This helped so many people the first time I taught this concept, I had to do an updated version. Check out all my videos at: www.the-art-of-guitar.com Patreon: / theartofguitar
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@milkyman79484 жыл бұрын
I need to stop noodling and learn how to actually solo!
@nehemiahzo_
4 жыл бұрын
Milky Man thank you EmKay hand
@jessewoodward5056
4 жыл бұрын
Literally exactly what he said, listen to the backing track, think if what u want to play then figure out how to play it 👍🏽
@luisamaya3931
2 жыл бұрын
Dude my guitar journey is gotten to horrible stop cuz of not making musical solos or good chord progressions i can’t lie im bad at rythem and lead :( been playing for 3 years
@drewsanders75774 жыл бұрын
Another idea if you're stuck on muscle memory soloing, listen to the section without a guitar in your hand and sing the solo you want to hear out loud then take it one note at a time.
@heiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
I can never play the solos I have in mind lol
@danblind8378
4 жыл бұрын
@@heiswatching same here
@TheTGB02
4 жыл бұрын
he is watching I used to have this problem but seriously if you learn the slightest bit of music theory it helps a long way because you really know where to find notes on the fretboard, what your options are in a solo in terms of where you can go, and also how to get there
@squatch570
4 жыл бұрын
That's great advice! I do that a lot. And for those who said you can't play what's in your head, learn more theory along with scales and you will find the notes in your head that you want to play much easier.
@miguelfernandezmillan2829
4 жыл бұрын
damn ive used that to get some chords a few minutes ago too
@debomb7214 жыл бұрын
I feel like noodling happens when people learn scales and don’t actually learn solos from their favorite songs, scales won’t teach you phrasing and taste but if you learn covers you see how these other guitarists go about soloing and it’ll give a foundation for soloing
@dkell1597
4 жыл бұрын
Without learning theory behind soloing it just a bunch of random notes... a little bit of theory goes a long way, loose guidelines
@piggysmalls4373
4 жыл бұрын
d kell theory*
@richardmg9903
4 жыл бұрын
Yes and no.....theory is important
@alexamderhamiltom5238
4 жыл бұрын
but, really.... i just like playing without make my self stressed, thats why i do noodling all the time. for fun only....
@cynicalx7495
4 жыл бұрын
Theory and *cough* sweep picking
@anshb41544 жыл бұрын
Lol he sounds good even when he's demonstrating the wrong technique.
@eldenboi8354
4 жыл бұрын
loll ik
@ActNasty5
4 жыл бұрын
Ansh B lmfao yeah im just trying to get to that level
@MW-dd8vk
4 жыл бұрын
Ansh B that’s the Power of SG’s they sound great 🤟🏻
@jacksonvalad8012
4 жыл бұрын
No he doesnt
@cweasegaming2692
4 жыл бұрын
I disagree, I think it sounds pretty boring and that’s the point
@plack_benis3824 жыл бұрын
I can confidently say ive been noodling since i began. Cant put together a solo to save my life
@horrorbusiness78
4 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@christo2690
4 жыл бұрын
The trick is to take pauses, use hammer ons and bends and pinch harmonics. If u include all those itl always sound decent. From there work on speeding up and slowing down. Itl get better with practice
@abdias99
4 жыл бұрын
Same brother same 😔
@rickdafrog
4 жыл бұрын
plack_ benis close your eyes, breathe (seriously), listen to the music. Use backing tracks from KZread. Play, play, play. Repeat.
@Incog2k64 жыл бұрын
The difference IMO between a skilled and a non-skilled guitarist is that the skilled guitarist controls the scale (uses it to create melodies, licks and phrases), while the non-skilled guitarist is being controlled by the scale (relies on muscle memory and plays warm-up exercises for solos).
@adamstastny8743
4 жыл бұрын
True :D
@adityamohan1773
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@blavikenbutcher5456
4 жыл бұрын
"Plays warm-up exercise for solos." Bro u didn't have to attack us like that
@SaiRam-nz9sy
4 жыл бұрын
Then please tell me, friend...how to break out of that rut. Please. I'm sick of noodling .
@ActNasty5
4 жыл бұрын
Terry Fold Dancer lmfao forreal
@aquilarossa51914 жыл бұрын
Half of the first Black Sabbath album was noodling and jamming out. Good noodling. Good jamming out.
@warren4110
4 жыл бұрын
Aquila Rossa, yes, very very good noodling lol
@rooctherooc2418
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but tony Iommi could pull it of beginners not so much
@RektRL
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly with Iommi’s guitar tone he could have written anything and made it stand out
@mattm1982
4 жыл бұрын
The solo on Black Sabbath the song is incredible. Lots of feel to it. Just using simple pentatonic scale tho.
@paulhb4 жыл бұрын
Soloing has bending and vibrato. Noodling doesn’t. Got it.
@ivi7792
4 жыл бұрын
lol
@alieffauzanrizky7202
4 жыл бұрын
Well, you're not entirely wrong
@ale9507
3 жыл бұрын
Missing the point. Obviously the melodies are still going to be built off of the scale, but they have a beginning and end, a rhythm and then above that, they make use of techniques that make it more interesting: phrases.
@richardblack3385
Жыл бұрын
Not if you put it where u always put it lol
@Glamosapien4 жыл бұрын
Noodling is part of learning
@FirstNameLastName-gz1sw4 жыл бұрын
This showing up in my recommended is a sign my phone is sick of listening to me noodling
@grungyasscinema4 жыл бұрын
My guitar is coming in the mail, this couldn't have come at a better time.
