This is such a great reminder. As an intermediate player myself, I find lately I'm chasing positions and thirds. Corey just played some super soulful stuff out of a single major scale position. He also reminds us all to bring the feeling and play it like you mean it, even when the content can seem a little vanilla. That feel makes it.
Yo man, I've been using your channel for yonks now, some things are really hard for me, specific usage of pinkies (as i don't have them on either hand) and a really short bloody thumb. I'm a big blues player/fan so i do alot of improv and playing alone which your channel is great for. I just wanted to say after all this time, just so you know, you're makin me one hell of a guitarist.. One of my favourite things to play is SRV's cold shot solo. Sexy as hell, also found from you. The best thing is the doctors that took my pinkies after the OP said i'd never play an instrument, well we proved them wrong! been playing like 13 years now.. thanks for everything along the way dude.
Major scale stuff always sounds like dentist office music to me.lol when i practice scales against a backing track i try my best to keep it from soundin that way.lol
What is cool about this is that right next door is another C major scale which gives some other choices. So root on 8 then over to the D at 5 on the A string, E at 7 etc.. Once I made that connection I felt like there were more choices for this kind of progression without really having to think to much. Another great tidbit Corey, thanks!
Corey Chameleon once again! Your skills as super dangerous session player, live performer and exquisite teacher continually surprise me. Some lessons I hear Knopfler, some the three kings, some JJ Cale, some -- fill in the blank -- but always through your unique and expressive voice. This lesson conjured the melodic greats like Larry Carlton and Robben Ford and so once again, not only do I learn awesome guitar stuff from you, but great humility and gratitude. I strive to find my own unique voice on the instrument like you so masterfully have. Thanks for your continued generosity in delivering these lessons. The effort to prepare & produce these is not lost on me. Your hard work is never in vain my friend!
Thx Corey.👍 I met you at NAMM a few years ago, when you played with Tim Pierce and Brett Papa. I love your professionalism and teaching techniques. Please continue to deliver your super videos. 😊🎸👍
Hey Corey, always like to check in and see where you're going with things! Greatly appreciate your willingness, and quality ability, to share your wonderful gift! Keep Up the Great Work!
Another really useful lesson that contained 1 throwaway line (not related to the topic) that has just changed my playing forever! Thanks for the 💡moment!
Corey, so is this type of scale study in your Blues Guitar1 compilation? Or should a guy also visit your youtube channel to add some spice to the study. Or is it overwhelm and a dilution of focus so to speak to bring too much information into the progress of becoming a better player?
@@coreycongilio Music truly is a vast study! So essentially the best thing to do would be to visit your youtube channel as well to pick up "extra" knowledge beyond what's taught in the Blues compilation studies of your Volumes 1 and 2. Again thanks for you blazing fast responses.
Any post that is only a few days old, has over 6,000 views, 0ver 500 likes and NO dislikes has to be watched. I've never heard of this guy, I'm 3 seconds in and I'm not going anywhere.
Great Lesson Corey, My skills (countless months in the woodshed) and understanding of the instrument must be paying off. I bought several of your courses over the past couple years & to be honest, I didn't understand much 24mos ago. I am working though this material with great melodic touch (still mixed in with some clams) but its coming along. THANK YOU for your time and knowledge.....I am watching & listening up the road in White House, TN
Wow i just found your channel through your blues rock videos. Your videos are great. I’m and intermediate and I find it hard to find stuff that I can learn from. Not because I know it all but because so much is for beginners but I’m finding some new stuff in your videos. I really like how you said the chord tone exploration isn’t always the way to go. I think that’s important that soloing/improv is not all perfect cut and clean.
Thanks Corey i think your a great teacher i have bought 3 courses from truefire and yours i feel i've learned more. and i've been playing guitar a long time. the other 2 are great players but not so good on teaching. i won't mention the other 2, its just my IMHO.
@CoreyCongilio man your the best I swear your going through everything I asked about and making entire videos out of those questions too. Best blues course I ever bought, the best videos I have come across on UA-cam and one of the nisest people I have ever talked too.
I recall being around a few a lot machines in Vegas and other places where the “music” they play is basically just major arpeggios. That’s often what I hear when I play straight arpeggios. This lesson is helping me get away from the slot machine sound so to speak. 👍🏼
Amazing lesson to encourage and inspire guitarists on their journey to use our Ears to sing and get out of our 'lesson/learning' shadows. Thank you Brother. So appreciated!
