My biggest problem. Mindlessly stringing notes together! Thanks man.

I think it's called "shredder syndrome" Where many of us don't feel we're really playing unless we run up & down the fretboard!! Easy to fall into!!!🙏🙏🙏

Hey man, you have become a master of the craft of teaching and connecting. Your lessons are no doubt the best, I feel like I'm sitting in a lesson with you, not watching a video. It's incredible

@PikkaaaAttack

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@raygottbeatz8169

3 жыл бұрын

So true

@EmpireOfLightTV

2 жыл бұрын

1000 percent

@uyiOriaghan

2 жыл бұрын

2000% true

@dougsmith8430

2 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree Jake… Stich is great at teaching feel!

Your lessons are gold, they helped me improve almost ten times faster than any other teacher. A Stich in time saves nine.

You have a terrific way of connecting with us in our guitar journey..thank u..greetings from AUSTRALIA

@joerocket1000rr

3 жыл бұрын

where in oz are you from, im in brisbane

@stavros4550

3 жыл бұрын

@@joerocket1000rr Im in SYDNEY CHEERS

@Bograt69

3 жыл бұрын

Perth

@lt3464

3 жыл бұрын

Where in Sydney? 🙃

@Womble1252

2 жыл бұрын

Castlemaine Vic 😁

You make take self deprecation to an artistic level! Pretty easy to see that you’re a damned genius and yet as modest as all get out! Keep being yourself, you are awesome!

Perhaps one of THEE best instructional videos I've EVER seen. Getting back to the basics is so important.

@rcolang1

3 жыл бұрын

totally agree...all the unsaid details that make the difference

@seanc.5310

3 жыл бұрын

100% this guy is providing an amazing service! He explains things better than any teacher I've ever seen

Thanks Stich. This is EXACTLY where I feel stuck on the instrument. I know my chords and fundamental theory, my 5 pentatonic positions and blue notes, but when I go to improvise it lacks emotion. Just spattering notes noodling over the top that don't seem to be going anywhere... simplifying it down to 3 notes and focusing on emotion and rhythm seems like a great exercise for me right now. One natural addition to this list would be playing dynamics. Mixing up the volume of the 3 notes and attack style can also have a huge impact. Of course, you were naturally doing some of this, but it would be useful to point out. Thanks again, and keep up the great work!

@momentoftruth7594

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly my suggestion with volume. You might try working on your phrasing, keeping it short and simple like this but also creating a conversation, think of happy birthday, call and respond.

You are simply the best teacher on youtube right now....listen up folks. If you can't learn and improve by listening to this fella' you just might not be meant to play guitar ;)

This really is the best lesson. A little pause here and there makes all the difference.

I've been watching you for like six months. Intermediate guitar player for 20. Wanted to break my cieling and found you. Best teacher I've found in youtube. I love the dead and phish so i relate to a lot of your lesson but they make sense. Also some cat was like "Created this cool progression and it was your correct version of stash, he looked sheepish

This is amazing! Honestly, one of the most informative lessons I’ve ever had! I love the way you try to do things differently and force your brain to think differently. Love your channel!

THANK YOU!! The first HUMAN teacher I've seen in a LONG time... People are starved for actual connection so much... You gotta crawl before you can walk.. THEN you can run wild!

Just an awesome lesson. I feel I've went up a whole new level in my guitar soloing just by using and practicing this technique. Thank you.

Great song choice, perfect for this lesson. Looking forward to your “in the mind of “ for this tune.

Amazing clear explanations, not just the how, but most importantly, the why. You really excel at that sir. This has already made a huge difference in the sounds I am making. Thanks again.

Ian, you’re such a great teacher. Thank you for your patience with this huge, invaluable class. I hope you get even a percent of the reward that you deserve. Thank you, friend. Best wishes.

Ian stich is one of those greatest of teachers that comes along only once every thousand years. The Plato of the major scale and the Aristotle of the relative minor scale.

I really enjoyed the driving analogy. My elementary school music teacher also used a car analogy when "flubbing" or messing up. He'd say if you're driving and you make a mistake, do you just say "oh well" give up and crash? No you keep driving. Anyways your example adds wonderfully to this. Thank you!

This is such a simple, but essential and fun way to learn/practice that really pays dividends....already. Thank you for reminding me to get the basics sorted and the rest will follow all by itself :)

Stich… I love it! You are becoming one of my favorite teachers! You teach how to understand the importance of the subtleties and nuances that actually help us to bring out our own FEEL… THANK YOU! 🎸🎶

Ian, you are EXTREMELY good at getting the intent of your message out in these videos. Very good explanations and demonstrations.

