The compact Barber Burn Unit is also a great choice, it not only has options to EQ the mids and dynamics, but it also works great with most amps, and pickups... kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXya2rSceKe3oaQ.html
@williamweiss61283 сағат бұрын
WHAT? I'm 63. Drummer.
@arcidiavolo19 сағат бұрын
AI will cancel character in music, will render everything flat. why are you helping that using it? just get a pencil and write the notes on a piece of paper. things cannot grow without our consent
@JeffMcErlain10 сағат бұрын
I’m helping people practice effectively. What does using a tool to help randomize 12 tones for the use of practicing notes names on the fingerboard have to do with AI musical compositions? In this case it’s the equivalent of a calculator vs an abacus. 🧮 A tool.
@EdHeinzelmanКүн бұрын
you spoke a bit about knowing what your right hand is doing. I have been fortunate that I have been able to do that and not worry about it while I struggle with my left. LOL. But just watching this video it is amazing how little effort or movement there seems to be coming from your right hand while the music is incredible.
@JeffMcErlain23 сағат бұрын
Thanks. Lots of practice and being pretty technique obsessed in the formative years. I used to be more of a shredder when I was younger.
@MrMinddoctorКүн бұрын
Jeff, can I ask you a theory question? I was inspired by this last night and decided that rather than just learn 7ths it made more sense to me to learn 13ths and just ditch some notes for 11th's, 9th's and 7th's respectively to get the others. so far so good. I've been making charts long hand and my brain seems to have gone fizzy. If my charts are right then a G13 has exactly the same notes in it as a C major scale. Respectively A13 has all the notes of a D major scale so on an so forth. This means that if one ignores the relationship between the G and B string, every root note as a 13th will have all the notes of the major scale of the note directly to it's right. so E13 will have all the notes of the A major scale... Am I missing something here? Are my charts wrong? It seems too easy.... I haven't gone into minors or flat 5ths or anything else so far, therefore I haven't found any other weird relationships, it seems to me I may have gone wrong somewhere, can you confirm my thinking or do I need to go back to my charts?
@JeffMcErlain23 сағат бұрын
Ha! You are not wrong! For example G7 is GBDF. A is the 9, C is the 11, and E is the 13. So we can see that ACE as an upper structure triad spelling Am. As you noticed she put all of those notes in alphabetical order you get GABCEDFG. C major or G mixolydian if you hear it on the G7. These upper structure triads are present in every chord of the scale. Good work!!
@MrMinddoctor14 сағат бұрын
@@JeffMcErlain That's cool thank you. Does that mean that if we were jammin a blues prog and as I hit the G7 you could use the ACE for soloing over it without clashing? I was thinking it might be a complimentary association? I'm not sure of the right terminology.
@strangfangersКүн бұрын
Uh-oh... ya got me tah thinkin'.
@JeffMcErlain23 сағат бұрын
Excellent!
@mikedr1549Күн бұрын
Jeff in shorts - scandalous!
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
I know …
@fredc5812Күн бұрын
I agree learning all the notes is more important than memorising scales. Like most people I get bored easily & find memorising things tedious. So the only way I achieved it was by learning to read music, which is fun once you start, killing 2 birds with one stone.
@aminahmed2220Күн бұрын
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Jeff ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊 also do you have plans this weekend
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
Thanks! Just hanging out! Hope you have a good one!
@briannacery9939Күн бұрын
Love the tone and sustain on the Strat when you stretch up a whole step and vibrato, on the intro Blues piece! Love the space and sharing with the other instruments. Pivoting positions efficiently seems to help me with feel and attempting to end a phrase on a good note is important to me!
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
Thank you!!
@dozerandgabbyКүн бұрын
#8 I don't want to catch anyone not drinking
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
Definitely not!!
@jimamsdenКүн бұрын
I love that intro jam. Slow blues is suppose to be slow.
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
Thank you Jim.
@jamescrow98542 күн бұрын
Hey Jeff can you pick up the tempo on your intro jam ? It puts me to sleep. Just sayin , Thanks Jeff
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
Nope.