Continuing the outstanding lesson trend. Corey, Jeff, Brett and Tim have really helped my playing move forward. Initially with UA-cam content alone but it evolved into their course content as well. Although this is Corey's video a shameless plug for the other three shouldn't hurt.
Nice riff a bit Bensonesque on the start of the progression, pleasant change and so useful to get out of the pentatonic world from time to time, i remember seing Matt Schofield saying if he had missed something in his formative years it was the major scale, it is the source of so many things and definitely not to be neglected, a great start down this road from Corey, many thanks.
I clicked on this link in my email and didn't expect it to be much but wow man your use these scales were just beautiful. Sounded melodic and your instruction was spot on
What a great lesson! I have rarely run across any sort of lesson like this, so I am ask ask WHY? Corey you’re a trailblazer, this is something that really helps me to hear it with my ears and feel it and allows me to become more creative… THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!
Good Morning Corey, I couldn’t get the backing track to go through… Is this being played over a C major without chord changes but sticking with the C, and then playing the changes over it? Also, I’m having trouble logging in through chrome onto working class guitar into my Courses, I may need to reset my password I take it?
The statement you made @11:26 is so true. I am a self taught guitar player. Back in the younger days i composed my licks or solos based on ear, preference, and major scale of the key in am in. I love it! But, guitarists from others fellow bands treated me like an alien. They mostly played based on full theory like triads, chord tones etc. But not always sounds good to me. In fact sometimes i think it sounded more technical then melodic. Thank you so much for showing what i did all these years weren't alien at all🙏
I play exactly the same. Have always been an 'ear' player. However, after 30 years I find my solos all sounding the same so am starting to look at theory playing a bit more, as a way of opening up more sonic options for me. The challenge, as you say, is to be able to add in arpeggios and chord tone target notes without it sounding like an exercise!
Get the Tab and Track coreycongilio.ac-page.com/majorscalesoloing
THANK YOU! For including the track for the lesson you just gave! Alot of ppl charge like 10$ for access to tabs and tracks. So thank you so much!
This is such a great reminder. As an intermediate player myself, I find lately I'm chasing positions and thirds. Corey just played some super soulful stuff out of a single major scale position. He also reminds us all to bring the feeling and play it like you mean it, even when the content can seem a little vanilla. That feel makes it.
@2:49 You're like the Ted Lasso of guitar teachers and I absolutely LOVE it.
I humbly accept that!
Yo man, I've been using your channel for yonks now, some things are really hard for me, specific usage of pinkies (as i don't have them on either hand) and a really short bloody thumb. I'm a big blues player/fan so i do alot of improv and playing alone which your channel is great for. I just wanted to say after all this time, just so you know, you're makin me one hell of a guitarist.. One of my favourite things to play is SRV's cold shot solo. Sexy as hell, also found from you. The best thing is the doctors that took my pinkies after the OP said i'd never play an instrument, well we proved them wrong! been playing like 13 years now.. thanks for everything along the way dude.
Great lesson..really shows how to use some slides and bends ..to make a major scale sound great..🎉🎉
Appreciate the guidance and encouragement.
I love that. If you are on the wrong note “just get off of it”
Major scale stuff always sounds like dentist office music to me.lol when i practice scales against a backing track i try my best to keep it from soundin that way.lol
"Pea-poo-pa-poo-pea-poo-pa" Ahah ! Thanks Corey, spot on for me once again.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love your playing and teaching Corey
What you want us to make music with our ears, and not only eyes on the fretboard !! 😉 , thanks for the wise reminder Corey - love your lessons 🔥 !!!
Thx so much!
What is cool about this is that right next door is another C major scale which gives some other choices. So root on 8 then over to the D at 5 on the A string, E at 7 etc.. Once I made that connection I felt like there were more choices for this kind of progression without really having to think to much. Another great tidbit Corey, thanks!
Corey Chameleon once again! Your skills as super dangerous session player, live performer and exquisite teacher continually surprise me. Some lessons I hear Knopfler, some the three kings, some JJ Cale, some -- fill in the blank -- but always through your unique and expressive voice. This lesson conjured the melodic greats like Larry Carlton and Robben Ford and so once again, not only do I learn awesome guitar stuff from you, but great humility and gratitude. I strive to find my own unique voice on the instrument like you so masterfully have. Thanks for your continued generosity in delivering these lessons. The effort to prepare & produce these is not lost on me. Your hard work is never in vain my friend!