@_narcissist
4 жыл бұрын
GrungyAssCinema na it will be a few months before you can really start to apply this concept, at least thats how it was for me
@jacklovell6839
4 жыл бұрын
This may not be your first lesson
@parkerstyers4812
4 жыл бұрын
Neill P years for me lol
@autocrow
4 жыл бұрын
I feel your excitement brother!! : )
@fragtagninja1633
4 жыл бұрын
You are gonna have a lot of work to do before this is remotely useful.
@nathaniel91954 жыл бұрын
I’ve just started playing guitar and I found this channel yesterday just about to do my second lesson thanks for all the help!!!
@speediskey38564 жыл бұрын
I don't even have my guitar anymore but for some reason I just keep watching these vids.
@doomerius1300
4 жыл бұрын
Time to get one, again
@warren4110
4 жыл бұрын
Pablo Hendriks, pick up your guitar and play..... just like yesterday!!! 🎸😎
@gwenlyda4958
4 жыл бұрын
@@warren4110 and get down on your knees and pray…
@Sydswahili
4 жыл бұрын
WE WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN YEAHHHGA
@EclecticEssentric4 жыл бұрын
This was simple but important. Playing well takes brain energy, while noodling sounds as unthinking as it is. I'm a long time mindless noodler, trying to recover.
@rileymerino6340
4 жыл бұрын
Timmy Spencer possibly..... though I often argue the opposite. Usually when I hear people play boring lines it tends to be because they’re stuck in the numbers and thinking about a specific scale. The great improvisers internalize the scale and make melodies with it and interweave it with other scales effortlessly so they can just think about the sound and music. As Sonny Rollins so eloquently put it, “you can’t think and play at the same time”. I would say that learning to solo beautifully takes effort and brain energy, but the act of actually soloing should not. Improvising is an exercise in using what vocabulary you have developed while practicing, not always developing new vocabulary as you’re improvising. It comes down to recognizing patterns, and above all having a fantastic ear that can pick out melodies and immediately attach them to your instrument. I hear WAY too many musicians (guitarists specifically lol) who can clearly not hear anything in their heads while they’re playing. You’re unlikely to move people with a language if you can’t stay in control of your narrative and you don’t understand it any better than anybody you’re trying to tell it to.
@themistoklestheodosopoulos62534 жыл бұрын
I love how Page was so good, people genuinely question to fabric of reality when trying to figure him out lmao.
@blackinblue114 жыл бұрын
My favorite type of your lessons, the psychology of playing. You really have the touch for it
@erkutsoyer49704 жыл бұрын
I'm just here to say that SG is so damn beautiful!
@MrTehnoobshowfan
4 жыл бұрын
Erkut Soyer ik i was watching this and i thought man I should get one of these
@XenoTravis4 жыл бұрын
My guitar teacher told me to 'meditate on the notes'. I would find the area or whatever and just play a note and in the more relaxed state I can think about what I may want to do next. Keep that going and I have actually made song cool leads
@ReprobateMind
3 жыл бұрын
I WILL TRY THIS. IT SPEAKS TO ME! tHANK YOU FOR SHARING!
@ronnieflow16984 жыл бұрын
So much wisdom in his words. This concept is deceptively difficult to get your head around
@rtxf4 жыл бұрын
often hear the same thing with people trying to play fast. learning to improvise fast is pretty easy, but learning to play something that actually sounds good is a tad harder. to get past this I always sing something in my head and play it at the same time or a little after.
@dudeman5303
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that shit is harder than people think. It is really hard.
@soldierbreakneck771
4 жыл бұрын
No, improvise fast soloing and make it sounds good is harder than play slooow phrases "from heart". Playing "from head" is a bit different skill. This is not improvising this is mostly "taking music by ear".
@alexmetallinos15694 жыл бұрын
i’ve been playing for a few months and this helps for solos more passion then perfection
@paterson904 жыл бұрын
I really needed this, I fall into this trap way too often.
@popazuda714 жыл бұрын
You did a very good job of explaining the aspect of guitar playing that’s almost unexplainable.
@QuinGuitardotcom4 жыл бұрын
Noodling is best when its done with out of key notes in order to come up with cool lead licks, even if it sounds bad sometimes is leads to really come discoveries of note combinations.
@ian98594 жыл бұрын
just learning the solo stairway to heaven opened up a lot of doors for me. from basic chords to being able to solo a little. i mean its alright to noodle but at the same time dont forget to learn licks(thats where the shit is) and some theory, just the essentials like arpeggios, triads, cage system, circle of fifths(which i dont know till now lol) finger strengtening exercise(very important just dont breal your fingers) some uncommon chords from your favorite bands(dont get stuck with the basic chords theyre boring). then eventually youll realize your not doodling anymore and your actually coming up with your own ideas. believe me as you learn these youll be surprised how theyre all interconnected
@Burnt_Gerbil4 жыл бұрын
It’s about the space between the notes and scatting with the guitar.
@DanielGarcia-hf5fe2 жыл бұрын
I would say noodling is good when you're just trying to get the sound in your head. Whether that be a new scale or chord quality, or even getting used to a style that you might not be as comfortable in. Soloing comes when you're actually trying to play within it and make an actual musical statement. Both definitely have their place!
@beav154 жыл бұрын
Very helpful advice. I’ve often dealt caged into plying it safe on the scales, and this helps me see where I’m lacking.
@juliangitarre41964 жыл бұрын
Please allow me to share another exercise that helps to play in phrases: Imagine you were a saxophon player and only play while breathing out. (I learned this exercise from one of Jon Damian's books).
@oscarj.figueroa25604 жыл бұрын
Whenever I'm not playing guitar. In watching his videos. There are videos that I've seen a gazillion times because of his knowledge. It helps me picture better what I'm doing. He says a lot but don't talk a lot like other guys. Good as always.
