Have you tried this sort of practice method before? Have you noticed how you immediately sound more confident and intentional in what you play?

@pedrorlopes1886

2 ай бұрын

have 2 years of guitar practice, I love blues, specifically the solos, working with pentatonic scales were a challenge for me, I saw that I was only making my learning more complicated, man.

@user-nu3dg4cx9m

2 ай бұрын

Holy shit you just opened my playing by a million levels and I've been playing for over 30yrs thanks man I owe ya big time

@niner8tangojuliet149

2 ай бұрын

A couple years ago there was a “4 note challenge” backing track floating around KZread. It taught me a lot. This guy knows the secret sauce

@donniedonnie639

2 ай бұрын

Yes. It's good to be reminded, thank you! I would take 3 or 4 notes and play them every way I could possibly think of. Doing this while moving to different positions and an occasional burst of speed created my best improvised solos.

@johanjotun1647

2 ай бұрын

Its gotta have something to do with playing along to other notes, if your so used to playing alone it can change to just noise of the single voice delivering all tones at all times, it looses all thought and direction.

Being a blues player for most of my life I have always believed less is more. Make each note work harder.

@abhaysharma5072

Ай бұрын

No, more is more. A person who shreds can play the blues but I cannot say the same for a blues player unless its Joe bonamassa and even hes not that technical. I love the blues but when people say that less is more it makes me feel like they are just lazy. It really just depends on the song. We have to serve the song. If a song needs less notes then less is more.

@Rockandrollgeerage

Ай бұрын

​@abhaysharma5072 my favorite players are the ones who know everything but know when to hold back. That's why Satriani is one of my favorites...a shredder that loves Jimi Hendrix and blues

@Wordsareprayers

Ай бұрын

@@abhaysharma5072Yes, less is more🤓

@FknAzzMuncher

Ай бұрын

@@abhaysharma5072I guess you haven't listened to Eric Johnson? Shred guitar and blues guitar aren't mutually exclusive.

First off: the guitar is a tool…. A vessel to release your emotion. You cannot be a robot! Good test……. If you can’t sing or hum or whistle a melody: start with that. Second, learn all positions of the pentatonic scale. 3rd, learn all modal positions. 4th, learn/know what key your in and its relative minor! Then……. Play like you sing, hum or whistle. Jam…. Relax. Use the scales and modes to explore melody! It’s easy really;) easy steps to shred:)

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Great advice! I appreciate your points!

@TeensierPython

2 ай бұрын

I can play a C scale.

@MetZelRio

2 ай бұрын

I ALMOST played guitar one time. It was AMAZING!!

@Steven-lb4bl

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like you’re a tool

@ganglestank

2 ай бұрын

Sure, if your only goal is to play fast. Learning scales is the way everyone does it. I just play what sounds good. If a scale is your guideline you’re going to be creatively crippled.

Ka-Blam! After 50+ years of acoustic guitar, and 2 years after of setting aside my flat pick for a spell, I just now heard exactly what I needed. Perfect timing. Perfect framing. Perfect coffee. Perfect morning. It's a great day in the Southland.

@RefactoringRyan

2 ай бұрын

Cheers ☕️!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Glad this video found you at a good time! :) Thank you for watching!

best advice i've seen in a very long time. creativity is not born of hyperabundance... but of dearth...tyvm.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Love the quote! I appreciate you watching!

That's a great tip! I also remember one of the instructors at the RMA saying that you should let your playing breathe. I found that to be useful too.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yep, breathing and space are as important as the notes. I’m always amazed at great players and how little they actually play when laying down a great melody!

@doitoichiyeumotlandung9206

2 ай бұрын

Me too

@user-ig4fg5rm8j

Ай бұрын

Thank pw I'm a very very beginner however I'm determined to eventually sound like I know what I'm doing there's this desire inside of my heart mind and soul like a constant balanced f lame that inspires me to express myself with my guitar and share these feelings and thoughts that only music,language can articulate I'm currently playing by ear while simultaneously improvising particaly every style and I'm very guilty of attempting to include the entire fretboard I'm so grateful for this reformation to slow the tempo and a few notes instead of stabing blindly in the dark 😅😂😊❤

Very good lesson, and its so true. Back when i was beginning to feel very comfortable with a guitar in my hands, but still very stiff and robotic, i stopped trying to play scales and songs completely. I spent a few months or more doing nothing but bending strings, vibrato, trills and hammers, sliding up to a set note, sliding down to a set note. As soon as i was comfortable with these motions i went back to thinking in terms of songs again. All of the stuff i had been working on instantly began incorporating itself into my playing. The robot was gone, and was replaced by a far more confident sounding player. I began breaking scales into chunks and sliding into some sliding out of others. Adding bends and trills where i might have stuck 3 or 4 uncertain notes to fill space. It might just be the Holy Grail lesson for confidence and creative comfort.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Loved reading your experience of going from robotic to melodic!

I’ve played guitar for many years. This makes a lot of sense.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and I hope it helps!

