"Boredom is a great friend of guitar players." You got that right!

@TrueFireTV

4 жыл бұрын

Especially relevant these days!

@StoicTrader-

4 жыл бұрын

@@TrueFireTV started playing two months ago and bought my beautiful Martin d18 a week ago. Perfect timing

@raystargazer

4 жыл бұрын

Anytime is perfect timing for a D18. Congrats and good luck. Play it all the time. The more you play it, the better it sounds, and the better you feel.

@ariekoren4256

4 жыл бұрын

@@StoicTrader- Good luck to you, amazing choice, enjoy it.

@sharifmontague_music

3 жыл бұрын

@@StoicTrader- i know this comment was from a while ago, but where'd you get your d18? I'm actually looking for one now. Was it old or new?

I'm more impressed with his ability to speak in one continuous sentence while changing styles, strum patterns, and genres, I would have to play the example, stop, talk about it, then go to another, but he talks plainly while alternate picking some really busy stuff. Like this dude.

I really like his easy going style and demeanor he is a good teacher........

This is the single most helpful alternate picking lesson I’ve watched so far. Very accessible and taught without any ego at all. Thanks you so much! Can’t wait to try this.

@citizenchris099

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree!

Blues from the Low Lowlands ... This man inspired and educated me back in the 80's when I lived in Detroit . Nobody knows more about the history of the blues .

You simply never ever stop learning guitar when on the journey.

@gtrjay55

2 жыл бұрын

That's the fun part.🙏😷❗🎵🎶🎸

OMG this sounds cool! And ...“No matter how long I’ve been playing, sometimes I trip over the third string or whatever” That is encouraging! Thank you! 🙏

@jasminedakota3958

4 жыл бұрын

"Sometimes I'll drift over and start playing the third string or whatever"

@markaitkenguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@shawni321

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasminedakota3958 yeah and sometimes I just pinch all the strings at once with my thumb and index finger as a punctuation, esp. Blues songs. We are all inventors of one kind or another.

@StoicTrader-

4 жыл бұрын

@@shawni321 nah this person was snob headed enough to actually correct the sentence the first guy quoted.

@ryank5761

4 жыл бұрын

@@StoicTrader-Yes, because the quote incorrectly made it seem like the teacher was saying that he still messes up by saying he "trips over the third string" He isn't saying that he messes up, he is saying that he "drifts over to the third string" so this comment is completely incorrect and correcting it is necessary, because it changes the meaning.

I'm a person with ADD and this video is like an ever flowing river of knowledge that, for some reason, I can perfectly understand and stay focused on. Amazing.

Dude just taught me more in 12 min than I’ve learned on any other video these last few months, it finally sounds like I’m really actually playing something 😆💜

He reminds me of my 4th and 5th grade band teacher. Simplifies everything to where everything is understandable and easy to digest quickly. If I could double like this video I would.

I wish I had bumped into this guy when I started learning in 1966. Watch , learn and enjoy 😉 kids. Ps you don’t need the thumb pic btw. You can develop a decent thumb callus in a week or so. Have fun , keep practising 😇

@przybyla420

3 жыл бұрын

I think past a certain tempo the pick helps the thumb keep up without tiring too.

I subscribed the moment you said "boredom is a great friend of guitar players."

Nice to see someone else playing their E major chord with the “wrong” fingers like I do. I’ve got construction worker’s hands, not long thin musician’s fingers and it was all I could manage back when I was a beginner. I get sick of people telling me my fingers should be in other positions. It works fine for me just like it does for this gentleman.

@moncr781

4 жыл бұрын

I play a right handed guitar upside down because I am left handed, I've been playing this way for 7 years now 😂 And I am pretty sure I won't be able to play a "normal guitar" made for people like me anymore.

@marciaewell2661

4 жыл бұрын

We are all different and have different strengths and weaknesses. Trick is turning your weakness into a strength by adapting your style to make it work for you. I have arthritis bad now and bar F chords are not an option any more, no worries, I can play a full F chord by wrapping my thumb around the neck to fret the 1st fret 6th string just enough to make it barely sound like a muffled F if I really need it. And for play Rev Gary Davis, it is needed to make his music work. But truth is I have changed my entire style in last few years to play more partial chords and now I play up the neck way more easier than before and gone are the old boring cowboy chords we all get stuck with for way to long. I learned much of my music from John Cephas like Rev Jones here and John would play most his chords by fingering 2 strings at once with his broad flattened fingertips, then he was free to use the free fingers to do melody work. His first position E chord was first/index finger fretting the first fret G string like we all do and then his 2nd finger would fret 2 strings, the 5th and 4th strings, at once on the 2nd fret. It is all about efficiency and John could play so effortlessly, it seemed he hardly moved his fingers. There is no wrong or right way to do it, it is your way that counts, so figure out the best way for you to make the sounds you are hearing and want to play.

