I just played this progression into a looper and spent 3 hours practicing soloing with feel instead of speed. Most fun I’ve had playing guitar in a really long time.
Thanks for keeping the "mistakes" in there. When you made one you said : " geez, really inspiring." Actually, yes it is. When I see someone who has been playing for a long time still make mistakes it makes me feel better and actually motivates me. Unedited stuff is great. Keep it in. Thanks again for all you do.
I feel the same! I love when an artist makes a mistake and just rolls w it ... adds an element to music. Music isn’t ever perfect to me, when it is it feels boring
I love this song, it is one of those songs that gets inside and touches the soul. First heard it about 6 months after starting to play guitar. I tried to play it, but it was way above my head (even bought a looper). It's a year later and your video has inspired me to give it another shot, although I'm not sure I have the chops yet. The day I'm able to play this song will be a huge milestone for me as a guitar player. Thank you for doing the video.
.... I've watched a lot of videos on this subject and nobody mentioned to keep away from the root until you want to hear it. That is the essential piece here and you nailed it!
The feeling is great - for theory buffs just play the Am6 arpeggio horizontally along the neck, you'll instantly get the notes jumping at ya, then just go semitone above and below those notes - wallah you're in Slabo land for the day, and then use ya ears to grab the other kind of eastern/arabic notes notes hanging around the arpeggio. But the feel on this is fantastic, thanks Stich.
This track has long been my “5am and need to get some sleep but can’t because I’ve been up all night having fun with my friends” smooth jam that puts me at ease and lets me get some rest
Peter Green is my all time favorite guitar player. You do amazing lessons with Jerry Garcia stuff, so I am really surprised to stumble upon this on your channel!
So simple yet so effective. I believe thats the magic of almost all Peter Green songs. Isnt it? Thanks a lot for clearing that one for me. I have to record it now myself. ;-)
Late to the party as I just discovered Snowy White. This song is epic along with Midnight Blues. Both are master classes on the pentatonic scale. I highly recommend guitarists checking out the UA-cam video of him playing Midnight Blues live. Watch him working the Em pentatonic scale hard especially the first box shape at the twelfth fret. Pure inspiration for players that are learning.
So many peoples dumped on the Chinatown album. It is a killer album and Snowy did a great on the two Lizzy albums he played on. It is like Jake E Lee for Ozzy. People love to discuss Rhandy vs Zakk as if Jake never existed.
GREAT pick....my favorite GREEN solo album..its really good.. Peter plays the Rythm on this and yep Snowy Green plays the lead thin lizzy) SEVEN STARS FROM THE SAME album would be great,thanks!
Thanks for this superb video/ analysis. I’m curious as to what model/ finish of Les Paul you’re using. Now to get my looper and practice based on your analysis and suggestions.
Greetings from N Ft Myers Florida, enjoyed the video! I heard you are in Sarasota, we've been to the Same Ash Music store the when we( my wife Deb) & I first got down here from Chicago in July 2017, we love it here. Do you gig? We definitely have, that's how we made our living for a while, traveling the country & in Europe, was a blast!!! My wife now works for Camping World in Ft Myers, & I drive ( CDL), but what we do with our music now( minus coronavirus) is sell tickets to our show & play mostly original instrumental guitar music ( fusion). Really glad I came across your channel & meet another Floridian! I will check out your other videos, I found out about you through Guitar Hack's live stream on 4-30-20! Stay safe my friend, Rock On & God Bless!!!
Just stumbled on to this, Stitch, great, great stuff. I always come back to your channel, so much to learn. Stitch another great Peter Green (with John Mayall) you might enjoy is an instrumental in C called "Greeny"...jazzy, bluesy, fun. Robbie in Colorado
Oh wow, that is a beautiful chord progression. And a great solo too. Thanks for this. I will be spending a long time working with this. I must say your guitar tone is nicer than in earlier videos.