@jamescrow9854Күн бұрын
Thanks
@gianttorture96402 күн бұрын
Very helpful, good insight into getting better. Jeff- would you consider doing next level tips (things to know) i.e. phrasing, secondary chords, modes, connecting scales, chord extensions etc. New to your channel and love the content. Thanks
@Shredsofeden2 күн бұрын
Great
@JeffMcErlain2 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@GUIDESPERSPECTIVE2 күн бұрын
I loved your explenation of "I Play By Feel" and then using the myth that all people think Jimi played "By Feel" and didn't know anything about music. Just because you can't read and write music at that level, doesn't mean you are not using musical concepts My friend has been preaching this crap on me for years. I have a degree in music, I know enough theory that I don't have to use it. My friend is so stubborn, he always says I play by feel, but its horrible and I can't follow him, I can't phrase, I am constantly playing defensively and you can't improv over it because he is literraly making it up. Thats what he says, I just make it up, So I need telepathy to play with him. I never had to use my brain so much while trying to make something sound musical . I tell him, I don't by feel, I play with feel, but I need something to feel first, wether it is a pocket, a groove, an idea, something to improv over. Improvising is not making something up, It is using ingredients to elaborate with. Anyway, thanks for your validation that I am not crazy.
@JeffMcErlain2 күн бұрын
“I don’t play by feel, I play WITH feel”. That’s perfect!! I may have to borrow that!
@wilylaba60872 күн бұрын
Amazing Teacher...❤❤
@JeffMcErlain2 күн бұрын
Thank you.
@wilylaba60872 күн бұрын
Thank You...😊❤❤
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
You’re welcome!
@jpalberthoward92 күн бұрын
Most of the people I've known who take the "I don't want to know anything about how music works, so don't try to teach me any of it or try to show me anything about it because I don't want to learn it because I'll lose all my soul and I won't have any feeling if I know what I'm doing" attitude are the same ones who will stubbornly insist on playing things that don't work or sound horrible, and then authoritatively state in no uncertain terms: "well, that's just the way I play it." These are usually the same ones who either play so softly so as not to be heard at all, or they're hitting hard enough to break all of the strings or tear the neck off of the guitar.
@JeffMcErlainКүн бұрын
Ha! Yup.
@jpalberthoward9Күн бұрын
@@JeffMcErlain I should mention that every story I've ever heard about Stevie Ray said that he was a gorilla when it came to how hard he played, but he had control over it and he chose his strings accordingly, so he sounded great. When you play like him with .009's it usually doesn't work too well. I've made the mistake of letting those types play my instruments, and I usually end up replacing at least one string. They usually don't sound like anything close to SRV. Steve Martin had a great line: "I remember my first beer"
@keithd.37972 күн бұрын
Great video lesson. Why is there an f flat written on the wall.. 😮
@jamesgormley98403 күн бұрын
Do you have any one price deals to acess all of your lessons?
@yogeshsahu51213 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot for Fantastic video.
@JeffMcErlain3 күн бұрын
Thank you and you’re welcome.
@shanewitty49343 күн бұрын
Great advice, really honest . It all takes time and investment in the instrument.
@JeffMcErlain3 күн бұрын
🙌🏻
@aminahmed22203 күн бұрын
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Jeff ❤😊
@djizzah3 күн бұрын
Pretty nice tone and melody, strat of course, cant go wrong
@JeffMcErlain3 күн бұрын
🙌🏻
@PR-BEACHBOY3 күн бұрын
He’s got the worst student…..Me! I own tons of his DVDs, plus two of his “Teachable” lessons (including the current “Melodic Soloing” one he mentioned here. But I’m a miserable student.
@JeffMcErlain3 күн бұрын
Ha! Thanks for the support!!
@ae38984 күн бұрын
That’s gold, Jeff! Gold!
@JeffMcErlain3 күн бұрын
Thanks Bania!! 😂
@HondoSauce4 күн бұрын
Bad. Ass.
