Vocabulary, vs just learning scales As many, I'm in that stagnation after years since starting to learn to play, let alone lack of playing with others live or in any ensemble
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Wow, this has to be the most feature-dense video I've ever seen on UA-cam. THANK YOU! Subscribed! I've been slowly digesting these tips and a thought came to me which never would have without having watched you. As you said, these tips can and should be used in combination. A modest tip #26 can be used in combination with your "rhythmic interest means fewer notes" tip. Sometimes it's cool to hang on a common chord tone through a chord change (as opposed to focusing on the note(s) that are different between the chords). We can leverage your rhythmic tip when doing so since exploiting a common chord tone across changes, by definition, means fewer notes. Not earth shattering, but maybe useful in some contexts :-) Anyway, thanks again!
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#22, I've been VERY lucky to be in 3 different jazz bands ( bebop, fusion, organ trio) and I learned so much in those groups. I think with the Internet it's a little easier to find players. I've been fortunate. I'm stuck with backing tracks for now. Thanks Chase for another great lesson!!!!
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I don’t usually comment on UA-cam stuff (like most guitarists I watch a ton of videos ) but man you have some really great ideas in here -and sometimes stating the obvious is what I need to hear … “ in order to play the changes you need to play the notes that change”… duh.. that shouldn’t have been a light bulb type moment but man it really was …..thx!!
Thank you! 🙏 I really appreciate your comment and am glad you liked that tip as it’s one I almost didn’t include because people might think it’s obvious and not understand how helpful it can be🤘
Love your new guitar. I used to have a George benson model made in Korea and sold it. Wish I kept it. Post more vids of yourself improvising as well. Great lesson.
Hi ... Great and deep lesson ... for someone like me ... but ... your guitar ... What model is it? ... I need a lightweight guitar ... and that is perfect to play in a standing position ...
@@ChaseMaddox ok thanks. Nice example of that chromatics on pentatonics is "chicken shift" gatemouth brown bassline turn around though its just a simple 145 its cool
I haven't seen the whole video... just the first part about pentatonics.... I see a problem: you don't explain WHY. I think I know why other pentatonics can be played, but there will be people who don't know. (sorry my english)
I think you misunderstand the point of the video. In this one I'm giving the solution as fast as possible to have that instant unlock, which works whether you know the why or not. I go into the why in detail for all of these in many of my other, longer lesson videos. For example, here's one of mine that goes into the explanation of the various pentatonics in detail: ua-cam.com/video/mfLfzb0Wuy0/v-deo.html
Hi @ChaseMaddox. Thanks for you great tips. I really enjoy your videos. I am struggling a bit to understand your thoughts on scales vs vocabulary though. The first few tips in this video talk about using scales then you go on to talk about using vocabulary. Surely I need to learn the scales first, before I can make vocabulary out of them. When you're using vocabulary, do you view it visualize it coming from a chord shape? or a scale shape? or something different? Thanks
You might be a bit confused here. You don't 'make' vocabulary out of scales, in the same way you don't 'make' words out of the alphabet. You learn words (vocab), and apply them to communicate, while understanding the letters they are made of come from the alphabet (scale). I think it depends on the specific vocab being discussed, but in general I view them in the context of a chord shape. One common exception is pentatonic type of vocab because they usually fit so well within the pentatonic framework on guitar.
Thanks for the quick response. One thing I don't get is that if I visualize from the chord shape, how do I know what notes to use around that chord apart from the chord tones? For example, if I'm soloing over a G7 chord, that's the V chord of C major, so do I use the C major scale?(thinking about the scale). Then if it goes to C7, do I play the F major scale?. Basically. How can I avoid thinking about scales? And how do you choose which notes to play around any given chord shape?
You have to learn ideas/licks/vocab to play on G7. Learn a bunch of those and then you can start to generalize to the “scale” or group of notes that work on G7.
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Vocabulary, vs just learning scales
As many, I'm in that stagnation after years since starting to learn to play, let alone lack of playing with others live or in any ensemble
Chase. Thank you for all of your hard work and creativity in your lessons, interviews and perspectives. You have enriched my life. May God bless you this Christmas and always.
Wow what a great message and surprise! I really appreciate the support and am so glad my work has enriched your life! Much more to come in 2025! Thank you 🙏
I can see that your new guitar has brought you happiness and inspiration! Congrats!!!
Yes! Thank you! 🙏
Wow, this has to be the most feature-dense video I've ever seen on UA-cam. THANK YOU! Subscribed!