As always, a great lesson that provides insight on how to bring ideas into your own playing. Even though there are only 5 notes in the pentatonic, I'm always interested in hearing and seeing how guitar Gods use those notes. I rate this lesson a 5 out of 5: PERFECT FIFTH
Interestingly, the technique you mention in the 4th position was also quite commonly used by Peter Green. He commonly used a 1-2-4 1-2-4 pattern on the B and E strings in the 4th position instead of the Pentatonic's 2-4 1-4 shape. You don't really hear him use that phrasing outside that position. I actually heard this position called "The Green Scale" as well.
Mr Stich I started watching Stich Method around late 2017 early 2018 to present Started a trio not doing much yet but this is on of the songs on the list which i also picked from Stich Method when I first saw the vedio with the percussionist and the rythm and Snowy white then your lesson came up and I had to give it a go I have listen to covers where the guitar is doing to much iv done it to much it is a great cover if you Go by the Stich Method and diffently sound pro ...wow factor 100%....RocknRollFlat5
plays with his thumb... of course the "greatest of all-time thumb players" is the incomparable, immortal wes montgomery, who also gave us the cool jazz sound of sliding octaves!
First time I have ever heard this great song. I keep hoping for another Jerry video, like the midnight moonlight lesson the you teased. But I love all your stuff.
Awesome lesson. Have you heard the the track Apostle from Peter green's in the skies? I believe snowy plays on this as well. The lead part on it sounds amazing, especially the part that sounds like a mexican horn solo. Check it out!!!!!!!
@@StichMethodGuitar Ian, if you could do the same type of tutorial on "Midnight Blues", that would be great. You are really a great teacher and I watch and learn from all your videos. Thanks.
Actually F/C, no ? BTW, the version of "A Fool No More" on In The Skies might be a worthwhile tune to explore, as it's a blues, but applies this same "sultry" approach, which makes it highly melodic.
Hands down the best stuff on UA-cam. Ian I have a couple of questions: First, what key is this? Since it seems to resolve to the Am chord, I’m thinking it’s in C. But it could also be in G? Also, could Dorian be used to add some Peter Green flavor to it? Thanks man. You’re awesome!!!🤘
Hey Stephen, can’t be G because there is no F Major in the Key of G. So it is the Key of C, which then answers that it is the A minor scale (relative minor of C) that will work. The A Dorian which is related to the key of G has an F# in it and will clash a lot with some moments. Hope that helped.
Question about joining your Patreon practice video offer? Do you bill immediately and then thereafter on the 1st of the month? Obviously we are almost at the end of the month right now and I want to understand whether there would be a payment now and then again in approximately 1 week. Can't find the answer on Patreon. Just don't want an unexpected surprise. Looks like a great idea. Thanks for this great video!
I do believe it bills at the first of every month. Again this is what is see, but if you sign up you “pledge” to pay at the first of every month and I do not believe it bills you rights away. I hope that helped and thanks for the question and support.
@@StichMethodGuitar Super fast and helpful reply! I am very impressed AND your methods have really been advancing my improvisation. Super clear, well paced and accessible. Nice job.
What type of F chord is he playing? Or is he just muting the 5th and 6th with ring finger and thumb respectively. And is he barring the 1&2 strings on the first fret? Also, he runs through 14 notes in his chord progression but I can't tell where the measure begins or ends. Would be a bit helpful if the chord progression with measure was written on the screen.....especially considering all the other Slabo Day chord progressions I've seen look very different. Sorry, don't mean to sound so negative. It's a great, in depth tutorial. I've learned a lot from his other tutorials but just got lost at the beginning with the chord progression.
A burning question: I've recently learned the pentatonic forms via CAGED shapes, where it made so much more sense (to me). The standard"Form 1" is the 'G' shape. Why is it ONE? Shouldn't the C shape be ONE? When you talk about using a 'bit of forms 2 and 3', I have to "translate" and think A and D forms. Life is hard....
