Josh...I could listen to you talkin about rhythm for hours. Love the topic and your approach

Everytime I feel like there's something I need to improve or work on, a Josh Smith video on that subject shows up in my feed. Thanks Josh, for following providence.

So glad you're doing these videos Josh. Learning a ton. Thank you!

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Josh, I love the way you focus on rhythm playing as much as your solo playing. This is *invaluable* for young players. It's not about shredding; it's about musicality!

what a king

That Motown stuff is Greatness !!!

Great video! You have found a great way to explain the internal metronome/clock.

now lets see you pair your internal clock to SLAAAAAYER

Kirk and josh sharing knowledge almost everyday 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Dude your low E looks like a bridge cable. I love it 😆😆😆

Man Alive !! this is good stuff ! if only i could play a quarter as good as Josh i’d be well on my way ! he is fantastic

Thank you! This right here is my weak point !......

This is invaluable information if you want to be able to sit in the groove and swing. Lot of guys have a good left hand but the right hand is money.

this is some incredibly valuable info Josh! Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to enlighten those of us who value it!

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very enjoyable insight

Love you and kirk for being the real humble blues talented guys and enjoying there passion and give time to fans and share tips. Just like bb king being humble and real love for the guitar that for sure makes it worth to pick my guitar and feel pain and struggle but the will to get better someday, and learning from real guitar heros makes the struggle worth it all! Thank you♥️☮ greets from holland

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

Couldn't agree more. I try to harmonically analyze every song I listen to, and when I listened exclusively to folk and blues and country that was pretty easy. Now that I'm listening to everything else, I'm finding it more difficult to get full harmonic understanding by just listening. But at the very least, maybe even more importantly, I'm trying to absorb the feel, the groove, the rhythm of it. The way it makes you move and the way it makes you feel. And I've found this has helped my improvisation tremendously because even if, say, I wanted to jam out on a funk groove and don't know any funk songs, I can at least approximate as closely as I can rhythmically, in feeling. And voila, you're like 90% of the way their! I've been a rhythm player all my life so chords and groove are really my bread and butter. I also found playing bass in a band helped my rhythm out tremendously. I'm really trying to learn traditional-ish licks for my soloing. It's difficult because often people solo so fast that it's hard to hear exactly what's going on and to replicate it. A wise man once said if art weren't so difficult then it wouldn't be so fun. So such is the nature of the beast. Love your playing and your videos, Josh! Keep up all the great work!

I played alto sax in a jr high and high school jazz band, orchestra, and pep band. The music teacher hammered into us that the audience almost didn't care what you played, they cared about the rhythm. The groove. They'd groove to bad notes, as long as they were in time, and as long as the group was tight and confident, which goes hand in hand with rhythm.

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Yep!

Great stuff in this. I never thought about the singing lines before playing them. Definitely gotta start that.

Thank you Josh, you are such an encouragement and a blessing to me. God bless you and all you love.

Great video. Love the way you weave explanation and demonstration into a wonderful, ongoing story. It's as much a "hang" as it is a lesson, which, frankly, is the way music has been taught and shared and passed on in most parts of the world, forevah...Thank you!😎

Great advice! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

The internal clock is a very powerful thing. Victor Wooten wrote a chapter in the music lesson about it. Thank you Josh for the great vid 👍😎

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out!

Yeah this is killer....the only good thing in my life to come from COVID is josh having free time from gigs to teach. Killer..easy in top 10 best players globally. Thanks Josh you rock bro. I have your true fire release its great.

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words.

Fantastic soulful playing. Love the grooves you dig out 👌

please contineu this kind of lessons.. learnt a lot.. will be incorporating all these exercises from tomorrow .. I cant thank you enough.. I needed this so badly.. thank you .. from, a big fan of yours playing..

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great lesson and tone on this.

I really enjoyed this, it was excellent thank you

Another great vid Josh , will recommend to all my guitar students in the uk . Rock on man ....groovy as usual .

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

So good

Awesome video. We Need more content like this instead of another gear demo channel. You’re an awesome musician and these videos you are posting are very encouraging.

Awesome tips. Thanks Josh.

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Any time!

awesome video

This is hilarious. Josh’s practice sessions sound better than 99.9% of the crap on the radio with 1000% more talent and feel.

Great stuff Josh, keep it up.