@darrin811281124 жыл бұрын
So i was noodling around with my Ibanez and pulled out a 22 pound catfish I hung it up grabbed my Acoustic Started Noodling around with it dam i pulled out a 38 pound blue channel catfish so everyone be careful when your Noodling 🤣🤣
@ReizokoRyu
4 жыл бұрын
LMFAO. Underrated comment
@jackmurphy1081 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. Learning how to listen and respond vs just mindlessly letting my hand move took me to a new level
@Dodgyboy434 жыл бұрын
the muse is real, comes and goes
@Roberto-nn6kb
3 жыл бұрын
"Every day comes and goes"
@fighter77weon4 жыл бұрын
Noodling is the fenomena of learning scales and play them in a dry and mechanical way with almost no sence of music and emotion, after learn scales you must learn also licks and adorn those licks with other guitar techniques that will help you to enrich your musical expression.
@SJNaka1014 жыл бұрын
I'm learning piano but this was really instructive for me, too! I'll work on feeling the music and hearing it in my head and transcribing what I hear!
@fatseaturtle4 жыл бұрын
Transcribing from the Aether, this is exactly how Aerosmith would write songs. Wonderful insight 🤘
@electricwhiteboy4 жыл бұрын
Sorry, Page never wrote or recorded in Boleskine House and hardly visited it when he owned it. He did write parts of Zeppelin 3 in different cottage not associated with Crowley. His current house is another beautiful old house with a load of history, but again no link to wicked uncle Aleister.
@sirturd29544 жыл бұрын
I think a big part of phrasing a lot of people miss is vibrato when phrasing. I forget this all the time but when I do remember it I find that ending with some sick vibrato can really spice up even some simple notes.
@dubshockmedia1110
4 жыл бұрын
True that! But 'auto vibrato' is worse IMO. Put it where it needs to go, not on everything.
@Tooyoungtocareifidie4 жыл бұрын
“ I don’t know that was kinda cool” every guitar lord ever 🙏🏼 thank you for the lessons sir
@gabederrico26464 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to learn how to play guitar but the beginning seems so frustrating and confusing!
@tristangianelli
4 жыл бұрын
Synix Music you should try Yousician!
@pentachronic4 жыл бұрын
Nice. I'm at the point where I'm breaking out of pentatonic boxes and trying the slide up/down the neck stuff too. As one of Tim Pierce's guests said on his channel, think of a string as a train journey between the pentatonic boxes and hop on that train whenever you need something different !!!
@TheLegend-ty6zc
4 жыл бұрын
Gazza-in-the-usa wow that train stuff sounds like a very helpful idea to me.
@franklinlp75784 жыл бұрын
I love this. I have trouble with this concept. I understand scales, learned them note by note and the root notes all on my fretboard, when when trying to solo it shoulds like shit. Thank you and I would want talk about this more
@_narcissist4 жыл бұрын
Thanks man I needed this video right now
@tommyrobert86724 жыл бұрын
You are a good teacher
@indybingyi4 жыл бұрын
That's a nice tone you got there
@univibe234 жыл бұрын
Excellent point!!! I've thought the same thing dissecting Joe Walsh's playing. If you go back to his James Gang days you can really pick up on his 'amazing phrasing' skills which he accomplishes mainly with bends! He's a master bender!!! So many subtitles and nuances!
@somewhereupthere3 жыл бұрын
Sweet tone!
@wadew36234 жыл бұрын
Passing notes are often a good idea. They make things sound rawer.
@JohnDoe-kv4ef4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was markiplier when I first saw him
@arieadithya274 жыл бұрын
yeah whole lotta love dude!!!!!
@gammakeraulophon4 жыл бұрын
Anyone have any idea which Wah pedal this is. Sounds great! Cheers for the vids btw.. I watch a lot.
@AmericanTragedy314 жыл бұрын
One of the best advice vids for guitar on youtube. ❌ 🧢
@edziopedzio97014 жыл бұрын
2:00 sounds like deep purple xD
@josh.e77024 жыл бұрын
His noodling is better than me playing at my hardest 😐
@reactedboss9933
4 жыл бұрын
I felt that
@erikbailey2525 Жыл бұрын
That's super helpful!
@dakdragunov4 жыл бұрын
this video is priceless thank you so much
@nickefgen92194 жыл бұрын
Great video thank you
@sirturd29544 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on how to practice rhythm if you haven’t already? I see people say all the time to practice their rhythm as it’s jut as beneficial as lead, but I’m not sure what to do.
@kickinbackinOC4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thanks!
@autocrow4 жыл бұрын
It's important to know which notes sound good to land on too. I tend to bounce around the scale too much searching for a good note. Play enough notes and you are bound to hit some good ones right? lol I listen to my solo's and always think, "why didn't I stay on that good note longer instead of leaving it so soon?"
@thediamonddog954 жыл бұрын
I noticed that, when i'm improvasing (and i've been playing for 10 years) that i tend to be a little bit scared or excited when it comes to soloing in a little bit bolder manner, and that blocks me, so i make a mistake - miss a note, or lose a flow, maybe because i overthink it . How do i overcome this?
@bleromafia4 жыл бұрын
that's a fine SG btw
@calvin32304 жыл бұрын
This really really helped me realize all I do is noodle lmao
@jml68024 жыл бұрын
What are ways I can come up with my own phrases? How would you suggest exploring scales?