@fondoodle59

4 жыл бұрын

Marcia Ewell ...yeah I hear you. I started out and stayed for years with mainly open chords because I sing, and I could just play with my eyes closed a lot. Nowadays I play a lot of blues stuff so it forced me past a lot of fears and self imposed barriers...you can’t attempt BB King style licks etc unless you move a long way out of your comfort zone. I keep remembering that Django Reinhardt had a couple of fingers missing, from memory, and he used that as a plus to get his own unique style. I’m a way better player than I ever told myself I could be 20 or 30 years ago... I guess we eventually outgrow our own fears as well as the negativity others put into us when we’re younger and less sure of ourselves.

@fondoodle59

4 жыл бұрын

_MeTaL BoNeZ_ lots of great players have done exactly what you’re doing my friend!

@marciaewell2661

4 жыл бұрын

@@fondoodle59 Yep Django is perfect example of what I was getting at and if he did not have his "disability" he likely would have never developed his unique awesome swing jazz guitar style. Another is Renoir, the french impressionistic painter who in later life suffered with rheumatoid arthritis and could barely hold his paintbrush. But he figured out another way to hold his brush, which changed his style and in most art historians eyes, for the better. So we all get to deal with this eventually, some sooner and some later, but most of us will have to deal with loss of being able to do things we could do when we were younger, or before accident or disability. You can dive deep into depression and cry "why me" or you take on the challenge and figure out how to turn your lemons into lemonade. My last song is about these sorts of challenges, do you regret the decisions you made or things that happened or do you accept life and deal. I really like Rev Jones and his teachings!

I saw Sir John Jackson from Piedmont/ VA area play that exact version of freight train and singing live and that's the reason I started playing music.

Rev. Jones discussion of shapes resonates with me because that's how I've always done it but never heard it explained. I tried explaining to a formally trained college music major keyboard player that I couldn't play a song if I was thinking about the notes he just got disgusted and packed up and left practice (we were about finished anyway). I probably didn't explain myself right. I might think about notes when I'm learning a song but for the most part think about patterns and shapes. I only think about shapes and my ears once I have a general idea. Great video. Rev. Jones mentions of shapes is why I bought his trufire lessons.

I learned much of my blues from John back in the 80's as well and still have all the original handouts he passed out and tapes I made. John had a handout for this lesson and it has all the strings and fingers you would use to pick the different chords used in playing blues. It is pretty easy to figure out as the Rev says, you use the 2 obvious lower strings to do the alternating bass with your thumb and then pick out the melody and/or the proper chord notes with your first finger. As you get more comfortable with the style, you add some syncopation and melody variations to personalize it to your liking and viola it works, like adding some spice to flavor a soup you make from scratch. To learn, just focus on one simple song you hear and know well and play it over and over, the boring part,... then personalize it so it is more interesting and becomes your song and next song will be easier. John, like most the old pickers, only used thumb and index finger and the thumb and index finger style has a distinct style that is very authentic to the old Piedmont blues sounds, sometimes you brush 2 strings at once with the index finger when you want to hear both strings and sometimes you drop the thumb down to help pick out the melody on the first few strings. Most modern pickers use thumb, index and 2nd finger it seems, but I see the Rev Jones here is true to John's teachings and uses only index. John was a wonderful man and passionate about teaching and playing blues. RIP John Cephas and know your legacy and music are both being passed on to others as you so generously did for us.

Sometimes you come across a lesson and the teacher is able to make things just click, and you can see something you weren't able to before, this was one of those lessons. Thank you for sharing.

That man is a teacher! ❤️

i would go to church with this fellow any day of the week. lead on, brother!

I like that you said you see things by shape(chords) I relate cause thats how I see ..ty Pastor Jones for sharing your guitar wisdom..

I love that country picking!

I can feel myself breathe better on every note. It likes opens your lungs man . amazing.

This takes a lot of concentration, to talk about it while you're doing it. Great video!

@SomeJustice19k

4 жыл бұрын

Personally, I think it takes the exact opposite. It takes a complete LACK of concentration. He's just doing muscle memory things and talking over it, it's like you telling someone how to walk as you're out strolling around.

@notsosure7757

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, I've been playing 30 years and I still can't talk and play at the same time without screwing my face up and spluttering my words out 😂😂😂

What an amazing teacher

Thank You Rev. Robert Jones your lessons are so helpful !

