Guitar lessons by Jared Borkowski
Lessons designed to help guitarists get better results on the guitar by focusing on improving overall musicianship skills and understanding deeply how music works on the guitar.
Helping you become proficient on the guitar so you can be more creative, express yourself more freely, standout as a musical artist, and feel fulfilled by music and life.
Covering a wide range of topics including jazz guitar, chord melody, music theory, improvisation, ear training, classical guitar, solo guitar, finger-style and fingerpicking, songwriting, arranging, song analysis, technique, practice psychology, unblocking creativity, composition, chord construction, and more.
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Great video. I’ve been playing for over 40 years, and had a similar background classical, jazz, songwriting toggling in and out of areas of focus. Jazz is also my main focus. Three things I’ve learned and sometimes relearn. 1. Gear is not the answer. If I had spent half my hours spent in guitar stores practicing instead I would be a much better player. 2. Learn tunes. exercises , theory… have their place, but you will pick up most of this by learning tunes from the masters. 3. Structured practice makes all of the difference.
I think its a by product of the internet too. You would have your favourite CD's a while ago, maybe some books and you'd dial in on a few things not even knowing what else was out there. It can be overwhelming not just in the arts but in all areas, just a flood of information and techniques telling you what you should know, how to do it and a bunch of conflicting ideas inside of it. The mind can conceive of trying 20 things but the body does one thing at a time. I dialled in on the caged system exclusively for a few months, such a benefit to have a framework. Also going to dial in on one genre for music production. It's still music and a lot of the same concepts apply in any genre, rhythm, harmony and form. I appreciate your videos because you offer your experience from experience.
oh wow! i learned not a single thing!
Great video, Jared. I'm self-taught and have been playing for approximately five years now. Years 3 and 4 were especially scattered in regards to how I was learning and my satisfaction level was at an all time low. At the beginning of 2024 I decided to concentrate on an album idea I had and therefore only work on writing my own music. It has helped immensely and given my playing a sense of purpose again.
I feel so much better, knowing that it's normal to struggle with that lousy 5th string!
Is that model an American Professional? A Vintage series? Or a reissue? I like the blonde finish
Danny's 81. incredible.
Thanks for those advices... "That's me, you are talking about....."
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Nice approach. Thank you Jared !
Claus from guitarmastery also has been promoting this concept. It has really helped me. I spent the past 3 months focusing on learning the major wxale across fretboard. The focus has helped
Apply these principles to your marriage, and you will be a happy person.😊
Really great video!… I am a self taught player (started at the beginning of the pandemic at the age of 57) and find that when I do find a topic of interest that I want to work on, within 10-15 minutes, I’m back doing the stuff that I’m already comfortable with. My primary focus is Jazz guitar but perhaps I should expose myself more to other genres … I’ve also never really had an opportunity to play with anyone else as I live in a rural area … so I get plugged in in the garage and that is my world… I need to find a teacher to help me move forward and keep me focused… I’ll be starting with your Beginners Guide!!!
Can relate a lot to this! I've really narrowed my focus on just Jazz Soloing. I'm looking forward to more Jazz Soloing (specifically licks that work over specific really common Jazz Chord Progressions!).
Great lesson but please don’t hold up traffic on your bike
My favorite talk on Original Voice is this one from Trey Gunn: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m51p3NuuZqWWYco.htmlsi=ZDfPgGCY2g55hjKy
Solid choices!
This chord harmony lesson is exactly what I have been looking for!
Too much talk not enough action.
How long is too long? 4:38
I really like this lesson. Thanks for laying out some ways to connect the scales and some good explanations. Great job.
Why are you wearing that rubber finger tip things?
I still wonder how the heck this is legal😮. Is this affiliated with actual Real Book publisher?
omg this is so helpful thank you
Nah ocarina of time town ahh song
Superb lesson thanks very much
I don't know what he is saying, but it sure works.
I discovered these, like, two years ago, and I love putting them in more ambient/shoegaze clean parts.