@jesuselbailador8914
4 жыл бұрын
Singing or humming a melody.... scales , arpeggios, and chord 3 combinations that should help you out as a guitarist
@elwolf8536
4 жыл бұрын
Just pull it out of the ether like he sed..... joking learn a few techniques also play with timing in bends and so on some pretty cool stock guitar sounds out there Hendrix is a good go too
@MalteEhlers
4 жыл бұрын
Learn sequences, try to experiment with different variations of those. Even tho it sounds like typical scale practicing it is not. It’s much more trying to hear what notes gain which effect on a foundation lick.
@MalteEhlers
4 жыл бұрын
And obviously try to phrase the notes differently, explore what a bend sounds like or a slide or a pull off
@ethantodd4813
4 жыл бұрын
The more you listen to other people soloing the more you'll start to hear what you want to do and start to create stuff yourself
@dostacos14 жыл бұрын
Anyone who wants a more in depth look at this concept should read “The Music Lesson” by Victor Wooten. You’re welcome.
@akolbolmalek16664 жыл бұрын
Can you please do more videos of this based on the blues scale cause I’m learning it at school
@horseradish40464 жыл бұрын
The difference has to do with fluency in your instrument and music. It's the difference between putting your fingers in the correct spots and actually communicating with your instrument. It's just years of practice until you get comfortable enough with the instrument that playing licks is like talking.
@tomitstube4 жыл бұрын
good points, we all do it. we all have to learn how to transition from scales to music.
@rmg42134 жыл бұрын
I need this
@rrafaelmuniz75114 жыл бұрын
I want one of those tremolos
@Fatlexis4 жыл бұрын
That sg’s color is so nice looking holy shit
@cowl68674 жыл бұрын
2:46 the muse, baby, the muse
@tsinoh344 жыл бұрын
I find picking the right spots and also when not to play to give it some space can do a lot for your solos.
@lobsterwhisperer79324 жыл бұрын
Without a backing track my solos sound ordinary. Can you do a video on how to add some chord rhythms while soloing..Thanks.
@randomassguy3 жыл бұрын
Great video, gotta ask, what's up with the bridge on that SG?
@bobybutterfly55104 жыл бұрын
I've been playing guitar for a little more than a year now and I'm starting to phrase more. I think the key is learn the scales (the path/ vocabulary) and then learn your favourite solos or licks and figure out how other players talk. Then try to make tour own phrases. Enjoy the process!
@contentnotfound35994 жыл бұрын
When I make short and simple phrases just as an exercise I like to limit using a bunch of notes and just use 3-4 sometimes 5 notes per phrase
@eucaliptuspin7208 Жыл бұрын
Your noodling is still more musical than my "soloing"
@dubshockmedia11104 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@erwanlecornec53934 жыл бұрын
Hey, what pick ups are those? Seymour on an SG? Sounds good! Are they the Slash signatures maybe??
@gonzogil1234 жыл бұрын
So, yeah another constant I notice, in things like 21st-century schizoid man, to Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Coltrane and other in Kind of Blue, and what you have done here is that in order to have the explotion you have to open the temporal space. So, if you want one you will bend to a whole note for half a note (temporal length), and something that may match the same temporal space, but you will play its value in 1/8ths for example. But this structure is always present. How to use notes, and half notes or half dotted notes as things that preceded the speed up in 1/8 or 16th notes.
@grandebambini4 жыл бұрын
A great solo that everyone should learn and exhibits what he is talking about to a tee is Gilmours solo on Pink Floyd’s another brick in the wall. Great phrasing. Digestible. Makes amazing use of space etc.
@warren41104 жыл бұрын
The noodling bit at 2:10 sounded a bit like " Lazy " by Deep Purple to me. Great video with brilliant advice!!
@thedrugstorecowboy2948
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Steppin Out
@prettycolors24 жыл бұрын
Hey, just wondering what kind of trem system you have on that SG? I've been trying to find a decent after market one for my SG.
@gregalon
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a Duesenberg Les Trem.
@aqua47flawless434 жыл бұрын
Pretty good video
@blazzzero4 жыл бұрын
how do you create that guitar sound? it is amazing!
@basteagui4 жыл бұрын
ah yes, the jazz fusion syndrome.
@hectichive8894 жыл бұрын
I’m having trouble trying to find which scales to use. I literally just learned how to use CAGED not too long ago so my knowledge of it isn’t too strong or greatly memorized, but it’s there, and I also learned all the C major pentatonic scales, at least I think it’s C major pentatonic. Do I need to learn minor pentatonic instead for rock and metal solos or noodling and lead parts? Also I’m having trouble staying within the C major pentatonic scales when I actually do attempt to noodle
@TheArtofGuitar
4 жыл бұрын
Minor Pentatonic is a MUST for rock and metal.
@keremayan4524 жыл бұрын
Just study John Mayer's solos
@mgregory224 жыл бұрын
I think the key idea is that the longer a note is held, the more important it is. It might be boring to play slow notes, but those are the ones the listener will perceive the best. Psychologically speaking, perception is proportional to time. The longer you listen to something, or more generally think about something, the stronger the perception of it will become, and consequently the deeper your understand of it becomes.
@SeanNecker4 жыл бұрын
What do you think of the duesenberg?
@lt-yx1hx4 жыл бұрын
Hey, Mike, I was wondering if I could ask you if you have any advice for pull-offs? Whenever I do one, I always end up hitting the string underneath it, but if I just lift straight up, then there's barely any sound. Any suggestions?
@dupawolowaish
4 жыл бұрын
You should do a solid research on youtube, because there are few solid video about pull-offs and practicing it. I watched them myself, and learnt from them to finally do it :) dont wait explore all the time Peace man
@gabsanchez
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe mute the string below with your fretting hand?