I appreciate this greatly! Thanks so much!
Thx Corey.👍 I met you at NAMM a few years ago, when you played with Tim Pierce and Brett Papa. I love your professionalism and teaching techniques. Please continue to deliver your super videos. 😊🎸👍
Thx Steve! Will do!
Really love the laid back approach. Following your ears and not worrying so much about one system over another is great advice.
Still playing over chords tones
I really dig your teaching and lessons. !!’
I’m subscribed. Always save them.
Thank yiu!!!
thx so much!
More great stuff, thanks!
Hey Corey, always like to check in and see where you're going with things! Greatly appreciate your willingness, and quality ability, to share your wonderful gift! Keep Up the Great Work!
Thx David!
Thanks corey for the tips, greetings from Spain
Great lesson
Thanks for this video. Very helpful!
Sure thing!
beee booo baaa booo bee booo baaap
Slick and easy to understand and use! Thanks, Corey.
Glad it was helpful!
Sweet Grove! Can't wait to jump into this one..
Thx! Go for it!
Nice! Sounds like stuff from John Mayer’s bag. I love the major sound.
It's so good Corey, I even think to build a song from this...
Another really useful lesson that contained 1 throwaway line (not related to the topic) that has just changed my playing forever! Thanks for the 💡moment!
Great Lesson. Great teacher.
Thx Dr!
What PRS is that??? Stunning!
That’s a DGT!
Great lesson Corey, you always get a nice soloing no matter what. Here always improving and learning from the masters.
Excellent and honest job, muchas gracias!
Corey, so is this type of scale study in your Blues Guitar1 compilation? Or should a guy also visit your youtube channel to add some spice to the study. Or is it overwhelm and a dilution of focus so to speak to bring too much information into the progress of becoming a better player?
Unfortunately, my Complete Blues Volume 1 doesn't go into Major Scales like this video
@@coreycongilio blues volume 2? it was a great little diddy!
@@judahlyons1284 I work with minor scales but, not major. Perhaps in another course some day
@@coreycongilio Music truly is a vast study! So essentially the best thing to do would be to visit your youtube channel as well to pick up "extra" knowledge beyond what's taught in the Blues compilation studies of your Volumes 1 and 2. Again thanks for you blazing fast responses.
Dude! Playing major scales finally started to click watching this. More please! haha
That's awesome. Thx man!
Longtime fan and Trufire member. Just saw you at the David Lee Murphy show. Absolutely awesome!
Awe no way! Thx for being there. Sorry we couldn’t meet. Appreciate the support!
Fantastic Corey, thank you!
Fantastic lesson…as always, thanks indeed buddy
Any post that is only a few days old, has over 6,000 views, 0ver 500 likes and NO dislikes has to be watched. I've never heard of this guy, I'm 3 seconds in and I'm not going anywhere.
Ha! Welcome to the channel and thx!
Great Lesson Corey, My skills (countless months in the woodshed) and understanding of the instrument must be paying off. I bought several of your courses over the past couple years & to be honest, I didn't understand much 24mos ago. I am working though this material with great melodic touch (still mixed in with some clams) but its coming along. THANK YOU for your time and knowledge.....I am watching & listening up the road in White House, TN
Really appreciate the support! Thanks for the comment and best of luck!
Another great lesson Cory. Thanks!
and another very useful lesson, great job Corey!! so glad I'm retired :) plenty of practice time...
Thanks! That's great!
Wow i just found your channel through your blues rock videos. Your videos are great. I’m and intermediate and I find it hard to find stuff that I can learn from. Not because I know it all but because so much is for beginners but I’m finding some new stuff in your videos. I really like how you said the chord tone exploration isn’t always the way to go. I think that’s important that soloing/improv is not all perfect cut and clean.
Thanks for jumping in and watching!
Thank you...
You're welcome!
Thanks for another great lesson. I'm missing your Thursday Live Stream. Are you gonna bring it back?
Links works great.
My pleasure. We'll see!
Corey, thanks for sharing buddy. Nice work as ever, thank you! (If anyone's not seen Corey's courses, they are superb....).
Thx, mate!