And I suppose my follow-up question is why don't more teachers use CAGED? I get we all learn differently...for me, connecting the forms to CAGED really clicked with me - one of those "aha - look at all the pretty light bulbs!" moments
I use caged all the time BUT you can address scale shapes outside of CAGED when only talking about pentatonics. Pentatonics are used in non Caged applications because of the scale intervals. The form 1 I address is a minor Pentatonic that does not have the same root as the G shape. Now yes they go together but not when talking about just scales and their application over a steady jam... hope that kinda made sense. Even thought I LOVE Caged, there is a time and place. Not unless I’m thinking G shaped chord am I thinking G shaped pentatonic.
@@StichMethodGuitar Thank you for your quick response. I'll take some time to absorb your answer - you are clearly on a different plane of understanding than me! I'm a newbie, and all I know is that, for me, I was able to go from tying a root note (on the 6th string) to a shape, to picking a random root anywhere on the fretboard and playing all the forms in that four - fret space. Anyway, THANK YOU - for your time, and tutelage. You are one of the best!
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I just played this progression into a looper and spent 3 hours practicing soloing with feel instead of speed. Most fun I’ve had playing guitar in a really long time.
Thanks for keeping the "mistakes" in there. When you made one you said : " geez, really inspiring." Actually, yes it is. When I see someone who has been playing for a long time still make mistakes it makes me feel better and actually motivates me. Unedited stuff is great. Keep it in. Thanks again for all you do.
Btown78 thanks for your comment, speaks for me!
He actually said "Just fire me"
I feel the same! I love when an artist makes a mistake and just rolls w it ... adds an element to music. Music isn’t ever perfect to me, when it is it feels boring
I have to thank you for the introduction to Snowy White....wow.....absolutely beautiful!!!
thankyou stich , in the skies is the most beautiful album i've ever heard
its fantastic man...iv had it for...decades!
FantaStich lesson, awesome. Thanks
Great man nice to see Snowy get some credit...A amazing musician with so many great bands
I love this song, it is one of those songs that gets inside and touches the soul. First heard it about 6 months after starting to play guitar. I tried to play it, but it was way above my head (even bought a looper). It's a year later and your video has inspired me to give it another shot, although I'm not sure I have the chops yet. The day I'm able to play this song will be a huge milestone for me as a guitar player. Thank you for doing the video.
I really enjoyed this leeson. Opened my eyes! Thank you!
Glad to see you giving props to Mr. Snowy White, he’s a hero of mine that doesn’t get the mentions he deserves
Snowy White did a stint as a member of Thin Lizzy.
I think his smooth style never really meshed with Lizzy's Irish rock metal
If Peter Green liked Him,
we should understand that endorsement.....
I think snowy white is a wonderful guitar player. Midnight blues, truly amazing.
Thank you for this marvelous tutorial
Peter Green in his early 20’s was untouchable. From his singing, writing/ harp/bass playing or his god sent tasty tone melodic playing guitar
.... I've watched a lot of videos on this subject and nobody mentioned to keep away from the root until you want to hear it. That is the essential piece here and you nailed it!
Great! More Peter Green, please!
Great lesson!! Thank you!!
Very well explained. Thank you.
Smdh. How the heck have I never heard of Snowy White??? Beautiful song, and excellent lesson! Thanks so much.
This song and Albatros and I 'll be good for the rest of the year. Thanks Ian!
The feeling is great - for theory buffs just play the Am6 arpeggio horizontally along the neck, you'll instantly get the notes jumping at ya, then just go semitone above and below those notes - wallah you're in Slabo land for the day, and then use ya ears to grab the other kind of eastern/arabic notes notes hanging around the arpeggio. But the feel on this is fantastic, thanks Stich.
