Just a reminder I will never ask you to reach out to me through Telegram or Whatsapp or anything else. If a comment or message doesn't come from one of my verified accounts IT'S NOT ME!

@utkarshthanvi4048

2 жыл бұрын

hey, good to know, but just out of curiosity, do you have anything against things like Telegram or Whatsapp?

@smugborgin

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh, wouldn’t it be good if the multi billion dollar tech company could do something about this. Shame it must be impossible or something….

@welder062

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, KISS fan here.... Apparently I have won yet another "Prize" lol .. Those stairs referenced in a previous comment are still available for use. Just Sayin..... I have no idea what the ramifications are of actually using telegram to contact said evil doer's but there are people that may be in a big fat mess if they do. I sure hope the powers behind demonetization can sort this all out before reputations are damaged.

@mozkuthehermit5909

2 жыл бұрын

I saw this part and it actually isnt that complicated on tube amps 09:55 Stand by switch exists so you don't ruin your tubes under a week You need warm up your tubes, if you don't warm them and just start playing them on "cold" stage you might even blow them up or "melt" them When ever you play tube amp you need always turn stand by mode on before actually turn it on, so it can start circulating electricity through tubes, electricity that goes through tubes heats them up so they can handle handle wildly shaping electrical signal overdrive in blues/rock situations or distortion signals in metal situations Your mics in your electric guitar takes your guitar string vibration and turns it into electrical signal and tubes mission is to boost that signal so it could be louder basically overdriven it or in metal, tubes helps overdrive signal turn into distortion area but that whole different topic and you need more gear for that In simple tubes in tube amp help you keep that electric signal understandable and something you can blast it out of speaker So you need keep that electric circuit part closed before actually playing That is sole purpose of Stand by switch, if you turn it on again, you start heating your tubes again, so do not use it as "mute" switch, use turner or anything that cuts that signal chain or just turn whole amp down

@aylbdrmadison1051

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone should be aware that this even happens to the average commenter sometimes. In particular I've seen it happen to a few of the more prolific commenters on some political channels I watch.

I respect this video. It's an unfortunate truth that people are afraid to ask some of these questions. Sometimes not asking these qustions hold people back. Thanks for making this video.

@santosmadrigal3702

Жыл бұрын

I was in a recording session . The engineer would turn on the amps at least 20 minutes before I got there . The amp would be on standby . He said "the amp sounds good after the tubes are hot" .

@santosmadrigal3702

Жыл бұрын

@Michael B that's my point : the amp sounds sweet when the tubes are cookin. Hot tubes = sweet tone .

@nine9whitepony526

Жыл бұрын

I say that to people all the time on Facebook groups about music. They'll start their post with "this is a stupid question but..." Sometimes my only comment to them will be something like " It is not a stupid question, by asking this question you are probably getting an answer for 1000 people who are too scared to ask that question, in a way you can be considered a hero"

"That's something that, I think, shouldn't ever B diminished" A great chord -- beautifully dissonant.

@thesullivanstreetproject

2 жыл бұрын

Nice pun!

@CD_Character

2 жыл бұрын

I almost went there. I'm glad someone had the nerve.

Other than intonation, there's another reason why your guitar can often sound out of tune, especially if it's an electric and you're a beginner: you're using too much force to fret your notes, squeezing down so hard that you're effectively bending the strings. When I was a beginner, I went through the humiliation of going back to a guitar store with my new guitar, unhappy with the intonation (and therefore unhappy with the setup they'd done when I bought it), only to be shown that everything was fine if I stopped using a death grip with my left hand.

@castleanthrax1833

2 жыл бұрын

The guitar also has a unique (unfortunate) trait of sounding out of tune, even when your tuner says that your strings are in tune. James Taylor has a video where he explains why this happens (especially when playing chords) and his tuning solutions to help correct this issue.

@Big_Bag_of_Pus

2 жыл бұрын

@@castleanthrax1833 I haven't seen the video to which you refer, but I'm guessing it refers to the difference between the third in equal temperament and the third present in harmonics of the fundamental. There are a variety of things one can do about this, but the best IMO is to learn to live with it.