I simply love your advice about "feeling and breathing" what you play in order to start sounding good. Thank you!

This is probably the most useful video related to guitar music I have seen. Thanks a lot for helping us learn the music and melody part of the music. I do see now a days the melody of a music is lost somewhere in the fast riffs and speed. Love your work 🙂

Great lesson ! Exactly what I needed to hear. I have been improving about a year or so and I believe I’m doing ok but it’s not exactly what is in my head. I really think this lesson will help. Thank you kindly Stitch.

Excellent lesson, once again. Thanks! Holding off on pull-offs & hammer-ons, genius! :)

This is definitely one of the best guitar teaching videos I have seen on youtube. And in my opinion you are one of the best guitar teachers there is on youtube 👍🏻😊

You just keep blowing my mind with these videos. Thanks, I needed that.

This helped me SOOOOOOO much. Thank you for conceptualizing that in such a fantastic way. I had the tools but this really showed me how to use them sound great.

Brilliant, Ian! The battle between my head and fingers is real. I've never heard anyone acknowledge it, especially a teacher, and I was never quite able to articulate it. This lesson was spot on and just what I needed. Thank you!

That's the #1 thing i've been looking for since I started to get serious about playing guitar. Thank you for the lesson!

It's amazing how the melody of the vocals on Ophelia can be summed up with just those three notes. Emotion... Right on!

Hey mate, exactly what I was looking for! Great stuff! I'm addicted to your channel! Bless ya!

Hey Ian, thanks a lot for lesson. I feel you got through to me and have given me food for thought and some things to work on. Cheers.

Hey Ian, Greetings from Ireland ! Many thanks for such a great video. I have been stuck in theory land for months - and now with just 3 notes - I have found my way out. Thanks you !

You are just what I needed. Awesome Concepts awesome personality. Thanks for sharing.

This lesson really hit the spot for me! I never realized how much more articulate my playing would be if I just slowed down and tried to find my rhythm, thank you Stitch.

It’s like I’m jamming with you while getting free Lesssons, you have a gift of teaching, thank you!

this is the one subject for me after 20+ years playing guitar. Great lesson, really appreciate it

This is just pure gold. Tyvm for sharing with us

I discovered this video (and your channel) today and you just changed my life! Your explanation on how to play 3 notes with breaks and rhythm completely changed my playing after 30 minutes of practicing. I was able to sound really nice with only 3 notes! It's the first time over the past 5 years that I didn't feel like I was playing a scale! A BIG thank you! PS: You have a gift for teaching, thank you again

finally heard someone who can articulate my struggle; gotta try this

I’m so glad I came across this channel!! This is how you teach guitar and this is how you play! Thank you so much!! You’re the only channel teaching the soul element that is missing from everyone else’s technical music theory

Great stuff. In a similar vein a great guitarist I knew said to me "it's not the notes you put in that are important it's the ones you leave out"

Great video Stich! This has really made a lot of sense to me and will hopefully help improve my guitar playing.

This is the greatest guitar lesson I've found on KZread... Ever. You are a teaching master. Thank you!

Brilliant. Stitch, you inspired me over this summer to pick up my old guitar, then buy an even nicer one, and (most importantly) love playing the guitar in a far better way than in my open-chord youth. Thank you from Seattle.

I reeeeally admire your metaphors and how you take them on through a lesson

Thank you so much for creating these lessons 🙏 I really appreciate the efforts you put to help us in learning!

You really lay it out a way that I can understand. I've gone through 3 real life teachers the past 2 years because they have gotten so good at playing that I see how difficult it is for them to come down to my level and explain something where I can understand. Same thing with a lot of the KZread instructors. I'm a pretty sharp person, and even have a little theory with piano history, yet it is so difficult to find instructors that I can connect with. You are the first person who's Patreon I've actually joined. I look forward to more instruction.

excellent lesson....Gonna run with it this week...Thanks

Thank you for making it simple, understandable, practicable, effective, and fun.

I decided to subscribbe after yoiu said: "Follow the rules"! Our Zeitgeist is "brake the rules", "think outside the box", "deconstruct", etc. People want to break the rules without knowing the rules, they want to think outside the box, before knowing their box and so on. Music has rules and these rules are important. Master them and you will be free. Freedom is navegating within the rules. The rules will tell you when to bend them. Keep up, man... Your lessons are inspiring...

