3 Reasons Intermediate Guitarists CAN'T Improvise... | Ben Eunson
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- 3 common problems that guitarists face when trying to improvise! Played on the @IbanezOfficial AM2000H
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02:32 Problem 1
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At one point, I learned a whole lot of theory and totally understood how to choose a scale for a given chord, knew all my arpeggios, etc. but it never sounded like jazz. I had to spend a lot of time learning the vocabulary of my favorite artists by learning their improvised solos to move past this.
Great insight, thanks for sharing!
Yeah I am kindof there now. Struggling to hammer in bebop language.
There's no avoiding learning licks, no matter how much theory you know.
Great tips Ben. Thanks
So glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
Great vid man!!!
Thanks Nat!
Love this video & how you explained it Ben. Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching, Az!
Great video - such important points. I've really focused on developing my phrasing in the exact way that you described here. Thanks again 👊
Thanks Andreas, I really appreciate it! Phrasing is such an important component!
George Benson was big influence on me of coarse, especially the 'Breezin' record. These days there are so many great guitar players like James Muller who I've transcribed a lot of but also sax and piano players like Lyle Mays a beautiful creative player.
Absolutely, all 3 are brilliant. Thanks so much for watching!
Really useful commentary here Ben, and useful material for soloing. Listening has been such an important one for me, always great to be reminded of how important listening is.
Thanks so much Jack, listening is such an important part of this process!
from wes montgomery at 6:10 to yacht rock at 6:29 - nice 💯
Haha yes! 😂
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Thanks so much for watching!
Teaching is an absolute art, you proved it throughout this video, Love from India
I really appreciate it! Thank you so much 😀
Yeah man i started guitar a bit more than 4 years ago and i'm still stuck in the pentatonic madness master phase i'm trying my best to get out of there though, love these videos for this ! thanks
I'm sure you'll get beyond the pentatonics! Thanks so much for watching!
Love your musicality, man, also extremely good videos, thanks!
Regarding my improvisation issues, I'd say that although I do have some formal music education, enough to understand what's going on, when improvising I just let myself play whatever, by ear... it's not a nice approach, especially on non-diatonic changes... but the thing is that willingly or not, I developed my own patterns (riffs) and now, to my ears, every solo of mine sounds exactly the same, which sucks. THings do improve when I actually sing what I want to play, but not by much... I think that's the lack of further vocabulary... IDK.
Thanks for sharing your insight! I think that singing what you play can be really helpful when trying to break out of patterns and riffs that you already know 😀
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Thanks so much Michael, I really appreciate your support!
Learn and study the great american songbook which has Blues Ballads Bossa and Bop Songs by G Gerswin I Berlin Cole Porter Antonia Carlos Jobim Jerome Kern Thelonius Monk Harold Arlen Charlie Parker L Bonfa Wes Mongomery Herbie Hancock and even Brian Wilson these guys have a consintant body of materisl which utilise tried and tested aspects of melody harmony and rythmn then you ear should be be ready for some of the fusion and classical stuff Its good to have hobbies you never get bored
Thanks for sharing this, and thanks for watching!
Great lesson. What would you say is best for the beginner-intermediate player, in the order of : 1. Scales, 2. Chords, 3. Arpeggios, 4.Tirades 5. Modes 6. Improv?
You could try the order of: Scales, Modes, Triads, Arpeggios, Chords and then improv!
@beneunson Is there an easy way to memorize them? I got the 5 pentatonic scales and diatonic major scales and the C major scale. Now, I am working on the A major again because I forgot it.
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Glad you like it!
I just play random notes mixing major scale, modes, arpeggios, pentatonics, the happy accident method. Sometimes it sounds like I know what I'm doing haha.
That's a great combination for soloing!
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I really appreciate it, Luigi!
could youj make a video on creatng original and actually nice sounding riffs or leads to a song please?
Sure!
yeah, my improvisation sounds artificial. Unable to get a smooth and effortless flow of notes. I can follow the chord changes via chord tones and use pentatonics in different keys, but smooth flow of notes is missing. At least, I feel it to be so. My audience is not able to make this out, but I am not happy with the flow of notes and phrases.
Thanks for sharing!
I don't know where to play lead when changing chords.
Great question! This video discusses playing through chord changes: ua-cam.com/video/YCOtpU33X2Y/v-deo.html
Biggest impact on me as a guitarist,
1. Eddie Van Halen
2. Yngwie
3. John Fahey
4. Eric Johnson
All great improvisational players !
Absolutely, a great list!
I know no theory, but I play wonderful, improvised (not written) melodic solos in multiple genres. I don't know what key I'm in, what scale I'm using, the names of the chords that I use, or the KEY of ANY of MY OWN 20 instrumental guitar releases. I even faked my way through Berklee for a couple of semesters ... just using my ears. Isn't soloing .... just ..... SINGING? So, bottom line ..... learn to sing on guitar. Right?
Definitely a great way to think about it! Thanks for watching!
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Use fourths tuning
Ok, so yes! Fourths tuning is amazing for lead guitar in general. But it lacks the structural advantages of standard tuning for getting chords shapes under your hands. Bar chords are no longer as simple. However, I have yet to see Joe Satriani (primarily a lead/melodic guitarist) play flurries of chords, so maybe there is a use for perfect fourths tuning if the genre is less demanding of the player to be a chord master. Not that the Satch can't play chords, I must note! Thank you Ben for this video! Your playing is perfect as usual! And that guitar is goals AF!
@@clayvalarezo8647 I fundamentally reject the idea that fourths tuning has chordal limitations, especially for barre chords. I actually have a whole video ranting about this on my channel if you really care! In fact I would argue the opposite, fourths tuning is much more powerful for both chords AND barres.
However, to be fair, if you revised your point to be super specific then it could be true. Something more like: “fourths tuning doesn’t let me use a specific subset of common chord shapes that work in standard tuning.”
Although I guess that’s true of all non-standard tunings.
Use fourths tuning!
@@tytrdev I am heading to your channel now! Thank you for informing me on this!
4ths tuning is definitely a great option!
Screenshotting this! Jk, thanks for weighing in. Fourths tuning makes my brain and hands happy ❤