I like to pick 3 or 4 notes out of the scale and work with the groove , try call and response to see what phrases I can come up with
This track has long been my “5am and need to get some sleep but can’t because I’ve been up all night having fun with my friends” smooth jam that puts me at ease and lets me get some rest
Brilliant! Long time favorite; what a pleasant surprise to find you teaching it
Peter Green is my all time favorite guitar player. You do amazing lessons with Jerry Garcia stuff, so I am really surprised to stumble upon this on your channel!
Fantastic
Never heard this track before but will be working on it now
Snowy White! Such a great, yet very underrated guitarist. Thank you for this. I must watch more of your channel Sir!
Agree, SW's improv solo is so hard to learn and copy. All signature playing.
Thank you so much, your Video helps me lot !
Love it. Cheers Mr Stich. 👍🏻
I also get knopfler, brothers in arms vibes gunna have to see if hes using the same approach
Tom. Listen to snowy whites bird of paradise. Brothers in arms sounds alot like it .
awesome quality lesson, Master
I am only at chords stage of learning, but great to learn something of an artist I love, thank you🙂👍
So simple yet so effective. I believe thats the magic of almost all Peter Green songs. Isnt it?
Thanks a lot for clearing that one for me. I have to record it now myself. ;-)
Most excellent, keep this stuff coming.
Thank You! 👍🏻
Great deep track jam cut. Love it brother.
Great lesson love snowy white
I remember when "In the skies" came out.
ITV in the U.K. actually played a few tracks from it as their shutdown music. This was before 24/7 T.V.
Lovely tone you’ve got going there as well.
Late to the party as I just discovered Snowy White. This song is epic along with Midnight Blues. Both are master classes on the pentatonic scale. I highly recommend guitarists checking out the UA-cam video of him playing Midnight Blues live. Watch him working the Em pentatonic scale hard especially the first box shape at the twelfth fret. Pure inspiration for players that are learning.
Snowy White is great, he was in Thin Lizzy for awhile, great guitar on the Chinatown album
Chinatown is great. Snowy was good but Robertson was the perfect fit for Lizzy
So many peoples dumped on the Chinatown album. It is a killer album and Snowy did a great on the two Lizzy albums he played on. It is like Jake E Lee for Ozzy. People love to discuss Rhandy vs Zakk as if Jake never existed.
Such a good video man! Thanks.
Really great!!
Crucial thanks 🙏🏼 I’ve always loved this jam it’s just a nice mellow groove
Cheers
Cool! Sounds like Knopfler uses some of those tricks too.
You teaching is truly inspiring. Great music choices and clear instruction. Thanks for making me want to play more!
Home run. Thank you.
Another gem with more excellent tips. Really appreciated Thanks
Yay, the Stitch is back, good to see you buddy !
Love both them players and yes snowy is great i love midnight blues bird of paradise and so many others very underated guitarist i think.
First example I hear you play is Snowy White for sure he has such a unique choice of notes
Wonderful lesson, thank you so much for it - and for everything you are doing!
Great lesson. Love it. 👍
beautiful lesson!
Excellent video.
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it!
Great stuff. Yeah it resonates alright!. Thank you.
Great video, a romance with the guitar
GREAT pick....my favorite GREEN solo album..its really good.. Peter plays the Rythm on this and yep Snowy Green plays the lead thin lizzy) SEVEN STARS FROM THE SAME album would be great,thanks!
Thanks for this superb video/ analysis. I’m curious as to what model/ finish of Les Paul you’re using. Now to get my looper and practice based on your analysis and suggestions.
Ups and downs yeah!
Another awesome video!
I prefer how you play it to the original! Thanks for breaking it down. I really enjoyed it!
I "like"your videos before I watch with guitar in hand 🙂
Greetings from N Ft Myers Florida, enjoyed the video! I heard you are in Sarasota, we've been to the Same Ash Music store the when we( my wife Deb) & I first got down here from Chicago in July 2017, we love it here. Do you gig? We definitely have, that's how we made our living for a while, traveling the country & in Europe, was a blast!!! My wife now works for Camping World in Ft Myers, & I drive ( CDL), but what we do with our music now( minus coronavirus) is sell tickets to our show & play mostly original instrumental guitar music ( fusion). Really glad I came across your channel & meet another Floridian! I will check out your other videos, I found out about you through Guitar Hack's live stream on 4-30-20! Stay safe my friend, Rock On & God Bless!!!