@castleanthrax1833

2 жыл бұрын

@@Big_Bag_of_PusHe's basically talking about how when you fret a note, you pull the string slightly out of tune in comparison to when it was tuned "open". It's unique to the guitar, as most other instruments are more "set" when you play a note. Give it a look. It's striking a happy "medium" to allow your chords to sound more "in tune" but as your playing some strings "open" whilst fretting others, it's not perfect.

@castleanthrax1833

2 жыл бұрын

@@Big_Bag_of_Pus BTW, I like how you didn't end your first sentence with a preposition. Very well done.

@jacobfife7273

2 жыл бұрын

This probably falls in the category of you being a bad/learning player (at the time) and not the guitar sounding bad which i don't think the question was about.

I’ve struggled a lot with the idea “does my music and music in general actually matter” and the way you described it really put it into perspective for me. I super appreciate that.

@DanielOakfield

Жыл бұрын

Best part of the video!! I loved that.

That last question offers a paradox. During the Pandemic, we quickly learnt was services or vocations were deemed to be essential. The Arts/Music sector bore the brunt of that. Yet through lockdown, what brought us more joy, sanity and entertainment? The arts. Music/film/KZread kept me sane during our 100 day lockdown in Sydney Australia. So yes, it does matter.

@dudeman5303

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, art is essentially a celebration and evaluation of being human. It's not like animals can make "art" for each other, art does not necessarily have to be made to be shared but I feel like it usually is meant to be a way for human beings to document things they can never truly describe to each other. We are all kind of stuck with ourselves, because we can't just somehow jump into someone else's brain or something or somehow connect wires so we can share thoughts, every human is insular. If I'm feeling a certain kind of feeling, I can't just tell someone how that feels and they'll know the exact thing I'm going through, they can only relate back to what they've experienced and can somewhat picture what I'm talking about - they're going to translate what I'm saying and picture what they think it sounds like I'm saying, it's never going to be exactly the same as what I'm experiencing/thinking when I am trying to explain myself though. I think music and other kinds of art can convey those things more clearly in ways we can't typically communicate, the lyrics and vocals kind of help do the job of what is direct and easier to describe but the music behind it helps supplement it with the rest of what it needs, it's always going to be subjective and we can't do anything about that part but I think music gets across things we typically can't.

That "A7/G" explanation just made everything much easier for me. Thanks Sammy G!

I've always known the adage of "There's no such thing as a bad question to ask". I personally feel that is especially prominent in music of all kinds because knowing the hows and whys of the music we listen to and play is very vital to the expansion of said music.

As Ethan Hawke said “you think you don’t need art, music, poetry until you do. “ You get your heart broken, your father dies, you look into the eyes of your child for the first time. Then you need to feel what others have felt in the art they made.

I used to be a radio engineer. Most AM stations run the audio through a compressor as its last stage before going to the transmitter, because compressed sound comes through more clearly on the AM receiver in a car. Just at the moment we were supposed to be signing off for the night, we'd crank the compressor all the way up so that the signal was nearly pure hiss :-)

You add more colour to my life my dude! Stopped playing guitar for a bit but back in 2020 your page got me back into playing

A piece of advice for those who struggle with a concept in music theory -- take a break, maybe even a long one, but don't give up. For example, when I first heard about arpeggios, absolutely nothing about it made sense to me, even after numerous explanations from different sources. One day, I finally figured it out, as if by magic. Nothing from the paranormal here; my mind had been processing this information for ages (many months, maybe over a year), and then it finally "dawned" on me. Maybe I wasn't "ready" for it before, no idea. You'll find that many skills and ideas in life get sorted out this way. BTW, if you want a great practical example of modes, play the notes from a "C" scale over the low-rent flamenco riff (E - F, etc). It's still the notes from the C-major scale (Ionian mode), but in that context it will be the E-Phrygian mode. About 10 seconds after I learned that, I understood modes... 40 years ago).