I've been slowly digesting these tips and a thought came to me which never would have without having watched you. As you said, these tips can and should be used in combination. A modest tip #26 can be used in combination with your "rhythmic interest means fewer notes" tip. Sometimes it's cool to hang on a common chord tone through a chord change (as opposed to focusing on the note(s) that are different between the chords). We can leverage your rhythmic tip when doing so since exploiting a common chord tone across changes, by definition, means fewer notes. Not earth shattering, but maybe useful in some contexts :-)
Anyway, thanks again!
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Im shocked at the amount of concrete, practical tips and concepts in this video! It's like 5 years of guitar intermediate lessons in 25 minutes. Thank you: instant subscribe 👍
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Your a great teacher man. Wish i had the focus you have to be able to sit ans do the work ! Hope you keep it going always and a Biig thanks for sharing so much info with us !
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It's so many I Like, but #15 Got Me building my libray of poetry licks under my fingers.
Thanks for Sharing
Hopefully, this will keep my attention for practicing instead of looking at another video.
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#22, I've been VERY lucky to be in 3 different jazz bands ( bebop, fusion, organ trio) and I learned so much in those groups. I think with the Internet it's a little easier to find players. I've been fortunate. I'm stuck with backing tracks for now. Thanks Chase for another great lesson!!!!
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I don’t usually comment on UA-cam stuff (like most guitarists I watch a ton of videos ) but man you have some really great ideas in here -and sometimes stating the obvious is what I need to hear … “ in order to play the changes you need to play the notes that change”… duh.. that shouldn’t have been a light bulb type moment but man it really was …..thx!!
Thank you! 🙏 I really appreciate your comment and am glad you liked that tip as it’s one I almost didn’t include because people might think it’s obvious and not understand how helpful it can be🤘
The thumb swing, the pick opening up toward your face, the 4 note chromatic - I’ll stop there but this is some really good stuff.
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Love your new guitar. I used to have a George benson model made in Korea and sold it. Wish I kept it. Post more vids of yourself improvising as well. Great lesson.
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Hi ... Great and deep lesson ... for someone like me ... but ... your guitar ... What model is it? ... I need a lightweight guitar ... and that is perfect to play in a standing position ...
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Nice video.....first tip: why not say major pentatonic?
I think of all the pentatonics as minor equivalents…see my video on The Secret of the Two Chords 👍
@@ChaseMaddox ok thanks. Nice example of that chromatics on pentatonics is "chicken shift" gatemouth brown bassline turn around though its just a simple 145 its cool
I haven't seen the whole video... just the first part about pentatonics.... I see a problem: you don't explain WHY.
I think I know why other pentatonics can be played, but there will be people who don't know.
(sorry my english)
I think you misunderstand the point of the video. In this one I'm giving the solution as fast as possible to have that instant unlock, which works whether you know the why or not. I go into the why in detail for all of these in many of my other, longer lesson videos. For example, here's one of mine that goes into the explanation of the various pentatonics in detail: ua-cam.com/video/mfLfzb0Wuy0/v-deo.html
when I see a cat play and he's holding the neck like a shovel handle I pretty much know how he's going to sound,.
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Hi @ChaseMaddox. Thanks for you great tips. I really enjoy your videos. I am struggling a bit to understand your thoughts on scales vs vocabulary though. The first few tips in this video talk about using scales then you go on to talk about using vocabulary. Surely I need to learn the scales first, before I can make vocabulary out of them. When you're using vocabulary, do you view it visualize it coming from a chord shape? or a scale shape? or something different? Thanks
You might be a bit confused here. You don't 'make' vocabulary out of scales, in the same way you don't 'make' words out of the alphabet. You learn words (vocab), and apply them to communicate, while understanding the letters they are made of come from the alphabet (scale). I think it depends on the specific vocab being discussed, but in general I view them in the context of a chord shape. One common exception is pentatonic type of vocab because they usually fit so well within the pentatonic framework on guitar.
Thanks for the quick response. One thing I don't get is that if I visualize from the chord shape, how do I know what notes to use around that chord apart from the chord tones? For example, if I'm soloing over a G7 chord, that's the V chord of C major, so do I use the C major scale?(thinking about the scale). Then if it goes to C7, do I play the F major scale?. Basically. How can I avoid thinking about scales? And how do you choose which notes to play around any given chord shape?
You have to learn ideas/licks/vocab to play on G7. Learn a bunch of those and then you can start to generalize to the “scale” or group of notes that work on G7.
Thanks. I'll give it a try. Much appreciated