Grab my FREE 51 page "Solo On Guitar Toolkit" for all the scale shapes and arpeggios I use. www.SoloOnGuitar.com

This was a great lesson. Lots of info on techniques, timing, simplification and space. But, what I liked the most was the section on how to listen to the band or backing track to get the drum timing, the bass style and the overall mood. We get so fixated on our own role that we fail to see how to "fit in". I think it's magic when the whole band is totally in sync... the music sounds magical.

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Fantastic feedback. Thanks so much. I will try to mention this more.

Thank you for the unbeatable top camera angle when presenting concepts on the guitar.

@DanielSeriffMusic

13 күн бұрын

Hey! So glad you enjoy it! Thanks for the feedback.

I've been playing guitar for over 30 years, and this may be the most straightforward and clear explanation of how to use your playing to complement what the other players are doing. Listen and adapt. Thank you for the awesome lesson and the excellent backing track.

@DavidNeal

22 күн бұрын

Plus, you were spot on with the clear explanation of the "vocabulary" of solo guitar playing: hammer-ons, vibrato, slides, etc. You packed more in 15 minutes than I've seen in entire courses. Such a great lesson.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Dang!!! Thank you so much for the comment. Really appreciate you.

Such a great lesson, thanks. You regard the music as a living, breathing being that has to be heard and contemplated, not just played over in a flurry of scale notes.

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Yes!! Thanks so much for the kind comment.

Without a doubt the best presentation of this concept I've ever seen. Fantastic job, Daniel. Thanks for the tips.

@DanielSeriffMusic

3 күн бұрын

That is awesome! Thank you so much.

This is great! It's kinda like Bob Ross for guitar, learning by getting into the feel for it.

@DanielSeriffMusic

3 күн бұрын

Haha! Love that.

Almost skipped this because of the title, but I am impressed. Great delivery and lesson. I wish I had seen this 18 months ago. I’ve been practicing scales against a metronome and getting nowhere. Thank you.

@DanielSeriffMusic

14 күн бұрын

Thanks Clinton! Yeah, KZread titles are a pain but this one did well for a friend of mine so I borrowed it. Glad you enjoyed the lesson!

So simple, but so effective!

@DanielSeriffMusic

18 күн бұрын

Hey, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

This is a brilliant lesson n how less is more! For those of us that aren't interested in shredding or playing complex tapping harmonics this opens the door to some more expressive (and beautiful) soloing IMO

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Yes indeed! Thanks so much for watching. Appreciate the comment!

Very cool lesson, Daniel! For more advanced practice, you can start that diagonal shape on any of the pentatonic notes. That will also give minor 3rd jumps on a single string instead of just whole steps.

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Yep. I have a whole system. Thanks for the comment!

This video just showed me the way out of the KZread Black hole. It's a complete game changer for me. Thank you so much.

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Fantastic to hear it!! Glad it was helpful.

AWESOME vid, Daniel. Makes total sense! Thank you.

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Thanks so much, Bill!

Man I’m glad this video came across. Great stuff here. Thank you sir. Subscribed.

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

So glad to have you!

Excellent, thank you, Daniel! I just subscribed. Looking forward to more insights.🎸🎶

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Thanks for being here!

Excellent simple lesson. What a pleasant change! Thanks

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Great lesson, great content and delivery. Thank you 🙏

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch it.

Great stuff. Thanks for your insight.

@DanielSeriffMusic

18 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

This was fantastic teaching. Thank you greatly!

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Much appreciated! Thanks for being here.

Makes perfect sense--thank you

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Gold! Thank you!

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!

Simply WOW! This is such a great lesson which instantly motivates one to grab the guitar and accompany you! Also, these hints on analyzing firstly what's going on in the backing track are super useful. Thank you so much, Daniel!

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Wonderful!! Thanks for the feedback.

Excellent video,,very relaxing, great instructions.

@DanielSeriffMusic

5 күн бұрын

Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it.

Lovely lesson! Thank you!

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much!

Nice chill lesson. Easy to ingest. Cool.

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Excellent. Thanks so much.

Great lesson, thank you!

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Awesome lesson. I really enjoyed this and spent the next 1/2 hour doing som practise to the backing track. So great.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Dang! So glad it got you practicing. Thanks for the comment!

Like this concept a lot.

@DanielSeriffMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you this is really helping me find my voice

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

So cool!!

great lesson, thanks.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for being here!

Insights for next level guitar. Properly explained. Thx. New sub.

@DanielSeriffMusic

18 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave. So glad to have you here.

Thanks nice lesson!!

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

He man. This is really great. Thanks!

@DanielSeriffMusic

5 күн бұрын

Wonderful!! Thanks so much.

Great lesson!

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Thanks for being here!

So true. Backing tracks are a must. They bring out your feel, timing, emotions. Space, the final frontier. That’s my problem, haven’t master this yet. Great vid🤘 Just a following up, finally had a chance to use this backing track with a little Pink Floydish plug in on my Spark. Oh my goodness, I actually almost sound like a guitar player. I’m a mid-level beginner, so this is so much fun feeling like I’m soloing and almost sound good to my ears. Thx again and keep the vids coming.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Wooohoo. Thanks for the awesome comment and so glad it’s feeling good!