@TheArtofGuitar
4 жыл бұрын
Check out my video on left hand muting mastery. :)
@k2k44 жыл бұрын
So, noodling is like drawing lines on a page, where soloing is like spasticly scribbling.
@DatBoi-mo9vc
4 жыл бұрын
More like noodling is just drawing one continuous line all over a page, without proper dimension or flow, whereas soloing is actually drawing something.
@gonzogil1234 жыл бұрын
Ok, what I notice is that the rhythmic value of each note changes. When you play the scale there is not temporal variation, or, it is much less. So, there is a wide shift of rhymic value per note.
@congerz834 жыл бұрын
Whole Lotta Love was recorded at Olympic Studios w/Eddie Kramer. Page once owned and lived in a home that Alister Crowley once owned. To my knowledge, nothing was ever recorded there. You may be thinking of the 4th album which was recorded at Headley Grange. Often used by other artists as a recording “studio”. Neither Alister Crowley or Jimmy Page ever owned Headley Grange.
@Randomguy10ful4 жыл бұрын
Just curious what is the trem on that beaut of a guitar
@tainokreb52004 жыл бұрын
This definitely concerns me. I'm 9 months into learning guitar and while my rhythm is kinda ok, my improvisation sucks. I seem to be scared of breaking out of the pentatonic 1st position. Trying to create riffs in my head and reproduce them with guitar now, ability to do it without thinking much is like magic to me but I hope it'll get better.
@tomtom1501tm
4 жыл бұрын
You're only 9 months in, don't worry about it. Over time you'll get more comfortable with other positions of the pentatonic. A lot of it is experience. :)
@jamowiththebanger8164
4 жыл бұрын
No worries! I’d say learn the notes of the pentatonic (and other scales) ALL around the neck. Gives more options
@flyfisher44494 жыл бұрын
Whats that do dad linking the bridge and the tailpiece ?
@cantina24254 жыл бұрын
I noodle until I find notes that match, up and down the fret board. Always take advice as a grain of salt but always play how YOU wanna play, and learn how YOU wanna learn. In the end you'll have your own unique way of playing.
@thepoozer4 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I’ve found that hearing a phrase before playing it totally breaks you out of what your hands are familiar with
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I need to stop noodling and learn how to actually solo!
@nehemiahzo_
4 жыл бұрын
Milky Man thank you EmKay hand
@jessewoodward5056
4 жыл бұрын
Literally exactly what he said, listen to the backing track, think if what u want to play then figure out how to play it 👍🏽
@luisamaya3931
2 жыл бұрын
Dude my guitar journey is gotten to horrible stop cuz of not making musical solos or good chord progressions i can’t lie im bad at rythem and lead :( been playing for 3 years
Another idea if you're stuck on muscle memory soloing, listen to the section without a guitar in your hand and sing the solo you want to hear out loud then take it one note at a time.
@heiswatching
4 жыл бұрын
I can never play the solos I have in mind lol
@danblind8378
4 жыл бұрын
@@heiswatching same here
@TheTGB02
4 жыл бұрын
he is watching I used to have this problem but seriously if you learn the slightest bit of music theory it helps a long way because you really know where to find notes on the fretboard, what your options are in a solo in terms of where you can go, and also how to get there
@squatch570
4 жыл бұрын
That's great advice! I do that a lot. And for those who said you can't play what's in your head, learn more theory along with scales and you will find the notes in your head that you want to play much easier.
@miguelfernandezmillan2829
4 жыл бұрын
damn ive used that to get some chords a few minutes ago too
I feel like noodling happens when people learn scales and don’t actually learn solos from their favorite songs, scales won’t teach you phrasing and taste but if you learn covers you see how these other guitarists go about soloing and it’ll give a foundation for soloing
@dkell1597
4 жыл бұрын
Without learning theory behind soloing it just a bunch of random notes... a little bit of theory goes a long way, loose guidelines
@piggysmalls4373
4 жыл бұрын
d kell theory*
@richardmg9903
4 жыл бұрын
Yes and no.....theory is important
@alexamderhamiltom5238
4 жыл бұрын
but, really.... i just like playing without make my self stressed, thats why i do noodling all the time. for fun only....
@cynicalx7495
4 жыл бұрын
Theory and *cough* sweep picking
Lol he sounds good even when he's demonstrating the wrong technique.
@eldenboi8354
4 жыл бұрын
loll ik
@ActNasty5
4 жыл бұрын
Ansh B lmfao yeah im just trying to get to that level
@MW-dd8vk
4 жыл бұрын
Ansh B that’s the Power of SG’s they sound great 🤟🏻
@jacksonvalad8012
4 жыл бұрын
No he doesnt
@cweasegaming2692
4 жыл бұрын
I disagree, I think it sounds pretty boring and that’s the point
I can confidently say ive been noodling since i began. Cant put together a solo to save my life
@horrorbusiness78
4 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@christo2690
4 жыл бұрын
The trick is to take pauses, use hammer ons and bends and pinch harmonics. If u include all those itl always sound decent. From there work on speeding up and slowing down. Itl get better with practice
@abdias99
4 жыл бұрын
Same brother same 😔
@rickdafrog
4 жыл бұрын
plack_ benis close your eyes, breathe (seriously), listen to the music. Use backing tracks from KZread. Play, play, play. Repeat.
The difference IMO between a skilled and a non-skilled guitarist is that the skilled guitarist controls the scale (uses it to create melodies, licks and phrases), while the non-skilled guitarist is being controlled by the scale (relies on muscle memory and plays warm-up exercises for solos).
@adamstastny8743
4 жыл бұрын
True :D
@adityamohan1773
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@blavikenbutcher5456
4 жыл бұрын
"Plays warm-up exercise for solos." Bro u didn't have to attack us like that
@SaiRam-nz9sy
4 жыл бұрын
Then please tell me, friend...how to break out of that rut. Please. I'm sick of noodling .