Aren't the five positions just recombinations of the same (five) single string fragments? See the S'FS String Fragments System'... Cheers, Hermann
Can you play it to a track so we can get the context
I don't see any connection between C major and C# minor...how are they similar? How are they similar if they don't share any notes? Or am I reading this wrong? I imagine every dot is where you place a finger, correct? _This is why my friend plays rhythm and I sing and play solos!_ Everything I know is what I've learned by playing by ear. Also, can you play an A major chord with one finger, B major with two? BTW, I have an uncle who is amazing at playing classical guitar. He is truly gifted. (I get my musical acumen from my father's side and learned to play the trumpet, baritone and trombone in elementary through HS band) But, my uncle has absolutely zero patience and if I ask one question he goes ballistic. He just yells "watch me and do what I do"! And shakes his crooked finger at me! LOL! But I want to know WHY he does what he does! _I want to know how to play a note and create a chord around that note. That's what I would really like to learn._
Most amazing channel ❤tnks a lot sir -hope to meet u
Thanks for that list. My 2 suggestions that I just dare add are: 1) The swinging guitar of Tal Farlow and 2) Blues for night people by Charly Byrd.
Where has this video been all my life? It's great and the perfect complement to some of your other materials, Jared. Thank you! I will watch it again and again, and will try to integrate into in my playing over chord changes.
I liked how with nails you gained articulation, highlighting the technical aspects of your playing. Without nails, though, the guitar sounded melancholy and seemed to fit with the emotional nature of that phrase.
Is it possible...yes, is it more difficult....absolutely. I play without nails because I have genetically thin nails and they break easily, and by far the most difficult part of learning classical guitar for me has been developing a clean and adequately loud right hand stroke with flesh only. I would say it will take on average twice the amount of time for a person to become profient using flesh only vs using nails although there are always exceptions. If this were not the case I think more people would play with flesh. Having played with and without nails I am comfortable saying no nails is more challenging though not impossible by any means. You have to be committed to the process and be patient and willing to put in the time and practice to develop a clean and clear sound.
There's something called the 100 hour rule.pick any discipline and practice at that discipline for a a whole year,for 100 hours,that's 18 minutes a day,and you will be better than 95% of the people who excel in that discipline.your welcome
Thank you so much sir❤
great lesson, I enjoyed it
Yes, very cool. (Lots of old music is cool!) kzread.info/dash/bejne/g6qD17aCntXblZM.html
I’m really digging yer vids. The attitude is super nice and very laid back and supportive
Love the approach. Love the attitude towards it. “If it takes u an hour to figure out what the hell we’re doing here, than good!” LOL. In other words, lf u want results, u hv to work at it.
Jared, would you be able to answer a question about the first scale choice? You have suggested C melodic minor. Fine but then I realised the 7th of the C minor 7 chord is a flat 7, while the 7th in the scale is a major 7. And this means they are a semitone apart. And so, I would have expected the advice to be to avoid this potential clash. But am I missing something that means there won’t be a clash after all? Thanks
No nails, less trebly and more warmer sounding
6:37 Sweet dreams!
Outstanding Lesson you're always presenting. If I could get a 10th of this down i would be doing so much better.
Hi! First of all thanks for your lessons. Question: would omitting the 5th and adding the 6th not make the chord the 1st inversion of the relative minor tonic? I know it's kind of contextual, but at least in close position it gives the vibe of that minor tonic chord. In the other position it gives a vibe that is a bit different, given that it has a major 6th (root and the 6th), a major 3rd (over the octave from the root) and a perfect 5th (between the 6th and the 3rd over the octave). So, in the second case the interval of perfect 5th is not lost (not as the step of the chord, but at least it's kept as an interval), we have the 6th, so we get the vibe, thus preserving the vibe of the chord. But in close position it's just the minor tonic chord in the 1st inversion form. If we are in the band -- yes, someone would probably play the 5th, so in the context it would sound the way we want, but for solos, I think, the close position would not be the best choice. Best regards.
This video is so useful to me thanks!!
I'm so glad!
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thank you for this video Jared, and also thanks so much for the downloadable files.
My pleasure!