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Totally get it. Discovered that by playing with better players.

Nice One. .. Great Work's on Guitar Rithem Lesson Concept. .. Many Thans Mr. Smith ... 😊😀😁/💙💙💙/👍👌👏

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

As always, great video Josh! Can you talk about how to free up your right hand when playing rhythm, not using your fingers as stops on the downstrokes?

thanks dude.... really digging the content

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

I've never felt comfortable doing this sort of playing but it's always something I thought was cool and separated the OK players from the really good ones :-) Thanks for the tips Josh!

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

Great video! Thanks Josh! I loved everything but the Yankees cap. Just kidding! Thanks again!

I'll work on it. I've got a good fingerpicking groove but I get lost with strumming and lead playing through the chord changes. Time for me to break out some Funkadelic and pay attention to the pocket.

is pulsing!

Taking up the drums about 5 years ago helped me a lot. Particularly my swing feel. Also practicing things and cutting the metronome in half......and again, in half(hitting the beat on 2+4 or even just one, and keeping it tight). I think you internalize a rhythmic vocabulary, just like lines or internalizing the colors of the interval over chords.

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I've found that even the little bit of playing drums I do every day here at the studio has impacted my playing a lot.

@ShiningEyeBrigade

3 жыл бұрын

Charlie Hunter gives a lot of credit to his drumming study and playing, too. Easy to see why. I spent a lot of high school in classes purposefully “drumming” on my legs with my hands, trying to learn different rhythms. I wish I’d have thought of looking up paradiddles, but even my made up explorations were helpful in my guitar playing.

@Shawn-hs8qk

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShiningEyeBrigade Looking back, I actually wish I would of bought a set of drums also, when I first started playing guitar. I recommend it to my students too. If they have access to drums, to take at least a passive interest in getting some basics down.

7:10 ya, thats the punchy add 9? chord i tried to describe to you i `discovered`. was a 5-note chord. the D string is muted between the 1st and 2nd finger but everything else needs to sing loud as the next note. its really big with the low E ringing on the bottom.

Making that groove face is imperative.

Amazing!! Have been looking for exactly this lesson for so long. Is there a way to work on playing behind and ahead of the beat?

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, try plying two note phrases either anticipating one or ending after one, that will give you a feel for where to place things just before or after the beat. Then do it by themselves.

I m noodlin on rythm stuff as much as lead stuff , workin on James Brown , R&B and even Disco sometimes , relay helpfull ..Your vid is realy cool ..Do you still have that Brarsilian fuzz that sounded so good ??

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. BOG, yep really good fuzz.

Where’s the link to become a member? Thanks!

@JoshSmithGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

It's tricky on ios...best is on a computer. kzread.infojoin

Hey Josh! I'm so excited you have your own KZread channel. You're such an incredibly inspiring player. Suggestion: Can you make a few videos about some of your incredible solos, not necessarily note-for-note, but more your mindset, demonstrate the riffs, explain how they 'came about' etc... for example, you're INCREDIBLE solo of Sultans of Swing with the Martin Miller band (kzread.info/dash/bejne/qpNtvNBrYpSop7Q.html). Very inspiring!! If you can explain how you came up with it, showcase some of these lines - it will be HUGE! I hope others will appreciate this comment, and vote it up as well.

Josh, in your case your internal clock is rock solid, but for someone like me who has spent too much time noodling and has crappy time, would it be a good idea to try these things over a click track or drum machine? (Off topic, but I get a kick out seeing you sitting in front of that Trident console. I spent a ton of time inside an under those consoles maintaining, repairing and modding them back at A&M. Fun times - NOT!)

@GJSsongsmith

3 жыл бұрын

Bill Morgan Hi Bill there’s a great app , drum beats plus which I use with my guitar students in the uk 🇬🇧 . Much more fun than a metronome . Also no substitute for playing along with your favourite bands . That’s how I started back in the seventies ! Good luck 🤞

@fordfanjpn

3 жыл бұрын

@@GJSsongsmith Thanks! I'll check it out.

6:05

Great as always. Sorry but your Yankees are going down GO TRIBE

Why do you love Bb key ?? Hahahah

I don’t think everyone HAS an internal clock. Some players have no concept of groove, pocket or time-not everyone can dance.

Awwwwwwwww YEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!!! First comment!!!!!! Smash that Like button you filthy animals.