@mahkyb4 күн бұрын
The Shanks is just a tasty drive that sounds so chewy and smooth. I need one!
@JeffMcErlain3 күн бұрын
Still my number one!
@richardjorgensen12914 күн бұрын
Why, do people play a really slow tempo when demanstraiting melodic playing? I am not a sherdder, but you can meldicly at any tempo. I don't understand , why so slow?
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Because I’m teaching and demonstrating. I have no idea of the overall level or the viewer. If it’s too slow for you, you can speed up the video in the settings!
@samstamos4274 күн бұрын
🐈🐟💙
@briannacery99394 күн бұрын
Enjoyed hearing your PRS with the Blues! Different and good!
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Thanks! It’s a great guitar.
@WickBeavers4 күн бұрын
Now where on earth have I heard that before? The delta? Chicago? Misssissippi? Austin? New York? Nashville? LA?
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
yes.
@michaeldavis4969Күн бұрын
Hendrix?
@jerryhorton57084 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! This is a superb list which all musicians should take to heart
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Thank you Jerry!!
@JoseDelgado-wn6pp4 күн бұрын
Explore, create, learn, have fun. All at once.
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Yup!
@domdigirolamo36244 күн бұрын
I think I have about 90 percent of Jeff’s courses they’re really great .
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Thank you!!
@sgtrutters58924 күн бұрын
Only one 'number 9'?!? 😢😂😂😂😂
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Ha!! Finally someone caught that!
@mikeandrulonis65534 күн бұрын
I'm in total agreement with your opinion about knowing music theory. I'm no expert, but I do enjoy knowing some theory. I understand Paul McCartney and Wes Montgomery couldn't read music or understand theory, but last time I checked, I wasn't either one of those gents. It's like saying "Gee, I'd love to be a great artist, but I don't really want to study drawing, color theory or composition."
@TomCPlus14 күн бұрын
The easiest way to memorize the fretboard, that I discovered by chance was . . . taking the basic cowboy chord shapes (F, D, A, E, etc) and realizing that the root note of F is on the 1st string and the 4th string, so the same shape slid two frets up is G, two more frets up is A, two more frets up is B, one more fret up is C . . . !! Now I can see the notes on the 1st (high E) and 4th (D) strings! The notes on the 3rd (G) string are also easy . . . just realize that the root of the A-shape chord is on that string . . . so the A shape slid up to the 4th fret is B, slid up to the 5th fret is C, up to the 7th fret is D . . . and so on! For the notes on the 2nd (B) string, just use the D-shape little triangle chord. Now you have a guide for the B-string notes. Worked for me anyway.
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
👍👍👍
@onenotesolo2564 күн бұрын
Fantastic lesson. Such a good reminder. And look forward to TPS!
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
Thank you ! Me too!
@michaelvarney.4 күн бұрын
No list without SRV is a real list… so for a min I was worried when I looked at the chapters titles… and saw Steve Vai…
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
AI generated those chapter titles! I had nothing to with it!
@mkrj25764 күн бұрын
Thanks. Good advice. I’ve been playing for about thirty years, practice a lot, but still only a mediocre guitarist. Not a bad entertainer though. Anyway, I liked your video.
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
🙌🏻🙌🏻
@davidwood3514 күн бұрын
Great teaching. I learned that I’m not really an intermediate player after all, I have work to do.
@JeffMcErlain4 күн бұрын
We all have work to do!!!
@JeremyChildress5 күн бұрын
What if your 54 and your memorization skills suck?
@JeffMcErlain5 күн бұрын
One sting at a time!!
@JeremyChildress5 күн бұрын
@@JeffMcErlain Thank you
@rskirk225 күн бұрын
Love this. Definitely great advice. One of the biggest things that really helped me advance my playing was playing with a backing track, ultimately with no tablature and no matching guitar track. This is the ultimate end goal when you play live in a band. You have to play in rhythm, know the music by heart and play it correctly, and be able to improvise to the track. Your courses on TrueFire really helped me with that.