Very good young Sir . . . This is such great advice, especially for newbies and intermediate players. I call this "restraint" and I still use it as a tool. I am 67 and have been playing since I was 8. A great way to start to create a solo is to do as you did and then build off of it. Works for me anyway

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Restraint is the toughest thing for folks to get down sometimes because we learn all these scales and feel we have to incorporate it all to be good. Not really the case at all! Thanks so much for watching and giving us your thoughts!

35 years of playing guitar and this is literally the most impactful advice I’ve ever heard. I’ve heard it explained in other ways, but you deliver the message well. Thanks!!

I've been playing for just over a year and even though my knowledge is very basic, my eyes went wide open as I was seeing this lesson. Reading some of the comments below, I came to the conclusion that I'm a very lucky man today to be seeing this golden lesson at an early stage of my playing. Thank you very much sir!!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind words and I'm really glad you found it helpful!

Excellent. There's so much content about shredding. It's very refreshing to see someone talk about melody and timing!

Hi Paul, thanks for this video. I have a long story with the guitar, but I'll try to make this short and to the point. I started playing guitar in high school (I'm 61 now), and had basic lessons, learning power chords but not music theory. Then life happened, I stopped playing after high school, but now I am starting to play again after all of these years. I never knew all of the scales, or even the notes I could play, I just play what sounds good to me. I was playing recently in this exact way you describe in the video, and to my surprise, my wife said that it sounded good. I usually only use the middle strings, sometimes going high, sometimes low, but the majority of the time I am using two strings like you just did. We are putting a music room together in our house. My wife plays the drums, and I've also picked up an electronic keyboard to start expanding my playing. This will help a lot, since I won't be worried about trying to play every string in every fret, I'll keep doing what I've been doing.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

I hope it does help and thank you for checking out the video!

This is awesome! Thanks I will incorporate this immediately!

Thank You Mr. Warren‼️ This really helps a lot👏🏻

Wow! Hats off to you, Paul! This is so helpful and it improves my soloing❤❤❤

I like the way you explained your lesson, That made lots of sense. Thx

I like that JP model

This makes so much sense. Going to try this today when I practice. Thanks.

This makes so much sense and makes me feel better about my learning on guitar. Just yesterday I was practicing and noodling around with C major scale. I found I enjoyed simpler solo’s as you displayed compared to trying to force a bunch of the scale in a solo or riff situation. Yet, my inner thoughts begin to say things like “ yea that’s cool but is that actually learning guitar “. This puts me at ease knowing I’m doing something right.

Great tips, I really appreciate playing that way as well; much more expressive.

Incredible! Been learning on YT w no instructor for a year and a half and this has been one of the most valuable videos I’ve come across. Thank you

Thanks for posting this great advice. I'm glad I found this

Love this. Thank you.

the shine on that headstock 😍

I have recorded many songs without actually knowing what to do on my guitar, but they sound pretty decent. My drumming is pretty good but my guitar needed this.

Bro this is genius! Thank you S.O.G.!

glad I found your channel. this info is gold my friend

This is excellent advice. At GIT we learned to do this by writing out a 4 note phrase in notation and then playing with the band and sticking to the written notation/phrase. This is the same idea but without the phrase concept…..that was the single best lesson I learned at GIT and for beginners this breaks that down even further and allows them to start creating phrases. Of course you need to know the scales at some point but ALSO the chords and triads in that key will revolutionize your fretboard awareness….and then stick to the simplify practice method and eventually write out phrases and stick to them. Still the single best thing I was ever asked to learn. Simplify. Write a phrase. Stick to the phrase.

I’ve been saying this for years! Playing musically vs technically. Nice to see someone else vocalizing this concept. Thank you!

Really good advise and it makes playing more fun while being more expressive. Thanks

Really insightful concept and instruction.

"Add space" That sticks out to me.....There is music there!

Nice choice of guitar! Love my EB’s.

this was very helpful. Thanks for making this

Are You Saying? Less Is More? This is True in My Life for Everything. Thank You for the Video. 🙂 And "Could" you say, Simplify? Rather than limit.

We get more and more technical and want to incorporate so much that we forget to actually FEEL the music. I believe every single player has something brilliant to offer if they just feel and flow with the music. Stumbled upon this video randomly but m gonna share this with everyone I know who plays!

Good lesson!

Nice job!

Thank you so much, this is the good stuff!

This is what I've been missing or overlooking...thank you. 👍 👍

Nice, thanks sir!

This is great advice.

Brilliant. Thank you.

What an eye opener, great fundamental tip

What a great video!

Love this idea. 'Light Up The Sky' is one of my favorite EVH solos, and certainly one of his easiest

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing!

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching and hope it's helpful!

Paul - I could listen to your phrasing all day - just so smooth - and the tone of your guitar - awesome!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's very kind of you to say! I appreciate you watching!

Fantastic work on this man. Awesome video!!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Daniel! I appreciate it!

Excellent advice!