@ActNasty5
4 жыл бұрын
Terry Fold Dancer lmfao forreal
Half of the first Black Sabbath album was noodling and jamming out. Good noodling. Good jamming out.
@warren4110
4 жыл бұрын
Aquila Rossa, yes, very very good noodling lol
@rooctherooc2418
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but tony Iommi could pull it of beginners not so much
@RektRL
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly with Iommi’s guitar tone he could have written anything and made it stand out
@mattm1982
4 жыл бұрын
The solo on Black Sabbath the song is incredible. Lots of feel to it. Just using simple pentatonic scale tho.
Soloing has bending and vibrato. Noodling doesn’t. Got it.
@ivi7792
4 жыл бұрын
lol
@alieffauzanrizky7202
4 жыл бұрын
Well, you're not entirely wrong
@ale9507
3 жыл бұрын
Missing the point. Obviously the melodies are still going to be built off of the scale, but they have a beginning and end, a rhythm and then above that, they make use of techniques that make it more interesting: phrases.
@richardblack3385
Жыл бұрын
Not if you put it where u always put it lol
Noodling is part of learning
This showing up in my recommended is a sign my phone is sick of listening to me noodling
My guitar is coming in the mail, this couldn't have come at a better time.
@_narcissist
4 жыл бұрын
GrungyAssCinema na it will be a few months before you can really start to apply this concept, at least thats how it was for me
@jacklovell6839
4 жыл бұрын
This may not be your first lesson
@parkerstyers4812
4 жыл бұрын
Neill P years for me lol
@autocrow
4 жыл бұрын
I feel your excitement brother!! : )
@fragtagninja1633
4 жыл бұрын
You are gonna have a lot of work to do before this is remotely useful.
I’ve just started playing guitar and I found this channel yesterday just about to do my second lesson thanks for all the help!!!
I don't even have my guitar anymore but for some reason I just keep watching these vids.
@doomerius1300
4 жыл бұрын
Time to get one, again
@warren4110
4 жыл бұрын
Pablo Hendriks, pick up your guitar and play..... just like yesterday!!! 🎸😎
@gwenlyda4958
4 жыл бұрын
@@warren4110 and get down on your knees and pray…
@Sydswahili
4 жыл бұрын
WE WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN YEAHHHGA
This was simple but important. Playing well takes brain energy, while noodling sounds as unthinking as it is. I'm a long time mindless noodler, trying to recover.
@rileymerino6340
4 жыл бұрын
Timmy Spencer possibly..... though I often argue the opposite. Usually when I hear people play boring lines it tends to be because they’re stuck in the numbers and thinking about a specific scale. The great improvisers internalize the scale and make melodies with it and interweave it with other scales effortlessly so they can just think about the sound and music. As Sonny Rollins so eloquently put it, “you can’t think and play at the same time”. I would say that learning to solo beautifully takes effort and brain energy, but the act of actually soloing should not. Improvising is an exercise in using what vocabulary you have developed while practicing, not always developing new vocabulary as you’re improvising. It comes down to recognizing patterns, and above all having a fantastic ear that can pick out melodies and immediately attach them to your instrument. I hear WAY too many musicians (guitarists specifically lol) who can clearly not hear anything in their heads while they’re playing. You’re unlikely to move people with a language if you can’t stay in control of your narrative and you don’t understand it any better than anybody you’re trying to tell it to.
I love how Page was so good, people genuinely question to fabric of reality when trying to figure him out lmao.
My favorite type of your lessons, the psychology of playing. You really have the touch for it
I'm just here to say that SG is so damn beautiful!
@MrTehnoobshowfan
4 жыл бұрын
Erkut Soyer ik i was watching this and i thought man I should get one of these
My guitar teacher told me to 'meditate on the notes'. I would find the area or whatever and just play a note and in the more relaxed state I can think about what I may want to do next. Keep that going and I have actually made song cool leads
@ReprobateMind
3 жыл бұрын
I WILL TRY THIS. IT SPEAKS TO ME! tHANK YOU FOR SHARING!
So much wisdom in his words. This concept is deceptively difficult to get your head around
often hear the same thing with people trying to play fast. learning to improvise fast is pretty easy, but learning to play something that actually sounds good is a tad harder. to get past this I always sing something in my head and play it at the same time or a little after.
@dudeman5303
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that shit is harder than people think. It is really hard.
@soldierbreakneck771
4 жыл бұрын
No, improvise fast soloing and make it sounds good is harder than play slooow phrases "from heart". Playing "from head" is a bit different skill. This is not improvising this is mostly "taking music by ear".
i’ve been playing for a few months and this helps for solos more passion then perfection
I really needed this, I fall into this trap way too often.
You did a very good job of explaining the aspect of guitar playing that’s almost unexplainable.
Noodling is best when its done with out of key notes in order to come up with cool lead licks, even if it sounds bad sometimes is leads to really come discoveries of note combinations.
just learning the solo stairway to heaven opened up a lot of doors for me. from basic chords to being able to solo a little. i mean its alright to noodle but at the same time dont forget to learn licks(thats where the shit is) and some theory, just the essentials like arpeggios, triads, cage system, circle of fifths(which i dont know till now lol) finger strengtening exercise(very important just dont breal your fingers) some uncommon chords from your favorite bands(dont get stuck with the basic chords theyre boring). then eventually youll realize your not doodling anymore and your actually coming up with your own ideas. believe me as you learn these youll be surprised how theyre all interconnected
It’s about the space between the notes and scatting with the guitar.