@JeffMcErlain5 күн бұрын
Thank you for this and your support!
@rskirk225 күн бұрын
@@JeffMcErlain You’re welcome!
@victorbeebe83725 күн бұрын
Aloha Sensei Jeff! A day late is better than no show in this case. Mahalo Nui Loa. I need to find the time to really put your teachings to practice. Thanks again
@JeffMcErlain5 күн бұрын
It’s all about time isn’t it? Everything is!
@martinfitzsimons95395 күн бұрын
you have a great tone.
@JeffMcErlain5 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@briancassidy66785 күн бұрын
Interesting way to think of playing thru the changes.
@stratman94495 күн бұрын
cheers Jeff.....yep...i go with you on those TWO things........creativity 1st...and then keep the "inspiration" up and work your butt off to get to the next level....sort of "out of ones comofort zone".....cheers and thx....enjoy your weekend....and next some time i'll watch your pink floyd upload from recently....
@srinip5 күн бұрын
Thanks for a great video! For a guy pushing 70 (me!), I'm trying to work less and enjoy playing more, but for some reason, your presentation does make all this exploration a lot of fun. As an adjunct to your point #10, one thing I find to be helpful - as well as truly frustrating - is to sit back and listen to a line (or a set of chord changes) in your head, then try to reproduce it on the guitar. I find this to be a particularly difficult thing to do. I just subscribed.😁
@JeffMcErlain5 күн бұрын
Thanks!! It all can be frustrating! But as you well know, the more you do it, one day you can “suddenly “ hear it. At least that’s how it works for me.
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The compact Barber Burn Unit is also a great choice, it not only has options to EQ the mids and dynamics, but it also works great with most amps, and pickups... kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXya2rSceKe3oaQ.html
WHAT? I'm 63. Drummer.
AI will cancel character in music, will render everything flat. why are you helping that using it? just get a pencil and write the notes on a piece of paper. things cannot grow without our consent
I’m helping people practice effectively. What does using a tool to help randomize 12 tones for the use of practicing notes names on the fingerboard have to do with AI musical compositions? In this case it’s the equivalent of a calculator vs an abacus. 🧮 A tool.
you spoke a bit about knowing what your right hand is doing. I have been fortunate that I have been able to do that and not worry about it while I struggle with my left. LOL. But just watching this video it is amazing how little effort or movement there seems to be coming from your right hand while the music is incredible.
Thanks. Lots of practice and being pretty technique obsessed in the formative years. I used to be more of a shredder when I was younger.
Jeff, can I ask you a theory question? I was inspired by this last night and decided that rather than just learn 7ths it made more sense to me to learn 13ths and just ditch some notes for 11th's, 9th's and 7th's respectively to get the others. so far so good. I've been making charts long hand and my brain seems to have gone fizzy. If my charts are right then a G13 has exactly the same notes in it as a C major scale. Respectively A13 has all the notes of a D major scale so on an so forth. This means that if one ignores the relationship between the G and B string, every root note as a 13th will have all the notes of the major scale of the note directly to it's right. so E13 will have all the notes of the A major scale... Am I missing something here? Are my charts wrong? It seems too easy.... I haven't gone into minors or flat 5ths or anything else so far, therefore I haven't found any other weird relationships, it seems to me I may have gone wrong somewhere, can you confirm my thinking or do I need to go back to my charts?
Ha! You are not wrong! For example G7 is GBDF. A is the 9, C is the 11, and E is the 13. So we can see that ACE as an upper structure triad spelling Am. As you noticed she put all of those notes in alphabetical order you get GABCEDFG. C major or G mixolydian if you hear it on the G7. These upper structure triads are present in every chord of the scale. Good work!!
@@JeffMcErlain That's cool thank you. Does that mean that if we were jammin a blues prog and as I hit the G7 you could use the ACE for soloing over it without clashing? I was thinking it might be a complimentary association? I'm not sure of the right terminology.
Uh-oh... ya got me tah thinkin'.