Fantastic lesson! ✌🏼☮❤
Great video, I was just thinking the other day if need to start on the root note when playing solos...
Just stumbled on to this, Stitch, great, great stuff. I always come back to your channel, so much to learn.
Stitch another great Peter Green (with John Mayall) you might enjoy is an instrumental in C called "Greeny"...jazzy, bluesy, fun.
Robbie in Colorado
Started the day out with playing the intro to need your love so bad! Now I'll giving this a go. Great stuff as always!
Thanks man
Oh wow, that is a beautiful chord progression. And a great solo too. Thanks for this. I will be spending a long time working with this. I must say your guitar tone is nicer than in earlier videos.
As always, a great lesson that provides insight on how to bring ideas into your own playing. Even though there are only 5 notes in the pentatonic, I'm always interested in hearing and seeing how guitar Gods use those notes. I rate this lesson a 5 out of 5: PERFECT FIFTH
Great tutorial, so hard to get info on the legendary Peter Green. More please
Interestingly, the technique you mention in the 4th position was also quite commonly used by Peter Green. He commonly used a 1-2-4 1-2-4 pattern on the B and E strings in the 4th position instead of the Pentatonic's 2-4 1-4 shape. You don't really hear him use that phrasing outside that position. I actually heard this position called "The Green Scale" as well.
Sort of the same chord progression as All Along the Watchtower, right? I love playing watchtower with open chords like that.
Yes! All Along the Watch Tower and Hurricane (Carter).
I saw Snowy White play with Pink Floyd at Soldier Field Chicago for the Animals tour.
Mr Stich I started watching Stich Method around late 2017 early 2018 to present Started a trio not doing much yet but this is on of the songs on the list which i also picked from Stich Method when I first saw the vedio with the percussionist and the rythm and Snowy white then your lesson came up and I had to give it a go I have listen to covers where the guitar is doing to much iv done it to much it is a great cover if you Go by the Stich Method and diffently sound pro ...wow factor 100%....RocknRollFlat5
plays with his thumb... of course the "greatest of all-time thumb players" is the incomparable, immortal wes montgomery, who also gave us the cool jazz sound of sliding octaves!
First time I have ever heard this great song. I keep hoping for another Jerry video, like the midnight moonlight lesson the you teased. But I love all your stuff.
Awesome lesson. Have you heard the the track Apostle from Peter green's in the skies? I believe snowy plays on this as well. The lead part on it sounds amazing, especially the part that sounds like a mexican horn solo. Check it out!!!!!!!
Rip Peter):
Check out Snowy White's 'Midnight Blues' equally genius!!
I agree!!
@@StichMethodGuitar Ian, if you could do the same type of tutorial on "Midnight Blues", that would be great. You are really a great teacher and I watch and learn from all your videos. Thanks.
And you have a Gold Top sweeet...WoW factor 100%..RocknRollFlat5
I really got stop mixing up my A1 steaksauce and snake venom
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Lol, tSean Daniel!!! Crashing in on the comment section. It's like I'm reading your text messages from two of my favorite guitar teachers!!
A tip : watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.
@Beckham Brayan Yea, have been using Flixzone for since december myself :)
@Beckham Brayan yup, I have been watching on flixzone for since december myself :)
Shades of All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
I have a book of Peter Green tabs called Instant Peter Green.
I don't use it and would like to pass it on.
Knopflers ripped that one off
Love this man! Also, I see you caved and trimmed up the beard. Great stuff as always
Actually F/C, no ? BTW, the version of "A Fool No More" on In The Skies might be a worthwhile tune to explore, as it's a blues, but applies this same "sultry" approach, which makes it highly melodic.