Thanks Corey i think your a great teacher i have bought 3 courses from truefire and yours i feel i've learned more. and i've been playing guitar a long time. the other 2 are great players but not so good on teaching. i won't mention the other 2, its just my IMHO.
Appreciate that!
Great lesson. Please more lessons like this.
@CoreyCongilio man your the best I swear your going through everything I asked about and making entire videos out of those questions too. Best blues course I ever bought, the best videos I have come across on UA-cam and one of the nisest people I have ever talked too.
Really appreciate that!
I recall being around a few a lot machines in Vegas and other places where the “music” they play is basically just major arpeggios. That’s often what I hear when I play straight arpeggios. This lesson is helping me get away from the slot machine sound so to speak. 👍🏼
That’s funny because, apparently all machines in casinos play in the key of C as it’s said to be the most pleasant of all musical keys
Amazing lesson to encourage and inspire guitarists on their journey to use our Ears to sing and get out of our 'lesson/learning' shadows. Thank you Brother. So appreciated!
My pleasure! Thanks for that!
Continuing the outstanding lesson trend. Corey, Jeff, Brett and Tim have really helped my playing move forward. Initially with UA-cam content alone but it evolved into their course content as well. Although this is Corey's video a shameless plug for the other three shouldn't hurt.
Appreciate this!
Follow your ears? What a breath of fresh air. CAGED-free Corey!
Haha yup!
Nice riff a bit Bensonesque on the start of the progression, pleasant change and so useful to get out of the pentatonic world from time to time, i remember seing Matt Schofield saying if he had missed something in his formative years it was the major scale, it is the source of so many things and definitely not to be neglected, a great start down this road from Corey, many thanks.
Appreciate that!
Great lesson, Corey.
Right in my wheelhouse too.
Thank you!
Thx! That’s great!
This is that sweet groove you posted a few days ago!! Thanks for this Corey, excellent as always!!
Thanks so much!
Dang. that's straight up Larry Carlton level of clean playing.
🙏🏻
I clicked on this link in my email and didn't expect it to be much but wow man your use these scales were just beautiful. Sounded melodic and your instruction was spot on
Thx so much
Hi , Corey , precious lesson as always! I really appreciate your regard to slow down, you are great! Thanks a lot
Thx for that!
What I love so much about your lessons is that you do not only show the concept but show how to actually make music with it! You are the best teacher!
My pleasure!
Awesome my friend!
Nice refresher
Awesome ❤❤❤
What a great lesson! I have rarely run across any sort of lesson like this, so I am ask ask WHY?
Corey you’re a trailblazer, this is something that really helps me to hear it with my ears and feel it and allows me to become more creative…
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!
My pleasure!
Good Morning Corey, I couldn’t get the backing track to go through… Is this being played over a C major without chord changes but sticking with the C, and then playing the changes over it?
Also, I’m having trouble logging in through chrome onto working class guitar into my Courses, I may need to reset my password I take it?
Email us at support@workingclassguitar.com. We’ll take care of ya
The statement you made @11:26 is so true. I am a self taught guitar player. Back in the younger days i composed my licks or solos based on ear, preference, and major scale of the key in am in. I love it! But, guitarists from others fellow bands treated me like an alien. They mostly played based on full theory like triads, chord tones etc. But not always sounds good to me. In fact sometimes i think it sounded more technical then melodic. Thank you so much for showing what i did all these years weren't alien at all🙏
Appreciate that. Great comments
I play exactly the same. Have always been an 'ear' player. However, after 30 years I find my solos all sounding the same so am starting to look at theory playing a bit more, as a way of opening up more sonic options for me. The challenge, as you say, is to be able to add in arpeggios and chord tone target notes without it sounding like an exercise!
very corey this is what most teachers do not do really great
Thx and I agree!
You sir, are a gem. Thanks for the awesome content
Many thanks!
Sweet! Thanks for sharing!
You bet!
Nice easy and fun lesson thanks Cory
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hahahaha! Keep working it dude!
Thx so much!
Beautiful PRS, is that new?
No, about 2 years old
Excellent teaching bro!!!
I appreciate that!
thank you for a great lesson corey
My pleasure!
i am rooting for you to get more subs!
Here’s hoping! Thx so much!
Thanks 😊 Cory !
Sure thing!
great lesson
Thx!
my ears are liars. i only hear the beat...
That’s more than I hear😜 & “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”
You are really talented. I realise the beat when the it's already gone😆