Great lesson thanks

@DanielSeriffMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Great video!

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

This kind of thing makes up most of my practice time. I tell myself I'm gonna do 30mins then my stomach starts rumbling and I realise 4 hrs have dissappeared. Awesome stuff, good lesson!

@DanielSeriffMusic

18 күн бұрын

Thanks so much. Music the the best!!

Great 'different' lesson. Subscribed!

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Excellent. Thank you.

Definitely I think phrases is way better than just endless noodling I think of it as speaking where you have a certain cadence and pause in between sentences You are so right about the guitar black hole, there's so many clickbait videos to unreal the hidden secret of the universe of guitar playing that will make you Jimi Hendrix and it's so easy to get lost and lose the path. Play your videos help me stay centered and focused help my playing and techniques I can use.

@DanielSeriffMusic

4 күн бұрын

So glad they have been helpful. I am trying to demystify guitar and deliver as much quality as possible. Thanks for being here!

I'm about a year in to self-teaching. Backing tracks are a great resource, I started off with a basic droning track in a single scale to learn the notes. After a while I learned some embellishments and moved up to more challenging tracks and keys. I also try to end a practice with something impossible for me to play, but try anyways. Rarely do I not learn something new on every session. I improvise everything, I have yet to learn a published song.

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Fantastic approach! I absolutely love drones.

This is a guitar lesson.

@DanielSeriffMusic

20 күн бұрын

Yep!

Another awesome "play along" lesson ... really enjoyed this. As a proud owner of the "Diagonal Pentatonic Method", I would recommend its' purchase to anyone reading this comment. It's a fantastic course!!! I'm definitely coming back tomorrow!!!

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

My friend!! Thanks brother.

thank you!

@DanielSeriffMusic

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I write songs about a dozen so far but don’t know how to solo. This gives me hope. I have solid theory. I’m older yet learning to solo remains my lifelong goal. Where to start? I was taught classical scales but then the focus was on *reading* sheet music. My heart is singer/songwriter/guitarist dreaming akin to James Taylor, Jackson’s Browne, Lightfoot, etc. Soloing is the missing link.

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment. So, to be honest, the music you love uses an extensive amount of the major and minor pentatonic scales. I have a free download that is a 51 page pdf. You'll get an email series with backing tracks and also two free video lessons. You could get away with using the diagonal pentatonics in my ebook and make some great music with them. Just need to learn how to decorate them with slides, hammerons, pulloffs, bends, and vibrato. Find your favorite solos and try to see what they are doing to decorate the scales. The scales are the right notes. I also have a whole playlist of jam along tracks once you are getting more comfortable with the tracks. www.SoloOnGuitar.com for the free pdf.

Love your enthusiasm; I like to let it breath a little not shred. thanks

@DanielSeriffMusic

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much, Drew!

This really is a great idea! I've mostly practiced scales, arpeggios etc - dry (with a metronome). And while i don't think this is time wasted. In fact i think i am more fluid doing what is suggested here because of the dry practice, i need more of this type of practice along with practice with a looper. Besides it's more fun!

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Great to spend time learning really focused with every note, but 100% start to apply to a track asal. Sounds like you’re on the right path!

Fantastic advice...listen to the other players in the band! Seems obvious, but it's absolutely crucial and surprisingly absent in some players I've encountered.

@DanielSeriffMusic

13 күн бұрын

So true! It’s really easy for us to get in our heads and therefore our ears just close off!

“Playing scales without a backing track is a waste of time”… ugh, that makes so much sense, yet what have I been doing…? Exactly that… 🙄🫤🤣 Thank you so much for this lesson Daniel! Eyes opened! 👍🏻🎸

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

You are so welcome! Target specific things over tracks and you will grow leaps and bounds!

@fenderlead1

22 күн бұрын

I’m going to go one beyond that… About 10 years ago I realized if you left me on a deserted island with only one pedal it would be a looper. When you’re learning backing tracks really aren’t backing tracks… they are “context”

I kept getting distracted by that tom drum 7 feet high behind you

@rodmaguire1126

21 күн бұрын

I think it’s a lamp

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Haha! My friend Mac made it for me. A staple in my studio!

More of this

@DanielSeriffMusic

5 күн бұрын

You got it

Really enjoyed your presentation on phrasing in your practice. My takeaway of this anyway. Very timely for me as one who is starting to have the matrix unveiled on the fret board with the different scale shapes and approaches, whether it's horizontal, diagonal or 1 string. This is great for embracing the neck but I agree it gets you nowhere for melting into the groove of a gig. It would be nice to see how you find that major/minor shape in the correct key in short order? Appreciate your feedback and Thanks for a nice Segway into practicing with a purpose.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Fun idea for a lesson. Thanks for the comment.