Yes true, the F/C voicing good catch
brilliant stuff how about a bit of Gary moore
Hands down the best stuff on UA-cam. Ian I have a couple of questions: First, what key is this? Since it seems to resolve to the Am chord, I’m thinking it’s in C. But it could also be in G? Also, could Dorian be used to add some Peter Green flavor to it?
Thanks man. You’re awesome!!!🤘
Hey Stephen, can’t be G because there is no F Major in the Key of G. So it is the Key of C, which then answers that it is the A minor scale (relative minor of C) that will work. The A Dorian which is related to the key of G has an F# in it and will clash a lot with some moments. Hope that helped.
Hey man....look up SEVEN STARS from the same album..im sure you will like it...do a lesson on that too if you can...thanks man!
Question about joining your Patreon practice video offer? Do you bill immediately and then thereafter on the 1st of the month? Obviously we are almost at the end of the month right now and I want to understand whether there would be a payment now and then again in approximately 1 week. Can't find the answer on Patreon. Just don't want an unexpected surprise. Looks like a great idea. Thanks for this great video!
I do believe it bills at the first of every month. Again this is what is see, but if you sign up you “pledge” to pay at the first of every month and I do not believe it bills you rights away. I hope that helped and thanks for the question and support.
@@StichMethodGuitar Super fast and helpful reply! I am very impressed AND your methods have really been advancing my improvisation. Super clear, well paced and accessible. Nice job.
Similar sound to versions of All Along the Watch Tower
This has a sound that reminds me of Alvin Lee
What type of F chord is he playing?
Or is he just muting the 5th and 6th with ring finger and thumb respectively. And is he barring the 1&2 strings on the first fret? Also, he runs through 14 notes in his chord progression but I can't tell where the measure begins or ends. Would be a bit helpful if the chord progression with measure was written on the screen.....especially considering all the other Slabo Day chord progressions I've seen look very different.
Sorry, don't mean to sound so negative. It's a great, in depth tutorial. I've learned a lot from his other tutorials but just got lost at the beginning with the chord progression.
Shared ;)
If Snowy is not starting with the A root note of A minor pentatonic to create tension does that mean he is playing another mode of C Major?
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Always been curious how your guitar is positioned.. What is holding it up? Do you sling it that high when you play standing as well?
Its resting on my thigh
Haha "if you want to play with your thumb, play with your thumb$"
A burning question: I've recently learned the pentatonic forms via CAGED shapes, where it made so much more sense (to me). The standard"Form 1" is the 'G' shape. Why is it ONE? Shouldn't the C shape be ONE? When you talk about using a 'bit of forms 2 and 3', I have to "translate" and think A and D forms. Life is hard....
And I suppose my follow-up question is why don't more teachers use CAGED? I get we all learn differently...for me, connecting the forms to CAGED really clicked with me - one of those "aha - look at all the pretty light bulbs!" moments
I use caged all the time BUT you can address scale shapes outside of CAGED when only talking about pentatonics. Pentatonics are used in non Caged applications because of the scale intervals. The form 1 I address is a minor Pentatonic that does not have the same root as the G shape. Now yes they go together but not when talking about just scales and their application over a steady jam... hope that kinda made sense. Even thought I LOVE Caged, there is a time and place. Not unless I’m thinking G shaped chord am I thinking G shaped pentatonic.
@@StichMethodGuitar Thank you for your quick response. I'll take some time to absorb your answer - you are clearly on a different plane of understanding than me! I'm a newbie, and all I know is that, for me, I was able to go from tying a root note (on the 6th string) to a shape, to picking a random root anywhere on the fretboard and playing all the forms in that four - fret space. Anyway, THANK YOU - for your time, and tutelage. You are one of the best!
My Les Paul doesn't sound like yours. It must be broken.