Excellent!
Jeff in shorts - scandalous!
I know …
I agree learning all the notes is more important than memorising scales. Like most people I get bored easily & find memorising things tedious. So the only way I achieved it was by learning to read music, which is fun once you start, killing 2 birds with one stone.
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Jeff ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊 also do you have plans this weekend
Thanks! Just hanging out! Hope you have a good one!
Love the tone and sustain on the Strat when you stretch up a whole step and vibrato, on the intro Blues piece! Love the space and sharing with the other instruments. Pivoting positions efficiently seems to help me with feel and attempting to end a phrase on a good note is important to me!
Thank you!!
#8 I don't want to catch anyone not drinking
Definitely not!!
I love that intro jam. Slow blues is suppose to be slow.
Thank you Jim.
Hey Jeff can you pick up the tempo on your intro jam ? It puts me to sleep. Just sayin , Thanks Jeff
Nope.
Thanks
Very helpful, good insight into getting better. Jeff- would you consider doing next level tips (things to know) i.e. phrasing, secondary chords, modes, connecting scales, chord extensions etc. New to your channel and love the content. Thanks
Great
Thanks!
I loved your explenation of "I Play By Feel" and then using the myth that all people think Jimi played "By Feel" and didn't know anything about music. Just because you can't read and write music at that level, doesn't mean you are not using musical concepts My friend has been preaching this crap on me for years. I have a degree in music, I know enough theory that I don't have to use it. My friend is so stubborn, he always says I play by feel, but its horrible and I can't follow him, I can't phrase, I am constantly playing defensively and you can't improv over it because he is literraly making it up. Thats what he says, I just make it up, So I need telepathy to play with him. I never had to use my brain so much while trying to make something sound musical . I tell him, I don't by feel, I play with feel, but I need something to feel first, wether it is a pocket, a groove, an idea, something to improv over. Improvising is not making something up, It is using ingredients to elaborate with. Anyway, thanks for your validation that I am not crazy.
“I don’t play by feel, I play WITH feel”. That’s perfect!! I may have to borrow that!
Amazing Teacher...❤❤
Thank you.
Thank You...😊❤❤
You’re welcome!
Most of the people I've known who take the "I don't want to know anything about how music works, so don't try to teach me any of it or try to show me anything about it because I don't want to learn it because I'll lose all my soul and I won't have any feeling if I know what I'm doing" attitude are the same ones who will stubbornly insist on playing things that don't work or sound horrible, and then authoritatively state in no uncertain terms: "well, that's just the way I play it." These are usually the same ones who either play so softly so as not to be heard at all, or they're hitting hard enough to break all of the strings or tear the neck off of the guitar.
Ha! Yup.
@@JeffMcErlain I should mention that every story I've ever heard about Stevie Ray said that he was a gorilla when it came to how hard he played, but he had control over it and he chose his strings accordingly, so he sounded great. When you play like him with .009's it usually doesn't work too well. I've made the mistake of letting those types play my instruments, and I usually end up replacing at least one string. They usually don't sound like anything close to SRV. Steve Martin had a great line: "I remember my first beer"
Great video lesson. Why is there an f flat written on the wall.. 😮
Do you have any one price deals to acess all of your lessons?
Thanks a lot for Fantastic video.
Thank you and you’re welcome.
Great advice, really honest . It all takes time and investment in the instrument.
🙌🏻
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Jeff ❤😊
Pretty nice tone and melody, strat of course, cant go wrong
🙌🏻
He’s got the worst student…..Me! I own tons of his DVDs, plus two of his “Teachable” lessons (including the current “Melodic Soloing” one he mentioned here. But I’m a miserable student.
Ha! Thanks for the support!!
That’s gold, Jeff! Gold!
Thanks Bania!! 😂
Bad. Ass.
The Shanks is just a tasty drive that sounds so chewy and smooth. I need one!
Still my number one!
Why, do people play a really slow tempo when demanstraiting melodic playing? I am not a sherdder, but you can meldicly at any tempo. I don't understand , why so slow?