Awesome advice!

Fantastic !!!

Andy Timmons taught the same thing. He limited his students to one note, then two, three and so on. You realise that you can play around with the dynamic, muting, and all the other stuff

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

My FAVORITE guitarist ever. The man bleeds melody and does teach exactly what you mentioned. I brought him to my music academy more times than any other guitarist because the students loved him so much and he was such an inspiration to us all.

@agallagher5936

2 ай бұрын

​@@PaulWarrenMusic wow! Man, if you were in Australia I'd go to your academy

Great advice. Thanks for sharing.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching!

like climbing to the top of the mountain and the guru gives you '2 notes' which change your life, thanks!

@PaulWarrenMusic

11 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! :)

This is possibly one of the most important and helpful guitar videos I've watched so far. Thank you big time!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words!

Learned a couple of Neil Young songs last year: Down By The River and Cinnamon Girl. I was floored by the simplicity of his solos, many variations of the same notes. Since then I have felt very comfortable playing solos. Even played Zombie solo off the top of my head. Surprised myself as much as band mates.

The best info i have come across in a long time. Great tip!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching!

Really enjoyed this, I also get caught up in scaling the scale. Thanks for the tips

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! We all scale the scale. :) Appreciate you watching!

That quick solo you played was fantastic!

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I really appreciate you watching and for your kind words!

Excellent video 👍

Yes. Totally correct and imperative.

WOW!!! I can't believe this. I actually stumbled upon this idea some time ago. It's so exciting and encouraging to have it be validated here 😮

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching and I'm glad you found this! :)

Great stuff Paul!!!!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you checking it out!

Great video. Simple but powerful concept. Thanks for sharing this.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m so happy you found it helpful and I appreciate you watching! Simplicity is the answer! :-)

I previously learned the five pentatonic patterns and the full major patterns using the caged system, and recently i learned all seven 3NPS patterns. This concept is going to help me a bunch. Ive been very robotic. Thanks!

Thank you. I really needed this advice. Having learned my pent. scales I didn't know where to go next.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you and I hope it's helpful for you! I appreciate you watching!

Great thank you

Great simple suggestion to make things fun and enjoyable

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching the video!

Great video. I will be trying this out!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I think it'll definitely help and I appreciate you watching!

Thanks....I understand how this can be helpful...

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

1000 guitar videos and this is probably the best advice I've heard...thanks!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words and I appreciate you watching! Hope it does prove helpful for you!

Great video! Subscribed.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for the sub! I really appreciate it!

Great lesson. Thank you!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for checking it out!

GREAT ADVICE ! I like your idea, and will try to work on it !

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope this proves to be helpful for you!

Wow, this is just such good advice, man. I'm a struggling intermediate and this just unlocked something. Thank you.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Great to hear! Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you. This is very helpful to me.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! I'm really glad it was helpful and thank you for checking out the video!

Absolutely love this concept 😍.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching the video!

Great lesson! Thanks heaps.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I appreciate you checking it out!

Love, love, love the colour of your guitar Warren! Great lesson too. I am going to check out the rest of your iTunes now also 👍

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I love the color as well! I'm not sure what I have left on iTunes. But as for some of my stuff on KZread, you can check out this instrumental ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZHestZqKo6beoKg.html ), this Barracuda cover ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZN7zJd9ltbAnbQ.html ) or maybe original music with a female vocalist I did ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXad1I-xZLDWfZs.htmlsi=qlf_Fq8-xNBAId-z ). Just some options of things out there. :)

@thomasscott1570

Ай бұрын

it is beautiful, reminds me of the finish on a classic mopar from the 1970's nice

This is great. Thank you!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome and I appreciate you watching the video!

Beautiful playing and beautiful guitar!!!

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much and I appreciate you watching the video! :)

Thank you for the amazing tips. Your channel is great 😊

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words! I really do appreciate you watching.

Great video. Very helpful. Thanks

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much and I appreciate you checking it out!

Awesome!

Thank you so much, ive been struggling with improving recently and hearing this brought a new light to my practice

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you and I hope this really proves helpful for you!

Love this idea!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I loved it when I first saw it as it worked so quickly! :)

Best lesson so far, brother!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I appreciate it! :)

Well explained! Great info

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! I appreciate you watching!

Great advice.!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching!

Great advice.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching!

Nice video and lesson and cool guitar !

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching! :)

excellent

That solo was awesome

@PaulWarrenMusic

7 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! I appreciate you checking out the video!

Educational. Thx.

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks so much for checking out the video!

Interesting approach. Thank you for highlighting sir. Much appreciated : )

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I really appreciate you watching and I hope it helps!

Gold!!!

I’ve been strumming for decades and decided to enhance my skillset by delving into licks and basic soloing - this is very useful advice for me! Thank you!

@PaulWarrenMusic

2 ай бұрын

Awesome and welcome to the channel! I appreciate you watching!

Great advice

@PaulWarrenMusic

Ай бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching!