Creative Guitar: Lead Guitar Techniques

[SteveOTheMan16]

beautiful playing :)

[akumaserge2]

Hey man, I love these lessons. They're very informative.

Do you have any advice with dealing on pull off legatos? I have a problem on trying to get to the next string to start another legato from a pull off.

[CatClemonsOfficial]

I would love to hear some feedback on my videos at CatClemonsOfficial! Thanks for the support everyone!

-Cat

[drklenk]

You're great man, thanks

[BetaSP]

Hey Andrew, I took lesson off of you like 20 years ago in Winnipeg. I'm still playing. Good teacher.

[TheLupenTooth]

your videos are great, I have been playing for about 15 years and never took the time to learn any "theory" or what not, I just played. I have recently gone back to the basics and been re-training myself for lack of better terms. I have learned a great deal from your videos and it makes it easy to teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks again man!

[TheAlexander5631]

This video is for freaking noobs...

[travisdenley]

Hey Andrew, I love your videos, and I'm so grateful to you for making them. I have overwhelmingly positive experiences with you, and your videos are inspiring me to take my guitar playing further. Ive been playing for years, but felt like I was stuck in a rut, and you are inspiring me to become better.

I do have one critique about this video, and its that the guitar music seems too loud in comparison to your voice. Its hard to set a good balance with my comp, and im out of space.TY4good vids

[matvarn]

hello

[ShadowBrave21]

Guitar is complicated its a lifestyle more than a hobby

[dumapies]

you know your bass gear man..peavey coupled with trace elliot

[leonoff89]

im kinda going back and forth between starting guitar again but really into cycling i have many other interests so i dont know this hobby is for me if u wanna get good at guitar u have to give up everything else youre into and stick only with guitar

[Beenyad]

I really hope you'll answer this because it's really frustrating me. I really want to know how you knew how to put that jam at the end together, like how you knew what notes to hit, or how you put the backing track to the lead guitar together. I want to write my own stuff, and really know what I'm doing, because all I've been able to do is listen to music and copy what I hear, but it's limiting my creativity. Thank you for the lesson!

-Adrian

[IchGlockna]

that jam room looks just like my buddies... but he moved... he had a drum set next to a window just like that lol and the slanted roof and all:P

[CultureTakesTheSyn]

Hello, I find all your help so usefull, thank you!

[TheDaveGH]

The 6th part was a little fast and I don't get that... play the root and 6th? Thanks, I'm a subscriber!

[TheDaveGH]

Why did you flip me off during the solo? Don't appreciate that.

Good lesson though, thanks.

[bulldog1202017]

is there a possibility that you live next door to me and can teach me everything for $70

[1992Scar4Life]

MAN YOUR AWESOME!

[sougamo]

6:08 .i.

[vampire96blood]

each time i watch this guy it gives me a totally different feel on what to do on my guitar. he'd be there talking things straight, no bs. btw you play like satriani on your other vids its awesome.

i'm mastering my guitars and trying to make a career out of my guitar playing and u've helped so much. other than your website, i'd like to know where can i purchase your books or vids in guitar tutorial?

it'll be great if you have something for the amateur guitar players. i'd like to jam w/ u sometime

[TheHornet79]

$_$

[tkyle212]

your videos are a lot of help thanks so much .

[phooned]

love it man !!

[tolitsky9366]

thanks for great lessons

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

I want to live in that room O.O

[GuitarTech94]

I like the sequence of notes you used for the Legato example. If I were to improvise, I always make sour sounding notes trying to use the Legato technique. Are there certain notes I want to start on, use all four fingers over 3 (If 3, do I do things like 1st fret, 2nd, 4th?)

I hope you understand what I'm asking. I don't really know how to explain it in words. Maybe I could make a video and share it with you if you don't understand what I'm talking about.

[KyleJamesMcCann]

@GuitarTech94 I noticed Andrew hasn't responded... I'm going to use 1st 2nd so on to refer to the intervals in the key instead of the fret

Key of E: EF#G#ABC#D# (E being the 1st)

The first run he does is in E, he starts on B which is the 5th. So he's going: >5th 6th 7th >8ve(1st) 2nd 3rd >4th 5th 6th etc.

I put the > to show where to pick. Hammer-on in between all the other notes.

This can applied to any key starting on any note. For example: Key C

>CDE>DEF>EFG>FGA etc

[weaponx29]

in legato techniquie..do u use downward picking motion or alternate picking? im confused the way u pick..

[element5333]

@weaponx29 Legato is when as many notes are slurred as possible. You pretty much just pick the first note of each lick. It doesn't matter if you pick up or down, because legato is the ABSENCE of articulation.

[TaylorGilmour]

Wish i had the money for GIT, i'd love to get a degree in jazz and classical rock

[snguitar]

Great tips thanks

[Ibik]

wait, then whats the diffrence between Chicken Picking and Hybrid Picking?

[frankixbox]

dude where do you learn all this lingo im hearing c major minor scale modes chrodes lagato quadruplet sub-division step up step down arpeggio ascending decending notes all this is so confusing and i don't know whats going on plz just tell me where i can learn this

[DavidK2012]

great video.

i had alot of fun messing with these techniques.

thank you! =D

[frankixbox]

your so good

[SenhorNuno]

Hi, greetings from Portugal =P I really wanna play like you *.* ... ... ... ... but i suck sooo much.. so I keep watching your lessons and keep tryin', maybe some day i'll get it (or not) LOL

If you ever come to Portugal let me know 'cause I wanna be your student! =P

Good day sir

[sirtiner]

I like your playing, sounds great. Keep up the good work

[creativeguitarstudio]

Reply to "theScytheofGod",

Just to clarify your comment; I was ascending in 4 notes linear inside the scale. While that may not be a direct 4th, it is a linear intervalic movement of a 4th, and is not anything to do with a quadruplet.

A quadruplet is an artificial sub-division concept and has to do with time/duration.

A quadruplet is, "a group of four (4) notes of equal duration that are to be performed in the time space of; three, five, or another number of notes."

- Andrew W.

[zunaic]

hi Andrew

Just wondering, if i said a 3 over 4 feel, what would that mean?

great playing by the way!

[KyleKatarn145]

Nice solo, it had a strong Satch feeling to it for the most part.

[JustTVinc]

Definitely heard some Phil Keaggy in that legato demo.

[epeemstr316]

the hybrid picking technique gives me an almost eric johnson feeling

[lespaulrules123]

oh ok so the sixth in c major is a correct?

[joesimmons90]

Yes, the sixth tone of CMaj is A.

[lespaulrules123]

what do u mean by adding the 6th with the octave?

[creativeguitarstudio]

Hello lespaulrules123...

I believe I mean't that you could mix using 6th intervals along with using octave intervals to create other improvisational directions.

- Andrew

[livintex]

@lespaulrules123 Adding the 6th scale degree in. Say adding an A in between to the Cs on a C major scale.

[lespaulrules123]

that solo was just epic can u help me with improving? i use a dorian/emajor all the time and fail.... can u plz help me?

[lespaulrules123]

sorry i meant e minor

[7d7e7f7]

Legato is one of my strengths, but I need more work on alternate picking and string skipping, arpeggios, thanks for the tips.

[lpguitarsaregreat]

this is awesome never thought of things like that before :)

[alexdeoliveira10]

what program didi you use to make HD videos?

[creativeguitarstudio]

Hello alexdeoliveira10...

To do HD video you need to shoot the original footage in Hi Def. We are using a Canon HV20 camera direct to my PC with firewire, and capturing with Sony Vegas Pro. After editing in Sony Vegas, we render the footage as 16:9 widescreen and upload to YouTube!

[alexdeoliveira10]

Thank you

[KacanuHa]

great lesson, like all your others :)

[sedativechunk]

Reminds of the Weather Channel music, very cool! I need to work on some different techniques for my music writing. I'm not good at writing my own solo's yet. I do find it useful to play stuff by a metronome slow as you do, though.

[wanttosexyou]

awesome Andrew, really enjoy all of your videos. keep it up. thanks alot

[bleemindthrice]

I really enjoy your posts but as a student of someone that went through carpal tunnel surgery and a long painful rehab just so he could play again..please please move your elbow away from your body. I can see the tension in your pinky and the good people appreciate the lessons. More notes for less motion. Keep up the good work. It could be because your sitting but it looks like your pinky is just having to do way too much work. Guitarist looking out for guitarists. =:)

[creativeguitarstudio]

Hello bleemindthrice,

Thanks for the concern, but there's no tension here with my hands. I've never had any problems with pain, although I hear it is a nightmare for those who've experienced it. I started playing in 1978 and around 1988 I began doing long practice sessions (6-8 hrs.) beginning with an hour of exercises. I am a strong believer in starting each day slowly, with a metronome - and that might be what has saved me the grief of repetitive strain injuries.

Thanks again,

Andrew W.

[loveguitars]

Excellent

[efarmer385]

I love your videos on soloing!! Keep it up :)

[DayTripperLennon]

awesome, any knowledge coming for you is good knowledge to acquire. thank you.

[Cazaq]

Great lesson.

[Aboxatax]

Dang you're good. When I watch your videos I take them seriously. Thank you for the knowledge and lessons.

[555Custom]

Great video. I liked the sequenced picking. Did'nt know that exist ^^ thanks