John Fahey was a big fan of the Piedmont roll. So much of his music would drop in and out of it along with travis picking and straight flat picking. The way you broke this down completely opened up Fahey's music to me in ONE LESSON! Thank you so much. I've been in a rut for a while with my right hand picking...

I can read and write music, but it is easier to think of the music in a pattern. Great video.

I really love watching and listening to him😊

Finally, the REAL piedmont style! Yay, thank you!

Was looking for a guitar lesson on Piedmont by destroy boys but instead I found something much better! Very helpful technique lesson!

I wish such clear and descriptive lessons were available to me when I was first learning as a teenager, I would be so good by now.

this is one of the best lessons i have seen yet thank you sir and this helped me out a lot.

I had thumb and finger picks sitting in a drawer. I only tried to use them once before. But I put them on, and took what you taught me this morning and ran with it. Now I can't stop! Thank you very much. I'm using the Piedmont roll with my resonator in open D tuning also. I was stuck in a rut with my tri-cone National and thought I might never be any good with it. Your lesson cracked it all wide open for me in the space of a couple hours. I'm already playing my National way better than I was and I'm stringing new licks together.

@66Pipes66

4 жыл бұрын

House RN ,I like this guy,I’ve been trying to learn this for so long. Specifically to play “buckets of rain” in open d.

@vampolascott36

4 жыл бұрын

@@66Pipes66 Now I'm putting on two finger picks for Roger McGuinn style rolls on my electric 12 string haha! Wish me luck. Rev is right about the right hand. I'm woke.

@TheKevgray1

4 жыл бұрын

The first two lines of your comment could be a song lyric, "Ode to my lonely guitar" maybe?

@TrueFireTV

4 жыл бұрын

The Reverend is an excellent teacher. We're so glad he was able to help you in your journey 🎸🤘

Great video.. plain instructions, clear. Good quality. God Is Good ❤️

I've only been playing guitar for a short time and finger picking is something I've been intimidated by until I watched this. Thank you!

@sephardim4yeshua155

4 жыл бұрын

When you learn a new technique dont over do it. Practice the new thing for a few minutes and then switch to something you know and remember that its better to practice a few minutes a day than to practice once a week for hours. :-) That intimidating technique will become second nature before you know it.

Crazy seeing something I’ve done for years being taught. I was unable to play the lead parts of Chet Atkins style and settled into this pattern. Really cool!

God Bless you my Brother!

So kind to take real time to share this - thank you

thanks so much this is great! also glad to be introduced to a new artist, especially one who is such a good teacher.

i never learned guitar, but for few months i was discovering what i am searching for . Blues... yes thats what i was searching . super nice video to LEARN

Many thanks Rev, really enjoyed this. Explained a lot about how the blues sounds are made.

I really needed this. Thank you for the great, well demonstrated lesson.

Clear, calm, wonderful.

Very clear and easy to follow instruction. And you have such a relaxed 😎 teaching style. Thanks!!!

Been picking for quite some time n , honestly, you just made me understand what im doing !!! Thank you sir,

Great lesson. Nothing better than an inspiring teacher. Thanks for sharing.

What a great lesson! A weird combo of difficult yet simple somehow. Great with different chord E voicings. Thank you!

Wow. This is informative, smooth and inspiring. Thanks!!

You really spoke to me... Im a shape learner myself... patterns too... Never thought I could do this type of stuff but Im going to give it a whirl.

I'm not as guitar player yet but plan on learning a stringed instrument. You're teaching method, including close-up images really help. Thank you!

the very best lesson on utube thanks so much

Don’t know what else this channel posts, but I susbcribed one minute into this video.

Thanks for the lesson my friend. Been playing for some time now and you helped me out here. Your a pleasant teacher and I'm going to be following

LOVE your approach and style. I try and try to get my students to approach rhythm and the board like this. Very cool man, thank you 🤘

Thank you Rev. Robert, This morning I finally got it.

1 great player 2 great teacher 3 great spirit man thanks rev hope you do more of these your the best teacher out there God bless you sir

This guy is amazing I’m learning so much more in this playlist than I have in the last 5 years

8:45 The Reverend plays freight train🥰

@sleepingpowder1595

4 жыл бұрын

Love Elisabeth cotten

@StephenS-2024

4 жыл бұрын

I love her too. Pete Seeger was a blessing in many ways.

I’m glad I found this. Excellent teacher

Amazing! Learned so much, Thx!😃

Well done Reverand, great job of explaining and demonstrating this technique

Robertaaaaaa where areeeeee you Such a criminally underrated artist

This was fantastic! Thank you so much for this, I will be practicing it for sure.