@bmac4

2 жыл бұрын

That is good advice. As a drummer I had many occasions where things just sorta clicked that I couldnt for the life of me understand. Sometimes it helps to learn it via application, sometimes via breaking it down, and sometimes it just happens. Personally I couldn't get triplets (Lh>Rh>Rf, very John Bonham type of fill) down for the life of me until one day I sat down at my drum teacher's kit with a double bass pedal, something I was nowhere near good enough to play at the time, and while noodling a bit I ended up just kinda doing quadruplets (Rh>Lh>Rf>Lf) purely by instinct. And something in my brain clicked on that being almost the same motor functions as a triplet. Sometimes it just clicks.

What I've been told about the "Stand By" switch is that it's on tube amplifiers. People say that tube amps sound best when they're warm, so the switch is there to turn the actual amp on to have the tubes warm up but not have any sound go through. Tubes on, sound off - stand by.

@thefuzzygecko7735

Жыл бұрын

I always believed (above being the root reason) it also acted as a safety for the valves themselves. I have no evidence to support my thoughts here, it's based on an assumption because I don't know the in's and out's of how valve powered equipment works FYI. It's healthier for the valves to warm up 15-30 mins on amps as well as it sounding better (I have a Fender 75 valve amp and it sounds amazing after 30 minutes), my assumption for this is due to the glass of the valves, they're very volatile and delicate to temperature changes so maybe the standby switch is implemented as a prevention to sudden high amounts of power heating them up rapidly and causing them to crack/explode? I may reiterate, this has always been my assumption. This is merely an uneducated guess.

A quick clarification about the 5/4 bit: In 5/4, we absolutely WOULD count it as equally weighted 1 2 3 4 5, because it is still considered a simple meter. Think about the song “Lingus” by Snarky Puppy, which is in 5/4 (and uses a double time feel for certain sections). What you demonstrated was 5/8, which is a compound meter, and this time of meter implies that we’re feeling a macro pulse of 3+2 or 2+3. Think about “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck for the classic example of this feeling. You can feel the same idea, but simpler with songs in 6/8 or 12/8 like old Doo-Wop tunes like “Earth Angel” where they’re counting a 6 or 12, but there’s a macro plus of 2 with a triplet feel (or 4 in the case of 12/8). Hope this clarifies things for people that have been confused!

Very informative. Please continue this sessions of TOO AFRAID TO ASK. Never thought of many things in Music until someone asks about it.

Hey, just wanted to say "thank you" for what you said regarding "Does any of this matter?". As an older musician, I've struggled with that a lot over the years, especially lately, asking myself questions like "why am I still doing this?" and "what's the point?". What really hit home with me was your comment about how the arts add the flavor to life and how if even one person feels that what I do brings some color into their life, then it's worth it. What you said at the end about even if no one hears what you do, if it brings joy and "color" to my own life then it's important. Thank you for helping reignite the flame.

I really enjoy your content. Thank you.

I'm a nurse when stressed i use music to calm me help me relax therefore music and muscians have value to me. Plus I'm learning guitar this keeps my brain active and it's fun.

That was a great speech at the end, nicely done!

I absolutely love the answer you gave to the last question. Music has saved my life. Literally. So have doctors on a couple of occasions when I was younger. I don't see either as less important. Perhaps less necessary to the broader definition of survival, but not as less important to life.

12:09 This really got to me. Very insightful, I struggle with feeling that same way a lot. Not just with hobbies or work, but with anything I do. I’m glad I heard this.

Whenever I heard the word slash cords, I always thought they were just cords that Slash liked to use lol

Love your channel, found it from your reviews of crazy gear but love the more educational stuff like this as well-keep up the great work, wish KZread channels like this were around when I was a kid first experimenting with music

I think this is one of my favorite videos of yours!

Thank you! Finally a clear explanation of what the hell a compressor does?! You sir, win! Thank you!

That compression explanation was great I've always wondered couldn't decipher with my ear alone

Great video! This will definitely help me in my journey as a musician.

Great stuff, as always! Thank You!

