitar. Love your guitar work by the way!
It is beautiful but my favourite ever which I wanted for years and now own is the same sunburst Tele but with bound edges the 62 custom. To me the best electric guitar ever made for looks anyway.
@@mrjasondylan my new ultra tele has a bound edge around the front edge
Wow, this might be the most jam packed instructional video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. Lots of Hendrix tricks in this but used in another application. I luv it!!
Another great video making use of the Mi/Ma Pentatonic scale(s)...like in previous videos, I am just picking up the guitar after 15 years of "silence"...thanks, again !
Brian, I listen to a lot of your compositions. But....
This one , in my opinion is the best Country one you have done. 👍👍
Thanks😊
Sound so sweet. I love the sound of that Telecaster 🎸🎸🎸🎶🎵👍
This song is amazing, I keep hearing a bit of blue eyes crying in the rain and before the next teardrop falls in it. Maybe it’s just me. Definitely learning this one
Beautiful project! Awesome teacher! I think I got something in my eye! lol
Love that song.
Almost sounds like a steel guitar in spots. Very beautiful.
Thank you for your videos Brian. You are a great teacher and your love for the guitar is contagious. You're videos are of the "teach a man to fish" variety. 😆
That Telecaster sounds cool as the day it was made.
In my opion tell is better than strat
@@masonwitte6822 depends on style and genre and the way that you feel guitar
@@crimzontide3487 yeah. I like country sooo....
@@masonwitte6822
You have a strong supporter of that opinion right here brother. Left Strats behind about 15 years ago. For the amount of effort I am able to devote to my guitar work, the Tele just feels like a committed partner in my quest . (Have a '86 reissue of that '69 aquamarine/turquoise "flower Tele". I love it! Had a brief affair with a custom shop '57 (I think I'm remembering correctly,) but as time went on, I realized I liked my Japanese '86 much better.
@@magustacrae nice
Premium member. For anyone wondering yes it is worth it.
Me too! Totally worth it.
What is the second part of the chords after the 2C 2F 2G 1F 1G ?
Love this instructor, he is very very thorough. Is there any structure to any of the courses. I’m considering the Paul David’s course but it’s very pricey.
@@micktmusic I believe there is a blues course that is structured. The other lessons are self-contained but do build on each other.
A VERY MOVING AND SOULFUL PIECE BRIAN - THANKS FOR SHARING THIS.
Call it easy all u want. It's beautiful!
awesome tune, think I'm finally braking tru a barrier, gotta learn this one!! Thanks Brian
This was very refreshing from most of the lessons on the Webb. I play Jazz guitar, and I loved this Beautiful playing. Thank you.
Fantastic lesson. Unlocked heaps of possibilities.thank you.
Love this lesson! Beautiful melody that’s inciting me to learn some soulful country licks. Glad I found this!
I watch your vids all the time, your one of my fave teachers on Y.T. and I happened to stumble onto this one. I am by no means a country fan but that may be changing lol. This video intrigued me to give this a try, just sounds so beautiful. Thanks as always.
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You are a GREAT teacher.... Very Impressed... Learned a lot in a short time. Thank You!
Loving this one, Gotta learn it. Thanks for your time.
Me too, love that song !
So beautiful. Played with feeling!
Here is some country music from Austria (the land of forrest cities and exploding trees).
A really rocking love song. Hope you like it!
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I've said it before, Brian, you are a beautiful player. I think the thing that grabs me most about your playing of ANY genre is that your playing is so CLEAN!
You write incredibly too.
And I'm not a fan of country by miles (pardon the pun) but I could certainly listen to you soloing all day long my friend.
Respect from Australia!
The best guitar playing i have seen on youtube. i love it and i want to learn it.
fantastic melody and remarkably tasteful - thanks for a great lesson.
Well I just realized I need to log in. Lol. Everything is fine and I just want to let you know I’m really enjoying your lessons.
Some great tips and techniques explained so simply. Love the double string lead !! ♥
Got to love that good stuff nice work
Country. Guiter. Solo Very. Nice
It's very beautiful.I love play it.
Great help… thanks a lot !!!
ur best guitar player ever
Opening licks touched me brother
nice cool style, primarily the key is, (pardon the pun) play progressions from the heart and with feeling, as i learnt many decades ago and is shown by steel players, Vince Gill, Loren Barrigar and many others. nice instruction to learn from....cheers, Brusa
What a great lead. Thanks a lot for sharing this, plenty here to gobble up and redistribute.
Love this style. So Beautiful
That's some sweet picking. Very nice ideas.
Soulful and sweet.
My dad taught me how to play guitar in the. late 60s..om the high E string. He called it picking it out. Friends though the years showed me Chet Atkin.licks and other things. My way of learning a song is to. listen to the song or hear just a little...say 4 notes...and.by experience you can have most of a song. Many times..just knowing the chord structure of one song helps us learn many songs. E.g.. Love me tender by Elvis..if played in C. goes to D.. The notes telegraph the chord.. The later the C chord is played is played and we go to E. The C chord ( C E G) .goes to E. (E G# B) The.note E is the 3 of. the C chord and the and the.1 of the E.chord. It eventually can switch to F.and then Fmin and then C. Much to be learned by the.chords themselves. All this is.obvious to experienced musicians..but it it may help some beginners.
Wow That was nice Sound like old country song !!!!
Great job and great sound, I have been looking for this type sound for a while, I just don't understand why it seems most guitar lessons wants to play as fast as they can, fast picking has no feeling to it, I really like your style of teaching now if I can ever get the time to sit for awhile and practice. this slow moving sound can be felt inside.
Thanks for your quick reply.
Nice one!
Where've you been?
Man, that's beautiful. Gonna have to get my Tele out of the closet!!!
What’s a tele doing there?
@@pdub4600 I hope he means television so he can see this video better... no sane man keeps their telecaster in the closet
Beautiful. I find the slow stuff sometimes more difficult to keep good timing with
I need a tele in my life. My PRS is o.k. but I so want a souped up tele. I really want to get one routed for a Maverick Super Vee for tele. I like the fact that they use the three traditional brass saddles with the tremelo. and its not super heavy like a Bigsby. I'm thinking about getting an elite tele and doing that upgrade to it.
nice sounds and good jobs........
Hey Brian, Love these basic ideas which make a lead over a 1,4,5 so beautiful and musical. Really pulls out elements of each cord and defines them in a colorful and stand out way. . I took notes and will incorporate these very useful ideas. Thanks much.