I would say noodling is good when you're just trying to get the sound in your head. Whether that be a new scale or chord quality, or even getting used to a style that you might not be as comfortable in. Soloing comes when you're actually trying to play within it and make an actual musical statement. Both definitely have their place!
Very helpful advice. I’ve often dealt caged into plying it safe on the scales, and this helps me see where I’m lacking.
Please allow me to share another exercise that helps to play in phrases: Imagine you were a saxophon player and only play while breathing out. (I learned this exercise from one of Jon Damian's books).
Whenever I'm not playing guitar. In watching his videos. There are videos that I've seen a gazillion times because of his knowledge. It helps me picture better what I'm doing. He says a lot but don't talk a lot like other guys. Good as always.
So i was noodling around with my Ibanez and pulled out a 22 pound catfish I hung it up grabbed my Acoustic Started Noodling around with it dam i pulled out a 38 pound blue channel catfish so everyone be careful when your Noodling 🤣🤣
@ReizokoRyu
4 жыл бұрын
LMFAO. Underrated comment
Thank you for this video. Learning how to listen and respond vs just mindlessly letting my hand move took me to a new level
the muse is real, comes and goes
@Roberto-nn6kb
3 жыл бұрын
"Every day comes and goes"
Noodling is the fenomena of learning scales and play them in a dry and mechanical way with almost no sence of music and emotion, after learn scales you must learn also licks and adorn those licks with other guitar techniques that will help you to enrich your musical expression.
I'm learning piano but this was really instructive for me, too! I'll work on feeling the music and hearing it in my head and transcribing what I hear!
Transcribing from the Aether, this is exactly how Aerosmith would write songs. Wonderful insight 🤘
Sorry, Page never wrote or recorded in Boleskine House and hardly visited it when he owned it. He did write parts of Zeppelin 3 in different cottage not associated with Crowley. His current house is another beautiful old house with a load of history, but again no link to wicked uncle Aleister.
I think a big part of phrasing a lot of people miss is vibrato when phrasing. I forget this all the time but when I do remember it I find that ending with some sick vibrato can really spice up even some simple notes.
@dubshockmedia1110
4 жыл бұрын
True that! But 'auto vibrato' is worse IMO. Put it where it needs to go, not on everything.
“ I don’t know that was kinda cool” every guitar lord ever 🙏🏼 thank you for the lessons sir
I always wanted to learn how to play guitar but the beginning seems so frustrating and confusing!
@tristangianelli
4 жыл бұрын
Synix Music you should try Yousician!
Nice. I'm at the point where I'm breaking out of pentatonic boxes and trying the slide up/down the neck stuff too. As one of Tim Pierce's guests said on his channel, think of a string as a train journey between the pentatonic boxes and hop on that train whenever you need something different !!!
@TheLegend-ty6zc
4 жыл бұрын
Gazza-in-the-usa wow that train stuff sounds like a very helpful idea to me.
I love this. I have trouble with this concept. I understand scales, learned them note by note and the root notes all on my fretboard, when when trying to solo it shoulds like shit. Thank you and I would want talk about this more
Thanks man I needed this video right now
You are a good teacher
That's a nice tone you got there
Excellent point!!! I've thought the same thing dissecting Joe Walsh's playing. If you go back to his James Gang days you can really pick up on his 'amazing phrasing' skills which he accomplishes mainly with bends! He's a master bender!!! So many subtitles and nuances!
Sweet tone!
Passing notes are often a good idea. They make things sound rawer.
I thought it was markiplier when I first saw him
yeah whole lotta love dude!!!!!
Anyone have any idea which Wah pedal this is. Sounds great! Cheers for the vids btw.. I watch a lot.
One of the best advice vids for guitar on youtube. ❌ 🧢
2:00 sounds like deep purple xD
His noodling is better than me playing at my hardest 😐
@reactedboss9933
4 жыл бұрын
I felt that
That's super helpful!
this video is priceless thank you so much
Great video thank you
Can you make a video on how to practice rhythm if you haven’t already? I see people say all the time to practice their rhythm as it’s jut as beneficial as lead, but I’m not sure what to do.
Excellent! Thanks!
It's important to know which notes sound good to land on too. I tend to bounce around the scale too much searching for a good note. Play enough notes and you are bound to hit some good ones right? lol I listen to my solo's and always think, "why didn't I stay on that good note longer instead of leaving it so soon?"
I noticed that, when i'm improvasing (and i've been playing for 10 years) that i tend to be a little bit scared or excited when it comes to soloing in a little bit bolder manner, and that blocks me, so i make a mistake - miss a note, or lose a flow, maybe because i overthink it . How do i overcome this?
that's a fine SG btw
This really really helped me realize all I do is noodle lmao
What are ways I can come up with my own phrases? How would you suggest exploring scales?
@jesuselbailador8914
4 жыл бұрын
Singing or humming a melody.... scales , arpeggios, and chord 3 combinations that should help you out as a guitarist
@elwolf8536
4 жыл бұрын
Just pull it out of the ether like he sed..... joking learn a few techniques also play with timing in bends and so on some pretty cool stock guitar sounds out there Hendrix is a good go too
@MalteEhlers
4 жыл бұрын
Learn sequences, try to experiment with different variations of those. Even tho it sounds like typical scale practicing it is not. It’s much more trying to hear what notes gain which effect on a foundation lick.
@MalteEhlers
4 жыл бұрын
And obviously try to phrase the notes differently, explore what a bend sounds like or a slide or a pull off
@ethantodd4813
4 жыл бұрын
The more you listen to other people soloing the more you'll start to hear what you want to do and start to create stuff yourself
Anyone who wants a more in depth look at this concept should read “The Music Lesson” by Victor Wooten. You’re welcome.