Been watching you for a few weeks now. You are a God. Been playing for about 2 years and since finding you I've improved no end. Cheers Buddy

@StichMethodGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Barry

Well done!! You have a gift of identifying/connecting the “human voids” between the dots... The problem areas so hard to define or articulate. Thank you!!!

Top notch! This guy is a guru - just what I needed to improve my playing. Very excited to play around with these eight fundamentals using just three notes. Brilliant teacher, very kind and talented. Keep up the great work man! 🙌

Thanks for the lesson, I Needed this one.

Such great and practical tips. Your methods have helped me think and play better. Thank you so much!

Thanks Stich. Lots to work on for me. Just full control over a bend is so powerful

Thank you, this video opened up a new world of soloing for me. Now I have more melodic solos that enhance the song.

Quite possibly the most helpful lesson that I've come across. I've only been getting into lead guitar for a year or so, and my lead is so.... Messy and chaotic. Practiced like this for an hour or so, and it almost instantly improved what was coming out. Thanks.

Holy shit...after 15+ years of playing this video really put things in perspective. Always trying to play faster and more complicated things whereas in reality it's all about making nice sounds.

This is such a beautiful video. Literally my exact situation of knowing scales pretty well, sounding pretty good but just missing what all the "greats" seem to have. Thank you so much and you're an amazing instructor.

This is amazing. I have never found some one that talks about this before. Thank you

Once again a perfectly timed lesson. I’ve learned so much but still can’t play like I want. These tips help a lot. Thanks Stitch!

Perfect lesson Ian. Just what I needed right now. Thank you Sir !

Fantastic lesson, man - thanks for this. Amazing what can be done with so little.

With al due respect, You have become “The Guitalli Llama”. Very cool!

This is among the best instruction I have had on soloing in years! Thank you so much. I don't know if you have ever ready a book called Zen Guitar by Phil Sudo but you definitely have the spirit of Zen guitar.

What a lesson. My guitar playing will definitely change for the better. What a teacher you are

Thank you man I've heard a lot of guitar lessons your lesson is the best thank you I love you keep doing those lessons they're very important thank you.

Been away from it but after watching you after a long time reminded me what a brilliant teacher you are!

Hey, only recently came across you. You're a great teacher. I've been playing for years but still struggle to improvise. I don't copy licks I just ramble around but struggle to sound exciting and struggle with solo structure. You've been a great help. 👍

Another good one. Thanks Stich!

Great lesson Stich. I share your taste of jam band love and think those videios are all great. This offers something for players of all abilities. (At my age, after trying to shread for all these years, I am trying to pair down my playing to what moves people ). these are the capstones of being a good musician, not just a guitar player. Thanks

I really needed this! Another great lesson!

Thx Ian. Loved it! Good stuff! Must practice now! 👍😊🎸

That's actually awesome. I have not been playing long but got straight into and it felt amazing just using those three notes and just letting go. I have decided to be a patron.

Awesomeness, you have such a great teaching method. Love it !

This is the lesson that i have been needing. Brilliant.

I think it was Keith Richards who said, "Anyone can rock... not everyone knows how to *roll*" This is a great lesson in rolling. Thank you!

Awesome lesson and thank you for sharing your tips. ❤

Wow great additional learnings to me👍👍

You have a lot of great videos, but this one... this one gets me “in the feels.” Honestly, this could be the most enlightening video you’ve done and most likely to be a game changer for aspiring guitarists. Kudos!

@StichMethodGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear! It’s a video I have been wanting to make for a while. All I ask is please share it with someone to help spread the word.

Came across your channel a day ago. It's amazing thank you

I would swear under oath that this is the single best guitar lesson on KZread. Thank you SO much for sharing this with us, Sir Stitch.

I love this it will help me so much. Thank you for your time.

Thanks buddy great tune to bring out . Thanks for responding to one of my personal issues. I'm on it

@simon2343

3 жыл бұрын

I've played bass most of my life . I switched to guitar 2 years ago thanks to you. It started out real easy but got very confusing .

Another home run Ian. Thanks

Really cool! Great lesson!

Once again, very unique and significant learning experience. Much appreciated!

Thanks again Ian, you're a great teacher !

very helpful...thanks Stich!

The best lesson I’ve seen after 5 years of goofing around on KZread. Thank you

You never fail to make me smile man. Sending love from Virginia!

This is truly a great lesson. Thanks!

Wow that was exceptional insight, thank you so much for teaching with such clarity 👍

Thanks for the connecting us.. lots of love from #Sikkim North East India

So needed to hear this

Your analogies are very creative and helpful.