Had to subscribe, the lesson was great and very understandable.

Thank you reverend, what a fabulous guitar lesson. You are a great teacher:)

Thank you friend. I needed that. Great playing and once again thanks for sharing your knowledge.

thank u kind Sir for showing us this!! took about a week of non-stop alternate thumbing B4 it finally started happening for me... was starting to think it never would... but now its easy!? only drawback? i hardly ever use my flat-pick anymore cuz this is funner (is that even a word?) glad i stuck with it. if anybody is having trouble... i bet a dollar if u jst turn off TV for a week (like i did!) u'll get it. i'am convinced guitar ability is directly proportional to how much TV we watch :)

That was a great lesson and a technique that I think would work well for me. Thanks much! I'm gonna try and get that down.

awesome lesson! just leveled up my skillz big time!

Thank you very much for the information! take it into service!

Wow! Well done. Thank you Sir!

That was really helpful. Thank you very much.

Thank you for sharing this!!! I guess I’m a chord person. Loved your explanation!! It’s simple to visualize.

Great lesson! Thank you.

Pretty darn cool, I'm going to try it.

Thank you, TrueFire!

I love this guy!!

GREAT LESSON.

Thank you greatly for your wonderful explanation

I am enjoying his course on TrueFire Streaming service. The advantage is that he provides a series of lessons with full blues tunes with tabs. He is a great teacher.

Hey thanks for these vids. I've learned a bunch, and even learned what some things that I figured out on my own are actually called and how they are implemented

Just blew my mind.

great thank you!! greetings from germany, here the blues is far far away.

Great energy!

I was born and raised in the Appalachia mountains of Tennessee- my earliest memories include- freight train blues- deep river blues - john Henry- and other songs using this roll technique- when i was a child i just thought these songs were "white" mountain music- when i got old enough to start looking into different music styles i found some of the earliest recordings were by black artists - these rolls produce very similar results and have the same use as a lot of bluegrass banjo picking - and we add this style/sound to irish sounding music to give it that mountain sound/feel - among other techniques- i often wonder how what is considered to be "black" bluesy - delta/ lowland music came to the mountains where still today the black population is virtually non-existent- and as far as I know always has been- mysteries to be looked into i guess- anyway nice picking

@MrKago1

4 жыл бұрын

the thing about the blues is that it has no race. we all suffer, we all persevere, we all have the capacity to bring out our soul in our music. basically "blues" and "bluegrass" are just a simplified major scale. the real feel of it comes from the player. I think thats why its so universal.

Simple but sounds so complex in sound thanks for great tips

@PolaOpposite

4 жыл бұрын

It's because he's improvising and frankly undisciplined. He's not playing the same pattern every time, which is fine. But your brain is looking for a consistent pattern and you will not find it in his playing. As he says, @7:47 it has a lot of variation, so he embraces a random approach. And when he starts adding the melody, he neglects the bass and completely alters the pattern @8:45.

Got me very excited with this one! I'm still mastering my first fingerstyle pattern, but I feel very motivated to one day get to where I can use this piedmont roll in lots of tunes. Great lesson!

This is pretty soothing. He could just pick and read the phone book and I'm pretty sure it would improve your day and help you sleep.

Amazing technique! Thank you sir!!

Thank you for posting sir. Very informative.

Great video thank you so much for sharing

A great explanation on some tricky picking. A chord guy-shape guy so simple but great perspective. Thanks Doc

Lovely teacher.

This is pretty much my style, or what I learned listening to John Hurt. I've been feeling out this for a while. Thanks.

Brilliant demo. Thanks.

fabulous!

Bluest man I've ever seen

Fantastic teacher 👍

Très agréable et merci

'boredom is a great friend to guitar players' powerful. I thought I just didnt have what it takes cause I felt like I was playing the same kind of on a jam track in e minor. Just started a week ago and got my first guitar. Now I know I'm on the right track!!!

@EvaluateAssimilate

4 жыл бұрын

Boredom is your brain looking for something more that your fingers aren't yet trained to do. Always start slow and work up to speed but understand that speed is nothing more than accuracy applied - remain accurate and consistent and you will build speed as the muscle memory becomes inherent. You'll surprise yourself what you can achieve once you have a few chops under your belt. Learning one chop can help understand another and learning that makes a better understanding of another thing so it's a knock-on effect in that respect. Steve Stine, to name just one, is a great teacher for all abilities. If you haven't checked him out yet, I suggest you have a gander. All the best and keep rocking 🤟