I think one of the important distinctions between a piano and other string instruments is that when you go digital most other string instruments still uses strings. Like an acoustic guitar vs an electric guitar. When you go from a piano to digital (keyboard) you no longer use strings and it therefore is no longer a string instrument.

Catching up on your older catalgue this week. THis is another good one, I NEED a compressor I guess. Thanks.

Holy crap. Your explanation of guitar modes in relation to solfège just broke my brain. Fantastic!!

Best explanation of Modes ever! Thank you Samurai!!! 🤟😎🤟

ive been subscribed ti you for yonks, i usually get bored of people but damn your videos are just good!!!!!

Love that tee btw! Hitting your merch asap

Sammy that was an excellent answer to the final question. Bravo!

Your last section on "Does Any of this Matter" is beautiful. Thank you.

The piano is a percussion instrument. The full name is piano-forte, meaning loud-soft. How lightly or how hard you hit the key. It’s a harp that is played with hammers.

@veenoir1991

2 жыл бұрын

A giant dulcimer haha

@Burnt_Gerbil

2 жыл бұрын

@@veenoir1991 - Pretty much.

@atomicgearworks

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I was taught in school too. It's a percussion instrument because it uses a "mallet" striking to generate sound.

@jaliebs3988

2 жыл бұрын

the way the system that sammyg brought up works is that it focuses first on what makes the sound, and then how that sound is made - that is, a piano is a string instrument, but its strings are struck

@pdtoons9121

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. My roommates just asked me this same question. We learned way back in high school that it was considered tuned percussion like a vibraphone or bell tree.

That last bit of advice is Golden~!!

To expand a bit on compressors: higher settings can result in the sound having a "pumping" feeling to it. Even moreso when you apply compression to the master track of a mix; when someone says that a mix doesn't "breathe", it might not necessarily mean that there's too many things going on instrument-wise (which can absolutely be the case of course), but instead that the dynamic range has been lessened too much by means of compression. As for the standby switch, Colin Scott (CSGuitars on KZread) did a video on this 5 years ago, explaining how standby switches on tube amps are... actually kinda useless. The only reason they stuck around is because guitarists will freak out if they don't see one :P

Last answer was excellently succinct and right on point!

That guitar is absolutely gorgeous. I've always been a fan of the Silverburst Les Paul. Never seen it on any other guitar, but it REALLY works for the Jaguar shape. And I especially love the really sharp line on the bevel on the front, looks really fantastic when it catches the light. Oh, video is really good too! lol

@peppers515

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a Jaguar my dude. It's a newish one called a Meteora.

@jager9022

2 жыл бұрын

While Fender do have that silverburst on a Jazzmaster (the American Professional 2 I believe?), the one in the video is the Meteora model

@dudeman5303

Жыл бұрын

I love silverburst and sunburst so much. I have several sunbursts guitars and then one silver one, the silver one I didn't get to shop around for for a silverburst so it's actually just sliver, but my god I wish y was silverburst cuz that's hands down my favorite. It's just not as common as a lot of other colors so sadly it's harder to find used guitars in that color. It's hands down my favorite though

Coming from a radio engineering background, Leo Fender chose to add a standby switch on his amps (common on large AM radio stations) without apparently knowing its proper usage. The switch was needed by transmitter tubes (which deal with thousands of volts, as opposed to guitar amp power tubes - receiving tubes - which deal with around 600 volts - that is for monster amps like the marshall pig) and was specified so in the RCA manual. You can actually look up the 1954 manual. Flicking the stdby in guitar amps only does bad things to the switch. You've got quite some voltage over it so each time you flick it, you're prone to sparks and arcs which in time, can melt the switch (heard a couple of stories with exactly this issue from the amp guy in my city). Best thing is just to forget about that switch entirely. I've got a marshall plexi and I've been playing it more or less on 10 through a loadbox for a year now and it's still going no problem, tubes are fine 😉

I realized a few years back that compression on my vocals or guitar is the thing that makes me sound like I'm not freaking out or having a panic attack on stage. I can't explain it better than that but now I never leave home without it. Go figure.