Can you please do more videos of this based on the blues scale cause I’m learning it at school
The difference has to do with fluency in your instrument and music. It's the difference between putting your fingers in the correct spots and actually communicating with your instrument. It's just years of practice until you get comfortable enough with the instrument that playing licks is like talking.
good points, we all do it. we all have to learn how to transition from scales to music.
I need this
I want one of those tremolos
That sg’s color is so nice looking holy shit
2:46 the muse, baby, the muse
I find picking the right spots and also when not to play to give it some space can do a lot for your solos.
Without a backing track my solos sound ordinary. Can you do a video on how to add some chord rhythms while soloing..Thanks.
Great video, gotta ask, what's up with the bridge on that SG?
I've been playing guitar for a little more than a year now and I'm starting to phrase more. I think the key is learn the scales (the path/ vocabulary) and then learn your favourite solos or licks and figure out how other players talk. Then try to make tour own phrases. Enjoy the process!
When I make short and simple phrases just as an exercise I like to limit using a bunch of notes and just use 3-4 sometimes 5 notes per phrase
Your noodling is still more musical than my "soloing"
Great vid
Hey, what pick ups are those? Seymour on an SG? Sounds good! Are they the Slash signatures maybe??
So, yeah another constant I notice, in things like 21st-century schizoid man, to Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Coltrane and other in Kind of Blue, and what you have done here is that in order to have the explotion you have to open the temporal space. So, if you want one you will bend to a whole note for half a note (temporal length), and something that may match the same temporal space, but you will play its value in 1/8ths for example. But this structure is always present. How to use notes, and half notes or half dotted notes as things that preceded the speed up in 1/8 or 16th notes.
A great solo that everyone should learn and exhibits what he is talking about to a tee is Gilmours solo on Pink Floyd’s another brick in the wall. Great phrasing. Digestible. Makes amazing use of space etc.
The noodling bit at 2:10 sounded a bit like " Lazy " by Deep Purple to me. Great video with brilliant advice!!
@thedrugstorecowboy2948
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Steppin Out
Hey, just wondering what kind of trem system you have on that SG? I've been trying to find a decent after market one for my SG.
@gregalon
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a Duesenberg Les Trem.
Pretty good video
how do you create that guitar sound? it is amazing!
ah yes, the jazz fusion syndrome.
I’m having trouble trying to find which scales to use. I literally just learned how to use CAGED not too long ago so my knowledge of it isn’t too strong or greatly memorized, but it’s there, and I also learned all the C major pentatonic scales, at least I think it’s C major pentatonic. Do I need to learn minor pentatonic instead for rock and metal solos or noodling and lead parts? Also I’m having trouble staying within the C major pentatonic scales when I actually do attempt to noodle
@TheArtofGuitar
4 жыл бұрын
Minor Pentatonic is a MUST for rock and metal.
Just study John Mayer's solos
I think the key idea is that the longer a note is held, the more important it is. It might be boring to play slow notes, but those are the ones the listener will perceive the best. Psychologically speaking, perception is proportional to time. The longer you listen to something, or more generally think about something, the stronger the perception of it will become, and consequently the deeper your understand of it becomes.
What do you think of the duesenberg?
Hey, Mike, I was wondering if I could ask you if you have any advice for pull-offs? Whenever I do one, I always end up hitting the string underneath it, but if I just lift straight up, then there's barely any sound. Any suggestions?
@dupawolowaish
4 жыл бұрын
You should do a solid research on youtube, because there are few solid video about pull-offs and practicing it. I watched them myself, and learnt from them to finally do it :) dont wait explore all the time Peace man
@gabsanchez
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe mute the string below with your fretting hand?
@TheArtofGuitar
4 жыл бұрын
Check out my video on left hand muting mastery. :)
So, noodling is like drawing lines on a page, where soloing is like spasticly scribbling.
@DatBoi-mo9vc
4 жыл бұрын
More like noodling is just drawing one continuous line all over a page, without proper dimension or flow, whereas soloing is actually drawing something.
Ok, what I notice is that the rhythmic value of each note changes. When you play the scale there is not temporal variation, or, it is much less. So, there is a wide shift of rhymic value per note.
Whole Lotta Love was recorded at Olympic Studios w/Eddie Kramer. Page once owned and lived in a home that Alister Crowley once owned. To my knowledge, nothing was ever recorded there. You may be thinking of the 4th album which was recorded at Headley Grange. Often used by other artists as a recording “studio”. Neither Alister Crowley or Jimmy Page ever owned Headley Grange.
Just curious what is the trem on that beaut of a guitar
This definitely concerns me. I'm 9 months into learning guitar and while my rhythm is kinda ok, my improvisation sucks. I seem to be scared of breaking out of the pentatonic 1st position. Trying to create riffs in my head and reproduce them with guitar now, ability to do it without thinking much is like magic to me but I hope it'll get better.
@tomtom1501tm
4 жыл бұрын
You're only 9 months in, don't worry about it. Over time you'll get more comfortable with other positions of the pentatonic. A lot of it is experience. :)
@jamowiththebanger8164
4 жыл бұрын
No worries! I’d say learn the notes of the pentatonic (and other scales) ALL around the neck. Gives more options
Whats that do dad linking the bridge and the tailpiece ?
I noodle until I find notes that match, up and down the fret board. Always take advice as a grain of salt but always play how YOU wanna play, and learn how YOU wanna learn. In the end you'll have your own unique way of playing.
Nice video. I’ve found that hearing a phrase before playing it totally breaks you out of what your hands are familiar with