Because I’m teaching and demonstrating. I have no idea of the overall level or the viewer. If it’s too slow for you, you can speed up the video in the settings!
🐈🐟💙
Enjoyed hearing your PRS with the Blues! Different and good!
Thanks! It’s a great guitar.
Now where on earth have I heard that before? The delta? Chicago? Misssissippi? Austin? New York? Nashville? LA?
yes.
Hendrix?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! This is a superb list which all musicians should take to heart
Thank you Jerry!!
Explore, create, learn, have fun. All at once.
Yup!
I think I have about 90 percent of Jeff’s courses they’re really great .
Thank you!!
Only one 'number 9'?!? 😢😂😂😂😂
Ha!! Finally someone caught that!
I'm in total agreement with your opinion about knowing music theory. I'm no expert, but I do enjoy knowing some theory. I understand Paul McCartney and Wes Montgomery couldn't read music or understand theory, but last time I checked, I wasn't either one of those gents. It's like saying "Gee, I'd love to be a great artist, but I don't really want to study drawing, color theory or composition."
The easiest way to memorize the fretboard, that I discovered by chance was . . . taking the basic cowboy chord shapes (F, D, A, E, etc) and realizing that the root note of F is on the 1st string and the 4th string, so the same shape slid two frets up is G, two more frets up is A, two more frets up is B, one more fret up is C . . . !! Now I can see the notes on the 1st (high E) and 4th (D) strings! The notes on the 3rd (G) string are also easy . . . just realize that the root of the A-shape chord is on that string . . . so the A shape slid up to the 4th fret is B, slid up to the 5th fret is C, up to the 7th fret is D . . . and so on! For the notes on the 2nd (B) string, just use the D-shape little triangle chord. Now you have a guide for the B-string notes. Worked for me anyway.
👍👍👍
Fantastic lesson. Such a good reminder. And look forward to TPS!
Thank you ! Me too!
No list without SRV is a real list… so for a min I was worried when I looked at the chapters titles… and saw Steve Vai…
AI generated those chapter titles! I had nothing to with it!
Thanks. Good advice. I’ve been playing for about thirty years, practice a lot, but still only a mediocre guitarist. Not a bad entertainer though. Anyway, I liked your video.
🙌🏻🙌🏻
Great teaching. I learned that I’m not really an intermediate player after all, I have work to do.
We all have work to do!!!
What if your 54 and your memorization skills suck?
One sting at a time!!
@@JeffMcErlain Thank you
Love this. Definitely great advice. One of the biggest things that really helped me advance my playing was playing with a backing track, ultimately with no tablature and no matching guitar track. This is the ultimate end goal when you play live in a band. You have to play in rhythm, know the music by heart and play it correctly, and be able to improvise to the track. Your courses on TrueFire really helped me with that.
Thank you for this and your support!
@@JeffMcErlain You’re welcome!
Aloha Sensei Jeff! A day late is better than no show in this case. Mahalo Nui Loa. I need to find the time to really put your teachings to practice. Thanks again
It’s all about time isn’t it? Everything is!
you have a great tone.
Thank you!
Interesting way to think of playing thru the changes.
cheers Jeff.....yep...i go with you on those TWO things........creativity 1st...and then keep the "inspiration" up and work your butt off to get to the next level....sort of "out of ones comofort zone".....cheers and thx....enjoy your weekend....and next some time i'll watch your pink floyd upload from recently....
Thanks for a great video! For a guy pushing 70 (me!), I'm trying to work less and enjoy playing more, but for some reason, your presentation does make all this exploration a lot of fun. As an adjunct to your point #10, one thing I find to be helpful - as well as truly frustrating - is to sit back and listen to a line (or a set of chord changes) in your head, then try to reproduce it on the guitar. I find this to be a particularly difficult thing to do. I just subscribed.😁
Thanks!! It all can be frustrating! But as you well know, the more you do it, one day you can “suddenly “ hear it. At least that’s how it works for me.