@SolidBuildersInc

20 күн бұрын

@@DanielSeriffMusic Fun lesson indeed. After a little thought and reflecting on the 1 string scale, I had the Ah Hah moment. It's easy to find the tonic. It just grabs the ear and you can't really mess it up. But knowing if you are Major or Minor in the past for me is noodling around on the Pentatonic Scale trying to determine which one it is. By the time I have figured that out we have had the 1st transition and I feel lost again. Then I catch a few nice chord licks and the song is about to end and I am just getting into rythm, over expressing myself because I like what I'm hearing Ha Ha But with the 1 String scale and a tonic, it's either 2 frets up Major or 3 frets up Minor. Which ever sounds correct dictates Major or Minor. Just sharing my thoughts on this as a newbie enjoying the journey. Cheers

Magic time.

@DanielSeriffMusic

20 күн бұрын

Indeed!

Break out of them? I'm still trying to break into them!

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 сағат бұрын

Haha. Both are good!

Can someone explain the concept of “anticipation” and how it differs from counting “swing?”

@DanielSeriffMusic

3 күн бұрын

Anticipation essentially “early.” This might be happening before a chord change like on the and of 4. You might anticipate the chord change with a note that’s in the new chord. Ands are the most important part.

@luis_jams

3 күн бұрын

Awesome video and engagement. So anticipation refers to an altered or shifted beat referencing a chord change, or when soloing into the next chord, and swing is referring to every single & in the time sig?

@DanielSeriffMusic

3 күн бұрын

@@luis_jams Hey, so are you referring to things in this video? Swing means that you are playing 8th notes that are based on triplets. Meaning, the first note is slightly longer than the 2nd. All the way to significantly longer. A very straight forward swing feel is when you take a tri p let, combne the tri and the p, and then play the let. So it's like tripppp - let. Don't have time to go in depth but is that what you're asking?

Less is more... A lot of wisdom in this video. Btw, I learned it in another one of your videos, but the diagonal pentatonic thing has been game changing for me, and it feels so much more useful than the traditional box pattern approach, especially if you're trying to get away from the glorified scale practice sort of noodling a lot of us end up doing and move more toward playing actual music. Thank you for sharing and advocating that concept and for all the great videos!

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! So glad you are digging diagonal. Thanks for being here.

We live in the golden age of space exploration and guitar education. Someone below said it better, but I was compelled to grab my guitar after listening. Love it.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Love that! Thanks so much

LOts of great idea... and I cant find the backing track... where is it?

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Thank you and sorry! Updated: app.box.com/s/azr4e6x08ogspyixwjea8nkz4r7v6jku

I like, thanks. Where do find the backing track, please?

@neilkerray1

23 күн бұрын

In description

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Sorry. It wasn’t there but is now

👍🏻

@DanielSeriffMusic

10 күн бұрын

Thanks brother!

Sorry, I couldn't understand your last tip about sliding up to a bend, and the angle of the camera, shot from above, didn't help. Can you video your hand movements straight -on instead of from above?

@DanielSeriffMusic

18 күн бұрын

I get a lot of positive feedback from the above angle. Sometimes I shoot it that way, sometimes I don’t. It’s not about sliding into a bend. It’s about half step bends. Play the original note for reference. Move one half step down, and bend into that note.

Why do people think that playing scales is "playing guitar?" No It's playing melodies. Not scales. If playing scales is anyone's idea of playing music, they simply don't understand music.

@DanielSeriffMusic

19 күн бұрын

I hear what you’re saying but at the same time, there are people on all kinds of levels. If somebody sits down and wants to relax and play some scales, I’m all for it. My push back here is that people prescribe scale playing as a path to improvising and creative guitar. That, it is not.

That's not the reason classical musicians can't improvise. The reason they can't improvise is because they don't practice improvisation. I know many classical musicians who can speak at their instrument just fine. But there is no longer a tradition or performance reason to improvise, so they don't.

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

You missed the point. I am not dissing classical musicians. I am saying that classical musicians can’t improvise because they don’t practice scales, chords, and arpeggios with an improvisational approach. They can’t improvise because the music doesn’t lend itself to improvisation and they don’t work on it. Historically, guitar teachers prescribe practice activities that stress verbatim practice as a means to become a better improviser. Such as running scales up down. This doesn’t work as an improv building activity. That is my point. Teach some lessons and you’ll realize how many people believe that playing scales over and over leads to better improvisation.

Scrolled through to see if anyone had added time stamps…but no one has. Thanks for nothin’!

@DanielSeriffMusic

8 күн бұрын

Rut ro!

@mrchecox2206

5 күн бұрын

Jesus!!! U came already mad! The class is fantastic! Just enjoy music dude! Is like getting a free burger and fries with not ketchup and u mad cos of the ketchup… is like getting a brand new guitar with no case, and u mad coz of the case…. Get the point ? Is a free amazing improvisation class! Enjoy

@beck204

4 күн бұрын

How about watching the video?

No playing is useless - lost me right there.

@DanielSeriffMusic

4 күн бұрын

Wrong. It’s called space.

Thanks for this lesson......i was struggling on leads trying to memorize every shape, every key of the major scale driving myself to insanity......I'm going to relax, and practice just taking it easy with a few notes of a pattern just like you're doing.

@DanielSeriffMusic

21 күн бұрын

Yes!! Less can really be more.

Great lesson. Thank you!

@DanielSeriffMusic

23 күн бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for being here.