That last answer was the best!! Thank you Sammie G!

Thanks for doing what matters. Great video.

Congrats on 1 million!!!!

I love your answer to the last question. The way I think of it is this: There are no shortage of human beings. There are plenty of us to work on every problem imaginable, and so it's ok that humanity's effort is not all focused on the same thing. There are lots of people to become doctors and scientists and all other kinds of workers. A single human life is an insignificant fraction of the total hours that all of humanity will contribute to our species' experience, and it is a life well spent to spend that life enriching the lives of others. Without art, life is , like you say, just survival.

A compressor does not ever make the soft sounds louder except through the make up gain control which makes all of the sound louder based on the setting.. It works by bringing down the loud sounds to give the compressed signal. After 60 years of designing, building, and playing through sound equipment, I have a pretty fair understanding electronics. I hope this helps.

@samtheman123

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the compressor pedal definitely increases sustain on a held out note on guitar, so at least in that context it does bring up the volume of a fading note

@DaanPunaan

2 жыл бұрын

But isn't that a limiter then? Different effect?

@user-lx7kl4sp2y

2 жыл бұрын

You are right, but its also arguing semantics a little bit ;) When you apply make-up gain, the compressor makes the softer parts louder than they would be without it. To most people a compressor is just a box with an input and an output (or a plugin), and from that perspective (technically correct or not) the make-up gainstage is very much part of the compressor.

oh wow this made me understand what modes are in some way. thank samurai!

I define stringed instruments as anything where the player directly touches the strings to make sound, or uses a hand-held tool (such as a plectrum or bow) to touch the strings. Pianos, clavichords, harpsichords, and the hurdy-gurdy are *stringed keyboards,* keyboard instruments that use strings to generate sound, but I see them as a separate family from other stringed instruments. Hammered dulcimers and cimbaloms are harder to classify since the player does use hand-held mallets to strike the strings, but I consider them to be in the same category as other pitched, hammer-struck percussion instruments (xylophones, glockenspiels, etc.).

Great video. Thanks

I have absolutely no musical talent whatsoever, but I have spent a lot of time watching your videos. They are very entertaining and engaging . Although it is unlikely that I will ever play a musical instrument, you have given me a better appreciation for what goes into making the music that I listen to. Thanks so much for all of the work that you put into your channel.

@shadehunter

Жыл бұрын

Everyone has musical talent. Talent doesn't exist and it's more about self-discipline. Anyone can do anything if they want to put in the time. In the case of a musical instrument, it's not something you see results from instantly. 30 minutes a day is all it takes. I guarantee six months into doing 30 minutes a day, you will see improvement. Before too long, you'll be playing with some proficiency. Musicians are just athletes of the finer muscles. That's it.

Your content is soo good man

Great video!

I love your vids Sammy G!

You've got one of the best vibes channels man.

"If not even a single person listens to what you do, if your music brings your life a little bit more flavour, then that is extremely valuable and that's something that I don't think should ever B°"

I like that thought. Art gives flavour to life. That's what I also remind my son that art is everywhere from car design to buildings to drawings.

ngl this is my favorite type of video, ones where he interacts a lot with his audience

Saved the best for last. Great answer!

Congratulations on the million subscribers bro

I loved ur answer of the last question. I am an engineering student and just got my first live playing experience, this type of questions sorta got into my mind. Also I kind of feel that I don't deserve people's attention when it comes to my playing, it amazes me when people actually come to hear me play. I get this voice on my head saying: "Why would anyone go and listen to me?". Any thoughts on this?

@lucasplaysguitar7195

2 жыл бұрын

I'm actually in pretty much the exact same situation you've described haha. Honestly, not really found a fitting solution for that self doubt as of yet, but I'm trying to work on myself generally first and foremost as a foundation for everything else at least. My approach to music is just to seek out as much improvement and feedback as I can, positive or negative, so that I can make and perform music to the best of my abilities while enjoying it as much as I can myself. Even if that voice in my head is making me doubt myself, as long as I can look at the performance and say that I enjoyed playing it for me, everything else can fall into place around that. Might as well try I reckon. Sorry it's a bit long, but I hope there's at least something of value in what I've written.

Cool video. I learned something.

Thanks!!!!!

Long time subscriber but this was the video that led me to buying my first Samurai course, theory rudiments

ive always used modes as just shapes to pull out of a scale for new bass lines. i found some early yt vids describing modes back in like 2011 that gave a cursory breakdown. however, ive never internalized all the corresponding chord progressions that go with those modes. i'll put the time in some day. but just learning the basic idea that sam describes here and applying it to all sorts of scales is a hell of a door opener for beginner bassists and lead guitarists playing rock based music.

I really appreciate your approach to explaining the many different things you outline on your channel. It has a very lyrical way of cutting through the Bull$h#t.... For that I thank you. Hands down my favorite channel for knowledge of musical instruments. It has been difficult lately with all the "Prizes" I am apparently winning from your channel. It is hard to keep up with all the awesome stuff you want to send. Lol... It appears you are not the only person whom has such issues with evil doer's posting "Prizes" in the name of the content creators. It gives the creators a bad name and not everyone realizes that the creator has nothing to do with them. Personally I have nearly fallen for the scam and I consider myself an above average intellectual for a KISS fan anyway. I really wish you the best of luck dealing with the evil doer's. Before the Internet those kind of people had to do such things in person. The last one I had to deal with scammed me out of a car title in 1992. This person fell down a flight of stairs at my home, twice before returning the title to me. It was tragic that they fell twice. There are people in the world that could use a good fall down a flight of stairs, twice. The evil doer's are destroying credibility of otherwise good people like yourself and many others. In conclusion my samurai friend, my stairs are available for just that purpose if needed. Yours Truly, Shawn

@ReizokoRyu

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO. Amazing story!

@welder062

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Rez... The most amazing part is that at 25-30 years ago a person that wanted to bully another or scam another really had to do it in person. That is really Ballzy considering how it is done today. It doesn't take a big set of nuggets to be on the internet and call a person fat, ugly or destroy a person's confidence with words. Many people nowadays seem to have all their confidence hinging on whether another hits the like button. Being a creator on KZread is difficult enough to not loose your mind through all the endless Bull$%!t then to have some A$$ hijack a page you have worked so hard to create makes my faith in human decency fade that much more. Imagine how difficult it was to enjoy a band like Warrant in a crowd full of Metal Heads in 1988... lol... Lots of punches got thrown. Or imagine how difficult it was to be gay and have all of your friends find out and have those friends desert a person because others were afraid of what they didn't understand. The world was a different place back then. The internet has created a monster in many ways people never thought possible 30 years ago. Peace, love and ROCK N ROLL. KISS fan out.......

What a great video!

I would like this twice for the last question. The rest of the vid was good too.

While I learned nothing new, bc I been at this game for almost 30 years, I LOVED this video. I'm going to send this to my students

Great video

Musicians help out those who do more “important” jobs, maybe more than most people realize. Music is valuable.

@wolfetteplays8894

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Without music our lives would be painfully dull, and many of these blue collar workers would have literally no motivation in life

Art as expression, not as market campaigns, will still capture our imaginations. Given the same state of integrity, it will surely help us along.

I have never thought if it matters… well said

The stand by switch is also used to swap out guitars. It will save you that loud clanking and buzzing the live cord puts out with out turning off your amp and having to wait for it to "warm up"

I like to think of modes as using the wrong scales to play the right key. If I want E dorian, I use a D major scale. Using different “wrong” scales helps you cycle through the modes.

that explanation of modes was very easy to understand. I never understood them either.

I think a big reason why we question whether the arts matter is because our current society tends to make value judgements about different professions and the main metric is usually how much money it makes. If we just ignore the present and look back at our history as a species we should actually be celebrating music as one of our oldest traditions.

Awesome Vid

Please make more videos like this one

this video was so helpful its ridiculous

11:46 - damn near made me spit out my coffee 😂

FYI a small audio compressor device like a pedal doesn't usually make quiet signal louder. The just cut out the loud parts. There is less contrast between LOUD and quiet. That's the perceived audio effect when the loud parts of your audio signal decrease in volume. Compression is as old as radio & telephone technology. It's just a circuit for dynamic range reduction.

My music gets like very very low views... BUT I like my music, AND occasionally i get a message from a stranger that says I kept them alive one more day. Music is worth it, even if its just for you or a stranger :) Love the channel Sammy G

An abssolute legend as always

12:09 can relate, I’m sure nearly everyone doing music often can agree.

Ooooh, I've got one of these. Once when I had just started (but not like, JUST started - like, an embarrassingly long time after I'd started for such a question to be honest) I was trying to learn more music theory since I'm 100% self taught and it shows (or showed. I haven't played since my late teens and I'm just now trying to get back into music) so I was talking to my friend who was a much more experienced musician than me. So I knew the notes of my open strings on my guitar and I say to him "I'm trying to learn the musical alphabet but I'm confused - what is the difference between D flat and C sharp?" and he tells me "It's the same thing" and I go "Oooh, okay." (but that wasn't the really dumb part) and then I go "So, wait, what is the order of the musical alphabet?" and he just looks at me and quirks and eyebrow and goes "It's... the same as the regular alphabet" and man, I was floored. Suddenly so many things made WAY more sense - I had been treating it as this much more esoteric thing than it really was -- I think because of the whole E, A, D, G, B, E tuning of my guitar and the B E A D G of my bass that I had got it into my head that it was much more complicated than it needed it be. But yeah, I felt pretty stupid. Oh, and that was also the day that I got the "B Sharps" joke from The Simpsons :)

This should be a series

12:09 is by far one of the best things I've ever heard.

Thank you

Adding to the guitar tuning discussion: your ears may be "too good". Guitar is an even temperament instrument (usually). Some of the notes are always going to be slightly out of tune. For me it's one of the charms of guitar...good enough for rock and roll. It drives some people up a wall.

@xRickAstleyx

Жыл бұрын

if you can notice the intonation being off, you arent playing enough bends

Shit! that last one hit right in the feels...

I remember getting piano lessons and being to think of it as a percussion instrument as much as it’s a string instrument.

Good explanation of modes . The world without art is mechanical .

Great vidéo Sammy g, as always. Thanks for all those answers. I didnt have instagram so I didnt saw that. Too bad for me lol, I would need to ask Google.

Your explanation about the arse is magnificent. Just the way I feel also. I am an educator helping children build skills for their future but also to enjoy their present. The arts have a place in our lives, whether we are creators and practicers professionally, or whether we are amateurs, (amar=love Sp. / Latin) which means that we love it purely for the sake of the love and joy of it, and not as professionals… i’m sorry you picked a “pop country song” as an example of some music that one might not think is good, I think ALL genres are capable of generating bad feelings, but it’s largely subjective… I really don’t like a lot of today’s popular music, but I get that the fans have their reasons for liking it… as for Country: Some of the greatest songs of all time I believe are our country songs, whether it’s Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, Buck Owens, Roy Orbison, those are just some that came into my head automatically. Also the way country has influenced other music like country rock artists from the Byrds to Neil Young, Brandi Carlile, the Eagles, Kd Lang, the Beatles…. And so many more. I know you meant no disrespect to the best if Country! I love your channel and all the content you create. Keep up the great work!

Loved the Samurai Philosophist segment

Thanks Sammy, great video. Now I gotta look into what the stndby toggle on my amp's for. Just in case you didn't already know, Colin Scott's KZread channel (CSGuitars) has had a regular segment called TATA (Too Afraid To Ask) for years. Therefore, I hope you don't get too much heat for this video title. Cheers..

I thought piano was technically a percussion instrument because of the mallet hitting the string. It produces it's sound through a strike causing vibration, like any percussion instrument, it uses percussive force.

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It’s actually accepted as both, so no matter if you call it a percussion or string instrument both would be correct

great show